David Doley

TL;DR: A frequently wet canopy results in reduced transpiration rates and direct foliar absorption of moisture alleviates water deficits of the upper crown leaves and branches during the dry season, which may enable long-term survival at what could be considered to be a marginal rainforest site.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose that the outcomes of ecological processes associated with the recovery or restoration of ecosystems cannot be reliably predicted from previously known associations between their physical and biological components.

TL;DR: It is likely that structural characteristics of the leaves, imposed at the time of leaf expansion, are largely responsible for the limitations in photosynthetic acclimation to increases in irradiance.

TL;DR: In this paper, a paradigm that considers potential and pragmatic ecosystem transformation pathways using the Australian post-mined landscape as a contextual backdrop for investigation is proposed, where novel ecosystems and agro-ecosystems possessing a range of commercial and societal values could bridge the conceptual divide separating the ecological function of under-rehabilitated (e.g., derelict sites) versus re-instated natural landscapes.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of water stress duration and intensity on gas exchange and leaf water potential were investigated in 7-month-old seedlings of a humid coastal provenance (Gympie) and a dry inland (Hungry Hills) provenance of E. argophloia F. Muell.