The 4th Annual GCFF conference – “Productivity challenges and opportunities in Southern forests” was held on 28-30 March 2017, Dunedin.
Presentations from the conference are available to download below.
Our progress towards a system approach to precision forestry – Peter Clinton [578 Kb PDF]
Research Under the Forest Grower Levy – Russell Dale [138 Kb PDF]
Forest Fertilization: opportunities, efficiencies, and ecosystem responses – Brian D. Strahm [5.4 Mb PDF]
Advances in nutrition management of radiata – Graham Coker & Peter Clinton [577 Kb PDF]
Productivity gains from nursery research – Simeon Smaill et al. [762 Kb PDF]
Tools and models for assessing wood quality in Australian radiata pine – Geoff Downes & Dave Drew [2.3 Mb PDF]
Understanding cambium wood forming machine towards gains in commercial forestry – Bernadette Nanayakkara, Alan Dickson, Damien Sellier & Dean Meason [1 Mb PDF]
Phenotyping Individual Trees – David Pont, Mike Watt & Heidi Dungey [1 Mb PDF]
Enhancing Productivity in Southern Forests – City Forests [2 Mb PDF]
Impact of optimising final stand density on value of the New Zealand plantation estate – Michael Watt, Mark Kimberley, Jonathan Dash, Duncan Harrison, Juan Monge & Les Dowling [591 Kb PDF]
Regional differences in maximum carrying capacity of sites – the need for site-specific silviculture – Yue Lin & John Moore [970 Kb PDF]
Growing higher value pruned stands – what can we learn from long-term trials? – John Moore [1 Mb PDF]
Stimulating forest productivity and resilience – Simeon Smaill et al. [832 Kb PDF]
Ecosystem genomics – lessons from other sectors – Steve A Wakelin [2.1 Mb PDF]
The three M’s of erosion and debris flows – mapping, measuring and mitigating – Stefanie Lumnitz, Duncan Harrison, Tim Payn, Chris Phillips, Les Basher & Marie Heaphy [1.5 Mb PDF]
What lies ahead? Planning for future research programmes – Peter Clinton [601 Kb PDF]