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Dr Lindsay Hutley

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Phone: +61 8 8946 7103
Email: lindsay.hutley@cdu.edu.au

Research Interests

I have research interests in tropical savannas and how vegetation has adapted to the physical environment imposed by a wet-dry tropical climate as experienced in northern Australia.

I work on carbon and water cycling in tropical and temperate Eucalypt dominated ecosystems and in particular the impact of fire, grazing and weed invasion on these processes.

Work on carbon dynamics and fire is incorporated into climate models that attempt to describe feedbacks between landscape process and climate change.

Current Projects

  • ARC Discovery Grant, 2003-2005, DP0344744 - $280 000, Prof NJ Tapper, Dr J Beringer, Dr L.B. Hutley. 'ST Siems Fire Scar Impacts on Surface Heat and Moisture Fluxes in Australia's Tropical Savanna and Feedbacks to Local and Regional Climate'.
  • ARC Discovery Grant, 2004-2006, DP0451247 - $440 000, Dr J Beringer, Dr L.B. Hutley, Prof. D McGuire, 'Sustainable futures of Australian temperate forests: An investigation of coupled carbon, water and energy exchanges from hourly to centennial timescales'.
  • Member, ARC Network for Earth System Science 2005-2009 $1.94M.
  • National Action Plan for Salinity & Water Quality (2005), Mr Peter Jolly, Dr Lindsay Hutley, Dr Peter Cook, $144 000, 'Impacts of clearing and development on the magnitude and quality of dry season spring flows into the Daly River'.
  • CDU Internal Grant (2006) Dr Penny Wurm, Tropical Savanna CRC, Dr Lindsay Hutley, Dr Sam Setterfield and Prof Ian Falk. 'Has the MTEM program made an impact on the practice of its graduates?' $6100.
  • Natural Heritage Trust and National Action Plan for Water Quality and Salinity 2006. Dr David  Liddle, Dr Lindsay Hutley, Dr Guy Boggs, Dr Diane Pearson. 'Biophysical Modelling of Water Quality in a Darwin Rural Area Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem', 2006-2008, $287 000.
  • ARC Linkage Grant 2007-2009 $190 000 (ARC), $90 000 (Industry partners) LP0774812. Dr L.B.Hutley, Dr J Beringer, Dr SK Arndt, Dr S Livesley, Dr GD Cook and Dr K Butterbach-Bahl. 'Integrative assessment of disturbance and land-use change on total greenhouse gas balance and nutrient cycling in savanna ecosystems'.
  • ARC Discovery Grant 2007-2009, $660 000 DP0772981. Dr J Beringer, A/Prof JM Hacker, Prof K Paw U, Dr BG Neininger and Dr L.B.Hutley. 'Patterns and processes of carbon and water budgets across northern Australian landscapes: from point to region'.
  • Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge Research Hub (TRaCK) Project $432 000. Dr Peter Cook, Dr Lindsay Hutley, Guy Boggs, Dr David Jones, Dr Renee Bartolo (2007-2010). 'Catchment water budgets and water resource assessment'.

