Internal Forest Research publications

• A full list of internal Forest Research publications including Research Papers, Technical papers, Forest Research Technical Papers, Forest Resources Services, Forest & Wood Products Research & Development Corporation (FWPRDC) Technical Publications, Research notes, Technical publications, Forest protection manual, and, Online publications.

Forestry Corporation Annual Reports

• Forests NSW Annual Report 2006/2007

Annual Reports for Research and Development

• Annual Report for 2007/2008 Research and Development
• Annual Report for 2006/2007 Research and Development
• Annual Report for 2005/2006 Research and Development

Scientific journals for 2008/09

Andersen AN, Penman TD, Debas N and Houadria M (2009) Ant community responses to experimental fire and logging in a eucalypt forest of south-eastern Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 188–197.

Angel PL, Nicholas JD, Stone C (2008) Biology of Creiis lituratus Frogatt (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), pest on Eucalyptus dunnii Maiden in plantations: morphology, life cycle and parasitism. Australian Forestry 71(4): 311–316.

Barber PA, Carnegie AJ, Burgess TI & Keane PK (2008) Mycosphaerella leaf diseases in Eucalyptus globulus plantations and adjacent native forest in the Green Triangle region of Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 37: 472–481.

Barry KM, Newnham G and Stone C (2009) Estimation of chlorophyll content in Eucalyptus globulus foliage with the leaf reflectance model PROSPECT. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 149: 1209–1213.

Bridges RG (2009) Effects of logging and burning regimes on overstorey species of dry sclerophyll forest in south eastern NSW. Initial results (1986–2001) from Eden Burning Study Area. Research Paper No. 42. NSW Department of Primary Industries: 161pp.

Carnegie AJ (2008) A decade of forest health surveillance in Australia: an overview. Australian Forestry 71: 161–163.

Carnegie AJ, Bi H, Arnold S, Li Y and Binns D (2009) Distribution, host preference, and impact of parasitic mistletoes (Loranthaceae) in eucalypt plantations in New South Wales, Australia. Can. J. Bot. 87(1): 49–63.

Carnegie AJ, Cant RG and Eldridge RH (2008) Forest health surveillance in New South Wales, Australia. Australian Forestry 71: 164–176.

Carnegie A, Lawson S, Smith T, Pegg G, Stone C and McDonald J (2008) Healthy hardwoods—a field guide to pests, diseases and nutritional disorders in subtropical hardwoods. Forest & Wood Products Australia, Victoria.

Cherubini F, Bird ND, Cowie A, Jungmeier G, Schlamadinger B and Woess-Gallasch S (2009) Energy- and greenhouse gas-based LCA of biofuel and bioenergy systems: Key issues, ranges and recommendations. Resources Conservation & Recycling. 53(8):434–447.

Fischer J, Stott J, Law B, Adams M and Forrester R (2009) Designing effective habitat studies: quantifying multiple sources of variability in bat activity. Acta Chiropterologica 11: 127–37.

Gaunt J and Cowie A (2009) Biochar, greenhouse gas accounting and emissions trading. In: Lehmann J., Stephen J. (eds) Biochar for environmental management: science and technology. Earthscan Publ., London, pp. 318–340.

Gillespie G, Roberston P, Hines H, Lemckert F and Hero J-M (2008) Heleioporus australiacus. Pp 422 In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Henery ML, Stone C and Foley WJ (2009) Differential defoliation of Eucalyptus grandis arises from indiscriminate oviposition and differential larval survival. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 11: 107–114.

Henery ML, Walis IR, Stone C and Foley WJ (2008) Methyl jasmonate does not induce changes in Eucalyptus grandis leaves that alter the effect of constitutive defences on larvae of a specialist herbivore. Oecologia 156: 847–859.

Hero J-M, Gillespie G, Cogger H, Lemckert F, and Roberston P (2008) Litoria aurea. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 256.

Hero J-M, Gillespie G, Lemckert F, Roberston P and Littlejohn M (2008) Litoria booroolongensis. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 256.

Hero J-M, Gillespie G, Lemckert F, Littlejohn M, Roberston P, Brereton R and Brown P (2008) Litoria raniformis. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 260.

Hero J-M, Gillespie G, Robertson P, Littlejohn M and Lemckert F (2008) Litoria spenceri. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 261.

Hero J-M, Hines H, Meyer E, Lemckert F, Newell D and Clarke J (2008) Litoria brevipalamta. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 257.

Hero J-M, Hines H, Lemckert F, and Roberston P (2008) Litoria castanea. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 257.

Hero J-M, Hines H and Lemckert F (2008) Litoria piperata. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 260.

Hero J-M, Lemckert F, Gillespie G, Roberston P and Littlejohn M (2008) Heleioporus australiacus. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 421.

Hero J-M, Gillespie G, Roberston P and Lemckert F (2008) Pseudophryne corroboree. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 463.

Hero J-M, Gillespie G, Roberston P, Lemckert F and Littlejohn M (2008) Pseudophryne pengilley. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 464.

Hero J-M, Lemckert F, Roberston P, Cogger H and Littlejohn M (2008) Pseudophryne australis. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. S., Chanson, N. A. Cox, R. J. Berridge, P. J. Ramani and B. E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, p. 463.

