CEF - Membres - JianguoHuang

Dr. Jian-Guo Huang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Renewable Resources Department, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Past address: Chaire industrielle CRSNG-UQAT-UQAM en Aménagement Forestier Durable, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada

Projet de doctorat avec Dr. Yves Bergeron

Description du projet: Une étude récente du MDDEP et du Consortium Ouranos portant sur le climat des dernières quarante années dans l’ouest du Québec méridional a constaté que le réchauffement atmosphérique se situe même entre 0,5 et 1,2 °C. Différents scénarios climatiques prévoient un réchauffement additionnel de 1,4 à 5,8 °C d’ici 2100. Au Québec, ce réchauffement pourrait s’élever à environ 3,5 °C en moyenne mais jusqu’à 5 °C en hiver et serait accompagné d’une augmentation des précipitation de 10 à 25% par rapport aux conditions actuelles. La photosynthèse et donc la croissance des arbres sont directement affectées par les températures, le régime hydrique et la concentration en dioxyde de carbone (CO2) dans l’air. Les changements climatiques prévus au cours des prochaines décennies auront donc nécessairement des répercussions sur la croissance des peuplements forestiers et, par conséquent, sur le rendement des forêts ainsi que sur la composition forestière. Dans la perspective d’une foresterie durable, il est essentiel d’améliorer nos connaissances sur l’effet du climat et du réchauffement climatique sur la croissance des différentes essences boréales afin de développer de façon proactive des stratégies d’adaptation.

Ce projet de recherche porte sur l’analyse de l’influence du climat sur la croissance radiale de quatre essences majeures dans la zone de transition entre la forêt tempérée et la forêt boréale dans l’ouest du Québec et l’estimation des conséquences du réchauffement climatique futur sur leur croissance. Le choix de deux feuillus (peuplier faux-tremble et bouleau blanc) et deux résineux (épinette noire et pin gris) permettra d’inférer sur d’éventuels changements dans l’abondance des essences et la composition forestière. Le projet comprend trois volets:

Quantification de la relation entre la croissance radiale annuelle et le climat d’une dizaine de peuplements de chaque espèce distribués le long d’un gradient latitudinal couvrant la zone de transition entre la forêt tempérée et la forêt coniférienne dans l’ouest du Québec boréal. Identification des facteurs climatiques (longueur de la saison de croissance, somme des degrés-jours etc.) déterminant la croissance intra-annuelle, c’est-à-dire la formation des cernes de croissance au cours des étés, pour les mêmes espèces et le même gradient latitudinal. Modélisation de la croissance radiale future des quatre espèces sur la base des résultats des volets 1 et 2 et les scénarios climatiques du Modèle régional climatique du Canada.

Formation académique

Jan 2010 to present, Post-doc Research Fellow at the Renewable Resources Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Sep, 2004- Oct. 2009, Ph.D in Environmental Sciences at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
Sep. 2000 –Nov. 2003, Master in Physical Geography at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute), China
Sep. 1995 – July 1999, Bachelor in Hydrological and Engineering Geology at the Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Other formation:

Aug.-Oct., 2007, Internship at the Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research (C-FIR), University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
March, 2007, Internship at the Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research (C-FIR), University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
May 14-21, 2005, 4th Wood Anatomy School at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
August 14-21, 2002, 12th North American Dendroecological Fieldweek, Lake Duparquet Research & Teaching Forest, Rapide-Danseur, Rouyn-Noranda, Qc, Canada

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Dendrochronology, Dendroclimatology, Dendroecology, Forest ecology, Tree-growth modelling, Wood anatomy, Global environment change such as CO2 fertilization effect and Paleoclimatology

AWARDS & FUNDINGS:

