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Eric Ribbens
Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois
Macomb, Illinois
Dr. Eric Ribbens: Publications webpage
My Publications about Recruitment and Spatial Ecology
E-Ribbens@wiu.edu
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455
United States
P (309) 255-1650
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455
United States
P (309) 255-1650
Eric Ribbens
Professor, Western Illinois University
Professor, Western Illinois University
I began my botanical career in the area of spatial ecology, although I am not
actively doing research in this area now. I was one of the first to publish
analyses of seedling distributions using a statistical technique called maximum
likelihood statistics.
10. Camarero, J. Julio, Gutiérrez, Emilia, Fortin, Marie-Josée, Ribbens, Eric. 2005. Spatial patterns of tree recruitment in a relict population of Pinus uncinata: forest expansion through stratified-diffusion. Journal of Biogeography 32:1979-1992.
9. Wagner, Sven, Wälder, Konrad, Ribbens, Eric, Zeibig, André. 2004. Directionality in fruit dispersal models for anemochorous forest trees. Ecological Modelling 179:487-498.
8. Higgins, S.I., Clark, J.S., Nathan, R., Hovestadt, T., Schurr, F., Fragoso, J.M.V., Aguiar, M.R., Ribbens, Eric, Lavorel, S. 2003. Forecasting plant migration rates: managing uncertainty for risk assessment. Journal of Ecology 91:341-347.
7. Ribbens, Barbara, Ribbens, Eric. 1999. Searching for sustainability in the Marshall Islands: development dreams clash with ecological reality. Growing Pains: Environmental Management in Developing Countries, W. Wehrmayer and Y. Mulaghetta, editors, pp. 283-295. published by Greenfield Publishing, Sheffield, UK.
6. Smallwood, Peter D., Steele, Michael A., Ribbens, Eric, McShea, William F. 1998. Detecting the effect of seed hoarders on the distribution of seedlings of tree species: grey squirrels (Sciurus canadensis) and oaks (Quercus) as a model system. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Tree Squirrels, M.A. Steele, J.F. Merritt, and D.A. Zegers, editors. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 6:211-222.
5. Wada, Naoya, Ribbens, Eric. 1997. Recruitment patterns of Japanese maple, Acer palmatum var. Matsumurae (Aceraceae): seeds, seedlings, and saplings in relation to conspecific adult neighbors. American Journal of Botany 84:1294-1300.
4. Loiselle, Betty, Ribbens, Eric, Vargas, Orlando. 1996. Spatial and temporal variation of seed rain in a tropical lowland wet forest. Biotropica 28:82-95.
3. Pacala, Stephen W., Canham, Charles D., Saponara, J., Silander, John A., Jr, Kobe, Richard K., Ribbens, Eric. 1996. Forest models defined by field measurements: estimation, error analysis and dynamics. Ecological Monographs 66:1-43.
2. Ribbens, Eric. 1996. Spatial modelling of forest regeneration: how can recruitment be calibrated? IUFRO Conference on Forest Regeneration and Modelling, J.P. Skovsgaard and V.K. Johannsen, editors, pp. 112-120. published by the Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute.
1. Ribbens, Eric, Silander, John A., Pacala, Stephen W. 1994. Seedling recruitment in forests: calibrating models to predict patterns of tree seedling dispersion. Ecology 75:1794-1806.