Ronald E. McRoberts, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Svetlana Saarela, Sean P. Healey, Zhiqiang Yang, Bjørn-Eirik Roald, Paul L. Patterson, Terje Gobakken, Erik Næsset, Zhengyang Hou, Ronald E. McRoberts, Göran Ståhl. 2025. A separable bootstrap variance estimation algorithm for hierarchical model-based inference of forest aboveground biomass using data from NASA’s GEDI and Landsat missions
• Goran Stahl, Terje Gobakken, Svetlana Saarela, Henrik J. Persson, Magnus Ekstrom, Sean P. Healey, Zhiqiang Yang, Johan Holmgren, Eva Lindberg, Kenneth Nystroma, Emanuele Papucci, Patrik Ulvdal, Hans Ole Orka, Erik Naesset, Zhengyang Hou, Hakan Olsson, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2024. Why ecosystem characteristics predicted from remotely sensed data are unbiased and biased at the same time - and how this affects applications
• Jonathan Knott, Greg C. C. Liknes, Courtney L. Giebink, Sungchan Oh, Grant M. Domke, Ronald E. McRoberts, Valquiria F. Quirino, Brian F. Walters. 2023. Effects of outliers on remote sensing‐assisted forest biomass estimation: A case study from the United States national forest inventory
• Jim Westfall, Andrew J. Lister, John W. Coulston, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2021. Realized and potential efficiency for post-stratified estimation in a national forest inventory
• Liang Xu, Sassan S. Saatchi, Yan Yang, Yifan Yu, Julia Pongratz, A. Anthony Bloom, Kevin Bowman, John Worden, Junjie Liu, Yi Yin, Grant M. Domke, Ronald E. McRoberts, Christopher Woodall, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Sergio de-Miguel, Michael Keller, Nancy Harris, Sean Maxwell, David Schimel. 2021. Changes in global terrestrial live biomass over the 21st century
• Zhengyang Hou, Grant M. Domke, Matthew B. Russell, John W. Coulston, Mark D. D. Nelson, Qing Xu, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2021. Updating annual state- and county-level forest inventory estimates with data assimilation and FIA data
• Maryam Poorazimy, Shaban Shataee, Ronald E. McRoberts, Jahangir Mohammadi. 2020. Integrating airborne laser scanning data, space-borne radar data and digital aerial imagery to estimate aboveground carbon stock in Hyrcanian forests, Iran
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erik Næsset, Greg C. C. Liknes, Qi Chen, Brian F. Walters, Sassan Saatchi, Martin Herold. 2019. Using a Finer Resolution Biomass Map to Assess the Accuracy of a Regional, Map-Based Estimate of Forest Biomass
• Alexander Alekseev, Erkki Tomppo, Ronald E. McRoberts, Klaus von Gadow. 2019. A constructive review of the State Forest Inventory in the Russian Federation
• Dinesh Babu Irulappa-Pillai-Vijayakumar, Jean-Pierre Renaud, François Morneau, Ronald E. McRoberts, Cédric Vega. 2019. Increasing Precision for French Forest Inventory Estimates using the k-NN Technique with Optical and Photogrammetric Data and Model-Assisted Estimators
• Erik Næsset, Terje Gobakken, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2019. A Model-Dependent Method for Monitoring Subtle Changes in Vegetation Height in the Boreal–Alpine Ecotone Using Bi-Temporal, Three Dimensional Point Data from Airborne Laser Scanning
• Marta Galluzzi, Duccio Rocchini, Roberto Canullo, Ronald E. McRoberts, Gherardo Chirici. 2018. Mapping uncertainty of ICP-Forest biodiversity data: From standard treatment of diffusion to density-equalizing cartograms
• Daniel McInerney, Frank Barrett, Ronald E. McRoberts, Erkki Tomppo. 2018. Enhancing the Irish NFI using k -nearest neighbors and a genetic algorithm
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erik Næsset, Terje Gobakken. 2018. Comparing the stock-change and gain–loss approaches for estimating forest carbon emissions for the aboveground biomass pool
• Zhengyang Hou, Ronald E. McRoberts, Göran Ståhl, Petteri Packalen, Jonathan A. Greenberg, Qing Xu. 2018. How much can natural resource inventory benefit from finer resolution auxiliary data?
