Alex Cheesman
Projects
7
Publications
75
Awards
0
Contact Details
Senior Research Fellow
- 07 4232 1143
- alex.cheesman@jcu.edu.au
- https://tropoz.org
Biography
Alexander W. Cheesman is a Senior Research Fellow at James Cook University (Australia) and holds an adjunct position at the University of Exeter (UK). He is a plant ecophysiologist and soil scientist whose research sits at the interface of plant physiology, forest ecology, climate change, and Earth-system science.
His research examines how plants—and therefore ecosystems—respond to multiple, interacting global change drivers, including rising temperature, atmospheric CO₂, drought, and air pollution. He combines field studies in tropical forests with controlled-environment experiments and process-based modelling to link leaf- and plant-level physiological processes with ecosystem-scale carbon cycling, water use, and productivity.
A central focus of his work is understanding acclimation and vulnerability in tropical trees, and how physiological responses scale to shape forest resilience under future climates. He is a lead researcher in TropOz, an international initiative investigating the impacts of ground-level ozone pollution on tropical vegetation and the global carbon cycle.
Alexander completed his PhD in Soil and Water Science at the University of Florida in 2010, with fieldwork conducted in remote tropical wetlands in Panama. He subsequently worked at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, supported by the Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory and the Center for Tropical Forest Science (now ForestGEO), where he researched the effects of increasing temperature on tropical tree physiology.
He joined James Cook University in 2013 and has since developed an internationally recognized research programme in tropical plant ecophysiology and global change biology. He is a National Geographic Explorer and his research has been published in journals including Nature Geoscience, Science, Nature, New Phytologist, and Global Change Biology.
Research
Research Interests
- Tropical plant ecophysiology
- The impact of temperature on plant functional traits
- Phosphorus in the soil plant continuum
- Stable isotopes as recorders of plant physiological processes
- The impact of tropospheric ozone on tropical systems
Projects
How plant heat stress will influence global warming this century
01 Mar 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
The effect of light intensity on leaf pigmentation and light utilisation in mango (Old ID 27722)
01 Aug 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
Improving performance of bioreactors for treating effluent from land- based aquaculture. (Old ID 26969)
01 Jun 2020 - 08 Sep 2021
Ozone impacts on tropical vegetation; implications for forest productivity (Trop-Oz) (Old ID 24894)
01 Jan 2018 - 30 Jun 2021
Denitrification bioreactor trial in the Russell catchment of the Wet Tropics (Old ID 23408)
01 Nov 2017 - 30 May 2020
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Secondary
Activities
Consultancy
Employment
Senior Research Fellow, University of Exeter
2018 - 2024
Senior Research Fellow, James Cook University
2013 - 2024
BA Plant Science, Cambridge University
2001 - 2004
Education
Output
Lim, HanShe; Nelson, Paul N.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Morrison, David; Bulstrode, Marcus; Egger, Felix; Eccles, Rohan; Weber, Tony; Owen, Liz; AhKee, Dennis (2024) Modelling unseen flow pathways of water and contaminants in the Wet Tropics: the role of alluvial palaeochannels. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: [Report]
Other Publication
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Denitrification bioreactor trial in the Russell River catchment of the Wet Tropics: final report
2020
Cheesman, Alexander W.; Nelson, Paul N.; Lim, Han She; Todd, Shannon; Kaartinen-Price, Jai; MacGregor, Colin; Datta, Bithin; Owen, Liz; Ah-Kee, Dennis (2020) Denitrification bioreactor trial in the Russell River catchment of the Wet Tropics: final report. Cairns, Qld, Australia: [Report]
Other Publication
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Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Yatsko, Abbey R.; Calvert, Jed; Cook, Keith (2026) 'The role of ground-based laser scanning in quantifying and crediting tropical forest restoration: An Australian case study'. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 7 . [DOI]
Soil phosphorus drives subcontinental patterns of carbon isotope discrimination across Australia
2026
Alam, Iftakharul; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Farquhar, Graham D.; Givnish, Thomas J.; De Kauwe, Martin G.; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef; Westerband, Andrea C.; Wright, Ian J.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2026) 'Soil phosphorus drives subcontinental patterns of carbon isotope discrimination across Australia'. New Phytologist, . [DOI]
Lim, Han She; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Nelson, Paul N.; Eccles, Rohan; Egger, Felix; Bulstrode, Marcus; Weber, Tony (2026) 'Palaeochannels as hidden pathways of water flow in agricultural alluvial landscapes: a review of concepts and suggested future directions for modelling'. Journal of Hydrology, 674 .
