Publications

1. Wang* L and QL Dang. 2024. Using leaf economic spectrum and photosynthetic acclimation to evaluate the potential performance of wintersweet under future climate conditions.Physiologia Plantarum 176(3):e14318. https://doi: 10.1111/ppl.14318
2. Wang* L, JP Zheng*, GR Wang* and QL Dang. 2024. The combination of elevated CO2 & warmer temperature reduces photosynthetic capacity without diluting the leaf N concentration in Amur linden (Tilia amurensis Rupr.). Journal of Plant Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae030
3. Wang* L and QL Dang. 2024. Elevated CO2 and ammonium nitrogen promoted the plasticity of two invasive maple species by adjusting photosynthetic acclimation. Frontiers in Plant Science Volume 15 - 2024 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1367535
4. Wang* GR, JP Zheng*, L Wang* and QL Dang. 2024. Nitrogen supply influences photosynthetic acclimation of yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.) to combined elevated CO2 and warmer temperature. New Forests https://DOI:10.1007/s11056-023-10007-9
5. Maloney* A, QL Dang, A Thomson, and PM Godakanda*. 2024. Genetic variation in functional traits associated with local adaptation to climate in yellow birch. Botany http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2023-0095
6. Harrington C.A., QL Dang, RZ Man, S Inoue* and B Tedla. 2023. Editorial: Changing Seasons: How is Global Warming Affecting Forest Phenology? Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, 1257096. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1257096
7. Chu X, R Man and QL Dang. 2023. Spring phenology, phenological response, and growing season length. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, 1041369. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1041369
8. Wang* L and QL Dang. 2023. Coordination between supply and demand functions with Laisk dataset reflects carboxylation efficiency measured by light response curves. American Journal of Plant Sciences. 14: 220-245. https://DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2023.142017
9. Wang* L, JP Zheng*, GR Wang* and QL Dang. 2022. Combined effects of elevated CO2 and warmer temperature on limitations to photosynthesis and carbon sequestration in yellow birch. Tree Physiology 43 (3) 379-389. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpac128
10. Fan DY, QL Dang, XF Yang, XM Liu, JY Wang and SR Zhang. 2022. Nitrogen deposition increases xylem hydraulic sensitivity but decreases stomatal sensitivity to water potential in two temperate deciduous tree species. Science of the Total Environment 848 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157840
11. Wang* L, JP Zheng*, GR Wang* and QL Dang. 2022. Increased leaf area compensated photosynthetic downregulation in response to elevated CO2 and warming in white birch. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 52 (8) https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2022-0076
12. Wang* L and QL Dang. 2022. Growth and photosynthetic traits differ between shoots originated from axillary buds or from adventitious buds in Populus balsamifera L. cuttings. Physiologia Plantarum. https://DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13599
13. Chu XK, Man RZ, Zhang HC, Yuan WP, Tao J, and Dang QL. 2021. Does climate warming favour early season species? Frontiers in Plant Science. https://https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.765351
14. Dang, QL, JL Li* and R Man. 2021. N/P/K ratios and CO2 concentration change nitrogen-photosynthesis relationships in black spruce. American Journal of Plant Sciences. https://DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2021.127076
15. Marfo* J, QL Dang, FG Du and MD Newaz*. 2021. High nutrient supply and interspecific belowground competition enhance the relative performance of Picea mariana (Mill). B.S.P seedlings over Picea glauca [Moench] Voss. under elevated CO2. Annals of Forest Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-021-01083-y
16. Tao, J, RZ Man and QL Dang. 2021. Earlier and more variable spring phenology projected for eastern Canadian boreal and temperate forests with climate warming. Trees, Forests and People https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2021.100127
17. MD Newaz*, QL Dang and R Man. 2021. CO2 elevation and soil warming reduce cold hardiness of jack pine under photoperiods of seed origin and latitudes of potential migration. New Forests https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-020-09831-0
18. Dang QL, J Marfo*, FG Du, R Man and S Inoue* 2021. CO2 stimulation and response mechanisms vary with light supply in boreal conifers. Journal of Plant Ecology https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaa086
