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PRESENTATIONS
“Modeling crown
structure from airborne scanning LiDAR data.” Cao, Q. V.,
and T. J. Dean. Presented at the 2008 Southern Mensurationists
Conference. St. Augustine, FL. 2008.
“Modeling
diameter distributions of
poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) nanoparticles.”
Cao, Q. V., and Q. Wu. Presented at the 2008 Southern
Mensurationists Conference. St. Augustine, FL. 2008.
“Simultaneous
estimation of parameters of an annual tree survival and diameter
growth model – Methodology.” Cao, Q. V., and M. R.
Strub. Presented at the 2007 Southern Mensurationists
Conference. Orange Beach, AL. 2007.
“Annual growth
model for East Texas loblolly pine plantations.” Coble, D. W.,
and Q. V. Cao. Presented at the 2008 Southern
Mensurationists Conference. St. Augustine, FL. 2008.
“Predicting
diameter at breast height from total height and crown length.”
Cao, Q. V. and T. J. Dean. Presented at the Thirteenth
Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Hot
Springs, AR. . 2008.
“Simultaneous
estimation of parameters of an annual tree survival and diameter
growth model – Results.” Strub, M. R., and Q. V. Cao.
Presented at the 2007 Southern Mensurationists Conference.
Orange Beach, AL. 2007.
“Calibrating a
Segmented Taper Equation with Two Diameter Measurements.”
Cao, Q. V. Presented at the 2007 Southern Mensurationists
Conference. Orange Beach, AL. 2007.
“The challenge of
making teaching and learning visible: seeing is doing and doing
is seeing.” Chambers J. L. , and Q. V Cao. Presented at
the 2007 Teaching in Higher Education (THE) Forum. Baton Rouge,
LA, 2007.
“Using a mixture
distribution and a segmented distribution to describe wood fiber
length.” Cao, Q. V., and Q. Wu. Presented at the 2006
Southern Mensurationists Conference. Charleston, SC. 2006.
“A stand-table
projection system that incorporates whole-stand and
individual-tree models.” Cao, Q. V. Presented at the
2006 Southern Mensurationists Conference. Charleston, SC.
2006.
“Linking an
individual-tree model and a diameter-distribution model.” Cao,
Q. V., and J. Qin. Presented at the 2005 Southern
Mensurationists Conference. Wilmington, NC. 2005.
“A simple
reverse stand table projection method.” Cao, Q. V., and
S. M. McCarty. Presented at the Thirteenth Biennial Southern
Silvicultural Research Conference. Memphis, TN. . 2005.
“New methods for
estimating parameters of Weibull functions to characterize
future diameter distributions in forest stands.” Cao, Q. V.,
and S. M. McCarty. Presented at the Thirteenth Biennial
Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Memphis, TN. .
2005.
“Two
methods for predicting
parameters of a Weibull function for modeling diameter
distributions.” Cao, Q. V. Presented at the 2nd
International Conference on Forest Measurements and Quantitative
Methods and Management. Hot Springs, AR. 2004.
“Modeling crown
structure from airborne Laser scanner data.” T. J. Dean, Q.
V. Cao, S. Roberts, and D. Evans. Presented at 20th Annual
Louisiana Remote Sensing and GIS Workshop. Lafayette, LA.
2004.
“Annual tree
growth predictions from periodic measurements.” Cao, Q. V.
Presented at the Twelfth Biennial Southern Silvicultural
Research Conference. Biloxi, MS. 2003.
“Annual tree
growth predictions based on periodic measurements.” Cao, Q.
V. Presented at the IUFRO Symposium on Statistics and
Information Technology in Forestry. Blacksburg, VA. 2002.
“Correlations
among stand biomass variables calculated from tree
measurements.” Dean, T. J., and Q. V. Cao. 2002.
Presented at the IUFRO Symposium on Statistics and Information
Technology in Forestry. Blacksburg, VA. 2002.
“Modeling annual
growth of tree diameter from periodic measurements.” Cao, Q.
V. Presented at the Louisiana Academy of Sciences. Baton
Rouge, LA. 2002.
“Stand table
projection techniques -- from simple to complex.” Cao, Q. V.
Poster presented at the 3rd Natural Resource Extension
Professionals Conference. Naples, FL. 2002.
“Overview of
growth and yield Models.” Cao, Q. V. Presented at Center
for Agriculture Research (Celos). Paramaribo, Suriname. 2000.
“Forest
biometrics research at Louisiana State University.” Cao, Q.
V. Presented at Center for Agriculture Research (Celos).
Paramaribo, Suriname. 2000.
“A method to
estimate parameters of an individual-tree model.” Cao, Q. V.