Middleby, Kali B.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Hopkinson, Richard; Baker, Leesa; Ramirez Garavito, Sebastian; Breed, Martin F.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2025) 'Ecotypic Variation in Leaf Thermoregulation and Heat Tolerance but Not Thermal Safety Margins in Tropical Trees'. Plant, Cell & Environment, 48 (1):649-663. [DOI]
Cheesman, Alexander W.; Middleby, Kali B.; Orr, Ryan; Han, Liqi; Rossouw, Gerhard; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2025) 'Acclimation of mango (Mangifera indica cv. Calypso) to canopy light gradients—scaling from leaf to canopy'. Tree Physiology, 45 . [DOI]
Carter, Kelsey R.; Cavaleri, Molly A.; Atkin, Owen K.; Bahar, Nur H.A.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Choury, Zineb; Crous, Kristine Y.; Doughty, Christopher E.; Dusenge, Mirindi E.; Ely, Kim S.; Evans, John R.; Silva, Jéssica Fonseca; Mau, Alida C.; Medlyn, Belinda E.; Meir, Patrick; Norby, Richard J.; Read, Jennifer; Reed, Sasha C.; Reich, Peter B.; Rogers, Alistair; Serbin, Shawn P.; Slot, Martijn; Schwartz, Elsa C.; Tribuzy, Edgard S.; Uddling, Johan; Vårhammar, Angelica; Walker, Anthony P.; Winter, Klaus; Wood, Tana E.; Wu, Jin (2025) 'Photosynthetic responses to temperature across the tropics: A meta-analytic approach'. Annals of Botany, 135 (7):1293-1310. [DOI]
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Yatsko, Abbey R.; Wijas, Baptiste; Calvert, Jed; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cook, Keith; Eggleton, Paul; Gambold, Indigo; Jones, Caleb; Russell-Smith, Pedro; Zanne, Amy E. (2025) 'Why are trees hollow? Termites, microbes and tree internal stem damage in a tropical savanna'. Functional Ecology, 39 (3):770-782. [DOI]
Crous, Kristine Y.; Middleby, Kali B.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Bouet, Angelina Y.M.; Schiffer, Michele; Liddell, Michael J.; Barton, Craig V.M.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2025) 'Leaf warming in the canopy of mature tropical trees reduced photosynthesis due to downregulation of photosynthetic capacity and reduced stomatal conductance'. New Phytologist, 245 (4):1421-1436. [DOI]
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Middleby, Kali B.; Jordan, Rebecca; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Breed, Martin F.; Crayn, Darren M.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2025) 'Local Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest Trees'. Global Change Biology, 31 (9). [DOI]
Wijas, Baptiste J.; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Allison, Steven D.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Eggleton, Paul; Kooyman, Robert M.; Powell, Jeff R.; Zanne, Amy E. (2025) 'Decadal recovery of fungal but not termite deadwood decay in tropical rainforest'. Journal of Applied Ecology, 62 (6):1555-1566. [DOI]
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Farha, Mst Nahid; Brown, Flossie; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Sitch, Stephen; Cheesman, Alexander W. (2025) 'Examining ozone effects on the tropical C4 crop Sorghum bicolor'. PeerJ, 13 (1). [DOI]
Middleby, Kali B.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2024) 'Impacts of elevated temperature and vapour pressure deficit on leaf gas exchange and plant growth across six tropical rainforest tree species'. New Phytologist, 243 (2):648-661. [DOI]
Duan, Elizabeth S.; Rodriguez, Luciana Chavez; Hemming-Schroeder, Nicole; Wijas, Baptiste; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Liddell, Michael J.; Eggleton, Paul; Zanne, Amy E.; Allison, Steven D. (2024) 'Climate-based prediction of carbon fluxes from deadwood in Australia'. Biogeosciences, 21 :3321-3338. [DOI]
Calvert, Jed; Yatsko, Abbey R.; Bresgi, Judy; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cook, Keith; Crowe, James; Gambold, Indigo; Jones, Caleb; O'Connor, Liam; Peter, Tony; Russell-Smith, Pedro; Taylor, Elisha; Trigger, Brian; Wijas, Baptiste; Zanne, Amy E. (2024) 'Modelling internal stem damage in savanna trees: Error in aboveground biomass with terrestrial laser scanning and allometry'. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15 (9):1639-1652. [DOI]
Brown, Flossie; Folberth, Gerd; Sitch, Stephen; Artaxo, Paulo; Bauters, Marijn; Boeckx, Pascal; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Detto, Matteo; Komala, Ninong; Rizzo, Luciana; Rojas, Nestor; Dos Santos Vieira, Ines; Turnock, Steven; Verbeeck, Hans; Zambrano, Alfonso (2024) 'Performance evaluation of UKESM1 for surface ozone across the pan-tropics'. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24 (21):12537-12555. [DOI]
Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Yatsko, Abbey R.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Allison, Steven D.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Cheney, Rose; Clement, Rebecca A.; Cooper, Wendy; Eggleton, Paul; Jensen, Rigel; Rosenfield, Marc; Zanne, Amy E. (2024) 'Shifts in internal stem damage along a tropical precipitation gradient and implications for forest biomass estimation'. New Phytologist, 241 (3):1047-1061. [DOI]
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Cheesman, Alexander W.; Brown, Flossie; Artaxo, Paulo; Farha, Mst Nahid; Folberth, Gerd A.; Hayes, Felicity J.; Heinrich, Viola H.A.; Hill, Timothy C.; Mercado, Lina M.; Oliver, Rebecca J.; O' Sullivan, Michael; Uddling, Johan; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Sitch, Stephen (2024) 'Reduced productivity and carbon drawdown of tropical forests from ground-level ozone exposure'. Nature Geoscience, 17 :1003-1007. [DOI]
Singh Ramesh, Arun; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Mcdonald, William J.F.; Crayn, Darren M.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2024) 'Microclimate, soil nutrients and stable isotopes in relation to elevation in the Australian Wet Tropics'. Austral Ecology, 49 (8). [DOI]
Wijas, Baptiste J.; Flores‐Moreno, Habacuc; Allison, Steven D.; Chavez Rodriguez, Luciana; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Clement, Rebecca; Cornwell, Will K.; Duan, Elizabeth S.; Eggleton, Paul; Rosenfield, Marc V.; Yatsko, Abbey; Zanne, Amy E. (2024) 'Drivers of wood decay in tropical ecosystems: Termites versus microbes along spatial, temporal and experimental precipitation gradients'. Functional Ecology, 38 (3):546-559. [DOI]
Singh Ramesh, Arun; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Preece, Noel D.; Crayn, Darren M.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2023) 'Temperature, nutrient availability, and species traits interact to shape elevation responses of Australian tropical trees'. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6 . [DOI]
Cheesman, Alexander W.; Brown, Flossie; Farha, Nahid; Rosan, Thais M.; Folberth, Gerd A.; Hayes, Felicity; Moura, Barbara B.; Paoletti, Elena; Hoshika, Yasutomo; Osborne, Colin P.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Ribeiro, Rafael V.; Sitch, Stephen (2023) 'Impacts of ground-level ozone on sugarcane production'. Science of the Total Environment, 904 . [DOI]
Ma, Yimian; Yue, Xu; Sitch, Stephen; Unger, Nadine; Uddling, Johan; Mercado, Lina M.; Gong, Cheng; Feng, Zhaozhong; Yang, Huiyi; Zhou, Hao; Tian, Chenguang; Cao, Yang; Lei, Yadong; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Xu, Yansen; Duran Rojas, Maria Carolina (2023) 'Implementation of trait-based ozone plant sensitivity in the Yale Interactive terrestrial Biosphere model v1.0 to assess global vegetation damage'. Geoscientific Model Development, 16 (8):2261-2276. [DOI]
Vieira, Inês; Verbeeck, Hans; Meunier, Félicien; Peaucelle, Marc; Sibret, Thomas; Lefevre, Lodewijk; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Brown, Flossie; Sitch, Stephen; Mbifo, José; Boeckx, Pascal; Bauters, Marijn (2023) 'Global reanalysis products cannot reproduce seasonal and diurnal cycles of tropospheric ozone in the Congo Basin'. Atmospheric Environment, 304 . [DOI]
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Doughty, Christopher E.; Keany, Jenna M.; Wiebe, Benjamin C.; Rey-Sanchez, Camilo; Carter, Kelsey R.; Middleby, Kali B.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Goulden, Michael L.; da Rocha, Humberto R.; Miller, Scott D.; Malhi, Yadvinder; Fauset, Sophie; Gloor, Emanuel; Slot, Martijn; Oliveras Menor, Imma; Crous, Kristine Y.; Goldsmith, Gregory R.; Fisher, Joshua B. (2023) 'Tropical forests are approaching critical temperature thresholds'. Nature, 621 :105-111. [DOI]
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Cheesman, Alex W.; Todd, Shannon; Owen, Liz; AhKee, Dennis; Lim, Han She; Masson, Maureen; Nelson, Paul N. (2023) 'In-drain denitrifying woodchip bioreactors for reducing nitrogen runoff from sugarcane'. Ecological Engineering, 192 . [DOI]
