Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal
Publications (out of 76)
1. Shao, G. and J.
Wu. 2008. On the accuracy of landscape pattern analysis using remote sensing
data. Landscape Ecology 23: 505-511.
2. Lang, R., G. Shao,
B.C. Pijanowski, and R.L. Farnsworth. 2008. Optimizing unsupervised
classifications of remotely sensed imagery with a data-assisted labeling
approach. Computers & Geosciences 34: 1877-1885.
3. Martin, B., G.
Shao, R.K. Swihart, G.R. Parker, and L. Tang. 2008. Implications of shared edge
length between land cover types for landscape quality:
The case of Midwestern U.S., 1940-1998. Landscape Ecology. 23:391-402.
4. Young, D.R. J.H.
Porter, C,M. Bachmann, G. Shao, R.A. Fusina, J.H.
Bowles, D. Korwan, and T.F. Donato.
2007. Cross-scale patterns in shrub thicket dynamics in the Virginia barrier
complex. Ecosystems 10 (5): 854-863.
5. Wang, H., G.
Shao, L. Dai, D. Xu, and F. Wang. 2007. Effects of
logging on niche dynamics of main shrub populations in broad-leaved Korean pine
mixed forests on Changbai Mountain. Journal of
Northeast Forestry University 35(11): 27-31.
6. Shao, G. and
B.W. Duncan. 2007. Effects of band combinations and GIS masking on fire-scar
mapping at local scales in East-Central Florida, USA. Canadian Journal of
Remote Sensing 33 (4): 250-259.
7. Kirilenko, A, B. Chivoiu,
J. Crick, A. Ross-Davis, K. Schaaf, G. Shao, R.
Swihart, V. Singhania. 2007. An Internet-based
decision support tool for non-industrial private forest landowners.
Environmental Modelling and Software, 22, 1498-1508.
8. Wang, S., G.
Shao, H. Gu, Q. Wang, and L. Dai. 2006. A geographic
information systems approach for classifying and mapping forest management
categories in Baihe Forestry Bureau,
9. Chivoiu, B., G.
Shao, J. Moser and W.L. Mills. 2006. ArcFVS: An
integration of a geographic information system and forest vegetation simulator.
Science in
10. Dai, L., B. Zheng, G. Shao, and L. Zhou 2006. The roles of a decision
support system in applying forest ecosystem management in northeast
11. Shao, G., F.
Wang, L. Dai, J. Bai, and Y. Li. 2006. A
density-dependent matrix model and its applications in optimizing harvest
schemes for a temperate forest in northeast
12. Tang, L., Q.
Wang, G. Shao, L. Dai, S. Wang, X. Li, and D. Xu. 2006. Digitally determining
forest inventory units with an ecological classification system. Science in
13. Xu, D., G. Shao,
L. Dai, Z. Hao, L. Tang, and H. Wang. 2006. Mapping forest fire risk zones with
spatial data and principal component analysis. Science in
14. Tang, S., L.
Tang, G. Shao, and L. Dai. 2006. Digital forestry research in
15. Zhang, H., Q.
Wang, L. Dai, G. Shao, L. Tang, S. Wang, H. Gu. 2006. Quantifying soil erosion
with GIS-based RUSLE under different forest management options in eastern
16. Zhou, L., L.
Dai, G. Shao, D. Xu, H. Wang, and J. Bai. 2006.
GIS-based analysis of forest degradations in Baihe
Forestry Bureau，northeast China. Science in
17. Liu, J., G.
Shao, H. Zhu, and S. Liu. 2005. A neural network approach for enhancing
information extraction from multispectral image data.
18. He, H., Z. Hao,
D.J. Mladenoff, G. Shao, Y. Hu, and Y. Chang. 2005.
