Leaf scale attributes of trees in several diverse ecosystems of tropical Australia as determinants of tree, canopy and ecosystem function

Funding: 2000: $48,000
2001: $66,000
2002: $50,000

Project Member(s): Eamus, D.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Large Grant)

Start year: 2000

Summary: This project will provide detailed descriptions of leaf-scale properties (including but not limited to leaf lifespan, N and P content, specific leaf area, assimilation rate) of all dominant species in four diverse ecosystems of the NT, along with measures of water, light, nitrogen and phosphoruous availability within those systems. These leaf-scale attributes will be used to examine relationships between resource availability, plant strategy, and plant and canopy attibutes, thereby providing insight into how resource availability influences plant functional type and ecosystem function.

FOR Codes: Forest and wooded lands, Coastal zone, Terrestrial Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Plant Physiology, Terrestrial ecology , Plant physiology

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.