Jan 2010 Excellent Ph.D Thesis Award from the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
Jul 2008 Chinese Government Awarded 2007 Outstanding Self-financed Student Overseas, Chinese Embassy in Ottawa, Canada (China National Level Award) http://www.chinaembassycanada.org/chn/xw/t480110.htm
June, 2008 Funding support for the 1st AmericaDendro Conference on June 22-27 2008 in Vancouver from the Centre d’Étude de la Forêt, Canada
Feb, 2008 Doctorate Scholarship from the Chaire industrielle CRSNG-UQAT-UQAM en aménagement forestier durable, Québec, Canada
August, 2007 Funding support for the Internship at the Unviersity of Winnipeg from the Centre d’Étude de la Forêt), Qc., Canada
June, 2007 Doctorate Scholarship from the Chaire industrielle CRSNG-UQAT-UQAM en aménagement forestier durable, Québec, Canada
May, 2007 Funding support for the XI International Conference in Fairbanks,Alaska from the Centre d’Étude de la Forêt, Qc Canada
March, 2007 Funding support for the Internship at the Unviersity of Winnipeg from the Sustainable Forest Management networks at the University of Albert,Canada
Jun, 2006 Part financial support from the 7th International Conference on Dendrochronology on Jun. 11-17, 2006, Beijing, China
May, 2006 Doctorate Scholarship from the Chaire industrielle CRSNG-UQAT-UQAM en aménagement forestier durable, Québec, Canada
May-Aug, 2006 Scholarship from the Unviersité du Québec en AT, Québec, Canada
May-Aug, 2005 Scholarship from the Unviersité du Québec en AT, Québec, Canada
Sep.2004-2009 5 years Fellowships from the Chaire en aménagement forestier durable, Québec, Canada
2002-2003 Awarded the second prize for the '2002-2003 Annual Graduate Scholarship of CAREERI, CAS, Lanzhou, China
Sep. 2000- June. 2004 4 years Fellowships from the CAREERI, CAS, China

PUBLICATIONS:

Peer-reviewed journals:

10) Huang J.G., Bergeron, Y., Zhai L.H., and Denneler B. (accepted). Variations in intra-annual radial growth (xylem formation) of black spruce along a latitudinal gradient in western Quebec, Canada. American Journal of Botany, 00:00-00.
9) Zhai, L.H., Bergeron, Y., Huang, J.G., and Berninger F. (accepted). Variations in intra-annual wood formation, and foliage and shoot development of three major Canadian boreal tree species. Tree Physiology, 00:00-00. (corresponding author)
8) Lapointe-Garant, M.P., Huang, J.G., Gea Izquierdo, G., Raulier, F., Bernier, P., and Berninger, F. (2010). Use of tree rings to study the effect of climate change on trembling aspen in Quebec. Global Change Biology, 16:2039-2051 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02048.x
7) Huang, J.G., Tardif, J., Bergeron, Y., Denneler, B., Berninger, F, and Girardin M.P. (2010). Radial growth response of four dominant boreal tree species to climate along a latitudinal gradient in the eastern Canadian boreal forest. Global Change Biology, 16: 711-731. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01990.x.Attach:GCB2010.pdf.
6) Huang, J.G., Tardif, J., Denneler, B., Bergeron, Y. and Berninger, F (2008). Tree-ring evidence extends the historic northern range limit of severe defoliation by insects in the aspen stands of western Quebec, Canada. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38:2535-2544. Attach:CJFR2008.PDF
5) Li, J.B., Cook, E.R., D’Arrigo, R., Chen, F., Gou, X.H., Peng, J.F., and Huang, J.G. (2008) Common tree growth anomalies over the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the last six centuries: Implications for regional moisture change. Global Change Biology, 14, 2096-2107. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01603.x Attach:GCB2008.pdf
4) Huang, J.G., Bergeron, Y., Denneler, B., Berninger, F. and Tardif J. (2007) Response of forest trees to increased atmospheric CO2. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 26(5): 265-283. DOI:10.1080/07352680701626978 Attach:CRPS2007.pdf Top 10 highly-cited articles from 2007-2009, and free access http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cited/BPTS.pdf
3) Huang, J.G., Lin, J.D. and Miao, S.L. (2007) Tibet: holy place, not ‘‘Western Storehouse’’! Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 5(3), 122-123.
2) Huang, J.G. and Zhang, Q.B. (2007) Tree rings and climate for the last 680 years in Wulan area of northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Climatic Change 80, 369-377, DOI 10.1007/s10584-006-9135-1. Attach:ClimChange.pdf
1) Zhang, Q.B., G.D., Cheng, T.D., Yao, X.C., Kang and Huang, J.G. (2003) A 2326-year tree-ring record of climate variability on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters,Vol.30, No.14, 1739, doi:10.1029/2003GL017425.

