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Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science & Engineering

The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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Professor T. G. Allan Green

DPhil, MA, Oxford

Research interests: Plant physiology, especially photosynthesis and Antarctica; terrestrial biology.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Lange, O.L.; Green, T.G.A.; Heber, U. 2001: Hydration-dependent photosynthetic production of lichens: what do laboratory studies tell us about field performance? Journal of Experimental Botany 52: 2033-2042.

Green, T.G.A.; Schlensog, M.; Sancho, L.; Winkler, J.; Broom, F.D.; Schroeter, B. 2001: The photobiont (cyanobacterial or green algal) determines the pattern of photosynthetic activity within a lichen photosymbiodeme: evidence obtained from in situ measurements of chlorophyll a fluorescence. Oecologia 129.

Schlensog, M.B.; Schroeter, B.; Green, T.G.A. 2000: Water dependent photosynthetic activity of lichens from New Zealand: differences in the green algal and the cyanobacterial thallus parts of photosymbiodemes. Bibl. Lichenologie 75: 149-160.

Green, T.G.A.; Maseyk, K.; Pannewitz, S.; Seppelt, R.D.; Schroeter, B. 2000: Extreme elevated in situ carbon dioxide levels around the moss Bryum subrotundifolium JAEG. BER. S. GALL. in Antarctica. Bibl. Lichenologie 75: 389-396.

Lange, O.L.; Green, T.G.A.; Reichenberger, H. 1999: The response of lichen photosynthesis to external CO2 concentration and its interaction with thallus water-status. Journal of Plant Physiology 154: 157-166.

Faville, M.J.; Silvester, W.B.; Green, T.G.A.; Jermyn, W.A. 1999: Photosynthetic characteristics of three asparagus cultivars differing in yield. Crop Science 39: 1070-1077.

Broom, F.D.; Parkinson, B.N.; Green, T.G.A.; Seppelt, R.D. 1999: Small-scale field mapping of lichen distribution in three dimensions with a computer-based position-tracking system. Oecologia 119: 552-556.

Seppelt, R.D.; Green, T.G.A.; Skotnicki, M. 1999: Notes on the flora, vertebrate fauna and biological significance of Beaufort Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Polarforschung 66: 53-59.

Maseyk, K.S.; Green, T.G.A.; Klinac, D. 1999: Photosynthetic responses of New Zealand Sphagnum species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 37: 155-165.

Kappen, L.; Schroeter, B.; Green, T.G.A.; Seppelt, R.D. 1998: Chlorophyll a fluorescence and CO2 exchange of Umbilicaria aprina under extreme light stress in the cold. Oecologia 113: 325-331.

Kappen, L.; Schroeter, B.; Green, T.G.A.; Seppelt, R.D. 1998: Microclimatic conditions, meltwater moistening, and the distributional pattern of Buellia frigida on rock in a southern continental Antarctic habitat. Polar Biology 19: 101-106.

Broom, F.D.; Smith, G.S.; Miles, D.B.; Green, T.G.A. 1998: Within and between tree variability in fruit characteristics associated with bitter pit incidence of ‘Braeburn’ apple. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnolog. 73(4): 555-561.

Green, T.G.A.; Schroeter, B.; Maseyk, K.S.; Seppelt, R.D.; Kappen, L. 1998: An assessment of the relationship between carbon dioxide exchange and chlorophyll a fluorescence in an antarctic moss and lichen. Planta 206: 611-618.

Faville, M.J.; Silvester, W.B.; Green, T.G.A. 1999: Partitioning of 13C-label in mature asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) plants, New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 27: 53-61.

Lange, O.L.; Green, T.G.A.; Türk, R. 1998: An unusual growth form of Cladonia furcata: the trampling-resistant primary thallus colonising a paved pathway. Lichenologist 30 (6): 583-595.

Seppelt, R. D.; Green, T.G.A. 1998: A bryophyte flora for Southern Victoria Land. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36: 617-635.

Ede, F.J.; Auger, M.; Green, T.G.A. 1997: Optimizing root cutting success in Paulownia spp. Journal of Horticultural Science 72(2): 179-185.

Lange, O.L.; Green, T.G.A.; Reichen berger, H.; Proksch, P. 1997: Do secondary substances in the thallus of a lichen promote CO2 diffusion and prevent depression of net photosynthesis at high water content? Oecologia 1992: 1-3.

Leisner, M.R.; Green, T.G.A.; Lange, O.L. 1997: Photobiont activity of a temperate crustose lichen: long-term chlorophyll fluorescence and CO2 exchange measurements in the field. Symbiosis 23: 165-182.

Green, T.G.A.; Buedel, B.; Meyer, A.; Zellner, H.; Lange, O.L. 1997: Temperate rain forest lichens in New Zealand: light response of photosynthesis. New Zealand Journal of Botany 35: 493-504.

Lange, O.L.; Green, T.G.A. 1997: High thallus water contents can limit photosynthetic productivity of crustose lichens in the field. Lichenologica 68: 81-99.

Green, T.G.A. 1997: Growth rates of foliicolous lichens on garden shrubs in New Zealand. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 67: 211-220.

Lange, O.L.; Green, T.G.A. 1996: High thallus water content severely limits photosynthetic carbon gain of central European epilithic lichens under natural conditions. Oecologia 108: 13-20.

Lange, O.L.; Green, T.G.A.; Meyer, A.; Reichenberger, H. 1996: Concurrent use of gas exchange and fluorescence techniques to investigate photosynthetic depression at high thallus water contents in two lichen species. Botanica Acta 109: 43-50.

Seppelt, R.D.; Green, T.G.A.; Shroeter, B. 1996: Additions and corrections to the lichen flora of the Kar Plateau, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. NZ J Botany 34: 329-331.

Book chapters

Green, T.G. A. 2001: Terrestrial biota. In: Ross Sea Region: A state of the environment report for the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica. Waterhouse E.J. (ed). New Zealand Antarctic Institute, Christchurch. pp. 4.36-4.57.

Green, T.G.A.; Broady, P.A. 2001: Biological soil crusts of Antarctica. J. Belnap and O.L. Lange (eds.) Biological soil crusts: structure, function, and management. Ecological Studies, Volume 150, Chapter 11, pp 133-139.

Green, T.G.A.; Schroeter, B.; Sancho, L.G. 1999: Plants in Antarctica. In: Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology. Eds: F I Pugnaire and F Valladares. Marcel Dekker Inc.

Books edited

Schroeter, B.; Schlensog, M.; Green, T.G.A. 2000: (eds) New aspects in cryptogamic research: contributions in honour of Ludger Kappen. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 75, pp 464.