🌱 New research from The Australian PlantBank reveals how 4 threatened Australian Grevillea species respond to temperature changes. Good news, 3 species show resilience to future warming, but G. iaspicula prefers cooler conditions & may struggle with climate change. Read more 🔗 buff.ly/b4pbbgv

Riverbank erosion in SW Australia exposed previously undocumented root clusters in Kingia australis. Research by Lamont et al. suggests these novel 'kingioid roots' enhance water and nutrient uptake rather than storage, linking with seasonal root-cluster types🫚 Paper here 🔗 buff.ly/Hi3BxLE

Shaopeng Wang will present the next PopBio seminar: "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stability Across Spatial and Temporal Scales" Join us online, Thursday August 28 1pm AEST. These seminars are open to all! Sign up to our mailing list to receive the zoom link: forms.gle/uRJwbK1ZacZH...

African lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) is a fast growing, aggressive invasive species in Australia & North America. Early trials to control this agressive invader in the biodiversity hotspot of SW Australia are promising, writes Carl R. Gosper & colleagues #openaccess OA 🔗➡️

A new journal category: Reflections. We're inviting reviews authored by research field leaders to reflect on a topic of their choosing, exploring the history of and provide context for the current state of our discipline. Our first guest is Prof. Mark Westoby #openaccess

What can #herbarium collections tell us about genetic responses to global change? A lot!! 🌿 Check out our viewpoint, out now in @newphyt.bsky.social - genetic monitoring, extinctions, adaptation, GEAs, and more! ⬇️ doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Fire in focus: Clarifying metrics & terminology for better ecological insight 🔥🧪 This framework can help researchers & practitioners to 👉select fire metrics for research & management 📊 👉interpret previous studies 💭 👉form a growing body of knowledge 🌏 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Increasing the number of anthropogenic stressors reduces the effects of plant diversity. A study by Yanjie Zhu, et al. represents a first attempt to address the effect of plant diversity under multiple stressors. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @mrillig.bsky.social #LatestIssue

Herbarium specimens reveal drivers of Arctic shrub growth @newphyt.bsky.social Shrub specimens can be used to recreate annual growth chronologies and help understand plant responses to global change. With @annebeejay.bsky.social, ZA Panchen, JDM Speed nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Long-term flowering-time data on Japanese mountain cherry (recorded since the 9th century!) shows a shift in full-flowering date beginning in the late 19th century. Fascinating new @newphyt.bsky.social paper by @jgpausas.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Nature-friendly farming boosts both biodiversity and crop yields — but scaling it up may need more government subsidies to become as profitable as intensive agriculture, a new study led by UKCEH and @rothamsted.bsky.social has found www.ceh.ac.uk/press/nature... 🧵🧪 1/

In New Caledonia’s rainforests, the rare monocarpic tree Cerberiopsis candelabra may owe its success to fast seasonal growth and high juvenile survival. Salmon et al. tracked 134 individuals for 18 months, revealing traits that may help them thrive after disturbance 🌱 🔗Read more: buff.ly/CUN2V5V

Excited to see our paper now published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social ! 🎉 doi.org/10.1111/2041...

We're delighted to announce the reappointment of @jwmorganecology.bsky.social and @markooiecol.bsky.social as Co-Editors-in-Chief of Australian Journal of Botany! Their continued leadership ensures the journal remains at the forefront of botanical research in Australia and beyond 🌱 📖

Here's a hot tip! Long term studies and monitoring of #threatenedspecies is a must to support decision making on adaptive #fire management strategies Something to remember this #WorldEnvironmentDay Read more here buff.ly/PfrEzQX @PacificConsBio.bsky.social

The germination success of tussock grass #Themeda triandra, a keystone species of many #grassland #ecosystems is hampered by variable seed quality and a lack of standardised germination protocols, according to Marne Durnin and colleagues from University of Adelaide 🌱 doi.org/10.1071/BT24...

Soil-born fungi infects seeds and reduces germination success of Nassella trichotoma (serrated tussock), an invasive species in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Bárbara Angeletti and colleagues. doi.org/10.1071/BT24....

It’s alive! Our Mycorrhizal Networks special issue is out in Functional Ecology. Packed with spore-tacular science. A collection that highlights advances, identifies unresolved questions & the future research directions. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Join us online this Thursday 1pm AEST. Hye Jin Park @hyejinpark.bsky.social (Inha University) will present: "Artificial selection for collective composition" Sign up to receive the zoom link forms.gle/53hkcdcKPGfa... NB. This seminar won't be recorded.

