The University of Queensland

Agroforestry in the Amazon Region: A Pathway for Balancing Conservation and Development

Porro, Roberto, Miller, Robert P., Tito, Marcos R., Donovan, Jason A., Vivan, Jorge L., Trancoso, Ralph, Van Kanten, Rudi F., Grijalva, Jorge E., Ramirez, Bertha L. and Gonçalves, André L. (2012). Agroforestry in the Amazon Region: A Pathway for Balancing Conservation and Development. Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use. (pp. 391-428) Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-4676-3_20

Significantly wetter or drier future conditions for one to two thirds of the world’s population

Trancoso, Ralph, Syktus, Jozef, Allan, Richard P., Croke, Jacky, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove and Chadwick, Robin (2024). Significantly wetter or drier future conditions for one to two thirds of the world’s population. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 483, 483. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44513-3

Evaluation of Dynamically Downscaled CMIP6‐CCAM Models Over Australia

Chapman, Sarah, Syktus, Jozef, Trancoso, Ralph, Thatcher, Marcus, Toombs, Nathan, Wong, Kenneth Koon‐Ho and Takbash, Alicia (2023). Evaluation of Dynamically Downscaled CMIP6‐CCAM Models Over Australia. Earth's Future, 11 (11) e2023EF003548. doi: 10.1029/2023ef003548

Impacts of climate change on nutrient and sediment loads from a subtropical catchment

Eccles, Rohan, Zhang, Hong, Hamilton, David, Trancoso, Ralph and Syktus, Jozef (2023). Impacts of climate change on nutrient and sediment loads from a subtropical catchment. Journal of Environmental Management, 345 118738, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118738

Carbon density in boreal forests responds non-linearly to temperature: an example from the Greater Khingan Mountains, northeast China

Liu, Yang, Trancoso, Ralph, Ma, Qin, Ciais, Philippe, Gouvêa, Lidiane P., Yue, Chaofang, Assis, Jorge and Blanco, Juan A. (2023). Carbon density in boreal forests responds non-linearly to temperature: an example from the Greater Khingan Mountains, northeast China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 338 109519, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109519

A CMIP6-based multi-model downscaling ensemble to underpin climate change services in Australia

Grose, Michael R., Narsey, Sugata, Trancoso, Ralph, Mackallah, Chloe, Delage, Francois, Dowdy, Andrew, Di Virgilio, Giovanni, Watterson, Ian, Dobrohotoff, Peter, Rashid, Harun A., Rauniyar, Surendra, Henley, Ben, Thatcher, Marcus, Syktus, Jozef, Abramowitz, Gab, Evans, Jason P., Su, Chun-Hsu and Takbash, Alicia (2023). A CMIP6-based multi-model downscaling ensemble to underpin climate change services in Australia. Climate Services, 30 100368, 100368. doi: 10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100368

Mortality associated with heatwave severity in the three largest Australian cities

Xu, Zhiwei, Varghese, Blesson Mathew, Trancoso, Ralph, Wilson, Louise F., Cheng, Jian and Tong, Shilu (2023). Mortality associated with heatwave severity in the three largest Australian cities. Epidemiology, 34 (1), e3-e4. doi: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001551

Converting tropical forests to agriculture increases fire risk by fourfold

Trancoso, Ralph, Syktus, Jozef I., Salazar, Alvaro, Thatcher, Marcus J., Toombs, Nathan, Wong, Kenneth Koon-Ho, Meijaard, Erik, Sheil, Douglas and McAlpine, Clive Alexander (2022). Converting tropical forests to agriculture increases fire risk by fourfold. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (10) 104019, 1-16. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac8f5c

Changing Amazon deforestation patterns: urgent need to restore command and control policies and market interventions

Trancoso, Ralph (2021). Changing Amazon deforestation patterns: urgent need to restore command and control policies and market interventions. Environmental Research Letters, 16 (4), 041004. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abee4c

Impacts of climate change on streamflow and floodplain inundation in a coastal subtropical catchment

Eccles, Rohan, Zhang, Hong, Hamilton, David, Trancoso, Ralph and Syktus, Jozef (2021). Impacts of climate change on streamflow and floodplain inundation in a coastal subtropical catchment. Advances in Water Resources, 147 103825, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103825

Heatwaves intensification in Australia: a consistent trajectory across past, present and future

Trancoso, Ralph, Syktus, Jozef, Toombs, Nathan, Ahrens, David, Wong, Kenneth Koon-Ho and Pozza, Ramona Dalla (2020). Heatwaves intensification in Australia: a consistent trajectory across past, present and future. Science of The Total Environment, 742 140521, 140521. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140521

Compounding impact of deforestation on Borneo’s climate during El Niño events

Chapman, Sarah, Syktus, Jozef I, Trancoso, Ralph, Salazar, Alvaro, Thatcher, Marcus J., Watson, James E. M., Meijaard, Erik, Sheil, Douglas, Dargusch, Paul and McAlpine, Clive Alexander (2020). Compounding impact of deforestation on Borneo’s climate during El Niño events. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (8) 084006, 084006. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab86f5

Incorporating climate effects in Larix gmelinii improves stem taper models in the Greater Khingan Mountains of Inner Mongolia, northeast China

Liu, Yang, Trancoso, Ralph, Ma, Qin, Yue, Chaofang, Wei, Xiaohua and Blanco, Juan A. (2020). Incorporating climate effects in Larix gmelinii improves stem taper models in the Greater Khingan Mountains of Inner Mongolia, northeast China. Forest Ecology and Management, 464 118065, 118065. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118065