Simulating forest ecosystem response to climate warming incorporating spatial
effects in north-eastern
19. Wang, H., G.
Shao, L. Dai, X. Dong, G. Huiyan, and F. Wang. 2005. The impacts of logging
operations on understory plants for the broad-leaved/Korean pine mixed forest
on
20. Zhao, G., G.
Shao, K. Reynolds, M. Wimberly, T. Warner, J. Moser, K. Rennolls,
S. Magnussen, M. Koehl, H. Anderson, G. Mendoza, L.
Dai1, A. Huth, L. Zhang, J. Brey,
Y. Sun, R. Ye, B. Martin, and F. Li. 2005. Digital Forestry: A White Paper. Journal of Forestry 103 (1): 47-50.
21. Shao,
G., H. Wang, L. Dai, G. Wu, Y. Li, R. Lang, and B. Song. 2005. Integrating
stand and landscape decisions for multi-purposes of forest harvesting. Forest Ecol. and Manage 207(1-2):
233-243.
22. Shao,
G., G.R. Parker, A.V. Zhalnin, P. Merchant, and D. Albrightc.
2004. GIS protocols in mapping ecological landtypes
for the
23. Wang,
F., L. Dai, and G. Shao. 2004. A non-linear model for simulating diameter
dynamics of the broadleaved-Korean pine mixed forest on
24. Zhou,
Z., G. Wu, and G. Shao. 2004. An assessment of landscape indices derived from
remotely sensed data. Chinese J. of Ecology 23(5): 206-211. (in
Chinese)
25. Ma,
J. and G. Shao. 2003. Rediscovery of the first collection of the "Living
Fossil", Metasequoia glyptostroboides.
Taxon 52
(3): 585-588.
26. Dai,
L., G. Shao, and B. Xiao. 2003. Ecological classification for mountain forest
sustainability in
27. Shao,
G., W. Wu, G. Wu, X. Zhou, and J. Wu. 2003. An explicit index for assessing the
accuracy of cover class areas. Photogrammetric
Engineering & Remote Sensing 69(8): 907-913.
28. Shao,
G.F., X.D. Yan, and H. Bugmann. 2003. Sensitivities of species compositions of
the mixed forest?eastern Eurasian continent to climate
change. Global and Planetary Change
37: 307-313.
29. Wu,
W.C. and G.F. Shao. 2002. Optimal combinations of data, classifiers, and
sampling methods for accurate characterizations of deforestation.
30. Zhao,
G. and G.F. Shao. 2002. Logging restrictions in China: A turning point for
forest sustainability. J. Forestry 100(4): 34-37.
31. Wu,
G., H. Xiao, J.Z. Zhao, G.F. Shao, and J. Li. 2002.
32. Shao,
G.F., H. Bugmann, and X. Yan. 2001. A comparative analysis of the structure and
behavior of three gap models at sites in northeastern China. Climatic Change
51: 389-413.
33. Shao,
G.F., P.C. Zhang, G.X.
Bai, G. Zhao, and Z. Wang. 2001 Ecological Classification System for China's
Natural Forests: Protection and Management. Acta
Ecologia Sinica.
21: 1564-1568.
34. Shao,
G.F., H. H. Shugart, and H. Bugmann. 2001.
Suggestions for biometrical improvements in forest gap models. Journal of
Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing
13 (3-4): 239-248.Read Text
35. Shao,
G.F., D.G. Liu, and G. Zhao. 2001. Relationships of image classification
accuracy and variation of landscape statistics. Can. J. Remote Sensing. 27: 33-43.Read Text
36. Shao,
G.F., H.Z. Zhu, W. L. Mills. 2000. An
Algorithm for Automated Map Mosaicing Prior to Georegistration. Journal
of Geographic Information Science 6(1): 97-101.
37. Zhang,
P.C, G.F Shao, G. Zhao, D. C. LeMaster, G. R. Parker,
J. B. Dunning, and Q.L. Li. 2000. Ecology: China’s Forest Policy for the 21st
Century. Science 288 (5474), June 23, 2135-2136. Read Text
38. Shao,
G.F. and G. Zhao. 1998. Protecting versus harvesting of old-growth forests on
the Changbai Mountain (China and North Korea): A
remote sensing application. Natural Areas
Journal 18(4): 334-341.
