Recent Research Papers

  • Rangel-Salazar, J.L., K. Martin, P. Marshall, and R.W. Elner. 2008. Habitat variation, nest-site selection and parental behavior influences on breeding success of the ruddy-capped nightingale thrush (Catharus frantzii) in Ciapas, Mexico. Auk (In Press, April Issue)
  • LeMay, V., J. Maedel, and N. Coops. In press. Estimating stand structural details using variable-space nearest neighbour analyses to link ground data, forest cover maps, and landsat imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment.
  • Wang. Y. V. M. LeMay, and T. G. Baker. 2007. Modelling and prediction of dominant height growth of Eucalyptus globulus plantations using a nonlinear mixed-effects model approach. Can. J. For. Res. 37:1390-1403.
  • Rangel-Salazar, J.L., P.L. Enriquez, and P.Marshall. 2006. Taxonomical allocation of sampling effort for studying tropical owls. In: Current Raptor Studies in Mexico. Ricardo Rodriguez Estrella, Editor. Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad.pp. 308-323.
  • Salas, C., A. Stage, V. LeMay, P. Núñez, and P. Pacheco. 2006. Spatial patterns in an old-growth Nothofagus oblique forest in South-Central Chile. For. Ecol. & Manage. 231:38-46.
  • Akindele, S.O. and V.M. LeMay. 2006. Development of tree volume equations for common timber species in tropical rain forest areas of Nigeria. Forest Ecol. & Manage. 226:41-48
  • Bowering, M., V.M. LeMay, and P. Marshall. 2006. Effects of forest roads on the growth of adjacent lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm) trees. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 919-929.
  • Suratman, N.M., V.M, LeMay, G.Q. Bull, D.G. Leckie, N. Walsworth and P.L. Marshall. 2005. Logistic regression modeling of thematic mapper data for rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) area mapping. Science Letters 2(1):79-84.
  • Valerie LeMay and Hailemariam Temesgen. 2005. Connecting Inventory Information Sources for Landscape Level Analyses. Forest biometry, modelling, and information sciences (FBMIS).
  • Valerie LeMay and Hailemariam Temesgen. 2005.Comparison of Nearest Neighbor Methods for Estimating Basal Area and Stems per Hectare Using Aerial Auxiliary Variables. Forest Science 51(2): 109-119.
  • Valerie LeMay and Christina Staudhammer. 2005. Indices of Stand Structural Diversity: Mixing Discrete, Continous, and Spatial Variables. Proceedings of the IUFRO Sustainable Forestry in Theory and Practice: Recent Advances in Inventory & Monitoring, Statistics, Information & Knowledge Management, and Policy Science Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 5 to 8, 2005. 4 pp.
  • Hailemariam Temesgen, Valerie LeMay and Stephen J. Mitchell. 2005. Tree Crown Ratio Models for Multi-species and Multi-layered Stands of Southeastern British Columbia. Forestry Chronicle 81(1):133-141
  • Boisvenue, C., H.Temesgen, and P.L. Marshall. 2004. Selecting a small tree height growth model for mixed-species stands in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 202:301-312.
  • Suratman, N.M., G.Bull, D. Leckie, V. LeMay, and P. Marshall. 2004. Modelling stand volume of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations in Malaysia using Landsat TM. Science Letters 1(1):65-72.
  • Suratman, M.N., G.Q. Bull, D.G. Leckie, V.M. LeMay, P.L. Marshall, and M.R. Mispan. 2004. International Forestry Review 6:1-13.
  • Badre T. Hassani, Valerie LeMay, H. Temesgen, Peter Marshall and Abdel-Azim Zumrawi . 2004. Regeneration Imputation Models for Complex Stands of Southeastern British Columbia. Forestry Chronicle 80(2): 271-278.
  • Valerie LeMay and Andrew Robinson. 2004. Inventory: Design, Performance, and Evaluation of Experiments. Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences. J. Burley, J. Evans, and J.Z. Youngquist, eds. Vol. 1, pp. 158-163, Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego
  • H. Temesgen, V.M. LeMay, K.L. Froese, and P.L. Marshall. 2003.Imputing Tree-Lists from Aerial Attributes for Complex Stands of South-eastern British Columbia. Forest Ecology and Management 177:277-285.
  • Christina Lynn Staudhammer and Valerie LeMay . 2001. Introduction and Evaluation of Possible Indices of Stand Structural Diversity. Can. J. For. Res. 31: 1105-1115.

