PhD

Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Dr Joanne Burton

Research Expertise

• impact of land-use change on soil health
• soil nutrient cycling and microbial processes
• nutrient and sediment movement through catchments
• sustainable resource management
• land management issues

Publications

• Burton JM, Chen CR, Xu ZH, Ghadiri H  (2007) Soluble organic nitrogen pools in adjacent native and plantation forests of subtropical Australia.   Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39: 2723-2734.
• Burton JM, Chen CR, Xu ZH, Ghadiri H  (2007) Gross nitrogen transformations in adjacent native and plantation forests of subtropical Australia.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39: 426-433
• Burton JM, Chen CR, Xu ZH, Blumfield TJ, Ghadiri H. (2005). The impact of land-use change and residue management on nitrogen transformations in forest ecosystems of sub-tropical Australia.  ‘Forests in the Balance: Linking Tradition and Technology’, The 22nd International Union of Forest Research Organizations World Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 8-13 August, 2005.
• Burton JM, Ciesiolka C.A.A. and Ghadiri H. (2004). Overland flow transport of sediment and nutrients from lands under different management regimes in the Atherton Tableland.  ‘Conserving Soil and Water for Society: Sharing Solutions’, The 13th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 6-10 July, 2004.
• Burton JM, Blumfield TJ, Xu ZH, Ghadiri H.  (2003). Using 15N stable isotopes to investigate in situ N transformations in forest ecosystems of subtropical Australia.   Proceedings of the 10th North American Forest Soils Conference, Sault St Marie, Canada, 20 – 24 July, 2003.
• Burton JM, Ghadiri H, Ciesiolka CAA. (2002). Transport of nitrate in overland flow from agricultural and pristine landscapes in hillslopes of the Atherton Tableland, North Qld. ‘Future Soils’, National Soils Conference of the Australian Society of Soil Science Incorporated, Perth, Western Australia, 2-6 December, 2002.