Erik Veneklaas

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Erik Veneklaas

Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7030-4056

  • The University of Western Australia (M087), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

Accepting PhD and other Higher Degree by Research Students. View current PhD/HDR research project opportunities at https://researchdegrees.uwa.edu.au/projects

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Personal profile

Biography

1990 PhD: Faculty of Biology, Utrecht University (Utrecht, the Netherlands)
1985 Doctorandus: Faculty of Biology, Utrecht University (Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Roles and responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities:

Undergraduate teaching of plant ecology and plant physiology

Research training: Honours, Masters and PhD

Graduate Research Coordinator, School of Biological Sciences

Program Leader Ecophysiology, ARC Centre for Mine-Site Restoration

Expertise:
Physiological ecology
Tropical ecology
Forest and woodland ecology
Role of vegetation in hydrology

Future research

Sustainable management of ecosystems for agricultural production, land rehabilitation, etc.
Conservation of natural ecosystems
Adaptation to global change

Funding overview

1993-1996. Veneklaas & Lambers. Productivity and plasticity of woody tropical indoor plants. STW (Dutch Technology Foundation). $250,000.
1999-2000. Veneklaas & Lambers: Is rarity of species in the Banksia genus associated with highly specialised nutrient acquisition mechanisms? Australian Flora Foundation. $6,000.
1999-2002. Lambers, Jasper & Veneklaas: The ecophysiology of restoration of arid-zone mine sites. ARC-SPIRT scheme. Industry partners: Kings Park and Botanic Gardens, Straits Resources Ltd. $135,000.
1999-2000. Lambers & Veneklaas: Exploiting chickpea’s potential to unlock phosphorus from P-fixing soils. Grain Research Committee. $23,000.
2001. Veneklaas: The importance of root exudates for the nutrition and distribution of Western Australia’s Banksia species. Small Grant, UWA/ARC. $5,000.
2001. Veneklaas. Establishing the cause of sudden autumn death in Banksia species. UWA Faculty of Agriculture Bequest Fund. $7,000.
2001. Lambers, Dixon, Veneklaas. Establishing the cause of sudden autumn death in Banksia species. Kings Park and Botanic Garden grant. $9,000.
2001-2004. Lambers, Veneklaas, Bolland: Increased benefits of phosphorus fertiliser through the use of grain legume species. Grains Research and Development Corporation. $120,000.
2001-2004. Lambers, Veneklaas & Koch: An ecophysiological analysis of key factors determining jarrah forest rehabilitation success. Australian Research Council. $69,000.
2001-2004. Lambers, Bolland, Bowden & Veneklaas. An ecophysiological analysis of the response to phosphate fertiliser of different lupin species, canola and wheat on phosphate-fixing soil. Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant. Industry partners: Department of Agriculture, WA, and CSBP fertilizers. $240,000.
2002. Veneklaas. Identifying the cause of sudden autumn death of Banksias. UWA small research grant. $5,000.
2003. Veneklaas. Starting grant, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UWA. $25,000.
2002-2005. Veneklaas, Lambers, Mcgrath & Dixon. Wandoo crown decline - an ecophysiological diagnosis. Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant. Industry partners: CALM, WA, and Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, WA. $215,000.
2006-2010. Lambers, Krauss, Koch & Veneklaas. A molecular ecophysiological assessment of the importance of using local provenance seed in plant biodiversity restoration. Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant. Industry partners: Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Alcoa World Alumina Australia, Worsley Alumina, Greening Australia. $631,000.
2007. Veneklaas & Mills. Peer Reflection of First Year Biology. Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia. $4,000.
2007-2011. Lambers, Hinz, Veneklaas, Hancock, Kepic, Wealleans, Kendrick, Porporato. Ecohydrological feedbacks between vegetation and soil in natural and engineered landforms in arid Australia. $1,678,000 (Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant $1,028,000; Minerals and Energy Research Institute WA $200,000; Newcrest Telfer Gold Mine $450,000).
2007-2010. Hinz, Veneklaas. Store-and-release covers for mine waste – the role of vegetation. $250,000 (ACMER/UQ).
2008-2010. Colmer, Veneklaas, Shepherd, Barrett. Ecophysiology of stem succulent halophytes subject to changes in salinity and water availability: distinguishing natural dynamics from potential mine-related impacts. Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant. Industry partners: Fortescue Metals Group and Department of Environment and Conservation. $313,000.
2008-2013. Hardy, Veneklaas et al. Centre of Excellence for Climate Change and Woodland and Forest Health. Funding scheme for Centres of Excellence in Science and Innovation, Western Australia. $2,300,000.
2009-2012. Lambers, Veneklaas, Dixon. Does plant phosphorus economy determine ecological status in biodiverse Australian communities? $315,000 (Australian Research Council, Discovery Grant).

Previous positions

1996-1998: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT, Cali, Colombia). Senior Research Fellow (tropical ecology)
1990-1995: Utrecht University, Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Utrecht, the Netherlands). Postdoctoral Fellow (ecophysiology).

Industrial relevance

Several projects collaborate with industry partners for strategic research into ecological processes

Teaching overview

UNDERGRADUATE UNITS:
ENVT2250 - Ecology (co-coordinator)
PLNT3301 - Plant Physiological Ecology (coordinator)

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS:
Several students (2-3 completions per year).

Research

Water balance of species-rich woodlands and different species’ roles in it
Ecohydrology: interactions between vegetation, soil and climate
Water relations of native plant species
Photosynthesis of sclerophylls
Phosphorus economy of plants: adaptations for efficient P acquisition and P use
Relationships of leaf traits and plant functional types with environmental conditions and community properties
Ecological restoration, rehabilitation and engineering
Tree health in natural and altered ecosystems
Adaptation of crops to abiotic stress

Languages

Fluent in English
Spanish and Dutch

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Research expertise keywords

  • Carbon balance
  • Plant functioning in natural, degraded and rehabilitated ecosystems
  • Plant physiology/ecology
  • Root exudates and P acquisition
  • Water and nutrient use
  • Plant hydraulics

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  • Functional traits of riparian trees in the lower Fitzroy River, Western Australia

    Setterfield, S. (Creator), Canham, C. (Creator), Woods, C. (Creator), Veneklaas, E. (Creator), Freestone, F. (Creator), Beesley, L. (Creator) & Douglas, M. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2019

    DOI: 10.26182/7g40-xv16

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  • Two sides to every leaf: water and CO2 transport in hypostomatous and amphistomatous leaves

    Drake, P. (Creator), de Boer, H. J. (Contributor), Schymanski, S. (Contributor) & Veneklaas, E. (Contributor), The University of Western Australia, 19 Jan 2019

    DOI: 10.26182/5c4fc6735e1da

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  • Data from: Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context

    Tsakalos, J. (Creator), Riviera, F. (Creator), Veneklaas, E. (Creator), Dobrowolski, M. (Creator) & Mucina, L. (Creator), DRYAD, 15 Jan 2020

    DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9kd51c5cb, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.9kd51c5cb

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  • Data from: Complementary plant nutrient-acquisition strategies promote growth of neighbour species

    Teste, F. (Creator), Veneklaas, E. J. (Creator), Dixon, K. W. (Creator) & Lambers, J. T. (Creator), DRYAD, 10 Mar 2014

    DOI: 10.5061/dryad.dc394, https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.dc394

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  • AusTraits: a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

