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Neil Davidson
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Neil Davidson
Honorary Research Associate
Room 205 , Life Sciences Building
Teaching Responsibilities
- KPA379 - Plant Ecology
Publications
- Pryor, R.J., Davidson, N.J. and Close, D.C., 2005, 'Waterlogging duration: an inter-specific comparison of Leptospermum scoparium (Forst et Forst.f.), Acacia melanoxylon (R. Br.), Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.) and Eucalyptus obliqua (L’Herit)', Austral Ecology, In Press
- Watson T.L., Close D.C., Davidson N.J. and Davies N.W., 2004, 'Pigment dynamics during cold induced photoinhibition and Acacia melanoxylon.', Functional Plant Biology, 31, 481-489
- Davidson NJ, Battaglia M, Close DC., 2004, 'Photosynthetic responses to overnight frost in Eucalyptus nitens and E. globulus.', Trees: Structure and Function, 18, 245-252
- Close, D.C., Battaglia, M., Davidson N.J. and Beadle, C.L., 2004, 'Within canopy gradients of nitrogen and photosynthetic activity, growth and biomass partitioning of Eucalyptus nitens and Eucalyptus globulus in response to nitrogen nutrition.', Australian Journal of Botany , 52, 133-140
- Close, D.C. and Davidson, N.J., 2004, 'Review of rural tree decline in a changing Australian climate. ', Tasforests, 15, 1-18
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Fields of Research
- Forestry management and environment (300707)
- Tree nutrition and physiology (300710)
- Plant physiology (310806)
- Terrestrial ecology (310308)
- Agroforestry (300701)
- Conservation and biodiversity (410401)
- Climate change impacts and adaptation (410199)
- Environmental management (410404)
- Forest health and pathology (300704)
- Landscape ecology (410206)
- Other environmental sciences (419999)
- Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology) (310302)
- Social psychology (520505)
- Plant developmental and reproductive biology (310804)
- Horticultural crop growth and development (300802)
- Aquaculture (300501)
- Forestry sciences (300799)
- Ecosystem function (410203)
- Natural resource management (410406)
- Forestry fire management (300706)
- Wildlife and habitat management (410407)
- Environmental rehabilitation and restoration (410405)
- Mycology (310705)
- Agricultural hydrology (300201)
- Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment (441001)
- Surface water hydrology (370704)
- Plant pathology (310805)
Research Objectives
- Native forests (260204)
- Rehabilitation or conservation of terrestrial environments (180604)
- Hardwood plantations (260201)
- Terrestrial biodiversity (180606)
- Integration of farm and forestry (260203)
- Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences (280111)
- Assessment and management of freshwater ecosystems (180301)
- Environmentally sustainable plant production (260199)
- Environmental education and awareness (190203)
- Other plant production and plant primary products (269999)
- Soils (180605)
- Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems (180601)
- Other environmental management (189999)
- Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use (180603)
- Heritage (130499)
- Industrial crops (260699)
- Sown pastures (excl. lucerne) (100505)
- Social impacts of climate change and variability (190103)
- Rehabilitation or conservation of fresh, ground and surface water environments (180307)
Publications
Total publications
48
Journal Article
(37 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Macdonald SJ, Jordan GJ, Bailey TG, Davidson N, 'Early seedling establishment on aged Tasmanian tin mine tailings constrained by nutrient deficiency and soil structure, not toxicity', Soil Research, 55, (7) pp. 692-703. ISSN 1838-675X (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/SR16190 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: Macdonald SJ; Jordan GJ; Bailey TG | |
| 2016 | Jones ME, Davidson NJ, 'Applying an animal-centric approach to improve ecological restoration', Restoration Ecology, 24, (6) pp. 836-842. ISSN 1061-2971 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/rec.12447 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 24Web of Science - 22 Co-authors: Jones ME | |
| 2015 | Bailey TG, Davidson NJ, Close DC, 'Patterns of soil water repellency in response to coarse woody debris and fire: implications for eucalypt regeneration in dry forests', Plant and Soil, 397, (1-2) pp. 93-102. ISSN 0032-079X (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2605-3 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Bailey TG; Close DC | |
| 2015 | Bailey TG, Gauli A, Tilyard P, Davidson NJ, Potts BM, 'Feral deer damage in Tasmanian restoration plantings', Australasian Plant Conservation, 23, (3) pp. 10-12. ISSN 2202-5804 (2015) [Professional, Non Refereed Article] Co-authors: Bailey TG; Gauli A; Tilyard P; Potts BM | |
