Professor David Tissue

Professor David Tissue

PROFESSOR,
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhD University of California

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Contact

Email:D.Tissue@uws.edu.au
Extension:1853
Mobile:0420946174
Location:L9.1.31
Hawkesbury
Website:

Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Smith, S., Tissue, D., Huxman, T. and Loik, M. (2009), 'Ecophysiological responses of desert plants to elevated CO2: Environmental determinants and case studies.', Perspectives in Biophysical Plant Ecophysiology: A Tribute to Park S Nobel, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Press 9780578004211.
  • Whitehead, D., Walcroft, A., Griffin, K., Tissue, D., Turnbull, M., Engel, V., Brown, K. and Schuster, W. (2004), 'Scaling carbon uptake from leaves to canopies : insights from two forests with contrasting properties', Forests at the Land-Atmosphere Interface, Oxford 0851996779.

Journal Articles

  • Tissue, D., Ellsworth, D. and Riegler, M. (2013), 'Interactive effects of pre-industrial, current and future [CO2] and temperature on an insect herbivore of Eucalyptus', Oecologia , 11.
  • Barton, C., Liberloo, M., Low, M., Linder, S., McMurtie, R., Duursma, R., Medlyn, B., Ellsworth, D., Eamus, D., Tissue, D., Adams, M., Conroy, J. and Crous, K. (2012), 'Effects of elevated atmospheric [CO2] on instantaneous transpiration efficiency at leaf and canopy scales in Eucalyptus saligna', Global Change Biology, 11.
  • Duursma, R., Atwell, B., Kelly, N., Kelly, J., Liberloo, M., Tissue, D., Medlyn, B., Ellsworth, D., Falster, D., Valladares, F., Sterck, F., Pearcy, R., Lusk, H., Sendall, K., Nordenstahl, M. and Houter, N. (2012), 'Light interception efficiency explained by two simple variables: a test using a diversity of small- to medium-sized woody plants', New Phytologist, 12.
  • Zeppel, M., Lewis, J., Chaszar, B., Smith, R., Medlyn, B., Huxman, T. and Tissue, D. (2012), 'Nocturnal stomatal conductance responses to rising [CO2], temperature and drought', New Phytologist, 10.
  • Xu, C., Griffin, K., Turnbull, M., Tissue, D., Lewis, J., Carson, R., Schuster, W., Whitehead, D., Walcroft, A. and Li, J. (2012), 'Age-related decline of stand biomass accumulation is primarily due to mortality and not to reduction in NPP associated with individual tree physiology, tree growth or stand structure in a Quercus-dominated forest', Journal of Ecology, 13.
  • Crous, K., Zaragoza-Castells, J., Ellsworth, D., Duursma, R., Low, M., Tissue, D. and Atkin, O. (2012), 'Light inhibition of leaf respiration in field-grown Eucalyptus saligna in whole-tree chambers under elevated atmospheric CO2 and summer drought', Plant, Cell & Environment, 16.
  • Ogle, K., Huxman, T., Loik, M., Smith, S., Tissue, D., Lucas, R., Bentley, L., Cable, J., Barron-Gafford, G., Griffith, A., Ignace, D., Jenerette, D. and Tyler, A. (2012), 'Differential daytime and night-time stomatal behavior in plants from North American deserts', New Phytologist, 13.
  • Smith, R., Lewis, J., Ghannoum, O. and Tissue, D. (2012), 'Leaf structural responses to pre-industrial, current and elevated atmospheric [CO2] and temperature affect leaf function in Eucalyptus sideroxylon', Functional Plant Biology, 12.
  • Rowland, D., Faircloth, W., Payton, P., Tissue, D., Ferrell, J., Sorensen, R. and Butts, C. (2012), 'Primed acclimation of cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) through the use of deficit irrigation timed to crop developmental periods', Agricultural Water Management, 11.
  • Zeppel, M., Lewis, J., Chaszar, B., Smith, R., Medlyn, B., Huxman, T. and Tissue, D. (2012), 'Nocturnal stomatal conductance responses to rising [CO2], temperature and drought', New Phytologist, 10.
