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Phone:  662-325-2775
Fax:  662-325-8726
Email:  rparker@cfr.msstate.edu

address:

Rm# 345, Thompson Hall
Department of Forestry
Box 9681
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9681

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Education:

• University of Georgia Ph.D., Forest Biometrics
• Auburn University M.S., Forestry
• Auburn University B.S., Forest Management

Research Interests:

• Inventorying and monitoring forest ecosystems components
• Design and analysis of multi-resource inventories
• Development of standing tree volume tables
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Computerized mapping systems
• Growth and yield of mixed forest stands

Teaching Areas:

• FO 2213 - Forest Measurements
• FO 3015 - Forestry Description and Analysis
• FO 4313 - Spatial Technologies in Natural Resources Management

Research / Extension Websites:

• Forest Measurements and Spatial Technology
• Measurements and Spatial Technologies Laboratory
• Wood Utilization Research Center

Graduate Students

• Curt Collins
• Benjamin McDonald
• Luke Mosley
• David W. Wilkinson

2008
Parker, R.C., D.L. Evans. 2008. LiDAR Forest inventory with single-tree, double- and single-phase procedures. Pages 30-38 in R.A. Hill, J. Rosette, and J. Suarez, editors, Proceedings of SilviLaser 2008: 8th international conference on LiDAR applications in forest assessment and inventory. September 2008. Edinburgh, UK. Download

2008
Tweddale, S., H.A. Londo, J.M. Carney, D.L. Evans, S.D. Roberts, R.C. Parker, S.C. Grado. 2008. Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) habitat analysis via remote sensing. Pages 586-595 in R.A. Hill, J. Rosette, and J. Suarez, editors, Proceedings of SilviLaser 2008: 8th international conference on LiDAR applications in forest assessment and inventory. September 2008. Edinburgh, UK. Download

2008
Wilkinson, D.W., R.C. Parker, D.L. Evans. 2008. Change detection techniques for use in a Statewide Forest Inventory Program. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 74(7):893-901.

2007
Dicke, S., R.C. Parker. 2007. Pine Timber Volume to Weight Conversion. Mississippi State University Extension Service Information Sheet 2244. Download

2007
Parker, R.C., D.L. Evans. 2007. LiDAR forest inventory with single-tree, double- and single-phase procedures. In Proceedings of the 8th Annual FIA Symposium, Monterrey, CA. Oct. 16-19, 2006.