Tag Archives: Ecology

Sunshine and visitors

Posted on July 26, 2017 by

Long days, warm weather, dry roads and visitors. I love summer! Esti Palma from the University of Melbourne and Dr Luis Mata from RMIT University (and, the all-important, Alan Mata) came to visit for a couple of weeks recently. They … Continue reading →

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Flow regulation and drought drive riparian plant invasion

Posted on August 21, 2014 by

Ecologists, like epidemiologists, are often confronted with the challenge of trying to determine causality by piecing together bits of information observed in nature. When the presence or absence of a species at a site is affected by the characteristics of … Continue reading →

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Land of 10,000 Lakes

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

Located on the Canadian border, smack bang in the middle of the US, Minnesota is indeed a land of many lakes. While this  postcard does sell them a bit short (there are in fact about 15,000 lakes and that doesn’t … Continue reading →

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New paper: The intermediate disturbance hypothesis and plant invasions: implications for species richness and management

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Jan 2012 – Some colleagues and I have recently written a paper that examines the relationship between the intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) and alien plant invasions.  Published in Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, the paper is structured around … Continue reading →

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