Daniel Leduc

Restoring Longleaf Pine Ecosystems
2500 Shreveport Highway
Pineville, LA 71360
United States
Pineville, LA 71360
United States
Current Research
Root and stem structure of longleaf pine.
Research Interest
Growth and yield modeling of longleaf pine
Education
- S.U.N.Y. College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry and Syracuse University, M.S., Biometrics, 1983
- Unity College, B.S., Environmental Science, 1981
- Unity College, A.A.S., Forest and Park Resources, 1979
Professional Experience
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Information Technology Specialist (Computer Specialist),
USDA Forest Service,
1987 -
Current
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Research Associate,
University of Arkansas at Monticello,
1985 -
1987
Featured Publications
- Leduc, Daniel; Goelz, Jeffery. 2009. A Height Diameter Curve for Longleaf Pine Plantations in the Gulf Coastal Plain
- Leduc, Daniel J.; Haywood, James D.; Sung, Shi-Jean Susana. 2011. Comparing Planting Tools for Container Longleaf Pine
- Baldwin, V. Clark, Jr..; Leduc, Daniel J.; Ferguson, Robert B.; Baker, James B.; Busby, Rodney L.. 1998. The Not-So-Sudden Results of the Sudden Saw Log Study - Growth and Yield Through Age 45
- Leduc, Daniel J.; Matney, Thomas G.; Belli, Keith L.; Baldwin, V. Clark, Jr... 2001. Predicting Diameter Distributions of Longleaf Pine Plantations: A Comparison Between Artificial Neural Networks and Other Accepted Methodologies
- Leduc, Daniel J.. 2006. PINEVOL: a user's guide to a volume calculator for southern pines
Other Publications
- Sung, Shi-Jean S.; Sayer, Mary Anne S.; Leduc, Daniel J.; Haywood, James D.. 2020. Is planting stocktype critical to long-term field performance of longleaf pine
- Eberhardt, Thomas L.; So, Chi-Leung ; Leduc, Daniel J.; Dahlen, Joe. 2019. Comparison of juvenile wood depictions to wood property maps from mature longleaf pine
- Eberhardt, Thomas L.; So, Chi-Leung ; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2019. Wood property maps showing wood variability in mature longleaf pine: does getting old change juvenile tendencies
- Sung, Shi-Jean S.; Sayer, Mary Anne S.; Leduc, Daniel J.; Tule, James ; Dougherty, Phil ; Muir, Nicholas G.. 2018. Understanding carbon sink-source relationships in seed orchard loblolly pine ramets
- So, Chi-Leung ; Eberhardt, Thomas L.; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2018. Within-tree variability in wood quality parameters for mature longleaf pine
- Sayer, Mary Anne S.; Sung, Shi-Jean S.; Leduc, Daniel J.; Tule, James ; Muir, Nicholas G.; Dougherty, Phil. 2018. Understanding the fertilization and irrigation response of seed orchard loblolly pine
- Leduc, Daniel J.; Sung, Shi-Jean S.. 2018. A computer program to predict the quality of longleaf pine seed crops
- Eberhardt, Thomas L.; So, Chi-Leung ; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2018. Wood variability in mature longleaf pine: differences related to cardinal direction for a softwood in a humid subtropical climate
- Gonzalez-Benecke, Carlos A.; Zhao, Dehai ; Samuelson, Lisa J.; Martin, Timothy A.; Leduc, Daniel J.; Jack, Steven B.. 2018. Local and general above-ground biomass functions for Pinus palustris trees
- Eberhardt, Thomas L.; So, Chi-Leung; Labbé, Nicole; Leduc, Daniel J.; Warren, Jeffrey M.. 2016. Changes in bark composition from long-term elevated CO2 treatment: Implications for the management of sweetgum as a wood energy crop
- Sung, Shi-Jean Susana; Clark, Stacy L.; Schlarbaum, Scott; Dey, Daniel C.; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2016. Performance of container-grown seedlings of American chestnut backcross hybrids BC3 F3 generation in central Louisiana
- Leduc, Daniel J.; Sung, Shi-Jean Susana; Brockway, Dale G.; Sword Sayer, Mary Anne. 2016. Weather effects on the success of longleaf pine cone crops
