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Overview

Craig V. M. Barton is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia. Their research spans several interconnected fields, prominently including Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on various subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics related to Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Tree-ring climate responses, Forest ecology and management, Fire effects on ecosystems, Pasture and Agricultural Systems, and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Among the recent publications by Craig V. M. Barton are:

  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment, 2020, Nature
  • Ecotrons: Powerful and versatile ecosystem analysers for ecology, agronomy and environmental science, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Optimal stomatal theory predicts CO2 responses of stomatal conductance in both gymnosperm and angiosperm trees, 2022, New Phytologist
  • Pastures and Climate Extremes: Impacts of Cool Season Warming and Drought on the Productivity of Key Pasture Species in a Field Experiment, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • No evidence of homeostatic regulation of leaf temperature in Eucalyptus parramattensis trees: integration of CO2 flux and oxygen isotope methodologies, 2020, New Phytologist

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Tree Physiology
  • New Phytologist
  • Global Change Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature

Collaborations frequently occur with several co-authors who have contributed multiple publications alongside Barton. These include Mark G. Tjoelker, Elise Pendall, Belinda E. Medlyn, Kristine Y. Crous, and Sally A. Power.

Best Publications

  • Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance

    Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;Derek Eamus;David S. Ellsworth

  • Stomatal conductance of forest species after long‐term exposure to elevated CO2 concentration: a synthesis

    B. E. Medlyn;B. E. Medlyn;C. V. M. Barton;M. S. J. Broadmeadow;R. Ceulemans

  • Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

    Yan Shih Lin;Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  • Effects of elevated (CO2) on photosynthesis in European forest species: a meta-analysis of model parameters

    Belinda E. Medlyn;Belinda E. Medlyn;F. W. Badeck;D. G.G. De Pury;C. V.M. Barton

  • Remote sensing of canopy light use efficiency using the photochemical reflectance index

    C.V.M Barton;P.R.J North

  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

    Mingkai Jiang;Belinda E. Medlyn;John E. Drake;John E. Drake;Remko A. Duursma

  • Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance

    John E Drake;John E Drake;Mark G Tjoelker;Angelica Varhammar;Belinda E Medlyn

  • 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

  • Detection of tree roots and determination of root diameters by ground penetrating radar under optimal conditions

    Craig V. M. Barton;Kelvin D. Montagu

  • An Atlas of Seabird Distribution in North West European Waters

    C. J. Stone;Andrew Webb;C. Barton;N. Ratcliff

  • Why is plant-growth response to elevated CO2 amplified when water is limiting, but reduced when nitrogen is limiting? A growth-optimisation hypothesis

    Ross E. McMurtrie;Richard J. Norby;Belinda E. Medlyn;Roderick C. Dewar

  • Seasonal responses of xylem sap velocity to VPD and solar radiation during drought in a stand of native trees in temperate Australia

    Melanie J B Zeppel;Brad R Murray;Craig Barton;Derek Eamus

  • Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally.

    Alicia Ledo;Keryn I. Paul;David F. R. P. Burslem;John J. Ewel

  • Development and testing of allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass of mixed-species environmental plantings

    Keryn I. Paul;Stephen H. Roxburgh;Jacqueline R. England;Peter Ritson

  • Photosynthesis of temperate Eucalyptus globulus trees outside their native range has limited adjustment to elevated CO2 and climate warming

    Kristine Y Crous;Kristine Y Crous;Audrey G Quentin;Audrey G Quentin;Yan-Shih Lin;Yan-Shih Lin;Belinda E Medlyn

  • Whole-tree chambers for elevated atmospheric CO2 experimentation and tree scale flux measurements in south-eastern Australia: the Hawkesbury Forest Experiment.

    Craig V. M Barton;David S Ellsworth;Belinda E Medlyn;Remko A Duursma

  • Does physiological acclimation to climate warming stabilize the ratio of canopy respiration to photosynthesis

    John E. Drake;Mark G. Tjoelker;Michael J. Aspinwall;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich

  • Seasonal acclimation of leaf respiration in Eucalyptus saligna trees : impacts of elevated atmospheric CO2 and summer drought

    Kristine Y. Crous;Joana Zaragoza-Castells;Markus Löw;David S. Ellsworth

  • The peaked response of transpiration rate to vapour pressure deficit in field conditions can be explained by the temperature optimum of photosynthesis

    Remko A. Duursma;Craig V. M. Barton;Yan Shih Lin;Belinda E. Medlyn

  • A branch bag and CO2 control system for long-term CO2 enrichment of mature Sitka spruce [Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.]

    C. V. M. Barton;H. S. J. Lee;P. G. Jarvis

  • Effects of elevated atmospheric [CO2] on instantaneous transpiration efficiency at leaf and canopy scales in Eucalyptus saligna

    Craig V. M Barton;Remko A Duursma;Belinda E Medlyn;David S Ellsworth

  • Effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration on growth and nitrogen fixation in Alnus glutinosa in a long-term field experiment.

    V. M. Temperton;S. J. Grayston;Gail Jackson;C. V. M. Barton

Frequent Co-Authors

Belinda E. Medlyn
Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University
David S. Ellsworth
David S. Ellsworth Western Sydney University
Mark G. Tjoelker
Mark G. Tjoelker Western Sydney University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
David T. Tissue
David T. Tissue Western Sydney University
Remko A. Duursma
Remko A. Duursma Western Sydney University
Kristine Y. Crous
Kristine Y. Crous Western Sydney University
Elise Pendall
Elise Pendall Western Sydney University
Paul G. Jarvis
Paul G. Jarvis University of Edinburgh
Derek Eamus
Derek Eamus University of Technology Sydney

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