Postgraduate Students and Post-Doctoral Supervision Students

  • Georgina Kelley (PhD) 1997 – 2002 (completed)
    'Tree, soil and groundwater dynamics of savanna vegetation'
    Co-supervisor with Prof Derek Eamus
  • Chen Xiaoyong (PhD) 1998 – 2003 (completed)
    'Carbon balance of tropical savanna of northern Australia'
    Co-supervisor with Prof Derek Eamus
  • Natalie Rossiter (BSc Hons) 2001 (1st Class Honours)
    'Comparative ecophysiology and fire ecology of native and exotic savanna grasses'
    Co-supervisor with Dr Michael Douglas and Dr Samantha Setterfield
  • Natalie Rossiter (PhD) currently enrolled, 2002-2007
    'Impacts of invasive grasses on ecosystem processes in Australia's tropical savannas'
    Co-supervisor with Dr Michael Douglas and Dr Samantha Setterfield
  • Paul Davey (MTEM) 2001-2002 (completed)
    'Soil carbon stocks in semi-arid savanna under differing land-uses'
    Supervisor with Dr Dick Williams, CSIRO, Darwin
  • Michelle Allnut (MTEM) 2001-2002 (completed)
    'Coarse and fine root biomass and distribution, in semi-arid savanna'
    Supervisor with Dr Dick Williams, CSIRO, Darwin
  • Peter Clifton (BSc Hons) 2004 (1st Class Honours)
    'Germination microclimate of invaded tropical savannas'
    Supervisor with Dr Michael Douglas and Dr Samantha Setterfield, CDU
  • James Collins (BSc Hons)  2004 (2A Honours)
    'Use of radar for biomass estimation in tropical savannas'
    Supervisor with Dr Guy Boggs (CDU), Dr Dick Williams (CSIRO) and Dr Daren Bell (Geospatial Consultants Australia)
  • Mr David Rose (BSc Hons)  2005-2007 (2B Honours)
    'Contribution of coarse woody debris to ecosystem respiration in tropical savannas'
    Supervisor with Dr Dick Williams (CSIRO)
  • Mr Stephen Beyer (BSc Hons) currently enrolled, 2005-2007
    'The Impact of Fire and Grazing on Soil Fauna Diversity and its Physico-chemical Properties'
    Co-supervisor with Assoc Prof Karen Gibb
  • Mr Stephen J Reynolds (PhD) currently enrolled, 2005-2007
    'Influence of refugia substrate and microenvironment on water balance of fossorial, arboreal and semi-aquatic frogs'
    Co-supervisor with Assoc Prof Keith Christian
  • Kenichi Kurioka (PhD) currently enrolled, 2006-2007
    'The effect of global warming and atmospheric CO2 elevation on carbon dynamics of Mountain Ash forests along a chronosequences'
     Supervisor with Dr Jason Beringer, Monash University (External)
  • Christopher Wendt (PhD) currently enrolled, 2002-2008
    'Savanna fire scar impacts on regional climate'                
    External supervisor with Prof Nigel Tapper and Dr Jason Beringer, Monash University
  • Musa Kilinc (PhD)  currently enrolled, 2005-2007
    'The carbon, water and energy fluxes of an old-growth Mountain Ash forest'
    External supervisor with Dr Jason Beringer and Prof Nigel Tapper Monash University
  • Andrew Edwards (PhD) currently enrolled, 2006-2008
    'Assessing fire severity using remote sensing in tropical savannas'
    Supervisor with Dr Jeremy Russell-Smith (NT Bushfires Council), Dr Dick Williams (CSIRO) and Dr Stefan Meir (CDU)
  • Mr Alex Henke (Trainee studentship at CDU, Masters by Research, University of Leipzig, Institute of Geology and Geophysics) July 2006-Feb 2007
    'Contribution of riparian vegetation and monsoon vine forest patches to catchment water balance of the Howard River catchment'
  • Mr Kim Orchard (BSc Hons) July 2007- July 2008
    'Growth rates and water use efficiencies in woody plants of the seasonal tropics of north Australia'
    Supervisor with Dr Lucas Cernusak (CDU)

Post Doctoral Fellows

  • Dr Lucas A. Cernusak - March 2004 – March 2005, October 2007– October 2009
  • Dr David J. Wilson - May 2005 – May 2006
  • Dr Dimity Boggs - February 2007– August 2008
  • Dr Samantha Grover - July 2007 – July 2009

Undergraduate Training and Research Opportunity Scheme (UTROP) – Student Supervisions

  • Mr Grant Staben 2003
  • Ms Sally Jacka 2004
  • Ms Kathryn Ryan 2005
  • Ms Hannah Brodie-Hall 2005-2006

Additional Details

Expert Reviewer - Peer-review journals

  • Austral Ecology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters
  • Australian Journal of Botany
  • Ecological Applications
  • The Rangelands Journal
  • Journal of Tropical Ecology
  • International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Functional Plant Biology
  • Plant Ecology
  • Tree Physiology
  • Oecologia
  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of Arid Environments
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Global Change Biology

Other

ARC Discovery Program, Assessor / Inter-Reader 2004

Invited reviewer for First Order Draft of the 2006 International Panel on Climate Change, Inventory Guidelines.  Reported on Volume 4 - Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU), April 2005.

Invited reviewer, IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories, September-October 2005.

Invited participant to the Biocomplexity in African Savannas (BAS) workshop, Sabie, South Africa March, 2006.

Publications

Invited book chapters

1. Hutley L.B., Setterfield S.A. (2008) Savannas, in S.E. Jorgensen & B.D. Faith (eds.) Encyclopedia of Ecology, 1st Edition, Volume 4, 3143-3154 pp, Elsevier B.V., Oxford.

2. Gorman J.T., Williams R.J., Russell-Smith J., Hutley L. B., Cook G.D. (2007) A case for indigenous fire management, in M.K. Luckert, B.M. Campbell, J.T. Gorman, S.T. Garnett (eds.) Investing in Indigenous Natural Resource Management, Charles Darwin University Press, 107 pp.

3. Williams R.J., Barrett D., Cook G.D., Gill M, Hutley L.B., Liedloff A.C., Myers B.A. and Woinarski J.C.Z.R. (2009) Landscape-scale fire research in northern Australia: delivering multiple benefits in a changing world, in J. Russell-Smith (Eds.) Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas, Charles Darwin University Press.

4. Hutley L.B., Beringer J. (2010, in review) Flux dynamics in a northern Australian tropical savanna, In M.J. Hill, N.P. Hanan (eds.) Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measurement and Modeling at Landscape to Global Scales CRC/Taylor and Francis Press.

5. Setterfield S.A., Hutley, L.B. (in prep, 2010 ). Fire: an ecosystem sculptor. In Plants in Action Adaptation in Nature — Performance in Cultivation (2nd edn., Palgrave Macmillan – Australia).

