Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP170104091
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Hydraulic control on water use, growth and survival in tropical rainforest. This project aims to measure drought-related limits to water transport in the woody xylem tissue of trees in Australian tropical rainforests, to understand how this influences tree water use, photosynthesis, health and mortality risk. Tropical rainforests are sensitive to climate variability, especially drought, but this sensitivity is poorly understood, despite large effects regionally and globally. This project will compare forests that contrast strongly in seasonal drought stress, and use the information to develop a model designed for species-diverse forest, with subsequent potential global application. The understanding gained will enable widely applicable advances designed to feed through rapidly to regional- and global-scale models that inform land use, economic and social policy-making.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2017
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $448,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecosystem Function | Ecological Applications | Ecological Physiology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity
