Tom Baker

Nitrate Uptake from an Aquifer by Two Plantation Forests: Plausibility Strengthened by Process-Based Modelling

PJ Smethurst, TR McVicar, NI Huth, BP Bradshaw, SB Stewart, TG Baker, RG Benyon, JF McGrath, TG Van Niel

Journal article  |  2022  |  Forests

Forest plantations can access water from some unconfined aquifers that also contain nitrate at concentrations that could support h..

Self-thinning tree mortality models that account for vertical stand structure, species mixing and climate

David Forrester, Thomas G Baker, Stephen R Elms, Martina L Hobi, Shuai Ouyang, John C Wiedemann, Wenhua Xiang, Jurgen Zell, Minna Pulkkinen

Journal article  |  2021  |  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Self-thinning dynamics are often considered when managing stand density in forests and are used to constrain forest growth models...

Can crown variables increase the generality of individual tree biomass equations?

David I Forrester, Ian C Dumbrell, Stephen R Elms, Keryn I Paul, Elizabeth A Pinkard, Stephen H Roxburgh, Thomas G Baker

Journal article  |  2020  |  TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Key message: Crown variables and height can improve biomass predictions and may help to quantify how tree biomass is influenced by..

Prescribed fire affects the concentration and aromaticity of soluble soil organic matter in forest soils

Eleanor U Hobley, Lena C Zoor, Had R Shrestha, Lauren T Bennett, Christopher J Weston, Thomas G Baker

Journal article  |  2019  |  GEODERMA

Prescribed burning is used widely across Australia to reduce fuel load and associated wildfire hazard. However, prescribed burning..

Using measured stocks of biomass and litter carbon to constrain modelled estimates of sequestration of soil organic carbon under contrasting mixed-species environmental plantings

Keryn I Paul, Jacqueline R England, Thomas G Baker, Shaun C Cunningham, Michael P Perring, Phil J Polglase, Brian Wilson, Timothy R Cavagnaro, Tom Lewis, Zoe Read, Dinesh B Madhavan, Tim Herrmann

Journal article  |  2018  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Reforestation of agricultural land with mixed-species environmental plantings of native trees and shrubs contributes to abatement ..

The Allometric Quarter-Power Scaling Model and Its Applicability to Grand Fir and Eucalyptus Trees

Hannah Capes, Robert J Maillardet, Thomas G Baker, Christopher J Weston, Don McGuire, Ian C Dumbrell, Andrew P Robinson

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS

The use of the allometric model y= βxα to describe the relative growth of morphological traits of trees is a source of contention ..

Rapid prediction of particulate, humus and resistant fractions of soil organic carbon in reforested lands using infrared spectroscopy

Dinesh B Madhavan, Jeff A Baldock, Zoe J Read, Simon C Murphy, Shaun C Cunningham, Michael P Perring, Tim Herrmann, Tom Lewis, Timothy R Cavagnaro, Jacqueline R England, Keryn I Paul, Christopher J Weston, Thomas G Baker

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Environmental Management

Reforestation of agricultural lands with mixed-species environmental plantings can effectively sequester C. While accurate and eff..

Previous land use and climate influence differences in soil organic carbon following reforestation of agricultural land with mixed-species plantings

Jacqueline R England, Keryn I Paul, Shaun C Cunningham, Dinesh B Madhavan, Thomas G Baker, Zoe Read, Brian R Wilson, Timothy R Cavagnaro, Tom Lewis, Michael P Perring, Tim Herrmann, Philip J Polglase

Journal article  |  2016  |  AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Reforestation of agricultural land with mixed-species environmental plantings (native trees and shrubs) can contribute to mitigati..

Mid-infrared spectroscopy for rapid assessment of soil properties after land use change from pastures to Eucalyptus globulus plantations

Dinesh B Madhavan, Matt Kitching, Daniel S Mendham, Christopher J Weston, Thomas G Baker

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

There is an increasing demand for rapid and cost effective techniques to accurately measure the effects of land use change on soil..

Testing the generality of above-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types at the continent scale

Keryn I Paul, Stephen H Roxburgh, Jerome Chave, Jacqueline R England, Ayalsew Zerihun, Alison Specht, Tom Lewis, Lauren T Bennett, Thomas G Baker, Mark A Adams, Dan Huxtable, Kelvin D Montagu, Daniel S Falster, Mike Feller, Stan Sochacki, Peter Ritson, Gary Bastin, John Bartle, Dan Inildy, Trevor Hobbs, et al.

Journal article  |  2016  |  GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Accurate ground-based estimation of the carbon stored in terrestrial ecosystems is critical to quantifying the global carbon budge..