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Tag Archives: Australia
Weed or feed? New pasture plants intensify invasive species risk
To meet increasing demands for livestock production, agribusinesses around the world are breeding new varieties of pasture plants. Unfortunately, many of the plant characteristics promoted for use in pasture – higher growth rates, greater resistance to disease, higher tolerance of environmental … Continue reading
The divine glory of our nation’s capital
It may come as a shock to some people, but I am delighted to say that Canberra is now my home. For those who aren’t so familiar with Australian snobbery, Canberra (along with our South Australian sister, (R)Adelaide) tends to … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Australian National University, Canberra, Fenner School of Environment and Society, field experiments, Jane Catford, Landscape Ecology, Long term ecological research, Long Term Ecological Research Network, Quantitative and Applied Ecology, University of Melbourne
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Managing the Murray’s water to combat invasive species
About this time last year, I wrote an article for H2O Thinking, a water management magazine published by eWater (until recently the eWater CRC). While the turnaround time is nothing to envy, the piece found its place on the web earlier this week. In … Continue reading
New paper: Predicting novel riparian ecosystems in a changing climate
I was fortunate to attend a workshop hosted by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility last year that focused on riparian ecosystems under climate change. Among the various discussions at the workshop, some colleagues and I started discussing how riparian … Continue reading
Project kick-off: propagule pressure, functional traits, resource availability and plant invasion
As mentioned in a previous post, I was lucky enough to be awarded one of the inaugural ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) late last year. I officially started my DECRA research in April, so I thought it was … Continue reading
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Tagged alien plant invasion, Australia, Australian National University, Biodiversity, Brendan Wintle, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, Cindy Hauser, community assembly, David Tilman, field experiment, Invasive species, Mick McCarthy, Peter Vesk, University of Minnesota
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