  • Ogle, K., Huxman, T., Loik, M., Smith, S., Tissue, D., Lucas, R., Bentley, L., Cable, J., Barron-Gafford, G., Griffith, A., Ignace, D., Jenerette, G. and Tyler, A. (2012), 'Differential daytime and night-time stomatal behavior in plants from North American deserts', New Phytologist, 13.
  • Xu, C., Griffin, K., Turnbull, M., Tissue, D., Lewis, J., Carson, R., Schuster, W., Whitehead, D., Walcroft, A. and Li, J. (2012), 'Age-related decline of stand biomass accumulation is primarily due to mortality and not to reduction in NPP associated with individual tree physiology, tree growth or stand structure in a Quercus-dominated forest', Journal of Ecology, 13.
  • Barton, C., Liberloo, M., Low, M., Linder, S., McMurtrie, R., Duursma, R., Medlyn, B., Ellsworth, D., Eamus, D., Tissue, D., Adams, M., Conroy, J. and Crous, K. (2012), 'Effects of elevated atmospheric [CO2] on instantaneous transpiration efficiency at leaf and canopy scales in Eucalyptus saligna', Global Change Biology, 11.
  • Crous, K., Zaragoza-Castells, J., Ellsworth, D., Duursma, R., Low, M., Tissue, D. and Atkin, O. (2012), 'Light inhibition of leaf respiration in field-grown Eucalyptus saligna in whole-tree chambers under elevated atmospheric CO2 and summer drought', Plant, Cell and Environment, 16.
  • Tissue, D. and Lewis, J. (2012), 'Learning from the past : how low [CO2] studies inform plant and ecosystem response to future climate change', New Phytologist, 3.
  • Xu, C., Salih, A., Ghannoum, O. and Tissue, D. (2012), 'Leaf structural characteristics are less important than leaf chemical properties in determining the response of leaf mass per area and photosynthesis of Eucalyptus saligna to industrial-age changes in [CO2] and temperature', Journal of Experimental Botany, 13.
  • Smith, R., Lewis, J., Ghannoum, O. and Tissue, D. (2012), 'Leaf structural responses to pre-industrial, current and elevated atmospheric [CO2] and temperature affect leaf function in Eucalyptus sideroxylon', Functional Plant Biology, 12.
  • Duursma, R., Atwell, B., Kelly, N., Kelly, J., Liberloo, M., Tissue, D., Medlyn, B., Ellsworth, D., Falster, D., Valladares, F., Sterck, F., Pearcy, R., Lusk, C., Sendall, K., Nordenstahl, M. and Houter, N. (2012), 'Light interception efficiency explained by two simple variables : a test using a diversity of small- to medium-sized woody plants', New Phytologist, 12.
  • Crous, K., Zaragoza-Castells, J., Low, M., Ellsworth, D., Tissue, D., Tjoelker, M., Barton, C., Gimeno, T. and Atkin, O. (2011), 'Seasonal acclimation of leaf respiration in Eucalyptus saligna trees: Impacts of elevated atmospheric CO2 and summer drought', Global Change Biology, 17.
  • Aranjuelo, I., Nowak, R., Smith, S., Ebbets, A., Evans, D., Tissue, D., Nogues, S., Van Gestel, N., Payton, P., Ebbert, V. and Adams, W. (2011), 'Maintenance of C sinks sustains enhanced C assimilation during long-term exposure to elevated CO2 in Mojave Desert shrubs', Oecologia, 16.
  • Ayub, G., Smith, R., Tissue, D. and Atkin, O. (2011), 'Impacts of drought on leaf respiration in darkness and light in Eucalyptus saligna exposed to industrial-age atmospheric CO2 and growth temperature', New Phytologist, 16.
  • Cable, J., Welker, J., Charlet, T., Cleary, M., Griffith, A., Nowak, R., Rogers, M., Steltzer, H., Sullivan, P., van Gestel, N., Ogle, K., Lucas, R., Huxman, T., Loik, M., Smith, S., Tissue, D., Ewers, B. and Pendall, E. (2011), 'The temperature responses of soil respiration in deserts: A seven desert synthesis', Biogeochemistry, 20.
