Main work

Forest growth and yield modelling;

Self-thinning rule;

Dynamic changes of forest growth in response to climate change;

Mixed forest silviculture.

Key research projects

• Close to nature silviculture of Chinese fir plantations, 2021.12-2024.11

• Stand leaf biomass of Chinese fir at different development stages and its maximum value related with forest growth and site quality maintenance, 2020.01-2023.12.

• Drivers of forest growth and model uncertainty of Chinese fir plantations in subtropical climate gradients, 2017.01-2020.12.

Published articles & books

Articles

• Qu Yanchen, Jiang Yihang, Chen Hanyue, Zhang Xiongqing*. 2023. Does the peak time of stand leaf area equal the biological maturity age of forests?. Forest Ecology and Management, 538: 120988.

• Chen Hanyue, Cao Quang V., Jiang Yiahng, Zhang Jianguo, Zhang Xiongqing*. 2023. A quantile regression approach to model stand survival in Chinese fir plantations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 53(3): 178-187.

• Jiang Yanyan, Zhang Xiongqing*, Zhang Jianguo, Chhin Sophan. 2023. Comparing the random forest algorithm with other modelling approaches to capture the complex patterns of intra-annual wood formation of Chinese fir with different ages. Dendrochronologia, 77: 126043.

• Qu Yanchen, Wang Hanchen, Dean Thomas J, Zhang Jianguo, Zhang Xiongqing*. 2022. Growth dominance and growth efficiency in response to thinning treatments in Chinese fir plantations with long-term spacing trials. Forest Ecology and Management, 521: 120438.

• Wang Zhen, Zhang Xiongqing*, Zhang Jianguo, Chhin Sophan. 2022. Effects of stand factors on tree growth of Chinese fir in the subtropics of China depends on climate conditions from predictions of a deep learning algorithm: A long-term spacing trial. Forest Ecology and Management, 520: 120363.

• Wang Zhen, Zhang Xiongqing*, Chhin Sophan, Zhang Jianguo, Duan Aiguo. 2021. Disentangling the effects of stand and climatic variables on forest productivity of Chinese fir plantations in subtropical China using a random forest algorithm. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, (304–305) 108412.  

• He Haimei, Zhu Guangyu, Ma Wu, Liu Feihu, Zhang Xiognqing*. 2021. Additivity of stand basal area predictions in canopy stratifications for natural oak forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 492: 119246.

• Jiang Yanyan, Zhang Xiongqing*, Chhin Sophan, Zhang Jianguo. 2021. A bimodal pattern and age-related growth of intra-annual wood cell development of Chinese fir in subtropical China. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12: 757438.

• Zhang Xiongqing, Wang Hanchen, Chhin Sophan, Zhang Jianguo*. 2020. Effects of competition, age and climate on tree slenderness of Chinese fir plantations in southern China. Forest Ecology and Management, 458: 117815.

• Zhang Xiongqing, Wang Zhen, Chhin Sophan; Wang Hanchen, Duan Aiguo, Zhang Jianguo*. 2020. Relative contributions of competition, stand structure, age, and climate factors to tree mortality of Chinese fir plantations: Long-term spacing trials in southern China. Forest Ecology and Management, 465: 118103.

• Zhang Xiongqing, Cao Quang V, Wang Hanchen, Duan Aiguo, Zhang Jianguo*. 2020. Projecting stand survival and basal area based on a self-thinning model for Chinese fir plantations. Forest Science, 66(3): 361-370.

• Lu Lele, Wang Hanchen, Chhin Sophan, Duan Aiguo, Zhang Jianguo, Zhang Xiongqing*. 2019. A Bayesian Model Averaging approach for modelling tree mortality in relation to site, competition and climatic factors for Chinese fir plantations. Forest Ecology and Management, 440: 169-177.

• Zhang Xiongqing, Chhin Sophan, Fu Liyong, Lu Lele, Duan Aiguo, Zhang Jianguo*. 2019. Climate-sensitive tree height-diameter allometry for Chinese fir in southern China. Forestry, 92: 167-176.

Book

• Zhan X. Modeling forest growth, mortality and recruitment for Chinese Pine in Beijing. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House. 2020.