Ronald E. McRoberts
Title: Mathematical Statistician
Unit: Forest Inventory & Analysis
Address: Northern Research Station
1992 Folwell Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 651-649-5174
E-mail: Contact Ronald E. McRoberts
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Education
- Universityof Minnesota, PhD, Biostatistics
Civic & Professional Affiliations
- American Statistical Association
- International Biometrics Society
- International Spatial Accuracy Research Association
- The International Environmetrics Society (TIES)
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Current Research
- Model-based estimation of forest attributes using FIA data and ancillary data
- k-Nearest Neighbors technique
- Estimating biodiversity using FIA data
Why is This Important
Addresses issues of forest sustainability and small area estimation for FIA users
Future Research
Spatial point processes for estimating the growth of coconut palm trees on the sands of Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.
Featured Publications
- Domke, Grant M.; Woodall, Christopher W.; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Smith, James E.; Hatfield, Mark A. 2012. Assessing estimation techniques for missing plot observations in the U.S. forest inventory. In: Morin, Randall S.; Liknes, Greg C., comps. Moving from status to trends: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2012; 2012 December 4-6; Baltimore, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-105. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. [CD-ROM]: 177-181.
- Domke, Grant M.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Smith, James E.; Westfall, James A.; McRoberts, Ronald E. 2012. Consequences of alternative tree-level biomass estimation procedures on U.S. forest carbon stock estimates. Forest Ecology and Management. 270(15): 108-116.
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2012. Estimating forest attribute parameters for small areas using nearest neighbors techniques. Forest Ecology and Management. 272: 3-12.
- Hill, Andrew D.; Hansen, Mark H.; Moser, W. Keith; Brand, Gary; McRoberts, Ronald E. 2011. Missouri's forest 1999-2003, part B. Resour. Bull. NRS-49. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 115 p. [Online publication].
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Tomppo, Erkki O.; Naesset, Erik. 2010. Advances and emerging issues in national forest inventories. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 25: 368-381.
Additional
Online Publications
- Pugh, Scott A.; Hansen, Mark H.; Brand, Gary; McRoberts, Ronald E. 2010. Michigan's forests, 2004: statistics and quality assurance. Resour. Bull. NRS-41. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 113 p.
- Stein, Susan M.; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Nelson, Mark D.; Mahal, Lisa; Flather, Curtis H.; Alig, Ralph J.; Comas, Sara. 2010. Private Forest Habitat for At-Risk Species: Where Is It and Where Might It Be Changing?. Journal of Forestry, Volume 108, Number 2, March 2010 , pp. 61-70(10)
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2010. Probability- and model-based approaches to inference for proportion forest using satellite imagery as ancillary data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 114: 1017-1025.
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2010. The effects of rectification and Global Positioning System errors on satellite image-based estimates of forest area. Remote Sensing of Environment. 114: 1710-1717.
- Stein, Susan M.; Carr, Mary A.; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Mahal, Lisa G.; Comas, Sara J. 2010. Threats to at-risk species in America's private forests: a Forests on the Edge report. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-73. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 20 p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Cohen, Warren B.; Naesset, Erik; Stehman, Stephen V.; Tomppo, Erkki O. 2010. Using remotely sensed data to construct and assess forest attribute maps and related spatial products. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 25: 340-367.
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2009. A two-step nearest neighbors algorithm using satellite imagery for predicting forest structure within species composition classes. Remote Sensing of Environment. 113: 532-545.
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2009. Bridging the gap between strategic and management forest inventories. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2006 October 16-19; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 279-287.
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2009. Diagnostic tools for nearest neighbors techniques when used with satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment. 113: 489-499.
- Nelson, M.D.; McRoberts, R.E.; Holden, G.R.; Bauer, M.E. 2009. Effects of satellite image spatial aggregation and resolution on estimates of forest land area. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 30(8): 1913-1940.
- Woodall, C.W.; Fiedler, C.E.; McRoberts, R.E. 2009. Effects of tree size and spatial distribution on growth of ponderosa pine forests under alternative management scenarios. Environmentalist. 29: 301-309.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Hatfield, Mark A.; Crocker, Susan J. 2009. Estimating uncertainty in map intersections. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2006 October 16-19; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 289-296.