Refereed papers

6. Yates D.J., Hutley L.B. (1995) 'Foliar uptake of water by wet leaves of Sloanea woollsii, an Australian subtropical rainforest tree'. Australian Journal of Botany 43:157-167.

7. Hutley L.B., Doley D., Yates D.J., Boonsaner A. (1997) 'Water balance of an Australian sub-tropical rainforest at altitude: the ecological and physiological significance of intercepted cloud and fog.' Australian Journal of Botany. 45: 311­329.

8. O'Grady A.P., Eamus D., Hutley L.B. (1999) 'Transpiration increases during the dry season: patterns of tree water use in Eucalypt open-forests of Northern Australia.' Tree Physiology 19:591-597.

9. Hutley L.B., O'Grady A.P., Eamus, D. (2000) 'Evapotranspiration from Eucalypt open-forest savanna of Northern Australia.' Functional Ecology 14:183-194.

10. O'Grady A.P., Chen X., Eamus D., Hutley L.B. (2000) 'Composition, structure, leaf area index and standing biomass of a eucalypt open forest near Darwin in the Northern Territory.' Australian Journal of Botany 48:629-638.

11. O’Grady AP, Eamus D., Hutley L.B. (2000) 'Dry season conditions determine wet season water use in the wet-dry tropical savanna of northern Australia.' Tree Physiology 20:1219-1226.

12. Hutley L.B., O'Grady A.P., Eamus D. (2001) ' Monsoonal influences on evapotranspiration of savanna vegetation of northern Australia.' Oecologia 126:434-443.

13. Eamus D., Hutley L.B. & O'Grady A.P. (2001) 'Daily and seasonal patterns of carbon and water fluxes above a north Australian savanna.' Tree Physiology 21:977-988.

14. Cook G.D., Williams D., Hutley L.B. and O'Grady A.P. (2002) 'Variation in vegetative water use in the savannas of the North Australian Tropical Transect.' Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 413-418.

15. Eamus D., Chen X., Kelly G., Hutley L.B. (2002) 'Root biomass and root fractal analyses of an open Eucalyptus forest in a savanna of north Australia.' Australian Journal of Botany 50:31-41.

16. Chen X., Eamus D., Hutley L.B. (2002) 'Seasonal patterns of soil carbon dioxide efflux from a wet-dry tropical savanna of northern Australia.' Australian Journal of Botany 50:43-51.

17. Beringer J., Hutley L.B., Tapper N.J., Coutts A., Kerley A., O'Grady A.P. (2003) 'Fire impacts on surface heat, moisture and carbon fluxes from a tropical savanna in north Australia.' International Journal of Wildland Fire 12:333-340.

18. Rossiter N.A., Setterfield S.A., Douglas M.M., Hutley L.B. (2003) 'Testing the grass-fire cycle: exotic grass invasion in the tropical savannas of northern Australia.' Diversity and Distributions 9:169–176.

19. Chen X., Hutley L.B., Eamus D. (2003) 'Carbon balance of a tropical savanna in northern Australia.' Oecologia 137: 405-416.

20. Chen X., Eamus D., Hutley L.B. (2004) 'Seasonal patterns of fine-root productivity and turnover in a tropical savanna of northern Australia.' Journal of Tropical Ecology 20: 221–224.

21. Williams R.J, Hutley L.B., Cook G.D., Russell-Smith J., Edwards A., Chen X. (2004) 'Assessing the carbon sequestration potential of mesic savannas in the Northern Territory, Australia: approaches, uncertainties and potential impacts of fire.' Functional Plant Biology 31: 415-422.

22. Cook G.D., Liedloff A.C., Eager R.W., Chen X., Williams R.J., O’Grady A.P, Hutley L.B. (2005) 'The estimation of carbon budgets of frequently burnt tree stands in savannas of northern Australia, using allometric analysis and isotopic discrimination.' Australian Journal of Botany 53: 621–630.

23. Chen X., Hutley L.B., Eamus D. (2005) 'Soil organic carbon content at a range of north Australian tropical savannas with contrasting site histories.' Plant and Soil 268: 161-171.

24. Setterfield S.A., Douglas M.M., Hutley L.B., Welch M.A. (2005) 'Effects of canopy cover and ground disturbance on establishment of an invasive grass in an Australia savanna.' Biotropica 37: 25-31.

25. Hutley L.B., Leuning R., Beringer J. and Cleugh H.A. (2005) 'The utility of the eddy covariance techniques as a tool in carbon accounting: tropical savanna as a case study.' Australian Journal of Botany 53: 663-675.

26. Williams R.J., Zerihun A., Montagu K., Hoffman M., Hutley L.B., Chen X. (2005) 'Allometry for estimating aboveground tree biomass in tropical and subtropical eucalypt woodlands: towards general predictive equations.' Australian Journal of Botany 53: 607-619.

27. Barrett D., Hill M., Hutley L.B., Beringer J., Xu J., Cook G.D., Carter J., Williams R.J. (2005) 'Prospects for improving savanna biophysical models using multiple constraints model-data assimilation methods.' Australian Journal of Botany 53: 689-714.

