Jerry K Vanclay BSc(For)(Hons) (ANU) BA (UQ) DipCompSc (UQ) MSc (Oxford) DScFor (UQ) Jerry is Professor of Sustainable Forestry, leads the forestry program at Southern Cross University, and is a project leader in the CRC Forestry. Before joining SCU, he was Principal Scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research, and Professor of Tropical Forestry at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jerry recieved a higher doctorate (D.Sc.For) from the University of Queensland in 1992, and was awarded the prestigious Queen's Award for Forestry in 1997. Jerry leads SCU's research program in decison support systems for forest management (including growth modelling and yield prediction) and teaches the undergraduate subjects FOR00109 Forest Land Use and Management and FOR00110 Natural Resources Policy. His research interests focus on information systems and conflict resolution for forestry and land use management. Jerry is a member of the Southern Cross Group, a group of forest researchers and practitioners advocating incentives for better management of private native forestry in NSW. Jerry also chairs the Expert Independent Advisory Panel to the Minister for the Environment in Victoria. Jerry has written over 250 publications, more than 100 of which appear in refereed journals. He wrote the definitive text on forest growth, Modelling Forest Growth and Yield. His new book, soon to be published by Earthscan is Realizing Community Futures, a guide to the use of participatory modelling for better environmental outcomes. He has written important myth-busting papers on conservation parks, on faunal richness, and on timber harvesting. Recent research includes the Global Forest Convention, rainforest dynamics, participatory modelling, and wood properties in Eucalyptus dunnii.
Journal articles
Robust relationships for simple plantation growth models based on sparse data, Forest Ecology and Management (2010)
Three equations predicting height H = β1(t − 0.5)0.5, diameter D = β2(H − 1.3)/ln...
Bias in the journal impact factor, Scientometrics (2009)
The ISI journal impact factor (JIF) is based on a sample that may represent half...
Calibrating the self-thinning frontier (with Peter J. Sands), Forest Ecology and Management (2009)
Calibration of the self-thinning frontier in even-aged monocultures is hampered by scarce data and by...
Managing water use from forest plantations, Forest Ecology and Management (2009)
Tree plantations have developed a reputation for excessive water use, with age commonly used as...
Tree diameter, height and stocking in even-aged forests, Annals of Forest Science (2009)
Empirical observations suggest that in pure even-aged forests, the mean diameter of forest trees (D,...
Books
Realising community futures: a practical guide to harnessing natural resources (with Ravi Prabhu and Fergus L. Sinclair), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2006)
This revolutionary book is a practical guide for helping communities in any location or context...
Modelling forest growth and yield : applications to mixed tropical forests, School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (1994)
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Whole Stand Models -- 3. Size Class Models -- 4....
Tree volume equations for slash pine, School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (1991)
New tree volume equations are given for slash pine in south-east Queensland. The equations estimate...
Calculation of timber yields from North Queensland rainforests (with Robert A. Preston), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (1988)
Calculation of timber yields from north Queensland rainforests indicate that the long term average yield...
Compendium of volume equations for plantation species used by the Queensland Department of Forestry (with P J. Shepherd), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (1983)
More then two hundred volume equations for plantation species used by the Queensland Department of...
Book chapters
Potential contributions of statistics and modelling to sustainable forest management: review and synthesis (with Keith Rennolls, Margarida Tomé, Ronald E. McRoberts, Valerie LeMay, Biing T. Guan, and George Z. Gertner), Sustainable forestry: from monitoring and modelling to knowledge management and policy science (2007)
This chapter provides a review of the statistical and modelling disciplines, their techniques and potential...
Sustainable forestry in the tropics : panacea or folly? (with David W. Pearce and Francis E. Putz), The Earthscan reader in forestry and development (2005)
The profitability of uncontrolled logging can be a significant obstacle to sustainable forest management, especially...
Is sustainable forestry economically possible? (with David W. Pearce and Francis E. Putz), Valuing the environment in developing countries : case studies (2002)
Concern about the rate at which the world's forests are being depleted is wide-spread. Recent...
Spatial regression analysis of deforestation in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (with David Kaimowitz, Patricia Mendez, and Atie Puntodewo), Deforestation and land use in the Amazon (2002)
This paper applies a spatial economic regression model to analyze the relation between deforestation in...
Towards more rigorous assessment of biodiversity, Assessment of bidiversiy for improved forest planning (1998)
Biodiversity is often ill-defined and subjectively surveyed, resulting in inefficient and ambiguous estimates. Strengths and...
Theses
Modelling the growth and yield of tropical forests, D. Sc. For. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. (1991)
Conference publications
Improving the triple bottom line returns from smallholder tree farms in the Philippines: a systems approach (with John L. Herbohn, Steven R. Harrison, Eduardo O. Mangaoan, N Gregorio, Edwin D. Cedamon, and L Russell), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2007)
This paper outlines the application of Systems Thinking in investigating ways to improve the returns...
Insights from a systems view: how modelling can inform reform, Improving the triple bottom line returns from small-scale forestry: Proceedings from an International Conference (2007)
Participatory modelling is one of several techniques that can help communities to share and test...
User satisfaction: an evaluation of a carbon credit information system (with William Smart and D Bruce Armstrong), 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (2007)
This paper presents the analysis of user satisfaction with a web-based system that enables users...
FLORES: helping people to realize sustainable futures (with Robert Muetzelfeldt, Mandy Haggith, and Francois Bousquet), Forests and society: the role of research: XXI IUFRO World Congress (2000)
People usually know how they want their situation to change to secure a better future...
Priorities for international forest research (with Jeffrey A. Sayer, Neil Byron, and Dennis Dykstra), Eleventh World Forestry Congress (1997)
The world is moving towards knowledge-based societies. Economies are globalizing. The global public goods value...
Reports
Improving dimensional stability in plantation-grown E. pilularis and E. dunnii (with Carolyn A. Raymond, Michael Henson, Marie-Chantale Pelletier, Steve Boyton, Bill Joe, Dane Thomas, and Helen Smith), Forest and Wood Products Australia (2009)
Prospects for integrated timber–forage–livestock agroforestry systems for economic diversification in West Timor farming communities (with Paul van Nimwegen and David J. Lloyd), Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (2009)
West Timor is in the poorest and least developed province of Indonesia, where 80% of...
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 J Doland Nichols), Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIDC) (2009)
What the report is about
Private Native Forests are a dominant part of the...