Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN III)- OzFlux Facility

Project Member(s): Eamus, D.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO (Project))

Start year: 2014

Summary: This is funding to support the continuation of the eddy coaviarance tower research site north of Alice Springs, as part of the Australia-wide OZFLUX network.

Publications:

Tarin, T, Nolan, RH, Medlyn, BE, Cleverly, J & Eamus, D 2020, 'Water‐use efficiency in a semi‐arid woodland with high rainfall variability', Global Change Biology, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 496-508.
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Cleverly, J, Eamus, D, Edwards, W, Grant, M, Grundy, MJ, Held, A, Karan, M, Lowe, AJ, Prober, SM, Sparrow, B & Morris, B 2019, 'TERN, Australia’s land observatory: addressing the global challenge of forecasting ecosystem responses to climate variability and change', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 095004-095004.
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Beringer, J, Hutley, LB, McHugh, I, Arndt, SK, Campbell, D, Cleugh, HA, Cleverly, J, Resco de Dios, V, Eamus, D, Evans, B, Ewenz, C, Grace, P, Griebel, A, Haverd, V, Hinko-Najera, N, Huete, A, Isaac, P, Kanniah, K, Leuning, R, Liddell, MJ, Macfarlane, C, Meyer, W, Moore, C, Pendall, E, Phillips, A, Phillips, RL, Prober, SM, Restrepo-Coupe, N, Rutledge, S, Schroder, I, Silberstein, R, Southall, P, Yee, MS, Tapper, NJ, van Gorsel, E, Vote, C, Walker, J & Wardlaw, T 2016, 'An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network - OzFlux', BIOGEOSCIENCES, vol. 13, no. 21, pp. 5895-5916.
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Cleverly, J, Eamus, D, Coupe, NR, Chen, C, Maes, WH, Li, L, Faux, R, Santini, NS, Rumman, R, Yu, Q & Huete, A 2016, 'Soil moisture controls on phenology and productivity in a semi-arid critical zone', SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 568, pp. 1227-1237.
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Eamus, D, Huete, A, Cleverly, J, Nolan, RH, Ma, X, Tarin, T & Santini, NS 2016, 'Mulga, a major tropical dry open forest of Australia: recent insights to carbon and water fluxes', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 125011-125011.
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Zhuang, W, Cheng, L, Whitley, R, Shi, H, Beringer, J, Wang, Y, He, L, Cleverly, J, Eamus, D & Yu, Q 2016, 'How energy and water availability constrain vegetation water-use along the North Australian Tropical Transect', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT PRODUCTION, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 403-423.

Eamus, D & Cleverly, J 2015, 'Australia's role in the 2011 global carbon sink anomaly', Australasian Science, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 18-19.

Keywords: Eddy covariance, OZFLUX, Mulga, carbon and water fluxes, ecophysiology,arid-zone

FOR Codes: Landscape Ecology, Plant Physiology, Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Land and Water Management, Plant physiology , Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use , Terrestrial systems and management not elsewhere classified, Terrestrial erosion

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.