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ECOPHYS Publications

2007

Donahue, Michael, (2007). A Process-Based Model of Ozone-Induced Reduction in Leaf Photosynthesis. Masters Thesis in Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota Duluth.

2006

Dietz, Lindsey, (2006). Ozone Damage Model in the ECOPHYS Simulation Model. UROP Final Report. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Minnesota Duluth.

2005

Roskoski, Kyle, (2005). Leaf, Bud, and Branch Survival and Carbon Transportation in ECOPHYS. Masters Thesis in Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota Duluth. HTML version (slower)

2004

Holden, Christina, (2004). A Parallel-Processing Implementation of ECOPHYS, a Functional-Structural Tree Growth Metabolism Model. Mathematics Technical Report TR 2004-5, University of Minnesota Duluth.

Host, G.E., K.E. Lenz, and H.W. Stech, (2004). Mechanistically-based Functional-Structural Tree Models for Simulating Forest Patch Response to Interacting Environmental Stresses, In: Godin, Christopher; Hanan, Jim; Kurth, Winfried, eds. Proceedings of the 4th International workshop on Functional-Structural Plant Models. Montpellier , France.

Lenz, K.E., H.W. Stech, and G.E. Host, (2004). Phenological Process Models based on Carbon Productivity at the Leaf and Branch Levels, and their Effects on Aspen Tree Architecture, In: Godin, Christopher; Hanan, Jim; Kurth, Winfried, eds. Proceedings of the 4th International workshop on Functional-Structural Plant Models. Montpellier , France.

Lenz, Kathryn E., (2004, October 15th). Simulating Aspen Growth Subject to Environmental Change. Presented at: Engineering Mathematics BCANM Seminar, University of Bristol.

Lenz, Kathryn E., (2004, September 14th). Predicting Aspen-Patch Growth Subject to Environmental Change. Presented at: Forest Research Seminar, 14/9/04 Research Agency of the Forestry Commission Biometrics, Surveys & Statistics Division, Alice Holt Lodge, Wrecclesham-Farnham

Stech, H.W., G.E. Host, K.E. Lenz, (2004). Elementary image analysis techniques for calibrating and testing canopy light interception models. In: Godin, Christopher; Hanan, Jim; Kurth, Winfried, eds. Proceedings of the 4th International workshop on Functional-Structural Plant Models. Montpellier , France .

Zagrabelny, Matthew, (2004). Visualizing and Validating In-Canopy Diffuse Lighting Models Using POV-Ray. Mathematics Technical Report TR 2004-8, University of Minnesota Duluth.

Zimmerman, Laura, (2004, May 19). Data Analysis of FACE Experiment. UROP honors presentation at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

2003

Lenz, K., K. Roskoski, H. Stech, and G. Host, (2003). Analysis of Aspen FACE Phenological, Morphometric and Growth Data for 1998-2000. Mathematics Technical Report TR 2003-10, University of Minnesota Duluth

Martin, M.J., Host, G.E., Lenz, K.E., Isebrands, J.G. (2003). Simulating the growth response of aspen to elevated ozone: a mechanistic approach to scaling a leaf-level model of ozone effects on photosynthesis to a complex canopy architecture. Chapter 7 in: Air Pollution, Global Change and Forests in the New Millenium (eds. D.F. Karnosky, K.E. Percy, A.H. Chappelka, C. Simpson and J. Pikkarainen). Elsevier, 2003.

Theseira, G.W., G. E. Host, J. G. Isebrands, and F. D. Whisler, (2003). SOILPSI: A potential-driven three-dimensional soil water redistribution model: description and comparative evaluation. Environmental Modelling and Software 18 :13-23.

Tordsen, Larry (2003). Computational Advances in the Prediction of Light Interception in Deciduous Trees. Masters Thesis in Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota Duluth .

2002

Guan, Yongtao, (2002). Modeling and Computational Advances Regarding the Predictions of Tree Growth Responses to Environmental Stress . Masters Thesis in Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota Duluth.

Laconite, A., J. G. Isebrands, and G. E. Host, (2002). A new way to account for the effect of source-sink spatial relationships in whole plant carbon allocation models. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32 :1838-1848.

Olson, Mariah, (2002). Estimating Missing Data and Analyzing Variability of FACE Experimental Data, 1998-2001. UROP Final Report. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Minnesota Duluth.

Roskoski, Kyle, (2002). Parameterization and Sensitivity Analysis of a Complex Computer Simulation. UROP Final Report. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Minnesota Duluth.

2001

Liu, Xuan, (2001). Two Problems in Modeling Tree Growth , Mathematics Technical Report TR 2001-4, University of Minnesota Duluth .

