Courses:
NRM 601 - Research methods for Natural Resources Management
NRM 450 - Natural Resources Management
Please refer to UAF catalog or my personal website for the updated course list.
Research
Interests: Forest growth and yield, biodiversity, wildfire economics, forest management, climate change.
Current
Research Programs:
1) Forest stand characterization and growth
2) Yield for the Alaskan northern forest
Please refer to my personal website for the udpated research programs.
Examples
of Research Support:
Forest stand characterization and growth and yield for the Alaskan northern forestâ€, USDA McIntire-Stennis, $518,495, 2007-present.
Fire suppression performance measures. USDA Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2006-2007.
Uneven-aged forest management for economics, wood quality and utilization in the western United States. University of Wisconsin-Madison and USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station. 2003-2005.
Growth and yield of California mixed conifer forests. University of Wisconsin-Madison and USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station. 2001-2003.
Please refer to my personal website for the updated research support.
Examples
of Publications:
Liang, J, J. Buongiorno, R.A. Monserud, E.L. Kruger, M. Zhou. 2007. Effects of diversity of tree species and size on forest basal area growth, recruitment, and mortality. Forest Ecology and Management 243: 116-127.
Zhou, M, J. Liang, J. Buongiorno. 2007. Adaptive verses fixed policies for economic and ecological objectives in forest management. Forest Ecology and Management (In press).
Liang, J, J. Buongiorno, R.A. Monserud. 2006. Bootstrap simulation and response surface optimization of management regimes for Douglas-fir/western hemlock stands. Forest Science 52(5):579-594.
Liang, J, J. Buongiorno, and R.A. Monserud. 2005. Growth and Yield of All-aged Douglas-fir/western hemlock Stands: A Matrix Model with Stand Diversity Effects. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 2369-2382.
Liang, J., J. Buongiorno, R.A. Monserud, and J. Fried. 2005. Estimation and Application of a Growth and Yield Model for Uneven-aged Mixed Conifer Stands in California. International Forestry Review 7(2):101-112.
Liang, J., J. Buongiorno, and R.A. Monserud. 2006. WestProPlus: A spreadsheet program for the management of all-aged Douglas-fir/western hemlock forests in the Pacific Northwest. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, General Technical Report PNW-GTR-674. 42p.
Liang, J., J. Buongiorno, A. Hubbell, and B. Schulte. 2004. NorthPro: A spreadsheet program for the management of uneven-aged northern hardwood stands. Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 36p.
Liang, J., J. Buongiorno, and R.A. Monserud. 2004. CalPro: A spreadsheet program for the management of California mixed-conifer stands. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, General Technical Report PNW-GTR-619. 32p.
Liang, J. 2001. Study on the desertification of Ecotone. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis. 37(4): 543-549
