| The Loblolly
Pine Growth and Yield Research Cooperative is served by a Director, Harold
Burkhart and a full-time Research Associate, Ralph
Amateis. Other faculty in the Department of Forestry at Virginia Tech
who are associated with the Coop include Richard
Oderwald, Marion
R. Reynolds, Jr., Shepard
Zedaker, Randy
Wynne, Steve
Prisley and Philip
Radtke.
Typically two to four Graduate Research Assistants
are employed by the Loblolly Pine Growth and Yield Research Cooperative.
We continue to place emphasis on the recruitment of high-quality graduate
students. A list of graduate students in the Biometrics Section who
are being funded by the Coop and/or matching funds from Virginia Tech
during 2007-2008 follows.
| Name |
Program |
Previous Degree(s) |
Thesis Topic |
| Sabatia, Charles |
Ph.D. |
B.S. Moi Univ., Kenya; M.S., Oklahoma State
Univ. |
Entered Fall, 2007. |
| Packard, Kevin |
Ph.D. |
B.A. Carlton College.; M.S. SUNY |
A distance-independent growth and yield
model for mixed Appalachian hardwoods.. |
| Russell, Matthew |
M.S. |
B.S., Paul Smiths College |
Biomass partitioning in loblolly pine trees.. |
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