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About
I am currently an Assistant Professor in Forestry at Louisiana Tech University. My main responsibilities are teaching quantitative forestry classes, research, and some outreach/extension services. My main research interests are using statistics to help answer real-world forest management questions.
Below is a list of my publications/posters/presentations that I have completed over my career.
Refereed journals
VanderSchaaf C.L. In press. Practical implications of ignoring slope when conducting timber appraisals of longleaf pine plantations. East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., T.E. McConnell, and S.M. Tanger 2021. Estimated impacts of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) on ash timber supply in Texas. Journal of Forestry 119:45-61.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2020. Predictive ability of mixed-effects height-diameter models fit using one species but calibrated for another species. Forest Science 66:14-24.
McConnell, T.E., M.K. Crosby, J.J. Holderieath, and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2020. Financial assessment of future stand conditions required to recover the opportunity costs of a north Louisiana streamside management zone. Forest Products Journal 70: 39-49.
Tanger, S., M. Blazier, T. Clason, T.E. McConnell, C. VanderSchaaf, A. Holley, and K. Dipesh. 2020. Financial performance of diverse levels of early competition suppression and pre-commercial thinning on loblolly pine stand development: Using historical data. New Forests.
McConnell, T.E., C. VanderSchaaf, and S. Tanger. 2019. Potential changes to Louisiana hardwood timber industry economic contributions following emerald ash borer (EAB) invasion: An input-output approach. Journal of Economic Entomology 112: 2751-2760.
McConnell, T.E., C. VanderSchaaf, J. Holderieath, and M. Crosby. 2019. Adequacy of timber trespass civil awards: A Louisiana case study. Journal of Forestry 117: 533-542.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., S. Huang, T.E. McConnell, G. Trincado, and Y. Yang. 2018. Mixed-effects height-diameter models for pine plantations in northern Florida and Georgia. Florida Scientist 81: 157-169.
McConnell, T.E., C.L. VanderSchaaf, and S.M. Tanger. 2018. Potential losses in Louisiana hardwood sawtimber economic contributions after Emerald Ash Borer invasion. Louisiana Agriculture 61: 14-15.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2018. Using Bayesian methodology to incorporate personal knowledge when estimating average tons per acre of loblolly pine plantations. Forestry Research and Engineering: International Journal 2: 140-147.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., M. Blazier, E. McConnell, and J. Adams. 2018. Determining unthinned shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) plantation economic rotation ages in the Western Gulf. Forestry Research and Engineering: International Journal 2: 132-138.
South, D.B., and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2017. Should forest regeneration studies have more replications? Reforesta 3: 19-30.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., G. Holley, and J. Adams. 2017. Using double-sampling techniques to reduce the number of measurement trees during forest inventories. Reforesta 3: 31-40.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., G. Holley, A Arends, J. Adams, and D. Deckard. 2016. Comparing economic returns of red pine plantation thinning scenarios using Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS). The Minnesota Academy of Science Journal 80: 1-11.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2015. Using Forest Inventory and Analysis plots to estimate sample sizes for alternative inventory methods. Forest Science 61: 535-539.
Russell, M.B., A.W. D’Amato, M.A. Albers, C.W. Woodall, K.J. Puettmann, M.R. Saunders, and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2015. Performance of the Forest Vegetation Simulator in managed white spruce plantations influenced by eastern spruce budworm in northern Minnesota. Forest Science 61:723-730.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2014. Mixed-effects height-diameter models for ten conifers in the inland Northwest, USA. Southern Forests 76: 1-9.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2013. Practical implications of projecting a horizontal angle in a non-horizontal manner to diameter at breast height. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 30: 188-190.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2013. Mixed-effects height-diameter models for commercially and ecologically important hardwoods in Minnesota. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 30: 37-42.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2012. Mixed-effects height-diameter models for commercially and ecologically important conifers in Minnesota. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 29: 15-20.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and H.E. Burkhart. 2012. Development of planting density-specific density management diagrams for loblolly pine. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 36: 126-129.
South, D.B., E.E. Johnson, M.J. Hainds, and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2012. Restoring longleaf pine on an agricultural site by planting alternating rows of slash pine: a case study. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 36: 118-125.
Meng, S.X., S. Huang, C.L. VanderSchaaf, Y. Yang, and G. Trincado. 2012. Accounting for serial correlation and its impact on forecasting ability of a fixed- and mixed-effects basal area model: a case study. European Journal of Forest Research 131: 541-552.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and L. Jordan. 2011. Economic impacts of projecting horizontal angles to the wrong height when conducting point sampling. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 35: 33-38.
VanderSchaaf, C.L, Y. Li, and D.B. South. 2011. The weighted least squares method affects the economic rotation age of loblolly pine – two planting density scenarios. The Open Forest Science Journal 4: 42-48.
South, D.B., R. Johnson, M. Hainds, and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2011. Realized gains from planting Pinus taeda in 6.1 meter rows in Alabama. The Open Forest Science Journal 4:71-77.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2010. Estimating individual stand size-density trajectories and a MSDR species boundary line. Forest Science 56: 327-335.
