Main work
Over the past five years, Prof.Wu Tonggui has led 17 projects, including national key R&D, National natural science foundation of China, National forestry and grassland administration "948" projects, and Zhejiang Province's key R&D projects. As the first author or corresponding author, he has published 29 SCI papers and 9 core journal papers, obtained 1 invention patent, released 4 standards, and received 5 provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards. In 2020, he was selected as a candidate for the "Ten Thousand Talents Project" at the provincial and ministerial level, and in 2022, he was selected as a "National Forestry and Grassland Science and Technology Innovation Leader".
As the chief expert of the artificial forest ecology research group, Prof. Wu Tonggui has led the team to achieve an internationally competitive level in the research of the structure and function of protective forests. He has innovatively proposed a mechanism of age-related nutrient limitations in artificial forests, supplemented and improved the principles of ecological stoichiometry, and clearly delineated the ecological processes by which nitrogen addition affects forest structure. He has quantified the three-dimensional aerodynamic parameters of protective forests and developed numerical simulation technology for wind fields. He has also clarified the relationship between the structure and function of protective forests, and the technology he developed for optimizing the canopy structure of protective forests is at an international leading level. He has released the first regional standard for forestry in the Yangtze River Delta, leading the transformation of coastal protective forests from construction to management. The technologies he has developed have been implemented in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and other places, with more than 333 hectares of demonstration forests established and over 4,667 hectares promoted, resulting in a 20.43-55.71% increase in windbreak function. The related technologies have been applied in the "National Coastal Protective Forest System Construction Project Plan (2016-2025)," effectively supporting the construction of China's coastal green ecological barrier and major ecological restoration projects in coastal areas.
Key research projects
National Key R&D Program "Multifunctional Cultivation Technology of Masson Pine Artificial Forests", 2023-2027.
Local Key Project "Carbon Sequestration and Enhancement Technology for Masson Pine Artificial Forests through Structural Regulation", 2022-2024.
Zhejiang Province Key R&D Project "Key Technology Research and Application for National Greening in Coastal and Plain Areas of Zhejiang", 2021-2023.
Institute Fund Key Project "Spatiotemporal Variation and Prediction Analysis of Carbon Sequestration in Forest Vegetation under the Background of Carbon Neutrality in the Yangtze River Delta", 2021-2023.
National Natural Science Foundation General Program "Synergistic Changes in Metasequoia Leaf Traits and Their Maintenance Mechanisms Along Coastal Gradients", 2018-2021.
National Natural Science Foundation General Program "Mechanism of Variation in Nitrogen and Phosphorus Stoichiometry of Quercus Leaves at the Regional Scale and Their Homeostasis", 2016-2019.
National Forestry and Grassland Administration "948" Project "Introduction of Numerical Simulation Technology for Wind Fields in Coastal Protective Forests", 2015-2018.
Institute Fund Key Project "Spatiotemporal Variation Patterns and Homeostasis of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Stoichiometry in Metasequoia Leaves in Coastal Areas", 2014-2017.
Awards & achievements
Zhejiang Science and Technology Award for "Key Technologies and Applications for Quality Improvement and Efficiency Enhancement of Masson Pine Artificial Forests," Third Prize, 2021
Liangxi Science and Technology Award for "Construction and Functional Enhancement Technologies of Mangrove Coastal Shelterbelts in the Yangtze River Delta Region," Third Prize, 2019
Liangxi Science and Technology Award for "Research on the Ecological Environmental Effects and Mechanisms of Urban Forest Ecosystems in the Pearl River Delta Region," Second Prize, 2019
Zhejiang Science and Technology Award for "Construction and Functional Enhancement Technologies of Mangrove Coastal Shelterbelts in the Subtropical Region," Third Prize, 2018
Zhejiang Science and Technology Award for "Monitoring and Restoration Technologies for Typical Wetland Resources in Hangzhou Bay," Second Prize, 2013
Published articles & books
Zhang Hui, Sun Meng, Wen Yuxiang, Tong Ran, Wang Geoff, Wu Qiqian, Li Yan, Wu Tonggui*. 2022. The Pattern of Leaf N:P Ratio Along Plantation Age: A Global Synthesis. Forest Ecology and Management, 518: 120294.
Wang Lei, Wen Yuxiang, Tong Ran, Zhang Hui, Chen Hua, Hu Ting, Liu Guoqi, Wang Jianjun, Zhu Lifeng*, Wu Tonggui*. 2021. Understanding Responses of Soil Microbiome to the Nitrogen and Phosphorus Addition in Metasequoia glyptostroboides Plantations of Different Ages. Microbial Ecology, 84(2):565-579.
Wen Yuxiang, Tong Ran, Zhang Hui, Feng Kunqiao, Song Rui, Wang Geoff, Wu Tonggui*. 2021. N addition decreased stand structure diversity in young but increased in middle-aged Metasequoia glyptostroboides plantations. Global Ecology and Conservation, 30: e01803.
Wang Jiannan, Wang Jingyuan, Zhang Hui, Wang Lei, Guo Ziwu, Wang G. Geoff, William Smith, Wu Tonggui*. 2019. Does stoichiometric homeostasis differ among tree organs and with tree age. Forest Ecology and Management, 453: 117637.
Zhang Hui, Wang Jiannan, Wang Jingyuan, Guo Weihong, Guo Ziwu, Wang Geoff, Wu Tonggui*.2018. Tree stoichiometry and nutrient resorption along a chronosequence of Metasequoia glyptostroboides forests in coastal China. Forest Ecology and Management, 430: 445-450.
Wang Jingyuan, Wang Jiannan, Guo Weihong, Li Yingang, Wang G. Geoff, Wu Tonggui*. 2018. Stoichiometric homeostasis, physiology, and growth responses of three tree species to nitrogen and phosphorus addition. Trees, 32: 1377-1386.
Wu Tonggui, Zhang Peng, Zhang Lei, Wang Jingyuan, Yu Mukui, Zhou Xinhua, Wang G. Geoff*. 2018. Relationships between shelter effects and optical porosity: a meta-analysis for forest windbreaks. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 259: 75-81.
Zhang Hui, Guo Weihong, Wang Geoff, Yu Mukui, Wu Tonggui*. 2018. Latitudinal patterns of leaf N, P stoichiometry and nutrient resorption of Metasequoia glyptostroboides along eastern coastline of China. Science of the Total Environment, 618:1-6.
Zhang Hui, Yang Xiuqing, Yu Mukui, Wu Tonggui*. 2017. Variations in seed size and seed mass related to tree growth over five years for 23 provenances of Quercus acutissima from across China. Journal of Forestry Research, 3: 1-8.
Zhang Hui, Guo Weihong, Wang G.Goeff, Yu Mukui, Wu Tonggui*. 2016. Effects of genetics and environment on leaf N P stoichiometry for Quercus acutissima across China. European Journal of Forest Research, 135: 795-802.
Other results
Patent ZL201510749474.0 "A Method for Optimizing the Canopy Structure of Coastal Shelterbelt Forests," 2017
Local Standard DB33/T 310010-2021 "Technical Regulations for Ecological Benefit Monitoring and Assessment of Coastal Shelterbelt Forests," 2021
Local Standard DB33/T 2075-2017 "Technical Regulations for the Construction of Mangrove Coastal Shelterbelt Forests," 2017
Local Standard DB33/T 2078-2017 "Technical Regulations for the Transformation of Low-Efficiency Pine and Fir Forests," 2017
Industry Standard LY/T 2481-2015 "Technical Regulations for Afforestation of Subtropical Mudflat Wave-Breaking Forests," 2015