Farha, Nahid; Daniells, Jeff; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Ritmejeryte, Edita; Wangchuk, Phurpa; Sitch, Stephen; Mercado, Lina M.; Hayes, Felicity; Brown, Flossie; Cheesman, Alexander W. (2023) 'Examining ozone susceptibility in the genus Musa (bananas)'. Functional Plant Biology, 50 (12):1073-1085. [DOI]
Crous, K.Y.; Cheesman, A.W.; Middleby, K.; Rogers, E.I.E; Wujeska-Klause, A.; Bouet, A.Y.M.; Ellsworth, D.S.; Liddell, M.J.; Cernusak, L.A.; Barton, C.V.M. (2023) 'Similar patterns of leaf temperatures and thermal acclimation to warming in temperate and tropical tree canopies'. Tree Physiology, 43 :1383-1399. [DOI]
Law, Stephanie; Flores‐Moreno, Habacuc; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Clement, Rebecca; Rosenfield, Marc; Yatsko, Abbey; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Dalling, James W.; Canam, Thomas; Iqsaysa, Isra Abo; Duan, Elizabeth S.; Allison, Steven D.; Eggleton, Paul; Zanne, Amy E. (2023) 'Wood traits explain microbial but not termite‐driven decay in Australian tropical rainforest and savanna'. Journal of Ecology, 111 (5):982-993. [DOI]
Brown, Flossie; Folberth, Gerd A.; Sitch, Stephen; Bauer, Susanne; Bauters, Marijin; Boeckx, Pascal; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Deushi, Makoto; Dos Santos, Ines; Galy-Lacaux, Corinne; Haywood, James; Keeble, James; Mercado, Lina M.; O'Connor, Fiona M.; Oshima, Naga; Tsigaridis, Kostas; Verbeeck, Hans (2022) 'The ozone–climate penalty over South America and Africa by 2100'. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22 :12331-12352. [DOI]
Nottingham, Andrew T.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Riutta, Terhi; Doughty, Christopher E.; Telford, Elizabeth; Huaraca Huasco, Walter; Svátek, Martin; Kvasnica, Jakub; Majalap, Noreen; Malhi, Yadvinder; Meir, Patrick; Arn Teh, Yit (2022) 'Large contribution of recent photosynthate to soil respiration in tropical dipterocarp forest revealed by girdling'. Journal of Ecology, 110 (2):387-403. [DOI]
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Zanne, Amy E.; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Powell, Jeff R.; Cornwell, William K.; Dalling, James W; Austin, Amy T.; Classen, Aimée T.; Eggleton, Paul; Okada, Kei-ichi; Parr, Catherine L.; Adair, E. Carol; Adu-Bredu, Stephen; Alam, Md Azharul; Alvarez-Garzón, Carolina; Apgaua, Deborah; Aragón, Roxana; Ardon, Marcelo; Arndt, Stefan K.; Ashton, Louise A.; Barber, Nicholas A.; Beauchêne, Jacques; Berg, Matty P.; Beringer, Jason; Boer, Matthias M.; Bonet, José Antonio; Bunney, Katherine; Burkhardt, Tynan J.; Carvalho, Dulcinéia; Castillo-Figueroa, Dennis; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cirne-Silva, Tainá M.; Cleverly, Jamie R.; Cornelissen, Johannes H.C.; Curran, Timothy J.; D'Angioli, André M.; Dallstream, Caroline; Eisenhauer, Nico; Evouna Ondo, Fidele; Fajardo, Alex; Fernandez, Romina D.; Ferrer, Astrid; Fontes, Marco A.L.; Galatowitsch, Mark L.; González, Grizelle; Gottschall, Felix; Grace, Peter R.; Granda, Elena; Griffiths, Hannah M.; Guerra Lara, Mariana; Hasegawa, Motohiro; Hefting, Mariet M.; Hinko-Najera, Nina; Hutley, Lindsay B.; Jones, Jennifer; Kahl, Anja; Karan, Mirko; Keuskamp, Joost A.; Lardner, Tim; Liddell, Michael; Macfarlane, Craig; Macinnis-Ng, Cate; Mariano, Ravi F.; Méndez, M. Soledad; Meyer, Wayne S.; Mori, Akira S.; Moura, Aloysio S.; Northwood, Matthew; Ogaya, Romà; Oliveira, Rafael S.; Orgiazzi, Alberto; Pardo, Juliana; Peguero, Guille; Penuelas, Josep; Perez, Luis I.; Posada, Juan M.; Prada, Cecilia M.; Přívětivý, Tomáš; Prober, Suzanne M.; Prunier, Jonathan; Quansah, Gabriel W.; Resco de Dios, Víctor; Richter, Ronny; Robertson, Mark P.; Rocha, Lucas F.; Rúa, Megan A.; Sarmiento, Carolina; Silberstein, Richard P.; Silva, Mateus C.; Siqueira, Flávia Freire; Stillwagon, Matthew Glenn; Stol, Jacqui; Taylor, Melanie K.; Teste, François P.; Tng, David Y.P.; Tucker, David; Türke, Manfred; Ulyshen, Michael D.; Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar J.; van den Berg, Eduardo; van Logtestijn, Richard S.P.; Veen, G.F. (Ciska); Vogel, Jason G.; Wardlaw, Timothy J.; Wiehl, Georg; Wirth, Christian; Woods, Michaela J.; Zalamea, Paul-Camilo (2022) 'Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates'. Science, 377 (6613):1440-1444. [DOI]
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Delayed greening during leaf expansion under ambient and elevated CO2 in tropical tree seedlings
2022
