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Current position
Senior Technical Officer
Research interests
The influence of elevated CO2 on the
growth and photosynthesis of field grown eucalypts.
Experimental and field based approaches to the study of plants
and climate warming.
The ecophysiology of plants under natural and altered microclimates.
The fundamental responses of mangroves to altered soil nitrogen and soil phosphorus across a range of contrasting ecosystems.
Selected Publications
Egerton
JJG, Banks JCG, Gibson A, Cunningham RB and Ball MC. 2000. Facilitation of seedling establishment: Reduction in irradiance
enhances winter growth of Eucalyptus pauciflora. Ecology,
81: 1437-1449.
Ball
MC, Egerton JJG, Lutze JL, Gutschick VP and Cunningham RB.
2002. Mechanisms of competition: Thermal inhibition of tree seedling
growth by grass. Oecologia, 133: 120-130.
Barker DH, Loveys BR, Egerton JJG, Gorton H, Williams WE and Ball MC. 2005. CO2 enrichment predisposes foliage of a eucalypt to freezing injury and reduces spring growth. Plant, Cell and Environment, 28: 1506-1515.
Ball MC, Canny MJ, Huang CX, Egerton JJG and Wolfe J. 2006. Freeze-induced embolism depends on nadir temperature: the heterogeneous hydration hypothesis. Plant, Cell and Environment, 29: 729-745.
Loveys BR, Egerton JJG and Ball MC. 2006. A mechanistic basis for reduced freeze tolerance under elevated CO2. Plant, Cell and Environment, 29: 1077-1086.
Bruhn D, Egerton JJG, Loveys BR and Ball MC. 2007. Evergreen leaf respiration acclimates to long-term nocturnal warming under field conditions. Global Change Biology, 13: 1216-1223.
Bruhn D, Schortemeyer M, Edwards EJ, Egerton JJG, Hocart CH, Evan JR and Ball MC. 2008. The apparent temperature response of leaf respiration depends on the time-scale of measurements: a study of two cold-climate species. Plant Biology, 10: 185-193.
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