Australian savannas exhibit marked seasonality in precipitation, with more than 90% of the annual total falling between October and May. The dry season is characterized by declining soil water availability and high vapor ...

In this review, I focus on modeling studies of tree responses to CO2 enrichment. First, I examine leaf-scale models of assimilation with respect to the interaction between low temperature and CO2 enrichment. Second, because ...

Bacterial pathogens of Greenshell (TM) mussel (GSM) larvae can cause batch losses during hatchery production. Twenty-two isolates were screened using a larval bioassay. Two strains were identified as potential pathogens. ...

Schistosoma japonicum, Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica are digenetic trematodes and, therefore, possess similar life cycles. While schistosomiasis japonica has for a long time been recognised as a major disease of both ...

A Water Sensitive City is now commonly acknowledged best practice for designing the cities of the future. In Australia, the National Water Initiative has allocated high priority towards offering insight into successful ...

Pressure¿volume curves, day and night transpiration rates, needle drying curves, and shoot water potentials were determined for 2-year-old red spruce trees that had been exposed for three months to a range of acid mists ...

This study was undertaken to obtain an increased understanding of how current water management practices affect fruit yield in olives (Olea europaea L.) in Australian groves, in order to identify opportunities for improvement. ...

Resolving ecophysiological processes in elevated atmospheric CO2 (C-a) at scales larger than single leaves poses significant challenges. Here, we describe a field-based experimental system designed to grow trees up to 9m ...

Planting winter cover crops such as winter rye (Secale cereale L.) after corn and soybean harvest is one of the more promising practices to reduce nitrate loss to streams from tile drainage systems without negatively ...