19. Tedla* B, QL Dang and S Inoue* 2020. Longer photoperiods negate the CO2 stimulation of photosynthesis in Betula papyrifera Marsh: implications to climate-change-induced migration. Physiologia Plantarum https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13298
20. Inoue* S, QL Dang, R Man and B Tedla*. 2020. Photoperiod, [CO2] and soil moisture interactively affect the phenology and growing season length of trembling aspen: a perspective for climate change-induced tree migration. Environmental and Experimental Botany 180 (2020) 104269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104269
21. Wang* L, QL Dang and B Tedla* 2020. Biochar application and alternative partial root-zone irrigation greatly enhance the effectiveness of mulberry to remediate lead-contaminated soils. Journal of Plant Ecology https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaa063
22. D.Y. Fan, QL Dang, CY Xu, CD Jiang, WF Zhang, XW Xu,XF Yang and SR Zhang. 2020. Stomatal Sensitivity to Vapor Pressure Deficit and the Loss of Hydraulic Conductivity Are Coordinated in Populus euphratica, a Desert Phreatophyte Species. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01248
23. R.Z. Man, P.X. Lu and Q.L. Dang. 2020. Effects of insufficient chilling on budburst and growth of six temperate forest tree species in Ontario. New Forests.  https:DOI: 10.1007/s11056-020-09795-1//
24. R.Z. Man, P.X. Lu and Q.L. Dang. 2020. Cold tolerance of black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, and lodgepole pine at different stages of spring dehardening. New Forests (in press) DOI: 10.1007/s11056-020-09796-0
25. Dang QL, J Marfo*, FG Du and MD Newaz*. 2020. Nutrient supply and belowground interaction alter responses to CO2 elevation in black spruce and white spruce. Forest Ecology and Management https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118271
26. Tedla* B, QL Dang and S Inoue*. 2020. CO2 elevation and photoperiods north of seed origin change autumn and spring phenology as well as cold hardiness in boreal white birch. Frontiers Plant Science-Functional Plant Ecology https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00506
27. Tedla* B., QL Dang and S Inoue*. 2020. Freeze-thaw events delay spring budburst and leaf expansion while longer photoperiods have opposite effect under different [CO2] in white birch: advance it under elevated but delay it under ambient [CO2].  Environmental and Experimental Botany 173 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.103982.
28. Inoue* S, QL Dang, R Man and B Tedla*. 2020. Photoperiod and CO2 elevation influence morphological and physiological responses to drought in trembling aspen: implications to climate change induced migration. Tree Physiology 40:917-927. https://academic.oup.com/treephys/article-abstract/40/7/917/5822072?redirectedFrom=fulltext
29. Inoue* S, QL Dang, R Man and B Tedla*. 2019. Northward migration of trembling aspen will increase growth but reduce resistance to drought-induced cavitation in the xylem. Botany 97(11): 627-638, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2019-0099.
30. Tedla* B, QL Dang and S Inoue*. 2019. White birch has limited phenotypic plasticity to take advantage of increased photoperiods at higher latitudes north of the seed origin. Forest Ecology and Management 451 (2019) 117565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117565
31. Newaz*, S, QL Dang and RZ Man 2018. Jack pine becomes more vulnerable to cavitation with increasing latitudes under doubled [CO2]. Botany dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2017-0142
32. S. Newaz*, QL Dang and RZ Man. 2017. Eco-physiological potential of jack pine for assisted northward migration: interactions among photoperiod, [CO2] and moisture stress. Nordic Journal of Botany 35: 633-643. Doi: [10.1111/njb.01325].
33. R.Z. Man, P.X. Lu and Q.L. Dang. 2017. Insufficient chilling effects vary among boreal tree species and chilling duration. Frontiers in Plant Science.  doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01354.
34. Rongzhou Man, Pengxin Lu and Qing-Lai Dang. 2017. Cold hardiness of white spruce, black spruce, jack pine, and lodgepole pine needles during dehardening.  Canadian Journal of Forest Research 47: 1110-1122..
35. Newaz*, S, QL Dang and RZ Man 2016. Morphological response of jack pine to the interactive effects of carbon dioxide, soil temperature and photoperiod.  American Journal of Plant Sciences 7: 879-893.
36. Rongzhou Man, Steve Colombo, Pengxin Lu, and Qing-Lai Dang. 2016. Effects of winter warming on cold hardiness and spring budbreak of four boreal conifers.  Canadian Journal of Botany 94: 117�126..
37. Li*, JL, QL Dang and RZ Man. 2015. Photoperiod and nitrogen supply limit the scope of northward migration and seed transfer of black spruce in a future climate associated with doubled atmospheric CO2 concentration.  American Journal of Plant Sciences 6(1): 189-200..
