| 1:15 | Current Status and Future Biometrics Research Issues in FIA. Charles Scott |
| 1:40 | Random Thoughts on Mapped Plots. Paul Van Deusen |
| 2:05 | Effects of Fragmentation on the Choice of Ground Plot Configuration for Continuous Population Forest Surveys. Mike Williams |
| 2:30 | On Line Analysis of FIA Data. Mike Spinney |
| 2:55 |
Break |
| 3:30 | Cluster Plot Slop. Harry Valentine, Mark Ducey and Jeff Gove |
| 3:55 |
Using GRASS To Map FIA data. Jonathan Aggett |
| 4:20 |
NE-FIA
Tree Taper Study: Current Status and Future Work. James A.
Westfall |
| 4:45 |
A Review of Four Years of Research on
Using Classified Satellite Imagery as the Basis for Stratification to
Increase the Precision of Forest Inventory Estimates. Ronald
E. McRoberts, Dale D. Gormanson, Greg C. Liknes and Mark D. Nelson |
| 5:10 |
Adapting FIA
Protocol to Monitor Vegetation for the Park Service's National Capital
Region. David Chojnacky |
| 8:00 |
Sampling
with a Profiling LiDAR to Estimate Forest Resources. Ross Nelson |
| 8:25 | Auxiliary Variables for use with Double Sampling: An Updated Look. John R. Brooks and Harry V. Wiant, Jr. |
| 8:50 |
Repeated Measurements in Agroforestry Research. Susan B. Tumwebaze and Eleanor Allan. |
| 9:15 |
On the Performance of Masuyama's Distance Count Sampling Strategy. David Affleck |
| 9:40 |
Two phase sampling - Results from New Hampshire's State lands. Ken Desmarais |
| 10:05 |
Break |
| 10:30 |
Spatial Assessment of Model Errors from Four Regression Techniques. Lianjun Zhang, and Jeff Gove |
| 10:55 | Influence of BAF on the estimation of stand structure in mixed species stands. John Kershaw and Marika Godwin |
| 11:20 |
The
Effect of model Specificity in Aboveground Biomass Predictions for Four
Salix clones in
Central New York.
Eddie Bevelacqua, Carmela B. M. Arevalo and
Timothy A. Volk |
| 11:45 |
Benefits
from Commercial Thinning in Boreal Forest may be Long Term. Michel
Soucy |
| 12:10 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Comparison of Base-Age Invariant and Base-Age Dependent Approaches to Parameter Estimation in Self-Referencing Models. Chris Cieszewski and Mike Strub |
| 1:25 |
External Knot Characteristics in Black Spruce from Three Initial Spacings. Jeff Benjamin, John Kershaw, Ying Hei Chui and Tony Zhang |
| 1:50 |
Using LiDAR
Technology to Estimate Jack Pine Yield in Quebec. Dave
Patterson, Bernie Watson and Voyteck Zakrzewski (powerpoint presentation 33MB) |
David Affleck |
Yale University, School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies |
| Jonathan Aggett | NCASI - SMDG |
| Harry Bader |
|
| Jeff Benjamin | Ph.D. student, the University of New Brunswick |
| Eddie Bevilacqua |
Faculty
of Forest and Natural Resources Management |
| Ernest Bowling | James W. Sewall Company |
| John R. Brooks |
West
Virginia University Division of Forestry |
| Todd Caldwell | L.E. Caldwell Co. |
| Ian Cameron | Yale University and Kamloops B.C. |
| David Chojnacky | FIA,
Enterprise Unit, USDA Forest Service |
| Kenneth M. Desmarais | Program Forester III, NH Division of Forests and Lands, Fox Research Forest |
| Adam Dick |
Research
Technician, the University of New Brunswick |
| Rolland Gagnon |
J.D.
Irving, Limited |
| Jeff Gove |
USDA
Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station |
| Tim Gregoire | Yale University |
| Shaik Houssain | Ph.D student, the University of New Brunswick |
| Rob Keefe |
Cooperative Forestry
Research Unit at the University of Maine |
| John Kershaw | Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick |
| Diane Kiernan | Graduate
student, SUNY ESF |
| Kenneth M. Laustsen |
Biometrician,
Maine Forest Service |
| Tim Mack |
Forest Biometrician, James W. Sewall Company |
| Elizabeth McGarrigle |
Forestry
and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick |
| Ronald E. McRoberts |
Forest
Inventory and Analysis, North Central Research Station |
| Jason Myers |
MScF
student, University of New Brunswick |
| Ross Nelson |
Code
923, Biospheric Sciences Branch NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Evelyn Richards |
Faculty,
University of New Brunswick |
| Charles Scott |
FIA,
Northeastern Research Station |
| Michel Soucy |
Ph.D Candidate, University of New Brunswick |
| Michael Spinney |
Quantitative
Forestry Analyst, NCASI - SMDG |
| Mike Strub |
Weyerhaeuser
Company, Incorporated |
| Susan B. Tumwebaze |
SUNY ESF, Department of Quantitative Methods in Forest Science & Management |
| Harry T. Valentine |
USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station |
| Paul Van Deusen |
Senior Scientist, NCASI - SMDG |
| Jim Westfall |
FIA,
Northeastern Research Station |
| Harry V. Wiant, Jr. |
PSU
School of Forest Resources |
| Mike Williams |
USDA
Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station |
| W.T. Zakrzewski |
Geographic
Information Systems Program, Sault College of Applied Arts and
Technology |
| Lianjun Zhang |
SUNY-ESF |