Vogado, Nara O.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2022) 'Delayed greening during leaf expansion under ambient and elevated CO2 in tropical tree seedlings'. Austral Ecology, 47 (3):530-540. [DOI]
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Falster, Daniel; Gallagher, Rachael; Wenk, Elizabeth H.; Wright, Ian J.; Indiarto, Dony; Andrew, Samuel C.; Baxter, Caitlan; Lawson, James; Allen, Stuart; Fuchs, Anne; Monro, Anna; Kar, Fonti; Adams, Mark A.; Ahrens, Collin W.; Alfonzetti, Matthew; Angevin, Tara; Apgaua, Deborah M. G.; Arndt, Stefan; Atkin, Owen K.; Atkinson, Joe; Auld, Tony; Baker, Andrew; von Balthazar, Maria; Bean, Anthony; Blackman, Chris J.; Bloomfeld, Keith; Bowman, David M. J. S.; Bragg, Jason; Brodribb, Timothy J.; Buckton, Genevieve; Burrows, Geof; Caldwell, Elizabeth; Camac, James; Carpenter, Raymond; Catford, Jane A.; Cawthray, Gregory R.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Chandler, Gregory; Chapman, Alex R.; Cheal, David; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Chen, Si-Chong; Choat, Brendan; Clinton, Brook; Clode, Peta L.; Coleman, Helen; Cornwell, William K.; Cosgrove, Meredith; Crisp, Michael; Cross, Erika; Crous, Kristine Y.; Cunningham, Saul; Curran, Timothy; Curtis, Ellen; Daws, Matthew; DeGabriel, Jane L.; Denton, Matthew D.; Dong, Ning; Du, Pengzhen; Duan, Honglang; Duncan, David H.; Duncan, Richard P.; Duretto, Marco; Dwyer, John M.; Edwards, Cheryl; Esperon-Rodriguez, Manuel; Evans, John R.; Everingham, Susan E.; Farrell, Claire; Firn, Jennifer; Fonseca, Carlos Roberto; French, Ben J.; Frood, Doug; Funk, Jennifer L.; Geange, Sonya R.; Ghannoum, Oula; Gleason, Sean M.; Gosper, Carl R.; Gray, Emma; Groom, Philip K.; Grootemaat, Saskia; Gross, Caroline; Guerin, Greg; Guja, Lydia; Hahs, Amy K.; Harrison, Matthew Tom; Hayes, Patrick E.; Henery, Martin; Hochuli, Dieter; Howell, Jocelyn; Huang, Guomin; Hughes, Lesley; Huisman, John; Ilic, Jugoslav; Jagdish, Ashika; Jin, Daniel; Jordan, Gregory; Jurado, Enrique; Kanowski, John; Kasel, Sabine; Kellermann, Jurgen; Kenny, Belinda; Kohout, Michele; Kooyman, Robert M.; Kotowska, Martyna M.; Lai, Hao Ran; Laliberte, Etienne; Lambers, Hans; Lamont, Byron B.; Lanfear, Robert; van Langevelde, Frank; Laughlin, Daniel C.; Laugier-kitchener, Bree-Anne; Laurance, Susan; Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Leigh, Andrea; Leishman, Michelle R.; Lenz, Tanja; Lepschi, Brendan; Lewis, James D.; Lim, Felix; Liu, Udayangani; Lord, Janice; Lusk, Christopher H.; Macinnis-Ng, Cate; McPherson, Hannah; Magallon, Susana; Manea, Anthony; Lopez-Martinez, Andrea; Mayfeld, Margaret; McCarthy, James K.; Meers, Trevor; van der Merwe, Marlien; Metcalfe, Daniel J.; Milberg, Per; Mokany, Karel; Moles, Angela T.; Moore, Ben D.; Moore, Nicholas; Morgan, John W.; Morris, William; Muir, Annette; Munroe, Samantha; Nicholson, Aine; Nicolle, Dean; Nicotra, Adrienne B.; Niinemets, Ulo; North, Tom; O'Reilly-Nugent, Andrew; O'Sullivan, Odhran S.; Oberle, Brad; Onoda, Yusuke; Ooi, Mark K. J.; Osborne, Colin P.; Paczkowska, Grazyna; Pekin, Burak; Pereira, Caio Guilherme; Pickering, Catherine; Pickup, Melinda; Pollock, Laura J.; Poot, Pieter; Powell, Jef R.; Power, Sally A.; Prentice, Iain Colin; Prior, Lynda; Prober, Suzanne M.; Read, Jennifer; Reynolds, Victoria; Richards, Anna E.; Richardson, Ben; Roderick, Michael L.; Rosell, Julieta A.; Rossetto, Maurizio; Rye, Barbara; Rymer, Paul D.; Sams, Michael A.; Sanson, Gordon; Sauquet, Herve; Schmidt, Susanne; Schoenenberger, Juerg; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef; Sendall, Kerrie; Sinclair, Steve; Smith, Benjamin; Smith, Renee; Soper, Fiona; Sparrow, Ben; Standish, Rachel J.; Staples, Timothy L.; Stephens, Ruby; Szota, Christopher; Taseski, Guy; Tasker, Elizabeth; Thomas, Freya; Tissue, David T.; Tjoelker, Mark G.; Tng, David Yue Phin; de Tombeur, Felix; (2021) 'AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora'. Scientific Data, 8 . [DOI]
Doughty, Christopher E.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Riutta, Terhi; Thomson, Eleanor R.; Shenkin, Alexander; Nottingham, Andrew T.; Telford, Elizabeth M.; Huasco, Walter Huaraca; Majalap, Noreen; Teh, Yit Arn; Meir, Patrick; Malhi, Yadvinder (2021) 'Predicting tropical tree mortality with leaf spectroscopy'. Biotropica, 53 (2):581-595. [DOI]
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Clement, Rebecca A.; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Yatsko, Abbey R.; Allison, Steven D.; Eggleton, Paul; Zanne, Amy E. (2021) 'Assessing the Australian termite diversity anomaly: how habitat and rainfall affect termite assemblages'. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 . [DOI]