38. RZ Man, SJ Colombo, PX Lu, JL Li and QL Dang. 2014. Trembling aspen, balsam poplar, and white birch respond differently to experimental warming in winter months Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44: 1469-1476..
39. Danyagri*, G. and Q.L. Dang 2014. Soil Temperature and Phosphorus Supply Interactively Affect Physiological Responses of White Birch to CO2 Elevation.  American Journal of Plant Sciences 5: 219-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2014.52029.
40. Danyagri*, G. and Q.L. Dang 2014. Effects of elevated [CO2] and soil temperature on photosynthetic responses of mountain maple (Acer spicatum L.) seedlings to light. Environmental and Experimental Botany 107: 64-70.
41. Danyagri*, G. and Q.L. Dang. 2014. Effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration and soil temperature on the growth and biomass responses of mountain maple (Acer spicatum L.) seedlings to light availability.  Journal of Plant Ecology 7:535-543.
42. Danyagri*, G. and Q.L. Dang. 2013. Effects of Elevated [CO2] and Low Soil Moisture on the Physiological Responses of Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum L.) Seedling to Light. PLOS ONE 8(10): e76586. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076586.
43. Li*, JL, QL Dang, RZ Man and J Marfo*. 2013. Elevated CO2 alters N- growth relationship in spruce and causes unequal increases in N, P and K demands.  Forest Ecology and Management 298: 19-26.
44. Q.L. Dang. 2013. Improving the quality and reliability of gas exchange measurements. Journal of Plant Physiology and Pathology 1:2 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/jppp.1000e101.
45. Rongzhou Man, Pengxin Lu, Steve Colomb, Junlin Li, and Qing-Lai Dang 2013. Photosynthetic and morphological responses of white birch, balsam poplar, trembling aspen to freezing and artificial defoliation. Botany 91: 343-348..
46. Rongzhou Man, Steve Colombo, Gordon J. Kayahara, Shelagh Duckett, Ricardo Velasquez, and Qing-Lai Dang 2013. A case of extensive conifer needle browning in northwestern Ontario in 2012: winter drying or freezing damage?  Forestry Chronicle 89(5) 675-680..
47. Zhang, SR and QL Dang 2013. CO2 elevation improves photosynthetic performance in progressive warming environment in white birch seedlings. F1000Research (http://f1000research.com/articles/2-13/v1)..
48. Man, RZ, P Lu, WC Parker, GJ Kayahara and QL Dang. 2013. Light Use Efficiency and Photosynthetic Capacity of Northern White-Cedar (Thuja Occidentalis L.) Cuttings Originated from Layering and Seed. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 30(2): 53-57.
49. Zhan*g SR, QL Dang and B Cao*. 2013. Nutrient supply has greater influence than sink strength on photosynthetic acclimation to CO2 elevation in white birch seedlings. Plant Science 203-204: 55-62.
50. Ambebe* TF, G. Danyagri* and QL Dang. 2013. Low soil temperature inhibits the stimulatory effect of elevated [CO2] on height and biomass accumulation of white birch seedlings grown under three non-limiting phosphorus conditions.  Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 239-246.
51. Ambebe*, TF, QL Dang and JL Li*. 2010. Low soil temperature inhibits the effect of high nutrient supply on photosynthetic response to elevated carbon dioxide concentration in white birch seedlings. Tree Physiology 30: 234-243..
52. Ambebe*, TF and QL Dang. 2010. Low moisture availability reduces the positive effect of increased soil temperature on biomass production of white birch (Betula papyrifera) seedlings in ambient and elevated carbon dioxide concentration.  Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 104-111..
53. Ambebe*, TF, QL Dang and J. Marfo*. 2009. Low soil temperature reduces the positive effects of high nutrient supply on the growth and biomass of white birch seedlings in ambient and elevated carbon dioxide concentrations.  Botany 87: 905-912..
54. Ambebe*, TF and QL Dang. 2010. Low moisture availability inhibits the enhancing effect of increased soil temperature on net photosynthesis of white birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh.) seedlings under ambient and elevated carbon dioxide concentration.  Tree Physiology 29: 1341-1348..
55. Li*, JL, QL Dang and TF Ambebe*. 2009. Post-fire natural regeneration of young stands On Clearcut, partial-cut and uncut sites of boreal mixedwoods.  Forest Ecology and Management 258:256-262.
56. Man, RZ, GJ Kayahara, QL Dang and JA Rice. 2009. A case of severe frost damage prior to budbreak in young conifers in Northeastern Ontario: Consequence of climate change? Forestry Chronicle 85:453-462.
