Note: Prof. García retired
from UNBC in December 2014, and this site is no longer updated. More
info here.
Note: Prof. García retired
from UNBC in December 2014, and this site is no longer updated. More
info here.
DISCLAIMER (this is North America): These are personal unofficial web pages and assorted stuff. They may or may not reflect my opinions, let alone those of my employer. No claims are made about the fitness of anything that you might find here for any purpose whatsoever. All trade marks, etc., are the property of their respective owners, etc.
Since April 2000 I am a Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia, occupying the FRBC / West Fraser Endowed Chair in Forest Growth and Yield, in the Ecosystem Science and Management Program.
Address:
Oscar Garcia
University of Northern British Columbia
3333 University Way
Prince George, B.C.
Canada V2N 4Z9
(Currently operating from Cochoa,Viña del Mar, Chile)E-mail: garcia@unbc.ca
Here is a short bio.
More: Resume (PDF), looong and old resume (PDF), same in
Spanish.
I sometimes teach FSTY 405, Forest Growth and
Yield. Link to the course website.
And NRES 710, Modelling and
Simulation. And more recently, NRES 798, Statistical Methods for
Ecologists (course website).
My main interests might be labeled "quantitative forestry". Most anything combining Forestry and Mathematics. Much of my past work has been in growth modelling and in forest planning desision-support systems.
Here is a list of publications, with abstracts, and some available for downloading or viewing on line.
Unpublished/unpublishable items and other bits and pieces go here.
And some of my software.
Some may find more convenient downloading from my old web site in Spain.
Link to the Chair's official Growth & Yield pages.