Tree profile equations are significantly improved when adding tree age and stocking degree: an example for Larix gmelinii in the Greater Khingan Mountains of Inner Mongolia, northeast China

Liu, Yang, Yue, Chaofang, Wei, Xiaohua, Blanco, Juan A. and Trancoso, Ralph (2020). Tree profile equations are significantly improved when adding tree age and stocking degree: an example for Larix gmelinii in the Greater Khingan Mountains of Inner Mongolia, northeast China. European Journal of Forest Research, 139 (3), 443-458. doi: 10.1007/s10342-020-01261-z

Stand carbon density drivers and changes under future climate scenarios across global forests

Guo, Yanrong, Peng, Changhui, Trancoso, R., Zhu, Q. and Zhou, Xiaolu (2019). Stand carbon density drivers and changes under future climate scenarios across global forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 449 117463, 117463. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117463

Recent changes in extreme floods across multiple continents

Berghuijs, Wouter R., Aalbers, Emma E., Larsen, Joshua R., Trancoso, Ralph and Woods, Ross A. (2017). Recent changes in extreme floods across multiple continents. Environmental Research Letters, 12 (11) 114035, 1-7. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa8847

CO2-vegetation feedbacks and other climate changes implicated in reducing base flow

Trancoso, Ralph, Larsen, Joshua R., Mcvicar, Tim R., Phinn, Stuart R. and Mcalpine, Clive A. (2017). CO2-vegetation feedbacks and other climate changes implicated in reducing base flow. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (5), 2310-2318. doi: 10.1002/2017GL072759

Regional variation in streamflow drivers across a continental climatic gradient

Trancoso, Ralph, Phinn, Stuart, Mcvicar, Tim R. , Larsen, Joshua R. and McAlpine, Clive A. (2017). Regional variation in streamflow drivers across a continental climatic gradient. Ecohydrology, 10 (3) e1816, e1816. doi: 10.1002/eco.1816

Linking the Budyko framework and the Dunne diagram

Trancoso, Ralph, Larsen, Joshua R., McAlpine, Clive, McVicar, Tim R. and Phinn, Stuart (2016). Linking the Budyko framework and the Dunne diagram. Journal of Hydrology, 535, 581-597. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.017

The spectral changes of deforestation in the Brazilian tropical savanna

Trancoso, Ralph, Sano, Edson E. and Meneses, Paulo R. (2015). The spectral changes of deforestation in the Brazilian tropical savanna. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187 (1). doi: 10.1007/s10661-014-4145-3

Distributed hydrological modeling of a micro-scale rainforest watershed in Amazonia: model evaluation and advances in calibration using the new HAND terrain model

Cuartas, Luz Adriana, Tomasella, Javier, Nobre, Antonio Donato, Nobre, Carlos Afonso, Hodnett, Martin G., Waterloo, Maarten J., de Oliveira, Sylvia Mota, von Randow, Rita de Cassia, Trancoso, Ralph and Ferreira, Monica (2012). Distributed hydrological modeling of a micro-scale rainforest watershed in Amazonia: model evaluation and advances in calibration using the new HAND terrain model. Journal of Hydrology, 462, 15-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.12.047

Islands of fertility: soil improvement under indigenous homegardens in the savannas of Roraima, Brazil

Pinho, Rachel C., Alfaia, Sonia S., Miller, Robert Pritchard, Uguen, Katell, Magalhaes, Leovone D., Ayres, Marta, Freitas, Viviane and Trancoso, Ralph (2011). Islands of fertility: soil improvement under indigenous homegardens in the savannas of Roraima, Brazil. Agroforestry Systems, 81 (3), 235-247. doi: 10.1007/s10457-010-9336-5

Deforestation and conservation in major watersheds of the Brazilian Amazon

Trancoso, Ralph, Carneiro Filho, Arnaldo, Tomasella, Javier, Schietti, Juliana, Forsberg, Bruce Rider and Miller, Robert Pritchard (2009). Deforestation and conservation in major watersheds of the Brazilian Amazon. Environmental Conservation, 36 (4), 277-288. doi: 10.1017/s0376892909990373

Bias-correcting regional climate models for rainfall erosivity projections: How much does it matter?

Bulovic, N., McIntyre, N., Trancoso, R., Bolz, P. and Shaygan, M. (2023). Bias-correcting regional climate models for rainfall erosivity projections: How much does it matter?. MODSIM2023, 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Darwin, NT, Australia, 9-14 July 2023. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. doi: 10.36334/modsim.2023.bulovic618

Climate change risks to mine closure – Planning for a range of impacts

Bulovic, N., McIntyre, N. and Trancoso, R. (2023). Climate change risks to mine closure – Planning for a range of impacts. Life of Mine 2023, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2-4 August 2023. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Evaluating downscaled CMIP5 and CMIP6 for rainfall erosivity projections

Bulovic, N., McIntyre, N., Trancoso, R., Bolz, P. and Shaygan, M. (2023). Evaluating downscaled CMIP5 and CMIP6 for rainfall erosivity projections. MODSIM2023, 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Darwin, NT, Australia, 9-14 July 2023. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. doi: 10.36334/modsim.2023.bulovic428

Ecohydrology in space and time: functioning and changes in the streamflow generation of catchments

Trancoso da Silva, Ralph (2017). Ecohydrology in space and time: functioning and changes in the streamflow generation of catchments. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.538

Review of the catchment processes relevant to the Great Barrier Reef region

Larsen, Joshua, Leon, Javier, McGrath, Chris and Trancoso, Ralph (2013). Review of the catchment processes relevant to the Great Barrier Reef region. Townsville, QLD, Australia: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.