Jones, Sam P.; Kaisermann, Aurore; Ogée, Jérôme; Wohl, Steven; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Wingate, Lisa (2021) 'Oxygen isotope exchange between water and carbon dioxide in soils is controlled by pH, nitrate and microbial biomass through links to carbonic anhydrase activity'. Soil, 7 (1):145-159. [DOI]
Palma Gartner, Ana C.; Winter, Klaus; Aranda, Jorge; Dalling, James W.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Turner, Benjamin L.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2020) 'Why are tropical conifers disadvantaged in fertile soils? Comparison of Podocarpus guatemalensis with an angiosperm pioneer, Ficus insipida'. Tree Physiology, 40 (6):810-821. [DOI]
O. Vogado, Nara; Liddell, Michael J.; Laurance, Susan G.W.; Campbell, Mason J.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Engert, Jayden E.; Palma, Ana C.; Ishida, Francoise Y.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2020) 'The effects of an experimental drought on the ecophysiology and fruiting phenology of a tropical rainforest palm'. Journal of Plant Ecology, 13 (6):744-753. [DOI]
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Cheesman, Alexander W.; Duff, Heather; Hill, Kathryn; Cernusak, Lucas A.; McInerney, Francesca A. (2020) 'Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: a modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia'. American Journal of Botany, 107 (8):1165-1176. [DOI]
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Forbes, Samantha J.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Northfield, Tobin D.; Gleadow, Roslyn M.; Lambert, Smilja; Cheesman, Alexander W. (2020) 'Elevated temperature and carbon dioxide alter resource allocation to growth, storage and defence in cassava (Manihot esculenta)'. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 173 . [DOI]
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Buckton, Genevieve; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Munksgaard, Niels C.; Wurster, Chris M.; Liddell, Michael J.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2019) 'Functional traits of lianas in an Australian lowland rainforest align with post-disturbance rather than dry season advantage'. Austral Ecology, 44 (6):983-994. [DOI]
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Relative roles of termites and saprotrophic microbes as drivers of wood decay: a wood block test
2018
Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Zanne, Amy E. (2018) 'Relative roles of termites and saprotrophic microbes as drivers of wood decay: a wood block test'. Austral Ecology, 43 (3):257-267. [DOI]
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The role of topography and plant functional traits in determining tropical reforestation success
2018
Cheesman, Alex W.; Preece, Noel; van Oosterzee, Penny; Erskine, Peter D.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2018) 'The role of topography and plant functional traits in determining tropical reforestation success'. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (2):1029-1039. [DOI]
Munksgaard, Niels C.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Gray-Spence, Andrew; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Bird, Michael I. (2018) 'Automated calibration of laser spectrometer measurements of δ¹⁸O and δ²H values in water vapour using a dew point generator'. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 32 (12):1008-1014. [DOI]
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Apgaua, Deborah M.G.; Tng, David Y.P.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Santos, Rubens M.; Edwards, Will J.; Laurance, Susan G.W. (2017) 'Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit
different wood functional anatomy'. Functional Ecology, 31 (3):582-591. [DOI]
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Cheesman, Alexander W.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2017) 'Infidelity in the outback: climate signal recorded in Δ18O of leaf but not branch cellulose of eucalypts across an Australian aridity gradient'. Tree Physiology, 37 (5):554-564. [DOI]
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Schneider, Gerald F.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Winter, Klaus; Turner, Benjamin L.; Sitch, Stephen; Kursar, Thomas A. (2017) 'Current ambient concentrations of ozone in Panama modulate the leaf chemistry of the tropical tree Ficus insipida'. Chemosphere, 172 :363-372. [DOI]