Hero J-M, Richards S, Alford R, Allison A, Bishop P, Gunther R, Iskandar D, Kraus F, Lemckert F, Menzies J, Roberts D and Tyler M (2008) Amphibians of the Australasian Realm. In: Threatened amphibians of the world. S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J.S., Chanson, N.A. Cox, R.J. Berridge, P.J. Ramani and B.E. Young (Eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 65–73.

Hunter GC, Crous PW, Carnegie AJ, and Wingfield MJ (2009) Teratosphaeria nubilosa, a serious leaf disease pathogen of Eucalyptus spp. in native and introduced areas. Molecular Plant Pathology 10(1): 1-14.

Kapambwe M, Ximenes FA, Keenan R and Vinden P (2009) Dynamics of carbon stocks in timber in australian residential housing. Prepared for Forest & Wood Products Australia. Project No: PN07.1058, May 2009. Available online at: http://www.fwpa.com.au/Resources/RD/Reports/PN07.1058dynamics_carbon_stocks.pdf?pn=PNA016-0708

Kavanagh R and Stanton M (2009) Conserving barking owls in the pilliga forests. Wingspan 19(2), 28–30.

Kent DS (2008) Distribution and host plant records of Austroplatypus incompertus (Schedl) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Australian Entomologist 35(1): 1–6.

Kent DS (2008) The mycangia of the ambrosia beetle, Austroplatypus incompertus (Schedl) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 47: 9–12.

Law B and Chidel M (2008) Quantifying the canopy nectar resource and the impact of logging and climate in spotted gum Corymbia maculata forests. Austral Ecology 33: 999–1014.

Law B, Chidel M and Spark P (2008) Long range movement of a banded Eastern Falsistrelle Falsistrellus tasmaniensis. Australasian Bat Society News 31: 19–21.

Lemckert F (2008) Observations of above ground calling by the giant burrowing frog (Heleioporus australiacus). Herpetofauna 38: 123.

Lemckert F, Rosauer D and Slatyer C (2009) A comparison of Australia’s anuran records against the reserve system. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 1233–1246.

Levin N, McAlpine C, Phinn S, Price B, Pullar D, Kavanagh R and Law B (2009) Mapping forest patches and scattered trees from SPOT images and testing their ecological importance for woodland birds in a fragmented agricultural landscape. International Journal of Remote Sensing 30: 3147–69.

McMurtrie RE, Norby RJ, Medlyn BE, Dewar RC, Pepper DA, Reich PB and Barton CVM (2008) Why is plant-growth response to elevated CO₂ amplified when water is limiting, but reduced when nitrogen is limiting? A growth-optimisation hypothesis. Functional Plant Biology 35(6): 521–534.

Pegg GS, O’Dwyer C, Carnegie AJ, Burgess TI, Wingfield MJ and Drenth A (2008) Quambalaria species associated with plantation and native eucalypts in Australia. Plant Pathology 57: 702–714.

Pegg GS, Webb R, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ and Drenth A (2009) Infection process of Quambalaria spp. on Corymbia and Eucalyptus species. Plant Pathology 58(4): 642–654.

Penman TD (2009) Book review: Community bushfire safety. Austral Ecology 34: 357–357.

Penman TD, Binns DL and Kavanagh RP (2009) Patch-occupancy modelling as a method for monitoring changes in forest floristics: A case study in south-eastern Australia. Conservation Biology 23: 740–749.

Penman TD, Binns DL, Shiels RJ, Allen RM and Plummer SH (2008) Germination responses of a dry sclerophyll forest soil stored seed bank to fire related cues. Cunninghamia 10: 547–555.

Penman TD and Lemckert FL (2008) Monitoring the green and golden bell frog: Current problems and an alternative approach. Australian Zoologist 34: 373–378.

Penman TD, Lemckert FL and Mahony MJ (2008) Applied conservation management of a threatened forest dependent frog, Heleioporus australiacus. Endangered Species Research 5:45–53.

Penman TD, Lemckert FL and Mahony MJ (2008) Spatial ecology of the giant burrowing frog (Heleioporus australiacus): implications for conservation prescriptions. Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 179–186.

Penman TD, Muir GW, Magarey ER and Burns EL (2008) Impact of a chytrid related mortality event on a population of the green and golden bell frog, Litoria aurea. Australian Zoologist 34: 314–318.

Penman TD and Towerton AL (2008) Are soil temperatures during autumn prescribed burning sufficient to trigger germination in fire responsive species? International Journal of Wildland Fire 17: 572–578.

Phillott AD, Skerratt LF, McDonald KR, Lemckert FL, Hines HB, Clarke JM, Alford RA & Speare R (2008) Toe clipping of anurans for mark-recapture studies: Acceptable if justified. That's what we said! Herpetological Review 39: 149–150.

Roff A, Turner R, Stone C, Mitchell A and Taylor GR (2008) Hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation. In: Methodology manual—imaging spectrometry for natural resources management. Editors: Mitchell, A. and Taylor, G.R. Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information, Melbourne. Pp. 153–210.

