TasFACE

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS RESEARCH

TasFACE is a state of the art facility for investigating the impact of global climate change on an intact native grassland at Pontville, just north of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

The experiment investigates the way that increasing temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations affect the growth and nature of an ecosystem important from both an agricultural and conservation point of view. Investigations going on in the experiment cover the whole range of possible impacts from the growth, physiology and reproduction of individual species to community interactions and ecosystem level processes such as nutrient cycling and pasture feed quality.

Enquiries can be directed to
Dr Mark.Hovenden@utas.edu.au
School of Plant Science
Private Bag 55
Hobart TAS 7001