28. Cernusak L.A, Hutley L.B., Beringer B., Tapper N.J. (2006) 'Stem and leaf gas exchange and their responses to fire in a north-Australian tropical savanna.' Plant, Cell and Environment 29: 632–646.

29. Beringer J., Hutley L.B., Tapper N.J., Cernusak L.A. (2007) 'Savanna fires and their impact on net ecosystem productivity in north Australia.' Global Change Biology 13: 990–1004.

30. Wendt C.W., Beringer J., Tapper N.J., Hutley L.B. (2007) 'Local boundary layer development over burnt and unburnt tropical savanna: an observational study.' Boundary-Layer Meteorology 124: 291–304.

31. Martin D., Beringer J., Hutley L.B. McHugh I., (2007) 'Carbon cycling in a mountain ash forest: analysis of below ground respiration.' Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 147: 58-70.

32. Schymanski S.J., Roderick M.L., Sivapalan M., Hutley L.B., Beringer J. (2007) 'A test of the optimality approach to modelling canopy properties and CO2 uptake by natural vegetation.' Plant, Cell and Environment 30: 1586-1598.

33. Kelley G., O’Grady A.P., Hutley L.B., Eamus D. (2007) 'A comparison of tree water use in two contiguous vegetation communities of the seasonally dry tropics of northern Australia: the importance of site water budget to tree hydraulics.' Australian Journal of Botany 55: 700-708.

34. Schymanski, S.J., Roderick M.L, Sivapalan M., Hutley L.B., Beringer J. (2008) 'A canopy scale test of the optimal water use hypothesis.' Plant, Cell and Environment 31: 97-111

35. Rossiter-Rachor, N.A., Setterfield, S.A., Douglas, M.M., Hutley, L.B., Cook, G.D. (2008) 'Andropogon gayanus (Gamba grass) invasion increases fire-mediated nitrogen losses in the tropical savannas of northern Australia.' Ecosystems 11(1):77-88

36. Schymanski S.J., Sivapalan M., Roderick M.L., Beringer J., Hutley L.B. (2008) 'An optimality-based model of the coupled soil moisture and root dynamics'. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 12: 913-932

37. Wood S., Beringer J., Hutley L.B., McGuire D.A., Van Dijk A. (2008) 'Impacts of fire on forest age and runoff in mountain ash forests.' Functional Plant Biology 35: 483-492

38. Collins J., Hutley L.B., Williams R.J., Boggs G., Bell D., Bartolo R. (2009) 'Estimating landscape-scale vegetation carbon stocks using airborne multi-frequency polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in the savannas of north Australia.' International Journal of Remote Sensing 30: 1141–1159

39. Rossiter-Rachor N.A., Setterfield S.A., Douglas M.M., Hutley L.B., Cook P.G., Schmidt S. (2009) 'Invasive Andropogon gayanus (Gamba grass) is an ecosystem transformer of nitrogen relations in Australia's tropical savanna.' Ecological Applications (in press, accepted 22 July 2008)

40. Schymanski S. J., Sivapalan M., Roderick M.L., Hutley L.B., Beringer J. (2009) 'An optimality-based model of the dynamic feedbacks between natural vegetation and the water balance'. Water Resources Research, 45: W01412, doi:10.1029/2008WR006841.

41. Lehmann C.E.R., Ratnam J., Hutley L.B. (2009) 'Which of these is not like the other? Continental comparisons of tropical savannas: key questions and challenges.' New Phytologist 181: 508–511.

42. Guerschman J.P., Van Dijk, A.I., Mattersdorf G., Beringer J., Hutley L.B., Leuning R.L., Pipunic R.C., Sherman B.S. (2009) 'Scaling of potential evapotranspiration with MODIS data reproduces flux observations and catchment water balance observations across Australia.' Journal of Hydrology (in press, accepted 13 January 2009 )

43. Kanniah K.D., Beringer J., Hutley L.B., Tapper N.J., Zhu X (2009) 'Evaluation of collections 4 and 5 of the MODIS gross primary productivity product and algorithm improvement at a tropical savanna site in Northern Australia.' Remote Sensing of Environment (in press, accepted August 2008)

44. Kanniah K.D., Beringer J., Tapper N.J., Long C.N., Hutley L.B. and X. Zhu (2009) 'Interactions between aerosols, solar radiation, and net ecosystem productivity in northern Australian savannas.' Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (in review)

45. Rossiter-Rachor N.A., Setterfield S.A., Hutley L.B., Douglas, M.M. 'Alien grass invasion alters ecosystem processes: Andropogon gayanus (Gamba grass) accelerates litter decomposition and nitrogen return in a northern Australian tropical savanna.' Biological Invasions (in review)

46. Cook G.D., Williams R.J., Stokes C., Hutley L.B., Ash A.J., (2009) 'Managing sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in Australia’s rangelands and tropical savannas.' Remote Sensing of Environment (in review)

47. Clifton, P.J., Hutley, L.B., Setterfield, S.A. and Douglas, M.M. (2010). 'Effects of exotic grass invasion on ground-level microclimate and woody seedling recruitment in a northern Australian savanna.' Austral Ecology, (in review).