VanderSchaaf, C. 2009. Compatible stem taper and total tree volume equations for loblolly pine plantations in southeastern Arkansas. Journal of the ArkansasAcademy of Science 62: 103-106.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and D.B. South. 2009. Biological, economic, and management implications of weighted least squares. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 33: 53-57.
Huang, S., D.P. Wiens, Y. Yuqing, S.X. Meng, C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2009. Assessing the impacts of species composition, top height and density on individual tree height prediction of quaking aspen in boreal mixedwoods. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 1235-1247.
Meng, S.X., S. Huang, Y. Yang, G. Trincado, and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2009. Evaluation of population-averaged and subject-specific approaches for modeling the dominant or codominant height of lodgepole pine trees. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 1148-1158.
Yang, Y., S. Huang, S.X. Meng, G. Trincado, and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2009. A multilevel individual tree basal area increment model for aspen in boreal mixedwood stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39: 2203-2214.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2008. Estimating understory vegetation response to multi-nutrient fertilization in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine stands. Journal of Forest Research 13: 43-51.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and H.E. Burkhart. 2008. Using segmented regression to estimate stages and phases of stand development. Forest Science 54: 167-175.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and D.B. South. 2008. RCDlob: a growth and yield model for loblolly pine that incorporates root-collar diameter at time-of-planting. The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 2(1): 5-11.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and H.E. Burkhart. 2007. Comparison of methods to estimate Reineke’s Maximum Size-Density Relationship species boundary line slope. Forest Science 53: 435-442.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and H.E. Burkhart. 2007. Relationship between maximum basal area carrying capacity and MSDRs. Modern Applied Science 1(4): 3-6.
Trincado, G., C.L. VanderSchaaf, and H.E. Burkhart. 2007. Regional mixed-effects height-diameter models for loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations. European Journal of Forest Research 126: 253-262.
South, D.B., Miller, J.H., M.O. Kimberly, and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2006. Determining productivity gains from forest vegetation management with ‘age-shift’ calculations. Forestry. 79(1): 43-56.
McNabb, K., and C. VanderSchaaf. 2005. Growth of sweetgum three years after planting morphologically different seedlings and two pruning operations. New Forests 29: 313-320.
South, D.B., C. VanderSchaaf, and J. Britt. 2005. Reforestation costs can be decreased by lowering initial stocking with morphologically improved seedlings. Native Plants 6 (Spring): 76-82.
South, D.B., C.L. VanderSchaaf, and L.D. Teeter. 2005. Forecasting volume and economic gains from intensive plantation management using different response curves. Southern African Forestry Journal 203: 41-47.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and K.L. McNabb. 2004. Winter nitrogen fertilization of loblolly pine seedlings. Plant and Soil 265: 295-299.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., J.A. Moore, and J.L. Kingery. 2004. The effect of multi-nutrient fertilization on understory vegetation nutrient concentrations in inland Northwest conifer stands. Forest Ecology and Management 190: 201-218.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and D.B. South. 2003. Effect of planting depth on growth of open-rooted Pinus elliottii and Pinus taeda seedlings in the United States. Southern African Forestry Journal 198: 63-73.
South, D.B., C.L. VanderSchaaf, and C.T. Smith. 2003. Number of trees per experimental unit is important when comparing transplant stress index values. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 33(1): 126-132.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., J.A. Moore, and J.L. Kingery. 2002. The effect of multi-nutrient fertilization on understory vegetation annual production. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 17(3): 147-153.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., J.A. Moore, and J.L. Kingery. 2000. The effects of multi-nutrient fertilization on understory plant diversity. Northwest Science 74(4): 316-324.
Refereed proceedings
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2008. Stand level height-diameter mixed effects models: parameters fit using loblolly pine but calibrated for sweetgum. In Jacobs, D.F., and C.H. Michler, eds. Proceedings, 16th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-24. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 595 p.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., R. Hane, J.P. Adams, M. Blazier, and E. McConnell. In press. Biomass equations following herbicide application over hybrid sweetgum afforestation sites. In Saunders, M.R., ed. Proceedings, 18th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-xx. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. xxx p.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and E. McConnell. In press. Mixed-effects height-diameter models for common ashes, maples, oaks, and tupelos in the Western Gulf. In Saunders, M.R., ed. Proceedings, 18th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-xx. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. xxx p.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and J.C. Hayek. In press. Using Bayesian methodology to incorporate personal knowledge when estimating average volume per hectare In Saunders, M.R., ed. Proceedings, 18th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-xx. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. xxx p.
Invited chapters
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2005. Impacts of multi-nutrient fertilization with other nutrients on understory vegetation Ca and P concentrations and the Ca/P ratio. Trends in Biodiversity Research pgs. 171-189. A.R. Burk, editor. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, NY.