Presented at the 2000 Southern Mensurationists Conference. Jekyll
Island, GA. 2000.
“Application of
Differential Evolution Strategy in modeling forest tree
growth.” Ochi, N., and Q. V. Cao. Presented at the
Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Shreveport, LA.
2000.
“Predicting
annual growth of forest trees.” Cao, Q. V. Presented at
the Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Shreveport,
LA. 2000.
“Projecting a
stand table through time.” Cao, Q. V., and V. C.
Baldwin, Jr. Presented at the Tenth Biennial Southern
Silvicultural Research Conference. Shreveport, LA. 1999.
“Modeling forest
timber productivity in the South: where are we today?” V. C.
Baldwin, Jr., and Q. V. Cao. Presented at the Tenth
Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference.
Shreveport, LA. 1999.
“Managing leaf
area for maximum volume production in loblolly pine
plantation.” Yu, S., Q. V. Cao, J. L. Chambers, and J.
P. Barnett. Presented at the Tenth Biennial Southern
Silvicultural Research Conference. Shreveport, LA. 1999.
“The
self-thinning rule and extrapolated results from growth and
yield models for unthinned loblolly pine plantations.” Cao,
Q. V. Presented at the Ninth Biennial Southern
Silvicultural Research Conference. Clemson, SC. 1997.
“A site index
equation for direct-seeded slash pines in Louisiana.” Cao,
Q. V., V. C. Baldwin, Jr., and R. E. Lohrey. Presented at
the Eighth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference.
Auburn, AL. 1994.
“Leaf area
growth and foliage efficiency of loblolly pine plantation in the
West Gulf region.” Shi, K., and Q. V. Cao. Presented at
the North American Forest Biology Workshop. Baton Rouge, LA.
1994.
“Use of
statistical distribution models to fit tree volume ratio data.”
Shi, K., Q. V. Cao, and J. P. Geaghan. Presented at the
Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Lafayette, LA.
1993.
“A tree survival
equation based on the self-thinning rule.” Cao, Q. V.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Southern
University Biometricians. Townsend, TN. 1991.
“An expert
system for selecting among growth and yield models for loblolly
pine plantations.” Lorenzo, A. B., J. E. Hotvedt, and Q. V.
Cao. Presented at the Sixth Biennial Southern Silvicultural
Research Conference. Memphis, TN. 1990.
“Use of ridge
regression method to estimate parameters of yield prediction
models for loblolly pine plantations.” Shin, M. Y., and Q.
V. Cao. Presented at the Louisiana Academy of Sciences
Annual Meeting. Alexandria, LA. 1989.
“Site index
curves for cottonwood plantations.” Cao, Q. V.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Southern
University Biometricians. Mountain Lake, VA. 1989.
“Evaluating
direct and indirect methods of constructing local volume
equations.” Cao, Q. V. Presented at the Fifth Biennial
Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Memphis. TN.
1988.
“Site index
curves for eastern cottonwood plantations in the Mississippi
Delta.” Durand, K. M., and Q. V. Cao. Presented at the
Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Hammond, LA.
1988.
“Recovering
diameter distribution from Schumacher and Coile's model for
loblolly pine natural stands.” Cao, Q. V. Presented at
the Fourth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference.
Atlanta, GA. 1986.
“Inclusion of
crown ratio as an additional variable in taper equations.”
Cao, Q. V. Presented at the Mid-South Growth and Yield
Conference. Alexandria, LA. 1985.
“Thinning
loblolly pine plantations.” Clason, T. R., and Q. V. Cao.
Presented at the Third Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research
Conference. Atlanta, GA. 1984.
“A comparison of
the effect of one- and two-step pruning on loblolly pine stem
form.” Valenti, M. A., and Q. V. Cao. Presented at the
Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.
1984.
“Tree-height
determination: an evaluation of three common instruments.”
Lilieholm, R. J., S. C. Hu, and Q. V. Cao. Presented at
the Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. New Orleans,
LA. 1984.
“A segmented
diameter distribution method for modeling thinned stands.”
Cao, Q. V. Presented at the Second Biennial Southern
Silvicultural Research Conference. Atlanta, GA. 1982.
“Comparing
growth and yield between 31-year-old slash and loblolly pine
plantations.” Clason, T. R., and Q. V. Cao. Presented
at the Second Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research
Conference. Atlanta, GA. 1982.
“Modeling
diameter frequency data with a segmented distribution.” Cao,
Q. V. Presented at the Mid-South Growth and Yield
Conference. Crossett, AR. 1981.
“Modeling
diameter distribution with a bimodal probability density
function.” Cao, Q. V. Presented at the Virginia Academy
of Sciences Annual Meeting. Virginia Beach, VA. 1981.
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