Miguel F.Acevedo

ABSTRACTS

• Segarra J.G., J. Raventós J, and M.F. Acevedo. 2005. Growth of tropical savanna grass plants in competition: a shoot population model.Ecological Modelling 189:270-288.
• Delgado L.A.,M.F. Acevedo, H. Castellanos, H. Ramírez y J. Serrano. 2005. Relaciones alométricas y patrones de crecimiento para especies de árboles de la Reserva Forestal Imataca, Venezuela.Interciencia 30:275-283.
• Acevedo M.F., M. Ataroff, S. Monteleone,and C.A. Estrada. 2003.Heterogeneidad estructural y lumínica del sotobosque de una selva nublada andina de Venezuela. Interciencia. 28:394-403.
• Raventós J, J.G. Segarra and M.F. Acevedo. 2004. Growth dynamics of tropical savanna grass species using projection matrices.Ecological Modelling 174: 85-101.
• Acevedo M.F. and J. Raventós, 2002.Growth Dynamics of three tropical savanna grass species: an individual module model. Ecological Modelling. 154:45-60.
• Alderman J.H., P.F. Hudak and M. Acevedo. 2002. Chemical ratios and groundwater contamination in East Texas. Bull. Environ.Contam. Toxicol. 69:793-799.
• Acevedo M.F., S. Pamarti, M. Ablan, D.L. Urban and A. Mikler. 2001. Modeling forest landscapes: parameter estimation from gap models over heterogeneous terrain. Simulation 77:53-68.
•  Acevedo M.F., M. Ablan, D.L. Urban and S. Pamarti. 2001. Estimating parameters of forest patch transition models from gap models. Environmental Modelling and Software 16: 649-658.
• Acevedo M.F., S. Monteleone, Ataroff M. and C.A. Estrada. 2001. Aberturas del dosel y espectro de la luz en el sotobosque de una selva nublada andina de Venezuela (Canopy gaps and understory light spectrum in a Venezuelan Andean cloud forest). Ciencia. 9(2):165-183.
• Allen,H. J., W.T. Waller, J.H. Kennedy, K.L. Dickson, M.F. Acevedo and L.P. Ammann. 2001. Real-Time Whole Organisms Biomonitoring - Deployment, Status, and Future. Pp:187-192. AWRA. Annual Spring Speciality Conference Proceedings. Warwick, J.J. [Ed] Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling.  AWRA., Middleburg, VA. TPS-01-1 284pp.
• Morton M., K. Dickson K., W. Waller,  M. Acevedo, F. Mayer and M. Ablan M. 2000. Methodology for the Evaluation of Cumulative Episodic Exposure to Chemical Stressors in Aquatic Risk Assessment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 19 (4), 1213-1221.
• Acevedo M.F and W.T. Waller 2000. Modelling and control of a simple trophic aquatic system. Ecological Modelling 131 (2-3): 269-284
• Acevedo M.F. 1998. Modeling Stress in Ecosystems: Potential Application to Space Exploration. SAE Transactions- Journal of Aerospace. 107:656-662.
• Urban D.L., M.F. Acevedo and S.L. Garman. 1999. Scaling Fine-scale Processes to Large-scale Patterns using Models derived from Models: Meta-Models. Chapter 4, pp. 70-98 In: Mladenoff, D. J., and W. L. Baker, eds. Spatial modeling of forest landscape change: Approaches and applications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
• Acevedo M.F., K. McGregor, R. Andressen, H. Ramírez and M. Ablan. 1999. Relations of climate variability in Venezuela to tropical Pacific SST. 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, preprints pp:81-84, Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX.
• Ramírez H., A. Torres-Lezama and M.F. Acevedo. 1998. Análisis económico de diferentes estrategias de aprovechamiento en un bosque de los llanos occidentales venezolanos. In: Memorias del Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de IUFRO, pp: 436-451. Valdivia, Chile.
• Acevedo M.F. 1998. Modeling Stress in Ecosystems: Potential Application to Space Exploration. SAE Technical Paper Series. 7 pp. Number 981676. Warrendale, PA.
• Acevedo M.F., K.L. Dickson, T.W. Waller, S.F. Mayer and M. Lewis. 1998. Diurnal rhythms and vertical profiles of dissolved oxygen in Bayou Chico: zonal patterns, simulations and implications for productivity. In: Waller W.T., M.F. Acevedo, J.H. Kennedy, K.L. Dickson, S.H. Cairns, L. Ammann, W. Walker, D. Burke, F. L. Mayer, M.A. Lewis. 1998. Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Indicators of Ecological Condition of Gulf of Mexico Bayous: Bayou Chico Statistical Summary and Assessment Framework. U.S. EPA, Gulf Ecology Division.