- Eberhardt, Thomas L.; Labbé, Nicole; So, Chi-Leung; Kim, Keonhee; Reed, Karen G.; Leduc, Daniel J.; Warren, Jeffrey M.. 2015. Effects of long-term elevated CO2 treatment on the inner and outer bark chemistry of sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) trees
- Farrar, Robert M., Jr..; Murphy, Paul A.; Leduc, Daniel J.. 1989. Volume growth of pine and hardwood in uneven-aged loblolly pine-upland hardwood mixtures
- Gonzalez-Benecke, Carlos A.; Jokela, Eric J.; Cropper, Wendell P., Jr..; Bracho, Rosvel; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2014. Parameterization of the 3-PG model for Pinus elliottii stands using alternative methods to estimate fertility rating, biomass partitioning and canopy closure
- Gonzalez-Benecke, C.A.; Gezan, Salvador A.; Samuelson, Lisa J.; Cropper, Wendell P., Jr..; Leduc, Daniel J.; Martin, Timothy A.. 2014. Estimating Pinus palustris tree diameter and stem volume from tree height, crown area and stand-level parameters
- Gonzalez-Benecke, Carlos A.; Gezan, Salvador A.; Martin, Timothy A.; Cropper, Wendell P., Jr..; Samuelson, Lisa J.; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2014. Individual tree diameter, height, and volume functions for longleaf pine
- Haywood, James D.; Leduc, Daniel J.; Sung, Shi-Jean S.. 2013. Comparing seven planting tools for container-grown longleaf pine seedlings
- Sung, Shi-Jean Susana; Zarnoch, Stanley J.; Haywood, James D.; Leduc, Daniel; Sword-Sayer, Mary A.. 2013. Developmental dynamics of longleaf pine seedling flushes and needles
- Gonzalez-Benecke, Carlos A.; Gezan, Salvador A.; Leduc, Daniel J.; Martin, Timothy A.; Cropper Jr, Wendell P.; Samuelson, Lisa J. 2012. Modeling survival, yield, volume partitioning and their response to thinning for longleaf pine plantations
- Sung, Shi-Jean S.; Leduc, Daniel J.; Haywood, James D.; Eberhardt, Thomas L.; Sword Sayer, Mary Anne; Zarnoch, Stanley J.. 2012. Methodology and preliminary results of evaluating stem displacement and assessing root system architecture of longleaf pine saplings
- Leduc, Daniel J.; Sung, Shi-Jean S.; Wharton, Kristi. 2012. Assessing the leaning, bending, and sinuosity of sapling-size trees
- So, Chi-Leung; Eberhardt, Thomas L.; Leduc, Daniel J.; Groom, Leslie H.; Goelz, Jeffery C. G.. 2010. Wood quality for longleaf pines: a spacing, thinning and pruning study on the Kisatchie National Forest
- Leduc, D. J.; Goelz, J. C. G.. 2010. Simulation of dynamics of southern pine beetle hazard rating with respect to silvicultural treatment and stand development
- Goelz, J.C.G.; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2002. A Model Describing Growth and Development of Longleaf Pine Plantations: Consequences of Observed Stand Structures of Structure of the Model
- Goelz, Jeffery C.; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2000. Long term studies on development of longleaf pine plantations
- Sword Sayer, Mary A.; Goelz, Jeffery C.; Chambers, Jim L.; Tang, Zhenmin; Dean, T.J.; Haywood, James D.; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2004. Long-term trends in loblolly pine productivity and stand characteristics in response to thinning and fertilization in the West Gulf region
- Baldwin, V. Clark, Jr..; Leduc, Daniel J.; Peterson, K. O.; Parresol, Bernard R.. 1998. Basic growth relationships in thinned and unthinned longleaf pine plantations
- Goelz, J.C.G.; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2004. Reproducibility and Reliability: How To Define the Population of Trees That Represent Site Quality For Longleaf Pine Plantations
- Chang, S.J.; Busby, Rodney L.; Pasala, P.R.; Leduc, Daniel J.. 2005. VB merch-lob: A growth-and-yield prediction system with a merchandising optimizer for planted loblolly pine in the west Gulf region
- Leduc, Daniel J.; Matney, Thomas G.; Baldwin, V. Clark, Jr... 1999. Diameter Distributions of Longleaf Pine Plantations-A Neural Network Approach