Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0559695

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0559695

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Measuring tree water use and calculating stand water use. The national benefit of this project is significant. Woodlands and forests transpire vast amounts of water into the atmosphere and this water is thus lost to human consumptive use. Given large variation in rainfall between years and between seasons, it is vital that water and catchment resource managers are able to estimate how much water is lost through trees. This allows estimation of the amount of water available for irrigation, drinking, other industrial uses or maintaining ecosystem health. This project will be the first to generate a mechanistic understanding thereby allowing estimates of water use across a range of woody ecosystems in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 24-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $220,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Groundwater Hydrology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Native forests |

Other Keywords

Groundwater Hydrology | Land and water management | Native forests | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology

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