Dr Heidi Dungey

Senior Scientist, and Project Leader (Diverse Forests)

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Qualifications

PhD (Plant Science/CRC for Temperate Hardwood Forestry), University of Tasmania, Australia – awarded 1997
BSc (Hons) (Plant Science), University of Tasmania, Australia -1991
BSc (Major in Botany), University of Tasmania, Australia -1989

Research capabilities

  • Forest tree breeding, breeding strategy,
  • Hybridisation theory and practice. 
  • The interaction of insects and pathogens with genetics. 
  • Quantitative and ecological genetics. 
  • The integration of molecular biology with tree breeding.
  • Seed-to-product research for Douglas-fir, eucalypts, cypresses (Cupressus), redwoods and radiata pine.
  • Carbon sequestration of forest trees.

Career highlights

  • 2008: Foundation for Research, Science and Technology funding for Diverse Forests research – species other than radiata pine for production forestry (1.6 million p.a. for 5 years including GST).
  • 2005: Pacific Governance Support Program (PGSP) Governance Capacity Building for Socio-economic Change and Ecological Sustainability in Fiji.
  • 1995: Highly commended student prize, Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Hobart.
  • 1994: Best paper at the 1994 Australian Entomological Society Conference, Adelaide.

Selected papers

Watt, M. S., Palmer, D., Dungey, H. S., Kimberley, M.  (2009) Predicting the spatial distribution of Cupressus lusitanica productivity in New Zealand. Forest Ecology and Management. 258(3): 217-223.

Dungey, H. D., Brawner, J. T., Burger, F., Carson, M., Henson, M., Jefferson, P. and Matheson, A. C. (2009). Breeding strategy for Pinus radiata in New Zealand and New South Wales. Silvae Genetica 58 (1-2) 1-96.

Baltunis, B; Wu, H X; Dungey, H S; Mullin, T J; Brawner, J, (2009). Comparisons of genetic parameters and clonal value predictions from clonal trials and seedling base population trials of radiata pine. Tree Genetics & Genomes (2009) 5:269–278

Dungey, H. S., Matheson, A. C. Kain, D. and Evans, R. (2006). Genetics of wood stiffness and its component traits in Pinus radiata. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.   36(5): 1165-1178.

Dungey, H. S., Potts, B. M., Whitham, T. G. and Li, H-F. (2000). Plant genetics affects arthropod community richness and composition: evidence from a synthetic eucalypt hybrid population. Evolution. 54 (6), 1938-1946.

Dungey, H. S., Potts, B. M., Carnegie, A. J. and Ades, P. K. (1997).  Mycosphaerella spp. leaf disease: genetic variation in damage to Eucalytpus nitens, Eucalyptus globulus and their F1 hybrid. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27(5): 750-759.

Ross, J. J., Reid, J. B. and Dungey, H. S. (1992).  Ontogenetic variation in the levels of gibberellin A1 in Pisum: Implications for the control of stem elongation.  Planta 186: 166-171.