.. - Staff THE AUSTF.ALIAN NA~ION/1.L UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY .i\NNU/1.L R EPORT 19691 -2· /. ~- 7 72/1970 Professor J.D.Ovinrton , Ph.D.,D.Sc.(Sheffie.ld~.E.F.S.,F.Inst&Biol. Reader, Dr. L.T.Carron 9 M.Sc,For.(Qld.)~Dio.F~r.(Cbton.). Senior Lecturers E. P. Bache lard, B.Sc. (Melb.) ,M. F. , Ph.D. (Yale) • R.G.Florence, M.Sc.(Qld.),Ph,D.(Syd.). C.D.Hamilton,B.Sc.(.W,Aust.) ,M.S.C. ,(A.N.U.). W.A.Heather ,U. Sc. (Syd.) ,Ph,D, (A .. N. U .) • Lecturers K.W.Groves,B.Sc.(For.)(Wales). E.D.ParkesjB.A~r.Sc.(New Zeal.),M.Agr.Sc.(New .z.e.al.). K.R.Shepherd,B.Sc.(For.)(Syd.),Ph.D.(Melb.). D.~.Stodart,B.E,(Civil) , (Adel.)~M.S.in C.E.!Te~). M.T.Tanton,B,Sc.,Ph.D.,D.I.C.(Lond . ),A.R.C.S- G.B.Wood,B.Sc.For.(Qld.),Dip.Fo~.(Oxon.). Senior J.C.G.Banks,B.Sc.(For)A,N.U. Demonstrators M.U.Slee, M.Sc.(A.N.U.). P.R.Stevens,B.Agr.Sc.(N'-W' Zeal.),M,¾tr,~c.LNe:w Ze.al.>~ West Australia B.H.Pratt,B.Agr.Sc.,Ph.D.(Adel.). Post Doctoral Fellow There were / few staff changes in 1969. Dr. P. Rudman resigned on taking up an appqlntment with the Collep~·of Advanced Education. Dr. L.T. Carron was / promoted to Reader and Mr. J.C. G. Banks to Senior Deoonstrator. Introduction The Department of Forestry is the national centre for higher forestry education and trains the maiority of forest officers employed by the Australian Forest Services to protect, develop and utilise the forest resource •. In addition the Deoartment plays an important international role in forestry training, about 10 ner cent of the undergr~te students come- from other countries, particularly those of S,E.Asia. The under- graduate course aims at intep.rating the bioloi!ical 9 physical, economic and social aspects of forestry to provide a basic understanding of the principles of nntural resource management. The Department of Forestry also conducts an active research programme covering the variety of interests as sociated with forestry. Whilst most of the research is of a fundamental nature, it has considerable application to the practical problems facing forestry and the forest based industries. Three main lines of research can be distinguished (a) Forest biology and ecosystem functioning (b) Forest 1!18.nape~ent and (c) Wood properties.
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Staff
THE AUSTF.ALIAN NA~ION/1.L UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
.i\NNU/1.L REPORT 19691
-2· /. ~- 7 72/1970
Professor J.D.Ovinrton , Ph.D.,D.Sc.(Sheffie.ld~.E.F.S.,F.Inst&Biol.
Reader, Dr. L.T.Carron 9M.Sc,For.(Qld.)~Dio.F~r.(Cbton.).
Senior Lecturers E. P. Bache lard, B.Sc. (Melb.) ,M. F. , Ph.D. (Yale) •
There were/ few staff changes in 1969. Dr. P. Rudman resigned
on taking up an appqlntment with the Collep~·of Advanced Education.
Dr. L.T. Carron was / promoted to Reader and Mr. J.C. G. Banks to Senior
Deoonstrator.
Introduction
The Department of Forestry is the national centre for higher forestry
education and trains the maiority of forest officers employed by the
Australian Forest Services to protect, develop and utilise the forest
resource • . In addition the Deoartment plays an important international
role in forestry training, about 10 ner cent of the undergr~te students
come- from other countries, particularly those of S,E.Asia. The under
graduate course aims at intep.rating the bioloi!ical 9 physical, economic
and social aspects of forestry to provide a basic understanding of the
principles of nntural resource management.
