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Prof. Belinda Medlyn

@b_medlyn

@bmedlyn@fediscience.org ARC Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellow. Modelling vegetation responses to environmental change. Wants you to be a #DeadTreeDetective.

 Western Sydney Uni
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Joined August 2013
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Are you passionate about tech & ag? The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment is looking for a tech-savvy Digital Phenotyping Coordinator to be at the forefront of plant science innovation. Come join APPN's @westernsydneyu node! Apply at: bit.ly/3MNCrsg
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Super excited to see postdoc Laura Williams win @arc_gov_au Decra fellowship! @westsyduhie @westernsydneyu
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Laura's project will use hyperspectral data to decipher #Eucalypt form, function and diversity. A compelling project from a hugely talented ecologist, can't wait to see what she finds
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#deadtreedetective Farmers finding dying native vegetation after dry autumn abc.net.au/news/2024-07-16/f…

Farmers finding dying native vegetation after dry autumn

Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.

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Sean tooker (@Seantooker2) profile pictureSean tooker@Seantooker22 Jul 2024
First it was the strange hue of the trees now it’s a real life nightmare. This is very hard to take, it must be shared because none of us can escape this. A catastrophe like we’ve never known is unfolding & exploding at an incredible rate. 🧵 #tasmania
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Our new paper lines up P-enabled vegetation models against results from #EucFACE experiment and asks: how did they do? Congrats @jiangmingkai for a huge effort co-ordinating modelling and experimental communities! @westernsydneyu @westsyduhie
Science Advances (@ScienceAdvances) profile pictureScience Advances@ScienceAdvances3 Jul 2024
A new study on Eucalyptus forests adds to evidence that the global CO2-driven carbon sink may be overestimated by models. Learn more in this week’s issue of Science Advances: scim.ag/7yc
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Excited to see the hard-won #EucFACE Phosphorus budget published in @springernature today. Many thanks to lead authors @jiangmingkai and Kristine Crous!
Western Sydney University (@westernsydneyu) profile pictureWestern Sydney University@westernsydneyu6 Jun 2024
New research published today in @SpringerNature shows that mature eucalyptus trees don’t increase their growth with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which was expected to boost plant growth, due to soil microbes restricting their access to the essential nutrient phosphorus.  It is generally thought that increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere stimulates plant growth. However, the new study led by Western Sydney University @westsyduhie provides an important counterpoint to this long-held view 🍃🌿 MORE bit.ly/3KsylVc
Western Sydney University’s Eucalyptus Free Air CO2 Enrichment (EucFACE) experiment, Australia's largest climate change research project. The trees at EucFACE reach to 25 metres in height, with extra CO2 added through a computer-controlled system in the out-of-doors. Over six years, researchers exposed a 100-year-old eucalypt woodland on Western Sydney’s Cumberland Plain to elevated carbon dioxide levels. The team undertook in-depth sampling of phosphorus in all parts of the ecosystem to trace its journey from the soil to the trees. IMAGE CREDIT: SALLY TSOUTAS

ALT Western Sydney University’s Eucalyptus Free Air CO2 Enrichment (EucFACE) experiment, Australia's largest climate change research project. The trees at EucFACE reach to 25 metres in height, with extra CO2 added through a computer-controlled system in the out-of-doors. Over six years, researchers exposed a 100-year-old eucalypt woodland on Western Sydney’s Cumberland Plain to elevated carbon dioxide levels. The team undertook in-depth sampling of phosphorus in all parts of the ecosystem to trace its journey from the soil to the trees. IMAGE CREDIT: SALLY TSOUTAS

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Read more about it here: A fierce battle is being fought in the soil beneath our feet – and the implications for global warming are huge theconversation.com/a-fierce… via @ConversationEDU
A fierce battle is being fought in the soil beneath our feet – and the implications for global...

A fierce battle is being fought in the soil beneath our feet – and the implications for global...

Trees are supposed to grow faster as a result of increased CO₂ in the atmosphere - but this research suggests there are many exceptions to the rule.

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Mingkai Jiang@jiangmingkai6 Jun 2024
Extremely delighted to share this latest work from #EucFACE. We show microbial competition for phosphorus is strong that plants are getting enough nutrient to support extra biomass growth under elevated CO2. A great team effort and thanks to everybody involved.
Western Sydney University (@westernsydneyu) profile pictureWestern Sydney University@westernsydneyu6 Jun 2024
New research published today in @SpringerNature shows that mature eucalyptus trees don’t increase their growth with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which was expected to boost plant growth, due to soil microbes restricting their access to the essential nutrient phosphorus.  It is generally thought that increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere stimulates plant growth. However, the new study led by Western Sydney University @westsyduhie provides an important counterpoint to this long-held view 🍃🌿 MORE bit.ly/3KsylVc
Western Sydney University’s Eucalyptus Free Air CO2 Enrichment (EucFACE) experiment, Australia's largest climate change research project. The trees at EucFACE reach to 25 metres in height, with extra CO2 added through a computer-controlled system in the out-of-doors. Over six years, researchers exposed a 100-year-old eucalypt woodland on Western Sydney’s Cumberland Plain to elevated carbon dioxide levels. The team undertook in-depth sampling of phosphorus in all parts of the ecosystem to trace its journey from the soil to the trees. IMAGE CREDIT: SALLY TSOUTAS

