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Publications – Ken Mitchell

Last updated on January 30, 2024

This researcher no longer works for the B.C. Government.

Publications

Research papers listed in order of publication date.

2000 to 2005:

2000:

  • Mitchell, K.J., K.R. Polsson, C.M. Di Lucca, G.D. Nigh, S.E. Grout, and S.C. Stearns-Smith. 2000. SiteTools version 3.2. Online. Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, Victoria B.C. 
  • Mitchell, K.J., M. Stone, S.E. Grout, K.R. Polsson, C.M. Di Lucca, G.D. Nigh, J.W. Goudie, J.N. Stone, A.F. Nussbaum, A.D. Yanchuk, S.C. Stearns-Smith, and R.P. Brockley. 2000. TIPSY version 3.0. Online. Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, Victoria B.C. July 2000.

1999 and earlier:

1998:

  • Mitchell, K.J., M. Stone, S.E. Grout, K.R. Polsson, C.M. Di Lucca, G.D. Nigh, J.W. Goudie, J.N. Stone, A.F. Nussbaum, and S.C. Stearns-Smith. 1998. TIPSY version 2.1. Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, Victoria B.C.
  • Mitchell, K.J., K.R. Polsson, G.D. Nigh, C.M. Di Lucca, S.E. Grout, and S.C. Stearns-Smith. 1998. SiteTools version 3.1. Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, Victoria B.C.

1997:

  • Mitchell, K.J. and J.W. Goudie. 1997. The emperor's new clothes. In: Stand density management: planning and implementation, proceedings of a conference held November 6 and 7, 1997, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., C.R. Bamsey, (editor). Clear Lake Ltd., Edmonton, Alta. Can. Pp. 34-44.

1995:

  • Mitchell, K.J. and S.E. Grout. 1995. User's guide for producing managed stand yield tables for WinTIPSY 1.3 under Microsoft Windows. B.C. Min. For., Victoria, B.C. 74 pp. 
  • Mitchell, K.J. 1995. Simulate the Treatment Before Pruning the Stand. In: Hanley, D.P., C.D. Oliver, D.A. Maguire, D.G. Briggs, and R.D. Fight (Editors). Forest Pruning and Wood Quality of Western North American Conifers. Coll. For. Res.,Univ. Wash., Seattle, Wash.

1993:

  • Mitchell, K.J. and K.R. Polsson. 1993. SYLVER: A decision-support system for silviculture. pp. 34-44. In Les modeles de croissanceforestiere et leurs utilisations = Forest growth models and their uses, November 18-19, 1993, Quebec City, PQ, Canada, (editor) Ung, C. (editors.). Nat. Resour. Can., Can. For. Serv., Sainte-Foy, Quebec. 

1992:

  • Mitchell, K.J., S.E. Grout, R.N. Macdonald, and C.A. Watmough. 1992. User's guide for TIPSY: A Table Interpolation for Stand Yields. B.C. Min. For., Victoria, B.C. 78 pp. 

1991:

  • Mitchell, K.J., R.M. Kellogg, and K.R. Polsson. 1991. Silvicultural treatments and end-product value (updated). In: Second growth Douglas-fir: its management and conversion for value. R.M. Kellogg. (editor). Forintek Canada Corp. Spec. Publ. No. SP-32, Vancouver, B.C. Pp. 130-167. 

1990:

1989:

  • Mitchell, K.J., R.M. Kellogg, and K.R. Polsson. 1989. Silvicultural treatments and end-product value. In: Second growth Douglas-fir: its management and conversion for value. R.M. Kellogg. (editor). Forintek Canada Corp. Spec. Publ. No. SP-32, Vancouver, B.C. Pp. 130-167.
  • Mitchell, K.J., R.M. Kellogg, and K.R. Polsson. 1989. SYLVER: The link between silvicultural practices and financial return. Can. For. Ind. :38-42.

1988:

1987:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1987. Predicting the impact of silvicultural treatments on yield, products and value. In: H.N. Chappell and D.A. Maguire (editors). Predicting Forest Growth and Yield: Current Issues, Future Prospects. College of Forest Resources, Univ. Wash., Seattle, Wash. Inst. For. Resources Contribution No. 58. pp. 44-60.