48. Beringer J., Ellis C., Hutley L.B. (2010) 'The effect of climate change on the carbon and water budgets of Northern Australian tropical savannas using an artificial neural network approach.' Global Change Biology (in review)

49. Zhang Y. Leuning R., Hutley L.B., Beringer J., McHugh I. (2010) 'Use of long-term water balances to parameterize surface conductances for estimating regional evaporation.' Remote Sensing of Environment (in review)

50. Yi C., Ricciut D., and 56 others including Hutley L.B. (2009) 'Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange'. Nature (in review)

Conference Papers

1. Boonsaner, A., Hutley, L.B., Doley, D. and Yates, D.J. (1993). 'The water balance of a sub-tropical rainforest at the tree and catchment organisation level: Methodology and preliminary results. Abstract in International Symposium on Forest hydrology: Water Issues in Forests Today. (CSIRO: Canberra).

2. Yates, D. and Hutley, L.B (1994). 'Foliar Uptake of Water by Wet Leaves of Sloanea woollsii, an Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree. Abstract in ‘Australian Society of Plant Physiologists', 34th Annual General Meeting, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

3. Hutley, L.B., Doley, D., Yates, D.J. and Boonsaner, A. (1995) 'Water Balance of a Sub-Tropical Rainforest at altitude: the Ecological Significance of Intercepted Cloud and Fog.' Presented at the Ecological Society of Australia, Open Forum & Symposium Conference, Hobart 27-29 September 1995.

4. Yates, D.J., Hutley L.B., Doley D. & Boonsaner A.B. (1998) 'The Ecological and Physiological Significance of Occult Precipitation in an Australian Rainforest.' In "Proceedings of the First International Conference on Fog and Fog Collection", Schemenauer, R (ed.), Vancouver Canada, July 19-24 1998

5. Hutley L.B., Doley D. & Yates D.J. (1998) 'Canopy meteorological conditions during fog deposition to an Australian rainforest at the end of the dry season.' In "Proceedings of the First International Conference on Fog and Fog Collection", Schemenauer, R (ed.), Vancouver Canada, July 19-24 1998

6. Eamus D., Hutley L.B., O'Grady A.P., Cook P., Hatton T. & Kelley G. (1999) 'Integration of ecophysiological, hydrological and environmental chemistry studies of open-forests and the sustainable use of groundwater resources in northern.' IUFRO Workshop, 'Canopy Dynamics and Forest Management – A Missing Link?', Estonia, Finland and Sweden, August 1-11 1999.

7. Hutley L.B, Eamus D. and O'Grady A.P. (1999) 'Daily and seasonal patterns of carbon and water vapour from open-forests in northern Australia'. IUFRO Workshop, 'Canopy Dynamics and Forest Management – A Missing Link?', Estonia, Finland and Sweden, August 1-11 1999.

8. Cook G.D., Hutley L.B. (2001) 'The big effects of little differences: Climate and north Australian ecosystems', in 'Life in the Tropics', the 14th Australia New Zealand Climate Forum, Darwin September 18-21, 2001.

9. Beringer J., Hutley L.B. (2001) 'Impact of fire on the inputs of heat, moisture and carbon dioxide to the atmosphere in the Australian tropical savanna and feedbacks to regional climate', in 'Life in the Tropics', the 14th Australia New Zealand Climate Forum, Darwin September 18-21, 2001.

10. Tapper N., Beringer J., Kerley A., Coutts A., Hutley L.B. (2002) 'Impacts of savanna fire scars on heat and moisture input to the atmosphere: some preliminary results from the Savanna Fire Experiment (SaFE) 9th National Conference', Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, University of Melbourne 18-20 February, 2002

11. Kelley G., Hutley L.B., Eamus D., Jolly P. (2002) 'Role of savanna vegetation in soil and groundwater dynamics in a wet-dry tropical climate', in T. Haig, A. Knapton and S. Ticknel (eds.) Proceedings of the International Groundwater Conference 'Balancing The Groundwater Budget', International Association of Hydrogeologists, Northern Territory Branch, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 12-17 May 2002, pp 1-8.

12. Derek Eamus, A O’Grady, Hutley L.B., Cook P. (2002) Catchment water balance and tree water use of tropical savanna, CRC For Plant-Based Management Of Dryland Salinity Workshop, "Designing New Land Use Systems to Manage Recharge", CSIRO, Floreat Tuesday June 18th, 2002.

13. Hutley L.B., Eamus D., O'Grady A.P (2002) 'Seasonal extremes of carbon sink strength of tropical savannas of northern Australia.' 3rd International Canopy Conference, Cairns, 23 - 28 June 2002

14. Beringer, J., Tapper, N.J. and Hutley, L.B. (2002) 'Impact of savanna fires on the heat, moisture and CO2 budgets and possible feedbacks to regional climate', The climatology Commission of the International Geographical Union, Richards Bay, 28th July to 3rd August 2002.

