How will Eucalypt tree architecture and growth adapt to future atmospheric CO2 and drought?

桉树的结构和生长将如何适应未来大气中的二氧化碳和干旱？

• 批准号: DP0881221
• 负责人: Prof David Ellsworth
• 金额: $ 24.99万
• 依托单位: Western Sydney University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0881221
• 关键词: How; will; Eucalypt; tree; architecture

This work is fundamental to understanding how growth and water use by Australia's forests will be modified in the future by global change. The changes in tree leaf area and canopy structure that we seek to understand will determine forest responses to increasing atmospheric CO2 and drought. It is essential to study these changes on Australian species, because they differ from forest species elsewhere in having been largely shaped by water availability. This fundamental work will flow into predictions of future forest growth and water use in Australia, with consequences for land and water resource management as well as forestry.

这项工作对于了解澳大利亚森林的生长和水资源利用如何在未来受到全球变化的影响至关重要。我们试图了解的树叶面积和冠层结构的变化将决定森林对大气CO2增加和干旱的反应。研究澳大利亚物种的这些变化是至关重要的，因为它们与其他地方的森林物种不同，在很大程度上是由水的可用性塑造的。这项基础性工作将用于预测澳大利亚未来的森林生长和水资源利用，并对土地和水资源管理以及林业产生影响。