Slade C and Law B (2008) An experimental test of gating derelict mines to conserve bat roost habitat in south eastern Australia. Acta Chiropterologica 10: 367–376.

Smith SM, Beattie AJ, Kent DS and Stow AJ (2009) Ploidy of the eusocial beetle Austroplatypus incompertus (Schedl) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and implications for the evolution of eusociality. Insectes Sociaux 56(3): 285–288.

Stone C, Kathuria A, Carney C and Hunter J (2008) Forest canopy health and stand structure associated with bell miners (Manorina melanophrys) on the central coast of New South Wales. Australian Forestry 71(4): 294–302.

Stone C, Turner R, and Verbesselt J (2008) Integrating plantation health surveillance and wood resource inventory systems using remote sensing. Australian Forestry 71: 245–253.

Turner J, Lambert M, Bi H and Jurskis V (2008) Long term accumulation of nitrogen in soils of dry mixed eucalypt forest in the absence of fire. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 1133–1143.

van der Merwe MM, Walker J, Ericson L and Burdon JJ (2008) Coevolution with higher taxonomic host groups within the Puccinia/Uromyces rust lineage obscured by host jumps. Mycological Research 112: 1387–1408.

Van Zwieten L, Bhupinderpal-Singh, Joseph S, Kimber S, Cowie A and Chan Y (2009) Biochar reduces emissions of non-CO2 greenhouse gases from soil. In: Lehmann J., Stephen J. (eds), Biochar for Environmental Management: Science and Technology. Earthscan Publ., London, pp. 227–249.

Van Zwieten L, Kimber S, Morris S, Chan YK, Downie A, Rust J, Joseph S, and Cowie A (2009) Effects of biochar from slow pyrolysis of papermill waste on agronomic performance and soil fertility. Plant and Soil doi: 10.1007/s11104-009-0050-x.

Walker J, Shivas RG (2009) Bibulocystis gloriosa sp. nov. (Pucciniales) on Caesalpinia scortechinii in Queensland, with comments on Spumula caesalpiniae. Australasian Plant Pathology 38: 29–35.

Ximenes FA and Gardner WD (2008) The fate of carbon following the harvest of five commercial forest species in Australia. Proceedings of the Technical Session “Woody biomass utilization: challenges and opportunities”. Forests Products Society 60th International Convention, Newport Beach, California, USA.

Other Reports 2008-09

Carney C, Worsley P and Stone C (2009) Investigation of object-based image analysis software packages for the delineation of individual tree crowns. NSW DPI Science & Research Report. 32pp.

Chan KY, Cowie A, Kelly G, Singh BP and Slavich P (2008) Scoping paper: Soil organic carbon sequestration potential for agriculture in NSW. NSW DPI Science & Research Technical paper.

Eldridge R (2008) Research and Development Annual Report 2007–08 (Ed.). NSW Department of Primary Industries, Science and Research and Forests NSW. 65pp.

Horwood MA (2009) Final Report. A trial of baits for controlling termites in power poles. Report prepared for the Energy Networks Association. Power Poles and Crossarms Committee, March 2009.

Kathuria A (2008) Analysis of Audit Data-2008 for Valuation of NSW Conifer Forests: Report submitted to Forest NSW. April 2008, 9pp.

Kent DS (2008) Psyllids in vegetable crops. NSW Vegetable IPM Newsletter, Issue 5 – ISSN 1833-007X, pages 4–6, April 2008, 6 pp.

Luo Q, Kathuria A and Liu D (2009) Sensitivity analysis of NSW wheat cropping to climate change. Proceedings of Greenhouse 2009: Climate Change and Resources. Perth, Australia 23–26, March 2009.

Rancic A, Salas G, Kathuria A, Acworth I, Johnston W, Smithson A and Beale G (2009) Climatic influence on shallow fractured-rock groundwater systems in the Murray–Darling Basin, NSW. Published by Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW. Available at: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/salinity/09108GroundwaterMDB.pdf

Turner R and Kathuria A (2008) Forest health assessment with satellite multi-spectral imagery in the Gunbower-Koondrook-Perricoota Icon Site (GKPIS) Technical Report, March 2008, 34pp.

Ximenes FA, Kapambwe M and Keenan R (2008) Timber use in residential construction and demolition. BEDP Environment Design Guide, November, PRO36, 9p. Available at: http://www.environmentdesignguide.net.au/

Conference presentations 2008-09

Barton CVM, Adams M, Amiji B, Conroy J, Duursma R, Eamus D, Ellsworth D, Linder S, Medlyn B, Parsby J, Tissue D and McMurtrie R (2008) “Hawkesbury Forest Experiment: How will climate change affect Australia’s Forests”. Climate Action Grant Stakeholders Workshop, University of Western Sydney, Oct 2008.

Barton CVM, Adams M, Amiji B, Conroy J, Duursma R, Eamus D, Ellsworth D, Linder S, Löw M, Medlyn B, Parsby J, Tissue D and McMurtrie R (2008) “Hawkesbury Forest Experiment: Investigating the impacts of impacts of climate change on Australia’s forests”. Ecological Society of Australia, Sydney, Oct 2008.

