Jianwei Zhang, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Thomas Estabrook, Jeremy S. Fried, Weimin Xi, Haibin Su, Jianwei Zhang. 2025. Linking burn severity to pre-fire forest structure and weather on the Dixie fire offers potential to map prospective burn severity
• Katherine E. A. Wood, Christopher Looney, Jianwei Zhang. 2024. Utilizing FVS growth predictions for reforestation in Northern California
• Jianwei Zhang, Kaelyn Finley. 2024. Early treatment effects on plantation growth and biodiversity in mature ponderosa pine forest
• John K. Loverin, Weimin Xi, Haibin Su, Jianwei Zhang. 2024. Thinning and managed burning enhance forest resilience in northeastern California
• Kaelyn Finley, Jianwei Zhang, Brian Lindstrand, Mark Gray, Thomas Jopson. 2024. Effects of seed sources and nursery cultural practices on field performance of containerized Douglas-fir seedlings
• Jianwei Zhang. 2023. Can the inter-rotational productivity in ponderosa pine plantations be sustained in the face of climatic change?
• Andrew Hirsch, Sophan Chhin, Jianwei Zhang, Michael Premer. 2023. Effects of thinning and climate on stem radial fluctuations of Pinus ponderosa and Pinus lambertiana in the Sierra Nevada
• Iris Allen, Natalie Pawlikowski, Sophan Chhin, Michael Premer, Jianwei Zhang. 2023. Modeling juvenile stand development and fire risk of post-fire planted forests under variations in thinning and fuel treatments using FVS–FFE
• Jianwei Zhang, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Martin F. Jurgensen, Matt D. Busse, Kim G. Mattson. 2023. Coarse woody debris and carbon stocks in pine forests after 50 years of recovery from harvesting in northeastern California
• Andrew Hirsch, Sophan Chhin, Jianwei Zhang. 2023. Dendroclimatic analysis of Sierra Nevada mixed conifer species between different diameter size classes
• Jianwei Zhang, Matt D. Busse, Silong Wang, Dave Young, Kim Mattson. 2022. Wildfire loss of forest soil C and N: Do pre-fire treatments make a difference?
• W. Keith Moser, Russell T. Graham, Andrew Sanchez Meador, Jianwei Zhang, Lance A. Asherin, Eric Merrill. 2022. History of stand improvement practices at the Fort Valley Experimental Forest
• Christopher Looney, Jessica W. Wright, Clay Davis, Ryan Davy, Joseph Stewart, Jianwei Zhang. 2022. Postfire reforestation in northern Sierra Nevada forests: Testing silvicultural and genetic approaches in a changing climate
• Jianwei Zhang, Bob Rynearson, Mark Gray, Jeff Webster, Ed Fredrickson, Kaelyn Finley. 2022. A long-term research-practice partnership leads to successful reforestation in northern California
• Christopher Looney, Jianwei Zhang. 2022. Site quality and intensive early stand management practices affect growth dominance, structural complexity, and tree growth in ponderosa pine plantations
• Jianwei Zhang, Kaelyn Finley, David Young, Gary Fiddler, Christopher Looney. 2022. Growth response of ponderosa pine to intensive cultural treatments varies with site quality and plantation age
• Jianwei Zhang, Thomas Jopson, Mark Gray. 2021. Effects of lift date and seed lot on field performance of containerized Douglas-fir seedlings
• Jianwei Zhang, Gary Fiddler, David H. Young, Carol J. Shestak, Robert Carlson. 2021. Allometry of tree biomass and carbon partitioning in ponderosa pine plantations grown under diverse conditions
• Michael I Premer, Sophan Chhin, Jianwei Zhang. 2021. Local testing and calibration of species-specific competition indices in Sierran mixed-conifer forests: application transfer to evolving objectives
• Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Matt D. Busse, Brian J. J. Palik, Jason James, Jianwei Zhang, Bob Eaton, Robert A. Slesak, Joanne M. Tirocke, Hoyoung Kwon. 2021. Effects of forest harvesting and biomass removal on soil carbon and nitrogen: Two complementary meta-analyses
• Matt D. Busse, Jianwei Zhang, Gary Fiddler, Dave Young. 2021. Compaction and organic matter retention in mixed-conifer forests of California: 20-year effects on soil physical and chemical health
• Woongsoon Jang, Martin Ritchie, Jianwei Zhang. 2020. Improved equations for the density management diagram isolines of ponderosa pine stands
• Jianwei Zhang, William Oliver, Russ Graham, W. Keith. Moser. 2020. The Level-of-Growing-Stock (LOGS) study on thinning ponderosa pine forests in the US West: A long-term collaborative experiment in density management
• Jie Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Kim Mattson, Kaelyn Finley. 2020. Effect of Silviculture on Carbon Pools during Development of a Ponderosa Pine Plantation