15. Hutley L.B., Beringer J., Tapper N., Kerley A. and Coutts A. (2002) Impact of savanna fires on carbon dioxide fluxes to the atmosphere. Savanna Landscapes in Northern Australia - fire and heterogeneity, Northern Territory University, Darwin, NT, 8-10 July 2002.

16. Tapper N.J., Beringer, J., Hutley, L.B., Coutts, A. (2003) 'The long term recovery of heat and moisture fluxes to the atmosphere following fire in Australia's tropical savanna', EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, 06 - 11 April 2003, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 03544.

17. Kelley G., Hutley, L.B. , Peter Cook3 and Derek Eamus1,4, 'Determining the vulnerability of Melaleuca viridiflora to groundwater extraction in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia.'

18. Beringer J., Hutley, L.B., Tapper, N.J. (2003) 'Impact of savanna fires on the atmospheric fluxes of carbon, water and energy, and feedbacks to climate', Proceedings of the Tropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 14-20 Sept 2003. Page 19.

19. Williams R.J., Russell-Smith J., Hutley L.B. & Woldring O. (2003) ‘Greenhouse Opportunities’, presentation to joint meeting between Northern Territory Government, Alice Spring, NT, August 2003.

20. Setterfield, S.A., Douglas, M.M., Ferdinands, K., Rossiter, N., Hutley, L.B. , Liedloff, A. Cook, G. D.(2004). 'Understanding changes in fire processes in Australia’s tropical savannas'. Presented at the Ecological Society of Australia Annual Symposium, Adelaide, S.A.

21. Rossiter N. A., Setterfield S. A., Douglas M.M., and Hutley, L.B. (2004) 'The grass-fire cycle in the Southern Hemisphere'. Presented at Southern Connections 2004. Cape Town, South Africa. 19-23 January 2004.

22. Setterfield S.A., Douglas M.M., Barratt J., Rossiter N., Hutley L.B. and Cook G.D. (2004) 'Effects of an exotic pasture grass on ecosystem processes in Australia’s tropical savannas', Poster Abstract Australian Weeds Conference, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 6-9 September 2004.

23. Rossiter, N. A., Setterfield, S. A., Douglas, M. M., Hutley, L. B. and Cook, G. (2004). 'Exotic grass invasion in the tropical savannas of northern Australia: Ecosystem consequences'. In: Proceedings of the 14th Australian Weeds Conference, Brian Sindel (ed.), Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 6-9 September 2004, pp 168-171.

24. Douglas M. M., Setterfield S. A., Rossiter N. A, Barratt J., Rossiter N. A. and Hutley, L.B. (2004). 'Effects of mission grass (Pennisetum polystachion L. Schult.) invasion on fuel loads and nitrogen availability in a northern Australia tropical savanna.' In: Proceedings of the 14th Australian Weeds Conference. Brian Sindel (ed.), Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 6-9 September 2004, pp 179-181.

25. Setterfield, S.A., Douglas, M.M., Ferdinands, K., Rossiter, N., Hutley, L.B. , Liedloff, A. Cook, G. D. (2004). 'Understanding changes in fire processes in Australia’s tropical savannas'. Ecological Society of Australia Annual Symposium, Adelaide, South Australia, December 7th – 10th 2004.

26. Beringer J., Hutley L.B., McGuire D. (2004) 'Carbon dynamics of the world’s tallest angiosperms: flux measurements in Mountain Ash forests of Victoria, Australia'. Poster presentation at "The FLUXNET 2004 open workshop" Convitto della Calza, Firenze, Italy. December 13th-15th, 2004.

27. Beringer J., Hutley L.B., Cernusak L., Tapper N., Lynch A., Siems S. (2004) 'Fire and net savanna productivity, Northern Territory, Australia'. Poster presentation at "The FLUXNET 2004 open workshop" Convitto della Calza, Firenze, Italy. December 13th-15th, 2004.

28. Beringer J., Hutley L.B., Tapper N.J. (2004) 'Savanna fires and their impact on net ecosystem productivity', 26th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 23 —27 August, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Paper 4.6, (http://ams.confex.com/ams/AFAPURBBIO/techprogram/paper_79342.htm, extended Abstract (408K) and recorded presentation).

29. Wendt W., Beringer J., Tapper N., Hutley L.B. (2004) 'Impact of savanna fire scars on heat and moisture fluxes to the atmosphere and feedbacks to the local boundary layer', 26th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 23 —27 August, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Paper 6.5 (http://ams.confex.com/ams/AFAPURBBIO/techprogram/paper_79538.htm, extended Abstract (700K) and recorded presentation).

30. Schymanski S.J., Sivapalan M., Roderick M.L., Beringer J., Hutley L.B. (2005) 'A test of the optimality approach to modelling canopy gas exchange by natural vegetation'. Presentation to the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 5-9 December 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA.

