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Prof. of Environmental Management

Telephone:	(61 8)  6304 5758
Mobile:	0428026127
Facsimile:	(61 8)  6304 5009
Email:	w.stock@ecu.edu.au
Campus:	Joondalup
Room:	JO19.343

 

Current Teaching

• SCM3201 Conservation Biology
• SCB3201 Studies in Ecology
• SCI5139 Advances in Natural Science
• SCI5117 Biological Conservation

Background

• 1986-1987: University of KwaZulu Natal
• 1998-2003: University of Cape town
  
• 2003-present: ECU

Research Areas and Interests

• Global Change Biology, Plant Ecology, Plant Physiological Ecology, Ecosystem Management

Staff Qualifications

• PhD, South Africa .

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Response of Vegetation to Fire Frequency on Charles Darwin Reserve,  Bush Heritage Australia,  Grant,  2011,  $10,000.
• Variation in morphological and physiological traits of a widespread and localised eucalypt species as a reflection of adaptive capacity in a drying climate,  Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency,  National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF),  2011,  $6,000.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Water Corporation,  Grant,  2011,  $15,000.
• To determine the feasibility of using lichens as biomonitors to identify areas highly impacted by heavy-metal pollution from coal power plant emissions in Collie, WA,  Ecological Society of Australia,  ESA - Student Research Award,  2011,  $1,000.
• STCRC - Sustainable Resources Research Fellow,  CRC Centre for Sustainable Tourism,  Fellowship(**),  2010,  $3,000.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI)(**),  2010,  $13,334.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Water Corporation,  Grant(**),  2010,  $123,173.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2009,  $40,570.
• STCRC - Sustainable Resources Research Fellow,  CRC Centre for Sustainable Tourism,  Fellowship,  2009,  $121,446.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Water Corporation,  Grant,  2009,  $68,737.
• Fire and establishment of Jarrah seedlings in shelterwood,  Dept of Conservation & Land Management,  Grant,  2008,  $25,000.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2008,  $80,059.
• Impact of Pine Removal on Carnaby Cockatoo Feeding and Future Populations on the Gnangara,  Forest Products Commission WA,  Grant,  2008,  $100,000.
• Black cockatoo use of extensive post-mining revegetated and agriculturally transformed landscapes,  Edith Cowan University,  Grant - Collaborative Research,  2008,  $4,544.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Water Corporation,  Grant,  2008,  $93,750.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2007,  $91,486.
• Fire and establishment of Jarrah seedlings in shelterwood,  Dept of Conservation & Land Management,  Grant,  2007,  $25,000.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Water Corporation,  Grant,  2007,  $143,397.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Water Corporation,  Grant,  2006,  $39,308.
• Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2006,  $50,950.
• Fire and establishment of Jarrah seedlings in shelterwood,  Dept of Conservation & Land Management,  Grant,  2006,  $25,000.
• Black cockatoo use of extensive post-mining revegetated and agriculturally transformed landscapes,  Edith Cowan University,  Grant - Collaborative Research,  2006,  $13,636.
• Seasonal and historical groundwater use by pines,  Water Corporation,  Grant,  2005,  $51,855.
• Seasonal and historical groundwater use by pines,  Water Corporation,  Grant,  2004,  $37,032.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