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Munksgaard, N.C.; Cheesman, A.W; English, N.B.; Zwart, C.; Kahmen, A.; Cernusak, L.A. (2017) 'Identifying drivers of leaf water and cellulose stable isotope enrichment in Eucalyptus in northern Australia'. Oecologia, 183 (1):31-43. [DOI]
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Dalling, James W.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Winter, Klaus; Aranda, Jorge; Garcia, Milton; Virgo, Aurelio; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Baresch, Andres; Jaramillo, Carlos; Turner, Benjamin L. (2016) 'Two tropical conifers show strong growth and water-use efficiency responses to altered CO2 concentration'. Annals of Botany, 118 (6):1113-1125. [DOI]
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Cernusak, Lucas A.; Barbour, Margaret M.; Arndt, Stefan K.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; English, Nathan B.; Feild, Taylor S.; Helliker, Brent R.; Holloway-Phillips, Meisha M.; Holtum, Joseph A.M.; Kahmen, Ansgar; McInerney, Francesca A.; Munksgaard, Niels C.; Simonin, Kevin A.; Song, Xin; Stuart-Williams, Hilary; West, Jason B.; Farquhar, Graham D. (2016) 'Stable isotopes in leaf water of terrestrial plants'. Plant, Cell & Environment, 39 (5):1087-1102. [DOI]
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Holloway-Phillips, Meisha; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Barbour, Margaret; Song, Xin; Cheesman, Alexander; Munksgaard, Niels; Stuart-Williams, Hilary; Farquhar, Graham D. (2016) 'Leaf vein fraction influences the Péclet effect and ¹⁸O enrichment in leaf water'. Plant, Cell & Environment, 39 (11):2414-2427. [DOI]
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Munksgaard, Niels C.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Wurster, Chris M.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Bird, Michael I. (2014) 'Microwave extraction–isotope ratio infrared spectroscopy (ME-IRIS): a novel technique for rapid extraction and in-line analysis of δ18O and δ2H values of water in plants, soils and insects'. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 28 (20):2151-2161. [DOI]
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Cheesman, A.W.; Turner, B.L.; Reddy, K.R. (2014) 'Forms of organic phosphorus in wetland soils'. Biogeosciences, 11 :6697-6710. [DOI]
Wright, E.L.; Black, C.R.; Cheesman, A.W.; Turner, B.L.; Söjgersten, S. (2013) 'Impact of simulated changes in water table depth on ex situ decomposition of leaf litter from a neotropical peatland'. Wetlands, 33 (2):217-226. [DOI]
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Cheesman, Alexander W.; Winter, Klaus (2013) 'Growth response and acclimation of CO2 exchange characteristics to elevated temperatures in tropical tree seedlings'. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64 (12):3817-3828. [DOI]
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Elevated night-time temperatures increase growth in seedlings of two tropical pioneer tree species
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Cheesman, Alexander W.; Winter, Klaus (2013) 'Elevated night-time temperatures increase growth in seedlings of two tropical pioneer tree species'. New Phytologist, 197 (4):1185-1192. [DOI]
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Krause, G. Heinrich; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Winter, Klaus; Krause, Barbara; Virgo, Aurelio (2013) 'Thermal tolerance, net CO2 exchange and growth of a tropical tree species, Ficus insipida, cultivated at elevated daytime and nighttime temperatures'. Journal of Plant Physiology, 170 (9):822-827. [DOI]
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Cheesman, Alexander W.; Turner, Benjamin L.; Reddy, K. Ramesh (2012) 'Soil phosphorus forms along a strong nutrient gradient in a tropical ombrotrophic wetland'. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 76 (4):1496-1506. [DOI]
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Turner, Benjamin L.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Godage, H. Yasmin; Riley, Andrew M.; Potter, Barry V.L. (2012) 'Determination of neo- and D-chiro-inositol hexakisphosphate in soils by solution P-31 NMR spectroscopy'. Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (9):4994-5002. [DOI]
