Research Interests
My main interest is in improving our understanding of ecological processes. In particular, how various plant strategies affect the way species interact and how this translates into ecosystem processes. My major projects focus on the functional response of various species to global climate change and how physiological responses lead to population, community and ecosystem changes. I am also working on how certain ecophysiological strategies allow invasive plant species to be so successful.
Students working with me are currently looking at functional ecology of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic plants, alpine revegetation, nutrient use in plantations, ecophysiology of the Proteaceae, trigger...
I am the chief investigator and was responsible for the establishment of TasFACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment Facility) experiment. TasFACE is a state of the art facility for investigating the impact of global climate change on an intact native grassland at Pontville, just north of Hobart. The experiment investigates the way that increasing temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations affect the growth and nature of an ecosystem important from both an agricultural and conservation point of view.
- TasFACE website
- Leaf Gas Exchange Simulator
Research Areas:- Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
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Teaching
I teach plant structure and function (physiology) in the 2nd year Botany course and plant ecology in 2nd and 3rd year
UnitsSelected Publications:- Close, DC, Beadle, CL*, Hovenden, MJ, 2001, '‘Cold-induced photoinhibition and foliar pigment dynamics of Eucalyptus nitens seedlings during establishment’', Aust. J. Plant Physiol, 28, pgs. 1133-1141
- Hovenden, MJ, 2001, '‘The influence of temperature and genotype on the growth and stomatal morphology of southern beech, Nothofagus cunninghamii (Nothofagaceae)’', Australian Journal of Botany, 49, pgs. 427-434
- Hovenden, MJ, Brodribb, TJ, 2000, '‘Altitude of origin influences stomatal conductance and therefore maximum assimilation rate in Southern Beech, Nothofagus cunninghamii’', Australian Journal of Plant Physiol, 27, pgs. 451-456
- Hovenden, MJ, Schimanski, LJ, 2000, '‘Genotypic differences in growth and stomatal morphology of Southern Beech, Nothofagus cunninghamii, exposed to depleted CO2 concentrations’', Australian Journal of Plant Physiol, 27, pgs. 281-287
- Hovenden, MJ, 2000, '‘Seasonal Trends in Nitrogen Status of Antarctic Lichens’', Annals of Botany, 86, pgs. 717-721
- Hovenden MJ, Schimanski LJ, 2000, 'Genotypic differences in growth and stomatal morphology of Southern Beech, Nothofagus cunninghamii, exposed to depleted CO2 concentrations', Australian Journal of Plant Physiology , 27, pgs. 281-287
- Hovenden MJ, Brodribb T, 2000, 'Altitude of origin influences stomatal conductance and therefore maximum assimilation rate in Southern Beech, Nothofagus cunninghamii', Australian Journal of Plant Physiology , 27, pgs. 451-456
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