  • Uswattha Liyanage Pinto, H., Tissue, D. and Ghannoum, O. (2011), 'Panicum milioides (C3-C4) does not have improved water or nitrogen economies relative to C3 and C4 congeners exposed to industrial-age climate change', Journal of Experimental Botany, 12.
  • Whitehead, D., Barbour, M., Griffin, K., Turnbull, M. and Tissue, D. (2011), 'Effects of leaf age and tree size on stomatal and mesophyll limitations to photosynthesis in mountain beech (Nothofagus solandrii var. cliffortiodes)', Tree Physiology, 12.
  • Phillips, N., Phillips, N., Attard, R., Ghannoum, O., Lewis, J., Lewis, J., Logan, B. and Tissue, D. (2011), 'Impact of variable [CO2] and temperature on water transport structure-function relationships in Eucalyptus', Tree Physiology, 8.
  • Lewis, J., Lewis, J., Phillips, N., Phillips, N., Logan, B., Hricko, C. and Tissue, D. (2011), 'Leaf photosynthesis, respiration and stomatal conductance in six Eucalyptus species native to mesic and xeric environments growing in a common garden', Tree Physiology, 10.
  • Duursma, R., Barton, C., Eamus, D., Medlyn, B., Ellsworth, D., Forster, M., Tissue, D., Linder, S. and McMurtie, R. (2011), 'Rooting depth explains [CO2] x drought interaction in Eucalyptus saligna', Tree Physiology, 10.
  • Van Gestel, N., Schwilk, D., Tissue, D. and Zak, J. (2011), 'Reductions in daily soil temperature variability increase soil microbial biomass C and decrease soil N availability in the Chihuahuan Desert: Potential implications for ecosystem C and N fluxes', Global Change Biology, 13.
  • Zeppel, M., Forster, M., Tissue, D., Lewis, J., Lewis, J., Medlyn, B., Barton, C., Duursma, R., Eamus, D., Adams, M., Ellsworth, D., Tissue, D., Phillips, N. and Ellsworth, D. (2011), 'Interactive effects of elevated CO2 and drought on nocturnal water fluxes in Eucalyptus saligna', Tree Physiology, 13.
  • Zeppel, M., Forster, M., Tissue, D., Lewis, J., Lewis, J., Medlyn, B., Barton, C., Duursma, R., Eamus, D., Adams, M., Ellsworth, D., Tissue, D., Phillips, N. and Ellsworth, D. (2011), 'Interactive effects of elevated CO2 and drought on nocturnal water fluxes in Eucalyptus saligna', Tree Physiology, 13.
  • O'Grady, A., Tissue, D. and Beadle, C. (2011), 'Canopy processes in a changing climate', Tree Physiology, 6.
  • Logan, B., Hricko, C., Lewis, J., Ghannoum, O., Phillips, N., Smith, R., Conroy, J. and Tissue, D. (2010), 'Examination of pre-industrial and future [CO2] reveals the temperature-dependent CO2 sensitivity of light energy partitioning at PSII in eucalypts.', Functional Plant Biology, 9.
  • Ghannoum, O., Phillips, N., Sears, M., Logan, B., Lewis, J., Conroy, J. and Tissue, D. (2010), 'Photosynthetic responses of two eucalypts to industrial-age changes in atmospheric [CO2] and temperature.', Plant, Cell and Environment, 11.
  • Ghannoum, O., Phillips, N., Conroy, J., Smith, R., Attard, R., Woodfield, R., Logan, B., Lewis, J. and Tissue, D. (2010), 'Exposure to pre-industrial, current and future atmospheric [CO2] and temperature differentially affects growth and photosynthesis in Eucalyptus.', Global Change Biology, 17.
  • Phillips, N., Lewis, J., Logan, B. and Tissue, D. (2010), 'Inter- and intra-specific variation in nocturnal water transport in Eucalyptus', Tree Physiology, 11.
  • Lewis, J., Ward, J. and Tissue, D. (2010), 'Phosphorus supply drives nonlinear responses of cottonwood (Populus deltoides) to increases in CO2 concentration from glacial to future concentrations.', New Phytologist, 11.