• Iciar Alberdi, Sonia Condés, Ronald E. McRoberts, Susanne Winter. 2018. Mean species cover: a harmonized indicator of shrub cover for forest inventories
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Stephen V Stehman, Greg C. C. Liknes, Erik Næsset, Christophe Sannier, Brian F. Walters. 2018. The effects of imperfect reference data on remote sensing-assisted estimators of land cover class proportions
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Qi Chen, Dale D. Gormanson, Brian F. Walters. 2018. The shelf-life of airborne laser scanning data for enhancing forest inventory inferences
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Qi Chen, Brian F. Walters, Daniel Kaisershot. 2018. The effects of global positioning system receiver accuracy on airborne laser scanning-assisted estimates of aboveground biomass
• Barry T. (Ty) Wilson, Joseph F. Knight, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2018. Harmonic regression of Landsat time series for modeling attributes from national forest inventory data
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2017. United States of America
• Susana Barreiro, Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Gerald Kändler, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2017. Introduction
• Erkki Tomppo, Nea Kuusinen, Kai Mäkisara, Matti Katila, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2017. Effects of field plot configurations on the uncertainties of ALS-assisted forest resource estimates
• Klemens Schadauer, Susana Barreiro, Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2017. Future challenges for woody biomass projections
• Jim Westfall, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2017. An assessment of uncertainty in volume estimates for stands reconstructed from tree stump information
• Francesca Bottalico, Gherardo Chirici, Raffaello Giannini, Salvatore Mele, Matteo Mura, Michele Puxeddu, Ronald E. McRoberts, Ruben Valbuena, Davide Travaglini. 2017. Modeling Mediterranean forest structure using airborne laser scanning data
• Sonia Condés, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2017. Updating national forest inventory estimates of growing stock volume using hybrid inference
• Gherardo Chirici, Francesca Bottalico, Francesca Giannetti, Barbara Del Perugia, Davide Travaglini, Susanna Nocentini, Erico Kutchartt, Enrico Marchi, Cristiano Foderi, Marco Fioravanti, Lorenzo Fattorini, Lorenzo Bottai, Ronald E. McRoberts, Erik Næsset, Piermaria Corona, Bernardo Gozzini. 2017. Assessing forest windthrow damage using single-date, post-event airborne laser scanning data
• Zhengyang Hou, Qing Xu, Ronald E. McRoberts, Jonathan A. Greenberg, Jinxiu Liu, Janne Heiskanen, Sari Pitkänen, Petteri Packalen. 2017. Effects of temporally external auxiliary data on model-based inference
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Qi Chen, Brian F. Walters. 2017. Multivariate inference for forest inventories using auxiliary airborne laser scanning data
• Laura Duncanson, Wenli Huang, Kristofer Johnson, Anu Swatantran, Ronald E. McRoberts, Ralph Dubayah. 2017. Implications of allometric model selection for county-level biomass mapping
• Johannes Breidenbach, Ronald E. McRoberts, Rasmus Astrup. 2016. Empirical coverage of model-based variance estimators for remote sensing assisted estimation of stand-level timber volume
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Qi Chen, Grant M. Domke, Erik Næsset, Terje Gobakken, Gherardo Chirici, Matteo Mura. 2016. Optimizing nearest neighbour configurations for airborne laser scanning-assisted estimation of forest volume and biomass
• Jim Westfall, Ronald E. McRoberts, Philip J. Radtke, Aaron R. Weiskittel. 2016. Effects of uncertainty in upper-stem diameter information on tree volume estimates
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Patrick D. Miles. 2016. United States of America
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Jim Westfall. 2016. Propagating uncertainty through individual tree volume model predictions to large-area volume estimates
• Laura Hernandez, Iciar Alberdi, Ronald E. McRoberts, David Morales-Hidalgo, John Redmond, Claude Vidal. 2016. Wood resources assessment beyond Europe
• Christophe Sannier, Ronald E. McRoberts, Louis-Vincent Fichet. 2016. Suitability of Global Forest Change data to report forest cover estimates at national level in Gabon
• Frank Barrett, Ronald E. McRoberts, Erkki Tomppo, Emil Cienciala, Lars T. Waser. 2016. A questionnaire-based review of the operational use of remotely sensed data by national forest inventories
