Dr. Geoff Wang

Associate Professor

Education:
Ph.D. University of British Columbia, Ecology/Silviculture - 1993
M.S. Nanjing Forestry Univeristy, Ecology/Silviculture - 1986
B.S. Nanjing Forestry University, Forest Science - 1983

Research interest:
Forest ecosystem restoration; forest regeneration; fire (disturbance) ecology; impact of global change on forest ecosystems; forest catbon sequestration and biomass energy; autecology and ecophysiology of trees; ecological site classification and soil-site productivity realtionships; ecologically based growth/yield modeling.

Publications:
Klos, R.J., G.G. wang, W.L. Bauerle and J.R. Rieck. 2008. Drought impact on forest growth and mortality in the Southeast USA: an analysis based on FHM/FIA data. Ecological Application (in press)

Hu, H., and G.G. Wang. 2008. Changes in Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in the Piedmont of South Carolina between 1936 and 2005. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 1400-1408.

Knapp, B.O., G.G. Wang, and J.L. Walker. 2008. Relatng the survival and growth of planted longleaf pine seedlings to mcrosite conditions altered by site preparation treatments. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 3768-3777.

Wang, G.G., S. Chhin and W.L. Bauerle. 2006. The effect of natural atmospheric CO2 fertilization suggested by open-grown white spruce in a dry environment. Global Change Biology 12: 601-610.

Kemball, K.J., G.G Wang and R.A. westwood. 2006. Are mineral soils exposed by severe wildfire better seedbeds for conifer regeneration? Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 1943-1950.

Wang, G.G., W.L. Bauerle and B.T. Mudder. 2006. Effects of light intensity on the photosynthesis, growth, and biomass allocation in American chestnut seedlings. Forest Ecology Management 226: 173-180

Wang, G.G., D.H. Van Lear and W.L. Bauerle. 2005. Effects of prescribed fires on the first-year establishment of white oak (Quercus alba L.) seedlings in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 213: 328-337.

Professional society activity:
Ecological Society of America
Society of American Foresters
The American Chestnut Foundation
The International Association of Wildland Fire
Xi Sigma Pi
Sigma Xi

Honors and awards:
I served as the faculty advisor to Clemson Student Chapter of the Society of American Foresters that won 2004-2005 Outstanding Student Chapter Award.
Our collaborative project “Longleaf Pine and Red-cockaded Woodpecker Recovery” won recognition of outstanding leadership and personal stewardship in achieving results through cooperative conservation at the 2005 White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation.

Courses:
FOR 465/665: Silviculture
FOR 807: Special Problems
FOR 812: Fire Ecology
FOR 891: MS Research
FOR 991: Ph.D. Research

Websites:
http://www.clemson.edu/~gwang/

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