ALT Western Sydney University’s Eucalyptus Free Air CO2 Enrichment (EucFACE) experiment, Australia's largest climate change research project. The trees at EucFACE reach to 25 metres in height, with extra CO2 added through a computer-controlled system in the out-of-doors. Over six years, researchers exposed a 100-year-old eucalypt woodland on Western Sydney’s Cumberland Plain to elevated carbon dioxide levels. The team undertook in-depth sampling of phosphorus in all parts of the ecosystem to trace its journey from the soil to the trees. IMAGE CREDIT: SALLY TSOUTAS

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#oneforjournalclub has voted! A clear winner for our paper of the year sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Congrats @tommaso_jucker @SuzanneProber + co-authors for a very nice study of an underappreciated region of the world
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Also congrats to our runners-up Chad Burton @Sami_Rifai et al. for an incredibly useful upscaling of Australian EC fluxes bg.copernicus.org/articles/2…

Empirical upscaling of OzFlux eddy covariance for high-resolution monitoring of terrestrial carbon...

Abstract. We develop high-resolution (1 km) estimates of gross primary productivity (GPP), ecosystem respiration (ER), and net ecosystem exchange (NEE) over the Australian continent for the period...

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Oceania Ecological Forecasting Initiative seminar this afternoon 3pm AEDT! @eco4cast Hear @nj_clark on "Ecological forecasting with Dynamic Generalized Additive Models" ecoforecast.org/oceania-ecol…
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#DeadTreeDetective Please report canopy dieback at tinyurl.com/deadtreedetectiv… @CitSciOZ @DrChoat
Rebecca (@Rebecca74083947) profile pictureRebecca@Rebecca7408394730 Oct 2023
Midcoast NSW Australia mass forest death (due to extreme drought & the complex effects of climate change) this is pretty terrifying. These mountains escaped being burned in 2019 & the green is dry RF.
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It has been a great pleasure to be elected to @Science_Academy alongside my brilliant soil ecologist colleague @Prof_Braj_Singh @westsyduhie
Australian Academy of Science (@Science_Academy) profile pictureAustralian Academy of Science@Science_Academy26 Sep 2023
A teaspoon of topsoil can contain up to six billion microorganisms. Prof Brajesh Singh FAA – elected a Fellow of the Academy in 2023 – is a world-leading soil microbial ecologist whose work sheds light on this complex ecosystem beneath our feet. #FellowsAA

Prof Brajesh Singh GAA

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ForestPlots (@ForestPlots) profile pictureForestPlots@ForestPlots26 Sep 2023
Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody traits and influence plant species occurrence worldwide. sPLOT analysis led by @Laughlin_DC nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
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Urban trees can help keep us cool in heatwaves - but how do the trees themselves fare? Timely research from @ReneeProko as Sydney shapes up for another extreme summer theconversation.com/we-need-… via @ConversationEDU
We need urban trees more than ever – here’s how to save them from extreme heat

We need urban trees more than ever – here’s how to save them from extreme heat

New research reveals how trees respond to extreme heat. Most trees lose more water than models predict. Some species cope better than others. Access to water will be critical for the hot summer ahead.

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Read the paper on how stomatal decoupling - how trees amplify water use during heatwaves - here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Decoupling between stomatal conductance and photosynthesis occurs under extreme heat in broadleaf...

Decoupling between stomatal conductance and photosynthesis occurs under extreme heat in broadleaf...

Plants regulate pores called stomata to maximize carbon gain and minimize water loss, resulting in a close coupling between photosynthesis and transpiration. It is unclear if coupling continues when...

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Oceania Ecological Forecasters! Tune in 3 pm Thursday AEST for @ecophys & Nat Briscoe "Forecasting environmental responses with physics and physiology" @eco4cast Details here: ecoforecast.org/oceania-ecol…
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There is so much to love about the career that has seen me elected to @Science_Academy - beautiful forests to work in, challenging maths problems, awesome colleagues. Just wish the outcomes were less confronting @westsyduhie #EucFACE
Australian Academy of Science (@Science_Academy) profile pictureAustralian Academy of Science@Science_Academy14 Sep 2023
Studying a future in peril carries profound challenges for scientists—both personal & professional—as New Fellow and theoretical ecologist Prof Belinda Medlyn FAA (@b_medlyn @WSU) has found. She uses mathematics to forecast how forests might look by 2050.

Prof Belinda Medlyn – New Fellows 2023

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