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Qi Chen, Grant M. Domke, Göran Ståhl, Svetlana Saarela, Jim Westfall. 2016. Hybrid estimators for mean aboveground carbon per unit area
• Qi Chen, Ronald E. McRoberts, Changwei Wang, Philip J. Radtke. 2016. Forest aboveground biomass mapping and estimation across multiple spatial scales using model-based inference
• Matteo Mura, Ronald E. McRoberts, Gherardo Chirici, Marco Marchetti. 2016. Statistical inference for forest structural diversity indices using airborne laser scanning data and the k-Nearest Neighbors technique
• Paolo Moser, Alexander C. Vibrans, Ronald E. McRoberts, Erik Næsset, Terje Gobakken, Gherardo Chirici, Matteo Mura, Marco Marchetti. 2016. Methods for variable selection in LiDAR-assisted forest inventories
• Gherardo Chirici, Matteo Mura, Daniel McInerney, Nicolas Py, Erkki O. Tomppo, Lars T. Waser, Davide Travaglini, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2016. A meta-analysis and review of the literature on the k-Nearest Neighbors technique for forestry applications that use remotely sensed data
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Alexander C. Vibrans, Christophe Sannier, Erik Næsset, Matthew C. Hansen, Brian F. Walters, Débora V Lingner. 2016. Methods for evaluating the utilities of local and global maps for increasing the precision of estimates of subtropical forest area
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Grant M. Domke, Qi Chen, Erik Næsset, Terje Gobakken. 2016. Using genetic algorithms to optimize k-Nearest Neighbors configurations for use with airborne laser scanning data
• Timothy G. Gregoire, Erik Næsset, Ronald E. McRoberts, Göran Ståhl, Hans Andersen, Terje Gobakken, Liviu Ene, Ross Nelson. 2016. Statistical rigor in LiDAR-assisted estimation of aboveground forest biomass
• Goran Stahl, Svetlana Saarela, Sebastian Schnell, Soren Holm, Johannes Breidenbach, Sean P. Healey, Paul L. Patterson, Steen Magnussen, Erik Naesset, Ronald E. McRoberts, Timothy G. Gregoire. 2016. Use of models in large-area forest surveys: Comparing model-assisted, model-based and hybrid estimation
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erik Næsset, Terje Gobakken. 2016. The effects of temporal differences between map and ground data on map-assisted estimates of forest area and biomass
• Matteo Mura, Ronald E. McRoberts, Gherardo Chirici, Marco Marchetti. 2015. Estimating and mapping forest structural diversity using airborne laser scanning data
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Paolo Moser, Laio Zimermann Oliveira, Alexander C. Vibrans. 2015. A general method for assessing the effects of uncertainty in individual-tree volume model predictions on large-area volume estimates with a subtropical forest illustration
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erik Næsset, Terje Gobakken. 2015. Optimizing the k-Nearest Neighbors technique for estimating forest aboveground biomass using airborne laser scanning data
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erik Naesset, Terje Gobakken, Ole-Martin Bollandsas. 2015. Indirect and direct estimation of forest biomass change using forest inventory and airborne laser scanning data.
• OM Bollandsas, Ronald E. McRoberts, E Naesset. 2014. Chapter 15, Modeling and estimating change
• J Vauhkonen, M Maltamo, Ronald E. McRoberts, E naesset. 2014. Chapter 1, Introduction to forestry applications of airborne laser scanning.
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2014. The effects of uncertainty in individual tree volume model predictions on large area estimates of forest volume
• Christophe Sannier, Ronald E. McRoberts, Louis-Vincent Fichet, Etienne Massard K. Makaga. 2014. Using the regression estimator with Landsat data to estimate proportion forest cover and net proportion deforestation in Gabon
• Johannes Breidenbach, Clara Antón-Fernández, Hans Petersson, Ronald E. McRoberts, Rasmus Astrup. 2014. Quantifying the Model-Related Variability of Biomass Stock and Change Estimates in the Norwegian National Forest Inventory
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erik Naesset, Terje Gobakken. 2014. Estimation for inaccessbile and non-sampled forest areas using model-based inference and remotely sense auxiliary information.
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2014. Post-classification approaches to estimating change in forest area using remotely sense auxiliary data.