Barton CVM, Littleboy M and Mitchell D (2009) “Quantifying sub-catchment impacts of tree planting on water yield and quality – Little River”. Knowledge transfer workshop NSW State Level Activity. Sydney, May 2009.

Barton CVM, Adams M, Amiji B, Conroy J, Duursma R, Eamus D, Ellsworth D, Linder S, Löw  M, Medlyn B, Parsby J, Tissue D and McMurtrie R (2009) “Hawkesbury Forest Experiment: Implications of climate change for water use of Australia’s forests”. Forestry and Forest Products Committee, Research Working Group 3 Land and Water Resources, Workshop, Canberra, May 2009.

Blundell A, Clulow S, Peters K and Kavanagh R (2008) “Distribution, habitat usage and observed behaviour of a southern resident population of the Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris near Newcastle, New South Wales”. Australasian Raptor Association National Conference, Coffs Harbour, August 2008.

Cowie A (2008) Invited speaker: “Emissions trading: Opportunities and challenges for forestry”. Asia Pacific Forest Industries Climate Change Conference, Sydney, August 2008.

Cowie A (2008) Invited keynote speaker: “Measuring carbon neutrality: Is my bioenergy system carbon neutral?” Woodfuel supply chain – sharing the experience. Workshop organised by IEA Bioenergy and the UK Forestry Commission, University of Warwick, September 2008.

Cowie A (2008) Invited speaker: “Soil carbon trading: Lessons learned from forestry”. Carbon farming workshop on soil carbon trading, Orange, NSW, September 2008.

Cowie A (2008) Invited keynote speaker: “Science in the marketplace: GHG accounting for emissions trading”. Science of forest carbon management conference, organised by the University of Toronto and Pollution Probe, Toronto, Canada, December 2008.

Cowie A (2008) Invited speaker: “Is bioenergy as an effective greenhouse mitigation option?” Realising sustainable bioenergy opportunities for Australia, 2008. Bioenergy Australia conference, Melbourne, 8–10 December 2008.

Cowie A (2009) “Climate change mitigation benefits of biochar as a soil amendment”. Digging the dirt on biochar. An online media briefing at http://www.aussmc.org/biochar.php, 4 March 2009.

Cowie A (2009) Invited speaker: “Emissions trading: opportunities and issues for agriculture”. Weather, climate and agriculture forum, Lismore, March 2009.

Cowie A (2009) “Direct effects of bioenergy systems on soil carbon”. IEA Bioenergy Task 38 workshop. Land use changes due to bioenergy: quantifying and managing climate change and other environmental impacts. Helsinki, 30 March – 1 April 2009.

Cowie A (2009) Invited speaker: “Carbon sequestration: Mitigation opportunities for agriculture”. Agriculture Uncovered” workshop. Sydney, 28 April 2009.

Cowie A (2009) “Climate change mitigation benefits of biochar as a soil amendment”. Asia Pacific Biochar Conference, Gold Coast, 17–20 May 2009.

Clulow S, Peters K, Blundell A and Kavanagh R (2008) “Diet of a permanently resident (non-nomadic) population of the Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris on the mid-north coast of New South Wales and its relation to seasonality and prey availability”. Poster presentation at the Australasian Raptor Association National Conference, Coffs Harbour, August 2008.

Kathuria A and Stone C (2008) “Developing an optimal sampling design for pine plantations health data”. Poster presented at the Australia Statistical Conference 2008, Melbourne, 30 June – 3 July 2008.

Kavanagh R and Stanton M (2008) “Population density of barking owls in the Pilliga forests”. Australasian Raptor Association National Conference, Coffs Harbour, August 2008.

Kavanagh R, Stanton M and Johnson-Walker C (2008) “Home-range of the Masked Owl on the north coast of NSW”. Poster presentation at the Australasian Raptor Association National Conference, Coffs Harbour, August 2008.

Kavanagh R, Stanton M and Johnson-Walker C (2008) “Diet of the Masked Owl on the north coast of NSW”. Poster presentation at the Australasian Raptor Association National Conference, Coffs Harbour, NSW, August 2008.

Kent DS and Pilkington L (2008) “Orius gracilis (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), a potential biocontrol agent for greenhouses in Australia”. Poster presented at the International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants, Asia and the Pacific Regional Section, Australian and New Zealand Biocontrol Conference. 10th – 14th February 2008, Sydney.

Kent DS and Taylor GA (2008) “Not in my back yard! A new species of Acizzia Crawford (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) damaging eggplant, Solanum melongena L. (Solanaceae) in eastern Australia”. Oral presentation at the 39th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Australian Entomological Society. 28th September – 1st October 2008, Orange Agricultural Institute, Orange, NSW.

Law B (2008) “Effects of logging on nectar production”. Annual conference of NSW Apiary Association, Port Stephens, NSW.

Lemckert F and Mahony M (2008) “The relationships between habitat and pond use by frogs in NSW”. Spoken presentation in the Herpetological Conservation and Biology Symposium of the 6th World Congress of Herpetology. Manaus, Brazil.

Lemckert F and Brassil T (2008) “Improving tree plantings as habitat for reptiles”. Poster presentation at the 6th World Congress of Herpetology. Manaus, Brazil.

