Department of Forestry
 

Kevin Packard

Teaching Activities

  • Introduction to Land and Forest Measurements (FOR 2214), Fall 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007
  • Forest Measurements (FOR 3216) Spring 2005 and 2007

Scientific Activities

Publications

  • Packard, K. C. and P. J. Radtke. 2007. Forest sampling combining fixed- and variable-radius
      sample plots. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. Vol 37: 1460-1471.
  • Zhang, L., K. C. Packard, and C. Liu. 2003. A comparison of estimation methods for fitting
      Weibull and Johnson’s SB distributions to mixed spruce-fir stands in northeastern North
      America. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. Vol. 33: 1340-1347.

Conference presentations

  • Packard, K. C. 2007. Stochastic point processes as models of forest tree pattern. Oral
     presentation and abstract for the Complex Stand Structures and Associated Dynamics:
    Measurement Indices and Modelling Approaches Conference, July 29 – August 2, 2007,
    Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Sponsored jointly by IUFRO, the Canadian Forest
    Service, Ontario Ministry of Natural resources, and the Canadian Ecology Centre.
  • Packard, K. C. and P. J. Radtke. 2005. Forest sampling combining fixed- and variable-radius
      sample plots. Oral presentation and abstract for the 2005 Southern Mensurationists
      Conference, July 10-13, 2005

Miscellaneous

  • Reviewer for Forest Science, Ecological Modelling

Memberships

  • American Statistical Association
  • Society of American Foresters

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