Response to and Recovery from Heat Stress: Thermal Tolerance of Australian Arid Land Vegetation

Project Member(s): Leigh, A., Ralph, P., Murray, B.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Port Augusta City Council

Start year: 2012

Publications:

Milner, KV, French, K, Krix, DW, Valenzuela, SM & Leigh, A 2023, 'The effects of spring versus summer heat events on two arid zone plant species under field conditions', Functional Plant Biology, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 455-469.
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Cook, A, Rezende, E, Petrou, K & Leigh, A 2023, 'Beyond a single temperature threshold: applying a cumulative thermal stress framework to plant heat tolerance', Wiley.
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Cook, AM, Berry, N, Milner, KV & Leigh, A 2021, 'Water availability influences thermal safety margins for leaves', Functional Ecology, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 2179-2189.
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Curtis, EM, Knight, CA & Leigh, A 2019, 'Intracanopy adjustment of leaf-level thermal tolerance is associated with microclimatic variation across the canopy of a desert tree (Acacia papyrocarpa)', Oecologia, vol. 189, no. 1, pp. 37-46.
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Curtis, EM, Gollan, J, Murray, BR & Leigh, A 2016, 'Native microhabitats better predict tolerance to warming than latitudinal macro‐climatic variables in arid‐zone plants', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 1156-1165.
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Curtis, EM, Knight, CA, Petrou, K & Leigh, A 2014, 'A comparative analysis of photosynthetic recovery from thermal stress: a desert plant case study', OECOLOGIA, vol. 175, no. 4, pp. 1051-1061.
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FOR Codes: Ecological Impacts of Climate Change, Ecological Physiology, Plant Biology, Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences, Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Environments, Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts), Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation, Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems, Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)

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.