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Brief Job Description

Sheng-Hsin Su

  • Position：Associate Researcher
Research interests / job descriptionResearch interests：forest dynamics; vegetation ecology; data analysis, synthesis, and visualization (statistics); ecological assessment on forest management; forest restoration ecology ；Job description：business related to forest dynamics plots, research project compilation, personnel management, and cashier affairs
EducationPh.D. School of Forestry and Resources Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. (2020)
M.S. Institute of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. (2001)
B.S. Department of Forestry, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. (1998)
Experience2023.08~ Associate Researcher, Fushan Research Center, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, MOA.
2021.08~2023.07 Associate Researcher, Fushan Research Center, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, COA.
2009.06~2021.08 Assistant Researcher, Forest Management Division, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, COA.
2007.03~2009.06 Assistant Researcher, Division of Forest Biology, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, COA.
2002.05~2007.03 Assistant & Assistant Researcher, Fushan Research Center, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, COA.
2000.12~2002.05 Technical Specialist, Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government
TEL886-3-9228900 ext. 103
Emailsush@tfri.gov.tw
  1. Bo-Hao Perng, Tzeng Yih Lam*, Su SH, Mohamad Danial Bin Md Sabri, David Burslem, Dairon Cardenas, Álvaro Duque, Sisira Ediriweera, Nimal Gunatilleke, Vojtech Novotny, Michael J O'Brien, Glen Reynolds. (2024). Integrating rapid assessment, variable probability sampling, and machine learning to improve accuracy and consistency in mapping local spatial distribution of plant species richness. Forestry 97(2): 282-294. DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpad041. (SCI)
  2. Bo-Hao Perng, Tzeng Yih Lam, Su-Ting Cheng, Su SH, Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, Norman A. Bourg, David F. R. P. Burslem, Nicolas Castaño, Álvaro Duque, Sisira Ediriweera, Nimal Gunatilleke, James A. Lutz, William J. McShea, Mohamad Danial Md Sabri, Vojtech Novotny, Michael J. O'Brien, Glen Reynolds, George D. Weiblen, Daniel Zuleta. (2024). Mapping distribution of woody plant species richness from field rapid assessment and machine learning. Taiwania 69(1): 1-15. DOI: 10.6165/tai.2024.69. (SCI)
  3. Fu S-W, Wang H-H, Su S-H, Koh C-N. 2022. Effects of local-scale landscape composition on bird diversity and species composition in mountain villages of northern coastal Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 37(4):309-335. [in Chinese with English summary]
  4. Piponiot C, Anderson-Teixeira KJ, Davies SJ, Allen D, Bourg NA, Burslem DFRP, Cárdenas D, Chang-Yang C-H, Chuyong G, Cordell S, Dattaraja HS, Duque Á, Ediriweera S, Ewango C, Ezedin Z, Filip J, Giardina CP, Howe R, Hsieh C-F, Hubbell SP, Inman-Narahari FM, Itoh A, Janík D, Kenfack D, Král K, Lutz JA, Makana J-R, McMahon SM, McShea W, Mi X, Bt. Mohamad M, Novotný V, O'Brien MJ, Ostertag R, Parker G, Pérez R, Ren H, Reynolds G, Md Sabri MD, Sack L, Shringi A, Su S-H, Sukumar R, Sun I-F, Suresh HS, Thomas DW, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Vandermeer J, Wang Y, Ware IM, Weiblen GD, Whitfeld TJS, Wolf A, Yao TL, Yu M, Yuan Z, Zimmerman JK, Zuleta D, Muller-Landau HC. 2022. Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world. New Phytologist 234(5):1664-1677. (SCI)