  • Tissue, D. and Lewis, J. (2010), 'Photosynthetic responses of cottonwood seedlings grown in glacial through future atmospheric [CO2] vary with phosphorus supply', Tree Physiology, 12.
  • Zeppel, M., Tissue, D., Taylor, D., Macinnis-Ng, C. and Eamus, D. (2010), 'Rates of nocturnal transpiration in two evergreen temperate woodland species with differing water-use strategies.', Tree Physiology, 13.
  • Robertson, T., Zak, J. and Tissue, D. (2010), 'Precipitation magnitude and timing differentially affect species richness and plant density in the sotol grassland of the Chihuahuan Desert', Oecologia, 13.
  • Barton, C., Parsby, J., Linder, S., Ellsworth, D., Medlyn, B., Duursma, R., Tissue, D., Adams, M., Eamus, D., Conroy, J. and McMurtri, R. (2010), 'Whole-tree chambers for elevated atmospheric CO2 experimentation and tree scale flux measurements in south-eastern Australia: The Hawkesbury Forest Experiment', Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 11.
  • Robertson, T., Bell, C., Zak, J. and Tissue, D. (2009), 'Precipitation timing and magnitude differentially affect aboveground annual net primary productivity in three perennial species in a Chihuanuan Desert grasslanditation timing', New Phytologist, 13.
  • Patrick, L., Ogle, K., Bell, C., Zak, J. and Tissue, D. (2009), 'Physiological responses of two contrasting desert plant species to precipitation variability are differentially regulated by soil moisture and nitrogen dynamics', Global Change Biology, 16.
  • Kottapalli, K., Rakwal, R., Shibato, J., Burow, G., Tissue, D., Burke, J., Puppala, N., Burow, M. and Payton, P. (2009), 'Physiology and proteomics of the water-deficit stress response in three contrasting peanut genotypes.', Plant, Cell and Environment, 28.
  • Logan, B., Combs, A., Myers, K., Kent, R., Stanley, L. and Tissue, D. (2009), 'Seasonal response of photosynthetic electron transport and energy dissipation in the eighth year of exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2 (FACE) in Pinus taeda (loblolly pine).', Tree Physiology, 9.
  • Bell, C., Martinez, V., Mcintyre, N., Cox, S., Tissue, D. and Zak, J. (2009), 'Linking microbial community structure and function to seasonal differences in soil moisture and temperature in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland.', Microbial Ecology, 16.
  • Patrick, L., Ogle, K. and Tissue, D. (2009), 'A hierarchical Bayesian approach for estimation of photosynthetic parameters of C3 plants', Plant, Cell and Environment, 15.
  • Franklin, O., Mcmurtrie, R., Iversen, C., Crous, K., Finzi, A., Tissue, D., Ellsworth, D., Oren, R. and Norby, R. (2009), 'Forest fine-root production and nitrogen use under elevated CO2: contrasting responses in evergreen and deciduous trees explained by a common principle.', Global Change Biology, 13.
  • Schuster, W., Griffin, K., Roth, H., Turnbull, M., Whitehead, D. and Tissue, D. (2008), 'Changes in composition, structure and aboveground biomass over seventy-six years (1930-2006) in the Black Rock Forest, Hudson Highlands, Southeastern New York State', Tree Physiology, 13.
  • Bowman, W., Turnbull, M., Tissue, D., Whitehead, D. and Griffin, K. (2008), 'Sapwood temperature gradients between lower stems and the crown do not influence estimates of stand-level stem CO2 efflux', Tree Physiology, 7.
  • Bell, C., Mcintyre, N., Cox, S., Tissue, D. and Zak, J. (2008), 'Soil microbial responses to temporal variations of moisture and temperature in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland', Microbial Ecology, 15.
  • Phillips, N., Buckley, T. and Tissue, D. (2008), 'Capacity of old trees to respond to environmental change', Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 10.
  • Patrick, L., Huxman, T., Zak, J., Loik, M., Tissue, D., Cable, J., Potts, D., Ignace, D., Barron-Gafford, G., Griffith, A., Alpert, H., Van Gestel, N. and Robertson, T. (2007), 'Effects of an increase in summer precipitation on leaf, soil and ecosystem fluxes of CO2and H2O in a sotol-grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas', Oecologia, 15.
