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Currently employed as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Western Australia, Jake Eckersley examines the ecology of the stinking passionflower, a major environmental weed in northern Australia's tropics. His broad research interests encompass dryland ecology, biogeochemistry, plant functional ecology, riparian ecology, and vegetation remote sensing. Before his current role, he worked in the Mayfield lab at the University of Melbourne, where he conducted field surveys examining plant-plant and plant-environment interactions in Western Australia's annual wildflower communities. His PhD focused on characterizing the phenology of riverine vegetation in the Fortescue River catchment, situated in the semi-arid/subtropical Pilbara region. He developed a suite of methods to measure leaf area index (LAI) using ground-based and satellite-based remote sensing. These methods were coupled with a large-scale space-time litterfall study to examine the potential effects of shifting rainfall patterns on hydrologic regimes, plant growth, senescence, and reproductive phenology.
University of Western Australia • Perth
Examining the ecology of the stinking passionflower and conducting research related to dryland ecology.
Mayfield Lab, University of Melbourne • Melbourne
Conducted field surveys on plant interactions within WA's wildflower communities.
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