Rod's publications
Refereed Journals or Books
Reports and Unrefereed Publications
Book Reviews
Conference Presentations
Refereed Journals or Books
Woldendorp, G, and Keen an, R.J . 2005. Coarse woody debris in Australian forest ecosystems: a review. Austral Ecology (in press).
Woldendorp, G., Spencer, R., and Barry, S. 2004. An analysis of sampling methods for coarse woody debris in Australian forest ecosystems. For. Ecol. and Manage. 198: 133-148.
Thackway, R., Wood, M., Atyeo, C., Donohue, R., Allison, B., Keenan, R. , Lee, A., & Davey, S. 2003. Monitoring status and condition of Australian Mediterranean-type forest ecosystems. P. Corona, M. Kohl , & M. Marchetti (Editors), Advances in Forest Inventory for Sustainable Forest Management and Biodiversity Monitoring . Dordrecht , The Netherlands Kluwer Forestry Series.
Keenan, R.J. 2002. Historical vegetation dynamics and the carbon cycle: current requirements and future challenges for quantifying carbon fluxes in Australian terrestrial ecosystems. Aust. J. Bot. 50:533-544.
Bugg, A. A. Roppola, R.J. Keenan, M. Watt, R. Spencer, T. Brinkley 2002. A strategic assessment of the potential for hardwood and softwood plantations in NSW. Aust. J. Env. Manage. 68: 241-249.
Ryan, M.J., R.D. Spencer and R.J. Keenan 2002. Private native forests in Australia : what did we learn from the Regional Forest Agreement Program. Aust. For. 65: 141-152.
Lamb, D., R.J. Keenan and K. Gould 2001. Historical background to plantation development in tropics: a north Queensland case study. In Sustainable Farm Forest in the Tropics: Social and Economic Analysis and Policy. Edited by S.R. Harrison, J.L. Herbohn, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK , p: 9-21.
Lamb, D. and R.J. Keenan 2001. Silvicultural research and development of new plantation systems using rainforest tree species. . In Sustainable Farm Forest in the Tropics: Social and Economic Analysis and Policy. Edited by S.R. Harrison, J.L. Herbohn, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK , p: 21-36.
Herbohn, J.L., S.R. Harrison, D. Lamb, and R.J. Keenan 2000. Small-scale forestry systems for timber and non-timber benefits including biodiversity. In Sustainable Small Scale Forestry, Edited by S.R. Harrison, J.L. Herbohn, and K.F. Herbohn, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, p:14-25.
Brown, P.L., D. Doley, and R.J. Keenan . 2000. Estimating tree crown dimensions using digital analysis of vertical photographs. Agric. and Forest Meteorology, 100: 199-212.
Reports and Unrefereed Publications
R.J. Keenan, A. Gerrand, S. Nambiar & M. Parsons 2004. Plantations and water: plantation impacts on streamflow. Science for Decision Makers, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra , 8p.
Keenan, R.J. and M.F.Ryan 2004. Old growth forests in Australia : conservation status and significance for timber product. Science for Decision Makers, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra , 8p.
Keenan, R.J. Parsons, M., O'Loughlin, E. Gerrand , A. Beavis, S., Gunawardana, D., Gavran, M. Bugg, A. 2004. Plantations and Water: a review. Report prepared for the Forest & Wood Products Research & Development Corporation, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra , 88pp plus maps.
Woldendorp, G., R.D. Spencer, R.J. Keenan and S. Barry 2002. An analysis of sampling methods for coarse woody debris in Australian forest ecosystems. A report for the National Greenhouse Strategy, Module 6.6 (Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra .
Bugg, A.L., Nuberg, I. , Keenan, R. and Zimmermann, L. 2002. Bioenergy Atlas of Australia : an online Geographic Information System and Decision Support System. A report for the Joint Venture Agroforestry Program and The Australian Greenhouse Office, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Canberra .
Woldendorp, G., R.J. Keenan and M.F. Ryan. 2002. Coarse Woody Debris in Australian Forest Ecosystems. A report for the National Greenhouse Strategy, Module 6.6 (Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra .
ABARE and BRS 2001. An Assessment of the Potential for Plantation Development in NSW. A report to the NSW Plantations Task Force, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra .
Keenan, R.J., Bugg, A.L. and Ainslie, H. 2000. (eds.) Management Options for Carbon Sequestration in Forest , Agricultural and Rangeland Ecosystems. Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting, Canberra , 135 p.
Keenan, R.J. 2000. What's new in carbon trading? Climate Change Newsletter 12: 5.
Keith, H., Barrett, D. and Keenan, R. 2000. Review of allometric relationships for estimating woody biomass for NSW, ACT, Victoria , Tasmania and South Australia . National Carbon Accounting System Technical Report No. 5b. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra . 113 p.
Keenan, R.J. 2000. Future rates of establishment and composition of commercial timber plantations in Australia . Short Report, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra .
Book Reviews
Keenan, R.J. 2000. Greenhouse, Carbon Trading and Land Management. Occasional Paper 23/999LWRRDC, Canberra . Climate Change Newsletter, 12:14 .
Keenan, R.J. 2000. The Carbon War: Dispatches from the End of the Oil Century. Climate Change Newsletter, 12:15 .
Conference Presentations
Keenan, R.J., A. Gerrand, P. Kanowski and R. Stanton 2003. Australian forest plantations: providing industry, environmental and community benefits. Paper presented to XII World Forestry Congress, Quebec City , Canada .
Keenan, R.J., Davey, S., Grieve, A, Moran, B. and Donaldson, J. 2003. Market mechanisms and assessment methods for environmental services from private forests in Australia . Invited paper to a workshop on 'Forests and Poverty Reduction: opportunities with CDM, environmental services and biodiversity', Seoul , Korea , 27-29 August 2003. Asia Pacific Association of Forest Research Institutions.
Thackway, R., Wood, M., Atyeo, C., Donohue, R., Allison, B., Keenan, R.J. , Lee, A., & Davey, S. (2001). Monitoring status and condition of Australian Mediterranean-type forest ecosystems. IUFRO Conference on Collecting and analysing information for sustainable forest management and biodiversity monitoring with special reference to mediterranean ecosystems Palermo, Italy, December 2001 .
Keenan, R. J., Ranatunga, K., Frakes, I. and Bugg, A. 2001. Modelling the effects of timber harvesting on biomass stocks in Australian native forests. In V. Le May and P. Marshall (eds.) Forest Modelling for Ecosystem Management, Forest Certification and Sustainable Management . Proceedings of a conference held in Vancouver , BC , Canada , 12-17 August, 2001. Faculty of Forestry, UBC and IUFRO.
Keenan, R.J., P. Grist, A. Hansard, and A. Grant 2000. Implications of the Kyoto Protocol for Plantation Development. Paper to the FAO International Conference on Timber Plantation Development, 7 - 9 November 2000 , Manila , Philippines .
Keenan, R.J. 2000. Opportunities for private forest owners from increased carbon storage due to additional forest management activities under Article 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol. In A. Snell and S. Vise (eds.) Opportunities for the New Millenium, Australian Forest Growers Biennial Conference, Cairns , September 4-6.
Keenan, R.J., S. Barry, N. Stephens and M. Annandale 2000. Measuring carbon sequestration in small-scale farm forestry and environmental plantings. Paper presented to the IUFRO Working Group 3.08 Symposium 'Developing Policies to Encourage Small-scale Forestry', Cairns , Australia , 9 - 13 January 2000.