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Shaoyang (Shawn) Yang

Dr. Shaoyang (Shawn) Yang, Postdoctoral Associate
Dr. Shaoyang (Shawn) Yang
304A Cheatham Hall
  • B.S., Shandong Agricultural University (2011);
  • M.S., Shandong Agricultural University (2014);
  • Ph.D., Mississippi State University (2019)
  • Mechanisms of spread and distribution patterns of Chinese tallow invasion within the native forest ecosystems and longleaf pine regeneration and restoration at the coastal area of the Southeastern United States.
  • Oak decline and mortality evaluation and modeling in the hardwood forests of the Central Southeastern United States.
  • Forest biometrics and spatial statistics and modeling.
  • Yang, S., Fan, Z., Liu, X., Ezell, A.W., 2021. Spatial Distribution and Spread Patterns of Chinese Tallow (Triadica sebifera) in Southeast Coastal Area of the United States. Forest Ecol. and Manage, 482, p. 118892.
  • Fan, Z., Yang, S., Loewenstein, N.J., Cheng, N., Nepal, S., Pitchford, J.L., Chappell, J. and Stone, D., 2021. Modeling spatial variations of the invasibility of slash pine flatwoods to Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) invasion: Mechanisms and key factors at the microscale. Forest Ecol. and Manage, 482, p.118798.
  • Fan, Z., Yang, S., Cheng, N., Liu, X., Song, A. and Dong, L., 2021. Invasibility of fire-managed ecosystems to the Chinese tallow tree (Triadica sebifera) in the lower Gulf Coastal Plain, USA: Mechanisms and key factors at the landscape level. Forest Ecol. and Manage. 479, p.118539.
  • Cheng N, Fan Z, Loewenstein N, Gitzen R, Yang S., 2021. Post-fire invasion risk of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) in a slash pine flatwood ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain, United States: mechanisms and contributing factors at the community level. Forestry Research. 1: 2.
  • Fan, Z., Moser, W.K., Poyner, C., Yang, S., Nepal, S., Kush, J.S. and Lauer, D.K., 2021. Assessment of natural regeneration of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) 15 years post-regeneration control. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
  • Yang, S., Fan, Z., Liu, X., Ezell, A.W., Spetich, M.A., Saucier, S.K., Gray, S. and Hereford, S.G., 2019. Effects of Prescribed Fire, Site Factors, and Seed Sources on the Spread of Invasive Triadica sebifera in a Fire-Managed Coastal Landscape in Southeastern Mississippi, USA. Forests, 10(2), p.175.