Adjunct Associate Professor Ed Barrett Lennard

Associate Professor Ed Barrett-Lennard is a Principal Research Officer in Agricultural Resource Management. He brings to the Centre of Ecohydrology his experience as a former Director of the Centre for the Management of Arid Environments (Kalgoorlie), and many years of research in the productive use and rehabilitation of saline land.

He has had particular interests in

• Research and development on productive use and rehabilitation of saltland and the development of saltland pastures.
• Research and development into plant responses to salinity and waterlogging
• Research and development on water use and design requirements of revegetation systems.
• Research and development on potential commercial woody plants in the lower rainfall areas.
• Development of extension information and materials in many areas of revegetation with trees and shrubs.

PUBLICATIONS since 2002

Books

Papers in Refereed scientific journals

Papers in published conference proceedings

Reports

Books

Barrett-Lennard, E.G., Malcolm, C.V. and Bathgate, A. (2003). Saltland Pastures in Australia – a Practical Guide, Second Edition. Sustainable Grazing of Saline Lands (a sub-program of Land, Water and Wool), 176 pp.

Papers in refereed scientific journals

1. Barrett-Lennard, E.G., George, R.J., Hamilton, G., Norman, H. and Masters, D. (2005). Multi-disciplinary approaches suggest profitable and sustainable farming systems for valley floors at risk of salinity. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 45, 1415–1424.
2. Rogers, M.E., Craig, A.D., Munns, R.E., Colmer, T.D., Nichols, P.G.H., Malcolm, C.V., Barrett-Lennard, E.G., Brown, A.J., Semple, W.S., Evans, P.M., Cowley, K., Hughes, S.J., Snowball, R., Bennett, S.J., Sweeney, G.C., Dear, B.S. and Ewing, M.A. (2005). The potential for developing fodder plants for the salt-affected areas of southern and eastern Australia: an overview. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 45, 301–329.
3. Masters, D.G., Norman, H.C. and Barrett-Lennard, E.G. (2005). Agricultural systems for saline soil: the potential role of livestock. Asian-Australian Journal of Animal Science, 18, 296–300.
4. Barrett-Lennard, E.G. (2003). The interaction between waterlogging and salinity in higher plants: causes, consequences and implications. Plant and Soil, 253, 35–54.
5. Malcolm, C.V., Lindley, V.A., O’Leary, J.W., Runciman, H.V. and Barrett-Lennard, E.G. (2003). Halophyte and glycophyte salt tolerance at germination and the establishment of halophyte shrubs in saline environments. Plant and Soil, 253, 171–185.
6. Price, G., Barrett-Lennard, E.G., Fox, J.E.D. and Kailis, S.G. (2002). Preliminary report on the growing potential of the European olive (Olea europaea L.) under Australian arid-zone conditions. Advances in Horticultural Science, 16, 131–137.
7. Barrett-Lennard, E.G. (2002). Restoration of saline land through revegetation. Agricultural Water Management, 53, 213–226.

Papers in published conference proceedings

1. Jenkins, S., Barrett-Lennard, E.G. and Rengel, Z. (2005). Ecological zonation of tall wheatgrass and puccinellia caused by the interaction of salinity and waterlogging? In: Proceedings of the International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, Beijing.
2. Barrett-Lennard, E.G., Freudenberger, D. and Norman H. (2005). Composition, structure and function in saltland ecosystems: blueprints and parts for saltland restoration? In: Proceedings of the International Salinity Forum, 25–28 April, Riverside, California.
3. Barrett-Lennard, E., Mason, W., Hannon, F., Powell, J. and Munday, B. (2005). Australia’s sustainable grazing on saline lands initiative: creating attitudinal change on a grand scale. In: Proceedings of the International Salinity Forum, 25–28 April, Riverside, California.
4. Edwards, N.J., Norman, H.C., Barrett-Lennard, E.G., Hebart, M.L., McCaskill, M.R., King, W.M. and Mason, W. (2005). Australia’s sustainable grazing on saline lands initiative: a national research program. In: Proceedings of the International Salinity Forum, 25–28 April, Riverside, California.
5. Barrett-Lennard, E.G. Hamilton, G., Norman, H. and Masters, D. (2004). Multi-disciplinary approaches suggest profitable and sustainable farming systems for valley floors at risk of salinity. In: Salinity Solutions. Proceedings of the Salinity Solutions Conference “Working with Science and Society”. 2–5 August, Bendigo, Victoria.
6. Barrett-Lennard, E., Dynes, R., Masters, D., Norman, H., Phelan, S., Rintoul A. and Wilmot M. (2003). The saltland pasture revolution – improved profits flow from mixtures. State Landcare Conference for Agricultural Sustainability, Katanning, WA, 7–10 October 2003, pp. 4–8.
7. Loch, D.S., Barrett-Lennard, E. and Truong, P. (2003). Role of salt tolerant plants for production, prevention of salinity and amenity values. In: Salinity under the sun – investing in prevention and rehabilitation of salinity in Australia. Proceedings of the 9th National Conference on Productive Use and Rehabilitation of Saline Land (PUR$L), Rydges Capricorn Resort, Yeppoon, 29 Sep – 2 Oct.
8. Barrett-Lennard, E.G. (2002). Salt of the Earth: time to take it seriously. In: Prospects for Saline Agriculture (ed. R. Ahmad and K.A. Malik). Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 7–17.

Reports

Leake, J., Barrett-Lennard, E., Sargeant, M., Yensen, N. and Prefumo, J. (2002). NyPa Distichlis cultivars: rehabilitation of highly saline areas for forage turf and grain. Publication No. 02/154, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, 31 pp.