Dr. Dehai Zhao
Dr. Dehai Zhao
Faculty
Assistant Research Scientist (Graduate Faculty)
Statistics, Forest Biometrics & Management
Research Interests
Growth and Yield Modeling
Ecological Modeling
Biomass Production and Carbon Sequestration
Forest Inventory
Quantitative Management
Quantitative Silviculture.
Background
Education:
PhD, University of Georgia - Forest Biometrics/Management
MS, University of Georgia - Statistics
MS, Nanjing Forestry University - Forest Biometrics
BS, Nanjing Forestry University - Forest Science

Prior Positions:
Assistant Research Scientist, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, 2008-present.
Research Professional, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. 2005-2008.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. 2003-2005.
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Canada. 1998-1999.
Associate Professor, Nanjing Forestry University, China. 1997-1998.
Assistant Professor, Nanjing Forestry University, China. 1989-1997.
Courses
FORS 4640: Forest Inventory, (Spring Yearly)
FORS 6640: Forest Inventory, (Spring Yearly)
Publications
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; Subedi, S; and Akers, M. 2012. Effects of cultural intensity and planting density on stand-level aboveground biomass production and allocation of 12-year old loblolly pine plantations in the Upper Coastal Plain and Piedmont of the southeastern United States. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42:111-122. [Download]
Subedi, S; Kane, M; Zhao, D; Borders, B; and Greene, D. 2012. Cultural intensity and planting density effects on aboveground biomass of 12-year-old loblolly pine trees in the Upper Coastal Plain and Piedmont of the southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 267:157-162. [Download]
Zhao, D; Kane, M; and Borders, B. 2011. Growth responses to planting density and management intensity in loblolly pine plantations in the southeastern United States lower coastal plain. Annals of Forest Science 68:625-635. [Download]
Zhang, Y; Adams, J; and Zhao, D. 2011. Does insect folivory vary with latitude among temperate deciduous forests?. Ecological Research 26:377-383. [Download]
Zhao, D; Kane, M; and Borders, B. 2010. Development and applications of the relative spacing model for loblolly pine plantations. Forest Ecology and Management 259:1922-1929. [Download]
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; and Harrison, M.W. 2009. Long-term effects of site preparation treatments, complete competition control and repeated fertilization on growth of slash pine plantations in the flatwoods of the southeastern United States. Forest Science 55:403-410. [Download]
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; Harrison, M; and Rheney, J. 2009. Site preparation and competing vegetation control affect loblolly pine long-term productivity in the southern Piedmont/Upper Coastal Plain of the United States. Annals of Forest Science 66 (705). [Download]
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; and Harrison, M. 2008. Pine growth response to different site-preparation methods with or without post-plant herbaceous weed control on North Florida’s Lower Coastal Plain. Forest Ecology and Management 255:2512-2523. [Download]
Borders, B; Wang, M; and Zhao, D. 2008. Problems of scaling plantation plot diameter distributions to stand level. Forest Science 54:349-355. [Download]
Wang, M; Borders, B; and Zhao, D. 2008. Parameter Estimation of Base-age Invariant Site Index Models: Which Data Structure to Use? – Reply. Forest Science 54:129-133. [Download]
Wang, M; Borders, B; and Zhao, D. 2008. An empirical comparison of two subject-specific approaches to dominant heights modeling: The dummy variable method and the mixed model method. Forest Ecology and Management 255:2659-2669. [Download]
Zhao, D; Borders, B; Wang, M; and Kane, M. 2007. Modeling mortality of second-rotation loblolly pine plantations in the Piedmont/Upper Coastal Plain and Lower Coastal Plain of the southern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 252:132-143. [Download]
Wang, M; Borders, B; and Zhao, D. 2007. Parameter estimation of based-age invariant site index models: which data structure we use to fit?. Forest Science 53:541-551. [Download]
Zhao, D; Allen, B; and Sharitz, R.R. 2006. Twelve-year response of an old-growth southeastern floodplain forest to disturbance of hurricane Hugo. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36:3136-3147. [Download]
Zhao, D; Borders, B; and Wang, M. 2006. Survival models for fusiform rust infected loblolly pine plantations with and without mid-rotation understory vegetation control. Forest Ecology and Management 235:232-239. [Download]
Zhao, D; Borders, B; Wilson, M; and Rathbun, S.L. 2006. Modeling neighborhood effects on the growth and survival of individual trees in a natural temperate species-rich forest. Ecological Modelling 196:90-102. [Download]
Zhao, D; Wilson, M; and Borders, B. 2005. Modeling response curves and testing treatment effects in repeated measures experiments: a multilevel nonlinear mixed-effects model approach. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:122-132. [Download]
Zhao, D; Borders, B; and Wilson, M. 2005. A density-dependent matrix model for bottomland mixed-species hardwood stands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Ecological Modelling 184:381-395. [Download]
Zhao, D; Borders, B; and Wilson, M. 2004. Individual-tree diameter growth and mortality models for bottomland mixed-species hardwood stands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Forest Ecology and Management 199:307-322. [Download]
Zhao, D and Kane, M. 2011. Coastal Plain culture/density study: Age 15 analysis. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2011-2.
Kane, M; Zhao, D; Rheney, J; Chappell, N; and Messina, M. 2011. Western Gulf culture/ density study: results through age 8 on non-thinned plots. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2011-1.
Zhao, D and Kane, M. 2010. SAGS culture and density study: Age 12 results. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2010-1.
Kane, M; Harrison, W.M.; and Zhao, D. 2009. Slash pine improved planting stock-vegetation control study: Age 21 results. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2009-3.
Zhao, D; Kane, M; and Borders, B. 2009. Crown ratio and relative spacing relationship for loblolly pine plantations. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2009-2.
Zhao, D; Kane, M; and Borders, B. 2009. Development and applications of the relative spacing model for loblolly pine plantations. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2009-1.
Zhao, D; Kane, M; and Harrison, M. 2008. SAGS Culture/Density Study: Results Through Age 10. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2008-3.
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; and Harrison, M. 2007. Slash Pine Site Preparation Study: Results through Age 26. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2007-6.
Zhao, D; Borders, B; Wang, M; and Kane, M. 2007. Modeling Mortality of Second-Rotation Loblolly Pine Plantations in the Piedmont/Upper Coastal Plain and Lower Coastal Plain of the Southeastern United States. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2007-5.
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; and Harrison, M. 2007. Piedmont Loblolly Pine Site Preparation Study: Results through Age 21. UGA/PMRC 2007-4.
Zhao, D; Kane, M; Borders, B; and Harrison, M. 2007. Growth Response of Slash and Loblolly Pine Plantations to Different Site-Preparation Treatments with or Without Post-plant Herbaceous Weed Control on Lower Coastal Plain Sites of North Florida. UGA/PMRC Tech Rep 2007-2.
Grants
"Biomass Model System for Intensively Managed Loblolly Pine Plantations", TIP-FRP, 07/01/2009-06/30/2010 $70,833
"Modification and Development of Growth and Yield Models for Genetically Enhanced Loblolly Pine Plantations", TIP-FRP, 07/01/2009-06/30/2010 $52,671
"High Density Southern Pine Feedstock Production and Carbon Sequestration", USDA AFRI, 01/01/2011-12/31/2015 $887,379.00
"Integrating research, education, and extension for enhancing southern pine climate change mitigation and adaption", USDA NIFA, 01/01/2011-12/31/2015 $1,340,000
Others
Book:
Zhao, D. 2011. MODELING MIXED SPECIES FOREST STANDS - Empirical Modeling Strategies. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. 148 pp.
Office:
524 Building 4
Phone: 706.542.6021