Ecohydrological feedback as a land restoration tool in the semi-arid Brigalow Belt, QLD, Australia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 163, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-71

  Arnold, Sven ^a   Thornton, Craig ^b   Baumgartl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem rehabilitation; Evapotranspiration; Native species conservation; Pattern oriented modelling; Water stress

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DOMINANCE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER STRESS;

AUSTRALIA; BRIGALOW BELT;

EID: 84870301836     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. Altieri M.A. The ecological role of biodiversity in agroecosystems. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 1999, 74:19-31.
2. Arnold S., Attinger S., Frank K., Hildebrandt A. Uncertainty in paramerisation and model structure affect simulation results in coupled ecohydrological models. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 2009, 13:1789-1807.
3. Arnold S., Lechner A., Baumgartl T. Merging Modelling and Experimental Approaches to Advance Ecohydrological System Understanding 2012, vol. 353:117-124. IAHS Publications.
4. Booth E.G., Loheide S.P. Effects of evapotranspiration partitioning, plant water stress response and topsoil removal on the soil moisture regime of a floodplain wetland: implications for restoration. Hydrol. Process. 2010, 24:2934-2946.
5. Chapin F.S., Zavaleta E.S., Eviner V.T., Naylor R.L., Vitousek P.M., Reynolds H.L., Hooper D.U., Lavorel S., Sala O.E., Hobbie S.E., Mack M.C., Diaz S. Consequences of changing biodiversity. Nature 2000, 405:234-242.
6. Chesson P. Multispecies competition in variable environments. Theor. Popul. Biol. 1994, 45:227-276.
7. Choler P., Sea W., Leuning R. A benchmark test for ecohydrological models of interannual variability of NDVI in semi-arid tropical grasslands. Ecosystems 2011, 14:183-197.
8. Connor D.J., Tunstall B.R., van den Driessche R. Analysis of photosynthetic response in a brigalow forest. Photosynthetica 1971, 5:218.
9. Cowie B.A., Thornton C.M., Radford B.J. The brigalow catchment study. I. Overview of a 40-year study of the effects of land clearing in the brigalow bioregion of Australia. Aust. J. Soil Res. 2007, 45:479-495.
10. De Ruiter P.C., Neutel A.M., Moore J.C. Energetics, patterns of interaction strengths, and stability in real ecosystems. Science 1995, 269:1257-1260.
11. Dowling A.J., Webb A.A., Scanlan J.C. Surface soil chemical and physical patterns in a Brigalow-Dawson gum forest, central Queensland. Aust. J. Ecol. 1986, 11:155-162.
12. Eamus D., Hatton T., Cook P., Colvin C. Ecohydrology: Vegetation Function, Water and Resource Management 2006, CSIRO Publishing Australia, Collingwood.
13. Facelli J.M., Pickett S.T.A. Plant litter - its dynamics and effects on plant community structure. Bot. Rev. 1991, 57:1-32.
14. Feddes R.A., Kowalik P.J., Zaradny H. Simulation of Field Water Use and Crop yield 1978, Pudoc, Wageningen.
15. Unsaturated-zone Modeling 2004, Kluwer Academic Publishers. R.A. Feddes, G.H. Rooij, J.C. van Dam (Eds.).
16. Fey M.V., O'Brien R.D., Mills A.J. Rehabilitation of waste rock and overburden dumps. Encylopedia of Soil Sciences 2002, R. Lal (Ed.).
17. Fliervoet L.M., Werger M.J.A. Canopy structure and microclimate of two wet grassland communities. New Phytol. 1984, 96:115-130.
18. Frank K., Wissel C. A formula for the mean lifetime of metapopulations in heterogeneous landscapes. Am. Natur. 2002, 159:530-552.
19. Fu D.G., Duan C.Q., Hou X.L., Xia T.Y., Gao K. Patterns and relationships of plant traits, community structural attributes, and eco-hydrological functions during a subtropical secondary succession in central Yunnan (Southwest China). Arch. Biol. Sci. 2009, 61:741-749.
20. Grant C.D. State-and-transition successional model for bauxite mining rehabilitation in the jarrah forest of western Australia. Restor. Ecol. 2006, 14:28-37.
21. Grimm V., Railsback S.F. Pattern-oriented modelling: a 'multi-scope' for predictive systems ecology. R. Soc. Philos. Trans. Biol. Sci. 2012, 367:298-310.
22. Grimm V., Revilla E., Berger U., Jeltsch F., Mooji W.M., Railsback S.F., Thulke H.H., Weiner J., Wiegand T., DeAngelis D.L. Pattern-oriented modeling of agent-based complex systems: lessons from ecology. Science 2005, 310:987-991.
23. Gross N., Robson T.M., Lavorel S., Albert C., Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y., Guillemin R. Plant response traits mediate the effects of subalpine grasslands on soil moisture. New Phytol. 2008, 180:652-662.
24. Gunn R.H. Soil landscapes of the Brigalow Belt in Queensland. The Brigalow Belt of Autralia 1984, The Royal Society of Queensland, Brisbane. A. Bailey (Ed.).
