Publications and references


  • IUFRO Acacia 2014 Conference "Sustaining the Future of Acacia Plantation Forestry"; Hue, Vietnam; 18-21 March 2014. Units involved: 2.08.07, 1.02.06, 2.04.01.
    Book of Abstracts - Special issue of Southern Forests, Vol. 77 Issue 1, 2015 "Sustaining the Future of Acacia Plantation Forestry", featuring papers arising from the conference available at http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tsfs20/77/1
     
  • Nicholas, I. and Brown, I. 2008: Best Practice with Farm Forestry Timber Species, No. 4: Blackwood - NZFFA electronic handbook series No. 4.
    Webpage: http://www.nzffa.org.nz/special-interest-groups/acacia-melanoxylon-interest-group-organisation
     
  • Nicholas, I. 2007: Understanding blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) markets; an opportunity for improving blackwood plantation returns. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 52(3): 17-20.
     
  • Berril, J. P., Nicholas, I. D. and Gifford, H. H. 2007: Preliminary growth and yield models for even-aged Acacia melanoxylon plantations in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 37 (1): 37-56.
     
  • Using and Managing Acacias: Proceedings of a Blackwood Industry Group (BIG). Victoria, 26-29 April 2006.
    Webpage: https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/07-095
     
  • Blackwood Management. Learning from New Zealand, 2004:
    Webpage: https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/04-086
     
  • Silvicultural management of Blackwood: Growth, form & quality: 2004:
    Webpage: https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/04-046
     
  • Pinilla, J.C.; Molina, M.P., y Gutiérrez, B. 2004: Incorporation of the Acacia Gender Species to Chilean Forest Production; 2004;
    Webpage: http://www.iufro.org/download/file/6846/1361/article-nft-news-pinilla2004.pdf
     
  • Nicholas, I.D. and Brown, I.D. 2002: BLACKWOOD-A Handbook for Growers and End Users. Forest Research Bulletin No. 225.
     
  • Power, I.; Thorrold, B.; Balks, M.; Dodd, M; and Nicholas, I. 1998: A Report on the effects of Acacia melanoxylon on light  quantity, pasture yield, pasture legume content and soil chemical and physical status. NZ Tree Grower November 1998.
     
  • Nicholas, I.D.; Gifford, H.H and Kimberley, M.O. 1994: Form Pruning young Acacia melanoxylon in New Zealand. In 'Faces of Farm Forestry' Australian Forest Growers 1994 Conference, Launceston, Tasmania.
     
  • Nicholas, I.D.; Young G.D. and Gifford, H.H. 1994: Wood Properties of Acacia melanoxylon: Variation Within and Between Four Seedlots  In 'Faces of Farm Forestry' Australian Forest Growers 1994 Conference, Launceston, Tasmania.

Between 2000 and 2020

Bell, K. L., Rangan, H., Fernandes, M. M., Kull, C. A., & Murphy, D. J. (2017). Chance long-distance or human-mediated dispersal? How Acacias.l. farnesiana attained its pan-tropical distribution. Royal Society Open Science, 4(4), doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170105

Bouchenak-Khelladi, Y., Maurin, O., Hurter, J., & van der Bank, M. (2010). The evolutionary history and biogeography of Mimosoideae (Leguminosae): An emphasis on African acacias. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57(2), 495-508, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.019

Carneiro, M., Moreira, R., Gominho, J., & Fabião, A. (2014). Could control of invasive acacias be a source of biomass for energy under Mediterranean conditions? Chemical Engineering Transactions, 37, 187-192, doi: https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1437032

Carruthers, J., Robin, L., Hattingh, J. P., Kull, C. A., Rangan, H., & van Wilgen, B. W. (2011). A native at home and abroad: The history, politics, ethics and aesthetics of acacias. Diversity and Distributions, 17(5), 810-821, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00779.x

Cavatore, G. (2008). Mimosas et Acacias Pas a Pas. Aix-en-Provence: Édisud.

de Moura, C. J. R., Attias, N., & de Godoy Bergallo, H. (2020). The risk of invasions when using Acacia spp. in forestry. In: Cardoso, E., Gonçalves, J., Balieiro, F., & Franco, A. (Eds.) Mixed Plantations of Eucalyptus and Leguminous Trees. Springer, Cham, 221-240, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32365-3_11

