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DR ROBERT EDIS



Contact Details

Organization: Resource Management
Position: LECTURER PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES
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Fax: 8344 4465

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science, Agriculture University of Sydney 31-Dec-1986
Master of Science, Agriculture University of Sydney 31-Dec-1992
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1999

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
Spatial and temporal quantification of nitrous oxide emissions in response to climate signals Principal Supervisor DAIRY AUSTRALIA Postgraduate Awards 01/09/2004
UM 028 - Indirect greenhouse gas emissions from wheat-sheep farming systems Chief Investigator GRAINS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORP Research Grants 12/06/2006

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY, PROFITABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS OF NITROGEN FERTILIZERS - INCITEC PIVOT R&D GRANT Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE,
INCITEC - PIVOT
30/01/2006
FLOT.331 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM AUSTRALIAN BEEF CATTLE FEEDLOTS Chief Investigator MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUST LTD 28/02/2006
QUANTIFYING NH3 (AN INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS) VOLATILISATION FROM INTENSIVE AG. SYSTEMS IN AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Chief Investigator DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT & WATER RESOURCES,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE,
AUST GREENHOUSE OFFICE
01/06/2007
Effect of nitrogenous fertiliser formulation on emissions from sugarcane production Chief Investigator AUST GREENHOUSE OFFICE
A review of nitrification Inhibitors Chief Investigator PASTORAL GREENHOUSE GAS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM

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

  • The Soil component of Terroir


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal International des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin
    Volume: 41
    Page numbers: 9-18
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  • The relation between soil structure and solute transport
    under raised bed cropping and conventional cultivation
    in south-western Victoria


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Soil Research
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 577-585
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  • A spatially referenced water and nitrogen management model (WNMM) for (irrigated) intensive cropping systems in the North China Plain
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Ecological Modelling
    Volume: 203
    Page numbers: 395-423
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Conservation Management of Water and Nitrogen in the North China Plain using a GIS-based Water and Nitrogen Management Model and Agricultural Decision Support Tool
    Year: 2006
    Book: Agricultural Water Management in China
    Publisher: ACIAR
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  • The Perspective of Farmers on Why the Adoption Rate of Water-Saving Irrigation Techniques is Low in China
    Year: 2006
    Book: Agricultural Water Management in China
    Publisher: ACIAR
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of three modelling approaches for simulating denitrification and nitrous oxide emissions from loam-textured arable soils
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Global Biogeochemical Cycles
    Volume: 19
    Issue: No.3
    Page numbers: 1-15
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Gis-based Water and Nitrogen Management Model (WNMM) and Agricultural Decision Support Tool (ADST) for Irrigated Wheat and Maize in the North China Plain
    Year: 2005
    Event name: The 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Page numbers: 899-908
    Publisher: Science Press USA(New Jersey)
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  • Ammonia Volatilisation from Irrigated Acidic Dairy Pastures Soils in South-East Australia
    Year: 2005
    Event name: The 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Page numbers: 840-845
    Publisher: Science Press USA(New Jersey)
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  • Spatial Variability of N2O Emissions from an Australian Irrigated Dairy Pasture
    Year: 2005
    Event name: The 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 3rd International Nitrogen Conference
    Page numbers: 760-767
    Publisher: Science Press USA(New Jersey)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Ammonia volatilization and denitrification loss from irrigated maize-wheat rotation field in the North China Plain
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Pedosphere
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 533-540
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  • Nitrate leaching from temperate perennial pastures grazed by dairy cows in south-eastern Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 911-920
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Spatially Referenced Water and Nitrogen Management Model (WNMM) for (Irrigated) Intensive Cropping and Pasture Systems
    Year: 2004
    Event name: SuperSoil 2004: 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference
    Conference Publication: SuperSoil 2004: 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference, University of Sydney, Australia.Published on CDROM. Website www.regional.org.au/au/asssi/
    Volume: S9
    Page numbers: 8
    Publisher: The Regional Institute(Gosford)
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  • Micrometeorological Measurements of Ammonia Emissions During Phases of the Grazing Rotation of Irrigated Dairy Pastures
    Year: 2004
    Event name: SuperSoil 2004: 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference
    Conference Publication: Supersoil 2004: 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference, University of Sydney, Australia.Published on CDROM. Website: www.regional.org.au/au/asssi/
    Volume: S9
    Page numbers: 8
    Publisher: The Regional Institute(Gosford)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Solute-Water Interactions
    Year: 2003
    Book: Handbook of Processes and Modeling in the Soil-Plant System
    Publisher: Haworth Press(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Desorption of phosphate from sugarcane soils into simulated natural waters
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Marine and Freshwater Research
    Volume: 53
    Page numbers: 961-970
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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  • Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium and responsible microorganisms in two Chinese and Australian paddy soils
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1131-1137
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The RElationship between Grapevine Vigour and Potentially Mineralizable-N in Soils of Cool Climate Regions in Victoria
    Year: 2002
    Event name: FUTURE Soils
    Conference Publication: FUTURE Soils
    Page numbers: 198-199
    Publisher: Australian Society of Soil Science Inc (ASSSI)(Perth)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of laboratory uranium sorption data with 'in situ distribution coefficients' at the Koongarra uranium deposit, Northern Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
    Volume: 57
    Page numbers: 35-55
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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