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Lauren Bennett
| Position | Research Fellow |
|---|---|
| Address | Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science University of Melbourne Water Street, Creswick, Victoria 3363 Australia |
| ltb@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Phone | +61 3 5321 4192 |
Current research projects and interests
- Genetic fingerprinting techniques for measuring soil microbial diversity and soil functional groups in forest and woodland soils;
- Relationships between soil microbial diversity and ‘function';
- Soil and plant measures of ecosystem function and restoration success;
- Remote sensing techniques for measuring ecosystem processes.
Recent research projects
- Review of research literature on the ecological effects of timber harvesting in Victoria 's native forests
- Effects of burning and nutrient additions on plants and soils in native grasslands of the Pilbara region, north-west Australia (Botany Department, The University of Western Australia)
- Maximising the productivity of eucalypts in plantations through the management of nutrition ( School of Botany , The University of Melbourne)
Current postgraduate student supervision
- Tom Wright - Comparative effects of plantation and agricultural land on water relations at remnant edges
- Luba Volkova - Ecophysiology of the tree ferns Dicksonia antarctica and Cyathea australis
- Kerryn McTaggart - Fire and seasonal effects on soil microbial populations and processes in alpine ecosystems
- John Kaye - Carbon stored in aboveground tree biomass of Victoria 's native forests
Potential students
Please do not hesitate to contact me for available Honours, Masters or PhD projects.
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