  • Reblin, J., Logan, B. and Tissue, D. (2006), 'Impact of eastern dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium pusillum) infection on the needles of red spruce (Picea rubens) and white spruce (Picea glauca): oxygen exchange, morphology and composition', Tree Physiology, 8.
  • Tissue, D., Barbour, M., Hunt, J., Turnbull, M., Griffin, K., Walcroft, A. and Whitehead, D. (2006), 'Spatial and temporal scaling of intercellular CO2 concentration in a temperate rain forest dominated by Dacrydium cupressinum in New Zealand', Plant, Cell and Environment, 14.
  • Kane, C., Jasoni, R., Peffley, E., Thompson, L., Tissue, D., Green, C. and Pare, P. (2006), 'Nutrient Solution and Solution pH Influences on Onion Growth and Mineral Content', Journal Of Plant Nutrition, 16.
  • Kornyeyev, D., Logan, B., Tissue, D., Allen, R. and Holaday, A. (2006), 'Compensation for PSII Photoinactivation by Regulated Non-photochemical Dissipation Influences the Impact of Photoinactivation on Electron Transport and CO2 Assimilation', Plant and Cell Physiology, 10.
  • Van Gestel, N., Nesbit, A., Gordon, E., Green, C., Tissue, D., Pare, P., Thompson, L. and Peffley, E. (2005), 'Continuous light may induce photosynthetic downregulation in onion - consequences for growth and biomass partitioning', Physiologia Plantarum, 12.
  • Thompson, L., Morris, J., Peffley, E., Green, C., Tissue, D. and + 5 Externals, . (2005), 'Flavonol content and composition of spring onions grown hydroponically or in potting soil', Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 11.
  • Tissue, D., Griffin, K., Turnbull, M. and Whitehead, D. (2005), 'Stomatal and biochemical limitations to photosynthesis in a temperaterainforest dominated by Dacryduim cupressinum in New Zealand', Tree Physiology, 10.
  • Bowman, W., Barbour, M., Turnbull, M., Tissue, D., Whitehead, D. and Griffin, K. (2005), 'Sap flow rates and sapwood density are critical factors in within- and between-tree variation in CO2 efflux from stems of mature Dacrydium cupressinum trees', New Phytologist, 14.
  • Yee, D. and Tissue, D. (2005), 'Relationships between Non-structural Carbohydrate Concentration and Flowering in a Subtropical Herb, Heliconia caribaea (Heliconiaceae)', Caribbean Journal of Science, 7.
  • Nagel, J., Wang, X., Lewis, J., Fung, H., Tissue, D. and Griffin, K. (2005), 'Atmospheric CO2 enrichment alters energy assimilation, investment and allocation in Xanthium strumarium', New Phytologist, 11.
  • Whitehead, D., Boelman, N., Turnbull, M., Griffin, K., Tissue, D., Barbour, M., Hunt, J. and + 2 Externals, . (2005), 'Photosynthesis and reflectance indices for rainforest species in ecosystems undergoing progression and retrogression along a soil fertility chronosequence in New Zealand', Oecologia, 12.
  • Turnbull, M., Tissue, D., Griffin, K., Richardson, S., Peltzer, D. and Whitehead, D. (2005), 'Respiration characteristics in temperate rainforest tree species differ along a long-term soil-development chronosequence', Oecologia, 9.
  • Walcroft, A., Brown, K., Schuster, W., Tissue, D., Turnbull, M., Griffin, K. and Whitehead, D. (2005), 'Radiative transfer and carbon assimilation in relation to canopy architecture, foliage area distribution and clumping in a mature temperate rainforest canopy in New Zealand', Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 14.
  • Barbour, M., Cernusak, L., Whitehead, D., Griffin, K., Tissue, D., Turnbull, M. and Farquhar, G. (2005), 'Nocturnal stomatal conductance and implications for modelling &18O of leaf-respired CO2 in temperate tree species', Functional Plant Biology, 15.