25. Harris J.A., Hobbs R.J., Higgs E., Aronson J. Ecological restoration and global climate change. Restor. Ecol. 2006, 14:170-176.
26. Hobbs R.J. Setting effective and realistic restoration goals: key directions for research. Restor. Ecol. 2007, 15:354-357.
27. Hsiao T.C. Plant responses to water stress. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 1973, 24:519-570.
28. Huxman T.E., Wilcox B.P., Breshears D.D., Scott R.L., Snyder K.A., Small E.E., Hultine K., Pockman W.T., Jackson R.B. Ecohydrological implications of woody plant encroachment. Ecology 2005, 86:308-319.
29. Isbell R. Soils and Vegetation of the Brigalow Lands, Eastern Australia. Soil and Land Use Series 1962, Division of Soils.
30. Isbell R. The Australian Soil Classification 2002, Collingwood, Australia. rev. ed. C. Publishing (Ed.).
31. Johnson R. Studies of a vegetation transect through brigalow (Acacia harpohylla) forest in central Queensland. Aust. J. Ecol. 1980, 5:287-307.
32. Johnson R. Vegetation survey of the Brigalow Research Station. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 2004, 39-61.
33. King E.G., Hobbs R.J. Identifying linkages among conceptual models of ecosystem degradation and restoration: towards an integrative framework. Restor. Ecol. 2006, 14:369-378.
34. Kleidon A., Mooney H.A. A global distribution of biodiversity inferred from climatic constraints: results from a process-based modelling study. Glob. Change Biol. 2000, 6:507-523.
35. Kot M. Elements of Mathematical Ecology 2001, Cambridge University Press.
36. Kurc S.A., Small E.E. Soil moisture variations and ecosystem-scale fluxes of water and carbon in semiarid grassland and shrubland. Water Resour. Res. 2007, 43.
37. Laio F., Porporato A., Fernandez-Illescas C.P., Rodriguez-Iturbe I. Plants in water-controlled ecosystems: active role in hydrologic processes and response to water stress. IV. Discussion of real cases. Adv. Water Resour. 2001, 24:745-762.
38. Laio F., Porporato A., Ridolfi L., Rodriguez-Iturbe I. Plants in water-controlled ecosystems: active role in hydrologic processes and response to water stress. II. Probabilistic soil moisture dynamics. Adv. Water Resour. 2001, 24:707-723.
39. Lamb D., Erskine P.D., Parrotta J.A. Restoration of degraded tropical forest landscapes. Science 2005, 310:1628-1632.
40. Lambert P., Rochard E. Identification of the inland population dynamics of the European eel using pattern-oriented modelling. Ecol. Model. 2007, 206:166-178.
41. Lavorel S., Garnier E. Predicting changes in community composition and ecosystem functioning from plant traits: revisiting the Holy Grail. Funct. Ecol. 2002, 16:545-556.
42. Law B.E., Falge E., Gu L., Baldocchi D.D., Bakwin P., Berbigier P., Davis K., Dolman A.J., Falk M., Fuentes J.D., Goldstein A., Granier A., Grelle A., Hollinger D., Janssens I.A., Jarvis P., Jensen N.O., Katul G., Mahli Y., Matteucci G., Meyers T., Monson R., Munger W., Oechel W., Olson R., Pilegaard K., Paw K.T., Thorgeirsson H., Valentini R., Verma S., Vesala T., Wilson K., Wofsy S. Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2002, 113:97-120.
43. Lloyd P.L. The climatic environment of the Brigalow Belt of Queensland. The Brigalow Belt of Australia 1984, The Royal Society of Queensland, Brisbane. A. Bailey (Ed.).
44. Luo X.G., Dong M. Architectural plasticity in response to soil moisture in the stoloniferous herb, Duchesnea indica. Acta Bot. Sin. 2002, 44:97-100.
45. McLaren J.R., Wilson S.D., Peltzer D.A. Plant feedbacks increase the temporal heterogeneity of soil moisture. Oikos 2004, 107:199-205.
46. Muller B., Frank K., Wissel C. Relevance of rest periods in non-equilibrium rangeland systems - a modelling analysis. Agric. Syst. 2007, 92:295-317.
47. Newman B.D., Wilcox B.P., Archer S.R., Breshears D.D., Dahm C.N., Duffy C.J., McDowell N.G., Phillips F.M., Scanlon B.R., Vivoni E.R. Ecohydrology of water-limited environments: a scientific vision. Water Resour. Res. 2006, 42.
48. Noy-Meir I. Stability of Plant-Herbivore Models and Possible Applications to Savanna 1982, Springer, Berlin.
49. Palmer M.A., Ambrose R.F., Poff N.L. Ecological theory and community restoration ecology. Restor. Ecol. 1997, 5:291-300.
50. Piou C., Berger U., Grimm V. Proposing an information criterion for individual-based models developed in a pattern-oriented modelling framework. Ecol. Model. 2009, 220:1957-1967.