31. Williams R.J., Hutley L.B., Beringer J., Cook G.D., Russell-Smith J., Liedloff A (2005) 'Bio-sequestration of carbon in Australia’s tropical savannas: capacity, uncertainties and opportunities', Greenhouse 2005, Melbourne, 13-17 November, 2005.

32. Beringer J., Hutley L.B., Tapper N.J. (2005) 'Carbon sink/source strength of an Australian savanna and the role of fire'. Greenhouse 2005, Melbourne, 13-17 November, 2005.

33. Hutley L.B., Setterfield S. A., Douglas M.M., Rossiter N., Barrett J. (2005) 'Ecohydrological impacts of invasive grasses on tropical savanna in
north Australia', Ecological Society of Australia 2005, The University of Queensland, 29 November-2 December 2005.

34. Kanniah1 K.D., Tapper N.J., Beringer J., Long C., Hutley L.B., Zhu X. (2006) 'Responses of a tropical savannas carbon exchange to smoke aerosols in Northern Australia'. International Geographical Union Regional Conference, ‘Regional Responses to Global Change’, Brisbane 3-7 July, 2006.

35. Rossiter, N.A., Setterfield, S.A., Douglas, M.M., Hutley, L.B. and Cook, G.D. (2006). 'The impact of exotic grass invasions of nitrogen cycling: A mini-review'. In: Proceedings of the 15th Australian Weeds Conference, ‘Managing Weeds in a Changing Climate’ (Eds., C. Preston, J.H. Watts and N.D. Crossman), Weed Management Society of South Australia, Adelaide, 24-28 September 2006, pp 815-818.

36. Beringer J, Hutley L. B., M. Kilinc, A. D. McGuire, and I. McHugh (2006) 'Water, energy and carbon fluxes from the world's tallest anigosperm (Eucalyptus regnans) at Wallaby Creek, south-eastern Australia', OzFlux national meeting 3-4 July 2006 Monash University, Australia.

37. Beringer J, Hutley L. B., M. Kilinc, A. D. McGuire, and I. McHugh (2006) 'Water, energy and carbon fluxes from the world's tallest anigosperm (Eucalyptus regnans) at Wallaby Creek, south-eastern Australia', International Geographical Union Conference "Regional Responses to Global Changes A view from the Antipodes" 3-7 July 2006 Brisbane, Australia. www.igu2006.org/

38. Beringer J, Hutley L.B. (2006) 'Impact of fire on the carbon cycle of Australian savannas', Workshop on Earth System Feedbacks: Vulnerability of the Carbon Cycle to Drought and Fire, Canberra, Australia, 5-8 June 2006, Global Carbon Project.

39. Beringer J and K. Görgen, Hutley L. B., A. H. Lynch, A. Marshall and N. J. Tapper (2006) 'Impact of savanna burning on surface properties and feedbacks to local and regional climate', 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 22-25 May (San Diego, CA), session 2.1. http://ams.confex.com/ams/BLTAgFBioA/techprogram/paper_110950.htm

40. Beringer J, Hutley L. B., M. Kilinc, A. D. McGuire and I. McHugh (2006) 'Water, energy and carbon fluxes from the world's tallest anigosperm (Eucalyptus regnans) at Wallaby Creek, south-eastern Australia', 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 22-25 May (San Diego, CA), session 5.1. http://ams.confex.com/ams/BLTAgFBioA/techprogram/paper_110947.htm

41. Beringer J., Hutley L.B., McGuire D., Kilinc M., D’Argent N., Kurioka K., Wood S., McHugh I. (2007) 'Productivity of world’s tallest anigosperm (Eucalyptus regnans) at Wallaby Creek, south-eastern Australia', Ecofizz 2007, The University of Western Sydney, 27 and 28 September, 2007.

42. Hutley L.B., Wilson D.J., Cook P.G., Tickell S., Jolly P., Beringer J. (2007) 'Clearing impacts on savanna water balance in the Daly River region of north Australia'. Ecofizz-2007, University of Western Sydney, 27 and 28 September, 2007.

43. Beringer J., Hutley L.B., Tapper N.J., Cernusak L.A. (2007) 'Where does the carbon go? Carbon dynamics and fire of a north Australian tropical savanna', presentation to American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 10-14 December 2007.

44. Schymanski S.J., Sivapalan M., Roderick M.L., Beringer J., Hutley L.B. (2007) 'Optimality and soil water-vegetation dynamics', poster presentation to American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 10-14 December 2007.

