Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160102452

Funding Activity

Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160102452

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Will trees get enough nitrogen to sustain productivity in elevated CO2? The project proposes to explore how tissue nitrogen declines in future elevated carbon dioxide (eCO2) by studying the availability of soil nitrogen to plants and use of nitrogen by Eucalyptus woodland trees. Plant canopy nitrogen concentrations decline in nearly every large-scale eCO2 study done on native soils. The project plans to explore how changes in ecosystem nitrogen balance occur, by investigating if leaf nitrogen declines under eCO2 due to the balance of plant activity versus changes in soil nitrogen availability. The outcomes are central to knowing the extent to which extra nitrogen ‘feeds’ the eCO2 fertilisation response and sustains long-term increases in productivity. Expected outcomes may support the development of management options to sustain future forest productivity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2016

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $355,800.00

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 | Native Forests |

Other Keywords

Ecological Applications | Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecological Physiology | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Ecosystem Function | Native Forests

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