Neumann, Frederick Gerhard (1937 - )

Summary

Frederick Neumann was responsible for improved prescriptions for suppression of defoliating insects in young eucalypt plantations that were planted extensively on farmland in Victoria in the period 1995-2005.

Details

As a research scientist focussing on insect pest management in forests, Frederick Neumann investigated eucalypt seed physiology, softwood genetics, and the ecology of insect pests in native eucalypt forests and pine plantations. This latter work included the successful control of chronic plague numbers of stick insect defoliators in high-productivity Eucalyptus delegatensis (Alpine Ash) and Eucalyptus regnans (Mountain Ash) forests in Victoria. His research also elucidated the effects of bushfires and prescribed fires on the populations and activity of soil/litter-frequenting invertebrates in eucalypt forests. Frederick Neumann's qualifications include: Diploma of Forestry, Victorian School of Forestry Creswick; Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from University of New South Wales; Doctor of Forest Science, University of Melbourne.

Chronology

Education - Doctor of Forest Science, University of Melbourne

Education - Diploma of Forestry, Victorian School of Forestry

Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of New South Wales

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of New South Wales

1960 - 1965

Career position - Assistant Forester, Forests Commission of Victoria

1980 - 1987

Career position - Research Scientist and Officer-in-Charge of Mountain Forest Research Station Kallista

1987 - 1996

Career position - Senior Research Scientist (Entomology) at Centre for Forest Tree Technology, Kew, Victoria

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details

Book Sections

• Neumann, F.G.; Smith, I.W.; and Collett, N.G., 'Diseases and insect pests.' in New Forests: Wood Production and Environmental Services, Ferguson, I.S., and Nambiar, E.S., eds (Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2005), p. 257. Details

Journal Articles

• Neumann, F. G.; Collett, N. G.; and Tolhurst, K. G. (, 'Coleoptera in litter of dry-sclerophyll eucalypt forest and the effects of low-intensity prescribed fire on their activity and composition in west-central Victoria.', Australian Forestry, 58 (3) (1995), 83-98. Details
• Neumann, F.G., 'Egg production, adult longevity and mortality of the stick insect Didymuria violescens (Leach) (Phasmatodea:Phasmatidae) inhabiting mountain ash forest in Victoria.', Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 15 (1976), 183-190. Details
• Neumann, F.G., 'Responses of foraging ant populations to high-intensity wildfire, salvage logging and natural regeneration processes in Eucalyptus regnans forests of the Victorian Central Highlands', Australian Forestry, 55 (1992), 29-38. Details
• Neumann, F.G.; and Kassaby, F.Y., 'Effects of commercial pesticides on seed coats and germinants of Eucalyptus regnans and their potential as seed protectants in the field.', Australian Forest Research, 16 (1) (1986), 37-50. Details

Resources

• 'Neumann, Frederick Gerhard, by Peter Fagg and Frederick Neumann', The Study of Australian Eucalypts: Forestry, with Fagg, P.C. et al., eScholarship Research Centre, 16 December 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/forestry.html. Details
• 'Neumann, Frederick Gerhard (19370121-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1540470. Details