Martin, M.J., G.E. Host, K.E. Lenz, and J.G. Isebrands (2001). Simulating the growth response of aspen to elevated ozone: a mechanistic approach to scaling a leaf-level model of ozone effects on photosynthesis to complex canopy architecture. Environmental Pollution 115:425-436.

Pierson , Chad, (2001). Applications of 3D Visualization Techniques to a Large-Scale Tree Growth Model, Mathematics Technical Report TR 2001-4, University of Minnesota Duluth .

2000

Balasubramanian, Chandra, (2000). Hierarchical parallel computation and numerical shading experiments, Mathematics Technical Report TR 2002-1, University of Minnesota Duluth.

Cates, Angela, (2000). Mathematical Investigation of the Decomposition of Leaf Litter, Mathematics Technical Report TR 2000-2, University of Minnesota Duluth.

Huang, Xiaohong, (2000). Effects of Variable Radiation on Computations for Photosynthesis , Mathematics Technical Report TR 2000-6, University of Minnesota Duluth .

Isebrands, J. G., G. E. Host, K.E. Lenz, G. Wu, H.W. Stech, (2000). Hierarchical, parallel computing strategies using component object model for process modelling responses of forest plantations to interacting multiple stresses.  In: Ceulemans, R. J. M., eds. Forest ecosystem modelling, upscaling and remote sensing. The Hague, The Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishing: 123-135. 2000.

Lenz, K.E., H.W. Stech, (2000). Student Research Participation in Multidisciplinary Tree-Soil-Atmosphere Modeling. Proceedings of the 4th Biennial Symposium on Mathematical Modeling in the Undergraduate Curriculum. Robert Hoar (ed.). University of Wisconsin La Crosse .

Zhao,Wanlun., (2000). An Analytical Solution for a Mechanistic Photosynthesis Model. Masters Thesis in Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota- Duluth .

Previous to 2000

Host, G. E., G. W. Theseira, C. Heim, J. G. Isebrands and R. Graham, (1999). EPIC-ECOPHYS: A linkage of empirical and process models for simulating poplar plantation growth. In: (A. Amaro and M. Tome Eds.) Empirical and Process Models for Forest Tree and Stand Growth Simulation. Edicos Salamandra pp. 419-429.

Host, G.E., and J.G. Isebrands (1997). Modeling the effects of Climatic Extremes on Early Growth of Poplar Under Short Rotation Intensive Culture. USDA Forest Service North Central Forest Experimental Station General Technical Report NC-196.

Host, G., J. Isebrands, G. Theseira, J Kiniry and R. Graham, (1996). Temporal and Spatial Scaling From Individual Trees to Plantations: A Modeling Strategy. Biomass and Bioenergy Vol. 11, pp 233 - 243.

Host, G.E. and J.G. Isebrands (1994). An interregional validation of ECOPHYS, a growth process model of juvenile poplar clones. Tree Physiology 14:933-945

Host, George, (1991). An ecophysiological whole-tree approach to modelling tree growth. Pages 15-23 in H. Grewal, editor. Proceedings of the Forestry Canada Modelling and Climate Change Joint Workshop.

Host, G.E., H.M. Rauscher, J.G. Isebrands, D.I. Dickmann, R.E. Dickson, T.R. Crow, and D.A. Michael (1990). The Microcomputer Scientific Software Series 6. The ECOPHYS User's Manual. USDA Forest Service North Central Forest Experimental Station General Technical Report NC-141 .

Host, G.E., H.M. Rauscher, J.G. Isebrands, and D.A. Michael (1990). Validation of photosynthate production in ECOPHYS, an ecophysiological growth process model of Populus. Tree Physiology 7:283-296.

Isebrands, J. G., G. E. Host, K. McTavish and K. E. Lenz (1999). Individual-based models of tree plantations using hierarchical and parallel approaches. Empirical and Process Models for Forest Tree and Stand Growth Simulation , ed. A. Amaro and M. Tome, Edicos Salamandra, pp. 537-551.

Rauscher, H.M., J.G. Isebrands, G.E. Host, R.E. Dickson, D.I. Dickmann, T.R. Crow, and D.A. Michael (1990). ECOPHYS: An ecophysiological growth process model for juvenile poplar. Tree Physiology 7:255-281.

Wu, Gang. (1999). A Parallel Implementation of Numerical Experiments Investigating the Shading Characteristics of Populus Eugenei . Masters Thesis in Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota Duluth .

Zang, Gioqang. (1999). Development of Regulatory Components for ECOPHYS . Masters Thesis in Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota Duluth.

For inquiries concerning these publications; please email George Host.


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