Recent Reports

  • Sattler, D.F., V. LeMay and P. Marshall. 2007. Estimating natural regeneration in stands following attack by mountain pine beetle using a linked-model approach. In: Proceedings of the IUFRO Crown models and simulation methods conference. Portland, OR, August 6 to 10, 2007.
  • LeMay, V. and C. Staudhammer. 2007. A stand structural diversity index for horizontal, vertical and spatial diversity. In: Complex stand structure and associated dynamics: measurement indices and modelling approaches, popular summaries (IUFRO meeting). Ontario Forest Research Institute, Forest Research Information Paper 167. pp 61-63.
  • Zumrawi, A-A, LeMay, V. and P. Marshall. 2007. PrognosisBC: An adaptation of a single tree model to southeastern British Columbia. In: Complex stand structure and associated dynamics: measurement indices and modelling approaches, popular summaries (IUFRO meeting). Ontario Forest Research Institute, Forest Research Information Paper 167. pp 81-82.
  • Rennolls, K, M. Tom? R. E. McRoberts, J.K. Vanclay , V. LeMay, B. Guan, G. Gertner. Potential contributions of statistics and modelling to sustainable forest management: Review & Synthesis In Sustainable Forestry, from Monitoring and Modelling to Knowledge Management & Policy Science, K.M. Reynolds, A.J. Thomson, M. Kohl, M.A. Shannon, d. Ray, an dK. Rennolls, eds. Cab International 2007, Cambridge, MA. pp. 314 to 341.
  • LeMay, V., T. Lee, D. Sattler, P. Marshall, D. Robinson, and A-A. Zumrawi. 2007. Modeling Natural Regeneration Following Mountain Pine Beetle Attacks in the Southern and Central Interior of British Columbia: Final report. Internal report for Natural Resources Canada, MPB Standard Contribution Agreement, PO # 8.35. 57 pp..
  • LeMay, V., T. Lee, R.E. Scott, D. Sattler, D. Robinson, A-A. Zumrawi, and P. Marshall. 2006. Modeling Natural Regeneration Following Mountain Pine Beetle Attacks in the Southern and Central Interior of British Columbia: Results for Year 1. Internal report for Natural Resources Canada, MPB Standard Contribution Agreement, PO # 8.35. 70 pp
  • Akindele, S.O. , A-A Zumrawi, P.L. Marshall, and V.M. LeMay. 2006. Validating the PrognosisBC growth and yield model using independent data fromrepeatedly measured research plots in the Interior Douglas-fir Zone. Report for the BC Forest Science Program, Project no. Y061132.
  • Wang, Y., V. LeMay, and T. Baker. 2006. Nonlinear mixed effects modelling for improving site-specific prediction of dominant height growth of Eucalyptus globulus plantations. Abstract in Proceedings of the XXIII International Biometric Conference in Montreal, Canada, July 16 – 21, 2006
  • LeMay, V. and W. Kurz. 2006. Estimating carbon stocks and stock changes in forests: linking models and data across scales. Proceedings of the IUFRO Div. 4 2006 International metting Manageing Forest Ecosystems: The challenges of climate change, April 3 to 7, 2006, Palencia, Spain. P. 9 (abstract), paper on associated CD. [Invited presentation]
  • Suratman, N. S. M., D.G. Leckie, N. Walsworth, G.Q. Bull, V.M. LeMay, and P.L. Marshall. 2005. Land-use/cover change detection using classification of temporally normalized Landsat TM. In: Conference on Forestry & Forest Products, November 22-24, 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp 45-57.
  • LeMay, V. and N. Smith. 2005. Measurement and analysis issues for complex stands of British Columbia. Poster presented at Session 050 of the XXII IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS Brisbane, Australia, August 8 to 14, 2005. [Abstract in Proceedings]
  • Schultz, R., P. Marshall, and V. LeMay. 2005. Predicting time-since-fire using forest inventory fata: A case study in the boreal forest of Saskatchewan, Canada. Poster presented at Session 33 the XXII IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS Brisbane, Australia, August 8 to 14, 2005. [Abstract in Proceedings]
  • Suratman, N.M., G. Bull, D. Leckie, V. LeMay, and P. Marshall. 2005. Linking between policies and land use/cover change as detected by Landsat TM in Malaysia. Paper presented at Session 127 the XXII IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS Brisbane, Australia, August 8 to 14, 2005. [Abstract in Proceedings]
  • LeMay, V. and C. Staudhammer. 2005. Indices of stand structural diversity: adding spatial diversity to a stand structural index. Extended Abtract. In Proceedings from the IUFRO “Sustainable Forestry in Theory and Practice Conference? Edinburgh, March, 2005. USDA Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-688.
  • Hassani, B.T. , Zumrawi, A-A., V. LeMay, and Peter Marshall. 2005. Implementing a PrognosisBC regeneration sub-model for complex stands of southeastern and Central British Columbia: Use in MPB-affected stands and results of long-term projections in partially cut stands. Report for Forest Science Program, Project No: Y051355.

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