Lemckert F (2009) Wildlife Training Schools. Spoken presentation at the 2009 NSW Animal Care and Ethics Committees Annual Conference. North Sydney.

Penman T, Christie F, Andersen A, Bradstock R, Cary G, Henderson M, Price O, Tran C, Wardle G, Williams D and York A (2008) “Prescribed burning: How can it work to conserve the things we value?” Australasian Fire Association Council annual conference, September 2008, Adelaide.

Penman T and Towerton A (2008) “Soil temperatures during autumn prescribed burns: Are they sufficient to trigger germination in fire responsive species? ” Australasian Fire Association Council annual conference, September 2008, Adelaide.

Penman T, Christie F and Hendersen M (2008) “Fire and ecology in a changing climate – putting the theory into practice”. Ecological Society of Australia. University of Sydney, December 2008, Sydney.

Penman T, Binns D and Kavanagh R (2009) “Managing fire and biodiversity in dry sclerophyll forests”. NSW Nature Conservation Council Bushfire Conference, June 2008, Sydney.

Smith SM, Beattie AJ, Kent DS and Stowe AJ (2008) “Ploidy in the eusocial beetle, 2N or not 2N”. Poster presented at the XXIII International Congress of Entomology, July 2008, Durban, South Africa.

Stanton M and Kavanagh R (2008) “Prey availability may limit barking owl population density”. Australasian Raptor Association National Conference, Coffs Harbour, August 2008.

Stone C and Turner R (2009) “Estimating tree mortality in Pinus radiata plantations from Ips grandicollis using high resolution imagery”. International Forest Biosecurity Conference, March 16–20 2009, Rotorua, New Zealand.

Todd M, Munks S, Hindell M, Bowman D, Richardson A, Bell P, Kavanagh R and Taylor I (2008) “Habitat use and ecology of the Tasmanian Masked Owl”. Poster presentation at the Australasian Raptor Association National Conference, August 2008, Coffs Harbour, NSW.

Verbesselt J, Culvenor D, Carnegie A, Stone C, Opie K & Sims N (2008) “Assessing severity of tree mortality in Pinus radiata plantations with MODIS time series and aerial survey data”. 14th Annual Australasian Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Conference, 29 Sept – 30 Oct 2008, Darwin.

Verbesselt J, Newnham G, Robinson A, Stone C and Culvenor D (2009) “Using MODIS satellite time-series to detect and forecast changes in forests”. International Unionn of Forest Research Organizations Conference: extending forest inventory and monitoring. May 19-22 2009, Quebec City, Canada.

Verbesselt J, Stone C, Sims N, Opie K, Newham G and Culvenor D (2008) “Monitoring health of pine plantations by trend and seasonal analysis of MODIS time-series”. 2008 IEEE International and Remote Sensing Symposium. July 6–11, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Published Proceedings Paper #3986.

Ximenes FA (2008) “Carbon in forest products: market opportunity”. Australian Forest Growers Conference. October 2008, Albury, NSW.

Ximenes FA (2008) “The decomposition of wood products buried for 44 years in a landfill in Sydney, Australia”. Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium, September 2008, Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA.

Ximenes FA (2008) “Carbon storage in forest products”. Asia-Pacific Forest Industries Climate Change Conference, August 2008, Sydney.

Ximenes FA (2009) “Issues associated with paper disposal in landfills”. Presentation given to the Paper Round Board Meeting, March 2009, Sydney.

Ximenes FA (2009) “Carbon in timber: recent research”. Carbon in timber within a national emissions trading scheme discussion workshop. February 2009, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Ximenes FA (2009) “The greenhouse implications of using wood products and alternative building materials in the construction of two popular house designs in Sydney”. Sixth Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment. February 2009, Melbourne.

Scientific journals for 2006/07

Anderson J, Law B and Tidemann C (2006)  Stream use by the large-footed Myotis macropus in relation to environmental variables in northern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 28: 15-26.

Bilney RJ, Kavanagh RP and Harris JM (2007)  Further observations on the diet of the Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa in the Royal National Park, Sydney. Australian Field Ornithology 24, 64-69.

Carnegie AJ (2007) Forest health condition in New South Wales, Australia, 1996 2005.  I. Fungi recorded in eucalypt plantations during forest health surveys. Australasian Plant Pathology 36: 213-224.

Carnegie AJ (2007) Forest health condition in New South Wales, Australia, 1996-2005.  II. Fungal damage recorded in eucalypt plantations during forest health surveys and their management. Australasian Plant Pathology 36: 225-239.

Cowie AL, Kirschbaum MUF and Ward M (2007) Options for including all lands in a future greenhouse gas accounting framework. Environmental Science and Policy 10: 306-321.

Cowie AL, Pingoud K and Schlamadinger B (2006) Stock changes or fluxes? Resolving terminological confusion in the debate on land-use change and forestry. Climate Policy 6: 161-179.

Cowie AL, Schneider UA and Montanarella L (2007) Potential synergies between existing multilateral environmental agreements in the implementation of land use, land-use change and forestry activities. Environmental Science and Policy 10: 335-352.

