Gary Kerr, BSc, PhD, FICFor

 

Programme Leader, Forest Management Division

Email: gary.kerr@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1420 22255
Tel direct: +44 (0)1420 526224
Fax: +44 (0)1420 23563

Address:
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH
UK

Gary graduated from the University of Wales, Bangor in 1985 with a BSc(Hons) in Forestry. Later in 1985 he was employed by the Forestry Commission and worked as a forest manager in the Forest of Dean. In 1988 Gary moved to Forest Research at Alice Holt to become Head of Mensuration Branch. In 1990 he changed roles to become a silviculturist. In 2002 Gary was awarded his PhD from the University of Wales; his Thesis was ‘ Factors affecting the growth and form of Fraxinus excelsior L.’.

Current role

Programme Leader, Forest Management Division

Current programmes

Continuous cover silviculture
Programme Leader

COST action E42 - Working Group 1 (Basics of growing valuable broadleaves)
Leader

Affiliations and achievements

• Fellow of Institute of Chartered Foresters
• Co-ordinating Editor of Forestry: an international journal of forest research
• 1993 James Cup for best article in Quarterly Journal of Forestry
• 1996 Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to Northeast USA
• 1997 James Cup runner-up
• 2000 James Cup runner-up

Research areas

• Transformation to alternative silvicultural systems
• Continuous cover forestry
• Lowland silviculture

Main recent publications

Kerr, G., Edwards, C. and Mason, B. (2005). Successful CCF from 48p per year! Forestry and British Timber 34(1):16-20.

Kerr, G. (2004). The growth and form of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) in mixture with cherry (Prunus avium), oak (Quercus petraea and Quercus robur) and beech (Fagus sylvatica).  Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 34(11):2340-2350.

Kerr, G., Mason, B. and Boswell, R. (2003) A sampling system to monitor the transformation from even-aged stands to continuous cover.  Forestry, 76(4): 425-435.

Kerr, G. and Cahalan, C. (2004) .A review of site factors affecting the early growth of ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.).  Forest Ecology and Management,188(1-3):225-234.

Mason, B. and Kerr, G. (2004). Transforming even-aged conifer stands to continuous cover management.  Forestry Commission Information Note 40. Forestry Commission, Edinburgh.

Kerr, G. (2004). Tending. In, Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences Volume 2:837-845 (ed. Burley, J; Evans, J. Youngquist, J.A.).  Elsevier, Oxford, UK.

Kerr, G. and Rose, D. (2004). An evaluation of five WildstarTM clones of Prunus avium L.. Quarterly Journal of Forestry, 98(4):263-271.

Kerr, G. (2003). Effects of spacing on the early growth of planted Fraxinus excelsior L. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 33(7):1196-1207.

Kerr, G., Mason, B., Boswell, R. & Pommerening, A. (2002). Monitoring the transformation to continuous cover management.  Forestry Commission Information Note 45.  Forestry Commission, Edinburgh.

Kerr, G. (2002). The potential for the sustainable management of semi-natural woodlands in southern England using uneven-aged silviculture. Forestry, 75:227-243.

Harmer, R., Peterken, P., Kerr, G. and Poulton, P. (2001). Vegetation changes during 100 years of development of two secondary woodlands on abandoned arable land. Biological Conservation, 101: 291-304.

Kerr, G and Harmer, R.. (2001). Production of epicormic shoots on oak (Quercus robur L.): effects of frequency and time of pruning. Forestry, 74(5):467-478.

Kerr, G. (2001). Uneven-aged silviculture in Britain. Forest Research Report 2001/2, p35-42. Forestry Commission, Edinburgh.

Kerr, G. and Boswell, R.C. (2001). The influence of spring frosts, ash bud moth (Prays fraxinella) and site factors on forking of young ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) in southern Britain.  Forestry, 74(1):29-40.

Kerr, G., Harmer, S. and Moss, S. (2000). A century of vegetation change at Broadbalk Wilderness.  In, Long-term studies in British woodland (ed. K.Kirby and M.D.Morecroft), p41-47.  English Nature Science No. 34.  English Nature, Peterborough, England.

Kerr, G. and O'Hara, K.L. (2000). Uneven-aged silviculture: common myths explored.  Quarterly Journal of Forestry, 94(2): 145-150.

Kerr, G. (2000). Natural regeneration of Corsican pine (Pinus nigra subsp. laricio) in Great Britain.  Forestry, 73(5):479-488.

Mason, B., Kerr, G. and Simpson, J. (1999). What is Continuous Cover Forestry?  Forestry Commission Information Note 29. Forestry Commission, Edinburgh. 8pp.

Kerr, G. (1999). The use of silvicultural systems to enhance the biological diversity of plantation forests in Britain. Forestry, 72(3):191-205.