Dr David Doley

Research Interests

• Ecophysiology of native plant species, especially water relations, photosynthesis and growth
• Plant responses to environmental stresses
• Effects of atmospheric pollutants on plant function and plant communities
• Forest ecology and silviculture
• Biological monitoring of air pollutants
• Development and application of environmental standards

• Development and delivery of postgraduate courses in vegetation function and rehabilitation
• Development of training modules in biological monitoring

• Doley, D. (ed.) (2007) Proceedings of the 14th International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations World Congress 2007 and the 18th Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference, 9-13 September 2007, Brisbane. Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand, Eastwood, NSW.
• Doley, D. (2006) Airborne particulates and vegetation: Review of physical interactions, Clean Air and Environmental Quality, 41 (2), 36-41.
• Chaston, K. and Doley, D. (2006) Mineral particulates and vegetation: Effects of coal dust, overburden and flyash on light interception and leaf temperature, Clean Air and Environmental Quality, 41 (1), 40-44.
• Brown, P.L., Doley, D. and Keenan, R.J. (2000). Estimating tree crown dimensions using digital analysis of vertical photographs. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 100, 199-212.
• Ngugi, M., Hunt, M.A., Doley, D., Ryan, P. and Dart, P.J. (2003). Photosynthetic light and temperature responses of Eucalyptus cloeziana and Eucalyptus argophloia. Australian Journal of Botany, 51, 573-583.
• Doley, D. (2004). Evolution of plant water relations research in Australia. Functional Plant Biology. 31, 405-414.
• Doley, D., Hill, R.J. and Riese, R.H. (2004). Environmental fluoride in Australasia: Ecological effects, regulation and management. Clean Air and Environment, 38(2), 35-55.
• Brown, P.L., Doley, D. and Keenan, R.J. (2004). Stem and crown dimensions as predictors of thinning responses in a crowded tropical rainforest plantation of Flindersia brayleyana F. Muell. Forest Ecology and Management, 196, 379-392.
• Keenan, R.J., Doley, D. and Lamb, D. (2005). Stand density management in rainforest plantations. In P.D.Erskine, D. Lamb and M. Bristow eds. Reforestation in the Tropics and Subtropics of Australia Using Rainforest Tree Species, 141-160.  RIRDC Publication No. 05/087. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Canberra.