Associate Professor, Associate Director, Ph.D

Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
3041 – 2424 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
Phone: 1-604-822-1845
Email: tongli.wang@ubc.ca

Research Interests:
Dr. Tongli Wang has been working on several climate change related studies. His major research interests include: 1) developing climate models; 2) projecting bioclimate envelopes of ecosystems and species ranges for future climates; 3) building climate response functions for tree populations; and 4) developing climate-based seed transfer systems. The output of these studies has served as part of the basis for this project.

Publications:

Wang, T., Wang, G., Innes, J., Nitschke, C., and Kang, H. (2016). Climatic niche models and their consensus projections for future climates for four major forest tree species in the Asia-Pacific region. Forest Ecology and Management, 360: 357-366.

Zhang, L, S Liu, P Sun and T Wang. “Consensus Forecasting of Species Distributions: The Effects of Niche Model Performance and Niche Properties”. PLOS ONE. 10.3 (2015).

Lu, Y., N.C. Coops, T. Wang and G. Wang. “A Process-Based Approach to Estimate Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) Distribution and Productivity in Southern China under Climate “. FORESTS. 6 (2015): 360 – 379.

Lu, Y., N.C. Coops, T. Wang and G. Wang. “Comparing Stem Volume Predictions of Coastal Douglas-Fir Stands in British Columbia Using a Simple Physiological Model and LiDAR”. FOREST SCIENCE, 61 (2015): 586 – 596.

De La Torre, A.R., T. Wang, B. Jaquish and S.N. Aitken. “Adaptation and exogenous selection in a Picea glauca x Picea engelmannii hybrid zone: implications for forest management under climate”. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 201 (2014): 687 – 699.

Hamann, A., T. Wang, D.L. Spittlehouse and T.Q. Murdock. “A comprehensive, high-resolution database of historical and projected climate surfaces for western North America”. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. 94 (2013): 1307 – 1309.

Fettig, C.J., M.L. Reid, B.J. Bentz, S. Sevanto, D.L. Spittlehouse and T. Wang. “Changing Climates, Changing Forests: A Western North American Perspective”. JOURNAL OF FORESTRY. 111 (2013): 214 – 228.

Wang, T.. “Projecting future distributions of ecosystem climate niches in British Columbia”. JOURNAL OF ECOSYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT. 13 (2013): 1 – 3.

Cortini, F., P.G. Comeau, T. Wang, E. Hibbs and A. Bluhm. “Climate effects on red alder growth in the Pacific Northwest of North America”. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 277 (2012): 98 – 106.

Wang, T., A. Hamann, D.L. Spittlehouse and T.Q. Murdock. “ClimateWNA-High-Resolution Spatial Climate Data for Western North America “. JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY. 51 (2012): 16 – 29.

Holliday, J.A., T. Wang and S.N. Aitken. “Predicting Adaptive Phenotypes From Multilocus Genotypes in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) Using Random Forest”. G3: GENES GENOMES GENETICS. 2 (2012): 1085 – 1093.

Wang, T., E.M. Campbell, G.A. O’Neill and S.N. Aitken. “Projecting future distributions of ecosystem climate niches: Uncertainties and management applications”. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 279 (2012): 128 – 140.

Coops, N.C., R.H. Waring, C. Beier and T. Wang. “Modeling the occurrence of fifteen coniferous tree species throughout the Pacific Northwest of North America using a hybrid approach of a generic process-based growth model and decision tree analysis”. APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE. 14.3 (2011): 402 – 414.

Wang, T., G. O’Neill and S.N. Aitken. “Integrating environmental and genetic effects to predict responses of tree populations to climate”. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 20 (2010): 153 – 163.

Mbogga, M., T. Wang and A. Hamann. “Historical and projected climate data for natural resource management in western Canada”. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 149 (2009): 881 – 890.

Schroeder, T.A., A. Hamann, T. Wang and N.C. Coops. “Occurrence and dominance of six Pacific Northwest conifer species”. JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE. 21 (2009): 586 – 596.

O’Neill, G., A. Hamann and T. Wang. “Accounting for population variation improves estimates of climate change impacts on species’ growth and distribution”. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY. 45 (2008): 1040 – 1049.

