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Updated 5.12.2006
by O.W.Røstad

Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA)

Jon Frank

Associate professor

E-mail:

jon.frank

@umb.no

Subject area:

Forest ecology, forest soils.

Research:

Deciduous forest
Carbon dynamics in forest ecosystems
Mixed birch-coniferous stands - effects on soil acidification and forest growth
Nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems
Liming and vitality fertilization in forest areas
Carbon storage in forest biomass

Teaching:

Responsible for:

SKS300 - Forest Ecology

Also lectures in:

BIOE200 - Introduction to Bioenergy

Other duties:

Departmental coordinator for international student exchange

SILVA Network and NOVA University

Selected publications:

Røsberg, I., Frank, J. & Stuanes, A.O. 2006. Effects of liming and fertilization on tree growth and nutrient cycling in a Scots pine ecosystem in Norway. - Forest Ecology and Management 237: 191-207. (BIBSYS)

Grønflaten, L.K., Amundsen, L., Frank, J. & Steinnes, E. 2005. Influence of liming and vitality fertilization on trace element concentrations in Scots pine forest soil and plants. - Forest Ecology and Management 213: 261-272. (BIBSYS)

Frank, J. & Stuanes, A.O. 2003. Short-term effects of liming and vitality fertilization on forest soil and nutrient leaching in a Scots pine ecosystem in Norway. - Forest Ecology and Management 176: 371-386. (BIBSYS)

Brække, F.H., Frank, J. & Frivold, L.H. (red.) 2002. Skogskjøtsel for bærekraftig ressursbruk. Festskrift til Oddvar Haveraaen. - Norges landbrukshøgskole Rapporter 1/2002. 93 pp. (BIBSYS)

Frivold, L.H. & Frank, J. 2002. Growth of Mixed Birch-Coniferous Stands in Relation to Pure Coniferous Stands at Similar Sites in South-eastern Norway. - Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 17: 139-149. (BIBSYS)

Bergholm, J., Brække, F.H., Frank, J., Hallbäcken, L., Ingerslev, M. & Mälkönen, E. 1998. Soil chemistry and weathering. - Pp 91-105 in: Andersson, F., Brække, F.H. & Hallbäcken, L. (eds.). Nutrition and growth of Norway spruce forests in a Nordic climatic and deposition gradient. - TemaNord 1998:566. Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen. (BIBSYS)

Frank, J., Stabbetorp, O., Frivold, L.H. & Eilertsen, O. 1998. Bjørkeinnblanding i barskog - effekter på jordforsuring, vegetasjonsutvikling og skogens vekst. - Aktuelt fra skogforskningen 2-98: 45-53. (BIBSYS)

Røsberg, I. Frank, J. & Stuanes, A.O. 1998. Næringssirkulasjon i furuskog etter kalking og gjødsling. - Aktuelt fra skogforskningen 2-98: 9-16. (BIBSYS)

Frank, J. 1994. Effekter på jordforsuringen av mer lauvtrær i skogene i Sør-Norge. - Aktuelt fra Skogforsk 4-94: 75-93.

Frank, J. 1994. Use of broadleaved trees with conifers as a countermeasure to acidification - effects on soil properties. - Aktuelt fra Skogforsk 14-94: 28-31.

Bruun, F.R. & Frank, J. 1994. Effekter av ulike skogskjøtseltiltak på karbonstatus i jord. - En litteraturstudie og beregninger. - Aktuelt fra Skogforsk 11-94: 1-21.

Frank, J., Kjønaas, J., Nygaard, P.H. & Brean, R. 1990. Treslagsvalg og næringsstatus. - Aktuelt fra NISK 5: 34-44.

Frank, J., 1988. Acidification of soils caused by the planting of Norway spruce (Picea abies) on former birch (Betula pubescens) forests in West Norway. - Pp. 18-25 in: Barth, H. (ed.). Effects of land use in catchments on the acidity and ecology of natural surface waters. - Air Pollution Research Report 13. Proceedings COST 612 workshop at Cardiff, 11-13 April 1988. Brussels.

Frank, J. & Borchgrevink, I. 1982. Jordsmonnutviklingen under bestand av gran (Picea abies) og osp (Populus tremula) i Ås. - Meldinger fra Norges landbrukshøgskole 61(19): 30 pp.


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