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

Ecophysiology and Ecosystem Processes

The Ecophysiology and Ecosystem Processes group investigates mechanistic aspects of tree and forest ecosystem function to address the effects of environmental impacts and changes in climate and land-use practice on forests from the cellular to the ecosystem level. Research fields include fundamental tree physiology (e. g. photosynthesis and respiration, limitations by environmental factors and nutrition), stress physiology (mechanisms of trees to withstand adverse situations such as drought, salinity, heat, pollution), soil processes (water and nutrient cycling, microbial diversity), and ecosystem-atmosphere exchanges (trace gas fluxes, carbon balance).

See a list of people in the Ecophysiology and Ecosystem Processes group and explore our research projects and capabilities.

 

Also check out our regular (biannual) newsletters for more information about the Ecophysiology and Ecosystem Processes Group:

Newsletter May/2007

 

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