2018 Joint Southern and Northeastern Mensurationists and IUFRO 4.01 Conference

Sunday, October 28

2:00 p.m. IUFRO Division 4.01: Welcome and Introductions (Jay Sullivan, Temesgen Hailemarian)
  Session 1
  Moderator: Peter Marshall

• Ed Green: Model Choice and Posterior Predictive Distributions
• Guillermo Trincado: Modeling the influence of cambial age, radial growth and climate on wood density in Pinus radiata D. Don grown in Chile
• Matthew Russell: Evaluating Ponderosa Pine Growth and Yield Equations for Application in Minnesota
• Clara Antón-Fernández: An R package for flexible cross-platform individual tree simulations: SITREE
• Astor Torano Caicoya: Forest management optimization for the state of Bavaria (southern Germany) using the single tree-based growth simulator SILVA 3.0

3:30 p.m. BREAK
  Session 2
  Moderator: Temesgen Hailemarian

• Greg Reams: Integrating Science and Technology in Delivery of the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
• Sergio Orrego: Using Biophysical Variables and Stand Density to Estimate Growth and Yield of Pinus patula: a Case Study in Antioquia, Colombia
• David Affleck: Efficient Tree Selection Designs for Biomass Equation Development and Estimation
• Bogdan Strimbu: A Scalar Measure Tracing Tree Species Composition in Space or Time
• Rong Fang: Branch Sampling of Tree Structural Models Fitted from Lidar Point Clouds, a Case Study of an Experimental Douglas-fir Forest
• Laura Ramirez: Spatial Financial Analysis of Potential Forest Plantations in Antioquia, Colombia

6:00 p.m.   Reception (Inn at Virginia Tech)
 901 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Monday, October 29

8:00 a.m. SOMENS/NEMO: Welcome and Introductions (Ralph Amateis)

8:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker – Harold Burkhart, University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech
 Forest Mensuration and Modeling: Past Successes, Current Challenges and Future Prospects: A Personal Perspective

8:45 a.m. Session 3
  Moderator: Dean Coble

• Margarida Tomé: Science supporting cork oak stands management: a stakeholder´s driven development of forest management support tools
• Chad Babcock: On Spatial Autocorrelation in Design-based and Model-assisted Estimation Using Systematic Samples and Remote Sensing in Forest Inventory
• Diane Kiernan: Assessing Small-stem Density in Northern Hardwood Selection System Stands
• Josh Bankston: Effect of Sample-plot Size and Diameter Moments/Percentiles Prediction Model on Stand Diameter Distribution Recovery Accuracy

9:45 a.m. BREAK
  Session 4
  Moderator: Diane Kiernan

• David MacFarlane: Exploring Branch, Stem and Tree Wood Density Relationships for Temperate Tree Species in the Eastern USA
• Stephanie Patton: Postthinning Response of White Spruce Plantations Affected by Eastern Spruce Budworm in Minnesota
• Quang Cao: Deriving a Tree Survival Model from an Existing Stand Survival Model
• Jim Westfall: Double Sampling for Post-Stratification in Forest Inventory
• Frank Roesch: Truth or Consequences: Evaluation of the Re-measurement Period Assumption
• John Kershaw: Application of Mixture Distributions to Describing Biomass Distribution Using TLS Data
• David Walker: Regional and National Scale Aboveground Biomass Estimators for Applications Involving Multiple Tree Species

Noon   LUNCH (provided)

1:15 p.m. Session 5
  Moderator: Margarida Tomé

• Brian Clough: Estimating Precision of Uncruised Stands: Applications for Model-based Forest
• Mingling Wang: Understanding Dominant Height Projection Accuracy of Anamorphic Models
• Garrett Dettmann: Generalized Predictors of Foliage Biomass for Tree Species of the United States
• Corey Green: Comparison of Two Projection Strategies in Simulated Loblolly Pine Stands Under Various Levels of Spatial Heterogeneity
• Sheng-I Yang: Evaluation of Total Volume and Stand Tables Estimates with Alternate Measurement-Tree-Selection Methods in Point Samples
• Poster Presentations
• Corey Green: Improved Removal Estimates with Small Area Estimation Methods
• Thomas Harris: Methods for Developing New Longleaf Pine Individual Tree Taper, Green Weight and Volume Equations
• Priscila Dias: Interactive Growth and Yield Models: An Example with Longleaf Pine in R
• Anil Koirala: Analysing the Influence of Plot Size on Site Index and Dominant Height Estimates
• Mark Porter: Estimating Tree Height from Multiple Stem Diameters
• Steve Knowe: Overview of the FMRC Forest Sampling Simulator
• Åsa Ramberg: Production Potential of Loblolly and Slash Pine in the Southeastern USA and a Comparison to the Potential of Scots Pine in Sweden