57. Zhou*, XL, CH Peng, QL Dang, JF Sun, HB Wu and D. Hua*. 2008. Simulating carbon exchange in Canadian Boreal forests I: model structure, validation, and sensitivity analysis. Ecological Modelling 219:287-299.
58. Marfo*, J and QL Dang 2009. Interactive effects of carbon dioxide concentration and light on the morphological and biomass characteristics of black spruce and white spruce seedlings. Botany 87:67-77.
59. Dang, QL, JM Maepea* and WH Parker 2008. Genetic variation of ecophysiological responses to CO2 in Picea glauca seedlings. The Open Forest Science Journal 1:68-79.
60. Cao*, B., Q.L. Dang, X.G. Yu and S.R. Zhang*. 2008. Effects of [CO2]and nitrogen on morphological and biomass traits of white birch (Betula papyrifera) seedlings. Forest Ecology and Management 254:217-224.
61. Zhang*, S.R.and Q.L. Dang. 2007. Interactive effects of soil temperature and [CO2] on morphological and biomass traits in seedlings of four boreal tree species. Forest Science 53: 453-460.
62. Cao*, B., Q.L. Dang and S.R. Zhang*. 2007. Relationship between photosynthesis and leaf nitrogen concentration under ambient and elevated [CO2] in white birch (Betula papyrifera) seedlings. Tree Physiology 27: 891-899.
63. Klos*, R.J., G.G. Wang, Q.L. Dang and E. East. 2007. Taper equations for five major commercial tree species in Manitoba, Canada. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 22: 163-170.
64. Zhang*, S.R., Q.L. Dang and X.G. Yu. 2006. Nutrient and [CO2] elevation had synergistic effects on biomass production but not on biomass allocation of white birch seedlings. Forest Ecology and Management 234:238-244.
65. Zhou*, X.L., C.H. Peng, Q.L. Dang, J.X. Chen* and S. Parton. 2007. A simulation of temporal and spatial variations in carbon at landscape level: A case study at Lake Abitibi Model Forest in Ontario, Canada. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Chang 12:525-543.
66. Zhang*, S.R. and Q.L. Dang. 2006. Effects of carbon dioxide concentration and nutrition on photosynthetic functions of white birch. Tree Physiology 26: 1458-1467.
67. Liu*, Ning, Q.L. Dang and B. Parker. 2006. Genetic variation of Populus tremuloides in ecophysiological responses to CO2 elevation. Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 294-302.
68. Zhou*, X.L., Peng, C.H., and Q.L. Dang 2006. Formulating and parameterizing the allocation of net primary productivity for modelling overmature stands in boreal forest ecosystems. Ecological Modelling. 195: 264-272.
69. Zhou*, X.L., C.H. Peng, Q.L. Dang, J.X. Chen* and S. Parton. 2005. Predicting forest growth and yield in Northeastern Ontario usign the process-based model of TRIPLEX1.0. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 2268-2280.
70. Kemball*, K., J. Wang and Q.L. Dang. 2005. Understory plant community of boreal mixedwood stands in response to fire, logging, and spruce budworm outbreak.  Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 294-302.
71. Zhang*, S.R. and Q.L. Dang. 2005. Effects of soil temperature and elevated CO2 concentration on gas exchange, in vivo carboxylation and chlorophyll fluorescence in jack pine and white birch seedlings. Tree Physiology 25: 609-617.
72. Dang, Q.L. and S. Cheng*. 2004. Effects of soil temperature on ecophysiological traits in seedlings of four boreal tree species. Forest Ecology and Management 194: 379-387.
73. Zhang, L.J., C.H. Peng, and Q.L. Dang. 2004. Individual-tree based basal area growth models for jack pine and black spruce in Northern Ontario. Forestry Chronicle 80: 366-374.
74. Zhou*, X.L., Peng, C.H. and Q.L. Dang. 2004. Assessing the generality and accuracy of the TRIPLEX model using in situ data of boreal forests in central Canada. Environmental Modelling & Software 19: 35-46.
75. Peng,, C.H. Lianjun Zhang, Xiaolu Zhou*, Qinglai Dang, and Shongming Huang 2004. Developing and evaluating tree height-diameter models at three geographic scales for black spruce in Ontario. Nor.J. Appl. For. 21: 83-92.
76. Peng*, Y.Y. and Q.L. Dang. 2003. Effects of soil temperature on biomass and biomass allocation in boreal trees. Forest Ecology and Management 180: 1-9.
