What is forest biometrics?
Forest
biometrics research is concerned with the analysis of quantitative problems,
the development of quantitative management tools, and the application of
statistical methods within forest and ecosystem science. 
What does a forest biometrician do?
Forest
biometricians create growth and yield models, set up data sampling protocols,
analyze experimental data, create new sampling tools, and MORE. My research aims to promote better forest
conservation and management by developing a better understanding of the
dynamics of forested systems.
Specifically, my current research includes (but is not limited to):
* Design and analysis of experimental data on
growth, production, and regeneration of tropical tree species, with an emphasis
on the magnificent Brazil nut tree (with Kainer, Wadt, et al.)
* Quantification of uncertainty in forest
simulation models (with my graduate student, Denis Valle)
* Response of intensively managed slash pine to
uneven-management conversion scenarios (with my graduate student, Nilesh
Timilsina)
* Quantifying size and structure distributional differences in forests
(with LeMay), and in particular, in pure- versus mixed-family stands of managed
southern pine (with Jokela, Martin, et al.)
*
Predicting
damage and debris generated by urban forests during hurricane events (with
Escobedo, and graduate students Alicia Lawrence and Benjamin Thompson)
·
Building and
enhancing models of urban forest structure and growth, and their responses to
hurricanes and exotic invasive woody species in the southeastern US and Puerto
Rico (with Escobedo, Young, Zipperer)
* Investigating the utility of
zero-inflated Poisson models to forestry applications
My Research and Publications
Updated: November 16, 2009
Books published
Kozak, A., R.A. Kozak, C.L. Staudhammer, and S. Watts. 2008. Introductory
Probability and Statistics: Applications for Forestry and Natural Sciences.
CABI.
Errata
(last updated February, 2009).
Articles published or accepted in refereed journals
Johnson, S.A., M.E. McGarrity, and C.L. Staudhammer. 2010. An effective
chemical deterrent for invasive Cuban Treefrogs. Human-Wildlife Conflicts. In
press.
Staudhammer, C., F. Escobedo, C. Luley, and J. Bond. 2009. Urban Forest
Debris from the 2004 and 2005 Hurricane Seasons in Florida. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 33(4): 193-196(4).
Valle, D.R., C.L. Staudhammer, W. Cropper, and P. Van Gardingen. 2009.
The importance of multimodel projections to assess uncertainty in projections
from simulation models. Ecological Applications 19(7):
1680-1692.
Escobedo, F., C. Luley, J. Bond, C. Staudhammer, and C. Bartel. 2009.
Hurricane debris and damage assessment for Florida urban forests. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 35(2):
100-106.
Staudhammer, C.L., E.J. Jokela, and T.A. Martin.
2009. Competition dynamics in pure- versus mixed-family stands of loblolly and
slash pine in the southeastern United States.
Canadian Journal of Forest
Research 39(2): 396-409.
Cotta, J., K. Kainer, L.H.O.Wadt, and C.L.
Staudhammer. 2008. Shifting cultivation effects on Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) regeneration. Forest
Ecology and Management 256: 28-35.
Vasconcelos, S.S.,
D.J. Zarin, M.M. Araújo, L.G.T. Rangel-Vasconcelos, C.J.R. Carvalho,
C.L. Staudhammer, and F. de Assis Oliveira.
2008. Seasonal and
experimental effects on litterfall quantity and quality in eastern Amazonian
forest regrowth, Brazil. Journal of
Tropical Ecology 24:27-38.
Wadt, L. H. O., K.
A. Kainer, C.L. Staudhammer, and R.O. Peréa Serrano. 2008. Sustainable forest
use in Brazilian extractive reserves: natural regeneration of Brazil nut in
exploited populations. Biological
Conservation 141(1): 332-346.
Valle, D.R., C.L.
Staudhammer, and W. Cropper. 2007. Simulating multiple use forest management:
How to integrate the simulation of Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) extraction
to the simulation of timber extraction in tropical mixed forests? Journal of Forestry 105(6):
301-306(6).
Kainer, K. A., L.H.
Wadt and C.L. Staudhammer. 2007.
Explaining variation in Brazil nut fruit production. Forest Ecology and Management 250 (3):
244-255.
Staudhammer, C. L., Maness, T. C. & Kozak, R. A. 2007. Profile Charts for Monitoring Lumber
Manufacturing Using Laser Range Sensor Data. Journal of Quality Technology. 39(3):
224-240.
