I am a Research Scientist in the Landscape Conservation Program, currently conducting studies on jarrah forest hydrology and water relations of Eucalyptus globulus (blue-gum).
Previously I have given technical support to research on the environmental factors affecting the development of disease by Phytophthora cinnamomi in the jarrah forest (jarrah dieback), and on the water relations of Eucalyptus globulus (blue-gum) and Pinus radiata and P. pinaster plantations.
BSc (Hons), School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Murdoch University, 1986.
Honours thesis: "Perching and throughflow in a laterite profile in relation to the impact of Phytophthora cinnamomi in the northern jarrah forest."
MSc, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Murdoch University, 1993.
Masters thesis: "Soil temperature in the northern jarrah forest in relation to plant and litter and cover and implications for the periods and depths at which temperatures permit Phytophthora cinnamomi activity."
1985-1997: Senior Technical Officer, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia.
1997: Acting Research Scientist, Dept of CALM.
1998: Research Centre Manager, Dwellingup.
Grigg AH, Kinal J (2020). On the contribution of groundwater to streamflow in laterite catchments of the Darling Range, south-western Australia. Hydrological Processes 34, pp. 5070–5084
Kinal J, Stoneman G (2019). Towards half a century of thinned, climate-resilient forest. The Forester Aug/Sep, pp. 32–33
Stoneman G, Kinal J (2014). Long-term response of streamflow and groundwater to timber harvesting and declining rainfall in a small forest catchment in south-western Australia (ABSTRACT). p. 244
Stoneman G, Kinal J (2014). Response in forest policy as a result of reduced risk of stream salinity associated with timber harvesting in a changing climate (ABSTRACT). p. 547
White DA, McGrath JF, Ryan MG, Battaglia M, Mendham DS, Kinal J et al. (2014). Managing for water-use efficient wood production in Eucalyptus globulus plantations. Forest Ecology and Management 331, pp. 272–280
Kinal J, Stoneman G (2012). Groundwater disconnection drives streamflow decline. Available at https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about-us/science-and-research/publications-resources/111-science-division-information-sheets. 61/2012, 2 p.
Kinal J, Stoneman GL (2012). Disconnection of groundwater from surface water causes a fundamental change in hydrology in a forested catchment in south-western Australia. Journal of Hydrology 472/473, pp. 14–24
Kinal J, Stoneman GL (2011). Hydrological impact of two intensities of timber harvest and associated silviculture in the jarrah forest in south-western Australia. Journal of Hydrology 399, pp. 108–120
Mendham DS, White DA, Battaglia M, McGrath JF, Short TM, Ogden GN et al. [Kinal J] (2011). Soil water depletion and replenishment during first- and early second-rotation Eucalyptus globulus plantations with deep soil profiles. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151, pp. 1568–1579
Shearer BL, Dillon MJ, Kinal J, Buehrig RM (2010). Temporal and spatial soil inoculum dynamics following Phytophthora cinnamomi invasion of Banksia woodland and Eucalyptus marginata forest biomes of south-western Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 39, pp. 293–311
Stoneman G, Kinal J (2010). Effects of climate change on hydrology of forests in southwestern Australia and implications for future forest management (ABSTRACT). p. 68
White DA, Battaglia M, Mendham DS, Crombie DS, Kinal J, McGrath JF (2010). Observed and modelled leaf area index in Eucalyptus globulus plantations: tests of optimality and equilibrium hypotheses. Tree Physiology 30, pp. 831–844
Kinal J (2009). Hydrological impacts of timber harvesting. Available at https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about-us/science-and-research/publications-resources/111-science-division-information-sheets. 22/2009, 2 p.
White DA, Crombie DS, Kinal J, Battaglia M, McGrath JF, Mendham DS et al. (2009). Managing productivity and drought risk in Eucalyptus globulus plantations in south-western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 259, pp. 33–44
Kinal J, Stoneman GL, Williams MR (2006). Calibrating and using an EM31 electromagnetic induction meter to estimate and map soil salinity in the jarrah and karri forests of south-western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 233, pp. 78–84
Kinal J (2001). Hydrological response to logging in the intermediate rainfall zone of the jarrah forest (ABSTRACT). In A Workshop on Environmental Effects of Timber Harvesting in the Jarrah Forest: Perup Forest Ecology Centre, 7 & 8 May 2001: a Synthesis of Recent Research by the Science Division, Department of Conservation & Land Management p. 9
Kinal J (2001). Using electromagnetic induction to estimate soil salt storage (ABSTRACT). In A Workshop on Environmental Effects of Timber Harvesting in the Jarrah Forest: Perup Forest Ecology Centre, 7 & 8 May 2001: a Synthesis of Recent Research by the Science Division, Department of Conservation & Land Management p. 8
Kinal J (2001). Using ground-based electromagnetic induction to estimate soil salt storage in south west forests: final report on SPP 1999/09. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 33 p.
Kinal J, Shearer BL, Fairman RG (1993). Dispersal of Phytophthora cinnamomi through lateritic soil by laterally flowing subsurface water. Plant Disease 77, pp. 1085–1090
Kinal J, Fairman RG, Shearer BL (1987). Perching and throughflow in relation to the impact of Phytophthora cinnamomi in the jarrah forest (ABSTRACT). In Australasian Plant Pathology Society: Sixth Conference: University of Adelaide, 11th-15th May 1987 Australasian Plant Pathology Society, Adelaide. p. 25
Smith AK, Kinal J, Shearer BL (1987). Low cost automation of mercury manometer tensiometers (ABSTRACT). In Australasian Plant Pathology Society: Sixth Conference: University of Adelaide, 11th-15th May 1987 Australasian Plant Pathology Society, Adelaide. p. 83