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DR TOM BAKER



Contact Details

Organization: Forest and Ecosystem Science
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
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Work: 94508687
Level: 02
Building: 123 Brown Street Heidelberg
Campus: Heidelberg

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Forest Science (Honours) University of Melbourne 19-Mar-1977
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 01-Oct-1982

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.

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
DPI- PROD & SUS PLANT Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2004
TIMBERCORP R&D Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT - USE CUST 57383 01/07/2004
MIDWAY R&D Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2004
DSE-BIOENERGY Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2004
GVRWA- EFF/IRR PLANTS Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2004
FSF PLANT NUTRITION Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2004
CSIRO- ALRTIG Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2004
WERRIBEE THINNING Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2004
HANCOCK VP R&D Chief Investigator HANCOCK VIC PLANTATIONS - USE CUST NO 58445,
DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT - USE CUST 57383		 01/07/2004
FOR.TAS. -SOURCING EUC Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/08/2004
CVFP- E. CLADOCALYX Chief Investigator CENTRAL VIC FARM PLANTATIONS COMMITEE 22/11/2004
PROJECT 4.1 - PRODUCTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE PLANTATIONS. Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2005
FOREST HEALTH SERVICES FOR HANCOCK VICTORIAN PLANTATIONS PTY LTD 05/06 Chief Investigator HANCOCK VIC PLANTATIONS 01/07/2005
DSE Project 1.6 Productive and Sustainable Plantations Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2006
DSE PROJECT 1.8 MODELLING ECOSYSTEM GOODS AND SERVICES 2008/09 Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2007
PRODUCTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE PLANTATIONS Chief Investigator DEPT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES - VIC 01/07/2007

Consultancies

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
REVIEW ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON MALLEE GROWTH AND BIOMASS DATA Chief Investigator UMEE LTD

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 2008

Reports

  • Predicting and managing the impacts of commercial plantations on catchment water balances
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation (FWPRDC)(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Silviculture of eucalypt plantations in southern Australia for high value solid wood products


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Ciencia e Investigacion Forestal
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 13
    Page numbers: 43-57
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  • A regionalised growth model for Eucalyptus globulus plantations in south-eastern Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 70
    Issue: 00049158
    Page numbers: 93 - 107
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  • Modelling and prediction of dominant height and site index of Eucalyptus globulus plantations using a nonlinear mixed-effects model approach
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1390 - 1403
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Growth response to thinning in a productive Eucalyptus globulus plantation in Victoria, Australia


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Plantation Euclayptus: Challenge in Product Development
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the International Conference on Plantation Euclayptus
    Page numbers: 30-37
    Publisher: Science Press(Beijing)
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  • Plant Available Water in the 3-PG Forest Growth Model


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Forest Soils and Ecosystem Health
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Forest Soils and Ecosystem Health
    Page numbers: 39-41
    Publisher: Griffith University(Griffith)
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  • Predicting the impacts of plantation on catchment water balances using the 3PG Forest Growth Model
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Land, Water and Environment Management: Integrated systems for Sustainability
    Conference Publication: MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Page numbers: 2237-2243
    Publisher: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australasia(Canberra)
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Reports

  • Effects of thinning intensity on stem form, taper and stem volume in a 22-year-old Eucalyptus nitens plantation at Goulds Country, Tasmania. Technical Report 170, Corporative Research Centre for Forestry
    Year: 2007
    Customer: CRC Forestry
    Publisher: CRC FORESTRY(HOBART, TASMANIA)
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Publications in 2006

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Silviculture of eucalypt plantations in southern Australia for high-value solid wood products
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 2nd Latin American IUFRO Congress, La Serena
    Conference Publication: 2nd Latin American IUFRO Congress
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: INFOR
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Growth and silvicultural management of irrigated plantations
    Year: 2005
    Book: New forests: wood production and environmental services
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Journal Articles

  • Developing and validating taper models for Eucalyptus globulus plantations using a sequential accuracy testing approach
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Forest Biometry, Modelling and Information Sciences
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 51-62
    Publisher: FMBIS Group, University of Greenwich(London)
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  • Effect of thinning and fertilizer on the cellulose crystallite width of Eucalyptus globulus
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Wood Science and Technology
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 569-578
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Effects of salinity on field grown Eucalyptus camaldulensis, E. globulus and E. grandis
    Year: 2005
    Event name: International Salinigy Forum. Managing Saline Soils and Water: Science, Technology and Social Issues
    Conference Publication: International Salinity Forum
    Page numbers: 177-180
    Publisher: University of California(Riverside)
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Reports

  • Blue Gum Plantation Management System
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation (FWPRDC)(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2004

Computer Software Products

Audio Visual Recordings

    Publications in 2003

    Journal Articles

    • The potential availability of plantation roundwood
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Australian Forestry
      Volume: 66
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 30-36
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    Publications in 2002

    Journal Articles

    • Soil Analyses as Indicators of Phosphorus Response in Young Eucalypt Plantations
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Soil Science Society of America Journal
      Volume: 66
      Issue: 3
      Page numbers: 959-968
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