Matt Parratt, BSc

 

Project Support Officer, Forest Management Division

Email: matthew.parratt@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1420 22255
Tel direct: +44 (0)1420 526247
Fax: +44 (0)1420 23563

Address:
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH
UK

Matt studied Applied Biology and Environmental Management at NESCOT in 2000. He began his career with Forest Research in 1994 as a Seed Analyst before transferring to work in Seedling Biology in 2003.

Current role

Project Support Officer, Forest Management Division

Providing specialist technical and practical support for the Forest Management Division in the field and the laboratory.

Current programmes

Seed and seedling biology

Research areas

• Arboreta
• Lowland native woods
• Seed and seedling biology

Main recent publications

Gosling, P.G., Parratt, M. J. and Peace, A. J. (1999). Identifying the optimum pretreatment duration and germination temperature for Abies nordmanniana [(Steven) Spach] seed, and assessing the effect of moisture content and storage temperature on seed longevity. Seed Science and Technology, 27:3, 951-961.

Poulsen, K. M., Parratt, M. J. and Gosling, P. G. (1998). ISTA Tropical and sub-tropical tree and shrub seed handbook. ISTA, Zurich, Switzerland.