Bernard Parresol |
| Name: |
Bernard Parresol |
| Title: |
Biometrics |
| Unit: |
Station Headquarters - Asheville, NC (HQ)
AD Unit - Inventory and Monitoring |
| Phone: |
828-259-0500 |
| Fax: |
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| E-Mail: |
bparresol@fs.fed.us |
Location Information |
Mailing
Address: |
USDA-Forest Service
Station Headquarters
200 W.T. Weaver Blvd
Asheville, NC 28804 |
Shipping
Address: |
Same
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Location
Phone: |
828-257-4832 |
Research Information |
Education: |
| B.S. 'with honor' Michigan State University, Forestry, 1977;M.S., Louisiana State University, Forestry (Forest Biometrics), 1983;M.Ap.Stat., Louisiana State University, Applied Statistics, 1983; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Forestry (Forest Biometrics) - minor in Applied Statistics, 1998 |
Current Research: |
| My recent research has taken a number of avenues.I have been working on a synthesis of tree and stand biomass estimation techniques, including my own original contribution of density-integral systems.I am currently working on asynthesis of statistics and indices relating to biodiversity.I continue to work in the area of baldcypress mensuration and I am currently involved in a study of biotic and abiotic factors affecting pondcypress regeneration.I am a co-investigator of a restoration ecology project in the dry forests of Puerto Rico and I have been involved in hurricane damage assessment in the wet forests.Another avenue of research is growth and yield modeling and I am currently working on a site index model for plantation longleaf pine.I have also been involved in some tropical dendrochronology studies.Spatial statistics is another area of research and I have recently derived two true contagion indices along with variance estimators.I function as the SRS SAS software Administrator. |
Collaborative Research: |
| I am interested in collaborating in all areas of quantitative ecology.I am interested in initiating tropical growth studies because growth dynamics in the tropics present unique modeling challenges in terms of understanding competition effects, disturbance factors, species by species growth potential, regeneration/reproduction strategies, and so on.Under the Montreal Process and the Santiago Declaration the Forest Service and other agencies are charged with application of criteria and indicators to sustainable forest management, hence evaluation and development of C&I's is critical. |
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