X. BEN WU

Professor
Ecosystem Science and Management

Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
Texas A&M University
TAMU 2138
College Station, TX  77843-2138 USA
Office: 209-D Animal Industries Bldg. (map)
Phone: 979.845.7334
Fax: 979.845.6430
E-mail: xbw@tamu.edu
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Keywords: Quantitative studies of interactions between spatial pattern and ecological processes; Wetland ecology and restoration and linkage to landscape processes; Land use change and ecological conservation; Inquiry and Web-based ecology education.

Disciplines: Ecosystem & Landscape Ecology

Courses:
RENR 205: Fundamentals of Ecology
RENR 215: Fundamentals of Ecology Laboratory
RLEM 635: Landscape Analysis and Modeling

Selected publications:
Bai E, Boutton TW, Liu F, Wu XB, Archer SR. 2008. Variation in woody plant δ13C along a topoedaphic gradient in a subtropical savanna parkland. Oecologia 156:479–489.

Middleton BA, Wu XB. 2008. Landscape pattern of seed banks and anthropogenic impacts in forested wetlands of the northern Mississippi River Alluvial Valley. Ecoscience 15:231-240.

Sivanpillai R, Wu XB, Srinivasan R, Smith CT, Messina MG. 2008. Comparative analyses of East Texas forest cover maps generated from Landsat and AVHRR data. GeoJournal 71(4):211-220.

Simmons ME, Wu XB, Knight SL, Lopez RR. 2008. Assessing the influence of field-and gis-based inquiry on student attitude and conceptual knowledge in an undergraduate ecology lab. CBE-Life Sciences Education (in press).

Wu XB, Liu F, Whisenant SG. 2007. Advances in restoration ecology - A North American perspective. In: Wu J, Ge J, Han X, Yu Z, Zhang D (Eds) Lectures in Modern Ecology (III): Advances and Key Topics. Higher Education Press, Beijing.

Wu XB, Archer SR. 2005. Scale-dependent influence of topography-based hydrologic features on patterns of woody plant encroachment in savanna landscapes. Landscape Ecology 20(6):733-742.