The Department of Forestry also conducts an active research
programme covering the variety of interests associated with forestry.
Whilst most of the research is of a fundamental nature, it has
considerable application to the practical problems facing forestry and
the forest based industries. Three main lines of research can be
distinguished (a) Forest biology and ecosystem functioning (b) Forest
1!18.nape~ent and (c) Wood properties.
- 2. 72/1970
Developments in 1969
(a) Buildin~s and Facilities : The new buildings proved very satisfactory and functional, consequently the teaching and research activities of the Department have been greatly facilitated an~ imnroved.
(b) Undcr17raduate Course With the assistance and advice of th8 Advisory Committee on Forestry Education the unit/ semester arrangements were introduced in 1969 . The transfer pericd was particularly involved for forestry because of the different stapes of student advancement in the underpraduate course but throu~h the cooperation of the staff the changeover went reflarkably smoothly. Details of stuccnt~ performance in the various undergraduate units are given in the table.
The Schlich ll.emorial Prize was awarded to P.W.West (S. A.), the Timbind UtilisRtion Prize to P.H. Forster (Qld) and the Com~onwealth Forestry Bureau Book Prize to A.J.Kloeden (A. p • }'.)
The award of thirteen honours degrees was recoIIIIl!.ended, details of authors and titles follow ~
Bacon G.J. Pigment content RS in index of physiological stress in Pinus radiata seedlinr,s.
Buick, F.G. Hechanical stress gradinp of radiata pine.
Coyne, r.D. The Black ~ountain reserve , description and manapement.
Jehne, W. Hycorrhizal T'rotecti0n of Pinus radiata D.Don seedlings from pathcpenic root infection.
Johnson, D. ~ . n study of snatial vflriation under several species of eucalynts in the A.C.T.
Kloeden$ f. .J. Soil-site studies of Pinus radiata D.Don with rarticular emphasis on soil moisture availability.
Lee , H.S. A study of the variation in wood density in radiate Dine (Pinus radiata D.Don) stems from Pierces Creek , A.C.T.
Liew , T.C . The rcle of tree nhysiolorY in forestry.
Loane, D.L. Preliminary studies on shoot nroduction from eucalypt lignotubers •
..renzies M. I. Variation in the relative water content of foliage in the crown of a Pinus radiate D.Don saoling.
Neville, G.A. Decay resistance of Pinus radiata D.Don.
Wells, G.C. Evaluation of n0ssit.le factors inhibitory to seedling prowth on second rotation Pinus radiata soils.
West , F.W. Fluororn.etric assay and nhysiology of bound and free Indole-3-acetic acid in Pinus radiata D.Don.
(c) rostgraduate Courses In 1969 the first µostpraduate Ph.D. students in forestry at A.N.U. comnleted their courses. All four students involved were successful and the external examiners reported very favourably on the high standard of the theses presented . The students and titles rf the theses were as follows "
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L.T.Carron. t- volume tnriff system for even-agedfu rests of Pinus radiata .
F.T.Fenton. The silviculture and nrofitability of plantation forestry in Ne~ Zealand.
W.G.Forrest. Variations in the accumulation; distribution and movement of mineral nutrients in radiata pine plantations.
Genetic and environr.cntal factors influencin? commercially important wood proDerties of Eucal yn tus re En ans F. v, lf .
t1r,J . S,.i\rostrong, the first ~~.sc.postrraduatc student successfully completed
his course in 1969, the title of the thesis beinp. as follows
Grants
J.S . ArMstronr . The developroent and aprlication of computer sinulation models to biolorical systems.
