Dr. Wei-Chun Chao

Contact Information

Address:	No.300 Syuefu Rd., Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Phone:	(O) +886-5-2717484; (H) +886-939862608
E-mail:	wcchao@mail.ncyu.edu.tw

Education

1997-2008	Ph. D	Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University. Taipei, Taiwan
1995-1997	M.S.	Botany, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
1990-1995	B.S	Botany, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Professional Experience

2022- 2010-	Associate Professor in Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan Assistant Professor in Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan
2009-2010	PhD teacher in Department of Life Science, National Taitung University, Taitung, Taiwan.
2009	Visiting Scholar in The Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory, MA, USA.
2008-2009	Postdoctoral researcher in Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Publications

2013	Li, C.-F., M. Chytrý, D. Zelený, M.-Y. Chen, T.-Y. Chen, T.-R. Chiou, Y.-J. Hsia, H.-Y. Liu, S.-Z. Yang, C.-L. Yeh, J.-C. Wang, C.-F. Yu, Y.-J. Lai, W.-C. Chao, and C.-F. Hsieh*. 2013. Classification of Taiwan forest vegetation. Applied Vegetation Science 16: 698-719. (IF=2.416；R/C=7/64，FORESTRY)
2011	Moseman-Valtierra, S*, R. Gonzalez, K.-D. Kroeger, J. Tang, W.-C. Chao, J. Bratton, A. Green, and J. Shelton. 2011. Short-term nitrogen additions can shift a coastal wetland from a sink to a source of N2O. Atmospheric Environment 45: 4390-4397. (IF=3.062；R/C=44/215，ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES)
2010	Chao, W.-C., G.-Z.-M. Song, K.-J. Chao*, C.-C. Liao, S.-W. Fan, S.-H. Wu, T.-H. Hsieh, I-F. Sun, Y.-L. Kuo, and C.-F. Hsieh. 2010. Lowland rainforests in Taiwan and Lanyu at the northern border of Paleotropics under the influence of monsoon wind. Plant Ecology 210: 1-17 (IF=1.640；R/C=19/64，FORESTRY)
2010	Song, G.-Z.-M.*, K. C. Yang, C.-H. Hou, J.-K. Lin, C.-F. Hsieh, S.-W. Fan, and W.-C. Chao. 2010. Tree population dynamics over 12 yr in a warm temperate broad-leaved evergreen forest at Mt Peitungyen, central Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 25: 11-21. (EI)
2010	Chao, K.-J.*, W.-C. Chao, K.-M. Chen, and C.-F. Hsieh. 2010. Vegetation dynamics of a lowland rainforest at the northern border of the Paleotropics at Nanjenshan, southern Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 25: 27-38. (EI)
2008	Chao, W.-C., S.-H. Wu, S.-W. Fan, H.-Y. Lin, C.-F. Hsieh, and K.-J. Chao*. 2008. Distribution Patterns of Tree Species in a Lowland Rainforest at Nanjen Lake, Southern Taiwan. Taiwania 53: 124-133.
2007	Chao, W.-C., K.-J. Chao, G.-Z. M. Song, and C.-F. Hsieh*. 2007. Species composition and structure of the lowland subtropical rainforest at Lanjenchi, Southern Taiwan. Taiwania 52: 253-269.
2007	Chao, W.-C., S.-H. Wu, H.-Y. Lin, C.-F. Hsieh, and K.-J. Chao*. 2007. Distribution Patterns of Tree Species in the Lanjenchi Lowland Rain Forest. Taiwania 52: 343-351.
2006	Chao, W.-C. 2006. Introduction of forest dynamic plots of the world. Forestry research newsletter 13: 25-29.
2005	Fan, S.-W.*, W.-C. Chao and C.-F. Hsieh. 2005. Woody Floristic Composition, Size Class Distribution and Spatial Pattern of a Subtropical Lowland Rainforest at Nanjen Lake, Southernmost Taiwan. Taiwania 50: 307-326.
1997	Hsieh, C.-F.*, W.-C. Chao, C.-C. Liao, K.-C. Yang & T.-H. Hsieh. 1997. Floristic composition of the evergreen broad-leaved forests of Taiwan. Natural History Research, Special Issue 4: 1-16.

Posters

Chao, W.-C., K.-J. Chao, S.-H. Wu and C.-F. Hsieh (2008). Spatial patterns of tree species in the Nanjenshan lowland rainforests in Taiwan: insights into monsoon wind effect. 51nd IAVS symposium, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Chao, W.-T. and C.-F. Hsieh (1999). Distribution patterns of tree species of the lowland rain forest of the Nanjenshan LTER site in southern Taiwan. The 3rd International Conference on Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) in the East Asia-Pacific Region Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea.

Oral presentations