  5. Wills C, Wang B, Fang S, Wang Y, Jin Y, Lutz J, Thompson J, Harms KE, Pulla S, Pasion B, Germain S, Liu H, Smokey J, Su S-H, Butt N, Chu C, Chuyong G, Chang-Yang C-H, Dattaraja HS, Davies S, Ediriweera S, Esufali S, Fletcher CD, Gunatilleke N, Gunatilleke S, Hsieh C-F, He F, Hubbell S, Hao Z, Itoh A, Kenfack D, Li B, Li X, Ma K, Morecroft M, Mi X, Malhi Y, Ong P, Rodriguez LJ, Suresh HS, Sun IF, Sukumar R, Tan S, Thomas D, Uriarte M, Wang X, Wang X, Yao TL, Zimmermann J. 2021. Interactions between all pairs of neighboring trees in 16 forests worldwide reveal details of unique ecological processes in each forest, and provide windows into their evolutionary histories. PLOS Computational Biology 17(4):e1008853. (SCI)
  6. Wiegand T, Wang X, Anderson-Teixeira KJ, Bourg NA, Cao M, Ci X, Davies SJ, Hao Z, Howe RW, Kress WJ, Lian J, Li J, Lin L, Lin Y, Ma K, McShea W, Mi X, Su S-H, Sun IF, Wolf A, Ye W, Huth A. 2021. Consequences of spatial patterns for coexistence in species-rich plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5(7):965-973. (SCI)
  7. Cao K, Condit R, Mi X, Chen L, Ren H, Xu W, Burslem DFRP, Cai C, Cao M, Chang L-W, Chu C, Cui F, Du H, Ediriweera S, Gunatilleke CSV, Gunatilleke IUAN, Hao Z, Jin G, Li J, Li B, Li Y, Liu Y, Ni H, O'Brien MJ, Qiao X, Shen G, Tian S, Wang X, Xu H, Xu Y, Yang L, Yap SL, Lian J, Ye W, Yu M, Su S-H, Chang-Yang C-H, Guo Y, Li X, Zeng F, Zhu D, Zhu L, Sun I-F, Ma K, Svenning J-C. 2021. Species packing and the latitudinal gradient in beta-diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288(1948):20203045. (SCI)
  8. Su S-H, Guan BT, Chang-Yang C-H, Sun I-F, Wang H-H, Hsieh C-F. 2020. Multi-stemming and size enhance survival of dominant tree species in a frequently typhoon-disturbed forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 31(3):429-439. (SCI)
  9. Fung T, Chisholm RA, Anderson-Teixeira K, Bourg N, Brockelman WY, Bunyavejchewin S, Chang-Yang C-H, Chitra-Tarak R, Chuyong G, Condit R, Dattaraja HS, Davies SJ, Ewango CEN, Fewless G, Fletcher C, Gunatilleke CVS, Gunatilleke IAUN, Hao Z, Hogan JA, Howe R, Hsieh C-F, Kenfack D, Lin Y, Ma K, Makana J-R, McMahon S, McShea WJ, Mi X, Nathalang A, Ong PS, Parker G, Rau E-P, Shue J, Su S-H, Sukumar R, Sun I-F, Suresh HS, Tan S, Thomas D, Thompson J, Valencia R, Vallejo MI, Wang X, Wang Y, Wijekoon P, Wolf A, Yap S, Zimmerman J. 2020. Temporal population variability in local forest communities has mixed effects on tree species richness across a latitudinal gradient. Ecology Letters 23(1):160-171. (SCI)
  10. Wang H-H, Su S-H, Chang L-W. 2020. Spatial patterns of two epiphytic bird's-nest ferns in a moist subtropical forest, northern Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 35(3):205-216. [in Chinese with English summary]
  11. Menge DNL, Chisholm RA, Davies SJ, Abu Salim K, Allen D, Alvarez M, Bourg N, Brockelman WY, Bunyavejchewin S, Butt N, Cao M, Chanthorn W, Chao W-C, Clay K, Condit R, Cordell S, da Silva JB, Dattaraja HS, de Andrade ACS, de Oliveira AA, den Ouden J, Drescher M, Fletcher C, Giardina CP, Savitri Gunatilleke CV, Gunatilleke IAUN, Hau BCH, He F, Howe R, Hsieh C-F, Hubbell SP, Inman-Narahari FM, Jansen PA, Johnson DJ, Kong LS, Král K, Ku C-C, Lai J, Larson AJ, Li X, Li Y, Lin L, Lin Y, Liu S, Lum SKY, Lutz JA, Ma K, Malhi Y, McMahon S, McShea W, Mi X, Morecroft M, Myers JA, Nathalang A, Novotny V, Ong P, Orwig DA, Ostertag R, Parker G, Phillips RP, Abd. Rahman K, Sack L, Sang W, Shen G, Shringi A, Shue J, Su S-H, Sukumar R, Sun I-F, Suresh HS, Tan S, Thomas SC, Toko PS, Valencia R, Vallejo MI, Vicentini A, Vrška T, Wang B, Wang X, Weiblen GD, Wolf A, Xu H, Yap S, Zhu L, Fung T. 2019. Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America. Journal of Ecology 107(6):2598-2610. (SCI)
  12. Ren H, Keil P, Mi X, Ma K, Hao Z, Ye W, Lin L, Valencia R, Fletcher CD, Thomas DW, Howe RW, Lutz J, Bourg NA, Su S-H, Sun I-F, Zhu L, Chang L-W, Wang X, Du X, Kenfack D, Chuyong GB, Jetz W. 2019. Environment- and trait-mediated scaling of tree occupancy in forests worldwide. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28(8):1155-1167. (SCI)
