Miko U.F. Kirschbaum
Personal details:
Ph.D. (Environmental
Biology), Dept. Environmental Biology, Research
B.Sc. (Agricultural
Science) 1st class Hons, Univ. Western
His specialist area is
the development of computer models to investigate the likely growth response of
forests to climate change and possible implications for soil organic carbon
storage.
He was a major
contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 1995
climate change impact assessment report by acting as Convening Lead Author of
two chapters which dealt with climate change impacts on forests, and on
terrestrial ecosystem in general, and contributed in 2000 as Lead Author to two
chapters for the special IPCC report on Land use, land-use change and forestry.
He was a member of the
Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Greenhouse Accounting at the
Professional
experience:
1986-1987: Botany Department.,
1988-1989: CSIRO Forestry and
1989-1991: Bureau of Rural Resources,
1991-2005: CSIRO Forestry and
2005-2006: CRC for Greenhouse
Accounting,
Currently: Landcare Research, Palmerston North,
Key
publications:
Leaf gas
exchange studies
Lightfleck studies
Miscellaneous studies
Forest growth modelling
Studies of soil organic matter dynamics
Climate change:
Original research studies
Climate change: Reviews
Climate change: Policy and others
Contact Details:
Dr Miko U.F. Kirschbaum
Landcare Research, Private Bag 11052, Palmerston North, New Zealand
ph. +64 6 353 4902; fax +64 6 353 4801
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