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Jang, Ho-Chan. 1998. Effect of ecosystem management on public acceptance of visual impacts and perceived scenic value in a tourist destination area. Ph.D. thesis. Texas A&M University, Dept. Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences. 171 p. Documents the relationship between scenic beauty, season, and messages regarding visual acceptibility in stand-level, even-aged treatments in mixed pine-hardwood forest stands (Phase II 94-95, 12 stands).
Kalidindi, N. November 1997. MSU Master of Science Special Project Presentation: Scenic beauty estimation of forestry images. Documents the relationship between digital measures of images and scenic beauty. Data used were Gritter's scenic beauty estimates and digital images of the scenes 2 and 6 years after plot-level, uneven-aged treatments in mixed pine-hardwood forest stands (PrePhase I: 90-91, 94-95, 20 plots).
Li, Ying-Hung. 1996. An integrated model of scenic beauty assessment for forest management. Ph.D. thesis. Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Dept. Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management. 172 p. Documents the relationship among a variety of psychological attributes (scenic beauty, mystery, coherence, psychological visual penetration) from summer scenes of stand-level, even-aged treatments in mixed pine-hardwood forest stands (Phase II, Summer1994, 12 stands).
Ngan, Julie.1998. MSU Master of Science Special Project Presentation: Information theory based decision trees for data classification. Documents an application of statistical decision trees to image classification of forest scenes into high, medium, and low scenic beauty categories (PrePhase I: 90-91, 94-95, 20 plots).
Ray, R.J. 1994. The cost of providing scenic beauty in the Ouachita National Forest. M.S. thesis. Mississippi State, MS: Mississippi State University, Dept. Forestry. 62 p. Documents the relationship between scenic beauty, viewer groups, and perceived logging costs from near stand views of fall scenes following stand-level, even-aged treatments in mixed pine-hardwood forest stands (Phase II, Fall 1993, 39 stands).
Yhang, W. 1994. The effect of color on the perceived scenic beauty of pine-oak plots in the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas. Ph.D. thesis. Texas A&M University, Dept. Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences. 133 p. Documents the relationship between scenic beauty, season, and perceived color 2 years after plot-level, uneven-aged treatments in mixed pine-hardwood forest stands (PrePhase I: 90-91, 20 plots)
Barlow, R.J.Ray; Rudis, V.A. (review draft) Impact of recent harvests on fall scenic beauty of near-stand views. USDA-FS-SRS Ecosystem Management Conference Proceedings, Hot Springs, AR, October 1999.
Gramann, J.H.; Rudis, V.A. 1994. Effects of hardwood retention, season of year, and landform on the perceived scenic beauty of forest plots in the Ouachita Mountains. In: Baker, J.B., comp. Proc. ecosystem management research in the Ouachita Mountains: pretreatment conditions and preliminary findings; 1993 October 26-27; Hot Springs, AR. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-112. New Orleans, LA: USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station: 223-228.
Herrick, T.A.; Rudis, V.A. 1994. Visitor preference for forest scenery in the Ouachita National Forest. In: Baker, J.B., comp. Proc. Ecosystem Management Research in the Ouachita Mountains: pretreatment conditions and preliminary findings; 1993 October 26-27; Hot Springs, AR. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-112. New Orleans, LA: USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station: 212-222.
Kalidindi, N., Le, A., Picone, J., Zheng, L., Yaqin, H. and Rudis, V. 1996. Scenic beauty estimation of forestry images. In: Proceedings: IEEE Southeastcon '97, 1997 April 12-14; Blacksburg, VA. Piscataway, NJ: Institute for Electronics and Electrical Engineers: 337-339. Presentation
Kalidindi, N., Le, A., Picone, J.; Rudis, V.A. 1996. Scenic beauty estimation database. Mississippi State, MS: Institute for Signal and Information Processing, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering. iii+ 25 p.
Li, Y.; Herrick, T. 1997. The study of factors influencing forest scenic beauty. Journal of Landscape (The Landscape Architects Society of Republic of China) 4(1): 37-49.
Li, Y.H.; Rudis, V.A.; Herrick, T.A. (review draft) A psychological model of scenic beauty by silvicultural treatment two growing seasons after harvest. USDA-FS-SRS Ecosystem Management Conference Proceedings, Hot Springs, AR, October 1999.
Long, Z.; Picone, J. Rudis, V.A. (forthcoming). Optimization of edge and line detectors for forest image analysis. Conference proceedings: 4th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2000.
Ray, R.J.; Cengel. D.J.; Watson, W.F., Clark, J.D.; Hodges, D.G.; Rudis, V.A. 1994. A benefit-cost comparison of providing scenic beauty in the Ouachita National Forest. In: Advanced technology in forest operations: applied ecology in action. Proc. 17th annual meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering; 1994 June, Corvallis, OR: 39-51.
Rudis, V.A.; Gramann, J.H.; Herrick, T.A. 1994. Esthetics evaluation. In: Baker, J.B., comp. Proc. Ecosystem Management Research in the Ouachita Mountains: pretreatment conditions and preliminary findings; 1993 October 26-27; Hot Springs, AR. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-112. New Orleans, LA: USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station: 202-211. Abstract
Rudis, V.A., Thill, R.E.; Gramann, J.H.; Picone, J.; Kalidindi, N.; Tappe, P.A. 1999. Understory structure by season following uneven-aged reproduction cutting: a comparison of selected measures 2 and 6 years after treatment. Forest Ecology and Management. 114/2-3:309-320. Abstract of presentation at the First Biennial North American Forest Ecology Workshop, 1997 June 24-26, Raleigh, NC.
Zhang, X.; Ramani, V.; Long, Z.; Zeng, Y.; Ganapathiraju, A.; Picone, J. (forthcoming). Scenic beauty estimation using independent component analysis and support vector machines. IEEE 1999 Proceedings.
Rudis, V.A. 1985. Screenometer: a device for sampling vegetative screening in forested areas. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 15:996-999.
Rudis, V.A. 1990. Sampling and modelling visual component dynamics of forested areas. In: LaBau, Vernon J., Cunia, Tiberius, tech. eds. State-of-the-art methodology of forest inventory: a symposium proceedings; 1989 July 30-August 5; Syracuse, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-263. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 84-85.
Rudis, V.A.; Gramann, J.H.; Ruddell, E.J.; Westphal, J.M. 1988. Forest inventory and management-based visual preference models of southern pine stands. Forest Science 34: 846-863.
Brown, T.C.; Daniel, T.C.; Schroeder, H.W.; Brink, G.E. 1990. Analysis of ratings: a guide to RMRATE. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-195. Fort Collins, CO: USDA-FS, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 40 p.
Daniel, T.C.; Boster, R. 1976. Measuring landscape esthetics: the scenic beauty estimation method. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. RM-167. 66 p.
Ribe, R. G. 1989. The aesthetics of forestry: what has empirical preference research taught us? Environmental Management 13(1): 55-74.
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