Peer-reviewed Articles¹

1. Robinson, A.P., Burgman, M.A., and Cannon, R. Allocating surveillance resources -- finding a balance between maximizing detections and maximizing information about the threat rate. Ecological Applications, In Press.

2. Robinson, A.P., Theiren, G., and Lane, S. 2011. Fitting Forestry Models Using Generalized Additive Models: A Taper Model Example. Canadian Journal of Forest Research Accepted.

3. Lane, S., and Robinson, A.P.. 2011. An alternative objective function for fitting regression trees to functional response variables. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 55:2557-2567.

4. Lazaridis, D., Verbesselt, J., and Robinson, A.P. 2011. Penalized regression techniques for prediction: a case-study for predicting tree mortality using remotely-sensed vegetation indices. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 41(1):24-34.

5. Jaskierniak, D., Lane, P., Robinson, A., and Lucieer, A. 2011. Extracting LiDAR indices to characterise multilayered forest structure using mixture distribution functions. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115: 575-587.

6. Eyles, A., Robinson, A.P., Smith, D., Carnegie, A., Smith, I., Stone, C., and Mohammed, C. 2011. Quantifying stem growth loss at the tree-level in a Pinus radiata plantation to repeated attack by the aphid, Essigella californica. Forest Ecology and Management, 261: 120-127.

7. Rezvani, M, Cousens, R.D., Zaefarian, F., Karim-Mojeny, H., and Robinson, A.P. 2010. Shapes of ballistic seed dispersal distributions: a comparison of Oxalis corniculata L. with a theoretical model. Weed Research, 50(6): 631-637.

8. Lane, S., Robinson, A.P., and Baker, T. 2010. The functional regression tree method for diameter distribution modelling. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 40(9): 1870-1877.

9. Smith, A.M.S., Falkowski, M.J., Hudak, A.T., Evans J.S., Robinson, A.P., and Steele, C.M. 2009. A cross-comparison of field, spectral, and lidar estimates of forest canopy cover. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(5): 447-459.

10. Verbesselt, J., Robinson, A.P., Stone, C., and Culvenor, D. 2009. Forecasting tree mortality using change metrics derived from MODIS satellite data. Forest Ecology and Management, 258:1166-1173.

11. Sanchez, D.M., Rachlow, J.L., Robinson, A.P., Johnson, T.R. 2009. Survey indicators for pygmy rabbits: temporal trends of burrow systems and pellets. The Western North American Naturalist, 69(4):426-436.

12. Coventry, B.J., Ashdown, M.L., Quinn, M.A., Markovic, S.N, Yatomi-Clarke, S.L., Robinson, A.P. 2009. CRP identifies homeostatic immune oscillations in cancer patients: a potential treatment targeting tool? Journal of Translational Medicine, 7:102.

13. Dickinson, J., Robinson, A.P., Gessler, P.E., Harrod, R., Smith, A. 2009. Flatland in flames: a two-dimensional canopy fire propagation model. International Journal of Wildland Fire 18: 527-535.

14. Hall, P.G., Robinson, A.P. 2009. Reducing variability of cross-validation for smoothing-parameter choice. Biometrika 96: 175-186.

15. Leites, L.P., Robinson, A.P., Crookston, N.L. 2009. Accuracy and equivalence testing of crown ratio models and assessment of their impact on diameter growth and basal area increment predictions of two variants of the Forest Vegetation Simulator. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 655-665.

16. Baker, P.J., Bunyavejchewin, S., Robinson, A.P. 2008. The impacts of large-scale, low-intensity fires on the forests of continental South-east Asia. International Journal of Wildland Fire 17 (6): 782-792.

17. Robinson, A.P., Hamann, J.D. 2008. Correcting for spatial autocorrelation in sequential sampling. Journal of Applied Ecology. 45(4) 1221-1227.

18. Baker, P.J., Robinson, A.P., Ewel, J.J. 2008. Sudden and sustained response of Acacia koa to crown release in stagnant stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 656-666.

19. Salas, C., Stage, A.R., Robinson, A.P. 2008. Modelling effects of overstory density and competing vegetation on tree height growth. Forest Science 54(1) 107-122.

20. Froese, R.A., Robinson, A.P. 2007. A validation and evaluation of the Prognosis individual-tree basal area increment model. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27: 1438-1449.

21. Gass, T.M., Robinson, A.P. 2007. A hierarchical analysis of stand structure, composition, and burn patterns as indicators of stand age in an Engelmann spruce -- subalpine fir forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27: 884-894.

22. Robinson, A.P. 2007. Augmenting R with Unix Tools. R news 7(1):30-32.

23. Duursma, R.A., Marshall, J.D., Robinson, A.P., Pangle, R.E. 2007. Description and test of a simple process-based model of forest growth for mixed-species stands. Ecological Modelling 203, 297-311.

24. Murphy, M.M., Kendall, K.C., Robinson, A.P., Waits, L.P. 2007. The impact of time and field conditions on brown bear (Ursus arctos) faecal DNA amplification. Conservation Genetics, online.

25. Strand, E.K., Robinson, A.P., Bunting, S.C., 2007. Spatial patterns on the sagebrush steppe/Western juniper ecotone. Plant Ecology, online.