Selected Conference proceedings:

8) Huang, J.G., and J.B., Li (2009) Tree-rings-inferred moisture change during the past six centuries on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. International Workshop on Vulnerability and Resilience of Land Systems in Asia, June 15-17th, 2009, Beijing China.
7) Huang, J.G., Bergeron, Y., Tardif, J., Denneler, B., Berninger, F., and Girardin, M. (2008). Response of four major boreal tree species to climate warming along the latitudinal gradient in western Quebec, Canada. Proc. 1st American Dendrochronology Conference, 23-27 June, 2008, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
6) Huang, J.G., Bergeron, Y., Denneler, B., and Tardif, J. (2007). Tree-ring reconstruction of forest tent caterpillar outbreaks along a latitudinal gradient in western Quebec, Canada. Proc. VI International Conference on Disturbance Dynamics in Boreal Forests: Climate Change Impacts on Boreal Forest Disturbance Regims, 30 May-2 June, 2007, University of Alaska Faribanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
5) Huang, J.G., Bergeron, Y., Denneler, B., and Tardif, J. (2006). Dendroclimatological analyses of trembling aspen (Poulus tremuloides Michx.) along a latitudinal gradient in western Quebec, Canada. Proc. 7th International Conference on Dendrochronology: Cultural Diversity, Environmental Variability, June 11-17, 2006, Beijing, China.
4) Chen, T., and Huang, J.G. (2006). Increased growth of Sabina Przewalskii in the twentieth century from Wulan area of northwestern China. Proc. 7th International Conference on Dendrochronology: Cultural Diversity, Environmental Variability, June 11-17, 2006, Beijing, China.
3) Lapointe-Garant, M.P., Berninger, F., Raulier, F., Huang, J.G., and Denneler B. (2006). Using moxed models to detrend growth of trees for growth studies. Proc. 7th International Conference on Dendrochronology: Cultural Diversity, Environmental Variability, June 11-17, 2006, Beijing, China.
2) Huang, J.G., Q.B., Zhang and X.C., Kang (2002) A 680-year ring-width chronology of Sabina przewalskii and its relationships with climatic variables in the Wulan area of northwestern China. Proc. 6th Int. Conf. On Dendrochronology, Laval University, Quebec, pp. 151-152.
1) Zhang, Q.B., X.C., Kang and Huang, J.G. (2002) Dendrochronological investigation of Sabina przewalskii in the northwest of China. Proc. 6th Int. Conf. On Dendrochronology, Laval University, Quebec, pp. 389-390.

Thesis and Report:

3) Huang, J.G. (2009) Effects of climate and of potential future climate on radial growth of four dominant boreal tree species (Trembling aspen, paper birch, black spruce, and jack pine) in the mixed and coniferous boreal forest of western Quebec, Canada. Ph.D. Thesis, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada. 287 pp.
2) Huang, J.G. (2006). Is CO2 enrichment responsible for better growth of trees? Synthèse remis comme exigence partielle du programme de doctorat en science de l'environnement. 50 p.
1) Huang, J.G. (2003). Dendroclimatological studies of Sabina przewalskii Kom. in Wulan and Tongren areas of northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (in Chinese with English abstract). M.S. thesis, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, P.R. China.80pp.

Reviewer for Funds and Journals

Reviewer for funds application from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO, the Dutch Research Council) in 2009; Reviewer for journals: Forest Ecology and Management; Botany (formerly Canadian Journal of Botany); Journal of Plant Ecology; Canadian Journal of Forest Research; Nordic Journal of Botany; Trees-Structure and Function; Global Change Biology; Journal of Biogeography;

Interviewed by Radio-Canada: http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/abitibi/2010/01/19/003-foret-boreale-rechauffement.shtml

Professional Association

2010-2012 China Liaison Officer for SINO-Ecologists Association Overseas (SINO-ECO) (http://www.sino-eco.org/)