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Kristine Crous is an Associate Professor in the School of Science at Western Sydney University, specializing in plant physiology and climate change ecology. Her research focuses on understanding how plants, particularly trees and forests, respond to environmental changes including warming, elevated CO2, and nutrient limitations.
Dr. Crous holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Resources. Her research interests span plant physiological responses to climate change, with particular focus on photosynthesis, carbon cycling, thermal acclimation, and forest ecosystem responses to global change. She investigates these processes across various ecosystems from temperate to tropical forests, with special attention to Australian native species including eucalypts and rainforest trees.
Her publication record shows consistent research output since 2004, with significant acceleration in recent years. The most recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate her focus on thermal responses of tropical trees, photosynthetic acclimation to warming, carbon allocation patterns, and ecosystem-level responses to climate change. These works appear in high-impact journals including New Phytologist, Global Change Biology, and Journal of Experimental Botany.
- AAS J G Russell Award
Dr. Crous leads multiple research projects funded by the Australian Research Council, Australian Academy of Science, and The Hermon Slade Foundation. Her current projects include investigating rainforest recovery after fire on different soil types, examining how range size affects eucalypt response to warming, and studying how Australian rainforest species cope with climate warming. She collaborates extensively with researchers across Australia and internationally.
Her research group maintains several important datasets documenting plant physiological responses to climate variables, including canopy warming experiments in tropical forests and FACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment) studies in Australian woodlands.
