Meet the Forestry Faculty

Hong S. He, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Forestry and Co-Director of MU GIS Certificate Program

Director of GIS and Spatial Analysis Laboratory

Phone: 573-882-7717
E-mail: HeH@missouri.edu
Address: 203 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building

Education

Ph.D. 1989, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research

Landscape ecology, geographic information system and ecological modeling.

Research Summaray

His research interest is to study landscape response to various natural and social factors over large spatial and temporal domains by linking spatial models with geographic information systems. Projects with both theoretical significance and application potential are among his research priorities. He's research equally emphasizes advances in landscape ecology such as theories of spatial modeling and landscape metrics, and geographic information science such as GIS and remote sensing data integration, GIS interpolation, visualization, and analytical approaches. He has been working with colleagues in developing a spatially explicit forest landscape model (LANDIS) linked with GIS. LANDIS is adapted and used by more than 30 individual groups of research institutions, government agencies, and private industry in the U.S.A., Canada, Finland, Scotland, Switzerland, China and India. More recently, proposals in which the LANDIS model serves as a major simulation tool have been funded by National Science Foundation, USDA and other U.S. and European funding agencies. He's research interests also include pre-European landscape and forest visualization at multiple scales.

The most recent version of LANDIS (version 4.0) is developed in the SNR GIS and Spatial Analysis Laboratory.

Issues of biodiversity, conservation and ecosystem management increasingly need to be addressed at large spatial and temporal scales. He's research in landscape ecology puts ecological questions in such large spatial and temporal contexts. His research in geographic information sciences explores new technical advances to help process and analyze large spatial data. The science and technology He endeavors to advance will help to solve regional planning, management, conservation and restoration problems.

Teaching

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (NATR 4325/7325)
GIS Applications
Landscape Ecology and GIS Analysis II (NATR 4395/7395, GEOG 4815/7815)

