Alan Harrison, BSc, MSc

Programme Leader, Forest Management Division

Email: alan.harrison@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: +44 (0)131 445 2176
Tel direct: +44 (0)131 445 6975
Fax: +44 (0)131 445 5124

Address:
Forest Research
Northern Research Station
Roslin
Midlothian EH25 9SY
UK

Alan obtained a BSc in forestry at Aberdeen University in 1979. He went on to work in the private sector, both overseas (Australia and Solomon Islands) and in the UK, before joining the Forestry Commission as a Forester in 1985. He worked in what is now part of Cowal & Trossachs FD on both forest management and timber production. He joined Forest Research in 1989 managing the nursery and associated experiments run from Bush Field Station at NRS. He transferred to his present position in 2003. He obtained an MSc (with distinction) in Forest Ecology and Management at Edinburgh University in 2006.

Current role

Programme Leader, Forest Management Division

On part-time secondment to Forestry Commission Scotland until April 2009 as Project Manager developing a series of biomass trials.

Current programmes

Integrated establishment systems for the uplands

Affiliations and achievements

Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters
Member of the Association of Applied Biologists (AAB)

Research areas

Direct seeding of restock sites
Nursery production and plant quality
Cultivation and establishment techniques for commercial and native woodlands
Farm forestry and shelterbelts
Forest nutrition and whole tree harvesting

Main recent publications

Willougby, I., Harrison, A.J., Jinks, R., Gosling, P., Harmer, R. and Kerr, G. (2007). The Potential for Direct Seeding of Birch on Restock Sites. Forestry Commission Informantion Note 84, Forestry Commission, Edinburgh.

Perks, M. and Harrison, A. J. (2005). An Update on Nursery Propagation and Establishment Best Practice for Larch in Britain, Forest Research Information Note 80, Forestry Commission, Edinburgh.

Harrison, A. J. (2004). Benefits of Cultivation, ICF News, autumn edition.

Harrison, A.J., Hoffmann, D., Kannenberg, N., Lelu, M-A., Verger, M., Le Pichon, C., Bourlon, V. and Thompson, D. (2002). Developments in hybrid larch (Larix x eurolepis Henry) vegetative propagation in North Western Europe. Proceedings of Larix 2002 IUFRO Symposium, France. p.250-265.

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