| 2014 | Jones AG, Davidson NJ, 'Altered N, P and C dynamics with absence of fire in Eucalyptus forests affected by premature decline', Austral Ecology, 39, (5) pp. 587-599. ISSN 1442-9985 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/aec.12119 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Jones AG | |
| 2013 | Horton BM, Glen M, Davidson NJ, Ratkowsky D, Close DC, et al., 'Temperate eucalypt forest decline is linked to altered ectomycorrhizal communities mediated by soil chemistry', Forest Ecology and Management, 302 pp. 329-337. ISSN 0378-1127 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.04.006 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 35Web of Science - 35 Co-authors: Glen M; Ratkowsky D; Close DC; Wardlaw TJ; Mohammed C | |
| 2012 | Bailey TG, Davidson NJ, Close DC, 'Understanding the regeneration niche: Microsite attributes and recruitment of eucalypts in dry forests', Forest Ecology and Management, 269 pp. 229-238. ISSN 0378-1127 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.021 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 32Web of Science - 33 Co-authors: Bailey TG; Close DC | |
| 2011 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, Swanborough PW, 'Fire history and understorey vegetation: Water and nutrient relations of Eucalyptus gomphocephala and E. delegatensis overstorey trees', Forest Ecology and Management, 262, (2) pp. 208-214. ISSN 0378-1127 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.025 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 11 Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2011 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, Swanborough PW, Corkrey R, 'Does low-intensity surface fire increase water- and nutrient-availability to overstorey Eucalyptus gomphocephala?', Plant and Soil, 349, (1-2) pp. 203-214. ISSN 0032-079X (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0862-3 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 21Web of Science - 21 Co-authors: Close DC; Corkrey R | |
| 2011 | Gates G, Mohammed CL, Wardlaw T, Davidson NJ, Ratkowsky DA, 'Diversity and phenology of the macrofungal assemblages supported by litter in a tall, wet Eucalyptus obliqua forest in southern Tasmania, Australia', Fungal Ecology, 4, (1) pp. 68-75. ISSN 1754-5048 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2010.08.001 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: Gates G; Mohammed CL; Ratkowsky DA | |
| 2011 | Gates GM, Mohammed C, Ratkowsky DA, Wardlaw T, Davidson NJ, 'Diversity and ecology of epigeous ectomycorrhizal macrofungal assemblages in a native wet eucalypt forest in Tasmania, Australia', Fungal Ecology, 4, (4) pp. 290-298. ISSN 1754-5048 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2010.08.001 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Gates GM; Mohammed C; Ratkowsky DA | |
| 2011 | Gates GM, Mohammed C, Wardlaw T, Ratkowsky DA, Davidson NJ, 'The ecology and diversity of wood-inhabiting macrofungi in a native Eucalyptus obliqua forest of southern Tasmania, Australia', Fungal Ecology, 4, (1) pp. 56-67. ISSN 1754-5048 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2010.07.005 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 20 Co-authors: Gates GM; Mohammed C; Ratkowsky DA | |
| 2011 | Horton BM, Close DC, Wardlaw TJ, Davidson NJ, 'Crown condition assessment: An accurate, precise and efficient method with broad applicability to Eucalyptus', Austral Ecology, 36, (6) pp. 709-721. ISSN 1442-9985 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02206.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2011 | Sanger JC, Davidson NJ, O'Grady P, Close DC, 'Are the patterns of regeneration in the endangered Eucalyptus gunnii ssp. divaricata shifting in response to climate?', Austral Ecology, 36, (6) pp. 612-620. ISSN 1442-9985 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02194.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 9 Co-authors: Sanger JC; Close DC | |
| 2010 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, Churchill KC, Corkrey R, 'Establishment of native Eucalyptus pauciflora and exotic Eucalyptus nitens on former grazing land', New Forests , 40, (2) pp. 143-152. ISSN 0169-4286 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s11056-010-9189-9 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Close DC; Corkrey R | |
| 2010 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, Churchill KC, Corkrey R, 'Can climate at the seed-source predict the success of eucalypts planted on sites that have been grazed for over 100 years?', Forest Ecology and Management, 259, (5) pp. 1025-1032. ISSN 0378-1127 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.12.010 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Close DC; Corkrey R | |
