Southern
Research Station

Education

Ph.D. in Natural Resources, 2004

University of Tennessee

M.S. in Forestry, 2000

Purdue University

B.S. in Forestry, 1997

University of Kentucky

Professional Organizations

• American Statistical Association, Member (2021—Current)
• Society of American Foresters (SAF), Member (1993—Current)

Featured Publications and Products

• Randolph, KaDonna C.; Dooley, Kerry ; Shaw, John D.; Morin, Randall S.; Asaro, Christopher ; Palmer, Marin M. 2021. Past and present individual-tree damage assessments of the US national forest inventory.
• Randolph, KaDonna. 2013. Development history and bibliography of the US Forest Service crown-condition indicator for forest health monitoring.
• Westfall, James ; Westfall, Megan ; Randolph, KaDonna C. 2019. Modeling Relations between Compacted and Uncompacted Crown Ratio for the Northern United States.
• Morin, Randall S.; Randolph, KaDonna C.; Steinman, Jim. 2015. Mortality rates associated with crown health for eastern forest tree species.
• Randolph, KaDonna; Rose, Anita; Oswalt, Christopher; Brown, Mark. 2013. Status of black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) in the Eastern United States in light of the discovery of thousand cankers disease.

Publications

• Randolph, KaDonna C. 2018. Chapter 7 - Crown condition.
• Brandeis, T.J.; Hartsell, A.J.; Randolph, K.C.; Oswalt, C.M. 2018. Forests of Virginia, 2016.
• Brandeis, Thomas J.; Hartsell, Andrew J.; Randolph, KaDonna C.; Oswalt, Christopher M. 2018. Virginia’s forests, 2016.
• Dooley, Kerry; Randolph, KaDonna. 2017. Oklahoma's forests, 2014.
• Randolph, KaDonna C. 2017. Status of Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees in the presence of laurel wilt disease and throughout the eastern United States.
• Randolph, KaDonna. 2017. Using SaTScan^TM spatial-scan software with national forest inventory data: a case study in South Carolina.
• Brandeis, Thomas; Brandeis, Consuelo; Hartsell, Andy; Randolph, KaDonna; Oswalt, Sonja. 2016. Forests of Georgia, 2015.
• Brandeis, Thomas; Hartsell, Andy; Randolph, KaDonna; Oswalt, Sonja; Brandeis, Consuelo. 2016. Forests of Kentucky, 2014.
• Brandeis, T.J.; Hartsell, A.; Brandeis, C.; Randolph, K.; Oswalt, S. 2016. Forests of South Carolina, 2015.
• Randolph, KaDonna C. 2016. Status of fusiform rust incidence in slash and loblolly pine plantations in the southeastern United States.
• Randolph, KaDonna C. 2015. Benefits and limitations of using standard Forest Inventory and Analysis data to describe the extent of a catastrophic weather event.
• Randolph, KaDonna. 2015. Chapter 9: Crown Condition.
• Lambert, S.; Randolph, K.; Cooper, J. 2015. Forests of Oklahoma, 2014.
• Oswalt, Christopher M.; Brandeis, Consuelo; Cooper, Jason A.; Oswalt, Sonja N.; Randolph, KaDonna C. 2015. Kentucky’s forests, 2009.
• Randolph, KaDonna C.; Cowling, Ellis B.; Starkey, Dale A. 2015. Long-term changes in fusiform rust incidence in the southeastern United States.
• Randolph, KaDonna. 2014. Chapter 15 - Thousand Cankers Disease in Tennessee: For how long? (Project SO-EM-B-11-01).
• Randolph, KaDonna C. 2014. Susceptibility of central hardwood trees to stem breakage due to ice glazing.
• Bentley, James W.; Brandeis, Consuelo; Cooper, Jason A.; Oswalt, Christopher M.; Oswalt, Sonja N.; Randolph, KaDonna. 2014. Texas' forests, 2008.
• Cowling, Ellis; Randolph, KaDonna. 2013. Potentials for mutually beneficial collaboration between FIA specialists and IEG-40 pathologists and geneticists working on fusiform rust.
