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DR STEFAN KARL ARNDT



Contact Details

Organization: Forest and Ecosystem Science
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: www.forestscience.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/stefan_arndt/index.html
Work: 03 9250 6819
Fax: 03 9250 6885
Room: PSL 7.3
Building: Plant Science Lab Extension
Campus: ILFR - Burnley Campus

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Carbon balance of forest biomes Australia
Non CO2 greenhouse gas fluxes in Australian landscapes Australia
Mechanisms of salt tolerance in trees Australia, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province)
Mechanisms of drought tolerance in tree species Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
China Chinese Academy of Sciences Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Germany Technical University of Munich Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training
United States University of California - Berkeley Exchange, Research
Austria University of Vienna Exchange, Research
Germany Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GMBH, IMK-IFU Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Dr rer nat University of Vienna 23-Feb-2000

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
GREENHOUSE TECHNICAL UNIT: DELIVERY OF SERVICES UNDER THE VICTORIAN GREENHOUSE STRATEGY Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT - USE CUST 57383
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/07/2002
NON-CO2 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN AFFORESTED ECOSYSTEMS IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA- FLUXES, PROCESSES AND REGIONAL BUDGET Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2004
INTEGRATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DISTURBANCE AND LAND-USE CHANGE ON THE TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE AND NUTRIENT CYCLING IN SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS Chief Investigator CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 03/08/2007
MEGA-MOBILE ECOSYSTEM GAS-EXCHANGE ANALYSER FOR AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPES Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) 01/01/2008
Combining recycled water use, biofuel production and phytoremediation of contaminated land and biosolids. Chief Investigator MELBOURNE WATER CORP,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/07/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
PROJECT 5.1 - GREENHOUSE TECHNICAL UNIT. Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2005
PROJECT 5.2 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN AFFORESTED ECOSYSTEMS IN AUSTRALIA - FLUXES, PROCESSES AND REGIONAL BUDGET. Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2005
MODELLING OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN NATIVE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS IN VICTORIA Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 02/09/2005
DSE PROJECT 1.5 CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMMISSIONS IN FORESTED LANDSCAPES 2008/09 Chief Investigator DEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENT 01/07/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Clonal variation in shoot respiration and tree growth of Eucalyptus hybrids
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 1404-1413
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  • Contrasting physiological responses of six Eucalyptus species to water deficit
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Annals of Botany
    Volume: 100
    Page numbers: 1507-1515
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  • Estimation of leaf area index in eucalypt forest with vertical foliage, using cover and fullframe fisheye photography
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Forest Ecology and Management
    Volume: 242
    Issue: 2-3
    Page numbers: 756-763
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  • Shift in soil-plant nitrogen dynamics of an alpine-nival ecotone
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Plant and Soil
    Volume: 301
    Page numbers: 65-76
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Quantifying uncertainty from large-scale model predictions of forest carbon dynamics


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Global Change Biology
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 1421-1434
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  • Assessing productivity and carbon sequestration capacity of Eucalyptus globulus  plantations using the process model Forest-DNDC: Calibration and validation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Ecological Modelling
    Volume: 192
    Page numbers: 83-94
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  • Comparison of four methods for measuring osmotic potential of tree leaves
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Physiologia Plantarum
    Volume: 127
    Page numbers: 383-392
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  • Cyclitols and carbohydrates in leaves and roots of 13 Eucalyptus species suggest contrasting physiological responses to water deficit
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Plant, Cell and Environment
    Volume: 29
    Page numbers: 2017-2029
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  • Integrated research of plant functional traits is important for the understanding of ecosystem processes
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Plant and Soil
    Volume: 285
    Page numbers: 1-3
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  • Water and nutrient dynamics in surface roots and soils are not modified by short-term flooding of phreatophytic plants in a hyperarid desert
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Plant and Soil
    Volume: 279
    Page numbers: 129-139
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  • Water use by perennial plants in the transition zone between river oasis and desert in NW China
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Basic and Applied Ecology
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 253-267
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Production of perennial vegetation in an oasis-desert transition zone in NW China - allometric estimation, and assessment of flooding and use effects
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Plant Ecology
    Volume: 181
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 23-43
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes of leaf organic matter of perennial species in the hyperarid Taklimakan desert
    Year: 2004
    Book: Ecophysiology and Habitat Requirements of Perennial Plant Species in the Taklimakan Desert
    Publisher: Shaker Verlag(Aachen)
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  • Nutrient supply and nitrogen metabolism of perennial plant species in the Taklimakan Desert
    Year: 2004
    Book: Ecophysiology and Habitat Requirements of Perennial Plant Species in the Taklimakan Desert
    Publisher: Shaker Verlag(Aachen)
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Journal Articles