| 2009 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, Johnson DW, Abrams MD, Hart SC, et al., 'Premature decline of Eucalyptus and altered ecosystem processes in the absence of fire in some Australian forests', The Botanical Review: Interpreting Botanical Progress, 75, (2) pp. 191-202. ISSN 0006-8101 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s12229-009-9027-y [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 52Web of Science - 53 Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2009 | Neyland M, Hickey J, Beadle CL, Bauhus J, Davidson NJ, et al., 'An examination of stocking and early growth in the Warra silvicultural systems trial confirms the importance of a burnt seedbed for vigorous regeneration of Eucalyptus obliqua forest', Forest Ecology and Management, 258, (4) pp. 481-494. ISSN 0378-1127 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.039 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 35Web of Science - 32 Co-authors: Beadle CL | |
| 2008 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, Watson T, 'Health of remnant woodlands in fragments under distinct grazing regimes', Biological Conservation, 141, (9) pp. 2395-2402. ISSN 0006-3207 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.07.006 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 27Web of Science - 29 Co-authors: Close DC; Watson T | |
| 2008 | Harvest TMA, Davidson NJ, Close DC, 'Is decline in high altitude eucalypt forests related to rainforest understorey development and altered soil bacteria following the long absence of fire?', Austral Ecology, 33, (7) pp. 880-890. ISSN 1442-9985 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01859.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: Harvest TMA; Close DC | |
| 2007 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, Shield CB, Wiltshire RJE, 'Reflectance and phenolics of green and glaucous leaves of Eucalyptus urnigera', Australian Journal of Botany, 55, (5) pp. 561-567. ISSN 0067-1924 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/BT06037 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 9 Co-authors: Close DC; Shield CB; Wiltshire RJE | |
| 2007 | Davidson NJ, Close DC, Battaglia M, Churchill K, Ottenschlaeger M, et al., 'Eucalypt health and agricultural land management within bushland remnants in the Midlands of Tasmania, Australia', Biological Conservation , 139, (3-4) pp. 439-446. ISSN 0006-3207 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.07.019 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 32Web of Science - 30 Co-authors: Close DC; Battaglia M; Churchill K; Watson T | |
| 2006 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, Davies NW, 'Seasonal fluctuations in pigment chemistry of co-occurring plant hemi-parasites of distinct form and function', Environmental and Experimental Botany, 58, (1-3) pp. 41-46. ISSN 0098-8472 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.06.013 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 9 Co-authors: Close DC; Davies NW | |
| 2006 | Hunt MA, Battaglia M, Davidson NJ, Unwin GL, 'Competition between plantation Eucalyptus nitens and Acacia dealbata weeds in northeastern Tasmania', Forest Ecology and Management, 233, (2-3) pp. 260-274. ISSN 0378-1127 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.017 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 33Web of Science - 30 Co-authors: Hunt MA; Battaglia M; Unwin GL | |
| 2006 | Pryor RJ, Davidson NJ, Close DC, 'Waterlogging duration: Interspecific comparison of Leptospermum scoparium (Forst et Forst.f.), Acacia melanoxylon (R. Br.), Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.) and Eucalyptus obliqua (L'Herit)', Austral Ecology, 31, (3) pp. 408-416. ISSN 1442-9985 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01608.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 17 Co-authors: Pryor RJ; Close DC | |
| 2005 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, Churchill KC, Grosser P, 'Evaluation of establishment techniques on Eucalyptus nitens and E. pauiflora in the Midlands of Tasmania', Ecological Management & Restoration, 6, (2) pp. 149-151. ISSN 1442-7001 (2005) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2005.230-7.