26. Wagner, R.G., Robinson, A.P., 2006. Critical period of interspecific competition for four northern conifers: 10-year growth response and associated vegetation dynamics. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36, 2474-2485.

27. Harlow, B.A., Marshall, J.D., Robinson, A.P., 2006. A global comparison of $\delta^{13}$C from whole wood, extractive-free wood, and holocellulose. Tree Physiology 26, 767-774.

28. Radtke, P.J., Robinson, A.P., 2006. A Bayesian strategy for combining predictions from empirical and process-based models. Ecological Modelling 190, 287-298.

29. Robinson, A.P., Duursma, R.A., Marshall, J.D., 2005. A regression-based equivalence test for model validation: shifting the burden of proof. Tree Physiology 25, 903-913.

30. Duursma, R.A., Marshall, J.D., Nippert, J.B., Chambers, C.C., Robinson, A.P., 2005. Estimating leaf-level parameters for ecosystem process models: a study in mixed conifer canopies on complex terrain. Tree Physiology 25, 1347-1359.

31. Koyama, A., Kavanagh, K., Robinson, A.P., 2005. Marine nitrogen in central Idaho riparian forests: evidence from stable isotopes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62, 518-526.

32. Medlyn, B.E., Robinson, A.P., Clement, R., McMurtrie, R.E., 2005. On the validation of models of forest $\mbox{CO}_2$ exchange using eddy covariance data: some perils and pitfalls. Tree Physiology 25, 839-857.

33. Leites, L., Robinson, A.P., 2004. Improving taper equations of loblolly pine with crown dimensions by accommodating correlated errors and assessing explainable variation in a mixed-effects modeling framework. Forest Science 50(2), 204-212.

34. Pocewicz, A.L., Gessler, P.E., Robinson, A.P., 2004. The relationship between effective plant area index and Landsat spectral response across elevation, solar insolation, and spatial scales, in a northern Idaho forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34, 465-480.

35. Robinson, A.P., 2004. Preserving correlation while modelling diameter distributions. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34, 221-232.

36. Robinson, A.P., Froese, R.E., 2004. Model validation using equivalence tests. Ecological Modelling 176, 349-358.

37. Robinson, A.P., Pocewicz, A.L., Gessler, P.E., 2004. A cautionary note on scaling variables that appear only in products in ordinary least squares. Forest Biometry, Modelling and Information Sciences 1, 83-90.

38. Robinson, A.P., Wykoff, W.R., 2004. Imputing missing height measures using a mixed-effects modeling strategy. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34, 2492-2500.

39. Duursma, R.A., Marshall, J.D., Robinson, A.P., 2003. Leaf area index inferred from solar beam transmission in mixed conifer forests on complex terrain. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 118, 221-236.

40. Duursma, R.A., Robinson, A.P., 2003. Bias in the mean tree model as a consequence of Jensen's inequality. Forest Ecology and Management 186(1-3), 373-380.

41. Robinson, A.P., Ek, A.R., 2003. Description and validation of a hybrid model of forest growth and stand dynamics for the Great Lakes region. Ecological Modelling 170, 73-104.

42. Robinson, A.P., Monserud, R.A., 2003. Criteria for comparing the adaptability of forest growth models. Forest Ecology and Management 172(1), 53-67.

43. Robinson, A.P., Weisberg, S., 2003. Using the variagraph to test lack of fit of a parametric regression model without replication. Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation 32(3), 733-745.

44. Rutledge, C.E., Robinson, A.P., Eigenbrode, S.D., 2003. Effects of a simple plant morphological mutation on the arthropod community and the impacts of predators on a principal insect herbivore. Oecologia 135, 39-50.

45. Robinson, A.P., Ek, A.R., 2000. The consequences of hierarchy for modelling in forest ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30(12), 1837-1846.

46. Robinson, A.P., Hamlin, D.C., Fairweather, S.E. 1999. Improving forest inventories: three ways to incorporate auxiliary information. Journal of Forestry 97(12):38-42.

47. Robinson, A.P., Burk, T.E. 1998. Sequential sampling of normal and non-normal populations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28(5): 660-664.

48. Ek, A.R., Robinson, A.P., Radtke, P.R., Walters, D.K. 1997. Development and testing of regeneration imputation models for forests in Minnesota. Forest Ecology and Management 94(1-3): 129-140.

49. Robinson, A.P., Gregoire, T.G., Valentine, H.T. 1997. Cut-off importance sampling of bole volume. Silva Fennica 31(2): 153-160.

50. Er, K.B.H., Robinson, A.P., Tidemann, C.R. 1995. Importance of sampling duration and strip width in use of the fixed-width strip transect method for estimation of bird abundance and species diversity. Corella 19: 109-114.

51. Robinson, A.P., Wood, G.B. 1994. Individual tree volume estimation: a new look at new systems. Journal of Forestry 92(12): 25-29.

52. Claridge, A.W., Robinson, A.P., Tanton, M.T., and Cunningham, R.B. 1993. Seasonal production of hypogeal fungal sporocarps in a mixed-species Eucalypt forest stand in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 41: 145-67.