39. Shao,
G.F., D.R. Young, J.H. Porter, and B.P. Hayden. 1998. An integration of remote
sensing and GIS to examine the responses of shrub thicket distributions to
shoreline changes on barrier islands. Journal
of Coastal Research 14: 299-307.
40. Shao,
G.F. and H.H. Shugart. 1997. A compatible
growth-density stand model derived from a distance-dependent individual tree
model.
41. Shao,
G.F., H.H. Shugart, and B.P. Hayden. 1996. Functional
classifications for coastal barrier island vegetation. J. Vegetation Sci. 7: 391-396.
42. Shao,
G.F., G. Zhao, S.D. Zhao, H.H. Shugart, S.X. Wang,
and J. Schaller.
43. Shao,
G.F. 1996. Potential impacts of climate change on a mixed broadleaved-Korean
pine forest stand: a gap model approach. Climatic
Change. 34: 263-268.
44. Shao,
G.F., H.H. Shugart, and T.M. Smith. 1995. A role-type
model (ROPE) and its application in assessing the impacts of climate change on
forest landscape. Vegetatio
121: 135-146.
45. Shao,
G.F. and P. Halpin. 1995. Climatic control of eastern
North-American coastal tree and shrub distributions. J. Biogeography?22: 1083-1089.
46. Shao,
G.F., H.H. Shugart and D.R. Young. 1995. Simulation
of transpiration sensitivity to environmental changes for shrub (Myrica cerifera) thickets on a
47. Shao,
G.F., P. Schall, and J.F. Weishampel.
1994. Dynamic simulations of mixed broadleaved-Pinus koraiensis forests in the Changbaishan
Biosphere Reserve of China.
Selected Other Journal Publications (out of 9)
48. Porter,
J.H., B.P. Hayden, and G. Shao. 2003. Researchers try to keep pace with a
high-speed island landscape. Imaging Notes 18(1): 24-26.
49. Zhao,
G.F, G. Shao, P.C. Zhang, and G.X. Bai. 2000.
50. Shao.
G,F. Q.J. Liu, H. Qian, J.Q. Chen, J.S. Ma, and Z.X.
Tan. 2000. Zhan Wang (4 May 1911?0 January 2000). Taxon 49 (3): 593-601.Read Text
Books
51. Dai,
L. and G. Shao. 2007. Forest Ecosystem Management. Liaoning Science and
Technology Press, Shenyang, 300 pp.
52. Shao,
G. and K.M. Reynolds (ed.). 2006. Computer
Applications in
53. Dai,
L., H. Gu, G. Shao, and Q. Wang. 2005. The
54. Shao,
G.F., S. Zhao and H.H. Shugart.
55. Tian,
L., F.Q. Liu, and G.F. Shao. 1990. Remote sensing technologies in agriculture
and forestry. 236 pp.
Selected Book Chapters (out of 12)
56. Reynolds,
K.M., M. Twery, M.J. Lexer,
H. Vacik, D. Ray, G. Shao, and J.G. Borges. 2007.
Decision Support Systems in Forest Management. In: Handbook on Decision Support
Systems 2. F. Burstein and C.W. Holsapple (Editors),
Springer, Netherland, P499-534.
57. Shao,
G. and L. Dai. 2006. Linking multiple tools: A Chinese Case. In: Computer Applications in
58. Shao,
G. 2004. GIS Applications in ecological research. In: Ecology: Review and Prospect. W. Li and J. Zhao (Editors),
Meteorological Press,
59. Shao,
G and W. Wu. 2004. The effects of classification accuracy on landscape indices.
In: Remote Sensing and GIS Accuracy
Assessment. Lunetta, R.S., and J.G. Lyon
(Editors), CRC Press,
60. Shao,
G.F. and J.S. Ma. 2001. Asian Flora. In: World
Geography. Ray Sumner (editor). P1579-1583.
61. Shao,
G.F., L.M. Dai, G. Zhao, and S. Wang. 2000. Protection of the mixed forest. In:
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