  • Contrasting patterns of leaf solute accumulation and salt adaptation in four phreatophytic desert plants in a hyperarid desert with saline groundwater
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Arid Environments
    Volume: 59
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 259-270
    Publisher: Academic Press
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  • Nitrogen fixation and metabolism by groundwater dependent perennial plants in a hyperarid dsert
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Oecologia
    Volume: 141
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 385-394
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Recommendations for regeneration and sustainable management of the indigenous foreland vegetation of a Taklamakan desert oasis
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 2nd Symposium of the A.F.W. Schimper-Foundation
    Conference Publication: Results of worldwide ecological studies. Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium of the A. F. W. Schimper-Foundation
    Page numbers: 61-70
    Publisher: Verlag Gunter Heimbach(Stuttgart)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Growth and water relations of Tamarix ramosissima and Populus euphratica on Taklamakan desert dunes in relation to depth to a permanent water table
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Plant, Cell and Environment
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 725-736
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Differences in [&][15]N signatures between nodulated roots and shoots of soybean is indicative of the contribution of symbiotic N[2] fixation to plant N
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Experimental Botany
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 371
    Page numbers: 1109-1118
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  • Flexibility of nitrogen metabolism in the tropical CAM-C[3] tree species Clusia minor
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Functional Plant Biology - an international journal of plant function
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 741-747
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  • Mode of photosynthesis during different life stages of hemiepiphytic Clusia species
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Functional Plant Biology - an international journal of plant function
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 725-732
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  • Mucilages and polysaccharides in Ziziphus species (Rhamnaceae): localisation, composition and physiological roles during drought-stress
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Experimental Botany
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 366
    Page numbers: 131-138
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  • Nitrogen nutrition during ontogeny of hemiepiphytic Clusia species
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Functional Plant Biology - an international journal of plant function
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 733-740
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  • Use of foliar carbon isotope discrimination during water limitation as a carbon tracer to study whole plant carbon allocation
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Plant, Cell and Environment
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 609-616
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Are plants in the Chinese Taklamakan desert water limited? A stable isotope approach
    Year: 2002
    Event name: FAO/IAEA Internation Symposium on Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the FAO/IAEA International Symposium on Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management
    Page numbers: 239-242
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  • Importance of drought stress and nitrogen fixation in the desert legume Alhagi sparsifolia - results from [13]C and [15]N natural abundance studies in the field
    Year: 2002
    Event name: FAO/IAEA Internation Symposium on Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the FAO/IAEA International Symposium on Nuclear Techniques in Integrated Plant Nutrient, Water and Soil Management
    Page numbers: 406-407
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Contributions to a sustainable management of the indigenous vegetation in the foreland of Cele Oasis - a project report from the Taklamakan desert
    Year: 2001
    Book: Sustainable Land-Use in Deserts
    Publisher: Springer(Berlin)
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  • Ziziphus - a multipurpose fruit tree for arid regions
    Year: 2001
    Book: Sustainable Land-Use in Deserts
    Publisher: Springer(Berlin)
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Journal Articles

  • Physiological and morphological adaptations of the fruit tree Ziziphus rotundifolia in response to progressive drought stress
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Tree Physiology
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 705-715
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