45. Kilinc M., Beringer J., Tapper N.J., Hutley L.B. (2008), 'Biophysical controls of carbon exchange in old growth Mountain Ash stands', Eos. Trans. AGU, 89(23) Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, Abstract B25A-10

46. Isaac P., Beringer J. Hutley L.B., Wood S. (2008) 'Spatial patterns in energy, water and carbon budgets over Australian tropical savanna'. Eos. Trans. AGU, 89(23) Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, Abstract B34A-05

47. Beringer J., Hutley L.B., Tapper N.J., Cernusak L., Kanniah K. (2008) 'Northern Australian savannas are observed as a strong carbon sink: Where does all the carbon go?' Eos Trans. AGU, 89(23), Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, Abstract B25A-06

48. Wood S., Beringer J., Isaac P., Tapper N.J., Hutley L.B. (2008) 'Variability of carbon, water and energy fluxes in the Australia’s Top End'. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(23), Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, Abstract B25A-07

49. Wood S., Beringer J., Isaac P., Tapper N.J., Hutley L.B. (2008) 'Variability of carbon, water and energy fluxes in the Australia’s Top End'. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(23), Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, Abstract B25A-07

50. Hutley L.B., Isaac P., Beringer J., Cook P.G., Weinmann R. (2008) 'Seasonal patterns of evapotranspiration from cleared and uncleared tropical savanna: implications for catchment water balance in the wet-dry tropics'. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(23), Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, Abstract B25A-09

51. Boggs D., Boggs G., Hutley L.B., Liddle D., Yin Foo D., Gray P., Pearson D., Elliott L. 'Biophysical modelling of water use and change in monsoon vine thickets'. Eos Trans. AGU 89(23) Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting Abstract B25A-14

52. Kilinc M. Beringer J. Tapper N.J. Hutley L.B. (2008) 'Biophysical controls of carbon exchange in old growth Mountain Ash stands'. Eos Trans. AGU 89(23) Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting Abstract B25A-10

53. Livesley S.J., Grover S., Jamali H., Arndt S., Berringer J., Isaac P., Cook G., Butterbach-Bahl K., Hutley L.B. (2008) 'Continuous measurement of soil carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane exchange in an unburnt savanna woodland in Howard Springs, NT, Australia'. Eos Trans. AGU 89(23) Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting Abstract B34A-03

54. Grover S., Arndt S., Livesley S.J., Jamali H., Berringer J., Isaac P., Cook G., Butterbach-Bahl K., Hutley L.B. (2008) 'Clearing savanna woodland to cattle grazed pasture and the greenhouse gas balance (carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane) of the Douglas-Daly region, Australia'. Eos Trans. AGU 89(23) Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting Abstract B34A-04.

55. Grover S., Hutley, L.B., Arndt S., Livesley S., Cook G., Beringer J., Butterbach-Bahl K. (2008) 'Integrative assessment of disturbance and land-use change on total greenhouse gas balance and nutrient cycling in savanna ecosystems'. Poster presentation, European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, 13 – 18 April.

56. J. Beringer, Hutley L.B., Tapper N.J., Cernusak L.A., Lynch A.H., Görgen K., Abramson D., Uotila P. (2009) 'Fire in Australian Savannas: from leaf to landscape', ILEAPS Science Conference, 24-28 August 2009.

Technical Reports

1. Cook P.J., Hatton T.J., Eamus D., Hutley L.B. (1998): 'Hydrological investigation at Howard East NT 4'. Executive Summary and Recommendations. CSIRO Technical Report #41/98.

2. Hatton T.J. Cook P.G. Kelley G. O'Grady A.P.. Hutley L.B. Reece P. Farrow R. Eamus D. and Pidsley D. (1998) 'Hydrological Investigation at Howard East N.T. 3'. Paperbark Swamp Site: Ecophysiology Soil Physics and Groundwater chemistry. CSIRO Land and Water Tech. Rep. 37/98.

3. O'Grady A.P., Eamus D., Cook P., Lamontagne S., Kelley G. Hutley L.B. (2003) Tree water use and sources of transpired water in riparian vegetation along the Daly River Northern Territory. Report to Environment Australia and Department of Infrastructure Planning and Environment Northern Territory Government Darwin NT.

4. Hutley L.B. and Williams R.J. (2004) 'Assessment of the state of understanding of carbon stocks & flows for the Northern Territory Savannas'. Prepared for the Greenhouse Unit Northern Territory Government Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Savanna Management, Charles Darwin University Darwin NT.

5. Wilson D., Cook P.G., Hutley L.B., Tickell S., and Jolly P. (2006) 'Effect of land use on estimates of evapotranspiration and recharge in the Daly River catchment'. Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources the Environment and the Arts, Technical Report No. 17/2006D.

6. Douglas M.M., Setterfield S.A., Hutley L.B., Rossiter-Rachor N.A. (2008) 'Summary of recent research on Gamba grass impacts'. Tropical Savannas Management CRC, Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT.

Popular Articles

1. Hutley L.B., Eamus D and O'Grady A. (1999) 'Study taps into future of water resources' Savanna Links Nov-Dec 1999 Tropical Savanna CRC NTU Darwin pp 6-7.

2. Hutley L.B. (2000) 'Water use by vegetation' in "Managing for Healthy Country in the VRD" Tropical Savanna CRC Publication NTU Darwin 56 pages.

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