Precipitation and Nitrogen Manipulation Experiments

 


Hawkesbury Forest

 

Contact:  Ross McMurtrie, Craig Barton, Derek Eamus, David Ellsworth, David Tissue

Email:  r.mcmurtrie@unsw.edu.aucraigba@sf.nsw.gov.au , Derek.Eamus@uts.edu.auD.Ellsworth@uws.edu.auD.Tissue@uws.edu.au

Site Location:  Richmond, NSW, Australia (60 km N-W of Sydney)

Latitude:  -33.6 decimal degrees

Longitude:  150.7 decimal degrees

Mean Annual Temperature:  17 degrees Celsius

Mean Annual Precipitation:  800 mm

Biome: Temperate forest (Eucalyptus saligna and Eucalyptus sideroxylon) 

Experimental Manipulation:  Irrigation X Nutrient addition    

Technology: Replicated field experiment

Start Date: September 2006

End Date: Ongoing  

Key Research Questions:

* What is the impact of altered water and nutrient supply on the growth, carbon storage potential and water use of tree stands?

* What is the potential growth rate of eucalypt plantations under optimal nutrition and water supply?

* How to scale from single-tree  to stand-scale?

 

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Web Site: http://www.uws.edu.au/researchcentres/pafs/hawkesburyforestexperiment

 

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RaMPS

 

Contact:  Alan Knapp

Email:  aknapp@lamar.colostate.edu

Site Location:  Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA 

Latitude:  39.05 decimal degrees

Longitude:  -96.4 decimal degrees

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Biome:  Grassland 

Experimental Manipulation:  Shelters and additions    

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