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Dr. Bo Song
Associate Professor, Forest Ecology
Department of Forestry & Natural Resources

Phone: (843) 545-5673
Fax: (843) 546-6296
Email: bosong@clemson.edu

Personal Web Page: http://people.clemson.edu/~bosong/

 


Academic Education Background

Degrees

Institutions

Major fields of study

Dates of degrees

Ph.D.

Michigan Technological University

Forest Science

March 1998

M.S.

Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, P.R. China

Ecology

Aug. 1988

B.S.

Liaoning University, Shenyang, P.R. China

Environmental biology

Aug. 1985.


Work Expereince & Positions Held
  • Clemson University, Associate Professor, 2007 - Present
  • Clemson University, Assistant Professor, 2001 - 2007
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998 - 2001
  • Michigan Technological University, and USDA-Forest Service, Postdoctoral Researcher, 1997 - 1998
  • Michigan Technological University, Research   Assistant, 1994 - 1997
  • Colorado State University, Visiting Scientist, 1992 - 1994
  • Professional Services :
    • Secretary of Asian Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America, 2004 - 2006 (http://www.esa.org/asian/officers.php); International.
    • Editor of Newsletters of Asian Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America, 2004 - 2006 (e.g., http://www.esa.org/asian/newsletters/NL-0401.html).  International.
    • Board Member of Sino Ecologists Club Overseas, 1994 - 1995.  National.
    • Editor of Newsletter of Sino Ecologists Club Overseas, May 1994.  National.

Current Research
  • Assessing the Damages of the Southern Pine Beetle Infestation to the Viewsheds of South Carolina Using Modeling, GIS, and 3D Visualization.
  • To Continue Monitoring the Recovery of Coastal Plain Forests from Hurricane Hugo.
  • Spatial Data Visualization on Modeling Outputs From Landfire.
  • Long-term recovery and dynamics of coastal plain forests following catastrophic disturbance of a category IV hurricane.
  • Critical Zone Observatories.
Recent Publications
  • Song, B., X. Wang, T.M. Williams, D.J. Mladenoff, J. Chen, E.J. Gustafson, J.L. Hom, and T.R. Crow.  2006.  Visualizing a Landscape, Its Changes, and Driving Processes.  In J. Chen, S. Saunders, K. Brosofske, and T.R. Crow (Eds) Ecology of Hierarchical Landscapes: From Theory to Application.  Nova Publishers, 167-191.
  • Song, B., D.J. Mladenoff, H. He, and G. Zhao.  2006.  Forest visualization at multiple scales for management and planning.  Science in China E: Technological Sciences 49 (Supp. 1): 27-34.
  • Wang, X., B. Song, J. Chen, D. Zheng, T. R. Crow, and J.J. LaCroix.  2006.  Challenges of visualizing forests and landscapes. Journal of Forestry 104 (6): 316-319.
  • Wang, X., B. Song, J. Chen, D. Zheng, and T.R. Crow.  2006. Visualizing forest landscapes using public data sources. Landscape and Urban Planning 75: 111-124.

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Recent Presentations
  • Song, B. 2005.  3-D visualization of fire effect over forest landscapes.  Workshop on Forest Fire and Point Processes, Toronto, Canada.
  • Song, B. and D. H. Gordon.  2004.  3-D Visualization of golf courses of the coastal plain of South Carolina.  The 100th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, p418.
  • Song, B., X. Wang, J. Chen, T.R. Crow, D. Zheng, and E. Gustafson. 2004. 3-D visualization of forest landscapes with fire and other disturbances.  Workshop of the Joint Fire Science Program, Rhinelander, WI.
  • Chen, J., B. Song, T.R. Crow, D. Zheng, X. Wang, J. LaCroix, and S-R. Ryu.  2004. Fires, management, and land mosaic interactions: A generic spatial model and toolkit from stand to landscape scales.  Joint Fire Science Program annual workshop, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Song, B.  2003.  Presentation to USDA Forest Service supervisors, managers, foresters of Francis Marion and Sumter National Forest, on 3D visualization of fire disturbance on forest landscapes. Columbia, SC.

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Courses Taught
  • FOR891
  • FOR991
Activity Over Last Five Years
  • Ph.D. Dissertation: (Co-Advisor as a Committee Member)
    Qinglin Li, “Carbon storage and fluxes in a managed oak forest landscape”, Ph.D., Earth, Ecological, and Environmental Science, [Major Professor: Jiquan Chen], University of Toledo, July 2006.
  • Advisor to Post-Doctoral Fellow
    Dr. Xianli Wang, 2002-2005, who is now a Research Associate at University of Alberta.
  • Current Graduate Students
    Brian Williams, M.S. student, Expected Graduation: Fall 2007
    Atul Kale, M.S. student, Expected Graduation: Fall 2007
    Chiao-Ying Chou, Ph.D. student, Expected Graduation: Fall 2009
  • Graduate Committees
    Masamichi Ogasawara, Ph.D. student, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, 2005-08
    Scott Zengel, Ph.D. student, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, 2006-07
    Mary M. Henrick, M.S. student, Environmental Studies, College of Charleston, 2006-07
  • Training of International Graduate Student
    Hostess, Jian Zhang, international exchange Ph.D. student, 01/24/06 – 06/25/06
Public Service
  • Co-hosted an USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Chinese delegation, including a presentation and field tour of research activities at the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, 2005.
  • Song, B.  2002.  Seminar to the public at Baruch Institute of Marine Biology & Coastal Research, University of South Carolina, http://www.cas.sc.edu/baruch/pdf/briefs2002.pdf
  • Song, B.  2002.  Two presentations to the owner Mrs. Margaret Lloyd, who donated 870 acres of land and $2 million to create an environmental education center in Kershaw County, and also her manager of Hardscramble Plantation on Hardscramble forest visualization.Was featured by two newspapers (The Coastal Observer and The Sun News) introducing her research at Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science.
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