  13. Yang T-R, Lam TY, Su S-H. 2019. A simulation study on the effects of plot size and shape on sampling plant species composition for biodiversity management. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 38(2):116-129. (SCI)
  14. Wang H-H, Wang Y-T, Wu S-H, Wu S-H, Su S-H*. 2019. Fraying damage to trees by Formosan sika deer in the Kenting Uplifted Coral Reef Forest. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 34(3):207-215. [in Chinese with English summary]
  15. Hogan J, Zimmerman J, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Swenson N, Condit R, Hubbell S, Johnson D, Sun IF, Chang-Yang C-H, Su S-H, Ong P, Rodriguez L, Monoy C, Yap S, Davies S. 2018. The frequency of cyclonic wind storms shapes tropical forest dynamism and functional trait dispersion. Forests 9(7):404. (SCI)
  16. Lam TY, Hsu Y-H, Yang T-R, Kershaw JA, Su S-H. 2018. Sampling with probability proportional to prediction: rethinking rapid plant diversity assessment. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research 91(1):17-26. (SCI)
  17. Lutz JA, Furniss TJ, Johnson DJ, Davies SJ, Allen D, Alonso A, Anderson‐Teixeira KJ, Andrade A, Baltzer J, Becker KML, Blomdahl EM, Bourg NA, Bunyavejchewin S, Burslem DFRP, Cansler CA, Cao K, Cao M, Cárdenas D, Chang LW, Chao KJ, Chao WC, Chiang JM, Chu C, Chuyong GB, Clay K, Condit R, Cordell S, Dattaraja HS, Duque A, Ewango CEN, Fischer GA, Fletcher C, Freund JA, Giardina C, Germain SJ, Gilbert GS, Hao Z, Hart T, Hau BCH, He F, Hector A, Howe RW, Hsieh CF, Hu YH, Hubbell SP, Inman‐Narahari FM, Itoh A, Janík D, Kassim AR, Kenfack D, Korte L, Král K, Larson AJ, Li Y, Lin Y, Liu S, Lum S, Ma K, Makana JR, Malhi Y, McMahon SM, McShea WJ, Memiaghe HR, Mi X, Morecroft M, Musili PM, Myers JA, Novotny V, de OA, Ong P, Orwig DA, Ostertag R, Parker GG, Patankar R, Phillips RP, Reynolds G, Sack L, Song GZM, Su SH, Sukumar R, Sun IF, Suresh HS, Swanson ME, Tan S, Thomas DW, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Valencia R, Vicentini A, Vrška T, Wang X, Weiblen GD, Wolf A, Wu SH, Xu H, Yamakura T, Yap S, Zimmerman JK. 2018. Global importance of large‐diameter trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27(7):849-864. (SCI)
  18. Koh C-N, Hsu S-H, Su S-H, Chung C-H, Wang H-H. 2018. A preliminary study of the effects of a mountain village landscape on bird diversity: a case study of Lianghu Village, Jinshan District, northern Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 33(4):319-332. [in Chinese with English summary]
  19. Su S-H, Chiu C-M, Peng P-H. 2018. Impacts of forest management regimes on the ground vegetation diversity and natural regeneration of Chamaecyparis forests. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 33(2):125-140. [in Chinese with English summary]
  20. Lin M-F, Su S-H, Huang L-W, Chen C-W, Jeng M-R, Wang H-H. 2017. Tree leaf choice by Formosan Reeve’s muntjac in relation to nutrient content. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 32(3):237-249. [in Chinese with English summary]
  21. Chiang J-M, Spasojevic MJ, Muller-Landau HC, Sun I-F, Lin Y, Su S-H, Chen Z-S, Chen C-T, Swenson NG, McEwan RW. 2016. Functional composition drives ecosystem function through multiple mechanisms in a broadleaved subtropical forest. Oecologia 182(3):829-840. (SCI)
  22. Wang X, Wiegand T, Kraft NJB, Swenson NG, Davies SJ, Hao Z, Howe R, Lin Y, Ma K, Mi X, Su S-H, Sun IF, Wolf A. 2016. Stochastic dilution effects weaken deterministic effects of niche-based processes in species rich forests. Ecology 97(2):347-360. (SCI)
  23. Chang-Yang C-H, Su S-H*, Wang H-H, Lin T-T, Hsieh C-F. 2015. Topography and canopy openness influence spatial variations in mortality, recruitment, and growth of a subtropical tree community. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 30(4):259-269. [in Chinese with English summary]
