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Dr. Jing Yuan

Research Associate, Michigan State University
Landscape Ecology & Ecosystem Science (LEES)

Google Scholar | Research Gate | yuanji11@msu.edu |

Jing's  background is deeply rooted in ecosystem ecology with influences from geospatial science. Supporting environmental decision making for common good is her ultimate pursuit. She is fascinated by spatial and spatio-temporal patterns and her research investigates these patterns by integrating spatial informatics with ecological theories.

Education

Research Associate | 07/2020 - Present
Center for Global Change & Earth Observations, Michigan State University, Michigan

Postdoctoral Research Associate | 2018 - 2020
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University of Maine, Orono, Maine

PhD Interdisciplinary Ecology concentrated in GIS | 2009 - 2015
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

MS Natural Resources Conservation | 2006 - 2009
Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

BS Environmental Science | 2001 - 2005
Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China

Publications

Journal Paper

  1. Yuan, Jing, and Matthew J. Cohen. "Remote detection of ecosystem degradation in the everglades ridge-slough landscape." Remote Sensing of Environment 247 (2020): 111917.
  2. Beard, Kate, Melissa Kimble,Yuan, Jing Keith S Evans, Wei Liu, Damian Brady, and Stephen Moore. 2020. “A Method for Heterogeneous Spatio-Temporal Data Integration in Support of Marine Aquaculture Site Selection.” Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8 (2): 96.
  3. Johnson, Teresa R., Kate Beard, Damian C. Brady, Carrie J. Byron, Caitlin Cleaver, Kevin Duffy, Nicholas Keeney, Yuan,Jing,.2019. "A Social-Ecological System Framework for Marine Aquaculture Research." Sustainability 11, no. 9 (2019): 2522.
  4. Yuan, Jing, and Matthew J. Cohen. "Spatial metrics for detecting ecosystem degradation in the ridge-slough patterned landscape." Ecological Indicators 74 (2017): 427-440.
  5. Yuan, Jing, Matthew J. Cohen, David A. Kaplan, Subodh Acharya, Laurel G. Larsen, and Martha K. Nungesser. "Linking metrics of landscape pattern to hydrological process in a lotic wetland." Landscape ecology 30, no. 10 (2015): 1893-1912.
  6. Guo-xia, M A, Y U Fang, WANG Jin-nan, ZHOU Xia-fei, YUAN Jing, M O U Xue-jie, ZHOU Ying, YANG Wei-shan, and PENG Fei. 2017. “Measuring Gross Ecosystem Product(GEP) of 2015 for Terrestrial Ecosystems in China.” China Environmental Science.
  7. Yuan, J., Cui, G., Lei, T., (2009). "Relationships of Submerged Plants Distribution with Hydro-Environmental Factors - A Case Study in Beijing’ s Wetlands." Chinese Journal of Ecology. (11): 33-40(In Chinese)
  8. Zong, X., Cui. G., Yuan, J., (2008). Contingent Valuation of the Existence Value of Giant Panda. Acta Ecologica Sinica. 28(5):2090-2098(In Chinese)

Research

The overall objective of this study is to examine the interconnectivity of food, energy and water (FEW), as well as their interdependent dynamics following rapid changes in climate, population, economy and institutions that have intensified land use in Kazakhstan (KaZ) and Mongolia (MG). Our working hypothesis is that the interconnections and interdependencies of FEW measures vary significantly between KaZ and MG, among the regions within each country, and among herding landscapes. we challenged ourselves with three pressing questions: How have the FEW functions been affected by the independent and interactive forcings of biophysical and socioeconomic changes in water-limited KaZ and MG? What are the causes, regulatory mechanisms, and functional consequences of the FEW nexus at local, regional, and national levels? What are the roles of LCLUC in understanding the complex relationships between the causes and consequences of the FEW nexus at different spatial scales?

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