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6 Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2004 | Close DC, Battaglia M, Davidson NJ, Beadle CL, 'Within-canopy gradients of nitrogen and photosynthetic activity of Eucalyptus nitens and Eucalyptus globulus in response to nitrogen nutrition', Australian Journal of Botany, 52, (1) pp. 133-140. ISSN 0067-1924 (2004) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/BT03027 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 40Web of Science - 37 Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2004 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, 'Review of rural tree decline in a changing Australian climate', Tasforests, 15 pp. 1-18. ISSN 1033-8306 (2004) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2004 | Davidson NJ, Battaglia M, Close DC, 'Photosynthetic responses to overnight frost in Eucalyptus nitens and E. globulus', Trees: structure and function, 18, (3) pp. 245-252. ISSN 0931-1890 (2004) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00468-003-0298-3 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 13 Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2004 | Watson TL, Close DC, Davidson NJ, Davies NW, 'Pigment dynamics during cold-induced photoinhibition of Acacia melanoxylon', Functional Plant Biology, 31, (5) pp. 481-489. ISSN 1445-4408 (2004) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/FP03209 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Watson TL; Close DC; Davies NW | |
| 2003 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, 'A current revegetation research initiative in Tasmania', Ecological Management & Restoration, 4, (1) pp. 69-71. ISSN 1442-7001 (2003) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2003 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, 'A revegetation trial in the Midlands of Tasmania', Ecological Management & Restoration, 4, (1) pp. 67-71. ISSN 1442-7001 (2003) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2003 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, 'Revegetation to combat tree decline in the Midlands and Derwent Valley Lowlands of Tasmania: Practices for improved plant establishment', Ecological Management & Restoration, 4, (1) pp. 29-36. ISSN 1442-7001 (2003) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2003.00135.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 32 Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2003 | Close DC, Davidson NJ, 'Long-Term Waterlogging: Nutrient, Gas Exchange, Photochemical and Pigment Characteristics of Eucalyptus nitens Saplings', Russian Journal of Plant Physiology, 50, (6) pp. 843-847. ISSN 1021-4437 (2003) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1023/B:RUPP.0000003284.25827.95 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 14 Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2002 | Hunt MA, Davidson NJ, Unwin GL, Close DC, 'Ecophysiology of the Soft Tree Fern, Dicksonia antarctica Labill', Austral Ecology, 27, (4) pp. 360-368. ISSN 1442-9985 (2002) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01190.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 28Web of Science - 25 Co-authors: Hunt MA; Unwin GL; Close DC | |
| 1998 | Warren CR, Hovenden MJ, Davidson NJ, Beadle CL, 'Cold hardening reduces photoinhibition of Eucalypts nitens and E. pauciflora at frost temperatures', Oecologia, 113, (3) pp. 350-359. ISSN 0029-8549 (1998) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s004420050386 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 19 Co-authors: Hovenden MJ; Beadle CL | |
| 1987 | Davidson NJ, Reid JB, Potts BM, 'Gene flow between three eucalypt species at Snug Plains', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 121 pp. 101-108. ISSN 0080-4703 (1987) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Reid JB; Potts BM |
Book
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Davidson NJ, Volker P, Leech M, Lyons A, Beadle CL, 'Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook', University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 253. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Edited Book] Co-authors: Beadle CL |
Chapter in Book
(4 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Beadle CL, Davidson NJ, 'Planting', Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook, University of Tasmania, N Davidson, P Volker, M Leech, A Lyons, C Beadle (ed), Hobart, pp. 217-221. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Other Book Chapter] Co-authors: Beadle CL | |
| 2006 | Davidson NJ, 'Rural Tree Decline', Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook, University of Tasmania, N Davidson, P Volker, M Leech, A Lyons, C Beadle (ed), Hobart, pp. 157-162. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2006 | Davidson NJ, Close DC, 'Establishing environmental plantings', Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook, University of Tasmania, N Davidson, P Volker, M Leech, A Lyons, C Beadle (ed), Hobart, pp. 246-253. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Other Book Chapter] Co-authors: Close DC | |
| 2006 | Davidson NJ, Leech M, 'Forest Health', Farm Forestry: A technical and business handbook, University of Tasmania, N Davidson, P Volker, M Leech, A Lyons, C Beadle (ed), Hobart, pp. 153-156. ISBN 1862953465 (2006) [Other Book Chapter] |
Conference Publication
