Dr Benedikt Fest

Qualifications

• 2013: PhD Investigating the processes controlling soil methane exchange in Australian forest ecosystems, University of Melbourne
• 2008: Master of Science - Ecology, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
• 2005: Bachelor of Science - Biology, Ruhr University of Bochum (Germany)

• Journal papers

  Morris, R.L., Fest, B., Stokes, D., Jenkins, C., & Swearer, S.E. (2023). The coastal protection and blue carbon benefits of hybrid mangrove living shorelines.  Journal of Environmental Management, 331. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117310

  Lovelock, C.E., Adame, M.F., Butler, D.W., Kelleway, J.J., Dittmann, S., Fest, B., King, K.J., Macreadie, P.I., Mitchell, K., Newnham, M., Ola, A., Owers, C.J., & Welti, N. (2022). Modeled approaches to estimating blue carbon accumulation with mangrove restoration to support a blue carbon accounting method for Australia.  Limnology and Oceanography, 67,  S50-S60. doi.org/10.1002/lno.12014

  Fest, B., Swearer, S., & Arndt, S. (2021). A review of sediment carbon sampling methods in mangroves and their broader impacts on stock estimates for blue carbon ecosystems. Science of The Total Environment, 151618. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151618

  O’Connor, J.J., Fest, B.J., Sievers, M. Swearer, S.E. (2020). Impacts of land management practices on blue carbon stocks and greenhouse gas fluxes in coastal ecosystems—A meta analysis. Global change biology, 26(3), 1354-1366. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.14946

  Morris, R.L., Strain, E.M.A., Konlechner, T.M., Fest, B.J., Kennedy, D.M., Arndt, S.K., Swearer, S.E. (2019). Developing a nature-based coastal defence strategy for Australia. Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, 17(2), 167-176. doi.org/10.1080/14488353.2019.1661062

  Nauer, P.A., Fest, B.J., Visser, L., Arndt, S.K. (2018). On-farm trial on the effectiveness of the nitrification inhibitor DMPP indicates no benefits under commercial Australian farming practices. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 253, 82-89. doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.10.022

  Ngo, P.L., Fest, B.J., Arndt, S.F. (2017). THE METHANE UPTAKE CAPACITY OF SOIL GARDEN. Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology, 55 (4C), 122. doi.org/10.15625/2525-2518/55/4C/12140

  Fest, B.J., Hinko-Najera, N., von Fischer, J.C., Livesley, S.J., Arndt, S.K. (2017). Soil methane uptake increases under continuous throughfall reduction in a temperate evergreen, broadleaved eucalypt forest. Ecosystems, 20 (2), 368-379. doi.org/10.1007/s10021-016-0030-y

  Fest, B.J., Hinko-Najera, N., Wardlaw, T., Griffith, D.W.T., Livesley, S.J., Arndt, S.K. (2017). Soil methane oxidation in both dry and wet temperate eucalypt forests shows a near-identical relationship with soil air-filled porosity. Biogeosciences. 14(2), 467-479. doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-467-2017

  Hinko-Najera, N., Fest, B.J., Livesley, S.J., Arndt, S.K. (2015). Reduced throughfall decreases autotrophic respiration, but not heterotrophic respiration in a dry temperate broadleaved evergreen forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 200, 66-77. doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.09.013

  Fest, B.J., Wardlaw, T., Livesley, S.J., Duff, T.J., Arndt, S.K. (2015). Changes in soil moisture drive soil methane uptake along a fire regeneration chronosequence in a eucalypt forest landscape. Global change biology. 21(11), 4250-4264. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13003

  Fest, B.J., Livesley, S.J., von Fischer, J.C., Arndt, S.K. (2015). Repeated fuel reduction burns have little long-term impact on soil greenhouse gas exchange in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 201, 17-25. doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.006

  Beringer, J., Hutley, L.B., Abramson, D., Arndt, S.K., Briggs, P., Bristow, M., Canadell, J.G., Cernusak, L.A., Eamus, D., Edwards, A.C., Evans, B.J., Fest, B., Goergen, K., Grover, S.P., Hacker, J., Haverd, V., Kanniah, K., Livesley, S.J., Lynch, A., Maier, S., Moore, C., Raupach, M., Russell-Smith, J., Scheiter, S., Tapper, N.J., Uotila, P. (2015) Fire in Australian savannas: from leaf to landscape. Global change biology. 21(1), 62-81. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12686

