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Impacts of Groundwater Affecting Activities on Baseflow Variability and Ecological Response

Climate change and the Australian horticulture industry

Impacts of Plantation Age, Fire and Disturbance on Catchment Yield

The problem of sustainable water resource management is a key issue confronting Australia in the 21st century. Increasing demand through increased population size, declining rainfall across parts of temperate Australia and consequently an increasing need to allocate water to maintain ecosystem health and ecosystem service provision are the dominant threats to the maintenance of an adequate supply of water to urban, peri-urban and rural communities.

Quantification of the environmental costs of weeds

The purpose of this project was to quantify (a) the environmental impacts and (b) the relative benefits and costs of control of two tropical invasive grasses. The project reviewed the existing studies on the environmental impact of tropical invasive grass…

Modelling climate change impacts on sleeper and alert weeds

This project will model the change in distribution of sleeper and environmental alert species due to climate change and will assist in preparing a climate change weed risk map for natural resource management regions across Australia.

Climate change impacts on pest animals and weeds

Predicted changes in climate will affect the spread and competitiveness of pest animals and weeds in Australia. For example, in southern Australia, we can expect to see: more very hot days (in excess of 35°C) less incidence of frost less winter rainfall across all southern regions; spring rainfall is expected to be lower in south-eastern Australia, and autumn rainfall is more likely to be lower in the south-west of (more)...

Scoping Study: Improving plants' water use efficiency and potential impacts from soil structure change - research investment opp

The key questions addressed by this scoping study are:

• What understanding, techniques and tools require further explanation or development to improve water use efficiency?
• How well do we understand the impacts of long-term irrigation on soil structure? What are the effects of soil structure change (within and around the root zone on the flow of water and rate of movement along various pathways of salts?