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Qinfeng Guo

Qinfeng Guo
Research Ecologist
Southern Research Station
Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center
P.O. Box 12254
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2254
United States
Phone
919-549-4043
0000-0002-4375-4916
Email
Current Research

Biological invasions (Patterns, processes, and mechanisms of biotic invasions at the population and community levels);
Community Ecology/Biogeography;
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Past Research

Experimental research on plant-animal interactions; succession in California chaparral; simulation of linear forest dynamics in the Great Plains, floristic biogeography of China/Asia; biodiversity-ecosystem functioning; restoration ecology

Research Interest

Invasive species, community ecology, restoration

Why This Research Is Important

Researchers and managers need to understand the patterns, processes, and underlying mechanisms of species invasions

Education
  • University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Postdoctoral Fellow, Succession, biotic invasions, 1997
  • University of New Mexico, Ph.D., Biology (Ecology), 1994
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, M.S., Botany (Systematics), 1986
  • Hebei Normal University, PRC, B.S., Geography, 1983
Featured Publications
Other Publications

  • On the move: Patterns of plant invasions

    Year: 2021
    Global patterns of biodiversity, such as north-south changes in species richness, have long been an important topic in ecology and evolutionary biology. Most studies have focused on native species, and little effort has been devoted to global patterns of plant invasions. This study found substantial north-south variations in plant invasions on a global scale, with important implications for management and conservation.

  • Tree Diversity Regulates Nonnative Pest Invasions in Forest Ecosystems

    Year: 2019
    The relationship between tree diversity and forest pest invasions is crucial to invasion ecology and for devising management approaches that can mitigate the enormous damages caused by nonnative pests. Using data from across the conterminous United States, USDA Forest Service scientists showed that tree species diversity may help or hinder pest invasions, and that the strength of the relationship varies with overall tree diversity. Until now, how these relationships play out in natural forest landscapes has been poorly understood. 

  • A Practical Guide for Ecological Restoration to Curb Biotic Invasion

    Year: 2019
    Current restoration programs include both conservation and economic goals. To achieve both, restoration must curb biotic invasions, even under ongoing climate change, and mitigate contined human disturbance. Management actions need to include realistic goal-setting and more inclusive communication with broad, diverse audiences.

  • Invasive Plants’ Success Depends on Native Species Richness and Biomass

    Year: 2015
    For better control and management of invasive plant species, research must uncover the factors that contribute to habitat invasibility, degree of invasion, and species invasiveness as well as how these factors can be measured. Forest Service scientists are collecting and comparing extensive data on habitat characteristics and invasibility from diverse ecosystems in U.S. forests and other ecosystems around the world to identify these factors.

  • New Database Will Help Identify Potentially Invasive Plants in the United States

    Year: 2014
    In order to examine parameters of plant invasion success in the United States, scientists with the Forest Service's Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center are developing a database that compiles several key life history and genetic traits for more than 4,000 currently known introduced plant species. These data will allow for continental scale analyses of biological traits that influence species invasiveness and distribution in order to identify potentially invasive species, enable the prediction and prevention of future invasions, and support the development of management plans.

  • U.S. Invasive Plants Identified in Comprehensive Database

    Year: 2010
    Scientists in SRS' Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center are developing a database of the more than 4,000 plants introduced into the United States. The database compiles a variety of biological traits that affect species invasiveness and distribution.
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