(5 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | O'Reilly-Wapstra JM, Hamilton MG, Bailey TG, Gauli A, Davidson NJ, et al., 'Stability of plant genetic influences on biotic interactions across varying abiotic and biotic environments', SIP-14 Program, 13-18 August 2011, Wageningen, NL, pp. 33. (2011) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: O'Reilly-Wapstra JM; Hamilton MG; Bailey TG; Bailey J; Potts BM | |
| 2008 | Horton BM, Glen M, Davidson NJ, Close DC, Wardlaw T, et al., 'Ectomycorrhizal community composition in relation to canopy health and understorey vegetation in Tasmanian Eucalyptus delegatensis forest', ESA Annual Conference proceedings, 1-5 Dec, Sydney, pp. 51. (2008) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Close DC; Mohammed CL | |
| 2008 | Horton BM, Glen M, Davidson NJ, Close DC, Wardlaw T, et al., 'Ectomcycorrhizal community composition in relation to canopy health and udnerstorey vegetation in Tasmania Eucalyptus delegatensis forest', Proceedings of ESA Annual Conference - Interactions in Science, Internations in Nature, Sydney, Australia, pp. p51. (2008) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Glen M; Close DC; Mohammed CL | |
| 2008 | Horton BM, Glen M, Davidson NJ, Close DC, Wardlaw T, et al., 'Ectomycorrhizal community composition in relation to canopy health and understorey vegetation in Tasmanian Eucalyptus delegatensis forest', Proceedings of ESA Annaul Conference - Interactions in Science, Interactions in Nature, Sydney, Australia (2008) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Glen M; Close DC; Mohammed CL | |
| 2005 | Hunt MA, Davidson NJ, 'Competition between plantation Eucalyptus nitens and Acacia dealbata weeds in northeast Tasmania - canopy development and light distribution', Improving Productivity in Mixed-Species Plantations Workshop Programme, August, Ballina, New South Wales, pp. 13-13. (2005) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Hunt MA |
Other Public Output
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Horton B, Davidson NJ, Close DC, Glen M, Wardlaw T, et al., 'Eucalypt Decline in the Absence of Fire: Relationship to the Ectomoycorrhizal Fungal Community', Fire Note 78, Bushfire Co-operative Research Centre & Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council, East Melbourne, Victoria, Issue 78, May (2011) [Report of Restricted Access] Co-authors: Close DC; Glen M; Mohammed CL |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
16
Total funding
$3,338,962
Projects
Lifting farm gate profit through high value modular agroforestry (2016 - 2019)$700,000
- Description
- The project will develop the concept of high value modular agroforestry as a mechanism to increase farm level profitability. This will be achieved through quantification and realization of direct benefits of agroforestry systems to farmers including shelter benefits (including higher animal productivity and welfare as well as crop production), resilience to weather events, provision of floral resources for honeybees, sequestration of carbon, and production of biomass/timber resources for direct sale. Indirect benefits include improved environmental services, amenity (including higher land value), and on-farm water management. This project aims to explore and quantify the potential for high value modular agroforestry systems in southern Australia, and provide a pathway to adoption by farmers, through developing a convincing and evidence-based case for high value agroforestry, and through social research to understand the farmer motivations and barriers to adoption.
- Funding
- Department of Agriculture ($520,000)
- Collaborators
- Forest & Wood Products Australia Limited ($80,000); Forico Pty Ltd ($20,000); Greening Australia (TAS) Ltd ($80,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Rural R&D for Profit program
- Administered By
- Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
- Research Team
- Hunt MA; Lafferty C; Alden D; Morosi M; Mendham D; Phelps C; Davidson NJ; Hayes B
- Period
- 2016 - 2019
Restoring resilience in wildlife populations (2013 - 2016)$624,261
- Description
- Restoration and revegetation is now firmly on the agenda for Australias management of its biodiversity, including some of its most vulnerable ecological systems. This project will create the first ever landscape models for eco-restoration based on how individual animals perceive habitat quality and predation risk. These ecological processes will be linked to structural elements of the habitat and scaled up to landscape models to ensure that restored and revegetated areas will support wildlife. It will provide a new conceptual approach for restoration projects outcomes that will be used immediately to improve restoration design by the partner organisation and collaborators.
