The publications, reports and notes listed here were sponsored in whole or part by the Loblolly Pine Growth and Yield Research Cooperative or by a project in the Department of Forestry, VPI & SU, with objectives closely aligned with those of the Cooperative.

Selected Journal Articles, Papers in
Proceedings, Book Chapters, and Bulletins  

Amateis, R.L. S.P. Prisley, H.E. Burkhart and J. Liu. 2006. The effect of physiographic region and geographic locale on predicting dominant height and basal area of loblolly pine plantations. South. J. Appl. For. 30(3) 147-153.

Amateis, R.L. and H.E. Burkhart. 2005. The influence of thinning on the proportion of peeler, sawtimber, and pulpwood trees in loblolly pine plantations. South. J. Appl. For. 29(3) 158-162.

Amateis, R.L., P.J. Radtke and G.D. Hansen. 2004. The effect of spacing rectangularity on stem quality in loblolly pine plantations.. Can. J. For. Res. 34:498-501.

Amateis, R.L. 2003. Quantitative tools and strategies for modeling forest systems at different scales. In: Modelling Forest Systems, CAB International (A. Amaro, D. Reed and P. Soares, eds.) pp. 87-95.

Amateis, R.L., M. Sharma and H.E. Burkhart. 2003. Scaling growth relationships from seedling plots using similarity analysis. For. Sci. 49:188-195.

Amateis, R.L., M. Sharma and H.E. Burkhart. 2003. Using miniature plantations as experimental tools for assessing sustainability issues. Can. J. For. Res. 33:450-454.

Amateis, R. L., J. Liu, M.J. Ducey and H.L. Allen. 2000. Modeling response to midrotation nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization in loblolly pine plantations.  South. J. Appl. For. 24: 207-212.

Avery, T. E. and H.E. Burkhart.  2002. Forest Measurements. 5th Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York 456 p.

Baldwin, V.C., Jr., H.E. Burkhart, J.A. Westfall and K.D. Peterson. 2001. Linking growth and yield and process models to estimate impact of environmental changes on growth of loblolly pine. For. Sci. 47:77-82.

Bullock, B. P. and H. E. Burkhart. 2003. Equations for predicting green weight of loblolly pine trees in the South. South. J. Appl. For. 27:153-159.

Burkhart, H.E. 2003. Suggestions for choosing an appropriate level for modeling forest stands. In: Modelling Forest Systems, CAB International (A. Amaro, D. Reed and P. Soares, eds.) pp. 3-10.

Burkhart, H.E. 2003. Assessing the sustainability of plantation management. Forest Landowner. 62(2) 18-21.

Burkhart, H.E.  2002. Spacing trials. In: Encyclopedia of Environmentrics. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, Vol. 4, pp. 2049-2051.

Dieguez-Aranda, U., H. E. Burkhart and R.L. Amateis. 2006. Dominant height growth of unthinned loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations in the United States. For. Sci. 52:262-272.

Green, E.J., W.E. Strawderman, R.L. Amateis and G.A. Reams. 2005. Improved estimation for multiple means with heterogeneous variances. For. Sci. 51(1): 1-6.

Luxmore, R.J., W.W. Hargrove, M.L. Tharp, W.M. Post, M.W. Berry, K.S. Minser, W.P. Cropper, Jr., D.W. Johnson, B. Zeide, R.L. Amateis, H.E. Burkhart, V.C. Baldwin, Jr., and K.D. Peterson. 2002. Addressing multi-use issues in ustainable forest management with signal-transfer modeling. For. Ecol. and Manag. 165:295-304.

MacFarlane, D.W., E.J. Green, A. Brunner and R.L. Amateis.  2003. Modeling loblolly pine canopy dynamics for a light capture model. For. Ecol. and Manag. 173:145-168.

MacFarlane, D.W., E.J. Green and H.E. Burkhart. 2002. Predicting survival and growth rates of individual loblolly pine trees as a function of light capture estimates. Can. J. For. Res. 32:1970-1983.

Radtke, P. J., J.A. Westfall and H. E. Burkhart. 2003. Conditioning a distance-dependent competition index to ndicate the onset of intertree competition. For. Ecol. and Manag. 175:17-30.

Radtke, P. J., S. P. Prisley, R. L. Amateis, C. A. Copenheaver, and H. E. Burkhart. 2004. A proposed model for deadwood C production and decay in loblolly pine plantations. Environmental Management 33(Supplement 1):S56-S64.

Sharma, M., H.E. Burkhart and R.L. Amateis. 2007. Scaling taper relationships from miniature scale to operational scale stands of loblolly pine. For. Sci. 53(5):611-617.

Sharma, M., M. Smith, H.E. Burkhart and R.L. Amateis. 2006. Modeling the impact of thinning on height development of dominant and codominant loblolly pine trees. Ann. For. Sci. 63:349-354.

Sharma, M. and H.E. Burkhart. 2003. Selecting a level of conditioning for the segmented polynomial taper equation. For. Sci. 49:324-330.

Sharma, M., R.L. Amateis and H.E. Burkhart. 2003. Forest stand dynamics and similarity theory. Ecol. Mod. 167:165-180.

Sharma, M., R.L. Amateis and H.E. Burkhart. 2002. Top height definition and its effect on site index determination in thinned and unthinned loblolly pine plantations. For. Ecol. and Manag. 168:163-175.

Sharma, M., H.E. Burkhart and R.L. Amateis. 2002. Modeling the effects of density on the growth of loblolly pine trees. South. J. Appl. For. 26:124-133.

Sharma, M., H.E. Burkhart and R.L. Amateis. 2002. Spacing rectangularity effect on the growth of loblolly pine plantations. Can. J. For. Res. 32:1451-1459.

Sharma, M., R.G. Oderwald and R.L. Amateis. 2002. A consistent system of equations for tree and stand volume. For. Ecol. and Manag. 165:179-185.

Sharma, M. and R.G. Oderwald. 2001. Dimensionally compatible volume and taper equations.  Can. J. For. Res. 31:797-803.

Tasissa, G., H.E. Burkhart. 1998. An application of mixed effects analysis to modeling thinning effects on stem profile of loblolly pine. For. Ecol. and Manag. 103:87-101.

Tasissa, G., H.E. Burkhart. 1998. Modeling thinning effects on ring specific gravity of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). For. Sci. 44:212-223.

Tasissa, G., H.E. Burkhart. 1998. Juvenile-mature wood demarcation in loblolly pine trees. Wood and Fiber Sci. 30:119-127.

Trincado, G., C.L. VanderSchaaf and H.E. Burkhart. 2007. Regional mixed-effects height-diameter models for loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations. Eur. J. For. Res. 126:253-262.

Valentine, H. T., R. L. Amateis, H. E. Burkhart, T. G. Gregoire, D. Y. Hollinger and D. W. MacFarlane. 1999. Projecting the growth of loblolly pine in a changing atmosphere. South. J. Appl. For. 23:212-216.

VanderSchaaf, C.L. and H.E. Burkhart. 2007. Comparison of methods to estimate Reineke's maximum size-density relationship species boundary line slope. For. Sci. 53(3):435-442.

Westfall, J. A. and R.L. Amateis. 2003. A model to account for potential correlations between growth of loblolly pine and changing ambient carbon dioxide concentrations. South. J. Appl. For. 27:279-284.

Westfall, J. A. and H. E. Burkhart. 1999. Effects of thinning response modifications to individual Tree growth models. Va. J. Sci. 50:92 (Abstr).

Westfall, J. A. and H. E. Burkhart. 2001. Incorporating thinning response into a loblolly pine simulator. South. J. Appl. For. 25:159-164.

 

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