Expertise offered by Unit
Unit 1.02.04
Research interests of Unit officeholders
Antonio Carlos Ferraz Filho
(Contact)- forest biometrics
- forest inventory
- forest management
Liu Jun
(Contact)- conservation genetics of Chinese Meliaceae
- genetic resources and breeding of Chinese Meliaceae
- silviculture
- subtropical forest plantations
- forest ecology
Sheila Ward
(Contact)- Meliaceae genetics
- tropical forest ecology
Expertise offered by Unit
We want to create a list of expertise with the Meliaceae. If you would like to be listed, would you please send the following information to mahoganyforthefuture(at)gmail.com?
a – your title, and first and last names
b – your email address
b – your institution, including your country (independent consultant or researcher is also fine)
d – description of your expertise in 5-20 words (PLEASE NO MORE THAN 20 or we will need to edit it down! And time is limited to do this sort of thing!)
Name / Email contact | Affiliation | Expertise |
Dr. Adejoke Akinyele | Department of Forest Production and Products, University of Ibadan, Nigeria | Tree improvement, tree domestication, forest genetics, silviculture |
Dr. Nils Bourland | Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren (BE) Belgium | Africa, mahogany, rainforest, sustainable management, autecology, conservation, CITES non detriment findings, logging |
Dr D Garth Nikles | Retired Volunteer, Horticulture and Forestry Science, Department Agriculture and Fisheries, Brisbane Queensland, Australia | Experience with and knowledge about practical conservation and tree improvement with an African mahogany Khaya senegalensis. Some knowledge of other Khaya spp, Toona ciliata, Chukrasia spp |
Dr. Andressa Ribeiro | Federal University of Piauí, Bom Jesus, Brazil | forest management, biometrics and economy of different Meliaceaespecies (e.g. Khaya spp, Toona ciliata) grown in plantations in Brazil |
Dr. Laura K. Snook | Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Italy / UK | Regeneration ecology, growth and silviculture of mahogany (S. macrophylla); forest management; community forestry; sustainability |