- [1]
- Problemas y modelos en el manejo de las plantaciones
forestales [Problems and models in forest plantation
management]. Esc. de Ingeniería Forestal, U. of Chile (Thesis).
1968.
Yes, I have been a process modeller :-)
With probably the first, and last, growth model
implemented on an analog computer. English summary.
- [2]
- Indices de sitio para pino insigne en Chile [Site
indices for radiata pine in Chile]. Instituto Forestal,
Chile. Serie de Investigación, Publ. No.2. 1970.
Based
on temporary plots. Pidgin English summary.
- [3]
- Algunos programas en APL [Some programs in APL].
Instituto Forestal, Chile. Informe Técnico 41. 1971.
An
APL time-sharing system was
market tested by IBM in Holland and Chile ca.
1968.
- [4]
- Perspectivas del abastecimiento de pino insigne a la
industria en la región del Bío- Bío [Prospects
for the supply of radiata pine to the industry in the Bío-Bío
Region]. Presented at the Meeting of Experts in Paper
and Cellulose, Santiago, December 1972 (Mimeo.)
A
precursor of IFS [9].
Surprisingly, the forecasts for the end of the Century
were not too far off.
- [5]
- Ecuaciones altura-diámetro para pino insigne [Height-diameter
equations for radiata pine]. Instituto Forestal, Chile.
Nota Técnica 19. 1974.
Yet another h-d study.
- [6]
- Sobre modelos matemáticos de rodal [On
mathematical stand models]. Instituto Forestal, Chile.
Informe Técnico 48. 1974.
System Theory approach and
examples. English summary.
English translation: PDF (191 Kb),
gzipped PS (152 Kb)
- [7]
- Processing of map information in a minicomputer.
University of Georgia (Dissertation). 1976
A
rudimentary mini/microcomputer GIS (in 8 Kb of memory!)
Developed the "arc" data structure, concepts
and terminology later used by ArcInfo. Abstract.
- [8]
- Modelling stand development with stochastic
differential equations. In: Elliott,D.E. (ed) Mensuration
Systems for Forest Management Planning. New Zealand
Forest Service. Forest Research Institute Symposium No.
20, p.315-334. 1979.
It's all there, although heavy-going.
Read [17] and [27],
and perhaps [6], first. Then graduate
to [13], [11],
and [19] (and don't forget [20], somewhere.) Full text: PDF (235 Kb), gzipped
PS (234 Kb).
- [9]
- IFS, an interactive forest simulator for long range
planning. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science
11, 8-22. 1981.
More details and software here.
- [10]
- Simplified method-of-moments estimation for the
Weibull distribution. New Zealand Journal of
Forestry Science 11, 304-306. 1981.
Avoiding
iteration. Software.
- [11]
- A stochastic differential equation model for the
height growth of forest stands. Biometrics 39,
1059-1072. 1983.
Should have been the
standard method for site index equations, with better
marketing :-) Summary.
Software.
- [12]
- FOLPI, a forestry-oriented Linear Programming
interpreter. In: Nagumo, H. et al (ed), Proceedings
IUFRO Symposium on Forest Management Planning and
Managerial Economics. University of Tokyo. 1984.
Still
routinely used for harvesting scheduling and planning in
New Zealand and elsewhere (some bells and whistles added
later.) Unfortunately, the software was caught in FRI's
commercialization and became unavailable. Abstract. Full text: PDF (203 Kb), gzipped
PS (209 Kb).
- [13]
- New class of growth models for even-aged stands:
Pinus radiata in Golden Downs Forest. New Zealand
Journal of Forestry Science 14, 65-88. 1984.
The
only one from the dozen or so New Zealand state-space/stochastic-
differential-equation regional growth models to be
properly published. Abstract. Simulator.
- [14]
- Forest estate modelling (Part 2). In: Levak, H.
(ed), 1986 Forestry Handbook. NZ Institute of
Foresters (Inc.), Wellington. 1986.
Introduction to
harvest scheduling, with special reference to New Zealand.
With a newer 1995 Forestry Handbook, I guess
that the publishers would not mind if I place the full
text here (PDF file, 34 Kb)
- [15]
- SEESAW, a visual sawing simulator - Part II: The
SEESAW computer program. In: Kininmonth, J. A. (comp),
Proceedings of Conversion Planning Conference.
Ministry of Forestry, FRI Bulletin No. 128. 1987.
Early
hardware-stretching computer graphics application.
Another victim of commercialization. North American
rights sold to Weyerhaeuser, who might not have used it
but kept it off everybody else. Later versions known as
AUTOSAW. Abstract.
- [16]
- Experience with an advanced growth modelling
methodology. In: Ek,A.R., Shifley,S.R. and Burke,T.E.
(eds), Forest Growth Modelling and Prediction.
USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report NC-120.
1988.
Showing-off to the world. Abstract.
"Advanced" sounded better than "abstruse"
:-)
- [17]
- Growth modelling - A (re)view. New Zealand
Forestry 33(3), 14-17. 1988.
Look ma, no equations!
(well, almost.) Summary. Full text (PDF file, 33 Kb), Spanish translation (PDF file, 37 Kb).
- [18]
- Strategic planning for forest management with FOLPI (by
O. García, B. Manley, and J. Threadgill). FRI, Rotorua,
NZ, What's New in Forest Research No. 177. 1989.
- [19]
- Growth modelling - New developments. In: Nagumo,
H. and Konohira, Y. (eds), Japan and New Zealand
Symposium on Forestry Management Planning. Japan
Association for Forestry Statistics. 1989.