Griffin, A. R., Nambiar, E. K. S., Harwood, C. E. & See, L. S. (2015). Sustaining the future of Acacia plantation forestry – a synopsis. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science, 77:1, v-viii, doi: https://doi.org/10.2989/20702620.2015.1011380

Hirsch, H., Richardson, D. M., Pauchard, A., & Le Roux, J. J. (2020). Genetic analyses reveal complex introduction histories for the invasive tree Acacia dealbata Link around the world. Diversity and Distributions, 00, 1-17, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13186

Huong, V. D., Nambiar, E. K. S., Hai, N. X., Ha, K. M., & Dang, N. V. (2020). Sustainable management of Acacia auriculiformis plantations for wood production over four successive rotations in South Vietnam. Forests,11, 550, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11050550

Krisnawati, H., Kallio, M., & Kanninen, M. (2011). Acacia mangium Willd.: Ecology, silviculture and productivity. Bogor: CIFOR, https://www.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/Books/BKrisnawati1101.pdf

Koutika, L.-S., & Richardson, D. M. (2019). Acacia mangium Willd: Benefits and threats associated with its increasing use around the world. Forest Ecosystems, 6, 2, doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-019-0159-1

Kull, C. A., & Rangan, H. (2008). Acacia exchanges: Wattles, thorn trees, and the study of plant movements. Geoforum, 39 (3), 1258–1272, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.09.009

Kull, C. A., Shackleton, C. M., Cunningham, P. J., Ducatillon, C., Dufour-Dror, J.-M., & Esler, K. J. (2011). Adoption, use and perception of Australian acacias around the world. Diversity and Distributions, 17(5), 822-836, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00783.x

Midgley, S. J., & Turnbull, J. W. (2003). Domestication and use of Australian acacias: case studies of five important species. Australian Systematic Botany, 16(1), 89-102, doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/SB01038

Richardson, D. M., Carruthers, J., Hui, C., Impson, F. A. C., Miller, J. T., & Robertson, M. P. (2011). Human-mediated introductions of Australian acacias - a global experiment in biogeography. Diversity and Distributions, 17, 771–787, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00824.x

Seburanga, J. L. (2015). Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii De Wild.) in Rwanda’s Forestry: Implications for Nature Conservation. Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 34(3), 276-299, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2015.1004715

Vieites-Blanco, C., & González-Prieto, S. J. (2020). Invasiveness, ecological impacts and control of acacias in southwestern Europe – a review. Web Ecology, 20, 33–51, doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/we-20-33-2020


Before 2020

  • Lima, J. M. (1920). Eucalyptos e acacias – vinte annos de experiencias. Porto: Publicação do «Lavrador», http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27715/27715-h/27715-h.htm.
  • Ross, I. H. (1980). A survey of some of the pre-Linnean history of the genus Acacia. Bothalia, 13(1/2), 95-110, doi: 10.4102/abc.v13i1/2.1293.
  • Sherry, S. P. (1971) The Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii De Wild.). Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press.
  • Shinn, C. H. (1913). An economic study of acacias. Bulletin of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 9, 1-38, doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.109174.
  • Turnbull, J. W. (Ed.) (1987). Australian Acacias in Developing Countries. Canberra: Australian Centre for Agricultural Research, https://aciar.gov.au/sites/default/files/legacy/node/13315/pr16_pdf_11161.pdf.
  • Vassal, J., & Mouret, M. (1989). Premiers essais de comportement de quelques espèces d' acacias gommiers australiens en Corse du sud. Forêt Méditerranéenne, 11(2), 113-120, http://www.foret-mediterraneenne.org/upload/biblio/FORET_MED_1989_2_113.pdf.
  • Power, I.; Thorrold, B.; Balks, M.; Dodd, M; and Nicholas, I. 1998: A Report on the effects of Acacia melanoxylon on light  quantity, pasture yield, pasture legume content and soil chemical and physical status. NZ Tree Grower November 1998.
  • Nicholas, I.D.; Gifford, H.H and Kimberley, M.O. 1994: Form Pruning young Acacia melanoxylon in New Zealand. In 'Faces of Farm Forestry' Australian Forest Growers 1994 Conference, Launceston, Tasmania.
  • Nicholas, I.D.; Young G.D. and Gifford, H.H. 1994: Wood Properties of Acacia melanoxylon: Variation Within and Between Four Seedlots In 'Faces of Farm Forestry' Australian Forest Growers 1994 Conference, Launceston, Tasmania.