  • Whitehead, D., Griffin, K., Turnbull, M., Tissue, D., Engel, V., Brown, K., Schuster, W. and Walcroft, A. (2004), 'Response of total night-time respiration to differences in total daily photosynthesis in a canopy of Quercus rubra L', Global Change Biology, 14.
  • Huxman, T., Smith, M., Fay, P., Knapp, A., Tissue, D. and + 13 Externals, . (2004), 'Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency', Nature, 5.
  • Huxman, T., Snyder, K., Tissue, D., Leffler, J., Pockman, W., Sandquist, D., Potts, D. and Schwinning, S. (2004), 'Precipitation pulses and carbon fluxes in semi-arid ecosystems', Oecologia, 15.
  • Jasoni, R., Kane, C., Green, C., Peffley, E., Tissue, D., Thompson, L., Payton, P. and Pare, P. (2004), 'Altered leaf and root emissions from onion (Allium cepa L.) grown under elevated CO2 conditions', Environmental and Experimental Botany, 8.
  • Sholtis, J., Gunderson, C., Norby, R. and Tissue, D. (2004), 'Persistent stimulation of photosynthesis by elevated CO2 in a sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) forest stand', New Phytologist, 12.
  • Shapiro, J., Griffin, K., Lewis, J. and Tissue, D. (2004), 'Response of leaf respiration in the light of Xanthium strumarium to elevated CO2 concentration, nitrogen availability and temperature', New Phytologist, 10.
  • Turnbull, M., Tissue, D., Murthy, R., Wang, X. and Griffin, K. (2004), 'Nocturnal warming increases photosynthesis at elevated CO2 partial pressure in populus deltoides', New Phytologist, 8.
  • Griffin, K., Anderson, O., Tissue, D., Turnbull, M. and Whitehead, D. (2004), 'Variation in dark respiration and mitochondrial numbers within needles of pinus radiata grown in ambient or elevated CO2 partial pressure', Tree Physiology, 7.
  • Lewis, J., Wang, X., Griffin, K. and Tissue, D. (2003), 'Age at flowering differentially affects vegitative and reproductive responses of a determiinate annual plant to elevated carbon dioxide', Oecologia, 8.
  • Yan, J., Wang, J., Tissue, D., Holaday, A., Allen, R. and Zhang, H. (2003), 'Photosynthesis and seed production under water-deficit conditions in transgenic tobacco plants that over-express an Arabidopsis ascorbate peroxidase gene', Crop Science, 7.
  • Weltzin, J. and Tissue, D. (2003), 'Resource pulses in arid environments - patterns of rain, patterns of life', New Phytologist, 3.
  • Turnbull, M., Whitehead, D., Tissue, D., Schuster, W., Brown, K. and Griffin, K. (2003), 'Scaling foliar respiration in two contrasting forest canopies', Functional Ecology, 14.
  • Delucia, E., Turnbull, M., Walcroft, A., Griffin, K., Tissue, D., Glenny, D., Mcseveny, T. and Whitehead, D. (2003), 'The contribution of bryophytes to the carbon balance of a temperate rainforest', Global Change Biology, 13.
  • Weltzon, J., Loik, M., Schwinning, S., Williams, D., Tissue, D. and + 12 Externals, . (2003), 'Assessing the response of terrestial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation', BioScience, 12.
  • Logan, B., Huhn, E. and Tissue, D. (2002), 'Photosynthetic characteristics of eastern dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium pusillum Peck) and its effects on the needles of host white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss)', Plant Biology, 6.
  • Whitehead, D., Hall, G., Walcroft, A., Brown, K., Tissue, D. and +7 Externals, . (2002), 'Analysis of the growth of rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) in South Westland, New Zealand, using process-based simulation models', International Journal of Biometeorology, 10.
  • Lewis, J., Wang, X., Griffin, K. and Tissue, D. (2002), 'Effects of age and ontogeny on photosynthetic responses of a determinate annual plant to elevated CO2 partial pressures', Plant, Cell and Environment, 10.
  • Gunderson, C., Sholtis, S., Wullschleger, S., Tissue, D., Hanson, P. and Norby, R. (2002), 'Environmental and stomatal influences on photosynthetic response to CO2 enrichment in liquidambar styraciflua L. during three frowing seasons', Plant, Cell and Environment, 15.