Staudhammer, C.L.,
R.A. Kozak, and T.C. Maness. 2006.
SPC Methods for Detecting Simple Sawing Defects Using Real-Time
Staudhammer, C.L. V.M. LeMay, R.A. Kozak, and T.C. Maness. 2005. Mixed-Model Development for Real-Time
Statistical Process Control Data in Wood Products Manufacturing.
Maness, T. C., R.A. Kozak, and C.L. Staudhammer. 2004.
Reliability testing of statistical process control procedures for manufacturing
with multiple sources of variation. Wood and Fiber Science. 36(3):
443-458.
Maness, T.C., R.A. Kozak, and C.L. Staudhammer. 2003.
Applying Real-time Statistical Process Control to Manufacturing Processes
Exhibiting Between and Within Part Size Variability. Journal of
Quality Engineering 16(1): 113-125.
Maness, T.C., C.L. Staudhammer, and R.A. Kozak. 2002.
Statistical Considerations for Real-time Size Control Systems in Wood Products
Manufacturing. Wood and Fiber Science. 34(3):476-484.
Staudhammer, C.L. and V.M. LeMay. 2001. Introduction and
Evaluation of Possible Indices of Stand Structural Diversity. Canadian
Journal of Forest Resources. 31(7): 1105-1115.
Staudhammer, C.L. and V.M. LeMay. 2000. Height Prediction
Equations Using Diameter and Stand Density Measures for Species in Coastal
B.C. Forestry Chronicle. 76(2): 303-309.
Articles submitted to or in progress for refereed
journals
Zhao, M., C.L. Staudhammer, and F. Escobedo, Composition and structure
of public and private urban forests in subtropical Miami-Dade County, USA.
Submitted to Urban Ecosystems.
Tohver*, I.M., D.J. Zarin, D.C. Nepstad, K. Kitajima, and C.L.
Staudhammer. Response of understory
trees to experimental drought in the Tapajós national forest, Brazil. Submitted to Oecologia.
Staudhammer, C.L. Methods for
modeling over-dispersed count data: an application of the Zero-inflated Poisson
model to forest regeneration data. Submitted
to Silva Fennica.
Londres, M., M. Schulze, C.L. Staudhammer, and K. Kainer Population
structure and seed production of Carapa guianensis in three floodplain forest
types of the Amazon estuary. Submitted
to Forest Ecology and Management.
Lee, H., E.A.G. Schuur, J.G. Vogel, M. Lavoie, D. Bhadra, and C.L.
Staudhammer. Spatially explicit analysis
to model carbon fluxes at a larger scale in upland tundra where permafrost is
thawing. Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences.
Tamang, B., M.G. Andreu, C.L. Staudhammer, and D.L. Rockwood. Root
isotropy and distribution in fast-growing cadaghi (Corymbia torelliana) planted
in field windbreaks in Florida. To be submitted to Agroforestry Systems.
Tamang, B., M.G. Andreu, C.L. Staudhammer, and D.L. Rockwood. Biomass
equations and carbon sequestration potential of fast-growing cadaghi (Corymbia
torelliana) planted in windbreaks in Florida. To be submitted to Agroforestry
Systems.
Kainer, K., C.L. Staudhammer, and L.H.O.Wadt. Trade-offs between growth
and production in a long-lived tropical tree species. In preparation.
Zuidema, P. and C.L. Staudhammer. The relationship between fruiting
patterns in Brazil nut and long-term weather cycles in the western Amazon. In preparation.
Staudhammer, C.L., L.F. Osorio, and F. Escobedo. New biomass equations
for urban trees in the southeastern US.
In preparation.
Other refereed contributions
Staudhammer, C.L., Roth. B.E., and L.F. Osorio. 2006.
Growth and Yield Differences in Pure- Versus Mixed-Family Stands:
Six-Year Results From Slash and Loblolly Pine Trials. Presented at IUFRO 40402
meeting: Sustainable Forest Management with Fast Growing Plantations. October
10-14, 2006.
Non-refereed contributions
Invited presentations
Staudhammer, C.L. 2009. Modeling data repeated over time and space:
investigations of autocorrelation structures, response variables, and
trigonometric random regression.
Presented at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, November 12,
2009, Newton, GA.