  24. Tsai C-H, Lin Y-C, Wiegand T, Nakazawa T, Su S-H, Hsieh C-H, Ding T-S. 2015. Individual species-area relationship of woody plant communities in a heterogeneous subtropical monsoon rainforest. PLoS ONE 10(4):e0124539. (SCI)
  25. Chiu C, Su S-H, Chung C, Tang S, Lin C. 2015. The management toward an uneven-aged mixed forest in a row-thinned Cryptomeria plantation. Journal of Beijing Forestry University 37(3):44-54. [in Chinese with English summary]
  26. Chisholm RA, Condit R, Rahman KA, Baker PJ, Bunyavejchewin S, Chen Y-Y, Chuyong G, Dattaraja HS, Davies S, Ewango CEN, Gunatilleke CVS, Nimal Gunatilleke IAU, Hubbell S, Kenfack D, Kiratiprayoon S, Lin Y, Makana J-R, Pongpattananurak N, Pulla S, Punchi-Manage R, Sukumar R, Su S-H, Sun IF, Suresh HS, Tan S, Thomas D, Yap S. 2014. Temporal variability of forest communities: empirical estimates of population change in 4000 tree species. Ecology Letters 17(7):855-865. (SCI)
  27. Iida Y, Kohyama TS, Swenson NG, Su S-H, Chen C-T, Chiang J-M, Sun IF. 2014. Linking functional traits and demographic rates in a subtropical tree community: the importance of size dependency. Journal of Ecology 102(3):641-650. (SCI)
  28. Stephenson NL, Das AJ, Condit R, Russo SE, Baker PJ, Beckman NG, Coomes DA, Lines ER, Morris WK, Ruger N, Alvarez E, Blundo C, Bunyavejchewin S, Chuyong G, Davies SJ, Duque A, Ewango CN, Flores O, Franklin JF, Grau HR, Hao Z, Harmon ME, Hubbell SP, Kenfack D, Lin Y, Makana JR, Malizia A, Malizia LR, Pabst RJ, Pongpattananurak N, Su S-H, Sun I-F, Tan S, Thomas D, van Mantgem PJ, Wang X, Wiser SK, Zavala MA. 2014. Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size. Nature 507(7490):90-93. (SCI)
  29. Chiu C-M, Su S-H, Tang S-L, Fuh C-H. 2014. Assessing the benefits of thinning and underplanting of broadleaved trees in a Taiwan incense-cedar plantation. Quarterly Jounal of Chinese Forestry 47(2):137-154. [in Chinese with English summary]
  30. Brown C, Burslem DFRP, Illian JB, Bao L, Brockelman W, Cao M, Chang L-W, Dattaraja HS, Davies S, Gunatilleke CVS, Gunatilleke IAUN, Huang J, Kassim AR, LaFrankie JV, Lian J, Lin L, Ma K, Mi X, Nathalang A, Noor S, Ong P, Sukumar R, Su S-H, Sun I-F, Suresh HS, Tan S, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Valencia R, Yap SL, Ye W, Law R. 2013. Multispecies coexistence of trees in tropical forests: spatial signals of topographic niche differentiation increase with environmental heterogeneity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(1764):20130502. (SCI)
  31. Chisholm RA, Muller-Landau HC, Bebber KARP, Bin Y, Bohlman SA, Bourg NA, Brinks J, Bunyavejchewin S, Butt N, Cao H, Cao M, Cárdenas D, Chang L-W, Chiang J-M, Chuyong G, Condit R, Dattaraja HS, Davies S, Duque A, Fletcher C, Gunatilleke N, Gunatilleke S, Hao Z, Harrison RD, Howe R, Hsieh C-F, Hubbell SP, Itoh A, Kenfack D, Kiratiprayoon S, Larson AJ, Lian J, Lin D, Liu H, Lutz JA, Ma K, Malhi Y, McMahon S, McShea W, Meegaskumbura M, Razman SM, Morecroft MD, Nytch CJ, Oliveira A, Parker GG, Pulla S, Punchi-Manage R, Romero-Saltos H, Sang W, Schurman J, Su S-H, Sukumar R, Sun IF, Suresh HS, Tan S, Thomas D, Thomas S, Thompson J, Valencia R, Wolf A, Yap S, Ye W, Yuan Z, Zimmerman JK. 2013. Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests. Journal of Ecology 101(5):1214-1224. (SCI)
  32. Lasky JR, Sun I-F, Su S-H, Chen Z-S, Keitt TH. 2013. Trait‐mediated effects of environmental filtering on tree community dynamics. Journal of Ecology 101:722-733. (SCI)
  33. De Cáceres M, Legendre P, Valencia R, Cao M, Chang L-W, Chuyong G, Condit R, Hao Z-Q, Hsieh C-F, Hubbell S, Kenfack D, Ma K-P, Mi X-C, Noor MNS, Kassim AR, Ren H-B, Su S-H, Sun I-F, Thomas D, Ye W-H, He F-L. 2012. The variation of tree beta diversity across a global network of forest plots. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21(12):1191-1202. (SCI)
