Pacific Southwest Research Station

Education

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

Selected Publications

Available Online

Zhang, J.W., W.W. Oliver & M.W. Ritchie. 2007. Effect of stand densities on stand dynamics in white fir (Abies concolor) forests in northeast California, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 244:50-59.

Robison, T.L., R.J. Rousseau & J.W. Zhang. 2006. Biomass productivity improvement for eastern cottonwood. Biomass & Bioenergy 30:735-739.

Zhang, J.W. & W.W. Oliver. 2006. Stand structure and growth of Abies magnifica responded to five thinning levels in northeastern California, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 223: 275-283.

Zhang, J.W., W.W. Oliver & M.D. Busse. 2006. Growth and development of ponderosa pine on sites of contrasting productivities: relative importance of stand density and shrub competition effects. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36:2426-2438.

Schaub, M., J.M. Skelly, J.W. 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. Environmental Pollution 133:553-567.

Zhang, J.W. & B.M. Cregg. 2005. Growth and physiological responses to varied environments among populations of Pinus ponderosa. Forest Ecology and Management 219:1-12.

Zhang, J.W., W.W. Oliver & R.F. Powers. 2005. Long-term effects of thinning and fertilization on growth of red fir in northeastern California. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:1285-1293.


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Murthy, R., G. Barron-Gafford, P.M. Dougherty, V.C. Engel, K. Grieve, L. Handley, C. Klimas, M.J. Potosnak, S.J. Zarnoch & J.W. Zhang. 2005. Increased leaf area dominates carbon flux response to elevated CO 2 in stands of Populus deltoides (Bartr.). Global Change Biology 11:716-731.

Schaub, M., J.M. Skelly, K.C. Steiner, D.D. Davis, S.P Pennypacker, J.W. Zhang, J.A. Ferdinand, J.E. Savage & R.E. Stevenson. 2003. Physiological and foliar injury responses of Prunus serotina, Fraxinus americana, and Acer rubrum seedlings to varying soil moisture and ozone. Environmental Pollution 124:307-320.

Lee, J.C., K.C.Steiner, J.W. Zhang & J.M. Skelly. 2002. Heritability of ozone sensitivity in open-pollinated families of black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.). Forest Science 48(1):111-117.

Zhang, J.W., J.A. Ferdinand, D.J. VanderHeyden, J.M. Skelly & J.L. Innes. 2001. Variation of gas exchange within native plant species of Switzerland and relationships with ozone injury: an open-top experiment. Environmental Pollution 113:177-185.

Cregg, B.M. & J.W. Zhang. 2001. Physiology and morphology of Pinus sylvestris seedlings from diverse sources under cyclic drought stress. Forest Ecology and Management 154:131-139.

VanderHeyden, D.J., J.M. Skelly, J.L. Innes, C. Hug, J.W. Zhang, W. Landolt & P. Leuler. 2000. Ozone exposure thresholds and foliar injury on forest plants in Switzerland. Environmental Pollution 109:473-478.

Lee, J.C., J.M. Skelly, K.C. Steiner, J.W. Zhang & J.E. Savage. 1999. Foliar response of black cherry (Prunus serotina) clones to ambient ozone exposure in central Pennsylvania. Environmental Pollution 105:325-331.

Skelly, J.M., J.L. Innes, J.E. Savage, K.R. Snyder, D. VanderHeyden, J.W. Zhang & M.J. Sanz. 1999. Observation and confirmation of foliar ozone symptoms of native plant species of Switzerland and southern Spain. Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 116:227-234.

Zhang, J.W., Z. Feng, B.M. Cregg & C.M. Schumann. 1997. Carbon isotopic composition, gas exchange, and growth of three populations of ponderosa pine differing in drought tolerance. Tree Physiology 17:461-466.

Zhang, J.W., N.B. Klopfenstein & G.W. Peterson. 1997. Genetic variation in disease resistance in Juniperus virginiana and J. scopulorum grown in eastern Nebraska. Silvae Genetica 46(1):11-17.

Dix, M.E., E. Akkuza, N.B. Klopfenstein, J.W. Zhang, M.-S. Kim & J.E. Foster. 1997. Riparian zones as refugia in agroforestry systems. Journal of Forestry 95(8):38-41.

Zhang, J.W. & B.M. Cregg. 1996. Variation in stable carbon isotope discrimination among and within exotic conifer species grown in eastern Nebraska, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 83:181-187.

Zhang, J.W., J.D. Marshall & L. Fins. 1996. Correlated population differences in dry matter accumulation, allocation, and water-use efficiency in three sympatric conifers species. Forest Science 42(2):242-249.

Zhang, J.W. & J.D. Marshall. 1995. Variation in carbon isotope discrimination and photosynthetic gas exchange among populations of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Pinus ponderosa in different environments. Functional Ecology 9:402-412.

Zhang, J.W. & J.D. Marshall. 1994. Population differences in water-use efficiency of well-watered and water-stressed western larch seedlings. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24:92-99.

Zhang, J.W., L. Fins & J.D. Marshall. 1994. Carbon isotope discrimination, photosynthetic gas exchange and growth differences among western larch families. Tree Physiology 14:531-539.

Marshall, J.D. & J.W. Zhang. 1994. Carbon isotope discrimination and water-use efficiency in native plants of the northern-central Rockies. Ecology 75:1887-1895.

Zhang, J.W., J.D. Marshall & B.C. Jaquish. 1993. Genetic differentiation in carbon isotope discrimination and gas exchange in Pseudotsuga menziesii: A common-garden experiment. Oecologia 93:80-87.

Zhang, J.W. & L. Fins. 1993. Variation in shoot growth components among western larch families. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 23:1520-1527.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Dix, M.E., N.B. Klopfenstein, J.W. Zhang, S.W. Workman, & M.-S. Kim. 1997. Potential use of Populus for phytoremediation of environmental pollution in reparian buffer zones. In: Micropropagation, Genetic Engineering, and Molecular Biology of Populus, pp. 206-211 (Klopfenstein, N.B., Chun, Y.W., Kim, M.-S., Ahuja, M.R. eds.) General Technical Report, RM-GTR-297. Fort Collins, CO, USA. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Marshall, J.D. & J.W. Zhang. 1993. Altitudinal variation in carbon isotope discrimination by conifers. In: Stable Isotopes and Plant Carbon-Water Relations, pp. 187-199 (Ehleringer, J.R., Hall, A.E. and Farquhar, G.D. eds.). Academic Press.