77. Peng, C.H., J.X. Liu*, Q.L. Dang, M.J. Apps and X.L. Zhou*. 2002. Developing carbon-based ecological indicators to monitor sustainability of Ontario�s forests. Ecological Indicators 1: 235-246.
78. Liu*, J.X., C.H. Peng, Q.L. Dang, M.J. Apps and H. Jiang* 2002. A component object model strategy for reusing ecosystem models. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 35: 17-33.
79. Liu*, J.X., C.H. Peng, M.J. Apps, Q.L. Dang, E. Banfield and W. Kurz. 2002. Historic carbon budget of Ontario�s forest ecosystems. Forest Ecology and Management. 169: 103-114.
80. Cai*, T.B. and Q.L. Dang. 2002. Effects of soil temperature on parameters for a coupled photosynthesis-stomatal conductance model. Tree Physiology 22: 819-828.
81. Honu*, Y.A.K. and Q.L. Dang. 2002. Spatial distribution and species composition of tree seeds and seedlings under the canopy of the shrub, Chromolaena odorata Linn., in Ghana. Forest Ecology and Management. 164: 185-196.
82. Peng, C.H., J.X. Liu*, Q.L. Dang, M.J. Apps and H. Jiang* 2002. Triplex: a generic hybrid model for predicting forest growth and carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Ecological Modelling 153: 109-130.
83. Cheng*, S., Q.L. Dang and T.B. Cai. 2000. A soil temperature control system for ecological research in greenhouses. J. For. Res. 5: 205-208.
84. Honu*, Y.A.K. and Q.L. Dang. 2000. Responses of tree seedlings to the removal of Chromolaena odorata Linn. in a degraded forest in Ghana. Forest Ecology and Management 137: 75-82.
85. Dang, Q.L., H.A. Margolis and G.J. Collatz. 1998. Parameterization and testing of a coupled photosynthesis - stomatal conductance model for the boreal trees. Tree Physiol. 18: 141-153.
86. Dang, Q.L., H.A. Margolis, M.R. Coyea, M. Sy and G.J. Collatz 1997. Regulation of branch-level gas exchange of boreal trees: roles of shoot water potential and vapour pressure difference. Tree Physiology 17: 521-535.
87. Dang, Q.L., H.A. Margolis, M.R. Coyea, M. Sy, G.J. Collatz and C. Walthall 1997. Profiles of photosynthetically active radiation, nitrogen, and photosynthetic capacity in the boreal forest: implications for scaling from leaf to canopy.  J. Geophys. Res. 102: 28845-59.
88. Patterson, T.B., R.D. Guy and Q.L. Dang 1997. Whole-plant nitrogen- and water-relation traits and their associated trade-offs in adjacent muskeg and upland boreal spruce species. Oecologia 110: 160-168.
89. Dang, Q.L., C.Y. Xie, C. Ying, and R.D. Guy 1994. Genetic variation in and geographic pattern of ecophysiological variables in red alder (Alnus rubra).  Can J For Res 24: 2150-2156.
90. Dang, Q.L., V.L. Lieffers, and R.L. Rothwell. 1992. Effects of summer frost and subsequent shade on foliage gas exchange in peatland tamarack and black spruce. Can J For Res 22: 973-979.
91. Dang, Q.L., V.J. Lieffers, R.L. Rothwell and S.E. Macdonald. 1991. Diurnal variations and interrelations of ecophysiological parameters in peatland black spruce, tamarack, and swamp birch under different weather and soil moisture conditions.  Oecologia 88: 317-324.
92. Dang, Q.L., V.J. Lieffers, and R.L. Rothwell 1991. A self-contained freezing chamber for tree ecophysiological studies in the field. For Sci 37: 924-930.
93. Dang, Q.L. and V.J. Lieffers 1989. Climate and annual ring growth of black spruce in some Alberta peatlands. Can J Bot 67: 1885-1889.
94. Dang, Q.L. and V.J. Lieffers 1989. Assessment of patterns of response of tree ring growth of black spruce following peatland drainage. Can J For Res 19: 924-929.
95. Shao. Y.L., Q.L. Dang and R.Y. Gou 1983. A preliminary study on production structure and biomass of Pinus sylvestris var mongolica. For Sci Tech 5: 22-26.
96. Dang, Q.L. 1983. Effects of conifer plantations on the chemical and physical properties of soil. H. L. J. For. 6: 13-14.

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