Masters thesis
VanderSchaaf, C. 1999. Operational fertilization effects on under-story vegetation. M.S. Thesis. University of Idaho. Moscow, Idaho. 157 p.
Ph.D. dissertation
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2006. Modeling maximum size-density relationships of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations. Ph.D. Dissertation. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity. Blacksburg, Virginia. 171 p.
USDA Forest Service
Miles, P.D., C.L. VanderSchaaf, C. Barnett, B.J. Butler, S.J. Crocker, D.D. Gormanson, C.M. Kurtz, T.W. Lister, W.H. McWilliams, R.S. Morin, M.D. Nelson, C.H. (Hobie) Perry, R.I. Riemann, J.E. Smith, B.F. Walters, J. Westfall, and C.W. Woodall. 2016. Minnesota Forests 2013. Resource Bulletin NRS-104. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 134 p.
Miles, P.D., and C. VanderSchaaf. 2015. Forests of Minnesota, 2014. Res. Update FS-44. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p.
Miles, P.D., and C. VanderSchaaf. 2014. Forests of Minnesota, 2013. Res. Update FS-9. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p.
Miles, P.D., and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2012. Minnesota’s forest resources, 2012. Res. Note. NRS-175. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p.
Miles, P.D., and C.L. VanderSchaaf. 2012. Minnesota’s forest resources, 2011. Res. Note. NRS-134. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p.
Proceedings
VanderSchaaf, C.L., S. Huang, T.E. McConnell, and Y. Yang. 2020. Can a mixed-effects basal area equation fit using one species produce accurate estimates following calibration using data of another species. Bragg, Don C.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Holley, A. Gordon, eds. 2020. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–253. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 338 p.
VanderSchaaf., C.L. 2020. Economic impacts of projecting horizontal angles to the wrong height when conducting point sampling in longleaf pine plantations. Bragg, Don C.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Holley, A. Gordon, eds. 2020. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–253. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 338 p.
VanderSchaaf, C.L., and T.E. McConnell. 2020. Mixed-effects height-diameter model for longleaf pine plantations in northern Florida and Georgia. Bragg, Don C.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Holley, A. Gordon, eds. 2020. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–253. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 338 p.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. 2020. Differences in fixed-radius plot sample size estimates when using the inherent variability among diameter classes in stand tables rather than average values. Bragg, Don C.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Holley, A. Gordon, eds. 2020. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–253. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 338 p.
VanderSchaaf, C.L. In press. Estimating carbon in Minnesota forests. In Saunders, M.R., ed. Proceedings, 18th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-xx. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. xxx p.
McConnell, T.E., C. VanderSchaaf, R. Hane, J. Adams, and M. Blazier. 2020. Hybrid sweetgum volume equations for a north Louisiana afforested site following herbicide application.
Bragg, Don C.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Holley, A. Gordon, eds. 2020. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–253. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 338 p.
McConnell, T.E., C. VanderSchaaf, R. Hane, J. Adams, and M. Blazier. 2020. Wood-bark density of standing hybrid sweetgum stems at an afforested site in north Louisiana. Bragg, Don C.; Koerth, Nancy E.; Holley, A. Gordon, eds. 2020. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–253. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 338 p.
Disciplines
- Agricultural Science
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Challenges and Strategic Recommendations for Enhancing Quantification and Projection of Forest Carbon Dynamics
Munro, H. L., Woodall, C. W., Anderegg, W. R. L., Atkins, J. W., Beier, C. M., Bullock, B. P., DeLyser, K., Diaz, D. D., Eskelson, B. N. I., Evans, M. E. K., Foppert, J. D., Foster, B. C., Fox, T. R., Frank, J. M., Froese, R. E., Gaines, G. C., Gould, P., Hailemariam, T., Hall, E. S. & Heckman, K. A. & 18 others, , Nov 2025, In: Journal of Forestry. 123, 6, p. 703-734 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Growth and economic performance comparison of twenty-year-old open-pollinated vs. clonal loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) genotypes in Louisiana, USA
Ogbuka, C. E., Saud, P., Blazier, M. A., Godar Chhetri, S., Yáñez, M., Pelkki, M. & VanderSchaaf, C. L., Dec 2025, In: Trees, Forests and People. 22, 101055.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improving the Estimates of County-Level Forest Attributes Using GEDI and Landsat-Derived Auxiliary Information in Fay–Herriot Models
Alegbeleye, O. M., Poudel, K. P., VanderSchaaf, C. & Yang, Y., Jul 2025, In: Remote Sensing. 17, 14, 2407.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Currently Available Site Index Equations That Use On-Site Tree Measurements for Naturally Regenerated Longleaf Pine in Its Historical Range
VanderSchaaf, C. L., May 2024, In: Forests. 15, 5, 855.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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From Waste to Plant Production: Cattle Dung Compost as an Alternative Nursery Substrate to Commercial Peat for Producing Lettuce Plants
Mechergui, T., Vanderschaaf, C. L. & Pardos, M., Oct 2024, In: HortScience. 59, 10, p. 1489-1496 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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