BSc, PhD
Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- jon.mccalmont@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
After a career in forestry I studied Conservation and Land Management for a BSc as a mature student at Aberystwyth University. Following this, I completed a PhD in 2014 studying the greenhouse gas impacts of land-use change from grassland agriculture to 2nd generation perennial biomass cropping (Miscanthus). I remained at Aberystwyth as a PDRA for a further 4 years, working across several EU wide collaborative projects based around the commercial roll-out of sustainable energy crops. My research interests primarily focus on the environmental impacts of land-use change and in 2018 I expanded my research experience into South-East Asia, with a PDRF position at Exeter University measuring the carbon impacts of tropical peat forest conversion to oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo. I am currently working within the Environmental Modelling Group at Aberdeen University as part of the Netzero+ project, administered by Exeter University, which considers the potential for expansion of UK woodland to remove atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate change.
Qualifications
- PhD Biology2014 - Aberystwyth University
Understanding greenhouse gas exchange and carbon dynamics following land-use change from grassland to perennial energy crops
- BSc Countryside Management2011 - Aberystwyth University
BSc (1st Class Hons) in conservation and land management
- Research
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Research Specialisms
- Atmospheric Physics
- Environmental Biology
- Environmental Sciences
- Land Management
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Publications
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Biomass gasification of hybrid seed Miscanthus in Glasgow’s downdraft gasifier testbed system
Energy Procedia, vol. 158, pp. 1174-1181Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSoil nitrous oxide flux following land-use reversion from Miscanthus and SRC willow to perennial ryegrass
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 914-929Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvapotranspiration model comparison and an estimate of field scale Miscanthus canopy precipitation interception
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 353-366Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConsensus, uncertainties and challenges for perennial bioenergy crops and land use
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 150-164Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12488
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10028/1/Whitaker_et_al_2018_GCB_Bioenergy.pdf
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Economic and Environmental Assessment of Seed and Rhizome Propagated Miscanthus in the UK
Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, 1058Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn Operational In Situ Soil Moisture & Soil Temperature Monitoring Network for West Wales, UK: The WSMN Network
Sensors, vol. 17, no. 7, 1481Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEstablishment, growth and yield potential of the perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus on degraded coal mine soils
Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, 726Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRelationships between soil parameters and physiological status of Miscanthus x giganteus cultivated on soil contaminated with trace elements under NPK fertilisation vs. microbial inoculation
Environmental Pollution, vol. 225, pp. 163-174Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.03.058
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Environmental influences on the growing season duration and ripening of diverse Miscanthus germplasm grown in six countries
Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, pp. 1-14Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPartitioning of ecosystem respiration of CO2 released during land-use transition from temperate agricultural grassland to Miscanthus × giganteus
GCB Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 710-724Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEnvironmental costs and benefits of growing Miscanthus for bioenergy in the UK
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 489-507Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDevelopment of Miscanthus as a Bioenergy Crop
Biofuels and Bioenergy. Love, J., Bryant, J. A. (eds.). John Wiley & Sons Ltd., pp. 119-131, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118350553.ch7
The Impact of Biomass Feedstock Composition and Pre-treatments on Tar Formation during Biomass Gasification
Advances in Biofeedstocks and Biofuels: Biofeedstocks and Their Processing, I. Singh, L. K., Chaudhary, G. (eds.). WileyChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119117322.ch2
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An interyear comparison of CO2 flux and carbon budget at a commercial-scale land-use transition from semi-improved grassland to Miscanthus x giganteus
GCB Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 229-245Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProgress in upscaling Miscanthus biomass production for the European bio-economy with seed-based hybrids
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 6-17Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHeavy Metal Uptake by Novel Miscanthus Seed-Based Hybrids Cultivated in Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil
Civil and Environmental Engineering Reports, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 121-132Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSimulation of greenhouse gases following land-use change to bioenergy crops using the ECOSSE model: a comparison between site measurements and model predictions
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 925-940Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12298
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7435/1/Dondini_et_al_2016_GCB_Bioenergy_1_.pdf
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Appraising the capability of a land biosphere model as a tool in modelling land surface interactions: results from its validation at selected European ecosystems
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/esdd-6-217-2015