    Falster, D. S. (Creator), Gallagher, R. V. (Creator), Wenk, E. (Creator), Sauquet, H. (Creator), Wright, I. J. (Contributor), Indiarto, D. (Contributor), Andrew, S. (Contributor), Baxter, C. (Contributor), Lawson, J. (Contributor), Allen, S. (Contributor), Fuchs, A. (Contributor), Monro, A. (Contributor), Kar, F. (Contributor), Adams, M. A. (Contributor), Ahrens, C. W. (Contributor), Alfonzetti, M. (Contributor), Amini, S. (Contributor), Angevin, T. (Contributor), Apgaua, D. M. G. (Contributor), Arndt, S. (Contributor), Ash, J. (Contributor), Atkin, O. K. (Contributor), Atkinson, J. (Contributor), Auld, T. D. (Contributor), Baker, A. (Contributor), Balthazar, M. V. (Contributor), Bean, A. (Contributor), Blackman, C. J. (Contributor), Bloomfield, K. J. (Contributor), Boreham, T. (Contributor), Bowman, D. M. J. S. (Contributor), Bradstock, R. (Contributor), Bragg, J. (Contributor), Brand, W. A. (Contributor), Briggs, A. (Contributor), Brock, J. (Contributor), Brodribb, T. J. (Contributor), Buckton, G. (Contributor), Burrows, G. (Contributor), Butler, D. (Contributor), Caldwell, E. (Contributor), Camac, J. (Contributor), Carpenter, R. (Contributor), Catford, J. A. (Contributor), Cawthray, G. (Contributor), Cernusak, L. A. (Contributor), Chandler, G. (Contributor), Chapman, A. R. (Contributor), Cheal, D. (Contributor), Cheesman, A. W. (Contributor), Chen, S.-C. (Contributor), Chinnock, R. (Contributor), Choat, B. (Contributor), Clarke, P. (Contributor), Clayton, D. (Contributor), Clemants, S. (Contributor), Clifford, H. T. (Contributor), Clinton, B. (Contributor), Clode, P. L. (Contributor), Cochrane, M. (Contributor), Coleman, H. (Contributor), Collins, B. (Contributor), Conti, A. (Contributor), Cooper, W. (Contributor), Cooper, W. (Contributor), Cornwell, W. K. (Contributor), Cosgrove, M. (Contributor), Cowie, I. (Contributor), Craven, L. (Contributor), Crisp, M. (Contributor), Cross, E. (Contributor), Crous, K. Y. (Contributor), Cunningham, S. (Contributor), Curran, T. (Contributor), Curtis, E. (Contributor), Davidson, I. (Contributor), Daws, M. I. (Contributor), de Salas, M. (Contributor), de Tombeur, F. (Contributor), DeGabriel, J. L. (Contributor), Denton, M. D. (Contributor), Dong, N. (Contributor), Du, P. (Contributor), Duan, H. (Contributor), Duncan, D. H. (Contributor), Duncan, R. P. (Contributor), Duretto, M. (Contributor), Dwyer, J. M. (Contributor), Eamus, D. (Contributor), Edwards, C. (Contributor), Egan, J. (Contributor), Esperon-Rodriguez, M. (Contributor), Evans, J. R. (Contributor), Everingham, S. E. (Contributor), Fahey, C. (Contributor), Falster, D. (Contributor), Farrell, C. (Contributor), Firn, J. (Contributor), Fonseca, C. R. (Contributor), Forster, P. I. (Contributor), Foster, J. (Contributor), French, B. J. (Contributor), French, T. (Contributor), Frith, A. (Contributor), Frood, D. (Contributor), Funk, J. L. (Contributor), Gallagher, R. (Contributor), Gardiner, R. (Contributor), Geange, S. R. (Contributor), Ghannoum, O. (Contributor), Gill, M. (Contributor), Gleason, S. M. (Contributor), Goble-Garratt, E. (Contributor), Gosper, C. R. (Contributor), Gray, E. (Contributor), Groom, P. K. (Contributor), Grootemaat, S. (Contributor), Gross, C. (Contributor), Grubb, P. (Contributor), Guerin, G. (Contributor), Guilherme