• Randolph, KaDonna; Bechtold, William A.; Morin, Randall S.; Zarnoch, Stanley J. 2012. Evaluating elevated levels of crown dieback among northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) trees in Maine and Michigan: a summary of evaluation monitoring.
• Oswalt, Christopher M.; Oswalt, Sonja N.; Johnson, Tony G.; Brandeis, Consuelo; Randolph, KaDonna C.; King, Christopher R. 2012. Tennessee’s forests, 2009.
• Morin, Randall S.; Steinman, Jim; Randolph, KaDonna C. 2012. Utility of tree crown condition indicators to predict tree survival using remeasured Forest Inventory and Analysis data.
• Woodall, Christopher William; Amacher, Michael C.; Bechtold, William A.; Coulston, John W.; Jovan, Sarah, Dr.; Perry, Charles H.; Randolph, KaDonna C.; Schulz, Beth K.; Smith, Gretchen C.; Will-Wolf, Susan. 2011. Status and future of the forest health indicators program of the USA.
• Randolph, KaDonna. 2010. Comparison of the arithmetic and geometric means in estimating crown diameter and crown cross-sectional area.
• Randolph, KaDonna C.; Campbell, Sally J.; Christensen, Glenn. 2010. Descriptive statistics of tree crown condition in California, Oregon, and Washington.
• Randolph, KaDonna C.; Morin, Randall S.; Steinman, Jim. 2010. Descriptive statistics of tree crown condition in the North Central United States.
• Randolph, KaDonna C.; Morin, Randall S.; Steinman, Jim. 2010. Descriptive statistics of tree crown condition in the Northeastern United States.
• Randolph, KaDonna C.; Thompson, Mike T. 2010. Descriptive statistics of tree crown condition in the United States Interior West.
• Randolph, KaDonna C. 2010. Equations relating compacted and uncompacted live crown ratio for common tree species in the South.
• Brandeis, Thomas; Randolph, KaDonna; Strub, Mike. 2009. Modeling Caribbean tree stem diameters from tree height and crown width measurements.
• Randolph, KaDonna C. 2009. Crown Condition.
• Randolph, KaDonna; Bechtold, William; Morin, Randall; Zarnoch, Stanley. 2009. From detection monitoring to evaluation monitoring - a case study involving crown dieback in northern white-cedar.
• Harper, Richard A.; McClure, Nathan D.; Johnson, Tony G.; Green, J. Frank; Johnson, James K.; Dickinson, David B.; Chamerlain, James L.; Randolph, KaDonna C.; Oswalt, Sonja N. 2009. Georgia's forests, 2004.
• Oswalt, Christopher M.; Oswalt, Sonja N.; Johnson, Tony G.; Chamberlain, James L.; Randolph, KaDonna C.; Coulston, John W. 2009. Tennessee's Forests, 2004.
• Bechtold, William; Randolph, KaDonna; Zarnoch, Stanley. 2009. The power of FIA Phase 3 Crown-Indicator variables to detect change.
• Randolph, KaDonna; Rose, Anita. 2009. Tree crown condition in Virginia before and after Hurricane Isabel (September 2003).
• Randolph, KaDonna C.; Moser, W. Keith. 2009. Tree crown conditions in Missouri, 2000-2003.
• Turner, Jeffery A.; Oswalt, Christopher M.; Chamberlain, James L.; Conner, Roger C.; Johnson, Tony G.; Oswalt, Sonja N.; Randolph, KaDonna C. 2008. Kentucky's forests, 2004.
• Randolph, KaDonna C.; Seaver, Bill. 2007. An alternative to traditional goodness-of-fit tests for discretely measured continuous data.
• Randolph, KaDonna C. 2007. Correlations between tree crown condition and shade tolerance, crown form, and light availability.
• Randolph, KaDonna C. 2006. Descriptive statistics of tree crown condition in the Southern United States and impacts on data analysis and interpretation.
• Randolph, KaDonna C. 2005. A comparison of tree crown condition in areas with and without gypsy moth activity.

Research Highlights

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