BSc, PhD
Research Fellow
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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 , published under the licence.
- Publications
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Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 118-151Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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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: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Soil 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: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Evapotranspiration 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: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Consensus, 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:
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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: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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An Operational In Situ Soil Moisture & Soil Temperature Monitoring Network for West Wales, UK: The WSMN Network
Sensors, vol. 17, no. 7, 1481Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Establishment, 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: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Relationships 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:
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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: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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