- Magnussen, Steen; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Tomppo, Erkki O. 2009. Model-based mean square error estimators for k-nearest neighbour predictions and applications using remotely sensed data for forest inventories. Remote Sensing of Environment. 113: 476-488.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. 2009. Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium. Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2006 October 16-19; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 408 p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2008. The national forest inventory of the United States of America. Journal of Forest Science. 24(3): 127-135.
- Hansen, Mark H.; Perry, Charles H.; Brand, Gary; McRoberts, Ronald E. 2008. Wisconsin's forest, 2004: statistics and quality assurance. Resour. Bull. NRS-24. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 98 p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Tomppo, Erkki O.; Finley, Andrew O.; Juha, Heikkinen. 2007. Estimating areal means and variances of forest attributes using the k-Nearest Neighbors technique and satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment. 111:466-480.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Meneguzzo, Dacia M. 2007. Estimating tree species richness from forest inventory plot data. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; October 3-6, 2005; Portland, ME. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-77. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 275-279.
- Stein, Susan M.; Hatfield, Mark; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Meneguzzo, Dacia M.; Dechter, Mike; et al. 2007. Forests on the edge: evaluating contributions of and threats to America's private forest lands. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; October 3-6, 2005; Portland, ME. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-77. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 135-142.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. 2007. Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium. Gen. Tech. Report WO-77. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 319 p.
- Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Miles, Patrick; Johnson, Barbara; McRoberts, Ronald E. 2007. The virtual analyst program: automated data mining, error analysis, and reporting. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; October 3-6, 2005; Portland, ME. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-77. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 97-105.
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2006. A Model-Based Approach to Inventory Stratification. In: Proceedings of the sixth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2004 September 21-24; Denver, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-70. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 126p.
- Finley, Andrew O.; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Ek, Alan R. 2006. Applying an efficient K-nearest neighbor search to forest attribute imputation. In: Cieszewski, Chris J.; Strub, Mike, eds. Second international conference on forest measurements and quantitative methods and management & the 2004 Southern Mensurationists meeting. Hot Springs, AK: Athens, GA. 4-10.
- Stein, Susan; McRoberts, Ron; Nelson, Mark; Theobald, David; Eley, Mike; Dechter, Mike. 2006. Forests on the Edge: A GIS-based Approach to Projecting Housing Development on Private Forests. In: Aguirre-Bravo, C.; Pellicane, Patrick J.; Burns, Denver P.; and Draggan, Sidney, Eds. 2006. Monitoring Science and Technology Symposium: Unifying Knowledge for Sustainability in the Western Hemisphere Proceedings RMRS-P-42CD. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 736-743
- Woodall, Christopher; Hansen, Mark; Brand, Gary; McRoberts, Ronald; Gallion, Joey; Jepsen, Ed. 2006. Indiana's forests 1999-2003 (Part B). Resour. Bull. NC-253B. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 85 p.
- Coulston, John W.; Reams, Gregory A.; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Smith, William D. 2006. Practical Considerations When Using Perturbed Forest Inventory Plot Locations To Develop Spatial Models: A Case Study. In: Proceedings of the sixth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2004 September 21-24; Denver, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-70. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 126p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Duesen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. 2006. Proceedings of the sixth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium. Proceedings of the sixth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2004 September 21-24; Denver, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-70. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 126 p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Barbour, R. James; Gebert, Krista M.; Liknes, Greg C.; Nelson, Mark D.; Meneguzzo, Dacia M.; et al. 2006. Using basic geographic information systems functionality to support sustainable forest management decision making and post-decision assessments. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 23(4): 13- 34.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Holden, Geoffrey R.; Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Gormanson, Dale D. 2006. Using satellite imagery as ancillary data for increasing the precision of estimates for the Forest Inventory and Analysis program of the USDA Forest Service. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 2968-2980
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2005. A Proposal for Phase 4 of the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program. In: Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 222p.