Cowie AL, Smith P and Johnson D (2006) Does soil carbon loss in biomass production systems negate the greenhouse benefits of bioenergy? Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 11: 979-1002.

Crous PW, Summerell BA, Carnegie AJ, Mohammed C, Himaman W and Groenewald JZ (2007) Follicolous Mycosphaerella spp. and their anamorphs on Corymbia and Eucalyptus. Fungal Diversity 26: 143-185.

Forrester DI, Bauhus J and Cowie AL (2006) Carbon allocation in a mixed-species plantation of Eucalyptus globulus and Acacia mearnsii. Forest Ecology and Management 233: 275-284.

Forrester DI, Bauhus J and Cowie AL (2005) Nutrient cycling in a mixed-species plantation of Eucalyptus globulus and Acacia mearnsii. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 2942-2950.

Forrester DI, Bauhus J, Cowie AL and Vanclay JK (2006) Mixed-species plantations of Eucalyptus with nitrogen fixing trees: a review. Forest Ecology and Management 233: 211-230.

Forrester DI, Cowie AL, Bauhus J, Wood J and Forrester RI (2006) Effects of changing the supply of nitrogen and phosphorus on growth and interactions between Eucalyptus globulus and Acacia mearnsii in a pot trial. Plant and Soil 280: 267-277.

Fox J, Bi H and Ades PK (2007) Spatial dependence and individual tree growth models I: Characterising spatial dependence. Forest Ecology and Management 245:10-19.

Fox J, Bi H and Ades PK (2007) Spatial dependence and individual tree growth models II: Modelling spatial dependence. Forest Ecology and Management 245:20-30.

Hero JM, Morrison C, Gillespie G, Roberts JD, Newell D, Meyer E, McDonald K, Lemckert F, Mahony M, Osborne W, Hines H, Richards S, Hoskin C, Clarke J, Doak N and Shoo L (2006) Overview of the conservation status of Australian Frogs. Pacific Conservation Biology 12: 313-320.

Horwood MA (2007) Rapid degradation of termiticides under field conditions. Australian Journal of Entomology 46: 75-78.

Kavanagh, RP, Stanton, MA and Brassil TE (2007) Koalas continue to occupy their previous home-ranges after selective logging in Callitris-Eucalyptus forest. Wildlife Research 34, 94-107.

Lloyd A, Law B and Goldingay R (2006) Bat activity on riparian zones and upper slopes in Australian timber production forests and the effectiveness of riparian buffers. Biological Conservation 129: 207-220.

Law BS and Chidel M (2007) Bats under a hot tin roof: comparing the microclimate of eastern cave bat (Vespadelus troughtoni) roosts in a shed and cave overhangs. Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 49-55.

Law B and Chidel M (2006) Eucalypt plantings on farms: use by insectivorous bats. Biological Conservation 133: 236-49.

Lemckert F, Brassil T, Kavanagh R and Law B (2006) Trapping small mammals for research and management: How many die and why? Australian Mammalogy 28: 201-07.

Lemckert F, Mahony M, Brassil T and Slatyer C (2006) The biology of the threatened Green-thighed Frog Litoria brevipalmata (Anura: Hylidae) in the central and mid-north coastal areas of New South Wales. Australian Zoologist 33: 337-344.

Li X, Li F, Rengel Z, Zhan Z and Bhupinderpal-Singh (2007) Soil physical properties and their relations to organic carbon pools as affected by land use in an alpine pastureland. Geoderma 139: 98–105.

Li X, Li F, Bhupinderpal-Singh, Rengel Z and Zhan Z (2007) Soil management changes organic carbon pools in alpine pastureland soils. Soil and Tillage Research 93: 186-196.

Li X, Rengel Z, Mapfumo E and Bhupinderpal-Singh (2007) Increase in pH stimulates mineralization of ‘native’ organic carbon and nitrogen in naturally salt-affected sandy soils. Plant and Soil 290: 269-282.

McNabb EG, Kavanagh RP and Craig SA (2007) Further observations on the breeding biology of the Powerful Owl Ninox strenua in south-eastern Australia. Corella, 3 (1), 6-9.
 
Penman T, Lemckert F, Slade C and Mahony M (2007) Description of breeding sites of the giant burrowing frog Heleioporus australiacus in south-eastern NSW. Herpetolofauna 36: 102-105.

Radford SL, McKee J, Goldingay RL and Kavanagh RP (2006) The protocols for Koala research using radio-collars: a review based on its application in a tall coastal forest in New South Wales and the implications for future research projects. Australian Mammalogy 28, 187-200.

Richards GP, Borough C, Evans D, Reddin A, Ximenes FA and Gardner WD (2007) “Developing a carbon stocks and flows model for Australian wood products”. Australian Forestry 70(2): 108-119.

Semeniuk M, Lemckert FL and Shine R (2007) Breeding-site selection by cane toads (Bufo marinus) and native frogs in northern New South Wales, Australia. Wildlife Research 34: 59-66.