Income during the year from outside research grants was over $21,0CO
made up as follows -
Western Australia Forest Service Grant tustralian Research Grants Committee tepartment of the Interior and the National
Capital Development CoI!lI'lission Land Use research Grant
Nuffield Foundation Inventory rrant Australian Pafler !vfanufacturers Hardys Joinery Pty, Ltd., Gift of valuable books frori R.Slinn
C6,000 $2,689
$4,840 $3,500 $3,500 $ 50
~ew Grants awarded durinE the year to become op rative next year
were received from the Pinus Radiata Association ($200), National
Capital Development Commission ($2,500 ) and the Australian ?~search
Grants Committee ( $14 , 720). In addition the T}epartment of Forestry
has continued to supervise the LaotiRn ~cafforestation Project ($252,700).
Conferences, Overseas Visits and Visitors
Professor Ovin~ton attended international meetinr,s in January in
Loncfon on behalf of the Inte rnational Biolop.ical Prorramme j and the
International Botanical Con?ress in Seattle, U.S.!. iD August on behalf
of UNESCO . In November he carried out a~ project for the Smithsonian
Institute in India and Ceylon .
On an assignment for External fiffairs Dr. K.R.Shepherd spent
eight weeks in Fiji and prcpare<l a detailed report on a development
plan for tree improvement in Fiji. Re also attended the Second World
Consultation on Forest Tree Er eedinp- held in Uashington D.C ., U. S.A.
As nart of the Laotian P.eaffores tation Project Dr .P.P.Stcvens
spent three months in Laos comrletinp, soil survey studies .
Several staff members contributed to scientific meetings in
J1ustralia particularly at ANZAt-S in tdelaide, the Perth All Australia
Timber Congress, the Forest Research Conference in Canberra and the
Phytophthora research neetinp in Perth.
As previously, Many overseas visitors came to the Depart~ent,
usually for a period of one or two weeks , but some stayed for several
months and contributed sifnificantly to depart~ent activities.
Typical of these were Professor L. S . Hemilton (US;\) , Professor K.
Kinashi (Japan)~ }fessrs. Phouvonu and Bouonloth (Laos) , Professor
Janet Stein (Canada ) and !fr. t; . Nelson (USA).
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Student and Staff Participation
As in nrevious years, consideraele formal and infernal contact has occurred between staff and students in the Department of Forestry.
Once or twice in each tcr~ formal meetin8s have been held between all the acader.1ic staff and all the students (or their twelve elected representatives), /\ wide ranp:e of toT_)ics have been considered ranginp fron the organisation of nractical classes to Ticthods of exacination within the De~artment. ~ special staff-student ~athering where library operatin~ problems were discussed proved nost profitable because of the helpful attitude of the librarian who agreed to participate. In addition semi-formal meetin~s between various staff members and student representatives have been held in relation to (1) the preparation of 'The Forestry Loe' the student and departmental publication, (2) the activities of the Forestry Society and (3) the organisation of orientation week for incomin? forestry students.
Informal contacts have occurred in a great variety of ways such as (1) attendance at forestry society dances (2) staff versus student sporting competitions (3) the forestry dinner and the opportunity provided for students to let off steam there (4) the involvement of staff in Halls of Residence and Colleges (5) frank discussions between staff and students having personal problems (6) at meetings of the Institute of Forestry, (7) most important of all by the informality of field classes and field excursions, (8) Forestry seminars and (9) ntaff hospitality to students.
Publications
. + Amstrong, J.S.* & Karman~ H. The use of
Electronic Display in Road Desirn. Vol. 2lt, No. 8,: 247-251.
a Digital Computer with New Zealand Engineering
Eachelard, E.r. Principles and problems in the control of woody weeds. Proceedings of the Weed Society of New South Wales.2~15-22.
Bachelard, E.P. in soil.
& Johnson, M.E. f study of the persistence of herbicides f ustralian Forestry. 33 . 19-24.
Eachelard, E.P. Studies on the fomaticn cf epicormic shoots on eucalypt stem se~ments. tustralian Journal of Iliolo£ical Sciences. 22 : 1291-6.
Bachelard, E.P. Effects of pibberellic acid on intemode growth and starch contents of Eucalyntus camaldulcnsis scedlinps. New Phytologist. 68 1017-22.