Staudhammer, C.L. 2007. Statistical Design for Research in Ecology
and Natural Resources. Presented for
students and faculty in Mestrado em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais
(Masters in Ecology and Natural Resources Management) program at Universidade
Federal do Acre (UFAC), Rio Branco,
Staudhammer, C.L. 2007. Sampling and Experimental Design for Natural
Resources Professionals. Presented at Centro de
Pesquisa Agroflorestal do Acre (Embrapa Acre), Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil, June
26, 2007.
Contributed presentations
Wadt, L.H.O., K.A. Kainer, C.L. Staudhammer, and A. Duchelle. 2009.
Seeking sustainability in the Amazon: Shifting from Brazil nut exploitation to
conscious management. Poster presented at the XIII World Forestry Conference,
October 18-23, 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Contributed)
Staudhammer, C.L., K.A. Kainer, and L.H.O. Wadt. 2009. Trigonometric
random regression modeling: an application describing the growth - production
tradeoff in a tropical tree species.
Presented at the Southern Mensurationists Meeting, October 25-27, 2009,
San Antonio, TX. (Contributed)
Staudhammer, C., F. Escobedo, C. Luley, and J. Bond. 2009. Urban Forest
Debris and Damage Assessment: the Florida 2004-2005 Hurricane Seasons. Talk
presented at the Society of American Foresters’ National Convention, September
30-October 4, 2009, Orlando FL. (Contributed)
Escobedo, F., C. Staudhammer, B. Thompson, Z. Szantsoi, S. Smith, M.
Duryea, and B. Dewitt. 2009. Rapid Assessment of Urban Forest Damage and Debris
Following Hurricanes. Talk presented at the Society of American Foresters’
National Convention, September 30-October 4, 2009, Orlando FL. (Contributed)
Camp, E.V., W.E. Pine III, C.L. Staudhammer, T.K. Frazer. 2009.
Relationships between aquatic habitats and small fish and
macroinvertebrates: consequences of
habitat shifts. Annual meeting of the
American Fisheries Society, August 30 - September 3, 2009, Nashville,
Tennessee. (Contributed).
Camp, E, W.E. Pine, C.L. Staudhammer, and T.K. Frazer. 2009. Macrophyte
declines in Florida's spring-fed rivers:
implications for faunal organisms Assessing relationships between
aquatic habitats and small fish and macroinvertebrates: does plant type
matter? Talk presented at the 94th
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 2-7, 2009, Albuquerque,
New Mexico. (Contributed)
Staudhammer, C.L., F.E. Escobedo, and M. Zhao. 2009. Patterns of invasive woody trees in a
tropical urban forest: Implications for land management and ecosystem services Poster
presented at the 94th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 2-7,
2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Contributed)
Staudhammer, C.L., F.E. Escobedo, and L.F. Osorio. 2009. An
Investigation of the Effect of Selection Probabilities in Randomized Branch
Sampling for Urban Quercus Trees. Talk presented at the Western
Mensurationists Meeting, Vancouver, Washington, June 21-23, 2009. (Contributed)
Camp, E, W.E. Pine, C.L. Staudhammer, and T.K. Frazer. 2009. Assessing
relationships between aquatic habitats and small fish and macroinvertebrates:
does plant type matter? Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society,
February 17-19 2009, Altoona, Florida.
Escobedo, F.J., M. Duryea, C. L. Staudhammer, S. Smith, B. Dewitt, L.F.
Osorio, Z. Szantsoi, and B. Thompson.
2008. Rapid Assessment of Urban Forest Landscapes Following a
Hurricane: Damage and Debris. Proceedings of the IUFRO 8.01.02 International
Conference. Landscape Ecology and Forest Management: Challenges and Solutions.
Chengdu, China. September 16–22, 2008, 74-75.
Valle, D.R. and C.L. Staudhammer. 2008.
Assessing model uncertainty in forest dynamic models. Poster presented
at Working Forests in the Tropics Meeting, October 5-7, 2008, Gainesville,
Florida. (Contributed)
Lawrence, A.B., F.J. Escobedo, and C. L. Staudhammer. 2008. Analysis of Biomass Equations for
Common Urban Trees in Gainesville, FL.
Poster presented at ACES (A Conference on Ecosystem Services) 2008:
Using Science for Decision Making in Dynamic Systems, Naples, FL. December
8-11, 2008.
Timilsina, N. and C.L. Staudhammer. 2008. Simulation modeling to test
harvest regimes for stand conversion and old-growth restoration in southern
pine. Poster presented at School of
Forest Resources & Conservation - Society of American Foresters 39th Annual
Spring Symposium, April 16-17, 2008, Gainesville, FL.
