Terrestrial Ecohydrology Research Group
Back:(L-R): Nicolas Boulain, James Cleverly, Longhui Li,
Derek Eamus, Zheng Li, and Qiang Yu,
Front: (L-R):Sepideh Zolfaghar, Nicole Grant, Qunying Luo
and Rhys Whitley
Members
Professor Derek Eamus - Ecohydrology, land-surface gas exchange, plant ecophysiology
Dr Nicolaus Boulain - plant function analyses
Dr James Cleverly - Ecohydrology, carbon and water flux monitoring
Stephen Fujiwara - Groundwater flux dynamics in Australian ecosystems with a shallow water table
Prof Alfredo Huete - remote sensing, forrestry and climate change
Dr Longhui Li - ecological modelling
Dr Zheng Li - Land-surface gas exchange, eddy covariance, modelling
Dr Qunying Luo - ecological modelling
Sam Maddox - Scintillometery and modelling
Dr Daniel Taylor - Scintillometery, hydraulic architecture, C-N trade-offs
Rhys Whitley - Modelling land-surface gas exchange
Professor Qiang Yu - Ecosystem modelling of vegetation function
Dr Randol Villalobos-Vega - Ecohydrology, groundwater dependent ecosystems
Dr Ying-Ping Wang - Adjunct Member
Sepideh Zolfaghar - Examination of groundwater dependent ecosystem’s ecophysilogical traits and their responses to climate change
Key research strengths
The TERG is principally concerned with the investigating the relationships amongst climate, climate change, vegetation function and vegetation structure. We combine glasshouse and field measurements at cellular, leaf, whole-tree, canopy and landscape scales. We undertake a heady mix of pure and applied research in a range of topics for a number of end-users. Sponsors of our work include the mining industry, the waste management industry and State Governments. We address questions such as:
- What will be the impact of climate change on vegetation function?
- Can we minimise groundwater recharge using vegetation and can the mining and waste storage industries use this to minimise off-site impacts?
- What are the mechanisms underlying stomatal responses to vapour pressure deficit?
- What are the trade-offs between water and nitrogen in the C economy of a leaf?
C3 2012 PhD project descriptions and desirable skills
Professional links and collaborations
Members of the TERG are engaged in collaborative work involving the following:
- USDA Forestry Service
- University of Edinburgh
- Macquarie University
- University of Tasmania
- Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
- University of Western Australia
- University of Queensland
- Charles Darwin University
- Edith Cowan University
- University of Western Sydney
- The Centre for Groundwater Research and Training
- Sinclair Knight Merz
- The OzFlux Network and the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
- BHP Billiton, Alcoa, Xstrata
- WSN Plc
- CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Land and Water Australia research reports, 2009
Media
Canon environmental award supports C3 PhD research (Nov 2011)
New UTS hosted Auscover node will strengthen Australia's ecosystem management network ( June 2011)
Dr Nicolas Boulain - Research Spotlight (May 2011)
Chinese Climate Change Symposium (March 2011)
UTS Research Awards (October 2010)
CSIRO Collaboration (September 2010)
Super Science Lead role for TERG ( August 2010)
Enquiring Minds, Inspiring Solutions (July 2010)
James Cleverly, Ecohydrologist and Bio-meteorologist (February 2010)
