Researchers

Researchers at the Northern Forestry Centre

C. (Chao) Li Research Scientist Fire Research Group Canadian Forest Service Northern Forestry Centre 5320 - 122 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 3S5 Phone: (780) 435-7240 Fax: (780) 435-7359 e-mail: Chao.Li@nrcan.gc.ca

Chao Li is a research scientist in the Synthesis of Knowledge and Information Network of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS). Chao has a background in insect ecology and mathematical ecology, and he has been with CFS since 1997. He worked on agricultural ecosystem dynamics before 1993 and then switched his main research interests to forest landscape dynamics subject to fire disturbances. One of his current research focuses is investigating how the dynamics of forest landscapes might be influenced by fire regimes under possible climate change scenarios. His research involves developing and applying spatially explicit simulation models in the context of long-term and large spatial scales, through the synthesis and integration of existing knowledge and information within a framework based on contemporary ecology theories. His other research interests include forest productivity and biomass production under possible climate change scenarios, applications of artificial intelligence technology in ecological land classification, and the development of dynamic decision support systems for adaptive forest resource management.

• BSc (Entomology) 1975, Fudan University
• MSc (Mathematical Ecology) 1981, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• PhD (Insect Ecology) 1992, Simon Fraser University