Matthew Wilkinson, BSc, MSc

Research Scientist, Centre for Forestry and Climate Change

Matthew Wilkinson graduated from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1995 with a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture and the Environment and then obtained an MSc in Crop Production in the Changing Environment in 1996 from the University of Essex.  After a period working in agricultural research he joined Forest Research in 2001.

Current role

Research Scientist, Greenhouse gas fluxes, Centre for Forestry and Climate Change

Matt works on a number of projects focussed on the mitigation and adaptation of forests and woodlands to climate change, he also manages the Straits eddy covariance flux site.

Current programmes

• Climate change mitigation
• Climate change adaptation
• Intensive long term monitoring of forest ecosystems

Research areas

• Effects of climate change on trees, woodland and forests
• Measurement and modelling of greenhouse gas and energy fluxes between the atmosphere and forests
• Forest meteorology and microclimate
• Changing patterns of forest phenology.

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Peer reviewed journal papers and conference proceedings

Moffat, A.J., Benham, S., Morison, J.I.L., Pitman, R., Vanguelova, E.I., Wilkinson, M. and Yamulki, S. (2010).  The value of forest monitoring in developing forest ecosystem science in Britain.  In: John Derome – Ambassador for forest monitoring in Europe, L. Ukonmaanaho, K. Derome, P. Rautio and P. Merilä (eds), Working Papers of the Finnish Forest Research Institute 180, Helsinki.

Vanguelova, E.I., Benham, S., Pitman, R., Moffat, A. Broadmeadow, M., Nisbet, T., Durrant, D., Barsoum, N.,Wilkinson, M., Bochereau, F., Broadmeadow, S., Hutchings, T., Crow, P., Durrant-Huston, T. and Taylor, P. (2010). Chemical fluxes in time through forest ecosystems in the UK – soil response to pollution recovery. Environmental Pollution doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2009.10.044

Peachey, C.J., Sinnett, D., Wilkinson, M., Morgan, G.W., Freer-Smith, P. and Hutchings, T.R. (2009). Deposition and solubility of airborne metals to four plant species grown at varying distances from two heavily trafficked roads in London. Environmental Pollution 157: 2291-2299.

Karlsson, P.E., Braun, S., Broadmeadow, M., Elvira, S., Emberson, L., Gimeno, B.S., Le Thiec, D., Novak, K., Oksanen, E., Schaub, M., Uddling, J. and Wilkinson, M. (2007). Risk assessments for forest trees: The performance of the ozone flux versus the AOT concepts. Environmental Pollution 146: 608-616.

Karlsson, P.E., Uddling, J., Braun, S., Broadmeadow, M., Elvira, S., Gimeno, B.S., Le Thiec, D., Oksanen, E., Vandermeiren, K., Wilkinson, M. and Emberson, L. (2004). New critical levels for ozone effects on young trees based on AOT40 and simulated cumulative leaf uptake of ozone. Atmospheric Environment 38: 2283-2294.

Karlsson, P.E., Uddling, J., Braun, S., Broadmeadow, M., Elvira, S., Gimeno, B.S., Le Thiec, D., Oksanen, E., Vandermeiren, K., Wilkinson, M., Ceulemans. R. and Emberson, L. (2003). New critical loads for ozone impact on trees based on AOT40 and leaf cumulated ozone uptake. In: Establishing ozone critical levels II (eds P.E. Karlsson, G. Sellden, H. Pleijel). UNECE Workshop Report. IVL Report B 1523. IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Conference presentations

Wilkinson, M., Casella, E., Crow, P. and Morison, J. (2011). Effects of management thinning on CO₂ uptake by a plantation oak woodland in SE England”, CarboForest Conference, Forest Research Institute, Sekocin Stary, Poland, September 2011.

Wilkinson, M. and Morison J.L. (2010). Tree phenology at the Alice Holt Research Forest, SE England. UK-Japan Workshop on Forest and Climate Change, British Embassy, Tokyo 25-26 August 2010.

Heinemeyer, A., Wilkinson, M., Subke, J.A., Casella, E., Vargas, R., Morison, J. and Ineson, P. (2010). The ‘overflow tap’ theory: linking NPP to forest soil carbon dynamics. EGU, Conference at Vienna, Austria, May 2010.

Mizunuma,T., Wilkinson, M., Grace, J., and Morison, J.L. (2010). The use of digital cameras for remote assessments of forest phenology: a modern approach to an old problem. Botanical Society of Scotland, Phenology conference, University of Edinburgh, April 2010.

Heinemeyer, A.,Wilkinson, M., Morison, J.L. and Ineson, P. (2009). The ‘overflow tap’ theory: linking NPP to forest soil carbon dynamics. Soil Organic Matters, Conference at Rothamsted/ Harpenden, UK, June 2009.

Heinemeyer, A., Subke,J.A., Lafont, A., Wilkinson, M., and Ineson, P. (2008). An improved understanding of forest net ecosystem exchange in the plant-soil continuum: linking long-term high frequency eddy covariance and soil respiration data within a carbon modelling framework. British Ecological Society, Annual Meeting, Imperial College London.

Kitchen, K., Moffat, A., Wilkinson, M., and Lafont, S. (2007). Climate Change & the Implications for Wildfire in the UK. Wildfire 2007, Dalby Forest, N Yorks, 5-6 June 2007.

Broadmeadow, M., Hendry, S., Durrant, D., Vanguelova, E., Benham, S., Moffat, A. and Wilkinson, M. (2003). Woodland monitoring in the UK. JNCC Air Pollution and Ecosystem Change Symposium, Caenarfon, 28-29 October 2003.

Forestry Commission publications

Wilkinson, M. (2010) Measuring Tree Phenology. Forest Research News Letter, June 2010 ^(PDF-1982K).

Published abstract and posters

Eaton. E, Wilkinson, M. Mizunuma,T. and Morison J.L. (2010) Quantifying the role of forest phenology in CO2 fluxes. UK- Japan Workshop on Forest and Climate Change, British Embassy, Tokyo 25-26 August 2010.

Heinemeyer, A., Wilkinson, M., Subke, J.A., Casella, E., Vargas, R., Morison, J. and Ineson, P. (2010). The ‘overflow tap’ theory: linking NPP to forest soil carbon dynamics. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol.12 EGU2010-12933.

Contract reports

Arcangeli, C., Wilkinson, M., Williams, M., Morgan, G. and Taylor, P. (2007). "Modelling rainfall interception” Final Report, Programme No. FF0304UK01 entitled "Forest Focus - UK 2003-2004" Request No. UK7.

Matthews, R.W., Broadmeadow, M.S.J., Mackie, E.D., Wilkinson, M., Benham, S. and Harris, K. (2006). Survey methods for Kyoto Protocol monitoring and verification of UK forest carbon stocks. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities. Report, April 2006. DEFRA: London.

Broadmeadow, M.S.J., Matthews, R.W., Mackie, E.D., Wilkinson, M., Benham, S. and Harris, K. (2005). Survey methods for Kyoto Protocol monitoring and verification of UK forest carbon stocks. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities. Report, June 2005. DEFRA: London.

Broadmeadow, M., Benham, S. and Wilkinson, M. (2004). Growth uptake of heavy metals by British Forests: implications for critical load mapping. Report under Defra contract EPG 1/3/188 - further development of an effects based approach for cadmium, copper, lead and zinc. Forest Research, Farnham.