51. Porporato A., Laio F., Ridolfi L., Rodriguez-Iturbe I. Plants in water-controlled ecosystems: active role in hydrologic processes and response to water stress. III. Vegetation water stress. Adv. Water Resour. 2001, 24:725-744.
52. Price J.N., Berney P.J., Ryder D., Whalley R.D.B., Gross C.L. Disturbance governs dominance of an invasive forb in a temporary wetland. Oecologia 2011, 167:759-769.
53. Radford B.J., Thornton C.M., Cowie B.A., Stephens M.L. The Brigalow Catchment Study. III. Productivity changes on brigalow land cleared for long-term cropping and for grazing. Aust. J. Soil Res. 2007, 45:512-523.
54. Railsback S.F., Johnson M.D. Pattern-oriented modeling of bird foraging and pest control in coffee farms. Ecol. Model. 2011, 222:3305-3319.
55. Rangel T.F.L.V.B., Diniz-Filho J.A.F., Colwell R.K. Species richness and evolutionary niche dynamics: a spatial pattern-oriented simulation experiment. Am. Nat. 2007, 170:602-616.
56. Raz-Yaseef N., Rotenberg E., Yakir D. Effects of spatial variations in soil evaporation caused by tree shading on water flux partitioning in a semi-arid pine forest. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 2010, 150:454-462.
57. Ridolfi L., D'Odorico P., Porporato A., Rodriguez-Iturbe I. Duration and frequency of water stress in vegetation: an analytical model. Water Resour. Res. 2000, 36:2297-2307.
58. Rodrigues R.R., Gandolfi S., Nave A.G., Aronson J., Barreto T.E., Vidal C.Y., Brancalion P.H.S. Large-scale ecological restoration of high-diversity tropical forests in SE Brazil. Forest Ecol. Manag. 2011, 261:1605-1613.
59. Rodriguez-Iturbe I., Proporato A. Ecohydrology of Water-controlled Ecosystems 2004, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
60. Savenije H.H.G. HESS opinions " the art of hydrology" Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 2009, 13:157-161.
61. Schulze E.D. Carbon-dioxide and water-vapor exchange in response to drought in the atmosphere and in the soil. Annu. Rev. Plant Phys. 1986, 37:247-274.
62. SERI, S.f.E.R.I.S.P.W.G. The SER International Primer on Ecological Restoration 2004, Society for Ecological Restoration International, Tuscon, AZ.
63. Simmons M., Bertelsen M., Windhager S., Zafian H. The performance of native and non-native turfgrass monocultures and native turfgrass polycultures: an ecological approach to sustainable lawns. Ecol. Eng. 2011, 37:1095-1103.
64. Suding K.N., Gross K.L., Houseman G.R. Alternative states and positive feedbacks in restoration ecology. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2004, 19:46-53.
65. Sultan S.E. Phenotypic plasticity for plant development, function and life history. Trends Plant Sci. 2000, 5:537-542.
66. Swanack T.M., Grant W.E., Forstner M.R.J. Projecting population trends of endangered amphibian species in the face of uncertainty: a pattern-oriented approach. Ecol. Model. 2009, 220:148-159.
67. Thornton C.M., Cowie B.A., Freebairn D.M., Playford C.L. The brigalow catchment study. II. Clearing brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) for cropping or pasture increases runoff. Aust. J. Soil Res. 2007, 45:496-511.
68. Topping C.J., Hoye T.T., Odderskaer P., Aebischer N.J. A pattern-oriented modelling approach to simulating populations of grey partridge. Ecol. Model. 2010, 221:729-737.
69. Tunstall B.R., Connor D.J. Internal water balance of brigalow (Acacia harpophylla F. Muell.) under natural conditions. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 1975, 2:489-499.
70. Tunstall B.R., Connor D.J. A hydrological study of a sub-tropical semi-arid forest of Acacia-harpophylla F. Muell. ex Benth. (brigalow). Aust. J. Bot. 1981, 29:311-320.
71. Van den Driessche R., Connor D.J., Tunstall B.R. Photosynthetic response of brigalow to irradiance, temperature and water potential. Photosynthetica 1971, 5:210-217.
72. Van Genuchten M.T. A closed-form equation for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of uunsaturated soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J 1980, 44:892-898.
73. Whisenant S.G., Thurow T.L., Maranz S.J. Initiating autogenic restoration on shallow semiarid sites. Restor. Ecol. 1995, 3:61-67.
74. Wiegand K., Saltz D., Ward D., Levin S.A. The role of size inequality in self-thinning: a pattern-oriented simulation model for and savannas. Ecol. Model. 2008, 210:431-445.
75. Yaseef N.R., Yakir D., Rotenberg E., Schiller G., Cohen S. Ecohydrology of a semi-arid forest: partitioning among water balance components and its implications for predicted precipitation changes. Ecohydrology 2010, 3:143-154.
76. Zhang L., Dawes W.R., Walker G.R. Response of mean annual evapotranspiration to vegetation changes at catchment scale. Water Resour. Res. 2001, 37:701-708.