Unhinibited
maths, thanks to a receptive Japanese audience. Abstract. Full text: PDF (79 Kb), gzipped
PS ( 77 Kb).
- [20]
- Growth of thinned and pruned stands. In: James,
R.N. and Tarlton, G.L. (eds.) New Approaches to
Spacing and Thinning in Plantation Forestry: Proceedings
of a IUFRO Symposium. Ministry of Forestry, FRI
Bulletin No. 151. 1990.
No maths! Plenty of graphs,
though. Abstract. Full text: PDF (217 Kb), gzipped PS (262 Kb)
- [21]
- Linear Programming and related approaches in Forest
Planning. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science
20, 307-331. 1990.
Network formulation of harvest
scheduling models, relationships between models I, II and
III (or C, B and A), etc. Abstract.
For the full text of an earlier version see here.
- [22]
- A system for the differentiation of Fortran code and
an application to parameter estimation in forest growth
models. In: Griewank, A. and Corliss, G. F. (eds.) Automatic
Differentiation of Algorithms: Theory, Implementation,
and Application. Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics. 1991.
And now, to something completely
different... Actually, a subproduct of the growth
modelling efforts. Abstract. The software.
- [23]
- What is a diameter distribution? In: Minowa, M.
and Tsuyuki, S. (eds.) Proceedings of the Symposium
on Integrated Forest Management Information Systems.
Japan Society of Forest Planning Press. 1992.
Playing
with distributions? Read this! Abstract.
Full text: PDF (223 Kb), gzipped PostScript (91 Kb). More on
spatial correlations in [32].
- [24]
- Sampling for tree-ring analysis. In: Wood, G.
and Turner, B. (eds.) Integrating Forest Information
Over Space and Time, Proceedings of the International
IUFRO Conference. ANUTECH Pty Ltd, Canberra,
Australia. 1992.
Cunningly choosing stem analysis
trees. Sampling schemes also promising as alternatives to
3P in forest inventory. Abstract.
Full text: PDF (203 Kb), gzipped PS (71 Kb).
- [25]
- Stand growth models: Theory and practice. In:
``Advancement in Forest Inventory and Forest Management
Sciences - Proceedings of the IUFRO Seoul Conference''.
Forestry Research Institute of the Republic of Korea.
1993.
Raw material for [27], plus
some bits that did not make it into the journal.
Apologies for the narcissism that seems to come across,
according to a referee of the journal version. Abstract. Full text: PDF (248 Kb), gzipped
PS (137 Kb).
- [26]
- Un método simple para evaluar técnicas de
establecimiento [A simple method for evaluating
establishment techniques]. In: Barros A., S., Prado D., J.
A., and Alvear S., C. (eds) Actas Simposio Los
Eucaliptos en el Desarrollo Forestal de Chile .
Instituto Forestal. 1994.
Spanish version of [31]. Note that a
key equation was eaten by the press.
- [27]
- The state-space approach in growth modelling. Canadian
Journal of Forest Research 24, 1894-1903. 1994.
Trying
to explain it all. Abstract.
Spanish translation: PDF (264 Kb),
gzipped PS (234 Kb). See also [25].
- [28]
- Indices de sitio preliminares para eucalipto [Preliminary
site indices for eucalypt]. Ciencia e Investigación
Forestal 9(1), 5-21. 1995.
Part of the Chilean
eucalypt modelling project that got published. Abstract.
- [29]
- Normas para la instalación y medición de parcelas
permanentes en plantaciones de eucalipto [Standards
for the installation and measurement of permanent sample
plots in eucalypt plantations] (by O. García, S. Salas,
and C. Zunino). Instituto Forestal, Chile (to appear).
Actually,
it seems unlikely now that it will ever appear. Anyway,
it is here.
Today I would recommend standardizing on an electronic
hypsometer, and maybe use its rangefinder to layout
circular plots.
- [30]
- Evaluating forest growth models (by J. Vanclay,
J. P. Skovsgaard, and O. García). In: Köhl, M. and
Gertner, G. Z. (eds.) Caring for the Forest: Research
in a Changing World - Statistics, Mathematics and
Computers, Proceedings of the Meeting of S4.11-00 at
the IUFRO XX World Congress (pp. 11-22.) Swiss
Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
(WSL/FNP), 1996.
-
- Abstract.
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- [31]
- Easy evaluation of establishment treatments . In:
Klemperer, W. D. (ed.) Proceedings of the S4.04
Meetings on Forest Management Planning and Managerial
Economics, IUFRO 20th World Congress, Tampere,
Finland, August 6-12, 1995 (pp. 89-94.) Virginia
Tech, College of Forestry and Wildlife Resources.
Publication No. FWS 1-96. 1996.
Neat maths, maybe
even practical. Based on [26]. Abstract. Full text: PDF (128 Kb), gzipped PS (87 Kb).
- [32]
- Estimating top height with variable plot sizes. Canadian
Journal of Forest Research 28, 1509-1517. 1998.
Abstract
(and full text on-line if your organization subscribes to
the CJFR).
- [33]
- Realized gain and prediction of yield with
genetically improved Pinus radiata in New
Zealand (by S. D. Carson, O. García and J. D. Hayes).
Forest Science 45(2), 186-200. 1999.
Abstract.
- [34]
- Height growth of Pinus radiata in New
Zealand New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science
29(1), 131-145. 1999.
NZ growth
models documentation comming up (10 years late). Abstract.
- [35]
- Functional differential equations in sustainable
forest harvesting (submitted).
Too mathematical
for forestry journals, too "applied" for
mathematics journals. We'll see if it goes through. See here for a preprint.
Update: it did! Journal
of Forest Planning 6(2) 49-63. 2001.