Dr. Weimin Xi

Professor, Senior Ecologist

Contact Information

Office Location: Kleberg Hall 118C
Lab Location: Kleberg Hall 116
Email: weimin.xi@tamuk.edu
CV: Download CV (PDF)
Phone: 361-593-2758
Research Lab Website: Xi Lab Website

About Dr. Xi

Dr. Weimin Xi is an ecologist whose teaching and research span biodiversity science, conservation, and ecological modeling. His work integrates field studies, data science, and geospatial technology to advance global sustainability, landscape management, and ecological resilience. With expertise bridging forest ecology, biodiversity, and ecoinformatics, Dr. Xi’s scholarship informs conservation strategies at local, regional, and international scales.

Education

Ph.D., Biology — University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Teaching Specialties

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, Ecosystem Management
Sustainable Forestry, Agroforestry, Urban Forestry, Ecological Engineering
Ecological Modeling, Geospatial Analysis, Ecoinformatics

Professional Links

Selected Editorships

Associate Editor: Journal of Forestry Research, 2010–present
Associate Editor: The Forestry Chronicle, 2017–present
Associate Editor: aBiotech, 2017–present
Editorial Board Member: Ecological Frontiers, 2010–present
Editorial Board Member: Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2022–present

Selected Awards

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

Selected Publications

***(*Corresponding Author)***

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 Texas: 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, Thomas, Jeremy Fried, W. Xi*, Haibin Su, Jianwei Zhang. 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 Texas, USA: 20 years of monitoring. Journal of Forestry Research, 36(1):1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-025-01872-5.

Cheng, Yong-Sheng, Tian-Yu Wang, W. Xi, Ming Yan, Xiu-Hong Qiao. 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, John K., W. Xi*, Haibin Su, Jianwei Zhang. 2024. Thinning and managed burning enhance forest resilience in northeastern California. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, Vol. 10 Article ID: 0164 (DOI: 10.34133/ehs.0164).
Dewez, Nicholas; W. Xi*, Duston Duffie, Mukti. Subedi, Tilak Chaudhary, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Ambrose Anoruo, Thomas Estabrook. 2024. Analysis of forest inventory data shows disparity in tree mortality and resistance in Texas national forests. Journal of Forestry (DOI: 10.1093/jofore/fvad 059).
Larocque, G.R., H.H. Shugart, W. Xi, J.A. Holm. 2024. Forest succession models. In Larocque (ed.) Ecological Forest Management Handbook (Second Edition). CRC Press.
Larocque, G.R., A. Komarov, O. Chertov, V. Shanin, J. Liu, J. Bhatti, W. Wang, C. Peng, H.H. Shugart, W. Xi, J.A. Holm. 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.

Yan, Ming, Yanmei Chen, Jing Yan, Xi*. 2023. Studying forest tree mortality based on a generalized linear mixed-effects model. Acta Ecologica Sinica 44 (6) (in Chinese, DOI: 10.5846/stxb202304270878).
Yan, Ming, Xiaoyu Liu, Qingqing Liu, Zhiping Liu, Xi*. 2023. Post-drought carbon dynamics and driving factors in East Texas national forests, USA, Chinese Journal of Ecology 43(1) (in Chinese, online publish 2023-07-28).

Chaudhary, Tilak, Xi*, Mukti Subedi, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Haibin Su, Nicholas Dewez, Stephen Clarke. 2022. East Texas forests show strong resilience to exceptional drought. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research 1-14, cpac050, doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpac050.).
Yan, Ming, Qingqing Liu, Zhiping Liu, Xi*. 2022. Impacts of drought and stand factors on tree mortality: A case study of national forests in east Texas, USA. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 33(11): 2897-2906 (in Chinese, doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202211.002).
Yan, Ming, Zhiping Liu, Mukti R. Subedi, Linfeng Liang, W. Xi*. 2022. The complex impacts of unprecedented drought on forest tree mortality: a case study of dead trees in east Texas, USA. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 42(3):1034- 1046 (In Chinese, doi: 10.5846/stxb202101150152).

Subedi, Mukti R., Xi*, Christopher B. Edgar, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Ming Yan. 2021. Tree mortality and biomass loss in drought-affected forests of East Texas, USA. Journal of Forestry Research: 32(1):67–80 (Online published 26 March 2020, doi.org/10.1007/s11676-020-01106-w).

