Associate Professor J. Doland Nichols BSc(Oregon) MSc(Forestry)(Purdue) PhD(NthnArizona) Assoc Prof J. Doland Nichols began working in forestry in silviculture with the United States Forest Service in the Douglas fir region of western Oregon. Doland became interested in tropical forestry and spent six years in Costa Rica working as a forestry researcher, lecturer, and forestry extensionist, including projects for the Organization for Tropical Studies (USA). His Master's research at Purdue University, USA, was done on the ecology and silviculture of Terminalia amazonia in Costa Rica, where he still has on-going projects. His PhD research involved studies on the tropical tree Milicia excelsa at the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) West Africa. He served as Forestry project leader and lecturer on the Pacific island of American Samoa. Since coming to SCU in late 1998, Doland has worked with mixed subtropical rainforest in natural and planted stands, on various forest health issues, including psyllids in plantations of Eucalyptus dunnii, and on bell-miner associated dieback, in native eucalypt forest silviculture, and on pruning and thinning regimes in eucalypt plantations. Current research topics include: Rainforest ecology & regeneration Subtropical/tropical silviculture Agroforestry Tree species diversity in natural forests Mixed species plantations
Journal articles
A review of site-preparation, fertilizer and weeding practices for tropical plantation species with recommendations for whitewood (Endospermum medullosum) in Vanuatu (with RGB Smith, Kevin Glencross, John C. Grant, and Mesek Sethy), International Forestry Review (2012)
The development of plantations with a new species, such as is occurring with the endemic...
A strategy of Ca2+ alleviating Na+ toxicity in salt-treated Cyclocarya paliurus seedlings: photosynthetic and nutritional responses (with Ruiling yao and Shengzuo Fang), Plant Growth Regulation (2012)
Cyclocarya paliurus seedlings were subjected to 85 mM NaCl and 0, 6, 12 or 18...
Constraints to whitewood (Endospermum medullosum) plantation development on Santo Island, Vanuatu (with Rodney Aru, John C. Grant, Andrea J. Leys, Kevin Glencross, Mesek Sethy, Kate Convery, and Rexon Viranamangga), International Forestry Review (2012)
Valuable timber trees in accessible sites in Vanuatu have been mostly removed by logging. There...
Depth distribution of roots of Eucalyptus dunnii and Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata in different soil conditions (with John Campbell Grant, R Ling Yao, R Geoff B Smith, Paul D. Brennan, and Jerome K. Vanclay), Forest Ecology and Management (2012)
Understanding depth distribution of roots may help develop an understanding of plant productivity and the...
Domestication of native tree species for timber plantations: key insights for tropical island nations (with Jerome K. Vanclay), International Forestry Review (2012)
A review of tree domestication principles, practices and case studies illustrates the importance of a...
Popular press
Domesticating native tree species for development in small island nations (with A G. Bartlett and Jerome K. Vanclay), International Forestry Review (2012)
Conference publications
Information sources and dispersal channels in the extension of pasture weed management technologies in southern eastern Kenyan rangelands (with Munyasi J. Wanjala and David J. Lloyd), Australian Pacific Extension Network Forums (2003)
This paper analyses perceived constraints encountered by farmers while sourcing appropriate information through various communication...
Other
Sustainable private native forestry – timber production, biodiversity and soil and water indicators and their applicability to northeast NSW (with V Alex Jay, David Sharpe, and Jerome K. Vanclay), Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIDC) (2009)
What the report is about
Private Native Forests are a dominant part of the landscape...