Bhupinderpal-Singh and Rengel Z (2007) Book chapter in The Role of Crop Residues in Improving Soil Fertility (Eds. Marschner P, Rengel Z) – ‘Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems’. Soil Biology 10: 183–214.  Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Sims NC, Stone C, Coops NC and Ryan PJ (2007) Assessing the health of Pinus radiata plantations using remote sensing data and decision tree analysis. New Zealand Journal of Forest Science 37(1): 57-80.

Slatyer C, Rosauer D and Lemckert F (2007) An assessment of endemism and species richness patterns in the Australian Anura. Journal of Biogeography 34: 583-596.

Stone C and Simpson JA (2006) Comparison of leaf, tree and soil properties among mature Eucalyptus saligna in a moist sclerophyll forest exhibiting canopy decline. Cunninghamia 9: 507-520.

Summerell BA, Groenewald JZ, Carnegie A, Summerbell RC and Crous PW (2006) Eucalyptus microfungi known from culture. 2. Alysidiella, Fusculina and Phlogicylindrium genera nova, with notes on some other poorly known taxa. Fungal Diversity 23: 323-350.

Webb AA, Jarrett BW and Turner LM (2007) Effects of plantation forest harvesting on water quality and quantity: Canobolas State forest, NSW.  In: Wilson AL, Deehan RL, Watts RJ, Page KJ, Bowmer KH and Curtis A (Eds), Proceedings of the 5th Australian Stream Management Conference. Australian rivers: making a difference. Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona, NSW, pp 443-448.

Ximenes FA and Evans PD (2006) “Protection of wood using oxy-aluminium compounds”. Forest Products Journal 56(11/12): 116-122.

Ximenes FA, Gardner WD and Richards G (2006) “Total above-ground biomass and biomass in commercial logs following the harvest of spotted gum (Corymbia maculata) forests of SE NSW”.  Australian Forestry 69(3): 213-222.

Ximenes FA and Gardner WD (2006) The decay of coarse woody roots following harvest in a range of forest types. Australian Greenhouse Office. National Carbon Accounting System Technical Report No.49.

Ximenes FA (2006) “Wood products in NSW: energy budget and disposal options”.  Proceedings of the 5th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment, Melbourne, November 2006.
 
Yan H, Bi H, Eldridge R, Li R, Wu Z, Li Y and Simpson J (2006) Assessing climatic suitability of Pinus radiata for summer rainfall environment of southwest China for ecological plantings. Forest Ecology and Management 234:199-208.

Zhou XD, Burgess TI, de Beer ZW, Lieutier F, Yart A, Klepzig K, Carnegie AJ, Portales JM, Wingfield BD and Wingfield MJ (2007) High intercontinental migration rates and population admixture in the sapstain fungus Ophiostoma ips. Molecular Ecology 16: 89-99.

Other Reports 2006/07

Horwood MA (2006) A Service Trial of the Effect of Mechanical and Chemical Variations to the Preschem Bioguard Bandage on Efficacy and Environmental Performance.  Year Six Report.  Report prepared for Preschem Pty Ltd, August 2006.

Horwood MA (2006) Termite and Power Pole Research (TAPPER) trial. Annual Report.  Report prepared for the Energy Networks Association Power Poles and Crossarms Committee, March 2007.

Kavanagh R (2006) Study ensures protection for timber industry and Barking Owls.  (Ed. by J. Finlay). Science and Research Update, NSW Department of Primary Industries website.

Kavanagh R (2006) Barking Owls at home on the range. Bush Telegraph, Autumn issue, p. 7

Webb A and Kathuria A (2006) Discussion paper on the Yambulla power analysis and calculation of effect size for sediment-related monitoring programs.  Report submitted to the Department of Environment and Conservation, 40pp, July 2006.

Weinberg AZ, Kavanagh RP, Law BS and Penman TD (2007) Testing biodiversity toolkits – How well do they predict vertebrate species richness? Final report to NSW Environmental Trust.  May 2007.

Ximenes FA, Robinson M and Wright B (2006) “Forests, Wood and Australia’s Carbon Balance”. Brochure prepared for the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation. http://www.fwprdc.org.au/menu.asp?id=36&lstReports=18

Conference presentations 2006/07

Barber P, Behn G, Haswell D, Honey F, Malcolm A, Stone C and Hardy G (2007) The use of remote sensing technologies to investigate severe woodland decline in Western Australia.  Medecos XI –The International Mediterranean Ecosystems Conference, Perth, W.A., 2nd-5th September 2007.

Barry KM, Stone C and Mohammed CL (2006) Towards assessing stress in eucalypt plantations: Use of a single-crown system to test the effect of whole-tree attributes and background surface on spectral reflectance in eucalypts. Presented by KB at the 13th Australasian Conference of Remote Sensing, Canberra, November 2006.

Barton CVM and Morgan H (2006) Tree water use of a young plantation targeted at salinity control.  6th International Workshop on Measuring Xylem Sap Flow and its Application to Plant Sciences, Perth, November 2006.

Barton CVM (2007) Tree water use and growth in the 500-700mm rainfall zone of NSW.  CRC for Plant based management of Dryland Salinity Workshop on Perennial Vegetation, Wagga Wagga, March 2007.

