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E. David Ford, Allison Cocke, Lindsey Horton, & Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh. Submitted Differences in canopy structure, light interception and crop production in two Zea mays hybrids with different leaf curvatures.

E. David Ford, Allison Cocke, Lindsey Horton, Martin Fallner & Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh. SubmittedVariation in leaf curvature, morphology, and anatomy in Zea mays hybrids.

Ishii, H.T., Ford, E.D., Kennedy, MC. and Otoda, T. In Press. Physiological and ecological implications of adaptive reiteration as a mechanism for crown maintenance after trees reach maximum size. Tree Physiology

Komuro, R., Ford, E.D. and Reynolds, J.M. 2006. The Use of Multi-Criteria Assessment in Developing a Process Model. Ecological Modelling. Ecological Modelling 197: 320-330.

Loosmore, N. B. and Ford, E.D. 2006. Statistical Inference using the G or K Point Pattern Spatial Statistics. Ecology 87: 1925-1931.

Aumann, C. A. and Ford, E. D. 2006. Simulation of the effects of wood microstructure on water transport. Tree Physiology 26: 285-301.

Reynolds, J.M. and Ford, E. D. 2005. Improving competition representation in theoretical models of self-thinning: a critical review. Journal of Ecology 93: 362-372.

Kennedy, M. C., Ford, E. D. and Ishii, I. 2004. Model analysis of the importance of reiteration for branch longevity in Pseudotsuga menziesii compared with Abies grandis. Canadian Journal of Botany 82: 892-909.

Edelstein, Z. R. and Ford, E. D. 2003. Branch and foliage morphological plasticity in old-growth Thuja plicata. Tree Physiology 23: 649-662.

Fellner M, Horton L. A., Cocke A. E, Stephens N. R., Ford, E. D., and Van Volkenburgh, E. 2003. Light interacts with auxin during leaf elongation and leaf angle development in young corn seedlings. Planta 216 (3): 366-376.

Ishii, H., Ford, E. D. and Dinnie, C. E. 2002. The role of epicormic shoot production in maintaining foliage in old Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir) trees. II. Basal reiteration from older branch axes. Canadian Journal of Botany 80: 916-927.

Ishii, H. and Ford, E. D. 2002. Persistence of Pseudotsuga menziessi (Douglas-fir) in temperate coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest Coast, USA. Folia Geobotanica 37: 63-69.

Aumann, C. A. and Ford, E. D. 2002. Parameterizing a model of Douglas fir water flow using a tracheid-level model. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 149: 431-462.

Aumann, C. A. and Ford, E. D. 2002. Modeling tree water flow as an unsaturated flow through a porous medium. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 149: 415-429.

Ishii, H., Ford, E. D., Boscolo, M. E., Manriquez, A. C., Wilson, M. E. and Hinckley, T. M. 2002. Variation in specific needle area of old-growth Douglas-fir in relation to needle age, within-crown position and epicormic shoot production. Tree Physiology 22: 31-40.

Ishii, H. and Ford, E. D. 2001. The role of epicormic shoot production in maintaining foliage in old Pseudotsuga menziessi (Douglas-fir) trees. Canadian Journal of Botany 79: 251-264.

Freeman, E. A. and Ford, E. D. 2001. Effects of data quality on analysis of ecological pattern using the Khat statistical function. Ecology 83: 35-46.

Ford, E. D. and Ishii, H. 2001. The method of synthesis in ecology. Oikos 92: 153-160.

Fellner M, Cocke A, Horton L, Ford E.D, Cohen J.D, Van Volkenburgh E. 2001. Possible involvement of light and auxin in plant-plant interaction. Developmental Biology 235: 457.