Research interests / job description	Vegetation ecology, Plant taxonomy, Herbarium management.
Education	M.S. Dept. Forestry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. (2005) B.S. Dept. Forestry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. (2003)
Experience	2023.08~ Assistant Researcher, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, MOA. 2012~2023.07 Assistant researcher, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, COA. 2011~2012 Associate Technical Specialist, Forestry Bureau, Taiwan, COA.
TEL	886-2-23039978 ext 2808
Email	chenc@tfri.gov.tw

Keisuke Obase*, Yudai Kitagami, Toko Tanikawa, Chen CF, Yosuke Matsuda. (2023). Fungi and bacteria in the rhizosphere of Cryptomeria japonica exhibited different community assembly patterns at regional scales in East Asia. Rhizosphere 28: 100807. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100807. (SCI)
Kitagami Y., Obase K., Chen C.-F., Matsuda Y. (2022) Effects of climatic and edaphic conditions on structuring patterns of soil nematode communities in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantations. Forest Ecology and Management 524: 120518. (SCI)
Chen C-F, C-F Li, C-M Huang, H-Y Lin, David Zelený. (2022) Secondary succession on landslides in submontane forests of central Taiwan: Environmental drivers and restoration strategies. Applied Vegetation Science 2022.25:e12635. DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12635 (SCI)
Helsen K., Y.C. Shen, T.Y. Lin, C.F. Chen, C.M. Huang, C.F. Li, D. Zelený. (2022) Climate and soil differentially affect species, trait and diversity patterns of woody overstory and fern understory in a subtropical forest along an elevation gradient in Taiwan. Journal of Vegetation Science 33:e13130. (SCI)
Yang S-Z, P-H Chen, C-F Chen. (2020) Cambial Variants Combine Successive Cambia and Intraxylary Phloem in Convolvulaceae in Taiwan. American Journal of Plant Sciences 11: 437-453.
Sugawara T.*, K. Watanabe, Y. Hoshino, T.-Y. Aleck Yang, C.-F. Chen, A. Shimizu & T. Takaso. (2018). Floral morphology and reproductive nature of Pemphis acidula (Lythraceae) with two different anther levels in Taiwan and Japan. The Journal of Japanese Botany 93: 225–239.
Yang S.-Z.*, Z.-X. Chen, C.-F. Chen & P.-H. Chen. (2018). Striga crispata sp. nov. (Orobanchaceae), a new hemiparasitic species from Taiwan. Taiwania 63: 287–291.
Matsuda Y, Uesugi T, Hsu TW, C.-F. Chen. (2017). Mycorrhizal fungi associated with Taiwanese Pyrola morrisonensis (Ericaceae) in a naturally regenerated forest. Taiwania 62: 399-406.
Lin C.-W.*, C.-F. Chen* & T.-Y. Aleck Yang. (2017). Ten new species of Phyllagathis (Trib. Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) from Sarawak, Borneo. Phytotaxa 302: 201–228.
Yang S.-Z.*, P.-H. Chen, C.-F. Chen & C.-W. Chen. (2016). Identity of a problematic Menispermaceae in Taiwan, Cissampelos pareira L. hirsute (Buch.-Ham. Ex DC.) Forman. Taiwania 61: 27–33.

Lee CY, Lin GY, Liu YH, Wang HH, Chen CF, Chang LW. (2024, Apr). Reforestation based on the ditch-and-embankment technique increased soil carbon stock and alleviated soil salinity in a coastal area subject to land subsidence- a preliminary study. European Geoscience Union 2024 general assembly. Vienma, Austria.
Chen CF*, Su YC, Liao MC, & L Kacaw. (2020.11). Effect of management and habitat type on species composition and plant diversity of a terraced paddy field in Cihalaay Cultural Landscape, eastern Taiwan. The Chinese Forestry Association 2020 Forest Resources Sustainable Development Conference. National Chung Hsing University, Taichung. (in Chinese)
Chen, C-F, C-F Li, C-M Huang, H-Y Lin, D. Zelený. (2020.10) Spontaneous regeneration of vegetation on landslides in low-elevation region in Central Taiwan. Chinese Culture University, Taipei. (in Chinese).

2021 Technology Project, Improve the economic-service by applying indigenous plant resource in socio-ecological production landscapes of Satoyama.
2020 Technology Project, The study on promoting mechanism for Satoyama Industry development (3/3) subproject- Research on Plant Diversity and Traditional Knowledge Preservation in Satoyama Production Site.
2016 Integrated research on land bearing capacity of mountain villages and spatial placing of industrial resources under the influence of climate disasters. 2016~2019.

Taiwan Forestry Research InstituteTaiwan Forestry Research Institute

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Chien-Fan Chen