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Dr Peter Erskine
Position Research Fellow
Field Restoration Ecology
E-mail p.erskine@uq.edu.au
Phone +61 7 334 64065
Fax +61 7 334 64056
Research Interests
  • Ecosystem development on disturbed land
  • Forest restoration
  • Biodiversity function
Peer reviewed Publications
  • Erskine PD, Catterall CP, Lamb D and Kanowski J (In Press) Patterns and processes of old field reforestation in Australian rainforest landscapes. In: Old fields: Dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland (eds. VA Cramer & RJ Hobbs), Island Press, Washington DC.
  • Lamb D and Erskine PD (In Press) Forest restoration at a landscape scale. In: Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape. (eds. N Stork & S Turton) Blackwells.
  • Doust SJ, Erskine PD and David Lamb (2006) Direct seeding to restore rainforest species: Microsite effects on the early establishment and growth of rainforest tree seedlings on degraded land in the wet tropics of Australia. Forest Ecology and Management. 234 (2-3): 333-343.
  • Erskine PD, Lamb D and Bristow M (2006) Tree species diversity and ecosystem function: can multi-species plantations generate greater productivity? Forest Ecology and Management. 233 (2-3): 205-210.
  • McNamara S, Tinh VT, Erskine PD, Lamb D, Yates D, Brown S (2006) Rehabilitating degraded forest land in central Vietnam with mixed native species plantings. Forest Ecology and Management. 233 (2-3): 358-365.
  • Manson DG, Hanan J, Hunt M, Bristow M, Erskine PD, Lamb D, Schmidt S (2006) Modelling predicts positive and negative interactions between three Australian tropical tree species in monoculture and binary mixture. Forest Ecology and Management. 233 (2-3): 315-323.
  • Lamb D, Erskine PD and Parrotta J (2005) Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes. Science 310: 1628-1632.
  • Erskine PD, Lamb D and Borschmann G (2005) Growth performance and management of a mixed rainforest tree plantation. New Forests 29: 117-134.
  • Erskine PD, Lamb D and Bristow M (2005) Reforestation with rainforest trees: challenges ahead. In: Reforestation in the tropics and sub-tropics of Australia using rainforest timber tree species. (eds. P.D. Erskine, D. Lamb, M. Bristow.) RIRDC, Canberra and the Rainforest CRC, Cairns.
  • Lamb D, Huynh DN and Erskine PD (2005) Designing mixed-species plantations. In: Reforestation in the tropics and sub-tropics of Australia using rainforest tree species. (eds. P.D. Erskine, D. Lamb, M. Bristow.) RIRDC, Canberra and the Rainforest CRC, Cairns.
  • Catterall C, Kanowski J, Lamb D, Killin D, Erskine PD and Wardell-Johnson G (2005) Trade-offs between timber production and biodiversity in rainforest plantations: emerging issues and an ecological perspective. In: Reforestation in the tropics and sub-tropics of Australia using rainforest tree species. (eds. P.D. Erskine, D. Lamb, M. Bristow.) RIRDC, Canberra and the Rainforest CRC, Cairns.
  • Bristow M, Erskine PD, McNamara S and Annandale M (2005) Performance and site to species relationships for rainforest timber species in plantations in the humid tropics of Queensland. In: Reforestation in the tropics and sub-tropics of Australia using rainforest tree species. (eds. P.D. Erskine, D. Lamb, M. Bristow.) RIRDC, Canberra and the Rainforest CRC, Cairns.
  • Lamb D, Siddique I, Erskine PD and Lex Engel V (2005) Tropical forest restoration experiences. In Biodiversity: Structure and Function, from Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK, [http://www.eolss.net].
  • Harris MR, Lamb D and Erskine PD (2003) An investigation into the possible inhibitory effects of white cypress pine (Callitris glaucophylla) litter on the germination and growth of associated ground cover species. Australian Journal of Botany 51:93-102.
  • Erskine PD (2002) Land clearing and forest rehabilitation in the wet tropics of north Queensland, Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration 3(2):136-138.
  • Erskine PD and Lamb D (2001). Forest rehabilitation in the Asia Pacific. In: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. (eds. K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker & K.S. Bawa). pp. 228-230. Oxford & IBH Publishing, New Delhi.
  • Pate JS, Unkovich MJ, Erskine PD and Stewart GR (1999) Australian mulga ecosystems - 13C and 15N natural abundances of biota components and their ecophysiological significance. Plant, Cell and Environment 21: 1231-1242.
  • Schmidt S, Stewart GR, Turnbull MH, Erskine PD and Ashwath N (1998) Nitrogen relations in natural and disturbed plant communities in tropical Australia. Oecologia 117: 95-105.
  • Erskine PD, Bergstrom DB, Schmidt S, Stewart GR, Tweedie C and Shaw JD (1998) Subantarctic Macquarie Island - a model ecosystem for studying animal-derived nitrogen sources using 15N natural abundance. Oecologia 117:187-193
  • Erskine PD, Stewart GR, Schmidt S, Turnbull MH, Unkovich M and Pate JS (1996) Water availability - a physiological constraint on nitrate utilisation in plants of the Australian semi-arid mulga woodlands. Plant, Cell and Environment 19: 1149-11559.
  • Turnbull MH, Schmidt S, Erskine PD, Richards S and Stewart GR (1996) Nitrogen source acquisition in relation to specialised root adaptations. Tree Physiology 16: 941-948.
  • Stewart GR, Turnbull MH, Schmidt S and Erskine PD (1995) 13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 22: 51-55.
  • Stewart GR, Schmidt S, Handley L, Turnbull MH, Erskine PD and Joly JA (1995) 15N natural abundance of vascular rainforest epiphytes: implications for nitrogen source and acquisition. Plant, Cell and Environment 18: 85-90.
Books, Published Articles and Consultant Reports
  • Erskine PD, Lamb D & Bristow M (Editors) (2005) Reforestation in the tropics and sub-tropics of Australia using rainforest timber tree species. RIRDC Publication No 05/087, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Canberra. 275pp.
  • Erskine PD (2004) Diversity and production in tropical reforestation. In. Production Versus Rainforest Biodiversity: Trade-offs or Synergies in Farm Forestry Systems? (eds. PD Erskine & CP Catterall) Rainforest CRC, Cairns
  • Erskine PD & Catterall CP (Editors) (2004) Production Versus Rainforest Biodiversity: Trade-offs or Synergies in Farm Forestry Systems? Rainforest CRC, Cairns
  • Erskine PD and Borschmann G. (2003) Investigating the productivity of simple mixtures of rainforest tree species. Australian Forest Grower 26(2):27-28.
  • Erskine PD, Bao Huy & Vo Hung (2003) Forest Rehabilitation Mission to Yok Don National Park. A report for IUCN & Vietnam PARC Project Link
  • Bristow M, Webb M, Erskine PD, Brown P and McNamara S (2003) Queensland Maple: growing a prized native cabinet timber in Queensland’s tropics. Agroforestry News 12 (2): 23
  • Erskine PD and Natural Resource Assessments (2000) The Barron River Management Action Plan. A report on priority rehabilitation areas for the Barron River Integrated Catchment Management Association and the Cairns River Improvement Trust.
  • Erskine PD (1999) Environmental and social impact assessment of logging operations in the Vanimo timber area, Sandaun province, Papua New Guinea. A report to Forests Monitor, U.K. and the Individual and Community Rights Advocacy Forum (ICRAF), Papua New Guinea. Link

 

    

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