Happy to see this landmark study for #EucFACE finally published. Led by @jiangminkai and Kristine Crous, we've completed one of the first full ecosystem phosphorus budgets ever done
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
And The Conversation
theconversation.com/a-fierce…
Fieldwork on Mount Banks in the Blue Mountains. It is an exposed, windswept heathland on low-P sandstone until near the top where a surprise awaits: well- developed rainforest on basalt, with triple the leaf P concentration compared to adjacent plants on sandstone!
It is very, very dry here #EucFACE and the shrubs know it. Hope we see rain soon
Today I’m exchanging this canopy near my home in the Blue Mountains in Australia for another! I’m heading to the [email protected] at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in China. Looking forward to talking canopy science for a week!
Final scientific presentations as we say goodbye to Alice from @ULBruxelles and Tielde from @fbwUGent, two very talented Masters students from 🇧🇪 working @westsyduhie and a legacy of my professorship with francquifoundation.be/
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The 1st official announcement of the 8th Canopy Conference (in person!!!) at Xishuangbanna, China! Please share with your network and colleagues! If you want to be in the loop, please email me at [email protected]
An exciting new paper finding tropical forest leaf and canopy temperatures might exceed their upper temperature limits more often than thought, particularly with warming. Can tropical trees adapt to warming, and how, are key Q’s. See
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Some key thoughts on the current spate of heatwaves by a leading atmospheric scientist @BerkeleyBiomet blogs.berkeley.edu/2023/07/2…
Students from 3 Indian Universities visit @eucface @westernsydneyu (from G.B. Pant University, Maharana Pratep University, & Sri Karen Narendra University). Heaps of Q’s about CO2 answered!
New student at @eucface @westernsydneyu, Alice from Université libre de Bruxelles. Bienvenue á Alice. Some of the shrubs @eucface have been the most responsive to elevated CO2 so Alice will investigate this further
2nd of 2: the result. Mind you, I’m quite humbled by this species in the Anacadiaceae. Hand ok, wrist & forearm not ok. I did get the data though!
Aussie tar tree, Semecarpus australiensis, a rainforest species. Only one other person has ever measured it’s leaves for photosynthesis. ‘Contact with the plant can cause serious allergic reactions. Surely that won’t be me (I wore surgical gloves) 1 of 2
It’s a wrap. 14 uncommon/ Gondwanan tree species from Lauraceae, Myrtaceae, Proteaceae and Cunoniaceae as well as Anacardiaceae, Meliaceae, Sapotaceae, etc. measured for photosynthetic & leaf characteristics in the rainforest @jcu_dro. Back home to measure phosphorus, etc in lab
Surprises abound in the rainforest. But I didn’t expect this cassowary to walk right out in front of me! Second heaviest bird in the world, there are thought to be between 1500 & 2500 of these birds in Australia. An uncommon sighting indeed
Measuring rainforest tree photosynthesis in the wet tropics from the Cape Tribulation canopy crane. This is not a particularly low P soil, but we aim to look at the different P acquisition strategies here, and how P is relevant to photosynthesis
Measuring rainforest tree photosynthesis at 23 m off the ground in the Daintree in far north Qld. This is a Syzygium (Myrtaceae), one of 47 species in the genus that grow in a ~100 km strip of rainforest in this part of the world.
It was great to have a large contingent of the best agricuture, horticulture and forestry students from Kashmir, India busting us at #eucface Thanks!
