The Journal of Society of Irish Foresters -
Volumes 2000 to present



(Those back-dated Volumes marked with an asterisk are available to buy from Society of Irish Foresters. Other articles are available by photocopy, please email info@societyofirishforesters.ie for more details)

Vol. 63 (1&2) 2006

An early assessment of Irish oak provenance trials and their implications for improved seed production
By: Derek Felton, David Thompson and Maarten Nieuwenhuis

Juvenile wood in Irish grown Sitka spruce and the impact of rotation length
By: Aine Ni Dhubhain, Donal Magner, and Maarten Nieuwenhuis

Stability of Sitka spruce on mole-drained and ploughed surface water gley soil
By: Michael Rodgers, James Mc Hale and John Mulqueen

Growth models for Sitka spruce in Ireland
By: Lance. R. Broad and Ted Lynch

Panel data validation using cross-sectional methods
By:Lance R. Broad and Ted Lynch

The impact of calibration on the accuracy of harvester measurement of total harvest volume and assortment volume for Sitka spruce clearfells in Ireland
By:Tadhg Dooley, Traolach Layton and Maarten Nieuwenhuis

Forest Perspectives, Saint Patrick's Forest
By:Niall OCarroll

Vol. 62 (1&2) 2005*

Assessment of genetic variation in black poplar in Ireland using macrosatellites.
By: Kevin Keary, Stuart A'Hara, Helen Whitaker and Joan Cottrell

Washington, Oregan or Queen Charlotte Islands? Which is the best provenance of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) for Ireland?
By David Thompson, Michael Lally and Alistair Pfeifer

Birch seedlings can be grown to plantable size in one year using cloches in the nursery
By Conor O'Reilly, Colin Doody, Nesrin Ozbingol, Dermot O'Leary and Barbara Thompson

Herbcides and forest vegetation management: A review of possible alternatives.
By Nick Mc Carthy and Claire Mc Carthy

Farm Forestry in Ireland
By Jasmina Behan and Kieran McQuinn

Vol. 61 No. (2) 2004*

A Forestry Centenary
By: Niall OCarroll and Padraic M. Joyce

Avondale - A National Forest Resource
By: Michael Carey

Journal of Samuel Hayes
Forward by: Nicola Jennings

Tree Planting in Ireland During Four Centuries
By: A.C. Forbes

Vol. 61 No. (1) 2004*

The Role of Forests in the Global Carbon Cycle and in Climate Change Policy
By: Kenneth A Byrne and Carly Green

The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Irish Forestry
By: Patrick M. Purser, Kenneth A Byrne, Edward P. Farrell and John Sweeney

Preliminary Estimates of Biomass Carbon Stock Changes in Managed Forests in the Republic of Ireland over the Period 1990-2000
By: Gerhardt Gallagher, Eugene Hendrick and Kenneth A Byrne

Improved Estimates of Biomass Expansion Factors for Sitka Spruce
By: Kevin Black, Brian Tobin, Gustavo Saiz, Kenneth A Byrne and Bruce Osborne

Vol. 60 Nos. (1&2) 2003*

What is the best lodgepole pine seed origin for Ireland? Results of 30 years of provenance research.
By: David Thompson, Michael Lally and Alistair Pfeifer

An analysis of the effect of shelterwood, seeding density and scarification on the regeneration of Sitka spruce on a forest site in Co Wicklow.
By: Niall Farrelly, Michael Keane and Aine Ni Dhubhain

The nursing of Sitka spruce by Douglas fir
By: Richard Mccarthy and Ted Horgan

Attracting farmers into forestry.
By: Pat Lehane and Barbara Maguire

Options for farmers in forestry
By: Donal Whelan

Forest perspectives: Trees in Irish lore.
By Daithi O hOgain (Augustine Henry Lecture, RDS, 2002)

Vol. 59 Nos. (1&2) 2002*

Effect of root wrenching in the nursery on the quality of Japanese larch transplants
By: Ned Morrissey and Conor O'Reilly

The Dehesas: a study of a mediterranean silvopastoral system. Implications for temperate silvopastoral systems in N. Ireland.
By: Peter McEvoy and James McAdam

Natural regeneration within the Coillte estate:
II The occurrence of natural regeneration of lodgepole pine on clearfelled areas.

By Aine Ni Dhubhain and Dermot O'Leary
The Tree Register of Ireland

By: Mark Twomey, Aubrey Fennell and Frances McHugh
Mechanical properties, physical properties and fungal resistance of acetylated fast grown softwoods.

I Small specimens
By Colin Berkinshaw and Mike D. Hale

Vol. 58 Nos. (1&2) 2001*

Volume production patterns in six downy birch stands in Ireland
By: Maartin Nieuwenhuis and Frank Barrett

The field performance of bare-root stock compared with container stock of western hemlock and western red cedar under Irish conditions.
By: Conor O’Reilly, Charles Harper and Michael Keane.

A review of historical literature on the pruning (formative shaping) of broadleaved trees from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century
By: Michael Bulfin and Toddy Radford

The impact of soil preparation method on water-table depth in Irish forest plantations on wet mineral soils
By: Jacqueline Wills, Erik Sundström, Maarten Nieuwenhuis and Michael Keane.

Natural regeneration within the Coillte estate 1. Occurrence and extent with respect to species and association with site factors.
By: Dermot O’Leary, Áine Ní Dhubháin and Michael Keane

Vol. 57 (1&2) 2000*

Assessing and optimising the influence of plantation forestry on bird diversity in Ireland.
By: Paul M. Walsh, John O’Halloran, Thomas C. Kelly and Paul S. Giller

A comparative study of bird communities in coniferous and broadleaved woodland at various stages in the growth cycle
By: Martin Brennan and John Whelan

The National Biodiversity Plan
By: Philip Buckley

Improving biodiversity in Britain’s state forests
By: Alan W. Stevenson