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(2100+ Citations)



(130+ Publications, 90+ peer-review journal articles)

About

Dr. Weimin Xi studies how ecosystems respond to disturbance and climate change, with a focus on conservation biology, landscape dynamics, and geospatial modeling. His group integrates field data, long-term monitoring, and process-based models to inform sustainable management of forests, agroforestry systems, and urban green spaces. He mentors students in quantitative ecology, ecoinformatics, and applied conservation, connecting coursework with hands-on research and real-world problem solving.

Education

• Ph.D. (Biology), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Teaching Specialties / Courses Taught

• Ecology, Human Ecology, Disease Ecology, Global Health
• Conservation Biology, Biodiversity Science, Environmental Biology
• Plant Biology, Botany, Plant Taxonomy, Biological Systematics
• Ecological Modeling, Geospatial Analysis and Technology

Research Interests & Current Projects

• Conservation Biology, Climate Change Biology, Global Sustainability
• Landscape Ecology, Disturbance Ecology, Ecosystems Management
• Sustainable Forestry, Agroforestry, Urban Forestry, Ecological Engineering
• Ecological Modeling, Geospatial Analysis, Ecoinformatics

Selected Editorships

• Associate Editor: , 2010–
• Associate Editor: , 2017–
• Associate Editor: , 2017–
• Editorial Board Member: , 2010–
• Editorial Board Member: , 2022–

Selected Awards

• Dean's Award for Scholarly & Creative Production, College of Arts & Sciences, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø A&M–Kingsville, 2019
• Dean's Award for Outstanding Service, College of Arts & Sciences, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø A&M–Kingsville, 2017
• Impact Award, Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009
• Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America, 2008–
• Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society), Full Member, 2003–

Selected Publications (*Corresponding Author)

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2025

• Xi*, W., Mukti Subedi, Tilak Chaudhary, Nicholas Dewez, Duston Duffie, Roshan Bhatta, Zhiping Liu, Qingqing Liu, Xiaoyu Liu, Yanmei Chen, Ming Yan, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Ambrose Anoruo, Haibin Su, Stephen Clarke. 2025. The impacts of an exceptional drought on forests in East 51³Ô¹ÏÍø: Disparities in tree mortality, biomass loss and decrease in the carbon sink capacity. Forest Health Monitoring: Evaluation Monitoring Project Summaries 2024. U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station (In press).
• Estabrook, T., Fried, J., Xi*, W., Su, H., Zhang, J. 2025. Linking burn severity to pre-fire forest structure and weather on the Dixie fire offers potential to map prospective burn severity. Canadian Journal of Forest Research (In press).
• Liu, Z.P., Xi, W., Subedi, M.R., Zhang, X.F., Yan, M. 2025. The impacts of large-scale climate extremes
• on aboveground biomass in subtropical pine-dominant forests of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, USA: 20 years of monitoring. Journal of Forestry Research, 36(1):1-12. .

2024

• Cheng, Y.-S., Wang, T.-Y., Xi, W., Yan, M., Qiao, X.-H. 2023. Ecological niches and interspecific associations of dominant species within an endangered Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) R. Br. community. Plant Science Journal (in Chinese, in press).
• Loverin, J.K., Xi*, W., Su, H., Zhang, J. 2024. Thinning and managed burning enhance forest resilience in northeastern California. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 10 Article ID: 0164 ().
• Dewez, N., Xi*, W., Duffie, D., Subedi, M., Chaudhary, T., Rideout-Hanzak, S., Anoruo, A., Estabrook, T. 2024. Analysis of forest inventory data shows disparity in tree mortality and resistance in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø national forests. Journal of Forestry ().
• Larocque, G.R., Shugart, H.H., Xi, W., Holm, J.A. 2024. Forest succession models.
• In Larocque (ed.) Ecological Forest Management Handbook (Second Edition). CRC Press.
• Larocque, G.R., Komarov, A., Chertov, O., Shanin, V., Liu, J., Bhatti, J., Wang, W., Peng, C., Shugart, H.H., Xi, W., Holm, J.A. 2024. Process-based models: a synthesis of models and applications to address environmental and management issues. In Larocque (ed.) Ecological Forest Management Handbook. CRC Press.

2023

• Yan, M., Chen, Y., Yan, J., Xi*, W. 2023. Studying forest tree mortality based on a generalized linear mixed-effects model. Acta Ecologica Sinica 44(6). DOI: 10.5846/stxb202304270878.
• Yan, M., Liu, X., Liu, Q., Liu, Z., Xi*, W. 2023. Post-drought carbon dynamics and driving factors in East 51³Ô¹ÏÍø national forests, USA. Chinese Journal of Ecology 43(1) (in Chinese, online publish 2023-07-28).

2022

• Chaudhary, T., Xi*, W., Subedi, M., Rideout-Hanzak, S., Su, H., Dewez, N., Clarke, S. 2022. East 51³Ô¹ÏÍø forests show strong resilience to exceptional drought. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research 1-14, cpac050, .
• Yan, M., Liu, Q., Liu, Z., Xi*, W. 2022. Impacts of drought and stand factors on tree mortality: A case study of national forests in east 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, USA. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 33(11):2897-2906. (in Chinese) .
• Yan, M., Liu, Z., Subedi, M.R., Liang, L., Xi*, W. 2022. The complex impacts of unprecedented drought on forest tree mortality: a case study of dead trees in east 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, USA. Acta Ecologica Sinica 42(3):1034-1046. (in Chinese) .

