How vulnerable are eucalypts to future droughts? (Old ID 24852)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This project will examine how resilient Eucalyptus sp. are to future droughts by combining data synthesis, manipulative experiments and modelling. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency, magnitude and duration of future droughts, with major environmental and socio-economic consequences for Australia. Our predictive capacity is extremely limited: experiments are limited in scale and cannot capture important global change interactions, whilst models do not represent the functional characteristics and adaptions of eucalypts. We will develop a strong evidence- and process-based understanding to quantify the functional behaviour of droughtadapted Eucalyptus species and leverage this insight to make robust future model projections.
Date
23 Apr 2019 - 22 Apr 2022
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
eucalypts;ecosystem model;Drought;biogeochemistry;land surface;Ecophysiology
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Amount
15000
Project Team
N/A