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
- Biodiversity
- Forest ecology
- Landscape 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 how terrestrial ecosystems are functioning in the context of global change. Specifically, my research program seeks to understand the causes and consequences of biodiversity change at scales spanning from individual organisms to the entire biosphere. In pursuit of these goals, I develop data-model synthesis frameworks that integrate satellite remote sensing, airborne LiDAR and hyperspectral imaging, field sampling, and ecological monitoring networks with Bayesian hierarchical models. A key area of my work involves quantifying the regeneration potentials of global forests and their fundamental roles in food web dynamics, including seed production and seedling recruits, and determining how they respond to climate, habitat, species traits, and the consumers that rely on them. Additionally, I develop novel approaches to characterize habitats using satellite and airborne remote sensing, and then use statistical models to predict how these habitats modulate the impacts of climate change on biodiversity.
Before joining Penn State, I worked as a postdoc at the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University (with Jim Clark). I worked with Dr. Conghe Song at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for my doctoral research to understand how vegetation phenology responds to climate change, extreme weather events, and urbanization.
Publications
Tree mortality during long-term droughts is lower in structurally complex forest stands
Nature Communications, Ma, Qin, Su, Yanjun, Niu, Chunyue, Ma, Qin, Hu, Tianyu, Luo, Xiangzhong, Tai, Xiaonan, Qiu, Tong, Zhang, Yao, Bales, Roger C., Liu, Lingli, Kelly, Maggi, Guo, Qinghua, 2023
Urban Treetop Detection and Tree-Height Estimation from Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle Images
Remote Sensing, Wu, Hui, Zhuang, Minghao, Chen, Yuanchi, Meng, Chen, Wu, Caiyan, Ouyang, Linke, Liu, Yuhan, Shu, Yi, Tao, Yuzhong, Qiu, Tong, Li, Junxiang, 2023
How to measure mast seeding?
New Phytologist, Bogdziewicz, Michał, Calama, Rafael, Courbaud, Benoit, Espelta, Josep M., Hacket-Pain, Andrew, Journé, Valentin, Kunstler, Georges, Steele, Michael, Qiu, Tong, Zywiec, Magdalena, Clark, James S., 2023
Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients
Nature Plants, Qiu, Tong, Aravena, Marie Claire, Ascoli, Davide, Bergeron, Yves, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Caignard, Thomas, Cailleret, Maxime, Calama, Rafael, Calderon, Sergio Donoso, Camarero, J. Julio, Chang-Yang, Chia Hao, Chave, Jerome, Chianucci, Francesco, Courbaud, Benoit, Cutini, Andrea, Das, Adrian J., Delpierre, Nicolas, Delzon, Sylvain, Dietze, Michael, Dormont, Laurent, Espelta, Josep Maria, Fahey, Timothy J., Farfan-Rios, William, Franklin, Jerry F., Gehring, Catherine A., Gilbert, Gregory S., Gratzer, Georg, Greenberg, Cathryn H., Guignabert, Arthur, Guo, Qinfeng, Hacket-Pain, Andrew, Hampe, Arndt, Han, Qingmin, Holik, Jan, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill F., Journé, Valentin, Kitzberger, Thomas, Knops, Johannes M.H., Kunstler, Georges, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Lageard, Jonathan G.A., LaMontagne, Jalene M., Lefevre, Francois, Leininger, Theodor, Limousin, Jean Marc, Lutz, James A., Macias, Diana, Marell, Anders, McIntire, Eliot J.B., Moore, Christopher M., Moran, Emily, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan A., Nagel, Thomas A., Naoe, Shoji, Noguchi, Mahoko, Oguro, Michio, Parmenter, Robert, Pearse, Ian S., Perez-Ramos, Ignacio M., Piechnik, Lukasz, Podgorski, Tomasz, Poulsen, John, Redmond, Miranda D., Reid, Chantal D., Rodman, Kyle C., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Samonil, Pavel, Sanguinetti, Javier D., Scher, C. Lane, Seget, Barbara, Sharma, Shubhi, Shibata, Mitsue, Silman, Miles, Steele, Michael A., Stephenson, Nathan L., Straub, Jacob N., Sutton, Samantha, Swenson, Jennifer J., Swift, Margaret, Thomas, Peter A., Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Whipple, Amy V., Whitham, Thomas G., Wion, Andreas P., Wright, S. Joseph, Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess K., Zywiec, Magdalena, Clark, James S., 2023
Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Acuña, Marie Claire Aravena, Andrus, Robert, Ascoli, Davide, Bergeron, Yves, Brveiller, Daniel, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Caignard, Thomas, Cailleret, Maxime, Calama, Rafael, Calderon, Sergio Donoso, Camarero, J. Julio, Chang-Yang, Chia Hao, Chave, Jerome, Chianucci, Francesco, Cleavitt, Natalie L., Courbaud, Benoit, Cutini, Andrea, Curt, Thomas, Das, Adrian J, Davi, Hendrik, Delpierre, Nicolas, Delzon, Sylvain, Dietze, Michael, Dormont, Laurent, Farfan-Rios, William, Gehring, Catherine A., Gilbert, Gregory S., Gratzer, Georg, Greenberg, Cathryn H., Guignabert, Arthur, Guo, Qinfeng, Hacket-Pain, Andrew, Hampe, Arndt, Han, Qingmin, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill F., Journé, Valentin, Kitzberger, Thomas, Knops, Johannes M.H., Kunstler, Georges, Kobe, Richard, Lageard, Jonathan G.A., LaMontagne, Jalene M., Ledwon, Mateusz, Leininger, Theodor, Limousin, Jean Marc, Lutz, James A., Macias, Diana, Marell, Anders, McIntire, Eliot J.B., Moran, Emily, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan A, Nagel, Thomas A., Naoe, Shoji, Noguchi, Mahoko, Oguro, Michio, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Ourcival, Jean Marc, Parmenter, Robert, Perez-Ramos, Ignacio M., Piechnik, Lukasz, Podgórski, Tomasz, Poulsen, John, Qiu, Tong, Redmond, Miranda D., Reid, Chantal D., Rodman, Kyle C., Šamonil, Pavel, Holik, Jan, Scher, C. Lane, Van Marle, Harald Schmidt, Seget, Barbara, Shibata, Mitsue, Sharma, Shubhi, Silman, Miles, Steele, Michael A., Straub, Jacob N., Sun, I. Fang, Sutton, Samantha, Swenson, Jennifer J, Thomas, Peter A., Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Veblen, Thomas T., Wright, Boyd, Wright, S. Joseph, Whitham, Thomas G., Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess K., Zywiec, Magdalna, Clark, James S., 2023
Spatiotemporal evolution of urbanization and its implications to urban planning of the megacity, Shanghai, China
Landscape Ecology, Wu, Caiyan, Li, Cheng, Ouyang, Linke, Xiao, Huirong, Wu, Jiong, Zhuang, Minghao, Bi, Xing, Li, Junxiang, Wang, Chunfang, Song, Conghe, Qiu, Tong, Haase, Dagmar, Hahs, Amy, Finka, Maroš, 2023
Habitat–trait interactions that control response to climate change: North American ground beetles (Carabidae)
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Qiu, Tong, Bell, Aaron J., Swenson, Jennifer J., Clark, James S., 2023
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, Zlotin, Roman, Zywiec, Magdalena, Clark, James S., 2022
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
Ecology Letters, Journé, Valentin, 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, Camarero, Jesús, 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, Donoso Calderon, Sergio, None, Dormont, Laurent, Maria Espelta, Josep, None, Maria Espelta, Josep, 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, Lambers, Janneke, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill, Kabeya, Daisuke, Kays, Roland, Kitzberger, Thomas, Knops, Johannes, Knops, Johannes M. H., None, Kobe, Richard, Kunstler, Georges, Lageard, Jonathan, Lageard, Jonathan G. A., None, LaMontagne, Jalene, Leininger, Theodor, Limousin, Jean-Marc, Lutz, James, Macias, Diana, McIntire, Eliot J. B., None, McIntire, Eliot, 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, Qiu, Tong, Redmond, Miranda, Reid, Chantal, Rodman, Kyle, Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Sanguinetti, Javier, Scher, C., Marle, Harald, 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, Whipple, Amy, 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 W., Clark, James S., 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 of the United States of America, 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, Lambers, Janneke Hille Ris, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Journé, Valentin, Journe, Valentin, Kilner, Christopher, Kobe, Richard, Koenig, Walter, Kunstler, Georges, LaMontagne, Jalene, Ledwon, Mateusz, Lutz, James, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan, Nagel, Thomas, Nuñez, Chase L., Nunez, Chase, Pearse, Ian, Piechnik, Łukasz, Piechnik, Lukasz, Poulsen, John, Poulton-Kamakura, Renata, Redmond, Miranda, Reid, Chantal, Rodman, Kyle, Scher, C., van Marle, Harald Schmidt, 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 E., 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 S., Seyednasrollah, Bijan, Rathnayaka, Nuvan, Li, Junxiang, 2020
characterizing responses of land surface phenology to urbanization, climate change, and extreme weather events using remote sensing and Bayesian models, Qiu, Tong, 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 M., 2020
Impacts of urbanization on vegetation phenology over the past three decades in Shanghai, China
Remote Sensing, Qiu, Tong, Song, Conghe, Li, Junxiang, 2017
