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Email

patrickl@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professorial Fellow, Landscape Water
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
Education
PhD
The Australian National University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Sydney
ORCID

0000-0001-6121-8386

Prof Patrick Lane

Professorial Fellow, Landscape Water
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

173 Scholarly works
37 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Estimation of root zone water storage capacity (Sr) in natural ecosystems subject to high interannual climate variability
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135354
  • 2023

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Climate Change and Bushfire in Melbourne's Catchments
  • 2017

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Securing Melbourne\2019s Water Quantity and Quality in a Changing Climate (2017-\00ad2021)
  • 2016

    Journal article

    How soil temperatures during prescribed burning affect soil water repellency, infiltration and erosion
    DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.05.002
  • 2016

    Research Contracts

    IFER Water Core: Climate and Fire Regime; Feedbacks, Ecohydrology and Water Resources
  • 2013

    Journal article

    Effects of fire severity and burn patchiness on hillslope-scale surface runoff, erosion and hydrologic connectivity in a prescribed burn
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.016
  • 2012

    Journal article

    Surface runoff and erosion after prescribed burning and the effect of different fire regimes in forests and shrublands: A review
    DOI: 10.1071/WF11160
Patrick Lane

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Other

    Climate-dependent coupling and decoupling between canopy height and root-zone water storage in global forests
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-10872
  • 2026

    Other

    Evaluating post-fire surface mulch treatments: Assessing hillslope stability and mobilisation potential relative to debris-flow mitigation effects
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-18479
  • 2026

    Other

    Predicting post-fire changes to streamflow using forest self-thinning parameters
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-16150
  • 2026

    Other

    How to apply thermodynamic optimality principles to co-evolved soil-vegetation systems
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-8554
  • 2026

    Other

    Spatial and temporal drivers of water colour variability in temperate Eucalyptus forested catchments under a changing climate
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-14394
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Understanding drivers and dynamics of potential heat release in wet sclerophyll forests
    DOI: 10.1186/s42408-025-00394-z
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Moisture and Species Effect on Water Colour Generation in an Australian Temperate Forested Catchment
    DOI: 10.1002/eco.70106
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Understanding variability in heat yields of wet sclerophyll forest fuels
    DOI: 10.1071/WF24227

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