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PROF RODNEY JOHN KEENAN



Contact Details

Organization: Forest and Ecosystem Science
Position: HEAD OF SCHOOL - FOREST & ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE
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Homepage: www.forestscience.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/rod_keenan/index.html
Work: 0353214124
Level: 01
Building: Unimelb Office/Labs
Campus: ILFR - Creswick

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Forest ecology global carbon cycle Australia, Canada, Japan, Papua New Guinea
Forest assessment inventory Australia, Papua New Guinea
Sustainable forest management climate change, forest policy Australia, Papua New Guinea

Languages

Languages

Language Proficiency
Spanish Speak, Read & Write

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (Forestry) The Australian National University 02-Apr-1979
Doctor of Philosophy University of British Columbia 01-Dec-1993

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Institute of Foresters of Australia 01-Jan-1979
Member Ecological Society of Australia 01-Jan-1991
Member Association of Tropical Biologists 01-Jan-1995

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING OF GOODS AND SERVICES FROM CUTOVER NATIVE FORESTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA Chief Investigator AUST CENTRE FOR INTL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH Research Grant (ACIAR) 01/05/2007
Dynamics of carbon stocks in timber in Australian residential housing Chief Investigator FOREST & WOOD PRODUCTS AUSTRALIA LTD,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Research Grants (FOREST WOOD PRODUCT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION) 01/06/2007
NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL FORESTRY COURSEWORK MASTERS PROGRAM Chief Investigator AUST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Collaborative and Structural Reform Fund (DEPT OF EDUCATION SCIENCE & TRAINING) 28/10/2007

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
PROJECT 6.1 - RECURRENT COSTS TO OPERATE THE BUSINESS SERVICES GROUP SUPPORTING DES RELATED RESEARCH PROJECTS. Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2005
PROJECT 7.1 - LABORATORY FOR DSE RELATED RESEARCH PROJECTS. Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2005
PROJECT 8.1 - DSE EXTERNAL COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION. Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2005
PROJECT 9.1 - DSE POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS. Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2005
DSE PROJECT 1.6 SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT 2007/08 Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2006
DSE PROJECT 1.7 IMPROVED MONITORING AND REPORT METHODOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN VICTORIA 2008/09 Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2006
DSE Project 1.9 Knowledge Transfer Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2006
DSE PROJECT 1.9 - ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF VICTORIA'S MOUNTAIN ASH FORESTS TO CLIMATIC CHANGE 2008/09 Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/08/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Planted forests and water in perspective
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Forest Ecology and Management
    Volume: 251
    Page numbers: 1-9
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  • Vegetation information for improved natural resource management in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Landscape and Urban Planning
    Volume: 79
    Page numbers: 127-136
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Characteristics and modelling challenges of irregular forests in south-eastern Australia.
    Year: 2007
    Event name: IUFRO International Conference on Complex Stand Structures and Associated Dynamics: Measurement Indices and Modelling Approaches
    Conference Publication: Forest Research Information Paper 167, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
    Volume: 167
    Page numbers: 8 - 10
    Publisher: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources(Ontario)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Beer bottle tops: a simple forest management game
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Forestry Review
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 432-438
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  • Beer-bottle tops: a simple forest management game
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Forestry Review
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 432-437
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Stand density management in rainforest plantations
    Year: 2005
    Book: Reforestation in the Tropics and Sub-tropics of Australia Using Rainforest Tree Species
    Publisher: RIRDC-Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation(Barton, ACT)
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Journal Articles

  • Coarse woody debris in Australian forest ecosystems: a review
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Austral Ecology
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 834-843
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • An analysis of sampling methods for coarse woody debris in Australian forest ecosystems
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Forest Ecology and Management
    Volume: 198
    Page numbers: 133-148
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Reports

  • Old growth forests in Australia: conservation status and significance for timber product
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Science for Decision Makers
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Bureau of Rural Sciences(Melbourne)
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  • Plantations and water: a review
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Forest & Wood Products Research & development Corporation
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Bureau of Rural Sciences(Melbourne)
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  • Plantations and water: plantation impacts on streamflow
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Science for Decision Makers
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Bureau of Rural Sciences(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Monitoring status and condition of Australian Mediterranean-type forest ecosystems
    Year: 2003
    Book: Advances in Forest Inventory for Sustainable Forest Management and Biodiversity Monitoring
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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Journal Articles

  • Australian forest plantations: an overview of industry, environmental and community issues and benefits
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-8
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • A strategic assessment of the potential for hardwood and softwood plantations in NSW
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Environmental Management
    Volume: 68
    Page numbers: 241-249
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  • Historical vegetation dynamics and the carbon cycle: current requirements and future challenges for quantifying carbon fluxes in Australian terrestrial ecosystems
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Botany
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 533-544
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  • Private native forests in Australia: what did we learn from the Regional Forest Agreement Program?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 141-152
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Reports

  • Bioenergy Atlas of Australia: an online Geographic Information System and Decision Support System
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Joint Venture Agroforestry Program and the Australian Greenhouse Office
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation(Canberra)
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  • Coarse Woody Debris in Australian Forest Ecosystems
    Year: 2002
    Customer: National Greenhouse Strategy, Module 6.6 (Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management)
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Bureau of Rural Sciences(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Historical background to plantation development in tropics: a north Queensland case study
    Year: 2001
    Book: Sustainable Farm Forest in the Tropics: Social and Economic Analysis and Policy
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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  • Silvicultural research and development of the new plantation systems using rainforest tree species
    Year: 2001
    Book: Sustainable Farm Forest in the Tropics: Social and Economic Analysis and Policy
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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