Main work

As a professor and doctor of the Urban Forest Research Center of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, an initiating expert in national forest cities, secretary-general of the Urban Forest Branch of the Chinese Forestry Society, chairman of the National Innovation Alliance of Rural Ecological Landscape, and editorial board member of Chinese Urban Forestry. Engaging in the research of urban forest function and health, rural habitat forest construction technology, National Forest City planning and assessment. Prof. Qiu Erfa won 2 second prizes and 1 third prizes of provincial science and technology progress, Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award first prize, second prize and third prize each. Published more than 90 academic papers in national core journals, and has published more than 10 books, such as "Rural Habitat Forest", " Planning and Design of Beijing Leisure Slow Road", "Heavy metal bioenrichment and its mechanism in urban street trees".

Key research projects

• National key research and development plan project. Integrated innovation and demonstration of landscape quality improvement technology in plain areas along the Winter Olympics Transportation Corridor. 2019-2022.

• National 13th Five-Year science and technology support project. Research and demonstration on the construction technology of environment-friendly urban landscape forest. 2015-2019.

• National 12th Five-Year science and technology support project. Research on construction technology of urban landscape shelterbelt system. 2011-2013.

• National 11th Five-Year science and technology support project. New rural green home construction technology experiment and demonstration. 2006-2010.

Awards & achievements

• Research on sustainable management technology of bamboo shoot forests. Third prize of Science and Technology Progress in Fujian Province, 2011.

• Guangzhou urban forestry development research and planning. Second prize of Liang Xi Science and Technology Award, 2007.

• Research on the development of modern forestry for greening Jiangsu. First prize of Liang Xi Science and Technology Award, 2005.

• Research on sustainable management of bamboo forest. Second prize of Science and Technology Progress of Fujian Province, 2003.

• Study on provenance test and selection of bamboo. Second prize of Science and Technology Progress of Fujian Province, 2000.

Published articles & books

• Fu Qingcheng, Qiu Erfa*, Zhang Yuan, Wang Huichao, Huang Lanhong. Mechanisms of trunk cavity formation of large old trees in urban landscapes: A case study on four tree species in Beijing. Ecological Indicators 158 (2024) 111388.

• Fu Qingcheng, Qiu Erfa*, Zhang Yuan, Wang Huichao, Huang Lanhong. 2023. Characteristics and influencing factors of heart rot of ancient Ginkgo biloba trees in Beijing. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 59 (6): 130-140.

• Fu Qingcheng, Qiu Erfa*, Zhang Yuan, Huang Lanhong, Wang Huichao, Jiang Shasha. 2022. Discussion of the distribution pattern and driving factors of 2 large old tree resources in Beijing. Forests, 13, 1500.

• Zhang Zhiyi, Xin Lin, Qiu Erfa*, Xie Xiaoyang, Wang Xinyu, Sun Zhenkai, Jiang Shasha, Zhao Jiao. 2021. Scenic beauty estimation in four seasons of the forest belt along the Winter Olympics, expressway. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 57(12):43-56.

• Zhang Zhiy, Qiu Erfa*, Xie Xiaoyang, Xin Lin, Wang Xinyu, Xi Lu, Sun Zhenkai, Bian. Qi. 2021. Selection of winter landscape tree species in north China. Journal of Beijing Forestry University, 43(7):111-119

• Niu Shaofeng, Qiu Erfa*, Zhang Zhiyi, Xi Lu. 2020. Changes of diversity Gradient of woody plants populations in urban riparian forests of Beijing. Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 56(11):198-206.

• Huang ShuaiShuai, Cao Zheyuan, Qiu Erfa*, Niu Shaofeng, Xing Lijie. 2019. Health assessment of trees in rResidential areas of Beijing. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 39(24):9222-9232．

• Wang Rongfen, Qiu Erfa*, Tang Liqing. 2014. Heavy metals distribution in roadside tree trunks under a heavy urban transportation condition. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 34(15): 4212-4222．

• Qiu Erfa, Dong Jianwen, Shi Jiuxi, Wang Ying, Wang Rongfen. 2012. Comparison of structure characteristics of village human habitat forest in Fujian Province and Zhejiang Province, Journal of Plant Resources and Environment, 21(1): 90-97.

• Qiu Erfa, Zhang Anshu, Fang Jianan, Xing Lijie. Heavy metal bioenrichment and its mechanism in urban street trees. Beijing: Science Press. 2022.

• Qiu Erfa, Wang Rongfen, Tang Liqing, Han Yuli, Ma Junli, Zhao Ce, He Lie, Niu Shaofeng. Planning and design of Beijing leisure slow-lane. 2022

• Qiu Erfa, Dong Jianwen, Xu Fei, et al. rural human habitat forest. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing. 2013.

• Qiu Erfa. Mountain cultivation for Ddendrocalamus latiflorus shoots. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing. 2007.