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Greg C. C. Liknes, Grant M. Domke. 2014. Using a remote sensing-based, percent tree cover map to enhance forest inventory estimation
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Jim Westfall. 2014. Effects of uncertainty in model predictions of individual tree volume on large area volume estimates
• Ambros Berger, Thomas Gschwantner, Ronald E. McRoberts, Klemens Schadauer. 2014. Effects of Measurement Errors on Individual Tree Stem Volume Estimates for the Austrian National Forest Inventory
• Grant M. Domke, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Brian F. Walters, Ronald E. McRoberts, Mark A. Hatfield. 2014. Strategies to compensate for the effects of nonresponse on forest carbon baseline estimates from the national forest inventory of the United States
• Alexander C. Vibrans, Ronald E. McRoberts, Paolo Moser, Adilson L. Nicoletti. 2013. Using satellite image-based maps and ground inventory data to estimate the area of the remaining Atlantic forest in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erik Næsset, Terje Gobakken. 2013. Inference for lidar-assisted estimation of forest growing stock volume
• Willard H. Carmean, Jerold T. Hahn, Ronald E. McRoberts, Daniel Kaisershot. 2013. Site index comparisons for forest species in the Upper Great Lakes area of the United States and Canada
• Göran ​Ståhl, Emil Cienciala, Gherardo Chirici, Adrian Lanz, Claude Vidal, Susanne Winter, Ronald E. McRoberts, Jacques Rondeux, Klemens Schadauer, Erkki Tomppo. 2012. Bridging national and reference definitions for harmonizing forest statistics
• Karl ​Gabler, Klemens Schadauer, Erkki Tomppo, Claude Vidal, Camille Bonhomme, Ronald E. McRoberts, Thomas Gschwantner. 2012. An enquiry on forest areas reported to the global forest resources assessment—is harmonization needed?
• Susanne Winter, Andreas Böck, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2012. Estimating tree species diversity across geographic scales
• Susanne Winter, Andreas Böck, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2012. Uncertainty of large-area estimates of indicators of forest structural gamma diversity: A study based on national forest inventory data
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Terje Gobakken, Erik Næsset. 2012. Post-stratified estimation of forest area and growing stock volume using lidar-based stratifications
• Grant M. Domke, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Ronald E. McRoberts, James Smith, Mark A. Hatfield. 2012. Assessing estimation techniques for missing plot observations in the U.S. forest inventory
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erkki O. Tomppo, Klemens Schadauer, Göran Ståhl. 2012. Harmonizing national forest inventories
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Brian F. Walters. 2012. Statistical inference for remote sensing-based estimates of net deforestation
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2012. Estimating forest attribute parameters for small areas using nearest neighbors techniques
• Grant M. Domke, Christopher W. W. Woodall, James Smith, Jim Westfall, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2012. Consequences of alternative tree-level biomass estimation procedures on U.S. forest carbon stock estimates
• Piermaria Corona, Gherardo Chirici, Ronald E. McRoberts, Susanne Winter, Anna Barbati. 2011. Contribution of large-scale forest inventories to biodiversity assessment and monitoring
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2011. Satellite image-based maps: Scientific inference or pretty pictures?
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Steen Magnussen, Erkki O. Tomppo, Gherardo Chirici. 2011. Parametric, bootstrap, and jackknife variance estimators for the k-Nearest Neighbors technique with illustrations using forest inventory and satellite image data
• Andrew D. Hill, Mark H. Hansen, W. Keith Moser, Gary J. Brand, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2011. Missouri's forest 1999-2003, part B
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erkki O. Tomppo, Erik Naesset. 2010. Advances and emerging issues in national forest inventories
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Warren B. Cohen, Erik Naesset, Stephen V. Stehman, Erkki O. Tomppo. 2010. Using remotely sensed data to construct and assess forest attribute maps and related spatial products
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2010. The effects of rectification and Global Positioning System errors on satellite image-based estimates of forest area
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2010. Probability- and model-based approaches to inference for proportion forest using satellite imagery as ancillary data
• Mary A. Carr, Ronald E. McRoberts, Lisa G. Mahal, Sara J. Comas. 2010. Threats to at-risk species in America's private forests: a Forests on the Edge report
• Scott A. Pugh, Mark H. Hansen, Gary J. Brand, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2010. Michigan's forests, 2004: statistics and quality assurance
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Mark D. D. Nelson, Lisa Mahal, Curtis H. Flather, Ralph Alig, Sara Comas. 2010. Private forest habitat for at-risk species: where is it and where might it be changing?