Barry KM, Ridge S, Stone C and Mohammed CL (2006) Characterising biochemistry and structure of leaves from stressed eucalypts with reflectance spectra.  Presented by KB at the 13th Australasian Conference of Remote Sensing, Canberra, November 2006.

Cowie AL (2006) Bioenergy for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions.  Bioenergy Australia Conference - “A growth opportunity for energy and the environment”, Fremantle, 5-8th December 2006. (Oral presentation)

Cowie AL (2007)  “Market-based Instruments for GHG Mitigation in Australia”.  Task 38 Workshop - “Policies and Instruments to Promote Bioenergy and Bioproducts for GHG Mitigation”.  15th European Biomass Conference, Berlin, 7-11th May 2007. (Oral presentation)

Cowie AL (2007) “Soil carbon in agriculture, pastoral and forestry systems”.  NSW Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Research Summit, Sydney, 23rd February 2007.  (Oral presentation)

Horwood MA (2006) Understanding and Identifying Termites. Country Energy Asset Inspection Conference, Orange, NSW, 7-9th November 2006.

Horwood MA, Westlake T and Pulham L (2007) Which Termite Treatments Have Proven Effective? Network Technology Forum, Meadowbank, Sydney, 14-15th June 2007.

Kavanagh R (2007) Why are Barking Owls so uncommon in Southern Australia?  Birds Australia Southern NSW and ACT Group Annual Seminars, Sydney Olympic Park, March 2007.

Law B, Kavanagh R and Lemckert F (2006) Eucalypt plantations established on farmland in NSW: use by wildlife.  Plantations – Are they equivalent to native forests?  Workshop.  Ecological Society of Australia, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta.  December, 2006.

Morgan H and Barton CVM (2006) Patterns of tree and forest transpiration responses to rainfall in a Eucalyptus sideroxylon plantation. 6th International Workshop on Measuring Xylem Sap Flow and its Application to Plant Sciences, Perth, November 2006.

Penman TD (2007) Ecological issues for prescribed burning in NSW forests.  Prescribed burning training course, Forestry Corporation.  TAFE accreditation PIAFIR406A, PUAFIR407A.

Penman TD, Binns D and Kavanagh RP (2006) Effects of forest management practices on the understorey composition in the dry forests of south-eastern Australia. Fire Ecology and Management Conference, San Diego, USA (Oral presentation)

Penman T, Binns D and Kavanagh R (2007) Influence of fire on the understorey vegetation communities in south-eastern Australia. Bushfire CRC, Program B conference, Melbourne (Oral Presentation)

Penman T, Kavanagh R, Binns D and Melick D (2006) Patchiness of prescribed burning in dry sclerophyll forests.  Bushfire CRC annual conference, Wollongong (Poster Presentation)

Rancic A, Acworth RI, Kathuria A, Salas G and Johnston B (2006) Effect of rainfall on groundwater trends over the past century in fractured rocks of the New England Fold Belt in the Namoi Catchment, NSW.  10th Murray-Darling Basin Groundwater Workshop, Canberra, 18-20th September, 2006.

Scherl T, Penman T and Poulton B (2007) Fire management in a heating world: Potential issues and actions for commercial forest areas. Nature Conservation Council Conference – Bushfire in a Heating World. Sydney (Oral Presentation)

Bhupinderpal-Singh, Allen DE, Mendham DS, Wang W, Cowie AL, Baldock J, Dalal RC and Raison J (2007) Understanding the drivers of N2O and CH4 fluxes during the transition from pasture to plantation forests. Non-CO2 greenhouse gas fluxes in Australian and New Zealand Landscapes’ Research Forum, Melbourne, 15-16th May 2007.

Bhupinderpal-Singh and Cowie AL (2007) Quantifying char-C turnover in soil, and implications for greenhouse balance.  International Agrichar Initiative Conference, Terrigal, 30th April-2nd May 2007. (Poster presentation)

Stone C, Turner R and Haywood A (2007) Landscape assessment of native forest health – A case study in the Jilliby catchment, central coast NSW. Institute of Foresters Australia Conference, Coffs Harbour, June 2007.  (Poster presentation)

Webb AA (2006) Effects of sustainable plantation forestry practices on water quality and quantity. International Geographical Union Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 3rd-7th July 2006.

Webb AA, Jarrett BW and Turner LM (2007) Effects of plantation forest harvesting on water quality and quantity: Canobolas State forest, NSW. 5th Australian Stream Management Conference, Albury, 21st-25th May 2007.

Ximenes FA (2007) Carbon, forests and wood products. Australian Timber Design Workshops, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth, June 2007.

Ximenes FA (2007) Forestry in Australia and Climate Change. National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI) Conference: “The future of trees”, Canberra, March 2007.

Ximenes FA (2007) From the log dump to the rubbish dump: Forestry's Carbon Balance in Australia. Forest Resources Research Seminar Series, West Pennant Hills, Sydney, May 2007.

Ximenes FA (2007) The greenhouse footprint of wood products in Australia. Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) Forum: “What's our environment in the year 2030?”, Brisbane, June 2007.

Ximenes FA (2006) Wood products in NSW: energy budget and disposal options. 5th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment, Melbourne, November 2006.