Xi, W.*, Xiaohuan Zhou, Jianwei Zhang. 2020. LANDISVIEW 2.0: An upgraded visualization and analytical tool for landscape modeling, Environmental Modelling & Software34: 104849. (doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104849).
Ling, Pui-Yu; Stephen Prince; Giovanni Baiocchi, Caren Dymond, Xi; George. Hurtt. 2020. Impact of fire and harvest on forest ecosystem services in a species-rich area in the Southern Appalachians. Ecosphere: 11(6) Article e03150 (doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3150).

Xi*, W., Robert K. Peet, Michael T. Lee, Dean L. Urban. 2019. Hurricane disturbances, tree diversity, and succession in North Carolina Piedmont forests, USA. Journal of Forestry Research30 (1): 219-231. ( Link to article)
Subedi , Mukti R., Xi*, Christopher B. Edgar, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Brent C. Hedquist. 2019. Assessment of geostatistical methods for spatiotemporal analysis of drought patterns in east Texas, USA. Spatial Information Research27 (1): 11–21. ( Link to article)

Qin, Juan, Zhouping Shangguan, Xi*. 2018. Seasonal variations of leaf traits and drought adaptation strategies of four common woody species in South Texas, USA. Journal of Forestry Research( Link to article)
Sun, H., E. Dai, Y. Li, Xi*. 2018. Climate change and sustainable forestry: a regional perspective from northeast China. The Forestry Chronicle 94(03): 201-207. ( Link to article)
Dai, E, Jianjia Zhu, Xiaoli Wang, Xi. 2018. Multiple ecosystem services of monoculture and mixed plantations: A case study of the Huitong experimental forest of Southern China. Land Use Policy79(10): 717-724. ( Link to article)

Wu, Z, E. Dai, Q. Ge, Xi, X. Wang. 2017. Modelling the integrated effects of land use and climate change scenarios on forest ecosystem aboveground biomass, a case study in Taihe County of China (in Chinese). Acta Geographica Sinica. 72:1539-1554.
Dai, E., X. Wang, J. Zhu, Xi. 2017. Quantifying ecosystem service trade-offs for plantation forest management to benefit provisioning and regulating services. Ecology and Evolution7:7807-7821.
He, B, T. Guo, H. Huang, Xi, X. Chen. 2017. Physiological responses of Scaevola aemulaseedlings under high temperature stress. South African Journal of Botany 112:203-209.
Wu, Z, E. Dai, Q. Ge, Xi, X. Wang. 2017. Modelling the integrated effects of land use and climate change scenarios on forest ecosystem aboveground biomass, a case study in Taihe County of China. Journal of Geographical Sciences27(2):205-222.
McCloughan, Ashley, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, David Wester, Xi. 2017. Evaluating Removal of Competition on Morphology of Endangered Slender Rush-Pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella) Endemic to Southern Texas, USA. Natural Areas Journal:37(3):382-393.
David Ramirez, Xi,Kailas Malwade, Oluwatosin Oyelakin. 2017. The climate change-air pollution connection: adsorption as a mitigation strategy. In Facing the Threat: Climate Change. Jose A. Raynal Villaseñor, María Elena Raynal-Gutiérrez, Benito Corona-Vasquez, Polioptro F. Martínez-Austria, Carlos Patiño-Gómez (Eds.). Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

Qin, Juan, Xi*, Alexander Rahmlow, Haiyan Kong, Zhen Zhang, Zhouping Shangguan. 2016. Effects of forest plantation types on leaf traits of Ulmus pumilaand Robinia pseudoacacia on the Loess Plateau, China. Ecological Engineering: 97:416-425.
Dai, Erfu, Heng Zhu, Zuo Wu, Xiaofan Wang, Xi, Jianjia Zhu. 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., Z. Wu, Q. Ge, Xi, X. Wang. 2016. Predicting the responses of forest distribution and aboveground biomass to climate change under RCPs scenarios in southern China. Global Change Biology: 22 (11):3642-3661.
Xi, W., E Dai, HS. He. 2016. Advances in forest landscape models: current research and applications. Progress in Geography: 35(1):35-46 (in Chinese, invited review).
Ren,Yin, Shanshan Chen, Xiaohua Wei, Xi,Yunjian Luo, Xiaodong Song, Shudi Zuo, Yusheng Yang. 2016. Disentangling the factors that contribute to variation in forest biomass increment in the mid-subtropical forests of China. Journal of Forestry Research 27(4): 919-930.

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