• Erkki O. Tomppo, Caterina Gagliano, Flora De Natale, Matti Katila, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2009. Predicting categorical forest variables using an improved k-Nearest Neighbour estimator and Landsat imagery
• Andrew O. Finley, Sudipto Banerjee, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2009. Hierarchical spatial models for predicting tree species assemblages across large domains
• Christopher W. W. Woodall, C.E. Fiedler, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2009. Effects of tree size and spatial distribution on growth of ponderosa pine forests under alternative management scenarios
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2009. Bridging the gap between strategic and management forest inventories
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Mark A. Hatfield, Susan Crocker. 2009. Estimating uncertainty in map intersections
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Gregory A. Reams, Paul C. Van Deusen, William McWilliams. 2009. Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium
• Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald E. McRoberts, G.R. Holden, M.E. Bauer. 2009. Effects of satellite image spatial aggregation and resolution on estimates of forest land area
• Steen Magnussen, Ronald E. McRoberts, Erkki O. Tomppo. 2009. Model-based mean square error estimators for k-nearest neighbour predictions and applications using remotely sensed data for forest inventories
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2009. Diagnostic tools for nearest neighbors techniques when used with satellite imagery
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2009. A two-step nearest neighbors algorithm using satellite imagery for predicting forest structure within species composition classes
• Jock A. Blackard, M. V. Finco, Eileen Helmer, G. R. Holden, M. L. Hoppus, D.M. Jacobs, Tonya Lister, Gretchen Moisen, Mark D. D. Nelson, Rachel Riemann, B. Ruefenacht, D. Salajanu, D. L. Weyermann, K. C. Winterberger, T. J. Brandeis, Ray L. Czaplewski, Ronald E. McRoberts, Paul L. Patterson, Ronald Tymcio. 2008. Mapping U.S. forest biomass using nationwide forest inventory data and moderate resolution information
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2008. The national forest inventory of the United States of America
• Mark H. Hansen, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, Gary J. Brand, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2008. Wisconsin's forest, 2004: statistics and quality assurance
• Alexia A. Sabor, Volker C. Radeloff, Ronald E. McRoberts, Murray Clayton, Susan I. Stewart. 2007. Adding uncertainty to forest inventory plot locations: effects on analyses using geospatial data
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erkki O. Tomppo. 2007. Remote sensing support for national forest inventories
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Erkki O. Tomppo, Andrew O. Finley, Heikkinen Juha. 2007. Estimating areal means and variances of forest attributes using the k-Nearest Neighbors technique and satellite imagery
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Dacia M. Meneguzzo. 2007. Estimating tree species richness from forest inventory plot data
• Mark A. Hatfield, Ronald E. McRoberts, Dacia M. Meneguzzo, Mike Dechter, <i>et al</i>. 2007. Forests on the edge: evaluating contributions of and threats to America's private forest lands
• W. Keith Moser, Mark H. Hansen, Patrick D. Miles, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2007. The virtual analyst program: automated data mining, error analysis, and reporting
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Gregory A. Reams, Paul C. Van Deusen, William McWilliams. 2007. Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2006. A model-based approach to estimating forest area
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Mark D. D. Nelson, David Theobald, Mike Eley, Mike Dechter. 2006. Forests on the Edge: A GIS-based Approach to Projecting Housing Development on Private Forests
• John W. Coulston, Kurt Riitters, Ronald E. McRoberts, William D. Smith. 2006. True versus perturbed forest inventory plot locations for modeling: a simulation study
• John W. Coulston, Gregory A. Reams, Ronald E. McRoberts, William D. Smith. 2006. Practical Considerations When Using Perturbed Forest Inventory Plot Locations To Develop Spatial Models: A Case Study
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2006. A Model-Based Approach to Inventory Stratification
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Gregory A. Reams, Paul C. Van Duesen, William McWilliams. 2006. Proceedings of the sixth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Geoffrey R. Holden, Mark D. D. Nelson, Greg C. C. Liknes, Dale D. Gormanson. 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
• Christopher W. W. Woodall, Mark H. Hansen, Gary J. Brand, Ronald E. McRoberts, Joey Gallion, Ed Jepsen. 2006. Indiana's forests 1999-2003 (Part B)
• Andrew O. Finley, Ronald E. McRoberts, Alan R. Ek. 2006. Applying an efficient K-nearest neighbor search to forest attribute imputation
• Ronald E. McRoberts, R. James Barbour, Krista M. Gebert, Greg C. C. Liknes, Mark D. D. Nelson, Dacia M. Meneguzzo, et al. 2006. Using basic geographic information systems functionality to support sustainable forest management decision making and post-decision assessments
• Ronald E. McRoberts, D.G. Wendt, Greg C. C. Liknes. 2005. Stratified estimation of forest inventory variables using spatially summarized stratifications
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Ralph Alig, Mark D. D. Nelson, David M. Theobald, Mike Eley, Mike Dechter, Mary Carr. 2005. Forests on the edge: housing development on America’s private forests.
