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

这项工作对于了解未来澳大利亚森林的生长和用水将如何受到全球变化的影响至关重要。我们试图了解的树木叶面积和树冠结构的变化将决定森林对大气二氧化碳增加和干旱的反应。研究澳大利亚物种的这些变化是至关重要的，因为它们不同于其他地方的森林物种，因为它们在很大程度上是由水的可获得性决定的。这项基础性工作将用于对澳大利亚未来森林生长和水资源使用的预测，并对土地和水资源管理以及林业产生影响。

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.