Fekedulegn B. Desta
| Office: 411 Hodges Hall |
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| Mailing Address: Department of Statistics, PO Box 6330 Morgantown, WV 26506-6330 USA |
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| Phone: (304) 293-3607 x 1051 |
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| Fax: (304) 293 - 2272 | |
| Email: fdesta@stat.wvu.edu |
Research Interests
- Forest Growth Modeling and Dendrochronology
- Categorical Data Analysis
- Multivariate Statistical Methods
- Nonlinear Modeling
- Epidemiology
Teaching Interests
- Introductory Statistics
- Linear Regression
- Categorical Data Analysis
- Forest Mensuration
Consulting Interests
- Ecological Modeling
- Epidemiological Analysis
- Survival Analysis
Publications
Fekedulegn, D., Mac Siurtain, M.P. & Colbert, J.J. 1999. Parameter estimation of non-linear growth models in forestry. Silva Fennica. 34(4):327-336.
Fekedulegn, Desta, Hicks R. R. Jr. and J.J. Colbert.2002. Influence of topographic aspect, precipitation and drought on radial growth of four major tree species in an Appalachian watershed .
J.J. Colbert, and Fekedulegn Desta. 1999. Effect of gypsy moth defoliation on tree growth-preliminary models for effects of cumulative defoliation on individual host tree radial increment. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Gen.Tech. Report NE-227: 16-30.
Fekedulegn, Desta, J.J. Colbert, Michael E. Schuckers and Hicks R. R. Jr. 2002. Coping with Multicollinearity: An Example on Theory and Application of Principal Components Regression in Dendroecology.
J.J. Colbert, Michael E. Schuckers and Fekedulegn Desta.Comparing basal area growth models, consistency of parameters, and accuracy of prediction .
J.J. Colbert, Fekedulegn Desta and Michael E. Schuckers.Comparing models for growth and management of forest tracts .
Vita
- CV (PDF file)