Roger Sands
Position
Emeritus Professor (NZ School of Forestry, University of Canterbury)
Principal Honorary Fellow (School of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University
of Melbourne)
Principal, Sands Forestry Services
Qualifications
B.For.Sc. (Hons 1) (ANU)
Ph.D. (ANU)
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2109
roger.sands@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal Address
C/- School of Forestry
College of Engineering
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Undergraduate Courses
- FORE 105 Forests of the World
- FORE 102 Forests and Societies (Distance learning)
Recent Publications
Sands, R., Haramburu, Ed., Wood, M. and Douglas, R.A. Effects of harvesting traffic and ripping on the growth of radiata pine. NZ.J.For.Sc. 37: 112-123, 2007
Wood, M.J., Douglas, R.A. and Sands, R. The Taringatura study: the effects of harvest machine traffic and tillage on a forest soil in New Zealand. International Journal of Forest Engineering 17(1): 53-66, 2006
Sands, R. Forestry in a Global Context. CABI Publishing, Wallingford , 2005
Xue, J.M., Sands, R., Clinton , P.W., Payn, T.W. and Skinner, M.F. Priming effect of biuret addition on native soil N mineralization under laboratory conditions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37, 2005: 1959-1961.
Beadle, C. and Sands, R. Physiology and Silviculture. In Encylopaedia of Forest Sciences (Eds J. Burley, J. Evans and J.A. Youngquist) 2004, Academic Press, London. pp1568-1577.
Xue, J.M., Sands, R., Clinton, P. Effect of biuret on growth and nutrition of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb) Franco) seedlings. Forest Ecology and Management, 192, 2004: 335-348.
Nagashima, K., Sands, R., Whyte, A.G.D., Bilek, E.M. and N. Nakagoshi. Plantation expansion possibility and its influence on land-use pattern in the Nelson region, New Zealand. Forest Ecology and Management184, 2003:263-275.
Sands, R. Professional forestry education in Australasia – looking from the past to the future. New Zealand Journal of Forestry, 48, 2003: 20-26.
Wood, M.J., Sands, R., and Douglas, R.A. A comparison of three methods for measuring the density of a forest soil. International Journal of Forest Engineering 15(1), 2004: 71-80
Xue, J.M., Sands, R., Clinton, P., Payn, T. and M. Skinner. Carbon and net nitrogen mineralization in two forest soils amended with different concentrations of biuret. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35, 2003: 855-866.
Nagashima, K., Sands, R., Whyte, A.G.D., Bilek, E.M. and N. Nakagoshi. Regional landscape change as a consequence of plantation forestry expansion; an example in Nelson region, New Zealand. Forest Ecology and Management 163, 2002 :245-261.
Nagashima, K., Sands, R. Whyte, A.G.D., Bilek, E.M. and Nakagoshi, N. "Forestry expansion and the Resource Management Act in the Nelson Region, New Zealand." Proc. of VIII International Congress of Ecology.11-18th August 2002, Seoul Korea. pp. 192-194.
Nagashima, K., Sands, R., Whyte, A.G.D., Bilek, E.M. andN. Nakagoshi. Forestry expansion and land-use patterns in the Nelson region, New Zealand. Landscape Ecology 16, 2001: 719-729.
Sun, O.J., Gielen, G.J.H.P., Sands, R. and Thorn, A.J. Growth, Mg nutrition and photosynthetic activity in Pinus radiata: evidence that increased Mg uptake by Na counteracts the effect of Mg supply limitation. Trees 15, 2001: 335-340.
Nagashima, K., Sands, R., Whyte, A.G.D., Bilek, E.M. and Nakagoshi, N. The landscape structure of the Nelson Region in New Zealand. Proc. of the Ecological Conference held at Hiroshima University, 31 March-2 April 2000, p131 (in Japanese).
Sands, R., Nugroho, P., Leung, D.W.M., Sun, O.J. and Clinton, P.W. Changes in soil CO2 and O2 concentrations when radiata pine is grown in competition with pasture or weeds and possible feedbacks with radiata pine growth and respiration. Plant and Soil 225, 2000: 213-225
Zou, C., Sands, R., Buchan, G. and Hudson, I. Least limiting water range: a potential indicator of physical quality of forest soils. Aust. J. Soil Res. 38, 2000: 947- 958.
Zou, C., Sands, R. and Sun, I. Physiological responses of radiata pine roots to soil strength and water deficit. Tree Physiol. 20, 2000: 1205-1207
Zou, C., Penfold, C., Sands, R., Misra, R.K. and Hudson, I. Effects of soil air-filled porosity, soil matric potential and soil strength on primary root growth of radiata pine seedlings. Plant and Soil 236, 2000: 105-115.
Xue, J.M., Sands, R., Clinton, P. Growth and physiological responses of two Douglas fir provenances to nitrogen supply. NZ.J.For.Sc. 34(1): 59-76, 2004