The general objective of this study was to develop
models and datasets that would significantly advance our
ability to assess the current and future effects of global
change on the biosphere. The focus was in two areas: (1)
preparing environmental datasets at regional to small
watershed scales; and (2) developing...
The body size (W) of animal species is one of the best predictors of
population density (D) when large assemblages are considered. It has been
shown that theoretically the D-W relationship can be the consequence of two
other distributions: the log-normal distribution of body sizes of the species and
of...
Statistical analyses were used to develop predictive
models of rice blast and to relate the favorability of
environment to disease incidence and severity on different
rice cultivars at five sites in Asia. The WINDOW PANE
program was used to search for weather factors highly
correlated with blast. Stepwise and r-square...