Renee Prokopavicius

EmailR.Prokopaviciuswesternsydney.eduau

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Dr Renée Marchin Prokopavicius is a plant ecophysiologist who has studied the effects of warming, drought, and heatwaves on plants growing in urban forests, temperate forests, and subalpine grasslands. Her research aims to determine which species succeed in changing environments by measuring plant functional traits related to growth and survival survival – leaf gas exchange, transpiration, phenology, thermal tolerance, drought tolerance.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University

Research keywords

drought tolerance
thermal tolerance
Plant Ecophysiology
plant ecology
tree mortality
forests

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 15 Life on Land

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Functional traits are better than climate niche approach at predicting the vital growth and mortality rates of urban tree species
Kibria, M. G., Tjoelker, M. G., Esperón-Rodríguez, M., Marchin, R. M., Arndt, S. K., Livesley, S. J. & Rymer, P. D., Jun 2026, In: Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. 120, 15 p., 129450.
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Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: a call to policymakers
Esperon-Rodriguez, M., Arndt, S., Asibey, M. O., Augustinus, B. A., Bach, A., Ballinas, M., Barradas, V. L., Barton, D. N., Bauhus, J., Beaumont, L., Bissonnette, J. F., Brookhouse, M., Calaza-Martínez, P., Calfapietra, C., Lourenço, T. C., Cariñanos, P., Clemente, M., Conway, T., de Hoogh, K. & De Pauw, K. & 72 others, Dendoncker, M., Dobbs, C., Duinker, P., Ejaz, U., Eleuterio, A. A., Endreny, T., Esperon-Rodriguez, D., Farrell, C., Gallagher, R. V., Gates, T., Guo, Z., Gwedla, N., Hauer, R., Hermy, M., Jeffries, P., Juno, E., Knudten, R., Lee, G., Litvak, E., Livesley, S., Love, N., Manoli, G., Marchin, R. M., Martin, A. J. F., Masselot, P., Mcdonald, R. I., McPhearson, T., Messier, C., Messier, J., Morgain, R., Nagendra, H., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Olson, L. G., Östberg, J., Pataki, D., Pfautsch, S., Power, S. A., Rahman, M. A., Randrup, T., Reich, P. B., Russo, A., Rymer, P. D., Schifanella, R., Sen, P., Shackleton, C., Sharmin, M., Shooter, M., Siclari, D., Sivarajah, S., Sjöman, J. D., Sjöman, H., Solfjeld, I., St-Denis, A., Susskind, J., Svenning, J. C., Szota, C., Toledo-Garibaldi, M., Villemaire-Côté, O., Vogt, J., Wagenknecht, A., Wan, M., Wen, L., Wijeratne, S. A., Williams, G., Williams, N., Wood, S., Wu, H., Yan, P., Zhou, Y., Ziter, C., Zoungrana, B. J. B. & Tjoelker, M. G., 2026, In: Plants People Planet. 8, 1, p. 14-19 6 p.
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A framework for modelling thermal load sensitivity across life
Arnold, P. A., Noble, D. W. A., Nicotra, A. B., Kearney, M. R., Rezende, E. L., Andrew, S. C., Briceño, V. F., Buckley, L. B., Christian, K. A., Clusella-Trullas, S., Geange, S. R., Guja, L. K., Jiménez Robles, O., Kefford, B. J., Kellermann, V., Leigh, A., Marchin, R. M., Mokany, K. & Bennett, J. M., Jul 2025, In: Global change biology. 31, 7, 18 p., e70315.
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Barriers and opportunities for sustainable and resilient urban forests
Esperon-Rodriguez, M., Gallagher, R., Calfapietra, C., Cariñanos, P., Dobbs, C., Eleuterio, A. A., Esperon Rodriguez, D., Jahanian, A., Litvak, E., Livesley, S. J., Manoli, G., Marchin, R. M., McPhearson, T., Messier, C., Östberg, J., Roman, L. A., Russo, A., Saffariha, M., Shackleton, C. & Sjöman, H. & 7 others, Solfjeld, I., Susskind, J., Svenning, J. C., van Doorn, N., Wiström, B., Yang, J. & Tjoelker, M. G., 2025, In: Nature Cities. 2, 4, p. 290-298 9 p.
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Thermal Safety Margins and Peak Leaf Temperatures Predict Vulnerability of Diverse Plant Species to an Experimental Heatwave
Cox, D., Marchin, R. M., Ellsworth, D. S., Wujeska-Klause, A., Ossola, A., Crous, K. Y., Leishman, M. R., Rymer, P. D. & Tjoelker, M. G., 2025, (E-pub ahead of print (In Press)) In: Plant, Cell and Environment.
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Green or crispy: Which plants use transpiration to survive heatwaves?
Prokopavicius, R. (PI)
Australian Research Council
7/08/20 → 15/11/26
Project: Research
Mitigating climate change in Western Sydney by maintaining green tree canopies [via WSROC]
Rymer, P. (PI), Tjoelker, M. (Investigator) & Prokopavicius, R. (Investigator)
Department of Planning and Environment
5/10/21 → 30/06/25
Project: Research

Thermal safety margins predict species vulnerability to heatwaves
Prokopavicius, R. & Backes, D., Western Sydney University, 18 Jun 2025
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.29345549.v1, https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29345549.v1
Dataset
Understanding urban tree heat and drought stress
Prokopavicius, R., Esperon-Rodriguez, M., Tjoelker, M. & Ellsworth, D., Western Sydney University, 1 May 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105394, https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25727637.v1
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Australian Society of Plant Scientists (Event)
Prokopavicius, R. M. (Other)
1 Jan 2022 → 1 Jan 2024
Activity: Membership › Society

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Functional traits are better than climate niche approach at predicting the vital growth and mortality rates of urban tree species

Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: a call to policymakers

A framework for modelling thermal load sensitivity across life

Barriers and opportunities for sustainable and resilient urban forests

Thermal Safety Margins and Peak Leaf Temperatures Predict Vulnerability of Diverse Plant Species to an Experimental Heatwave

Green or crispy: Which plants use transpiration to survive heatwaves?

Mitigating climate change in Western Sydney by maintaining green tree canopies [via WSROC]

Thermal safety margins predict species vulnerability to heatwaves

Understanding urban tree heat and drought stress

Australian Society of Plant Scientists (Event)

Doctor Renee Prokopavicius

Personal profile

Biography

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Research keywords

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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