  34. Mi X, Swenson NG, Valencia R, Kress WJ, Erickson DL, Pérez ÁJ, Ren H, Su S-H, Gunatilleke N, Gunatilleke S, Hao Z, Ye W, Cao M, Suresh HS, Dattaraja HS, Sukumar R, Ma K. 2012. The contribution of rare species to community phylogenetic diversity across a global network of forest plots. The American Naturalist 180(1):E17-E30. (SCI)
  35. McEwan RW, Lin Y-C, Sun I-F, Hsieh C-F, Su S-H, Chang L-W, Song G-ZM, Wang H-H, Hwong J-L, Lin K-C, Yang K-C, Chiang J-M. 2011. Topographic and biotic regulation of aboveground carbon storage in subtropical broad-leaved forests of Taiwan. For Ecol Manage 262:1817-1825. (SCI)
  36. Wang H-H, Liu C-J, Lin T-T, Chen W-B, Lee M-Y, Su S-H. 2011. The flowering and fruiting phenology of Lauraceae and Fagaceae trees in Fushan Experimental Forest, northern Taiwan. Quarterly Jounal of Chinese Forestry 44(3):145-156. [in Chinese with English summary]
  37. Su S-H, Hsieh C-F, Chang-Yang C-H, Lu C-L, Guan BT. 2010. Micro-topographic differentiation of the tree species composition in a subtropical submontane rainforest in northeastern Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 25(1):63-80.
  38. Hsu T-W, Chang H-M, Su S-H, Chung S-W, Wang J-C. 2005. Burmannia cryptopetala Makino (Burmanniaceae), a newly recorded plant in Taiwan. Taiwania 50(4):302-306. (SCI)
  1. Fan S-W, Chao W-C, Chang-Yang C-H, Su S-H, Chang L-W, Lin J-K, Wu S-H, Yeh D-H, Hsieh C-F. 2016. Forest dynamics plots and long-term plant ecological research in Taiwan. Taiwan and Vietnam Bilateral Symposium on Biodiversity Conservation. 20-21 August 2016. Nantou, Taiwan.
  2. Chiang J-M, Lin Y, Sun I-F, Su S-H, Muller-Landau HC, Chisholm RA, Chen Z-S, Chen C-T, Swenson NG, McEwan RW. 2014. Mass ratio effects, not niche complementarity, explain the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship in a broadleaved subtropical forest. Taiwan Ecological Research Network 2014 Annual Meeting. Taipei (National Taiwan Normal University).
  3. Tang S-C, Chiu C-M, Wang D-H, Chang L-W, Su S-H. 2010. The growth and plant biodiversity of the young stand of Formosan Michelia in different pruning treatments and the shelter status. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Forest Biodiversity and Conservation. 11-12 June 2010. Nantou, Taiwan.
  4. Tsai C-H, Su S-H. 2009. Individual species-area relationship in a subtropical forest, Fushan, northern Taiwan. Taiwan-Japan Ecology Workshop 2008. Taipei, Taiwan (National Taiwan University).
  1. Su S-H. 2020. Tree composition and dynamics in a frequently typhoon-disturbed subtropical broadleaved forest, Taiwan [Doctoral dissertation]. Taipei, Taiwan: School of Forestry and Resources Conservation, National Taiwan University. 116 p. doi:10.6342/NTU202001589
  2. Su S-H, Chang-Yang C-H, Lu C-L, Tsui C-C, Lin T-T, Lin C-L, Chiou W-L, Kuan L-H, Chen Z-S, Hsieh C-F. 2007. Fushan subtropical forest dynamics plot: tree species characteristics and distribution patterns. Taipei: Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. 272 p.
  3. Su S-H. 2001. A study on the broad-leaved forest at low-altitude suburbs around Taipei. [Master dissertation]. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Botany, National Taiwan University. 124 p. [in Chinese with English summary]
  1. D. Others
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  1. 2021 Science And Technology Program "Building the databases of basic properties and model parameters for the woody plants in forests of Taiwan." PI.  2021–2023. TFRI, COA.
  2. 2019 Science And Technology Program "Building the databases of tree species in Taiwan for forest management applications". PI.  2019–2020. TFRI, COA.
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