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($497,261)
- Scheme
- Grant-Linkage Projects Round 1
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; Burridge CP; Davidson NJ
- Period
- 2013 - 2016
- Grant Reference
- LP130100949
Riparian Restoration of the Leven River Catchment (2009 - 2010)$107,517
- Funding
- Give2Asia ($107,517)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ
- Period
- 2009 - 2010
Landscape restoration with Greening Australia (Tasmania) (2008 - 2012)$265,027
- Funding
- Greening Australia (TAS) Ltd ($265,027)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Koutoulis A; Davidson NJ
- Period
- 2008 - 2012
Combating Rural Tree Decline (2006 - 2008)$245,000
- Funding
- Natural Heritage Trust ($245,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Natural Resource Management, Southern Region
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ; Doyle RB
- Period
- 2006 - 2008
Macrofungal Biodiversity as a Tool for the Sustainable Management of Coarse Woody Debris in the Forest Landscape - WarraLTer (2006 - 2008)$15,000
- Funding
- Forestry Tasmania ($15,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ; Mohammed CL
- Period
- 2006 - 2008
Scholarship - Bryony Horton (2006 - 2008)$27,000
- Funding
- CRC for Bushfire Research ($27,000)
- Scheme
- Scholarship
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ
- Period
- 2006 - 2008
Macrofungal Biodiversity as a Tool for the Sustainable Management of Coarse Woody Debris in the Forest Landscape (2006 - 2007)$10,000
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($10,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Mohammed CL; Davidson NJ; Gates G
- Period
- 2006 - 2007
Eucalypt Decline in the Absence of Fire (2005 - 2009)$326,043
- Funding
- CRC for Bushfire Research ($326,043)
- Scheme
- Grant-Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ
- Period
- 2005 - 2009
Program S1-Education & Knowledge Transfer (2005 - 2012)$522,714
- Funding
- CRC Forestry Ltd ($522,714)
- Scheme
- Program-Research Support
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ
- Period
- 2005 - 2012
A Decision Support System for Combating Tree Decline (2004)$193,500
- Funding
- Natural Heritage Trust ($193,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-National Landcare Program
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ
- Year
- 2004
Gordon River Riparian Vegetation Assessment Update to IIAS (2001)$10,000
- Funding
- Hydro Electric Corporation ($10,000)
- Scheme
- Consultancy
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ
- Year
- 2001
Vegetation Assessment (2000)$29,700
- Funding
- Hydro Electric Corporation ($29,700)
- Scheme
- Consultancy
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ
- Year
- 2000
Farm Forestry Technical and Business Handbook (2000)$69,900
- Funding
- Natural Heritage Trust ($69,900)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ
- Year
- 2000
Prescription for Site Selection and Plantation Establishment to Combat Tree Decline in the Midlands (2000 - 2001)$94,300
- Funding
- Natural Heritage Trust ($94,300)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ
- Period
- 2000 - 2001
Thinning Eucalyptus nitens in a clearwood regime (1996 - 1998)$99,000
- Funding
- CRC Temperate Hardwood Forestry ($99,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Industry
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Davidson NJ; Beadle CL
- Period
- 1996 - 1998
Research Supervision
Completed
15
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Genetic Diversity and Adaptation in Eucalyptus Pauciflora Candidate: Archana Gauli | 2014 |
| PhD | Eucalypt Regeneration and Ecological Restoration of Remnant Woodlands in Tasmania, Australia Candidate: Tanya Georgina Bailey | 2012 |
| PhD | Eucalypt Dieback and Ectomycorrhizal Community Ecology of Eucalyptus Delegatensis Forest, Tasmania, Australia Candidate: Bryony Marie Horton | 2011 |
| PhD | Laticifers and Latex in Papaver somniferum L.; Capacity, Development and Translocation Candidate: Tammy Melinda Ann Harvest | 2011 |
| PhD | The Response of the Vegetation to a Range of Alternatives to Clearfelling of Tall Wet Eucalypt Forests at the Warra Silvicultural Systems Trial, Tasmania, Australia Candidate: Mark Geoffrey Neyland | 2010 |
| PhD | Coarse Woody debris, Macrofungal Assemblages, and Sustainable Forest Management in a Eucalypt Obliqua Forest of Southern Tasmania Candidate: Genevieve Maria Gates | 2009 |
| PhD | Waterlogging in the Temperate Plantation Species Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens Candidate: Rebecca Jane Barton-Johnson | 2006 |
| PhD | Tree response to rainfall gradient and environmental disturbance in tropical rainforests of North-Eastern Australia Candidate: Gregory Leonard Unwin | 2004 |
| PhD | The ecology of edges in Tasmanian wet forests managed for wood production Candidate: Grant Westphalen | 2003 |
| PhD | Dynamics of vegetation after cable and ground based logging Candidate: Ross Johnston Peacock | 2003 |
| PhD | Growth and physiology of Eucalyptus nitens in plantations following thinning Candidate: Jane Louise McLoughlin | 2001 |
| PhD | Understorey/overstorey interactions in plantation forests Candidate: Mark Andrew Hunt | 1999 |
| PhD | Effect of pruning on growth and canopy photosynthesis and nutrition in Eucalyptus nitens Candidate: Elizabeth Anne Pinkard | 1997 |
| PhD | Study of the nutrient absorbtion proprties of eucalyptus roots in relation to genotype, environment and physiological age Candidate: Trevor Paul Garnett | 1997 |
| PhD | Investigating water use and water use efficiency of Eucalypts in relation to environmental factors Candidate: Donald Andrew White | 1996 |