Brian Wilson
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Contact
| Email: | brian.wilson@une.edu.au |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3287 (or +61 2 6773 3287 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2769 |
Qualifications:
- BSc (HONS) - STRATHCLYDE (GLASGOW)
- MSc DIC - IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
- PhD - READING
Speciality Areas:
Brian is a soil scientist/ecologist. He was awarded his PhD in Soil Science from the University of Reading (UK) in 1992 and since that time has developed a research program in the area of plant:soil interactions. Brian was a Senior Lecturer at University of Hertfordshire (UK) and then Senior Research Scientist with NSW State Government before joining UNE in 2010 in a position co-funded by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Recent research has focused particularly on soil carbon dynamics, storage and distribution; carbon storage in soil and vegetation systems across NSW; the effects of land-use change on soil carbon and soil health; soil condition indicators and monitoring techniques. Brian currently supervises a range of post-graduate students investigating soil carbon dynamics, distribution and modeling; the estimation and prediction of soil and biomass carbon through remote imagery and modelling, and the carbon storage potential of native vegetation systems. Inquiries from potential post-graduate students are always welcome.
Current Research Interests:
Soil carbon, biomass carbon, plant:soil interactions, monitoring techniques and protocols.
Refereed Publications
Selected Publications (last 5 years)
2012
SENAPATI N, SMITH P, WILSON B R, YELURIPATI J B, DANIEL H, LOCKWOOD P AND GHOSH S (IN PRESS) Projections of changes in grassland soil organic carbon under climate change are relatively insensitive to methods of model initialisation. European Journal of Soil Research
MUNOZ-ROBLES C, TIGHE M, REID N, FRAZIER P, BRIGGS S V AND WILSON B (IN PRESS) A two-step up-scaling method for mapping runoff and sediment production on hillslopes in semi-arid landscapes. Ecohydrology
GHOSH S, YEO D, WILSON B R AND OW L F (2012) Application of char products improves urban soil quality in Singapore. Soil Use and Management, 28, 329–336.
GHOSH S, WILSON B R, GHOSHAL S K, SENAPATI N AND MANDAL B (2012) Organic amendments influence soil quality and carbon sequestration in the Indo-Gangetic plains of India. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 156, 134-141.
TIGHE M, MUNOZ-ROBLES C, REID N, WILSON B R, BRIGGS S V (2012) Hydrological thresholds of soil surface properties identified using conditional inference tree analysis. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
2011
BARNES P, WILSON B R, TROTTER M, LAMB D, REID N, AND KOEN T (2011) The patterns of grazed pasture associated with scattered trees across an Australian temperate landscape: an investigation of pasture quantity and quality. The Rangeland Journal, 33(2), 121 – 130.
NGUYEN B T, HOA H T, NGO V T H AND WILSON B R (2011) Comparative study of soil properties under various cultivation regimes of different crops. Soil Research, 49(7), 595 – 605.
MUNOZ-ROBLES C, FRAZIER P, TIGHE M, REID N, BRIGGS S V AND WILSON B R (2011) Assessing ground cover from fused Quickbird data in semi-arid woody vegetation and pasture in south-eastern Australia. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 14, 94-102.
BARNES P, WILSON B R, REID N, LOCKWOOD P, KOEN T AND LAMB D (2011) Litter and associated nutrient pools extend beyond the canopy of scattered Eucalypt trees in grazing landscapes of northern New South Wales, Australia. Plant and Soil, 345 (1-2): 339-352
WILSON B R, KOEN T, BARNES P, GHOSH S AND KING D (2011) Soil carbon and related soil properties along a soil type and land-use intensity gradient, New South Wales, Australia. Soil Use and Management, 27, 437-447.
MUNOZ-ROBLES C, REID N, TIGHE M, BRIGGS S V AND WILSON B R (2011) Soil hydrological and erosional responses in areas of woody encroachment, pasture and woodland in semi-arid Australia. Journal of Arid Environment, 75, 936-945.
MUNOZ-ROBLES C, REID N, TIGHE M, BRIGGS S V AND WILSON B R (2011) Soil hydrological and erosional responses in patches and inter-patches in vegetation states in semi-arid Australia. Geoderma, 160, 524-534.
2010
MUNOZ-ROBLES C, REID N, FRAZIER P, TIGHE M, BRIGGS S V AND WILSON B (2010) Factors related to gully erosion in semi-arid woodland subject to woody encroachment in south-eastern Australia. Catena, 83, 148-157.
WILSON B R, BARNES P, KOEN T, GHOSH S AND KING D (2010) Measurement and estimation of land-use effects on soil carbon and related properties on a basalt landscape of northern NSW, Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 48, 421-433.
GHOSH S, WILSON B R., MANDAL B, GHOSHAL S K AND GROWNS I (2010) Changes in soil organic carbon pool in three long-term fertility experiments with different cropping systems, inorganic and organic soil amendments in the eastern cereal belt, India. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 48, 413-420.
2009
BARNES P, WILSON B R, NADOLNY C AND GROWNS I (2009) The influence of individual native trees and grazing regime on soil and groundcover patterns in a temperate landscape of NSW, Australia. The Rangeland Journal, 31, 405-415.
WILSON B R, GHOSH S, BARNES P AND KRISTIANSEN P (2009) Drying temperature effects on soil bulk density and carbon density determination in soils of northern NSW. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 47, 781-787.
TIGHE M, REID N R, WILSON B R, BRIGGS S V (2009) Invasive Native Scrub and Soil condition in semi-arid New South Wales, Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 132 (3-4), 212-222.
YOUNG R R, WILSON B R, HARDEN S AND BERNARDI A (2009) Rates of accumulation of soil carbon stocks under zero tillage cropping and pastures on the Liverpool Plains, eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 47(3), 273-285.
MCHENRY M T, WILSON B R, LEMON J, LOCKWOOD P V, GUPPY C N, SINDEL B M, DONNELLY D E AND GROWNS I O (2009) The impact of individual White Cypress Pine trees on soils and vegetation in agricultural landscapes of the North-Western Slopes of New South Wales, Australia. The Rangeland Journal, 39(3).
2008
WILSON B R, GROWNS I AND LEMON J (2008) Land-use effects on soil carbon and other soil properties on the NW slopes of NSW: Implications for soil condition assessment. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 46(4), 359-367.
FORTUNASO KL, MONTAGU KD, BARTON CVM, COWIE AL, RAWSON A, WILSON BR, GEORGE BH (2008) Carbon sequestration predictor for land use change in inland areas of New South Wales. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Version 3.1, Sep 2008.
2007
WILSON B R, GROWNS I AND LEMON J (2007) Scattered native trees and soil patterns in grazing lands of the Northern Tablelands of NSW, Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 45(3), 199-205.