- Holden, Geoffrey R.; Nelson, Mark D.; McRoberts, Ronald E. 2005. Accuracy Assessment of FIA's Nationwide Biomass Mapping Products: Results From the North Central FIA Region. In: Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 222p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Liknes, Greg C.; Nelson, Mark D.; Gebert, Krista M.; Barbour, R. James; Odell, Susan L.; Yaddof, Steven C. 2005. Allocating Fire Mitigation Funds on the Basis of the Predicted Probabilities of Forest Wildfire. In: Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 222p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Liknes, Greg C. 2005. Assessing the Effects of Forest Fragmentation Using Satellite Imagery and Forest Inventory Data. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H.; Cieszewski, Chris J., eds. Proceedings of the fourth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 117-120
- Gormanson, Dale D.; Hansen, Mark H.; McRoberts, Ronald E. 2005. Can a Forest/Nonforest Change Map Improve the Precision of Forest Area, Volume, Growth, Removals, and Mortality Estimates?. In: Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 222p.
- Nelson, Mark D.; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Liknes, Greg C.; Holden, Geoffrey R. 2005. Comparing Forest/Nonforest Classifications of Landsat TM Imagery for Stratifying FIA Estimates of Forest Land Area. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H.; Cieszewski, Chris J., eds. Proceedings of the fourth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 121-128
- Nelson, Mark D.; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Lessard, Veronica C. 2005. Comparison of U.S. Forest Land AreaEstimates From Forest Inventory and Analysis, National Resources Inventory, and Four Satellite Image-Derived Land Cover Data Sets. In: Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 222p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Holden, Geoffrey R.; Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Moser, Warren K.; Lister, Andrew J.; King, Susan L.; LaPoint, Elizabeth B.; et al. 2005. Estimating and circumventing the effects of perturbing and swapping inventory plot locations. Journal of Forestry. 3(6): 275-279.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Holden, Geoffrey R.; Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Moser, Warren K.; Lister, Andrew J.; King, Susan L.; LaPoint, Elizabeth B.; Coulston, John W.; Smith, W. Brad; Reams, Gregory A. 2005. Estimating and circumventing the effects of perturbing and swapping inventory plot locations. Journal of Forestry. 3(6): 304-308
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2005. Partitioning the Uncertainty in Estimates of Mean Basal Area Obtained from 10-year Diameter Growth Model Predictions. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H.; Cieszewski, Chris J., eds. Proceedings of the fourth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 45-51
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. 2005. Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium. Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 222 p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H.; Cieszewski, Chris J., eds. 2005. Proceedings of the fourth annual Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium. Proceedings of the fourth annual Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium; 2002 November 19-21; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 257 p.
- Liknes, Greg C.; Holden, Geoffrey R.; Nelson, Mark D.; McRoberts, Ronald E. 2005. Spatially Locating FIA Plots from Pixel Values. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H.; Cieszewski, Chris J., eds. Proceedings of the fourth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 99-103
- McRoberts, R.E.; Wendt, D.G.; Liknes, G.C. 2005. Stratified estimation of forest inventory variables using spatially summarized stratifications. Silva Fennica. 39(4): 559-571.
- Reams, Greg; Smith, Bill; Bechtold, Bill; McRoberts, Ron; Spirek, Frank; Liff, Chuck. 2005. Three Proposed Data Collection Models for Annual Inventories. In: Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 222p.
- Nelson, Mark D.; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Hansen, Matthew C. 2004. Forest land area estimates from vegetation continuous fields. In: Remote sensing for field users: proceedings of the 10th Forest Service remote sensing applications conference; 2004 April 5-9; Salt Lake City, UT. Bethesda, MD: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2003. Compensating for missing plot observations inforest inventory estimation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33:1990-1997
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; Moser, John W. 2003. Proceedings of the third annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2001 October 17-19; Traverse City, Michigan. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-230. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 208 p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Lessard, Veronica C.; Holdaway, Margaret R. 2002. Diameter Growth Models for Inventory Applications. In: Crookston, Nicholas L.; Havis, Robert N., comps. Second Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference; 2002 February 12-14; Fort Collins, CO. Proc. RMRS-P-25. Ogden, UT: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 158-163
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2002. Forest/non-forest mapping using inventory data and satellite imagery. In: Proceedings of the ForestSAT Symposium, Edinbourgh, UK: Forest Research, Forestry Commission. [City, State: Publisher Unknown]. 9 p.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Wendt, Daniel G. 2002. Implementing a land cover stratification on-the-fly. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; Moser, John W., eds. Proceedings of the Thrid Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-230. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 137-145
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Nelson, Mark D.; Wendt, Daniel. 2002. Stratified estimates of forest area using the k-nearest neighbors technique and satellite imagery. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; Moser, John W., eds. Proceedings of the Thrid Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-230. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 80-86
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Nelson, Mark D.; Wendt, Daniel G. 2002. Stratified estimation of forest area using satellite imagery, inventory data, and the k-nearest neighbors technique. Remote Sensing of Environment. 82:457-468.