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Hamdan, Rasha; El-Rifai, Hasan M.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Turner, Benjamin L.; Reddy, K. Ramesh; Cooper, William T. (2012) 'Linking phosphorus sequestration to carbon humification in wetland soils by P-31 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy'. Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (9):4775-4782. [DOI]
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Sjögersten, Sofie; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Lopez, Omar; Turner, Benjamin L. (2011) 'Biogeochemical processes along a nutrient gradient in a tropical ombrotrophic peatland'. Biogeochemistry, 104 (1-3):147-163. [DOI]
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Wright, Emma L.; Black, Colin R.; Cheesman, Alexander; Drage, Trevor; Large, David; Turner, Benjamin L.; Sjoegersten, Sofie (2011) 'Contribution of subsurface peat to CO2 and CH4 fluxes in a neotropical peatland'. Global Change Biology, 17 (9):2867-2881. [DOI]
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Cheesman, Alexander W.; Turner, Benjamin L.; Inglett, Patrick W.; Reddy, K. Ramesh (2010) 'Phosphorus transformations during decomposition of wetland macrophytes'. Environmental Science and Technology, 44 (24):9265-9271. [DOI]
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Interaction of phosphorus compounds with anion-exchange membranes: implications for soil analysis
2010
Cheesman, Alexander W.; Turner, Benjamin L.; Reddy, K. Ramesh (2010) 'Interaction of phosphorus compounds with anion-exchange membranes: implications for soil analysis'. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 74 (5):1607-1612. [DOI]
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Cheesman, Alexander W.; Dunne, Ed J.; Turner, Benjamin L.; Reddy, K. Ramesh (2010) 'Soil phosphorus forms in hydrologically isolated wetlands and surrounding pasture uplands'. Journal of Environmental Quality, 39 (4):1517-1525. [DOI]
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Turner, Benjamin L.; Newman, Susan; Cheesman, Alex; Reddy, K. Ramesh (2007) 'Sample Pretreatment and Phosphorus Speciation in Wetland Soils'. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 71 (5):1538-1546. [DOI]
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Sayer, E.J.; Tanner, E.V.J.; Cheesman, A.W. (2006) 'Increased litterfall changes fine root distribution in a moist tropical forest'. Plant and Soil, 281 :5-13. [DOI]
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Cernusak, Lucas A.; Farha, Nahid; Cheesman, Alexander W. (2021) 'Understanding how ozone impacts plant water-use efficiency' Tree Physiology, 41 (12) :2229-2233. [DOI]
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Cheesman, Alex W.; Cernusak, Lucas A. (2016) 'Isoscapes: a new dimension in community ecology' Tree Physiology, 36 (12) :1456-1459. [DOI]
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Cernusak, Lucas A.; Cheesman, Alex W. (2015) 'The benefits of recycling: how photosynthetic bark can increase drought tolerance' New Phytologist, 208 (4) :995-997. [DOI]
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Turner, Benjamin L.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Condron, Leo M.; Reitzel, Kasper; Richardson, Alan E. (2015) 'Introduction to the special issue: Developments in soil organic phosphorus cycling in natural and agricultural ecosystems' Geoderma, 257-258 :1-3. [DOI]
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Turner, Benjamin L.; Cheesman, Alexander W.; Godage, H. Yasmin; Riley, Andrew M.; Potter, Barry V. L. (2012) 'Response to Comment on Determination of neo- and D-chiro-Inositol Hexakisphosphate in Soils by Solution P-31 NMR Spectroscopy' Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (20) :11480-11481. [DOI]
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Cheesman, Alexander W.; Rocca, James; Turner, Benjamin L. (2013) 'Phosphorus Characterization in Wetland Soils by Solution Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy' In: Cheesman, Alexander W., Rocca, James, and Turner, Benjamin L. (2013) Phosphorus Characterization in Wetland Soils by Solution Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. In: DeLaune, R.D., Reddy, K.R., Richardson, C.J., and Megonigal, J.P., (eds.) Methods in Biogeochemistry of Wetlands. SSSA Book Series . UNSPECIFIED, pp. 639-665(Eds.). Methods in Biogeochemistry of Wetlands. [DOI]