1986:

  • Mitchell, K.J. and W.J. Bloomberg. 1986. Expanding concepts of growth and yield modelling to disease impacts and forest products.

1985:

1983:

  • Mitchell, K.J., H. Oswald, and J.M. Ottorini. 1983. Modelling the growth of Douglas-fir in France. Proceedings of the meeting on "Forest Growth Modelling and Simulation", Mensuration, Growth and Yield Section of IUFRO, Vienna, Austria. pp. 25-39.

1981:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1981. Impact of precommercial thinning on the yield of coastal Douglas-fir - TASS Predictions. In: Western Forest Mensurationists, 72nd Western Forest Conference, 1981, Sun Valley, Idaho.

1980:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1980. Distance dependent individual tree stand models concepts and applications. pp 100-137. In Kenneth M. Brown and F. Richard Clarke (Editors). Proceedings of the Workshop on Forecasting Forest Stand Dynamics, Sch. For., Lakehead Univ., Thunder Bay, Ont.
  • Mitchell, K.J. and J.W. Goudie. 1980. Stagnant lodgepole pine. In: Proceedings of the Research Activities Meeting (Volume II). Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, Victoria, B.C. 33 p.; Unpubl Man., Final Rep. FY-1979-1980 on EP850.02, B.C. Min. For., Res. Br, Victoria, B.C.

1978:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1978. Impact of planting density and juvenile spacing on the yield of Douglas-fir. pp. 143-158. In Joran Fries, Harold E. Burkhart and Timothy A. Max (editors). Proceedings of the Conference on Growth Models for Long Term Forecasting of Timber Yields and Forest Resources Management; Mensurations, Growth and Yield Section of IUFRO, Virgin.

1977:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1977. Forest stand development. Proceedings, Quantitative Ecology: Its application to Forest Resource Management and Education, Ruth E. Farrington Fund Workshop, Univ New Hampshire. pp. 2-6.

1976:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1976. Management and research insights acquired via modelling route. Proceedings, Workshop on Juvenile Spacing in Western Canada, Can. Inst. For., Nanaimo, B.C. 4 p.

1975:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1975. Dynamics and simulated yield of Douglas-fir. For. Sci. Monogr. 17, 39 pp.
  • Mitchell, K.J. 1975. Stand description and growth simulation from low-level stereo photos of tree crowns. J. For. 73(1):12-16 & 45. 

1972:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1972. The forest and trees in perspective. Yale For. Sch. News 60(2):5-7.
  • Mitchell, K.J. and R.M. Kellogg. 1972. Distribution of area increment over the bole of fertilized Douglas-fir. Can. J. For. Res. 2(2):95-97.

1971:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1971. Description and growth simulation of Douglas-fir stands. Can. Dept. For., Victoria, B.C. Internal Report BC-25. 32 pp.

1970:

  • Mitchell, K.J. and R.M. Kellogg. 1970. Response of a 50-year-old Douglas-fir stand to urea fertilization. Can. For. Serv., Dept. Fish. For., For. Res. Lab., Victoria, B.C. Inf. Rep. BC-X-045.
  • Mitchell, K.J. 1970. Growth prediction in managed Douglas-fir stands. Can. Dept. For., Victoria, B.C. Internal Report BC-20. 19 pp.
  • Mitchell, K.J. 1970. Recommended site index curves for immature coastal Douglas-fir. Information Report B.C.-X44, Can. For. Serv., Victoria, B.C. 14 pp.

1969:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1969. Simulation of the growth of even-aged stands of white spruce. Yale Univ. School For. Bull. No 75, Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn. 50 pp.

1965:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1965. Relationship between the crown width-diameter ratio of white spruce trees and stand density, age, and site in the interior of British Columbia. Can. Dept. For., For. Res. Lab., Victoria, B.C. Internal Report BC-01.

1964:

1963:

  • Mitchell, K.J. 1963. Variations in the growth of Engelmann spruce in a valley in the southern interior of British Columbia. Report 63-B.C.-10, Can. Dept. For., Victoria, B.C., 17 p.