Ecosystems Research Group

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Dr Pauline Grierson
Telephone: +61 8 6488 7926
Fax: +61 8 6488 1001
Email: pfgblue@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

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Major Research Projects

Current Students

Our graduates - where they are now

Publications

Stable isotope analyses (WABC)

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The Ecosystems Research Group (ERGo) studies the nutritional and hydrological processes that determine productivity and long-term sustainability of natural ecosystems. We also undertake process-based studies of revegetated mined areas, of tree crops and plantations, and of agroforestry systems.

General areas of study include:

• biogeochemical cycling at multiple scales - rhizosphere to landscape
• net primary production (NPP) above and belowground
• water and nutrient acquisition and use by trees
• root-soil interactions including many aspects of biochemical and biological processes in the rhizosphere
• assessing plasticity of tree root growth (including root architecture) in response to adverse or extreme growth conditions
• fire ecology and fire behaviour of semi-arid and forest ecosystems
• ecophysiology & functioning of mulga woodlands
• climate-growth relationships of Callitris and other tree species & their potential for climate reconstruction