Mechanisms linking site water status and net primary productivity

Funding: 2003: $175,000
2004: $175,000
2005: $175,000
2006: $175,000

Project Member(s): Eamus, D.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)

Start year: 2003

Summary: Australia is the driest of all inhabited continents and also has the lowest primary productivity. This project will determine the mechanisms linking these observations. Through development of a detailed mechanistic understanding of how site water balance determines site productivity and application of this understanding in a state-of-the-art model, we shall improve forest and water resource management and our understanding of the unique ecology of Australia.''

Keywords: Plant ecophysiology Nett Primary Productivity Photosynthesis Plant Water Status Forest Modelling

FOR Codes: Softwood plantations, Global climate change adaptation measures, Plant Physiology, Landscape Ecology, Natural Resource Management, Native forests, Climate Change Adaptation Measures, Plant physiology , Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)

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.