  • Nagel, J., Griffin, K., Brown, K., Schuster, W., Tissue, D., Turnbull, M. and Whitehead, D. (2002), 'Energy investment in leaves of red maple and co-occuring oaks within a forested watershed', Tree Physiology, 9.
  • Turnbull, M., Whitehead, D., Tissue, D., Schuster, W., Brown, K., Engel, V. and Griffin, K. (2002), 'Photosynthetic characteristics in canopies of Quercus rubra, Quercus prinus and Acer rubrum differ in responses to soil water availability', Oecologia, 10.
  • Tissue, D., Lewis, J., Wullschleger, S., Amthor, J., Griffin, K. and Anderson, O. (2002), 'Leaf respiration at different canopy positions in sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) grown in ambient and elevated concentrationsof carbon dioxide in the field', Tree Physiology, 10.
  • Griffin, K., Anderson, M., Gastrich, M., Lewis, J., Tissue, D. and + 5 Externals, . (2001), 'Plant growth in elevated CO2 alters mitochondrial number and chloroplast fine structure', Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 6.
  • Wang, X., Lewis, J., Tissue, D., Seeman, J. and Griffin, K. (2001), 'Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration on leaf respiration of Xanthium strumarium in light and in darkness', Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 6.
  • Turnbull, M., Whithead, D., Tissue, D., Schuster, W., Brown, K. and Griffin, K. (2001), 'The response of leaf respiration to temperature and leaf characteristics in three deciduous tree species differs at sites of contrasting soil availability', Tree Physiology, 8.
  • Tissue, D., Griffin, K., Turnbull, M. and Whitehead, D. (2001), 'Canopy position and needle age affect photosynthetic response in field-grown Pinus radiata D.Don after 5 years of exposure to elevated CO2 partial pressure', Tree Physiology, 9.
  • Griffin, K., Tissue, D., Turnbull, M., Schuster, W. and Whitehead, D. (2001), 'Leaf dark respiration as a function of canapy position in Nothofagus fusca trees grown at ambient and elevated CO2 partial pressures for six years', Functional Ecology, 9.

Research

Current Projects

Title:Building better climate change vegetation models: How do leaves allocate nitrogen among photosynthesis and stress proteins in future climate scenarios? [via Macquarie Uni - no funding to UWS]
Years:2013-06-30 - 2016-06-29
ID:P00021148
UWS Researchers:David Tissue
Funding:
  • Science & Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF) (non ACRG)
Title:What will be the hydrological consequences of elevated CO2? An experimental test of the impacts of elevated CO2 on evapotranspiration in a mature Australian Woodland
Years:2011-05-10 - 2015-05-30
ID:P00019379
UWS Researchers:David Ellsworth and David Tissue
Funding:
  • Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (ACRG)
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Woodland response to elevated CO2 in free air carbon dioxide enrichment: Does phosphorus limit the sink for Carbon?