• Weimin Xi, Xiaohuan Zhou, Jianwei Zhang. 2020. LANDISVIEW 2.0: An upgraded visualization and analytical tool for landscape modeling
• Jie Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Lixue Yang. 2020. A long-term effect of Larix monocultures on soil physicochemical properties and microbes in northeast China
• Jianwei Zhang, Matt D. Busse, Gary Fiddler, Ed Fredrickson. 2020. Thirteen-year growth response of ponderosa pine plantations to dominant shrubs (Arctostaphylos and Ceanothus)
• Jianwei Zhang, Kaelyn Finley, Eric E. Knapp. 2019. Resilience of a ponderosa pine plantation to a backfiring operation during a mid-summer wildfire
• Martin Ritchie, Jianwei Zhang, Ethan Hammett. 2019. Aboveground biomass response to release treatments in a young ponderosa pine plantation
• G. C. Liles, T. M. Maxwell, L. C. R. Silva, Jianwei Zhang, W. R. Horwath. 2019. Two decades of experimental manipulation reveal potential for enhanced biomass accumulation and water use efficiency in ponderosa pine plantations across climate gradients
• Kim G. Mattson, Jianwei Zhang. 2019. Forests in the northern Sierra Nevada of California, USA, store large amounts of carbon in different patterns
• Jianwei Zhang, Kaelyn Finley, Nels G. Johnson, Martin Ritchie. 2019. Lowering stand density enhances resiliency of ponderosa pine forests to disturbances and climate change
• Iris Allen, Sophan Chhin, Jianwei Zhang. 2019. Fire and forest management in montane forests of the northwestern states and California, USA
• Kaelyn Finley, Jianwei Zhang. 2019. Climate effect on ponderosa pine radial growth varies with tree density and shrub removal
• Martin Ritchie, Jianwei Zhang. 2018. OP-Yield Version 1.00 user's guide
• Jianwei Zhang, Matt D. Busse, David H. Young, Gary Fiddler, Joseph W. Sherlock, Jeff D. TenPas. 2017. Aboveground biomass responses to organic matter removal, soil compaction, and competing vegetation control on 20-year mixed conifer plantations in California
• Michael I. Premer, Sophan Chhin, Jianwei Zhang. 2017. Alternative approaches to mixed conifer forest restoration: partitioning the competitive neighborhood
• Christal Johnson, Sophan Chhin, Jianwei Zhang. 2017. Effects of climate on competitive dynamics in mixed conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada
• Jianwei Zhang, Jeff Webster, David H. Young, Gary Fiddler. 2016. Effect of thinning and soil treatments on Pinus ponderosa plantations: 15-year results
• Youzhi Han, Jianwei Zhang, Kim G. Mattson, Jianwei Zhang, Thomas Weber. 2016. Sample sizes to control error estimates in determining soil bulk density in California forest soils
• Jianwei Zhang, David H. Young, William W. Oliver, Gary Fiddler. 2016. Effect of overstorey trees on understorey vegetation in California (USA) ponderosa pine plantations
• Jianwei Zhang, David H. Young, Kenneth R. Luckow. 2015. Effect of redistributing windrowed topsoil on growth and development of ponderosa pine plantations
• Liang Wei, Marshall John, Jianwei Zhang, Hang Zhou, Robert Powers. 2014. 3-PG simulations of young ponderosa pine plantations under varied management intensity: why do they grow so differently?
• Jianwei Zhang, William W. Oliver, Robert F. Powers. 2013. Reevaluating the self-thinning boundary line for ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests
• Philip M. McDonald, Jianwei Zhang, Randy S. Senock, Jessica W. Wright. 2013. Morphology, physiology, genetics, enigmas, and status of an extremely rare tree: Mutant tanoak
• Jianwei Zhang, William W. Oliver, Martin Ritchie, Donald L. Neal. 2013. Overstory and understory dynamics in a ponderosa pine plantation vary with stand density in the Sierra Nevada: 40-year results
• Jianwei Zhang, Martin Ritchie, Douglas A. Maguire, William W. Oliver. 2013. Thinning ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) stands reduces mortality while maintaining stand productivity
• Elizabeth M. Powers, John D. Marshall, Jianwei Zhang, Liang Wei. 2013. Post-fire management regimes affect carbon sequestration and storage in a Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest
• Martin Ritchie, Jianwei Zhang, Todd A. Hamilton. 2013. Aboveground tree biomass for Pinus ponderosa in northeastern California
• Jianwei Zhang, Robert Powers, William Oliver, Young David. 2013. Response of ponderosa pine plantations to competing vegetation control in Northern California, USA: A meta- analysis
• Robert F. Powers, Matt D. Busse, Karis J. McFarlane, Jianwei Zhang, David H. Young. 2012. Long-term effects of silviculture on soil carbon storage: does vegetation control make a difference?
