Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation

	CMLR

	Prof David Mulligan
Position	Centre Director/Principal Research Fellow
Field	Plant ecology/Plant physiology

E-mail	d.mulligan@uq.edu.au
Phone	+61 7 334 64050
Fax	+61 7 334 64056

Research Interests	Basic strategic and applied aspects of factors affecting the establishment, growth and sustainability of native pastures, understorey and canopy species on mined land. Plant stress physiology Nutrient utilisation strategies in native species. Role of mycorrhizas in disturbed land rehabilitation. Nutrient cycling and development of success indicators for mined land. Soil-plant water relations of native species. Assessment of native ecosystem development on disturbed land.
Education/Training Interests	Development of postgraduate coursework programs and initiatives that will provide both on-campus teaching and flexible delivery training modules to remote sites and overseas. Development of technology exchange opportunities and training courses for overseas scientists and mining environment practitioners working on the engineering, environmental and social aspects of mining.
Recent/Key Publications	Menzies, N.W. and Mulligan, D.R. (2000). Vegetation dieback on clay-capped pyritic mine wastes, Journal of Environmental Quality 29, 437-442. Mulligan, D.R. (ed) (1996). Environmental Management in the Australian Minerals and Energy Industries-Principles and Practices, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney. Mulligan, D.R. and Gillespie, M.J. (1999). Establishment of native understorey species following coal mining in the Hunter Valley, in Synoptic Plan: Integrated Landscapes for Mine Site Rehabilitation, (ed. G.J. Summerhayes), Vol.2, pp. 17-34, NSW Department of Mineral Resources, Singleton. Mulligan, D.R., Grigg, A.H., Bowen, D., Orr, M.S. and Bell, L.C. (1999). A comparison of vegetation development on coarse coal reject and replaced topsoil on an open-cut coal mine in central Queensland, Australia, in Proceedings of the National Meeting of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, Scottsdale, Arizona, 13-19 August 1999, Vol.1, pp. 254-261, American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, Lexington, Kentucky. Mulligan, D.R., Grigg, A.H. and Harwood, M.R. (1999). Reconstruction of sustainable ecosystems on mined lands in the subtropics and tropics of Queensland, Australia, in Proceedings of the Conference Sudbury '99 - Mining and the Environment II, Sudbury, Ontario, 13-17 Sept. 1999. Roseby, S.J., Mulligan, D.R., Menzies, N.W., Ritchie, P.J and Currey, N.C. (1998). Ecosystem development on tailings at Kidston Gold Mine, north Queensland, Australia, in Land Reclamation - Achieving Sustainable Benefits, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the International Affiliation of Land Reclamationists, Nottingham, UK, 7-11 September 1998, (eds H.R. Fox, H.M. Moore and A.D. McIntosh), pp 137-142, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Schwenke, G.D., Mulligan, D.R. and Bell, L.C. (2000). Soil stripping and replacement for the rehabilitation of bauxite-mined land at Weipa. I. Initial changes to soil organic matter and related parameters, Australian Journal of Soil Research, 38, 345-370.

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