Years:2011-01-01 - 2015-06-30
ID:P00018319
UWS Researchers:David Ellsworth and David Tissue
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:CSIRO Postgraduate Studentship - Physiological basis for drought induced mortality - Honglang Duan
Years:2010-12-01 - 2013-11-30
ID:P00020086
UWS Researchers:David Tissue
Funding:
  • Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (non ACRG)
Title:Xylem and phloem transport limitations and their role in drought-induced mortaglity of trees
Years:2011-11-09 - 2014-11-08
ID:P00020460
UWS Researchers:Brendan Choat and David Tissue
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Cotton industry adaptation to extreme weather and climate change
Years:2012-07-01 - 2015-06-30
ID:P00020446
UWS Researchers:Brajesh Singh, David Tissue and Ian Anderson
Funding:
  • Cotton Research & Development Corporation (ACRG)
Title:Climate change impacts on genetically differentiated Telopea speciosissima (NSW Waratah) coastal and upland populations
Years:2012-05-01 - 2013-08-31
ID:P00020921
UWS Researchers:Paul Rymer and David Tissue
Funding:
  • Australian Flora Foundation Incorporated

Previous Projects

Title:Professorial Chair - Prof David Tissue
Years:2006-06-15 - 2011-12-31
ID:P0015231
UWS Researchers:David Tissue
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Trade Off between carbon sequestration in forests and water yields under rising CO2
Years:2007-06-21 - 2010-02-28
ID:P0015385
UWS Researchers:David Tissue, David Ellsworth and Jann Conroy
Funding:
  • NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
Title:The Hawkesbury Forest Experiment: Impacts of Precipitation and CO2 on Trees
Years:2006-01-11 - 2011-12-31
ID:P0015511
UWS Researchers:David Tissue, David Ellsworth, Jann Conroy and Tony Haigh
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Eucalypt growth in past and future environments - a novel approach to understanding the impacts of atmospheric CO2 and climate
Years:2008-01-01 - 2010-12-31
ID:P0015568
UWS Researchers:David Tissue and Jann Conroy
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Influence of drought on tree response to past, present and future climate conditions
Years:2007-06-05 - 2008-08-28
ID:P0015642
UWS Researchers:David Tissue and Jann Conroy
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:A tuneable diode laser system for field and laboratory measurement of stable isotopes of CO2
Years:2007-08-06 - 2009-04-30
ID:P0015755
UWS Researchers:David Tissue and David Ellsworth
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Environmental Research Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (ERIRMS) [via UNSW] no funding to UWS
Years:2007-01-01 - 2007-12-31
ID:P0015279
UWS Researchers:Jann Conroy and David Tissue
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (non ACRG)
Title:The Hawkesbury Forest Experiment: Impacts of Precipitation and CO2 on Trees [via UNSW]
Years:2005-06-01 - 2009-09-30
ID:P0014895
UWS Researchers:David Tissue, David Ellsworth, Jann Conroy and Tony Haigh
Funding:
  • Australian Greenhouse Office
Title:A laser microdissection microscope for microbial and plant science research
Years:2008-09-24 - 2009-09-23
ID:P00016316
UWS Researchers:Ian Anderson, John Cairney, David Tissue and Jann Conroy
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Beyond an Inconvenient Truth: coping with changes in atmospheric CO2 and climate change
Years:2008-06-17 - 2009-06-16
ID:P00016146
UWS Researchers:Jann Conroy and David Tissue
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Climate change impacts on different plant functional groups along a steep natural environmental gradient
Years:2011-09-13 - 2012-09-12
ID:P00020430
UWS Researchers:Paul Rymer and David Tissue
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:The Hawkesbury Forest Experiment: providing the missing information for decision support systems to manage forests under rising CO2 and global warming
Years:2010-06-15 - 2011-12-31
ID:P00017561
UWS Researchers:David Ellsworth, Ian Anderson, John Cairney, Markus Riegler, David Tissue and Tony Haigh
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
  • Department of Industry and Investment NSW
  • University of Technology Sydney
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • University of Sydney
  • Macquarie University
  • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (ACRG)
  • Australian National University (non ACRG)
Title:Interactive Effect of Drought, CO2 and Temperature on Tree Response in Past and Future Climates
Years:2008-11-21 - 2009-11-20
ID:P00016433
UWS Researchers:David Tissue and Ian Anderson
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Testing climatic, physiological and hydrological assumptions underpinning water yield from montane forests [via USYD]
Years:2009-05-01 - 2013-04-30
ID:P00016227
UWS Researchers:David Tissue
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Tuneable diode laser for field and laboratory measurement of stable isotopes of CO2 [via Uni of Sydney] No funding to UWS
Years:2008-05-28 - 2009-05-27
ID:P0015702
UWS Researchers:Jann Conroy, David Ellsworth and David Tissue
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (non ACRG)
Title:Impact of Environmental Stress on Terestrial Vegetation and Marine Algae
Years:2009-09-11 - 2012-09-10
ID:P00017326
UWS Researchers:David Tissue, Oula Ghannoum and Anya Salih
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Understanding the impact of climate change on carbon metabolism in Eucalyptus trees
Years:2009-10-28 - 2010-10-27
ID:P00017604
UWS Researchers:David Ellsworth and David Tissue
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney

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