• D Yang, D-H Zeng, Jianwei Zhang, L-J Li, R. Mao. 2012. Chemical and microbial properties in contaminated soils around a magnesite mine in northeast China
• Martin Ritchie, Jianwei Zhang, Todd Hamilton. 2012. Effects of stand density on top height estimation for ponderosa pine
• Felix Ponder Jr., Robert L. Fleming, Shannon Berch, Matt D. Busse, John D. Elioff, Paul W. Hazlett, Richard D. Kabzems, J. Marty Kranabetter, David M. Morris, Deborah Page-Dumroese, Brian J. J. Palik, Robert F. Powers, Felipe Sanchez, Andy Scott, Richard H. Stagg, Douglas M. Stone, David H. Young, Jianwei Zhang, Kim Ludovici, Daniel W. McKenney, Debbie S Mossa, Paul T. Sanborn, Richard A. Voldseth. 2012. Effects of organic matter removal, soil compaction and vegetation control on 10th year biomass and foliar nutrition: LTSP continent-wide comparisons
• Huixia Yang, Silong Wang, Jianwei Zhang, Bing Fan, Jianwei Zhang. 2011. Biomass and nutrients of Pinus massoniana plantations in southern China: simulations for different management practices.
• Robert F. Powers, Carl N. Skinner, Jianwei Zhang. 2010. To manage or not to manage: The role of silviculture in sequestering carbon in the specter of climate change
• Jianwei Zhang, Marcus Schaub, Jonathan A. Ferdinand, John M. Skelly, Kim C. Steiner, James E. Savage. 2010. Leaf age affects the responses of foliar injury and gas exchange to tropospheric ozone in Prunus serotina seedlings
• Qiong Zhao, Dehui Zeng, Zhiping Fan, Zhanyuan Yu, Yalin Hu, Jianwei Zhang. 2009. Seasonal variations in phosphorus fractions in semiarid sandy soils under different vegetation types
• Qinkui Wang, Silong Wang, Jianwei Zhang. 2009. Assessing the effects of vegetation types on carbon storage fifteen years after reforestation on a Chinese fir site
• Jianwei Zhang, Martin Ritchie. 2008. Restoring eastside ponderosa pine ecosystems at the Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest: a case study
• Martin Ritchie, William W. Oliver, Jianwei Zhang. 2008. Vegetation response to stand structure and prescribed fire in an interior ponderosa pine ecosystem
• Jianwei Zhang, Jeff Webster, Bob Powers, John Mills. 2008. Reforestation after the Fountain fire in northern California: an untold success story
• Jianwei Zhang, William W. Oliver, Martin Ritchie. 2007. Effect of stand densities on stand dynamics in white fir (Abies concolor) forests in northeast California, USA
• William W. Oliver, Matt D. Busse, Jianwei Zhang. 2006. Growth and development of ponderosa pine on sites of contrasting productivities: relative importance of stand density and shrub competition effects
• Terry L. Robison, Randy J. Rousseau, Jianwei Zhang. 2006. Biomass productivity improvement for eastern cottonwood
• Jianwei Zhang, William W. Oliver. 2006. Stand structure and growth of Abies magnifica responded to five thinning levels in northeastern California, USA
• Jianwei Zhang, William W. Oliver, Robert F. Powers. 2005. Long-term effects of thinning and fertilization on growth of red fir in northeastern California
• M. Schaub, J.M. Skelly, Jianwei Zhang, J.A. Ferdinand, J.E. Savage, R.E. Stevenson, D.D. Davis, K.C. Steiner. 2005. Physiological and foliar symptom response of Prunus serotina, Fraxinus americana and Acer rubrum canopy trees to ozone under differing site conditions
• Ramesh Murthy, Greg Barron-Gafford, Philip M. Dougherty, Victor c. Engels, Katie Grieve, Linda Handley, Christie Klimas, Mark J. Postosnaks, Stanley J. Zarnoch, Jianwei Zhang. 2005. Increased leaf area dominates carbon flux response to elevated CO₂ in stands of Populus deltoides (Bartr.)
• Bert M. Cregg, Jianwei Zhang. 2005. Growth and physiological responses to varied environments among populations of Pinus ponderosa

• University of Idaho, Ph.D., Forestry with Physiological Ecology emphasis, 1994
• University of Idaho, M.S., Forest Resources with Forest Genetics emphasis, 1990
• Shanxi Agricultural University, A.B.S., Forestry, 1981