• Acevedo M.F., F. Bogs, K.L. Dickson, T.W. Waller, S.F. Mayer and M. Lewis. 1998. Solar radiation profiles in Bayou Chico: PAR, high-resolution spectra and implications for chlorophyll assessments. In: Waller W.T., M.F. Acevedo, J.H. Kennedy, K.L. Dickson, S.H. Cairns, L. Ammann, W. Walker, D. Burke, F. L. Mayer, M.A. Lewis. 1998. Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Indicators of Ecological Condition of Gulf of Mexico Bayous: Bayou Chico Statistical Summary and Assessment Framework. U.S. EPA, Gulf Ecology Division.
• Ramírez H., A. Torres-Lezama and M.F. Acevedo. 1997. Simulación de la dinámica de grupos de especies vegetales en un bosque de los llanos occidentales venezolanos. Ecotropicos 10(1):9-20.
• Acevedo M.F., M. Ablan, K.L. Dickson, W.T. Waller, F.L. Mayer and M. Morton. 1997. Estimating pesticide exposure in tidal streams of Leadenwah Creek, South Carolina. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health 52:295-316.
• Newell J., K.L. Dickson, J.W. Fitzgerald, S.F. Atkinson and M.F. Acevedo. 1997. A landscape ecological characterization of the Ray Roberts Lake study area, north-central Texas: temporal variations in landscape patern, 1987-1992. Romanian Journal of Optoelectronics 5:95-110.
• Acevedo M.F., D.P. Smith and M. Ablan. 1997. Vegetation Dynamics in North-Central Texas: A Prospectus for Landscape Scale Modeling. In: D.Lyons and P. Hudak (Eds.) Geographic Perspectives on the Texas Region. Association of American Geographers, Washington DC pp:115-124.
• Acevedo M.F. 1997. Book Review: The Impact of Global Warming on Texas, G. North, J. Schmandt and J. Clarkson (eds.). University of Texas Press, 1995. Climatic Change 35:259-262.
• Andressen R., A. Robock and M.F. Acevedo. 1996. Escenarios de cambio climático por efecto invernadero y deforestación para Venezuela. Revista Geografica Venezolana 37(2):221-250.
• Schell T.T., M.F. Acevedo, F.C. Bogs, J. Newell, K.L. Dickson, and F. L. Mayer. 1996. Assessing Pollutant Loading to Bayou Chico, Florida by Integrating an Urban Stormwater Runoff and Fate Model with GIS. In: Proceedings, Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling, Santa Fe, NM, January 21-26, 1996. Santa Barbara, CA: National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. CD.
• Acevedo, M.F., D.L. Urban and H.H. Shugart. 1996. Models of Forest Dynamics based on roles of tree species. Ecological Modelling 87/1-3:267-284.
• Acevedo M.F. 1996. Book Review: The Impact of Global Warming on Texas. Edited by Gerald North, Jurgen Schmandt and Judith Clarkson. University of Texas Press, 1995. Texas Journal of Science 48(2):171
• Allen J.H., W.T. Waller, M.F. Acevedo, E.L. Morgan, K.L. Dickson, and J.H. Kennedy. 1996. Aa minimally-invasive technique to monitor valve movement behavior in bivalves. Environmental Technology 17:501-507.
• Acevedo M.F., Jaimez R., C. Maytin, G. Tonella and M. Harwell. 1995. Assessing potential impacts of CO2- and deforestation- induced climate change on maize and black bean in Venezuela. Ecotropicos 8(1-2):39-52.
• Acevedo M.F. 1995. Non-equilibrium Ecology: Chronic and Impulsive Disturbances. In: Odum H.T. (Ed.) Yearbook of the International Society for the System Sciences, pp:167-176. (Reprint of 1981). This paper published in 1981 was reprinted in this Yearbook as part of an anthology of 34 papers selected from all the papers in the proceedings of the Society during 18 years (period 1974-1992).
• Acevedo, M.F., D.L. Urban, and M. Ablan. 1995. Transition and gap models of forest dynamics. Ecological Applications. 5(4):1040-1055.
• Hanes R.A, M.F. Acevedo and F.A. Schoolmaster. 1995. The Political and Institutional Framework for Environmental Regulation in Venezuela: Implications for Free Trade Negotiations. Social Science Journal. 32(4):423-440.
• Acevedo, M.F., T.W. Waller, D. Smith, D. Poage and P. McIntyre. 1995. Cladoceran population responses to stress with particular reference to sexual reproduction. Non Linear World. 2:97-129.
• Maytin C., M.F. Acevedo R. Jaimez, R. Andressen, M.A. Harwell, A. Robock and A. Azocar. 1995. Potential Effects of Global Climatic Change on the Phenology and Yield of Maize in Venezuela.Climatic Change 29:189-211.
• Acevedo, M.F., D.L. Urban and M. Ablan. 1995. Landscape scale forest dynamics: GIS, gap and transition models. In: Goodchild M.F., L.T. Steyaert, B.O. Parks M.P. Crane, C.A. Johnston, D.R. Maidment and S. Glendinning. GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues. Chapter 33 pp 181-185. GIS World, Fort Collins, Colorado.