Aitken, S.N., S. Yeaman, J.A. Holliday, T. Wang and S. Curtis-McLane. “Adaptation, migration or extirpation: Climate change outcomes for tree populations”. EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS. 1 (2008): 95 – 111.

O’Neill, G., N. Gordon, T. Wang and P.K. Ottb. “Growth response functions improved by accounting for non-climatic site effects”. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE. 37 (2007): 2724 – 2730.

Wang, T.. “ClimateBC: A Computer Program to Generate High resolution Climate Data for British Columbia”. TICtalk. 7 (2006): 17 – 19.

Wang, T., A. Hamann, D.L. Spittlehouse and S.N. Aitken. “Development of scale-free climate data for western Canada for use in resource management”. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY. 26 (2006): 383 – 397.

Wang, T. and J.H. Russell. “Evaluation of selfing effects on western redcedar growth and yield in operational plantations using TASS”. FOREST SCIENCE. 52 (2006): 281 – 289.

Hamann, A. and T. Wang. “Potential effects of climate change on ecosystem and tree species distribution in British Columbia”. ECOLOGY. 87 (2006): 2773 – 2786.

Wang, T., A. Hamann, A. Yanchuk, G. O’Neill and S.N. Aitken. “Use of response functions in selecting lodgepole pine populations for future climate”. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 12 (2006): 2404 – 2416.

Hamann, A. and T. Wang. “Models of climatic normals for genecology and climate change studies in British Columbia”. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 128 (2005): 211 – 221.

Wang, T., S.N. Aitken, J.H. Woods, K. Polsson and S. Magnussen. “Effects of inbreeding on coastal Douglas fir growth and yield in operational plantations: a model-based approach”. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. 108 (2004): 1162 – 1171.

Bennuah, S.Y., T.L. Wang and S.N. Aitken. “Genetic analysis of the Picea sitchensis x glauca introgression zone in British Columbia”. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 197 (2004): 65 – 77.

Wang, T., S.N. Aitken and K.L. Kavanagh. “Selection for improved growth and wood quality in lodgepole pine: effects on phenology, hydraulic architecture and growth of seedlings”. TREES – STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION. 17 (2003): 269 – 277.

Woods, J.H., T. Wang and S.N. Aitken. “Effects of inbreeding on coastal Douglas-fir: nursery performance”. SILVAE GENETICA. 51 (2002): 163 – 170.

Wang, T. and S.N. Aitken. “Variation in xylem anatomy of selected populations of lodgepole pine”. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE. 31 (2001): 2049 – 2057.

Wang, T., S.N. Aitken, P. Rozenberg and F. Millie. “Selection for improved growth and wood density in lodgepole pine: Effects on radial patterns of wood variation”. WOOD AND FIBER SCIENCE. 32 (2000): 391 – 403.

Wang, T.L, R. Hagqvist and P.M.A. Tigerstedt. “Inbreeding depression in three generations of selfed families of silver birch (Betula pendula)”. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE. 29 (1999): 662 – 668.

Wang, T., S.N. Aitken, P. Rozenberg and M.R. Carlson. “Selection for height growth and Pilodyn pin penetration in lodgepole pine: effects on growth traits, wood properties, and their relationships”. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE. 29 (1999): 434 – 445.

Wang, T.L. “Allozyme variation in populations, full-sib families and selfed lines in Betula pendula Roth”. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. 92 (1996): 1052 – 1058.

Wang, T.L, R. Hagqvist and P.M.A. Tigerstedt. “Growth performance of hybrid families by crossing selfed lines of Betula pendula Roth”. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. 92 (1996): 471 – 476.

Wang, T.L and P.M.A. Tigerstedt. “Growth rates and phenology of fast- and slow-growing families over an entire growth period in Betula pendula Roth”. SILVAE GENETICA. 45 (1996): 124 – 129.

Wang, T.L, P.M.A. Tigerstedt and A. Viheraaarnio. “Photosynthesis and Canopy Characteristics in Genetically Defined Families of Silver Birch (Betula-Pendula)”. TREE PHYSIOLOGY. 15 (1995): 665 – 671.

Wang, T.L., R. Hagqvist and P.M.A. Tigerstedt. “The relationships between yield and carbon fixation in selected hybrid families after crossing selfed lines of Betula pendula Roth”. FOREST GENETICS. 2 (1995): 77 – 86.