- Huang, Chengquan; Yang, Limin; Homer, Collin; Coan, Michael; Rykhus, Russell; Zhang, Zheng; Wylie, Bruce; Hegge, Kent; Zhu, Zhiliang; Lister, Andrew; Hoppus, Michael; Tymcio, Ronald; DeBlander, Larry; Cooke, William; McRoberts, Ronald; Wendt, Daniel; Weyermann, Dale. 2002. Synergistic use of FIA plot data and Landsat 7 ETM+ images for large area forest mapping. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; Moser, John W., eds. Proceedings of the Thrid Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-230. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 50-55
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Liknes, Greg C. 2002. The effects of forest fragmentation on forest stand attributes. In: Proceedings of ForestSAT Symposium; Edinbourgh, UK: Forest Research, Forestry Commission. [City, State: Publisher Unknown].5 p.
- Lessard, Veronica C.; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Holdaway, Margaret R. 2001. Diameter Growth Models Using Minnesota Forest Inventory and Analysis Data. Forest Science. Vol. 47 no. 3.:p. 301-310. (2001)
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2001. Imputatoin and Model-Based Updating Technique for Annual Forest Inventories. Forest Science. Vol. 47 no. 3.:p. 322-330. (2001)
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2000. Background for AFIS, the Annual Forrest Inventory System. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C., eds. Proceedings of the First Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-213. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 1-4
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Holdaway, Margaret R.; Lessard, Veronica C. 2000. Comparing the STEMS and AFIS growth models with respect to the uncertainty of predictions. In: Hansen, Mark; Burk, Tom, eds. Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-212. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 539-548.
- Lessard, Veronica C.; McRoberts, Ronald E.; Holdaway, Margaret R. 2000. Diameter growth models using FIA data from the Northeastern, Southern, and North Central Research Stations. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C., eds. Proceedings of the First Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-213. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 37-42
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 2000. Evaluating imputation and modeling in the North Central region. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C., eds. Proceedings of the First Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-213. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 43-48
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C. 2000. Proceedings of the first annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 1999 November 2-3, San Antonio, TX.. General Technical Report NC-213. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Lessard, Veronica C.; Holdaway, Margaret R. 1999. Analyzing The Uncertainty Of Diameter Growth Model Predictions. In: Proceedings, Society of American Foresters 1998 national convention; 1998 September 19-23; Traverse City, MI. SAF Publ. SAF 99-01. Bethesda, MD: Society of American Foresters: 319-324.
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Hansen, Mark H. 1999. Annual Forest Inventories for the North Central Region of the United States. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
- McRoberts, Ronald E.; Lessard, Veronica C. 1999. Estimating Uncertainty in Annual Forest Inventory Estimates. In: American Statistical Association; 1999 proceedings of the section on statistics and the environment; 1999 August 8-12; Baltimore, MD. Alexandria, VA: American Statisitcal Association: 19-24
- McRoberts, Ronald E. 1999. Joint Annual Forest Inventory and Monitoring System. Journal of Forestry
- Juzwik, J.; Stenlund, D. L.; Allmaras, R.R.; Copeland, S. M.; McRoberts, R. E. 1997. Incorporation of tracers and dazomet by rotary tillers and a spading machine. Soil & Tillage Research 41:237-248
- Rogers, Lynn L.; McRoberts, Ronald E. 1992. Estimation of shrub leaf biomass available to white-tailed deer.. Research Paper NC-307. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
- Ohmann, Lewis F.; Knighton, M. Dean; McRoberts, Ronald. 1990. Influence of flooding duration on the biomass growth of alder and willow.. Research Paper NC-292. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
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