2021

• Subedi, M.R., Xi*, W., Edgar, C.B., Rideout-Hanzak, S., Yan, M. 2021. Tree mortality and biomass loss in drought-affected forests of East 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, USA. Journal of Forestry Research 32(1):67–80. Online published 26 March 2020.

2020

• Xi*, W., Zhou, X., Zhang, J. 2020. LANDISVIEW 2.0: An upgraded visualization and analytical tool for landscape modeling. Environmental Modelling & Software, 34:104849.
• Ling, P.-Y., Prince, S., Baiocchi, G., Dymond, C., Xi, W., Hurtt, G. 2020. Impact of fire and harvest on forest ecosystem services in a species-rich area in the Southern Appalachians. Ecosphere, 11(6): e03150.

2019

• Xi*, W., Peet, R.K., Lee, M.T., Urban, D.L. 2019. Hurricane disturbances, tree diversity, and succession in North Carolina Piedmont forests, USA. Journal of Forestry Research 30(1):219-231.
• Subedi, M.R., Xi*, W., Edgar, C.B., Rideout-Hanzak, S., Hedquist, B.C. 2019. Assessment of geostatistical methods for spatiotemporal analysis of drought patterns in east 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, USA. Spatial Information Research 27(1):11–21.

2018

• Qin, J., Shangguan, Z., Xi*, W. 2018. Seasonal variations of leaf traits and drought adaptation strategies of four common woody species in South 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, USA. Journal of Forestry Research.
• Sun, H., Dai, E., Li, Y., Xi*, W. 2018. Climate change and sustainable forestry: a regional perspective from northeast China. The Forestry Chronicle 94(3):201-207.
• Dai, E., Zhu, J., Wang, X., Xi, W. 2018. Multiple ecosystem services of monoculture and mixed plantations: A case study of the Huitong experimental forest of Southern China. Land Use Policy 79(10):717-724.

2017

• Wu, Z., Dai, E., Ge, Q., Xi, W., Wang, X. 2017. Modelling the integrated effects of land use and climate change scenarios on forest ecosystem aboveground biomass (in Chinese). Acta Geographica Sinica 72:1539-1554.
• Dai, E., Wang, X., Zhu, J., Xi, W. 2017. Quantifying ecosystem service trade-offs for plantation forest management to benefit provisioning and regulating services. Ecology and Evolution 7:7807-7821.
• He, B., Guo, T., Huang, H., Xi, W., Chen, X. 2017. Physiological responses of Scaevola aemula seedlings under high temperature stress. South African Journal of Botany 112:203-209.
• Wu, Z., Dai, E., Ge, Q., Xi, W., Wang, X. 2017. Modelling the integrated effects of land use and climate change scenarios on forest ecosystem aboveground biomass. Journal of Geographical Sciences 27(2):205-222.
• McCloughan, A., Rideout-Hanzak, S., Wester, D., Xi, W. 2017. Evaluating removal of competition on morphology of endangered Slender Rush-Pea in South 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, USA. Natural Areas Journal 37(3):382-393.
• Ramirez, D., Xi, W., Malwade, K., Oyelakin, O. 2017. The climate change-air pollution connection: adsorption as a mitigation strategy. In Facing the Threat: Climate Change. Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

2016

• Qin, J., Xi*, W., Rahmlow, A., Kong, H., Zhang, Z., Shangguan, Z. 2016. Effects of forest plantation types on leaf traits of Ulmus pumila and Robinia pseudoacacia on the Loess Plateau, China. Ecological Engineering 97:416-425.
• Dai, E., Zhu, H., Wu, Z., Wang, X., Xi, W., Zhu, J. 2016. The impact of climate change on forest aboveground biomass in the Moshao forest farm of Huitong station (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 27(10):3059-3069.
• Dai, E., Wu, Z., Ge, Q., Xi, W., Wang, X. 2016. Predicting the responses of forest distribution and aboveground biomass to climate change under RCP scenarios in southern China. Global Change Biology 22(11):3642-3661.
• Xi, W., Dai, E., He, H.S. 2016. Advances in forest landscape models: current research and applications. Progress in Geography 35(1):35-46 (in Chinese, invited review).
• Ren, Y., Chen, S., Wei, X., Xi, W., Luo, Y., Song, X., Zuo, S., Yang, Y. 2016. Disentangling factors contributing to variation in forest biomass increment in mid-subtropical forests of China. Journal of Forestry Research 27(4):919-930.

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Department of Biological and Health Sciences
51³Ô¹ÏÍø A&M University–Kingsville
Kingsville, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 78363-8202
MSC 158
Office: Kleberg Hall 118C
Research Lab: Kleberg Hall 116
Office Phone: (361) 593-2758
email: weimin.xi@tamuk.edu
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