Selected Publications

He, H. S. (in press)
Forest landscape models, definition, characterization, and classification. Forest Ecology and Management.
Chang, Y., He, H. S., Hu, Y., Bu, R. and Li, X. (in press)
Historic and current fire regimes in the Great Xing’an Mountains, northeastern China: Implications for long-term forest management. Forest Ecology and Management.
Zollner, P. A., Roberts, L. J., Gustafson, E. J., He, H. S., Radeloff, V. C., Mladenoff, D. J. (in press).
Influence of forest management planning alternatives on landscape pattern and forest succession in northern Wisconsin. Forest Ecology and Management.
Bu, R., He, H.S., Li, X., Hu, Y., and Chang, Y. (in press).
Evaluating the sustainability of forest harvesting and afforestation strategies under warming climate in northeastern China. Forest Ecology and Management.
Leng, W., He, H. S., Hu, Y. M., Bu, R., Wang, X. (in press).
Predicting the distributions of Larix species under climate warming in northeastern China. Forest Ecology and Management.
Spetich, M. A., He, H. S. (in press).
Oak tree mortality patterns and risk ratings across space and time in Arkansas’ Boston Mountains, USA. Forest Ecology and Management.
He, H. S., Dey, D. C., Fan, X., Hooten, M. B., Kabrick, J. M., Wikle, C. K., and Fan, Z. 2007.
Mapping pre-European settlement vegetation using a hierarchical Bayesian model and GIS. Plant Ecology 191: 85-94. PDF Download
Syphard, A. D., Yang, J., Franklin, J., He, H. S., and Keeley, J. E. 2007.
Calibrating a forest landscape model to simulate frequent fire in Mediterranean-type shrublands. Environmental Modelling & Software 22:1641-1653. PDF download
Shang Z. B., He, H. S., Lytle, D. E., Shifley, R. S, Crow, T. C. 2007.
Long-term effects of fire suppression on Central Hardwood Forests in Missouri Ozarks, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 242: 776-790. PDF download
Yang, J., He, H. S., Shifley, S. R., Gustafson, E. J. 2007.
Spatial patterns of modern period human-caused fire occurrence in the Missouri Ozark Highlands. Forest Science 53:1-15. PDF Download
Chang, Y., He, H.S., Hu, Y., Bu, R. Xu, C. and Li, X. 2007.
Long-term forest landscape responses to fire suppression in Great Xingan Mountains, China. International Journal of Wildland Fire 16:34-44. PDF Download
Wang, X., He, H. S., Li, X. 2007.
The long-term effects of fire suppression and reforestation on a forest landscape in Northeastern China after a catastrophic wildfire. Landscape and Urban Planning 79: 84-95. PDF Download
Wang, X., He, H. S., Li, X., Chang, Y., Hu, Y., Xu, C., Bu, R., and Xie. F. 2006.
Simulating the effects of reforestation on a large catastrophic fire landscape in Northeastern China. Forest Ecology and Management 225: 82-93. PDF Download
Radeloff, V. C., Mladenoff, D. J., Gustafson, E. J., Scheller, R. M., He, H. S., Zollner, P. A., and Akcakaya, R. 2006.
Modeling forest harvesting effects on landscape pattern in a fire-adapted ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management 236: 113-126. PDF Download
Song B, Mladenoff D.J, He, H.S, Zhao, G.A. 2006.
Forest visualization at multiple scales for management and planning. Science in China Series E-Technological Sciences 49: 27-34. PDF Download
Wang, X., He, H. S., Li, X. 2006.
Assessing the cumulative effects of post-fire management on forest landscape dynamics in northeastern China. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 1992-2002. PDF Download
Ko, D. W., He, H. S., Larsen, D. R. 2006.
Simulating private land ownership fragmentation in Missouri Ozarks, USA. Landscape Ecology 21: 671-686. PDF Download
He, H. S., Hao, Z., Mladenoff, D. J., Shao, G., Hu, Y., Chang, Y. 2005.
Simulating Forest Ecosystem Response to Climate Warming Incorporating Spatial Effects in Northeastern China. Journal of Biogeography. 32: 2043-2056. PDF Download
He, H. S., Li, W., Sturtevant, B. R., Yang, J., Shang, Z. B., Gustafson, E. J., and Mladenoff, D. J. 2005.
LANDIS, a spatially explicit model of forest landscape disturbance, management, and succession—LANDIS 4.0 User’s guide. USDA Forest Service North Central Research Station General Technical Report. NC-263. PDF Download
Franklin, J., Syphard, A.D., He, H. S., Mladenoff, D. J. 2005.
Altered fire regimes affect patterns of plant succession in the foothills and mountains of southern California. Ecosystems 8: 885-898. PDF Download
Zollner, P. A., Gustafson, E. J., He, H. S., Radeloff, V. C., Mladenoff, D. J. 2005.
Modeling the influence of dynamic zoning of forest management on ecological succession. Environmental Management 35:410-425. PDF Download
Xu, C., He, H.S., Hu,Y., Chang, Y., Li, X., Bu, R. 2005.
Latin hypercube sampling and geostatistical modeling of spatial uncertainty in forest landscape model simulation, Ecological Modelling 185: 255-269. PDF Download
Li, X., He, H. S., Bu, R., Wen, Q., Hu Y, Li, Y. 2005.
The adequacy of different landscape metrics for various landscape patterns. Patten Recognition. 38:2626-2638. PDF Download
Li, X. Jongman, R. H. G., Hu, Y., Bu, R., Harms, B., Bregt, A. K., and He, H. S. 2005.
Relationship between landscape structure metrics and wetland nutrient retention function: A case study of Liaohe Delta, China. Ecological Indicator 5: 339-349. PDF Download
