Quang Cao

Professor

Forestry

Room 323, RNR Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

phone: (225) 578-4218
email: qcao@lsu.edu

Quang Cao Website

Research Interests

Growth and Yield Modeling:

  • Whole-stand models
  • Diameter-distribution models
  • Stand-table projection models
  • Individual-tree models
  • Linking models of different resolutions
  • Taper, Volume, and Biomass Models

Application of Mathematical and Statistical Principles in Forestry

  • Leaf area distribution
  • Self thinning
  • Inherent correlations between stand biomass calculated from tree measurements

Education

  • Ph. D. in Forest Biometrics; 1981. Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • M. S. in Statistics; 1980. Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • M. S. in Forest Biometrics; 1978. Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia
  • B. S. in Forestry; 1973. National Agricultural Institute, Saigon, Vietnam

Courses Taught

  • RNR 2102 – Natural Resource Measurements. 2 hrs. Fall & Spring.
  • RNR 3103 – Forest Biometrics. 2 hrs. Spring.
  • FOR 3036 – Field Studies in Forest Mensuration. 2 hrs. Spring.

Refereed Publications

10 most recent

  • Cao, Q. V. 2021. A unified system for tree- and stand-level predictions. For. Ecol. Mgt. 480:118713.
  • M. Teimouri, M., and Q. V. Cao. 2020. Statistical inference for Birnbaum-Saunders and Weibull distributions fitted to grouped and ungrouped data. Env. Resources Res. 8:97-108.
  • Zhang X., L. Lu, Q. V. Cao, H. Wang, A. Duan, and J. Zhang. 2020. Projecting stand survival and basal area based on a self-thinning model for Chinese fir plantations. For. Sci. 66: 361-370.
  • Özçelik, R., Q. V. Cao, and H. Yavuz. 2019. Calibrating a taper model for oriental spruce in Turkey. CERNE 25: 473-481.
  • Cao, Q. V. 2019. A method to derive a tree survival model from any existing stand survival model. Can. J. For. Res. 49:1598-1603. (pdf)
  • Özçelik, R., Q. V. Cao, G. Trincado, E. Gómez-García, F. Crecente-Campo, and Ü. Eler. 2019. Modelling dominant height growth of cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich) stands in Turkey. For. Sci. 65: 725-733.
  • Zhang X., L. Lu, Q. V. Cao, L. Lu, H. Wang, A. Duan, and J. Zhang. 2019. Use of modified Reineke’s stand density index in predicting growth and survival of Chinese fir plantations. For. Sci. 65: 776-783.
  • Sun, S., Q. V. Cao, and T. Cao. 2019. Characterizing diameter distributions for uneven-aged pine-oak mixed forests in China. Forests 10:596.
  • Sun, S., Q. V. Cao, and T. Cao. 2019. Evaluation of distance-independent competition indices in predicting tree survival and diameter growth. Can. J. For. Res. 49: 440-446.
  • Zhang X., L. Lu, Q. V. Cao, A. Duan, and J. Zhang. 2018. Climate-sensitive self-thinning trajectories of Chinese fir plantations in south China. Can. J. For. Res. 48: 1388–1397.

 

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