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2005. The enhanced forest inventory and analysis program
• Ronald E. McRoberts, William Bechtold, Paul L. Patterson, Charles Scott, Gregory A. Reams. 2005. The enhanced forest inventory and analysis program of the USDA forest service: historical perspective and announcements of statistical documentation
• USDA Forest Service, Bob Rummer, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Dennis M. May, Patrick D. Miles, John S. Vissage, Ronald E. McRoberts, Greg C. C. Liknes, Wayne D. Shepperd, Dennis Ferguson, William J. Elliot, Ina Sue S. Miller, Steve Reutebuch, Jamie Barbour, Jeremy S. Fried, Bryce Stokes, Ted Bilek, Kenneth E. Skog. 2005. A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments in Western States
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Greg C. C. Liknes. 2005. Assessing the Effects of Forest Fragmentation Using Satellite Imagery and Forest Inventory Data
• Greg C. C. Liknes, Geoffrey R. Holden, Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2005. Spatially Locating FIA Plots from Pixel Values
• Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald E. McRoberts, Greg C. C. Liknes, Geoffrey R. Holden. 2005. Comparing Forest/Nonforest Classifications of Landsat TM Imagery for Stratifying FIA Estimates of Forest Land Area
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2005. Partitioning the Uncertainty in Estimates of Mean Basal Area Obtained from 10-year Diameter Growth Model Predictions
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2005. A Proposal for Phase 4 of the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
• Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald E. McRoberts, Veronica C. Lessard. 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
• Geoffrey R. Holden, Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2005. Accuracy Assessment of FIA's Nationwide Biomass Mapping Products: Results From the North Central FIA Region
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Greg C. C. Liknes, Mark D. D. Nelson, Krista M. Gebert, R. James Barbour, Susan L. Odell, Steven C. Yaddof. 2005. Allocating Fire Mitigation Funds on the Basis of the Predicted Probabilities of Forest Wildfire
• Dale D. Gormanson, Mark H. Hansen, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2005. Can a Forest/Nonforest Change Map Improve the Precision of Forest Area, Volume, Growth, Removals, and Mortality Estimates?