He, H. S., Shang Z. B., Crow, T. R., Gustafson, E. J., Shifley, R. S. 2004.
Simulating forest fuel and fire risk dynamics across landscapes—LANDIS fuel module design. Ecological Modelling 180: 135-151. PDF Download
Li, X., He, H. S., Bu, R., Hu Y, Chang Y. 2004.
Evaluating the effectiveness of neutral landscape models to represent a real landscape. Landscape and Urban Planning 69: 137-148. PDF Download
Shang Z. B., He, H. S., Crow, T. R., Shifley, R. S. 2004.
Fuel load reductions and fire risk in central hardwood forests of the United States: a spatial simulation study. Ecological Modelling 180: 89-102. PDF Download
Yang, J., He, H. S., Gustafson, J. E. 2004.
A hierarchical statistical approach to simulate the temporal patterns of forest fire disturbance in LANDIS model. Ecological Modelling 180: 119-133. PDF Download
Gustafson, E. J., Zollner, P. A., He, H. S., Sturtevant, B. R., Mladenoff, D. J. 2004.
Influence of forest management alternatives and land type on susceptibility to fire in northern Wisconsin, USA. Landscape Ecology 19: 327-341. PDF Download
Sturtevant, B. R., Gustafson, E. J., Li, Wei, He, H. S. 2004.
Modeling biological disturbances in LANDIS: A module description and demonstration using spruce budworm. Ecological Modelling 180: 153-174. PDF Download
Xu, C., He, H. S., Hu, Y., Chang, Y., Larsen, D. R., Li, X. Bu, R. 2004.
Assessing the effect of cell-level uncertainty on a forest landscape model simulation in Northeastern China. Ecological Modelling 180:57-72. PDF Download
Sturtevant, B. R., Gustafson, E. J., He, H. S. 2004.
Modeling disturbance and succession in forest landscapes using LANDIS: introduction. Ecological Modelling 180: 1-5. PDF Download
Akcakaya, H. R., Radeloff, V. C., Mladenoff, D. H., and He, H. S. 2004.
Integrating landscape and metapopulation modeling approaches: viability of the sharp-tailed grouse in a dynamic landscape. Conservation Biology 18: 526-537. PDF Download
He, H. S. 2003.
Forest landscape response to different harvest scenarios under climate warming—a spatial simulation study. Geographic Information Sciences 8: 109-121.
He, H. S., Mladenoff, D. J., and Gustafson, E. J. 2002.
Study of landscape change under forest harvesting and climate warming-induced fire disturbance. Forest Ecology & Management 155: 257-270. PDF Download
He, H. S., Z. Hao, Larsen, D. R., Dai, L., Hu, Y. M., Chang, Y. 2002.
A simulation study of landscape scale forest succession in northeastern China. Ecological Modelling 156: 153-166. PDF Download
He, H. S., Ventura, S. J., Mladenoff, D. J. 2002.
Effects of spatial aggregation approaches on classified satellite imagery. International Journal of Geographic Information Sciences 16: 93-109. PDF Download
He, H. S., Larsen, D. R., Mladenoff, D. J. 2002.
Exploring component based approaches in forest landscape modeling. Environmental Modelling & Software 17: 519-529. PDF Download
Franklin, J., Syphard, A. D., Mladenoff, D. J., He, H. S., Simons, D. K., Martin, R. P., D. Deutschman, O’Leary, J. F. 2001.
Simulating the effects of differentfire regimes on plant functional groups in southern California. Ecological Modelling 142: 261-283. PDF Download
Hao, Z. Q., He, H. S., Dai, L. M., Mladenoff, D. J., Shao, G. F. 2001.
Responses of individual tree species of Changbai Mountain (China) to potential global warming. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 12: 653-658.
He, H. S., Mladenoff, D. J., Sickley, T., Gutensburgen, G. 2000.
GIS interpolation of witness tree records (1839-1866) of northern Wisconsin. Journal of Biogeography 27: 1031-1042. PDF Download
He, H. S., DeZonia, B., Mladenoff, D. J. 2000.
An aggregation index to quantify spatial patterns of landscapes. Landscape Ecology 15: 590-602. PDF Download
Radeloff, V. C., Miller, T. F., He, H. S., and Mladenoff, D. J. 2000.
Periodicity in landscape pattern and geostatistical models: autocorrelation between patches. Ecography 23: 81-91. PDF Download
Gustafson, E. J., Shifley, S. R., Mladenoff, D. J., Nimerfro, K. K., He, H. S. 2000.
Spatial simulation of forest succession and harvesting using LANDIS. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30: 32-43. PDF Download
He, H. S., and D. J. Mladenoff. 1999.
Spatially explicit and stochastic simulation of forest landscape fire disturbance and succession. Ecology 80: 81-99. PDF Download
He, H. S., and D. J. Mladenoff. 1999.
Effects of seed dispersal in the simulation of long-term forest landscape change. Ecosystems 2: 308-319. PDF Download
He, H. S., Mladenoff, D. J., Crow, T. R. 1999.
Linking an ecosystem model and a landscape model to study individual species response to climate change. Ecological Modelling 112: 213-233. PDF Download
He, H. S., Mladenoff, D. J., Boeder, J. 1999.
An object-oriented forest landscape model and its representation of tree species. Ecological Modelling. 119: 1-19. PDF Download
Radeloff C. V., Mladenoff, D. J., He, H. S., Boyce, M. S. 1999.
Forest landscape change in the northwest Wisconsin Pine Barrens from pre-European settlement to the present. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29:1649-1659. PDF Download
He, H. S., Mladenoff, D. J., Radeloff, V. C., Crow, T. R. 1998. Integration of GIS data and classified satellite imagery for regional forest assessment. Ecological Applications 8: 1072-1083. PDF Download