Tong Qiu, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Multifunctional Landscapes
University Park, PA 16802
- Email tvq5043@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-4901
- PDF Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Expertise
- Global change ecology
- Landscape ecology
- Forest ecology
- Remote sensing
- Bayesian hierarchical modeling
Websites
Education
- Ph.D. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020
- B.Eng Wuhan University (highest honor, rank 1/229), 2015
I am a broadly trained ecologist interested in understanding the response of the terrestrial ecosystem to global change at regional to global scales. My lab takes a data-model synthesis approach that integrates satellite and airborne remote sensing, monitoring networks, and forest inventory with statistical models to develop nature-based solutions to fight climate change. Specifically, my lab has a couple of research themes: 1) Deriving habitat characteristics for forest trees and the vast community it supports using combined LiDAR and Hyperspectral imagery; 2) Revealing the climate-habitat interactions that govern biodiversity change; 3) Understanding variations in seed production and how they related to climate, nutrient availability, and species traits; 4) Evaluating forest regeneration from fecundity to seedling recruitment to adult trees; 5) Balancing human needs (e.g., food and water) with the needs of wildlife species (e.g., habitat and healthy soil).
Before joining Penn State, I worked as a postdoc at Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University (with Jim Clark) to study global change impacts on fecundity and biodiversity. For my doctoral research, I worked with Dr. Conghe Song at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to understand how vegetation phenology responds to climate change, extreme weather events, and urbanization.
Publications
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
Nature Communications, Qiu, Tong, Andrus, Robert, Aravena, Marie, Ascoli, Davide, Bergeron, Yves, Berretti, Roberta, Berveiller, Daniel, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Bragg, Don, Caignard, Thomas, Calama, Rafael, Camarero, J., Chang-Yang, Chia, Cleavitt, Natalie, Courbaud, Benoit, Courbet, Francois, Curt, Thomas, Das, Adrian, Daskalakou, Evangelia, Davi, Hendrik, Delpierre, Nicolas, Delzon, Sylvain, Dietze, Michael, Calderon, Sergio, Dormont, Laurent, Espelta, Josep, Fahey, Timothy, Farfan-Rios, William, Gehring, Catherine, Gilbert, Gregory, Gratzer, Georg, Greenberg, Cathryn, Guo, Qinfeng, Hacket-Pain, Andrew, Hampe, Arndt, Han, Qingmin, Hille Ris Lambers, Janneke, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill, Journé, Valentin, Kabeya, Daisuke, Kilner, Christopher, Kitzberger, Thomas, Knops, Johannes, Kobe, Richard, Kunstler, Georges, Lageard, Jonathan, LaMontagne, Jalene, Ledwon, Mateusz, Lefevre, Francois, Leininger, Theodor, Limousin, Jean, Lutz, James, Macias, Diana, McIntire, Eliot, Moore, Christopher, Moran, Emily, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan, Nagel, Thomas, Noguchi, Kyotaro, Ourcival, Jean, Parmenter, Robert, Pearse, Ian, Perez-Ramos, Ignacio, Piechnik, Lukasz, Poulsen, John, Poulton-Kamakura, Renata, Redmond, Miranda, Reid, Chantal, Rodman, Kyle, Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Sanguinetti, Javier, Scher, C., Schlesinger, William, Schmidt Van Marle, Harald, Seget, Barbara, Sharma, Shubhi, Silman, Miles, Steele, Michael, Stephenson, Nathan, Straub, Jacob, Sun, I., Sutton, Samantha, Swenson, Jennifer, Swift, Margaret, Thomas, Peter, Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Veblen, Thomas, Whipple, Amy, Whitham, Thomas, Wion, Andreas, Wright, Boyd, Wright, S., Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess, 2022
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
