This is the 12th index to the Research Report series produced by the Forest Research Section of the Research, Development and Assessment Branch, Kew. The index is intended as a reference to the series so that information on a particular subject can be located and consolidated as quickly as possible. It was prepared by Brian McHugh, a feelance indexer, and is based on previous indexes prepared by Marion Pennicuik.

Research Branch Reports are primarily for departmental use, to inform staff of research progress and to record information of relevance to forest management in this State. The results of all projects of the Branch are recorded in the series, whether published elsewhere subsequently or not. The objective is to bring this work to the notice of departmental staff as quickly as possible, and certainly before external persons or organisations.

Sets of the series are held in regional offices, in head office sections, in the various departmental libraries, at the School of Forestry and Land Management (Melbourne University and Creswick), in field research stations, and in Scientific Publications Section at Kew. Copies are provided to field work centres and to the authors of each report. Limited numbers of recent reports may be available from the Scientific Publications Section (tel (03) 412-6164).

The reports are indexed by subject, authors, work centre in which the research was conducted, and by report number. The latter section lists reports by title, author, production date and, in many cases, ODC number. References for those reports published in scientific journals, as conference papers or presented as theses, are also given in this section, indicated by an asterisk.

Material in the reports should not be quoted in published work without the approval of the senior author or (if the senior author is no longer with the department) the Managing Editor, Scientific Publications Section, Kew. In reference lists, they may be cited in the following form:

Neumann, F.G. & Marks, G.C. (1989)  Insect pests and diseases in native forests, pine plantations and forest nurseries—a discussion paper on their importance and management in Victoria.  Research Report No 340, Lands & Forests Division, Department of Conservation, Forests & Lands, Victoria (unpublished).

Enquiries concerning the availability of works published by the department should be directed to the department's Sales and Information Centre, 240 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne 3002 (tel 412 4011).

Addendum

A numerical index of Research Reports 351 to 398 (prepared by Peter Farrell) is appended (note that any associated external publications are not shown as they have not been sourced). It is understood that Forest Researh Report #398, produced in October 2010, was the last one of this series with the first report produced in March 1971, spanning a period of almost 40 years.