Staudhammer , C.L., K.A. Kainer, and L.H.O. Wadt. 2007 Modelling Brazil
nut demography and fruit fate: issues of scale and dispersion. Presented at the Southern Mensurationists
Meeting, November 12-14, 2007, Orange Beach, Alabama.
Valle, D.R. and C.L. Staudhammer. 2007.
Assessing uncertainty in forest dynamic models. Poster presented at
Ecological Society of America/Society for Ecological Restoration Meeting,
August 5-August 10, 2007,
Wadt, L.H.O., K.A. Kainer, C.L. Staudhammer, and R.O.P. Serrano. 2007.
Sustainable forest use in Brazilian extractive reserves: natural regeneration
of Brazil nut in exploited populations. Presented at Association of Tropical
Biology and Conservation Annual Meeting, July 15-19, 2007, Morelia, Mexico.
Staudhammer, C.L., E. Jokela, T.A. Martin. 2007.
Differences in Growth, Yield, and Size Distributions In Pure- Versus
Mixed-Family Stands: Six-Year Results From Slash And Loblolly Pine Trials. Presented at: Biennial Southern Silvicultural
Research Conference, February 26-March 1, 2007, Athens, GA.
Staudhammer, C.L., M.C. Monroe, L. McDonell, D.R. Carter, E. Macie, A.
Hermansen-Báez. Wood to Energy:
Utilizing Interface Fuels for Bioenergy in the
Staudhammer, C.L., T.C. Maness, and R.A. Kozak. 2004.
Research challenges in real-time wood products SPC. Presented at Forest
Products Society Meeting,
Arcese, P., A. Burger, A. Fall, D. Lank, S. Runyan, E. Selak, D.
Steventon, C. Staudhammer, G. Sutherland. 2004. Monitoring
Population Trend in the Marbled Murrelet. Presented at Species at Risk
2004: Pathways to Recovery, March 2-6, 2004, Victoria, BC.
Staudhammer, C.L., T.C. Maness, R.A. Kozak, and V.M. LeMay.
2003. Mixed model analysis of highly correlated data: applications in
Wood Products Manufacturing. Presented at Western Mensurationists
Conference, July 1-3, 2003, Victoria, BC.
Staudhammer, C.L., T.C. Maness, and R.A. Kozak. 2003. Case Study
of Real-time SPC in Lumber Manufacturing. Technical Forum (Poster)
Presentation at Forest Products Society Meeting, June 23, 2003, Bellevue, WA.
Staudhammer, C.L., T.C. Maness, and R.A. Kozak. 2003. Analysis of
real-time statistical process control data in lumber manufacturing.
Presented at the IUFRO – All Division 5 Conference, March 11-15, 2003, Rotorua,
New Zealand.
Staudhammer, C.L., T.C. Maness, and R.A. Kozak. 2002.
Applying real-time statistical process control to manufacturing processes
exhibiting between and within part size variability. Presented at Forest
Products Society Meeting, Madison, WI.
Staudhammer, C.L., T.C. Maness, and R.A. Kozak. 2002.
Real-time Size Control Systems in Wood Products Manufacturing. UBC
Faculty of Forestry Research Poster Presentations (in association with the
Faculty of Forestry Jubilee Lecture Series), January 22, 2002,
Kovacs, C.L. and V.M. LeMay. 1998. Measurement of
Biodiversity in Structurally Diverse Forests. Presented at Western
Mensurationists Conference, Port Ludlow, Washington.
Proprietary Research and Reports
Reports prepared for J.S. Thrower and Associates
o Tree Farm License (TFL) 45 Inventory Audit and Statistical
Adjustment. Prepared for International Forest Products Ltd, Vancouver,
B.C. (April, 2001)
o Vegetation Resources Inventory Statistical Adjustment for the Lignum
Innovative
o TFL 15 Site Index Adjustment Interim Report. Prepared for
Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd.,
o Potential Site Index Estimates for Douglas-Fir, Western Hemlock, Pacific
Silver Fir, and Western Red Cedar on TFL 46. Prepared for TimberWest
Forest Corp., Vancouver, B.C. (March, 2001)
o Vegetation Resources Inventory Statistical Adjustment for the Merritt
TSA. Prepared for the Ministry of Forests, Merritt Forest District,
Merritt, B.C. (March, 2001)
o Characterizing Stand Structure on the Lignum IFPA. Prepared for
Lignum Ltd.,
o Potential Site Index Estimates for Major Commercial Tree Species on TFL
8. Prepared for Pope and Talbot Ltd., Midway, B.C. (March, 2001)
o Potential Site Index Estimates for Major Commercial Tree Species on TFL
15. Prepared for Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd.,
o Volume Estimates from Map Attributes On TFL 37. Prepared for
Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Woss, B.C. (March, 2000)
o Potential Site Index Estimates for Major Commercial Tree Species in the
Hope IFPA. Prepared for International Forest Products Ltd., Hope, B.C.