Pereira, C. (Contributor), Guinane, C. (Contributor), Guja, L. (Contributor), Hahs, A. K. (Contributor), Hall, T. (Contributor), Hallet, M. (Contributor), Harrison, M. T. (Contributor), Haslehurst, T. (Contributor), Hassiotou, F. (Contributor), Hayes, P. E. (Contributor), Henery, M. (Contributor), Herbohn, J. (Contributor), Hochuli, D. F. (Contributor), Hocking, P. (Contributor), Howell, J. (Contributor), Zhao, J. H. (Contributor), Huang, G. (Contributor), Hughes, K. (Contributor), Hughes, L. (Contributor), Huisman, J. (Contributor), Ilic, J. (Contributor), Islam, M. (Contributor), Jagdish, A. (Contributor), Jin, D. (Contributor), Jordan, G. (Contributor), Jurado, E. (Contributor), Kanowski, J. (Contributor), Kasel, S. (Contributor), Kealley, I. (Contributor), Keighery, G. J. (Contributor), Kellermann, J. (Contributor), Kenny, B. (Contributor), Kirkpatrick, J. (Contributor), Knox, K. (Contributor), Kohout, M. (Contributor), Kooyman, R. M. (Contributor), Kotowska, M. M. (Contributor), Kovac, L. (Contributor), Kreger, K. (Contributor), Kuo, J. (Contributor), Lai, H. R. (Contributor), Laliberté, E. (Contributor), Lambers, H. (Contributor), Lambert, M. (Contributor), Lamont, B. B. (Contributor), Lanceman, D. (Contributor), Lanfear, R. (Contributor), Laughlin, D. C. (Contributor), Laugier-Kitchener, B.-A. (Contributor), Laurance, S. (Contributor), Lawes, M. (Contributor), Laws, C. (Contributor), Lawson, J. (Contributor), Laxton, E. (Contributor), Lehmann, C. E. R. (Contributor), Leigh, A. (Contributor), Leishman, M. R. (Contributor), Lenz, T. (Contributor), Lepschi, B. (Contributor), Lewis, J. D. (Contributor), Lim, F. (Contributor), Lindsay, L. (Contributor), Liu, U. (Contributor), Londono, D. M. (Contributor), López Martinez, A. (Contributor), Lord, J. (Contributor), Ludwig, C. (Contributor), Lunt, I. (Contributor), Lusk, C. H. (Contributor), Maconochie, M. (Contributor), Macinnis-Ng, C. (Contributor), McPherson, H. (Contributor), Magallón, S. (Contributor), Manea, A. (Contributor), Marais, K. (Contributor), Maslin, B. (Contributor), Mason, R. (Contributor), Mayfield, M. (Contributor), Mazanec, R. (Contributor), McC Overton, J. (Contributor), McCarthy, J. K. (Contributor), McFarlane, E. (Contributor), Meers, T. (Contributor), Metcalfe, D. (Contributor), Milberg, P. (Contributor), Mokany, K. (Contributor), Moles, A. T. (Contributor), Moore, B. D. (Contributor), Moore, N. (Contributor), Morgan, H. (Contributor), Morgan, J. W. (Contributor), Morris, W. (Contributor), Muir, A. (Contributor), Munroe, S. (Contributor), Myerscough, P. (Contributor), Nelson, D. (Contributor), Neyland, D. (Contributor), Nicholson, Á. (Contributor), Nicolle, D. (Contributor), Nicotra, A. B. (Contributor), Niinemets, Ü. (Contributor), North, T. (Contributor), O'Reilly-Nugent, A. (Contributor), O’Sullivan, O. S. (Contributor), Oberle, B. (Contributor), Olsen, M. (Contributor), Onoda, Y. (Contributor), Ooi, M. K. J. (Contributor), Orscheg, C. (Contributor), Osborne, C. P. (Contributor), Paczkowska, G. (Contributor), Peeters, P. (Contributor), Pekin, B. (Contributor), Perry, G. L. W. (Contributor), Phillips, A. (Contributor), Pickering, C. (Contributor), Pickup, M. (Contributor), Pollitt, L. (Contributor), Pollock, L. J. (Contributor), Polmear, R. (Contributor), Poot, P. (Contributor), Possingham, H. P. (Contributor), Powell, J. R. (Contributor), Power, S. A. (Contributor), Prentice, I. C. (Contributor), Price, A. (Contributor), Prior, L. (Contributor), Prober, S. (Contributor), Pyne, T. (Contributor), Read, J. (Contributor), Reynolds, V. (Contributor), Rice, B. (Contributor), Richards, A. E. (Contributor), Richardson, B. (Contributor), Rigg, J. L. (Contributor), Roberts, B. (Contributor), Roderick, M. L. (Contributor), Rosell, J. A. (Contributor), Rossetto, M. (Contributor), Rye, B. L. (Contributor), Rymer, P. D. (Contributor), Salomaa, A. (Contributor), Sams, M. A. (Contributor), Sanson, G. (Contributor), Sauquet, H. (Contributor), Schmidt, S. (Contributor), Schöenenberger, J. (Contributor), Schulze, E. D. (Contributor), Schulze, I. (Contributor), Schulze, W. X. (Contributor), Scott, A. J. (Contributor), Sendall, K. (Contributor), Shapcott, A. (Contributor), Shaw, V. (Contributor), Shoo, L. (Contributor), Sinclair, S. (Contributor), Sjostrom, A. (Contributor), Smith, B. (Contributor), Smith, R. (Contributor), Soliveres, S. (Contributor), Soper, F. (Contributor), Sparrow, B. (Contributor), Spooner, A. (Contributor), Standish, R. J. (Contributor), Staples, T. L. (Contributor), Stephens, R. (Contributor), Stewart, G. (Contributor), Suda, J. (Contributor), Szota, C. (Contributor), Tait, C. (Contributor), Taseski, G. (Contributor), Tasker, E. (Contributor), Taylor, D. (Contributor), Thomas, F. (Contributor), Thompson, I. (Contributor), Tissue, D. T. (Contributor), Tjoelker, M. G. (Contributor), Tng, D. Y. P. (Contributor), Toelken, H. R. (Contributor), Tomlinson, K. (Contributor), Trudgen, M. (Contributor), Turner, N. C. (Contributor), van der Merwe, M. (Contributor), van Langevelde, F. (Contributor), Veneklaas, E. J. (Contributor), Venn, S. (Contributor), Vesk, P. (Contributor), Vlasveld, C. (Contributor), Vorontsova, M. S. (Contributor), Warren, C. A. (Contributor), Warwick, N. (Contributor), Weerasinghe, L. K. (Contributor), Wells, J. (Contributor), Westman, W. E. (Contributor), Westoby, M. (Contributor), White, M. (Contributor), Williams, E. (Contributor), Williams, N. S. G. (Contributor), Williams, R. J. (Contributor), Willis, K. (Contributor), Wills, J. (Contributor), Wilson, J. B. (Contributor), Wilson, P. G. (Contributor), Wright, I. J. (Contributor), Yates, C. (Contributor), Yen, J. (Contributor), Zanne, A. E. (Contributor), Zemunik, G. (Contributor), Ziemińska, K. (Contributor), Nolan, R. (Contributor), Boer, M. M. (Contributor), Robinson, A. (Contributor), Welsh, N. (Contributor), Messina, A. (Contributor), Stajsic, V. (Contributor), Ohlsen, D. (Contributor), Klazenga, N. (Contributor), Coleman, D. (Contributor), Dun, L. (Contributor), Yang, S. (Contributor), Barrett, R. (Contributor), Lu-Irving, P. (Contributor), Sommerville, K. D. (Contributor), Wenk, E. (Contributor) & Falster, D. S. (Contributor), Zenodo, 18 Sept 2023

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8353840, https://zenodo.org/record/8353840

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