Melbourne School of Land and Environment Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science

I obtained a PhD from the Australian National University in 1996 and previously worked at CSIRO, The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment and as a consultant.  I currently lead the Forest and Water research group in the Department of Forest and Ecosystems Science, which currently comprises 10 scientists and research assistants and 10 post graduate students.   I have been involved in research collaborations with the CRC for Catchment Hydrology, CSIRO Land and Water, CSIRO Flagships, University of NSW, The Australian National University, the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment and the CRC for Forestry. 

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• measuring and modelling the impact of fire on streamflow and water quality
• the interaction of forest growth dynamics and streamflow
• the ecohydrology of eucalypt forests
• sediment, nutrient and runoff generation from disturbed and undisturbed forested landscapes
• modelling plantation impacts on streamflow

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Link to Forest and Water Research Group Projects

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Recent publications (last 5 years):

• Smith HG, Sheridan GJ, Nyman P, Lane PNJ, Haydon S, 2009. A framework for modeling erosion response to wildfire in forested water supply catchments, south-eastern Australia.  Accepted by Modsim09
• Jones, O.D., Sheridan, G.J. and Lane P.N.J., 2009  A stochastic runoff model incorporating spatial variability.  Accepted by Modsim09
  
• Feikema, P.M., P.N.J. Lane, C.R. Beverly and T.G. Baker, 2009.  Application of two catchment-scale hydrological models, Macaque and 3PG+ in CAT, to changes in vegetation cover: limitations and opportunities.  Accepted by Modsim09
  
• Takken I, Croke JC, Lane PNJ. 2008. A methodology to assess the delivery of road runoff in a forestry environment.  Hydrological Processes 22: 254-264.
  
• Sheridan GJ, Noske PJ. Lane PNJ, Sherwin CB. 2008.  Using rainfall simulation and site measurements to predict annual erodibility and phosphorus generation rates from unsealed roads; validation against in-situ erosion measurements.  Catena 73: 49-62.
  
• Lane PNJ, Sheridan PJ, Noske PJ, Sherwin CB. 2008.  Phosphorus and nitrogen exports from SE Australian forests following wildfire.  Journal of Hydrology 361: 186-198.
  
• Takken I, Croke JC, Lane PNJ. 2008.  Thresholds for gully initiation at road drain outlets.  Catena 75: 257-267.
  
• Feikema PM, Sheridan GJ, Argent RM, Lane PNJ, Grayson RB, 2008.  Impact of the 2003 Alpine Bushfires on Streamflow - Modelling the impacts of the 2003 bushfires on water quality in catchments in Victoria and New South Wales.  MDBC Publication No. 26/08
  
• Lane PNJ, Sherwin CB, Peel MC, Freebairn AC, 2008..  Impact of the 2003 Alpine Bushfires on Streamflow - Predicting the long-term impacts of bushfire on water yield.  MDBC Publication No. 24/08
  
• Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ, Noske PJ. 2007. Quantification of hillslope runoff and erosion processes before and after wildfire in a wet eucalypt forest.  Journal of Hydrology 343: 12-28.
  
• Lane PNJ, Feikema PM, Sherwin CB, Peel MC, Freebairn A, 2007.  Physically-based prediction of water yield from disturbed forested water supply catchments. In Oxley, L. and Kulasiri, D. (eds) MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2007, pp.2953-2959. ISBN: 978-0-9758400-4-7.  http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim07/papers/53_s52/Physically-baseds52_Lane_.pdf
  
• Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ, Noske PJ, Sherwin CB, Nyman P, 2007.  Runoff generation from water repellent soils with high infiltration capacity. In Oxley, L. and Kulasiri, D. (eds) MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2007, pp.1245-1251. ISBN: 978-0-9758400-4-7.  http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim07/papers/20_s49/RunoffGeneration_s49_Sheridon_.pdf
  
• Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ, Sherwin CB, Noske PJ, 2007.  Estimating increased sediment loads following wildfire: sampling strategies and stochastic uncertainty. In Oxley, L. and Kulasiri, D. (eds) MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2007, pp.2410-2416. ISBN: 978-0-9758400-4-7.  http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim07/papers/44_s23/EstimatingIncreaseds23_Sheridan_.pdf
  
• Lane PNJ, Hairsine PB, Croke JC,Takken I.  2006.  Quantifying diffuse pathways for overland flow between the roads and streams of the Mountain Ash forests of central Victoria, Australia. Hydrological Processes 20: 1875-1884.
  
• Bren LJ, Lane PNJ, Maguire D.  2006.  An empirical, comparative model of annual radiata pine plantation water use for southern Australia. Australian Forestry  69 (4): 275-284.
  
• Lane PNJ, Sheridan PJ, Noske PJ.  2006. Changes in sediment loads and discharge from small mountain catchments following wildfire in south eastern Australia.  Journal of Hydrology 331: 495-510.
  
• Lane PNJ, Best AE, Hickel K, Zhang L, 2005.  The response of flow duration curves to afforestation.  Journal of Hydrology 310: 253-265.
  
• Sheridan GJ, Lane PNJ and Noske PJ, 2005.  Development of a hillslope model for predicting erosion and water quality impacts of wildfire in SE Australia.  In Zerger, A. and Argent, R.M. (eds) MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2005, pp. 2755-2761. ISBN: 0-9758400-2-9. http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim05/papers/sheridan_1.pdf
  
• Lane, PNJ, Croke, JC and Dignan, P.  2004. Dynamics of surface and subsurface flow in convergent topography: the results of rainfall simulation and modelling.  Hydrological Processes 18: 879-982.
  
• Lane, PNJ, Morris JD, Zhang NN, Zhou GY, Zhou GY, Xu D. 2004.  Water balance of tropical eucalypt plantations in south-eastern China.  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 124:  253-267.

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Current Students

Sandra Hawthorne (PhD)
Petter Nyman (PhD)
Jane Cawson (PhD)
Rachael Nolan (PhD)
Suzanne Witterveen (PhD)
Ashley Greenwood (PhD)
Sina Moshirvaziri (PhD)
Dominik Jaskierniak (PhD)
Darcy Prior (Masters)
Dharma Dassanayake (PhD)

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