Quang Cao

Professor

Forestry

Room 323, RNR Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

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

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.  2023.  A new approach to project stand tables.  Can. J. For. Res. 53:xxx-xxx.
  • Ren, S, X. Qu, X. Zhang, L. Dong, Y. Yang, D. Lee, Q. V. Cao, Q. Wu, and T. Lei.  2023.    Ind. Crops & Prod. 193-116251.
  • Chena, H., Q. V. Cao, Y. Jianga, J. Zhanga, and X. Zhang.  2023.  .  Can. J. For. Res. 53:xxx-xxx.
  • Özçelik, R., Q. V. Cao, E. Kurnaz, and B. Koparan.  2022.    CERNE 28 e-102991.
  • Cao, Q. V. 2022. Can. J. For. Res. 52:561-567.
  • Cao, Q. V. 2022. Can. J. For. Res. 52:169-174.
  • Yang, S., Q. V. Cao, D. T. Shoch, and T. Johnson. 2022. For. Sci. 68:8-16.
  • Zhang, X., Q.V. Cao, Y. Qu, and J. Zhang.  2022.    iForest 15:1-7.
  • Cao, Q. V. 2021. For. Ecol. Mgt. 480:118713.
  • M. Teimouri, M., and Q. V. Cao. 2020. Env. Resources Res. 8:97-108.