(March, 2000)
o Potential Site Index Estimates for Major Commercial Tree Species on TFL
37. Prepared for Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Woss, B.C. (March, 2000)
o Time Trends in Growth Intercept Predictions of Interior Spruce.
Prepared for the Ministry of Forests, Forest Practices Branch,
o Statistical Adjustment of the Vegetation Resources Inventory in the Hope
IFPA. Prepared for International Forest Products Ltd., Hope, B.C. (March,
2000)
o Dry Belt Interior Douglas-fir Studies in Pothole Creek and the Merritt
Timber Supply Area: 1999 and 2000. Prepared for Weyerhaeuser Company
Ltd.,
o Time Trends in Growth Intercept Predictions of Coastal Douglas-Fir:
Phase I. Prepared for the Ministry of Forests, Forest Practices Branch,
Other Reports
Staudhammer, C.L., E.A. Jokela, and T.A. Martin. 2007.
Study A00 – Spacing by cultural interactions for elite southern pine
genotypes: summary from the eastern PPINES series at age 7 years. Forest Biology Research Cooperative Report
#59.
Staudhammer, C.L., B.E. Roth, and L.F. Osorio. 2006.
Study A11G – Predicting pure plot performance of elite full-sib
genotypes from mixed plots. FBRC Report
#49.
Kovacs, C.L. and V.M. LeMay. Height-Diameter Equations for the Malcolm
Knapp Research Forest. Prepared for the UBC.
HONORS
Finalist, Marra
Award, 2006 (Society of Wood Science and Technology). Award given to the best paper in Wood and Fiber Science.
Runner-up, Brumbaugh Award, 2007 (American Society for Quality). Award
given to the paper in an ASQ journal that made the largest contribution to the
development of quality control.
Service to Professional Organizations
American Statistical Association
Society of American Foresters
IUFRO 4.01.01 working group (design, performance and evaluation of
experiments)
Southern Mensurationists: 2008 Meeting chair
Southern Mensurationists: 2007 Meeting committee
Western Mensurationists: 2005 Meeting committee
North American Teachers of Agriculture
Reviewer for Scholarly Journals
Canadian Journal of Forest
Research
Forest Science
Silva Fennica
Forest Ecology and Management
Forest Biometry, Management
and Information Science
Journal of Theoretical
Biology
Southern Journal of Applied
Forestry
Environmental and
Ecological Statistics
Currently Funded Research
|
Date |
Value |
Funding
Agency |
Title |
Role |
|
2005 - 2008 |
$663,031 |
U S D A |
Wood to Energy: a Training Program to
Utilize Interface Fuels for Bioenergy |
Co-PI |
|
2007 |
$1,000 |
UF/IFAS |
International
Travel Award ( |
PI |
|
2007 - 2009 |
$99,956 |
|
Rapid
Assessment of the Urban Forest Following a Hurricane (Phase 2) |
Co-PI |
|
2007 - 2009 |
$99,960 |
FDACS –
Division of Forestry |
Urban
Forestry Rapid Damage Assessment (Phase 1) |
Co-PI |
|
2008 - 20010 |
$268,146 |
Florida FWC –
State Wildlife Grants |
Fish-habitat
relationships in Florida springs: Do submersed plants and filamentous algae
influence the population structure and production of small-bodied fishes? |
Co-PI |
|
2009-2011 |
$117,520 |
USDA-CSREES Tropical Subtropical Agriculture Research |
Spatial
vegetation-social dynamics of invasive tree species |
PI |
|
2009-2014 |
$236,000 |
USDA-CSREES National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants
Program |
Developing
Adaptive Management Strategies for Ecosystems in Transition |
PI |
[1] Former name: Christina Kovacs