  Fest, B.J., Wardlaw, T., Hinko-Najera, N., Arndt, S.K. (2015). The Relationship Between Soil Air Filled Porosity and Soil Methane Oxidation is Almost Identical in Both Dry and Wet Temperate Eucalypt Forests. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. B13D-0653. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015AGUFM.B13D0653F/abstract

  Fest, B.J., Wardlaw, T., Livesley, S.J., Arndt, S.K. (2014). Planned burning vs. wildfire impact on soil methane flux-implications for forest fire management. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, id 4589. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014EGUGA..16.4589F/abstract

  Jamali, H., Livesley, S.J., Hutley, L.B., Fest, B.J., Arndt, S.K. (2013). The relationships between termite mound CH4/CO2 emissions and internal concentration ratios are species specific. Biogeosciences. 10(4), 2229-2240. doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-2229-2013

  Livesley, S.J., Idczak, D., Fest, B.J. (2013). Differences in carbon density and soil CH4/N2O flux among remnant and agro-ecosystems established since European settlement in the Mornington Peninsula, Australia. Science of the total environment. 465, 17-25. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.042

  Fest, B.J., Hinko-Najera, N., Livesley, S.J., Arndt, S.K. (2013). Rainfall Reduction Increases Soil Methane Uptake in Broadleaf Evergreen Eucalypt Forest-a Negative Feedback to Climate Change. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. A23D-0274. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013AGUFM.A23D0274F/abstract

  Grover, S.P.P., Livesley, S.J., Hutley, L.B., Jamali, H., Fest, B.J., Beringer, J., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Arndt, S.K. (2012). Land use change and the impact on greenhouse gas exchange in north Australian savanna soils. Biogeosciences. 9(1), 423-437. doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-423-2012

  Jamali, H., Livesley, S.J., Hutley, L.B., Fest, B.J., Arndt, S.K. (2012). The relationship between termite mound CH4/CO2 emissions and internal concentration ratios are species specific. Biogeosciences Discussions. 9(12). bg.copernicus.org/preprints/9/17313/2012/bgd-9-17313-2012.pdf

  Livesley, S.J., Grover, S., Hutley, L.B., Jamali, H., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Fest, B.J., Beringer, J.,  Arndt, S.K. (2011). Seasonal variation and fire effects on CH4, N2O and CO2 exchange in savanna soils of northern Australia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 151(11), 1440-1452. doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.02.001

  Hinko-Najera, N., Arndt, S.K., Livesley, S.J., Fest, B.J. (2011). Soil respiration dynamics under reduced rainfall in a eucalypt forest ecosystem in SE-Australia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. B41A-0199. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011AGUFM.B41A0199H/abstract

  Fest, B.J., Livesley, S.J., Drösler, M., van Gorsel, E., Arndt, S.K. (2009). Soil–atmosphere greenhouse gas exchange in a cool, temperate Eucalyptus delegatensis forest in south-eastern Australia. Agricultural and forest meteorology. 149(3-4), 393-406. doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.09.007

  Arndt, S.K., Livesley, S.J., Fest, B.J., Weston, C.J., Butterbach-Bahl, K. (2007). Methane uptake in forest and agro-ecosystems in Australia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. B53A-0931. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2007AGUFM.B53A0931A/abstract

• Conference papers

  Morris, R.L., Strain, E.M.A., Fest, B.J., Swearer, S.E. (2019). Oysters and mangroves: case studies of living shorelines from the United States and Australia. 2019 CERF Biennial Conference. cerf.confex.com/cerf/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/5692

  Arndt, S.K., Fest, B.J., Hinko-Najera, N., Wardlaw, T., Livesley, S.J. (2014). Climate change and wildfire influence the methane uptake capacity in Australian eucalypt forest soils. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, id 4626. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014EGUGA..16.4626A/abstract

• Reports

  Dahlhaus P., Fest B., & Pope R. (2023) Understanding Soil Resources for Radiata Pine Plantation Productivity: Discussion Document. NIFPI Project NIF164-2122 [NV068] progress report. 22 December 2023. 84p

Associate supervisor

• Kashif Khaqan (PhD Candidate, Federation University) - Carbon farming: Role and implications for broadacre Agriculture