3:00 p.m. BREAK
  Session 6
  Moderator: Aaron Weiskittel

• Yingbing Chen: Application of Big BAF Sampling for Estimating Carbon on Small Woodlots
• Stephen Kinane: A Model to Estimate Leaf Area Index in Loblolly Pine Plantations
• Rebecca Wylie: Estimating Stand Age From Airborne Laser Scanning Data to Improve Ecosite-based Models of Black Spruce Wood Quality in the Boreal Forest of Ontario
• Karol Bronisz: Taper Equations for Scots Pine Based on Terrestrial Laser Scanner Data for Poland
• Mauricio Zapata: A New Taper Equation for Loblolly Pine Using Penalized Spline Regression
• Dehai Zhao: More Discussion on the Compatibility and Additivity of Tree Taper, Volume and Biomass Equations
• Micky Allen: Relationships Between Volume Growth and Stand Density – An Examination of Past Hypotheses in Two Conifer Species

5:30 p.m.  Conference Banquet and recognition of Harold Burkhart (included with full registration) – Inn at VT

Tuesday, October 30

8:00 a.m.  Session 7
  Moderator: Phil Radtke

• James McCarter: Annualizing FIA – Combining FIA Plots, Satellite Imagery, FVS to Create Single Year Estimates of Forest Inventory
• Ting-Ru Yang: Application of Terrestrial LiDAR for Estimating Diameter Distributions in Newfoundland
• Cristian Montes: A Dynamic State-space Specific Gravity Model for Loblolly Pine Using Data Assimilation to Improve Wood Property Estimates with Explicit Uncertainty
• Spencer Peay: A Maximum Entropy Approach to Defining Geographic Bounds on Growth and Yield Model Usage
• Eddie Bevilacqua: Additive Aboveground Dry Biomass Equations for Naturally Regenerated Pinus Occidentalis Sw. Trees
• Bharat Pokharel: Predictive Mapping of Stand Characteristics Using A Non-Parametric Approach

9:45 a.m.  BREAK
  Session 8
  Moderator: Clara Antón-Fernández

• Abishek Poudel: Growth Analysis of White Oak Plantations in Central Missouri, USA
• John Brown: Power Estimation for Binary Response Variables in a Randomized Block Setting
• Krishna Poudel: Does Calibration Using Upper Stem Diameter Measurement Improve Predictive Ability of a Segmented Polynomial Taper Equation in Presence of Measurement Error?
• Hector Restrepo: Prediction of Timber Product Class Proportions for Loblolly Pine in the Southeastern U.S.
• Chris Cieszewski: Update on InFORM and Other Developments in the Fiber Supply Assessment Program
• Poster presentations

Noon  LUNCH (provided)

1:15 p.m.  Session 9
Moderator: Guillermo Trincado

• Jim Smith: Forest Measurements: Outside the Lines
• Jacob Putney: Assessing Shifts in Vertical Distribution of Stem Cross-Sectional Increment in Response to Nitrogen Fertilization of Douglas-fir using a Nonlinear Mixed-Effects Modeling Approach
• Salvador Gezan: Incorporating Genetics Into a Slash Pine Growth and Yield Model
• Yung-Han Hsu: 3P Sampling with a Ricoh 360 Camera
• Mike Strub: Measures of Goodness of Fit for Mortality Models

2:30 p.m.   Awards, Business, Adjourn

Wednesday, October 31

Optional Field Tour – Reynolds Homestead and Forestry Research Center, Critz, Virginia. Cost is $25.00.