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Member Since 1994
Elise Pendall
Professor, Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
AGU member since 1994. Professor, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia. Biogeosciences section President-Elect, 2017-18, section President 2019-20. I study climate change impacts on biogeochemical cycles in grassland, forest, and agricultural ecosystems.
Professional Experience
Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
Professor
2014 - Present
University of Wyoming
Associate Professor
2012 - 2014
University of Western Sydney
Professor
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Education
University of Arizona
Doctorate
1997
Current Roles
Member
Eunice Foote Medal Committee
Publications
Reconciling Top‐Down and Bottom‐Up Estimates of Ecosystem Respiration in a Mature Eucalypt Forest

Ecosystem respiration (Reco) arises from interacting autotrophic and heterotrophic processes constrained by distinct drivers. Here, we evaluated up...

October 13, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Unraveling soil respiration responses to elevated CO2: insights from a 5-Year Field Study at BIFoR FACE
LAND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING UNDER GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: PATTERNS, DRIVERS, AND MECHANISMS I ORAL
biogeosciences | 15 december 2023
Nine Douwes Dekker, Josep Barba, Johanna Pihlblad,...
To stay within the 1.5°C limit of our planetary boundaries, we need to limit the increase of GHGs in the atmosphere. There has been a growing int...
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Improving forecasts of carbon, water and energy fluxes under grazing management: A case study near Sydney Australia
SURFACE-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS: FLUX MEASUREMENTS FOR REAL-WORLD IMPACT II ORAL
biogeosciences | 14 december 2023
Elise Pendall, Nick Wright-Osment, Pankaj Tiwari, ...
Livestock grazing contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, soil degradation and erosion, and loss of biodiversity. Strategic management of grazed past...
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Soil chronosequences inform pedogenesis: An example of data rescue, recovery, and revival from Fish Lake Valley, NV, USA
SOILS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: CROSS-SCALE MECHANISMS OF STABILIZATION AND CHANGE IV POSTER
biogeosciences | 11 december 2023
Jennifer W W. Harden, Courtney Creamer, Corey R. L...
Field- and lab-based soil and ecosystem data collected across broad spatial and temporal scales help to inform, calibrate, and capture dynamics of soi...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Eunice Foote Medal Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Eunice Foote Medal Committee
2021 - 2022
Chair
Biogeosciences Canvassing Committee
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