• Bill Bechtold, Ronald E. McRoberts, Frank Spirek, Chuck Liff. 2005. Three Proposed Data Collection Models for Annual Inventories
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Gregory A. Reams, Paul C. Van Deusen, William McWilliams. 2005. Proceedings of the fifth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Gregory A Reams, Paul C. Van Deusen, William McWilliams, Chris J. Cieszewski, Chris J., eds. Cieszewski. 2005. Proceedings of the fourth annual Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Geoffrey R. Holden, Mark D. D. Nelson, Greg C. C. Liknes, W. Keith Moser, Andrew J. Lister, Susan L. King, Elizabeth Burrill, John W. Coulston, Brad Smith, Greg Reams. 2005. Estimating and circumventing the effects of perturbing and swapping inventory plot locations
• Greg C. C. Liknes, Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2004. Evaluating Classified MODIS Satellite Imagery as a Stratification Tool
• Ronald E. McRoberts, William H. McWilliams, Gregory A. Reams, Thomas L. Schmidt, Jennifer C. Jenkins, Katherine P. O'Neill, Patrick D. Miles, Gary J. Brand. 2004. Assessing sustainability using data from the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program of the United States Forest Service
• Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald E. McRoberts, Matthew C. Hansen. 2004. Forest land area estimates from vegetation continuous fields
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Gregory A. Reams, Paul C. Van Deusen, John W. Moser. 2003. Proceedings of the third annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2001 October 17-19; Traverse City, Michigan
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2003. Compensating for missing plot observations inforest inventory estimation
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Daniel G. Wendt. 2002. Implementing a land cover stratification on-the-fly
• Chengquan Huang, Limin Yang, Collin Homer, Michael Coan, Russell Rykhus, Zheng Zhang, Bruce Wylie, Kent Hegge, Andrew J. Lister, Michael Hoppus, Ronald Tymcio, Larry DeBlander, William Cooke, Ronald E. McRoberts, Daniel Wendt, Dale Weyermann. 2002. Synergistic use of FIA plot data and Landsat 7 ETM+ images for large area forest mapping
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Mark D. D. Nelson, Daniel Wendt. 2002. Stratified estimates of forest area using the k-nearest neighbors technique and satellite imagery
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2002. Forest/non-forest mapping using inventory data and satellite imagery
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Greg C. C. Liknes. 2002. The effects of forest fragmentation on forest stand attributes
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Veronica C. Lessard, Margaret R. Holdaway. 2002. Diameter Growth Models for Inventory Applications
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Mark D. D. Nelson, Daniel G. Wendt. 2002. Stratified estimation of forest area using satellite imagery, inventory data, and the k-nearest neighbors technique
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Veronica C. Lessard. 2001. Estimating the Uncertainty In Diameter Growth Model Predictions and Its Effects On The Uncertainty of Annual Inventory Estimates
• Mark H. Hansen, Gary J. Brand, Daniel G. Wendt, Ronald E. McRoberts. 2001. Estimation on the First Cycle of the Annual Forest Inventory System: Methods, Preliminary Results, and Observations
• Gregory A. Reams, Ronald E. McRoberts, Paul C. Van Deusen. 2001. Proceedings of the second annual Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium; Salt Lake City, UT. October 17-18, 2000
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2001. Imputatoin and Model-Based Updating Technique for Annual Forest Inventories
• Veronica C. Lessard, Ronald E. McRoberts, Margaret R. Holdaway. 2001. Diameter Growth Models Using Minnesota Forest Inventory and Analysis Data
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2000. Evaluating imputation and modeling in the North Central region
• Veronica C. Lessard, Ronald E. McRoberts, Margaret R. Holdaway. 2000. Diameter growth models using FIA data from the Northeastern, Southern, and North Central Research Stations
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 2000. Background for AFIS, the Annual Forrest Inventory System
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Gregory A. Reams, Paul C. Van Deusen. 2000. Proceedings of the first annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 1999 November 2-3, San Antonio, TX.
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Margaret R. Holdaway, Veronica C. Lessard. 2000. Comparing the STEMS and AFIS growth models with respect to the uncertainty of predictions
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Veronica C. Lessard. 1999. Estimating Uncertainty in Annual Forest Inventory Estimates
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Veronica C. Lessard, Margaret R. Holdaway. 1999. Analyzing The Uncertainty Of Diameter Growth Model Predictions
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Mark H. Hansen. 1999. Annual Forest Inventories for the North Central Region of the United States
• Ronald E. McRoberts. 1999. Joint Annual Forest Inventory and Monitoring System
• Jennifer Juzwik, D. L. Stenlund, R.R. Allmaras, S. M. Copeland, Ronald E. McRoberts. 1997. Incorporation of tracers and dazomet by rotary tillers and a spading machine
• Lynn L. Rogers, Ronald E. McRoberts. 1992. Estimation of shrub leaf biomass available to white-tailed deer.
• Ronald E. McRoberts, Daniel L. Schmoldt, H. Michael Rauscher. 1991. Enhancing the Scientific Process with Artificial Intelligence: Forest Science Applications
• Lewis F. Ohmann, M. Dean Knighton, Ronald E. McRoberts. 1990. Influence of flooding duration on the biomass growth of alder and willow.

• University of Minnesota, Ph.D., Biostatistics