Ecology letters, Qiu, Tong, Journe, Valentin, Journe, V., Andrus, Robert, Clark, J.S., Aravena, Marie-Claire, Ascoli, Davide, Berretti, Roberta, Berveiller, Daniel, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Caignard, Thomas, Calama, Rafael, Julio Camarero, Jesus, None, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Courbaud, Benoit, Courbet, Francois, Curt, Thomas, Das, Adrian, Daskalakou, Evangelia, Davi, Hendrik, Delpierre, Nicolas, Delzon, Sylvain, Dietze, Michael, Donoso Calderon, Sergio, None, Dormont, Laurent, Maria Espelta, Josep, None, Fahey, Timothy, Farfan-Rios, William, Gehring, Catherine, Gilbert, Gregory, Gratzer, Georg, Greenberg, Cathryn, Guo, Qinfeng, Hacket-Pain, Andrew, Hampe, Arndt, Han, Qingmin, Lambers, Janneke Hille Ris, None, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill, Kabeya, Daisuke, Kays, Roland, Kitzberger, Thomas, Knops, Johannes M. H., None, Kobe, Richard, Kunstler, Georges, Lageard, Jonathan G. A., None, LaMontagne, Jalene, Leininger, Theodor, Limousin, Jean-Marc, Lutz, James, Macias, Diana, McIntire, Eliot J. B., None, Moore, Christopher, Moran, Emily, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan, Nagel, Thomas, Noguchi, Kyotaro, Ourcival, Jean-Marc, Parmenter, Robert, Pearse, Ian, Perez-Ramos, Ignacio, Piechnik, Lukasz, Poulsen, John, Poulton-Kamakura, Renata, Redmond, Miranda, Reid, Chantal, Rodman, Kyle, Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Sanguinetti, Javier, Scher, C., Schmidt Van Marle, Harald, None, Seget, Barbara, Sharma, Shubhi, Silman, Miles, Steele, Michael, Stephenson, Nathan, Straub, Jacob, Swenson, Jennifer, Swift, Margaret, Thomas, Peter, Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Veblen, Thomas, Whipple, Amy, V, None, Whitham, Thomas, Wright, Boyd, Wright, S., Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess, Zlotin, Roman, Zywiec, Magdalena, Clark, James, 2022
Niche Shifts From Trees to Fecundity to Recruitment That Determine Species Response to Climate Change
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Qiu, Tong, Sharma, Shubhi, Woodall, Christopher, Clark, James, 2021
Disaggregating climatic and anthropogenic influences on vegetation changes in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China
Science of the Total Environment, Jiang, Meichen, He, Yuexin, Song, Conghe, Pan, Yuepeng, Qiu, Tong, Tian, Shufang, 2021
Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Qiu, Tong, Aravena, Marie-Claire, Andrus, Robert, Ascoli, Davide, Bergeron, Yves, Berretti, Roberta, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Caignard, Thomas, Calama, Rafael, Camarero, J., Clark, Connie, Courbaud, Benoit, Delzon, Sylvain, Calderon, Sergio, Farfan-Rios, William, Gehring, Catherine, Gilbert, Gregory, Greenberg, Cathryn, Guo, Qinfeng, Lambers, Janneke Hille Ris, None, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Journe, Valentin, Kilner, Christopher, Kobe, Richard, Koenig, Walter, Kunstler, Georges, LaMontagne, Jalene, Ledwon, Mateusz, Lutz, James, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan, Nagel, Thomas, Nunez, Chase, Pearse, Ian, Piechnik, Lukasz, Poulsen, John, Poulton-Kamakura, Renata, Redmond, Miranda, Reid, Chantal, Rodman, Kyle, Scher, C., Marle, Harald Schmidt Van, None, Seget, Barbara, Sharma, Shubhi, Silman, Miles, Swenson, Jennifer, Swift, Margaret, Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Veblen, Thomas, Whipple, Amy, Whitham, Thomas, Wion, Andreas, Wright, S, Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess, Zywiec, Magdalena, Clark, James, 2021
Deriving annual double-season cropland phenology using landsat imagery
Remote Sensing, Qiu, Tong, Song, Conghe, Li, Junxiang, 2020
Divergent socioeconomic-ecological outcomes of China's conversion of cropland to forest program in the subtropical mountainous area and the semi-arid Loess Plateau
Ecosystem Services, Zhang, Qi, Wang, Ying, Tao, Shiqi, Bilsborrow, Richard, Qiu, Tong, Liu, Chong, Sannigrahi, Srikanta, Li, Qirui, Song, Conghe, 2020
Understanding the continuous phenological development at daily time step with a Bayesian hierarchical space-time model: impacts of climate change and extreme weather events
Remote Sensing of Environment, Qiu, Tong, Song, Conghe, Clark, James, Seyednasrollah, Bijan, Rathnayaka, Nuvan, Li, Junxiang, 2020
Urbanization and climate change jointly shift land surface phenology in the northern mid-latitude large cities
Remote Sensing of Environment, Qiu, Tong, Song, Conghe, Zhang, Yulong, Liu, Hongsheng, Vose, James, 2020
Impacts of urbanization on vegetation phenology over the past three decades in Shanghai, China
Remote Sensing, Qiu, Tong, Song, Conghe, Li, Junxiang, 2017