• Prober, S., Thiele, K., Rundel, P., Yates, C., Berry, S., Byrne, M., Christidis, L., Gosper, C., Grierson, P., Lemson, K., Lyons, T., Macfarlane, C., O'Connor, M., Scott, J., Standish, R., Stock, W., Van Etten, E., Wardell-Johnson, G., Watson, A., (2012), Facilitating adaptation of biodiversity to climate change: a conceptual framework applied to the world?s largest Mediterranean-climate woodland. Climatic Change: an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the description, causes and implications of climatic change, 110(1-2), 227?248, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0092-y.
• Stock, W., Bourke, L., Froend, R., (2012), Dendroecological indicators of historical responses of pines to water and nutrient availability on a superficial aquifer in south-western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management, 264(n/a), 108-114, DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.033.
• Canham, C., Froend, R., Stock, W., Davies, M., (2012), Dynamics of phreatophyte root growth relative to a seasonally fluctuating water table in a Mediterranean-type environment. Oecologia, 170(4), 909?916, Germany, DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2381-1.
• Standish, R., Fontaine, JB., Harris, R., Stock, W., Hobbs, R., (2012), Interactive effects of altered rainfall and simulated nitrogen deposition on seedling establishment in a global biodiversity hotspot. OIKOS, 121(12), 2014?2025, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20553.x.
• Stock, W., Verboom, GA., (2012), Phylogenetic ecology of foliar N and P concentrations and N:P ratios across mediterranean-type ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography: a journal of macroecology, 21(12), 1147?1156, DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00752.x.
• Klironomos, J., Zobel, M., Tibbett, M., Stock, W., Rillig, MC., Parrent, JL., Moora, M., Koch, AM., Facelli, JM., Facelli, E., Dickie, IA., Bever, JD., (2011), Forces that structure plant communities: Quantifying the importance of the mycorrhizal symbiosis. New Phytologist, 189(2), 366-370, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03550.x.
• Ochoa Hueso, R., Allen, E., Branquinho, C., Cruz, T., Fenn, M., Manrique, E., Perez-Corona, E., Sheppard, L., Stock, W., (2011), Nitrogen deposition effects on Mediterranean-type ecosystems: An ecological assessment. Environmental Pollution, 159(10), 2265-2279, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.12.019.
• Coetsee, C., Stock, W., Craine, JM., (2011), Do grazers alter nitrogen dynamics on grazing lawns in a South African savannah?. African Journal of Ecology, 49(1), 62-69, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2010.01236.x.
• Stock, W., Bond, W., Van De Vijver, CA., (2010), Herbivore and nutrient control of lawn and bunch grass distributions in a southern African savanna. Plant Ecology, 206(1), 15-27, Netherlands, DOI: 10.1007/s1125-0009-9621-4.
• Bever, J., Dickie, I., Facelli, E., Facelli, J., Klironomos, J., Moora, M., Rillig, M., Stock, W., Tibbett, M., Zobel, M., (2010), Rooting theories of plant community ecology in microbial interactions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25(8), 468-478, DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.05.004.
• Staver, AC., Bond, WJ., Stock, W., Van Rensberg, SJ., Waldram, MS., (2009), Browsing and fire interact to suppress tree density in an African savanna. Ecological Applications, 19(7), 1909-1919, United States, DOI: 10.1890/08-1907.1.
• Craine, J., Elmore, A., Aidar, M., Bustamante, M., Dawson, T., Hobbie, E., Kahmen, A., Mack, M., McLauchaln, K., Michelsen, A., Nardoto, G., Pardo, L., Penuelas, J., Reich, P., Schuur, E., Stock, W., Templer, P., Virginia, R., Welker, J., Wright, I., (2009), Global Patterns of Foliar Nitrogen Isotopes and Their Relationships with Climate, Mycorrhizal Fungi, Foliar Nutrient Concentrations, and Nitrogen Availability. New Phytologist, 183(4), 980-992, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02917.x.
• Wilson, D., Stock, W., Hedderson, T., (2009), Historical Nitrogen Content of Bryophyte Tissue as an Indicator of Increased Nitrogen Deposition in the Cape Metropolitan Area, South Africa. Environmental Pollution, 157(3), 938-945, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.10.021.
• Canham, C., Froend, R., Stock, W., (2009), Water stress vulnerability of four Banksia species in contrasting ecohydrological habitats on the Gnangara Mound, Western Australia. Plant Cell and Environment, 32(1), 64-72, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01904.x.
• Craine, JM., Ballantyne, F., Peel, M., Zambatis, N., Morrow, C., Stock, W., (2009), Grazing and Landscape Controls on Nitrogen Availability Across 330 South African Savanna Sites. Austral Ecology, 34(7), 731-740, Australia.
• Craine, JM., Morrow, C., Stock, W., (2008), Nutrient concentration ratios and co-limitation in South African grasslands. New Phytologist, 179(3), 829-836, United Kingdom.
• Waldram, MS., Bond, WJ., Stock, W., (2008), Ecological Engineering by a Mega-Grazer: White Rhino Impacts on a South African Savannah. Ecosystems, 11(1), 101-112, New York.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Master of Science (Environmental Management),  Distribution Patterns And Habitat Use Of Black Cockatoos (calyptorhynchus Spp.) In Modified Landscapes In The South-west Of Western Australia..
• The Occurrence And Ecophysiology Of Vesicular-arbuscular Mycorrhizal Plants In The Cape Floristic Region..
• Ecophysiological Responses Of Themeda Triandra Forsk. And Other Southern African C4 Grass Species To Increases In Atmospheric Co2 Concentrations..
• Carbon Dynamics In Soils Of The Fynbos Shrub Felicia Aethiopica Under Elevated Co2..
• Effects Of Defoliation On Regrowth And Carbon Budgets Of Three Semi-arid Karoo Shrubs..
• The Ecology And Nitrogen Fixing Ability Of Selected Aspalathus Species In Fynbos Ecosystems..
• Ecosystem Level Impacts Of Annual And Perennial N2-fixing Invasive Alien Plants In The Fynbos Vegetation Of South Africa..
• An Investigation Of The Duration Of Phosphorus Fertilization Effects On Phosphorus And Nitrogen Cycling Patterns Of Pinus Elliottii Plantations In The Southern Cape..
• Master of Science (Environmental Management),  Responses To Trasloation Of Two Threatened Macropods, The Mala (lagorchestes Hirsutus) And The Banded Hare-wallaby (lagostrophus Fasciatus), Reintroduced To The Peron Peninsula, W.a..
• Plant Xylem Anatomy, Dendrochronology And Stable Carbon Isotopes As Tools In Rainfall Reconstruction In Southern Africa..
• Stable N And C Isotope Analysis Of Nine Acacia Species From Kwa-zulu-natal (south Africa)..
• Atmospheric Deposition Of Combined Nitrogen In The Cape Metropolitan Area: A Threat To A Species Rich Ecosystem?.
• Ecosystem Level Impacts Of Enhanced Nitrogen Deposition In The Plantation Forests Of Mpumalanga, South Africa..

Co-principal Supervisor

• Soil Factors And Competition As Determinants Of Fynbos Plant Species Distributions In The South-western Cape, South Africa..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  The Response Of Banksia Roots To Change In Water Table Level In A Mediterranean-type Environment..
• Determinants Of Forest/fynbos Boundaries In The South Western Cape Province..
• Nutritional Requirements Of Lawn Grasses Versus Bunch Grasses In The Hluhluwe-umfolozi Park..
• Growth, Water Use Efficiency And Stable Carbon Isotopes In Commercial Clones Of Eucalyptus..
• The Nitrogen Economy Of Cyclopia Spp. (honeybush Tea) In Agricultural And Wild Conditions..
• Response Of A Sand-plain Lowland Fynbos Ecosystem To Nutrient Additions..
• Phylogenetic And Functional Growth Form Diversification In The Cape Grass Ehrharta Thunb..
• The Embryology, Seed Coat And Conservation Of Some Kenyan Species Of The Orchidaceae..
• Ecology Of The (brady)rhizobium Symbiotic Relationship With Fabaceae In The South-western Cape..

Associate Supervisor

• The Impacts Of Management On Nutrient Cycling In Plantation Forestry In The Southern Cape..