I am an Acting Research Scientist in the Forests and Tree Crops Group, currently conducting studies on jarrah forest hydrology and water relations of Eucalyptus globulus (blue-gum).

Previously I have given technical support to research on the environmental factors affecting the development of disease by Phytophthora cinnamomi in the jarrah forest (jarrah dieback), and on the water relations of Eucalyptus globulus (blue-gum) and Pinus radiata and P. pinaster plantations.

• Use of data loggers for environmental monitoring

Academic qualifications

BSc (Hons), School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Murdoch University, 1986.

Honours thesis: "Perching and throughflow in a laterite profile in relation to the impact of Phytophthora cinnamomi in the northern jarrah forest."

MSc, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Murdoch University, 1993.

Masters thesis: "Soil temperature in the northern jarrah forest in relation to plant and litter and cover and implications for the periods and depths at which temperatures permit Phytophthora cinnamomi activity."

Positions held

1985-1997: Senior Technical Officer, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia.

1997: Acting Research Scientist, Dept of CALM.

1998: Research Centre Manager, Dwellingup.

Committees

• Bauxite sub-committee

• Hydrological changes to stream quality following timber harvesting in jarrah forest in the intermediate rainfall zone.
• Establish silvicultural options to achieve a balance between drought risk and productivity in Eucalyptus globulus plantations

(8 items)

2009

Kinal J (2009). Hydrological impacts of timber harvesting. DEC, Kensington, WA. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, Science Division, Information Sheet 22/2009, 2 p.

2006

Kinal J, Stoneman GL, Williams MR (2006). Calibrating and using an EM31 electromagnetic induction meter to estimate and map soil salinity in the jarrah and karri forests of south-western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 233, pp. 78–84

2001

Kinal J (2001). Using electromagnetic induction to estimate soil salt storage (ABSTRACT). In A Workshop on Environmental Effects of Timber Harvesting in the Jarrah Forest: a Synthesis of Recent Research by the Science Division, Department of Conservation & Land Management (ed L McCaw). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup. p. 8

Kinal J (2001). Using ground-based electromagnetic induction to estimate soil salt storage in south west forests: final report on SPP 1999/09. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 33 p.

Kinal J (2001). Hydrological response to logging in the intermediate rainfall zone of the jarrah forest (ABSTRACT). In A Workshop on Environmental Effects of Timber Harvesting in the Jarrah Forest: a Synthesis of Recent Research by the Science Division, Department of Conservation & Land Management (ed L McCaw). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Manjimup. p. 9

1993

Kinal J, Shearer BL, Fairman RG (1993). Dispersal of Phytophthora cinnamomi through lateritic soil by laterally flowing subsurface water. Plant Disease 77, pp. 1085–1090

1987

Kinal J, Fairman RG, Shearer BL (1987). Perching and throughflow in relation to the impact of Phytophthora cinnamomi in the jarrah forest. In Australasian Plant Pathology Society: Sixth Conference: University of Adelaide, 11th-15th May 1990 Australasian Plant Pathology Society, Adelaide. p. 25

Smith AK, Kinal J, Shearer BL (1987). Low cost automation of mercury manometer tensiometers. In Australasian Plant Pathology Society: Sixth Conference: University of Adelaide, 11th-15th May 1989 Australasian Plant Pathology Society, Adelaide. p. 83