Bachelard, E.P. Herbicides - an Ecolop.ical tool in forest management. Procecdin3s of the Ec.olop:ical Society of /ustralia. 3 ~ 77-82.
Boden, P.W. The role of ecology in the provision of rural recreation, Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia. 4 ~8-16.
Carron, L. T. Tree and Timber t,<!easurement. In Growinp Trees on Pustralian Farms. Ed. Brown & Hall. Forestry & Timber Bureau, Canberra. 305-313,
Eldrid~e, K.G.* Physiolorical studies of altitudinal variation in Eucalyptus repnans. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia. 3 ~ 70-76.
Florence , ? • (:. The application of ecology to foren t r;ianar,el'!ent with particular reference to eucalyrt forests. Proceedings of the Ecolorical Society of Australia. 4 82-100.
''( Former member. Lase~ on wad. done while a meID.ber of the Departmer,t.
t Not a ~ember of this University.
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Florence~ .G. Variation in Elackbutt. Auctrali~n Forestry, 33 : 83-93.
+ + Freney, J. P., Helville, C.£., & Williams, C.H. Extraction, chemical nature, and properties of soil orpanic sulphur. Journal of the SeienceiFoo<l and Ppriculture. 20 440-445.
Gillison , A.N. Plant succession in an irrer ularly fired prassland are2 -Doma Peaks region, Papua , Journal of Ecolopy. 57 : 415-428,
+ Groves, K.W. & /nton, t . C'rcen versus fir cried Luilcinp timber. Institute of Foresters of 1'ustralia Newsletter. Vol.10 .No. 3 27-28.
Hamilton, C.D. Tree plantin8 around the Homestead. Trees on f.ustralian Farms. Ed. Lrown & Hall, Bureau, Canberra. 32-44.
In Growing Forestry & Timber
Heather, W.A. Tree diseases. In Growing Trees on Australian Farms. Ed. Brown & Hall. Forestry & Timber Eureau 2 Canberra. 26.4-270.
Melville , G.E., Freney, J. P.+ & Willians, C.H.+ Investieation on the use of a chelating resin for the extraction of sulphur from soil, Journal of the Science , Food anc Agriculture. 20: 203-206.
Ovington , J.D. Ecrlogy · an applied science. Proceedings of the Ecolo~ical Society of tustralia. 4 : 1-7.
Ovington, J.D. The Iepartment of Forestry - Australian National University. Commonwealth Forestry Review. Vol.48(1) .. No.135
Ovington , J.D. Management prob lems of national ~arks. In The Last of the Lands, ed. L.J ,Webb , D.Whitelock, J ,LeGay Prereton, The Jacaranda r ress . 36-42.
5-4-56.
Ovington, J.D. Skoren . milj~kydd r&vara rekreationskalla. Swedish translation of 'v1oodlands'. Pt Norste<lt Et Soners forlag~ Stockholm 158pp.
Ovington , J.D. & Ha~ilton, C.D. The role of trees and forests in the A.C.T. Australian Par~s. Vol. 6 · 25-32.
Shepherd, K.~. P develo~ment plan fnr tree imDrovement in Fiji. Der,artment of External J,ffairs , Car.berra. 47pp.
Tanton, M.T. Protection af ainst insects and ether animals. In Growing Trees on Australian Fanns. ed. Erown & Hall. Forestry & Timber Bureau 0 Canberra, 249-263.
Tanton , t1.T. The es timation and biolo~y of a population of the bank vole Cle therioncmyo f'lareoluc; (Sehr) and wood nouse /lnod€·mus sylvaflcus (L). Journal of tnimal Ecology. 38 ; 511-529.
Tanton, M.T. A corer f or samplinp soil and litter arthropods. 50 . 134-135.
Ecology.
Wood, J.P. & Bachelard, E.P. Variations in chlorophyll concentration in the foliare of radiata pine. 1.ustralian Forestry. 33 : 119-28.
+ Not a member of this University.
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