📰Published📰 Flower early, flower fast: Flowering time is conditioned by plant traits under climate change in the Mediterranean🌼 buff.ly/Z3JVVBi 🧪🌍

Quantifying the life history (fire tolerance) of six shrub and tree species reveals the historical, highly variable fire history of #banksia #woodlands in south-western #westernaustralia, according to Russel Miller and colleagues from @murdoch.edu.au doi.org/10.1071/BT23...

🔥Climate change is reshaping Arctic tundra ecosystems, with increasing fire frequency being one factor. New research highlights potential transitions and alternative ecosystem states and their implications 🧪🌍 🔍 Article: buff.ly/DsVgOiH 🗞️ Blog: buff.ly/nK6qVOX

We're excited to welcome Pacific Conservation Biology to Bluesky 🦋 Follow @pacificconsbio.bsky.social for research into the region's conservation issues, and the priorities and mechanisms for conservation oriented biological research. #PacificConsBio @scboceania.org

🌩️ New Research Alert! 🌱 How does lightning impact wildfire dynamics in Tasmania? This study identifies key drivers of lightning-ignited wildfires, Explore how treeless landscapes and dry fuels amplify fire risk in the Tasmanian World Heritage Area. 📖 doi.org/10.1071/WF24... #IJWildlandFire

New paper out on the impacts of fire on 5 small vertebrates across SE Australia. High severity fire has a substantial impact on threatened broad-toothed rats and glossy grass skinks. We also highlight the importance of habitat refuges for ameliorating impacts of recurrent fires.

Not all of Australia's flora can tolerate fire - and vegetation communities can take decades, if not centuries to recover. Ellen-Rose Sorensen and Jamie Kirkpatrick explore the complexities of post-fire recovery in Tasmanian alpine heathland 75 years after fire doi.org/10.1071/BT23...

426.62 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 29-Mar-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

💯. R is so amazing, not only the language but the community. I have not found the same breadth of documentation and teaching materials elsewhere. With vignettes and tutorials routinely bridging domain specific science, stats and math concepts, and program implementation.

Quote: "Our findings show that all five factors [habitat alteration, overexploitation, climate change, invasive species, pollution] have a strong impact on biodiversity worldwide, in all groups of organisms and in all ecosystems." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🔥Published🔥 Linking #leaf traits & litter flammability using a novel framework, tested with Brazilian #Cerrado #trees 🌎🧪

Join us for our first seminar on Friday: Ryan Chisholm will present: A unified theory of niche assembly and dispersal assembly in community ecology Sign up here to receive the zoom link forms.gle/WSnJS3bNK1b4mxE59 For those in Australia note that 1pm AEST will be 2pm in Melbourne.

Shocking to see extensive mortality amongst the remnant populations of Silver Banksia at my old study sites. It's been an exceptionally dry summer but I've never seen it this bad before. #drought #climatechange

We're proud to publish the work of scientists at all career stages. Congratulations to Cheih Lin from @jcuofficial.bsky.social, 2024 winner of our Student Prize for best student-authored paper: "A comprehensive functional trait database of seagrasses in tropical Queensland" doi.org/10.1071/BT24...

'Implications of varroa mite establishment for Australian plants and their persistence' by @tomlebreton.bsky.social, Amy-Marie Gilpin, @saltandbrine.bsky.social & @markooiecol.bsky.social Published #OpenAccess in @ausjbotany.bsky.social: www.publish.csiro.au/BT/BT24020 #AusJBotany

New research shows how important ecosystem engineers (termites!) are affected by fire management 🔥 🧪 By changing vegetation structure, fire influences habitat resources available to termites, & in turn, termite abundance & activity in the landscape 🐜 🌏 🔗

Wind pollinated plants re-establish fairly quickly in damaged grasslands, but it takes 75 years+ to restore the network of insect pollinated plants that rely on the right seed + the right pollinator in the right place, study finds. Can Biodiversity Net Gain offset 75 years? phys.org/news/2025-03...

Happy Monday! Check out the relationship between people, fire patterns and the persistence of two threatened species from www.publish.csiro.au/wr/WR24076 discussed in the Conversation here: stories.theconversation.com/fire-revival/

Could you be the next Editor-in-Chief of #PacificConsBio? Take a leading role in shaping the journal, growing its submissions and output, and enhancing its visibility and impact in the international research community. We invite expressions of interest: www.publish.csiro.au/pc/Expressio...

Could you be the next @ausjbotany.bsky.social student prize winner? Find out more details, including details about previous winners, on our website: www.publish.csiro.au/bt/forauthor... #AusJBotany

Congratulations to Chieh Lin, recipient of the @ausjbotany.bsky.social prize for best student-authored paper in 2024! Studying at @jcuofficial.bsky.social, Chieh's research focus is on seagrass beds connectivity, resilience, and recovery. www.publish.csiro.au/bt/BT24017 #AusJBotany #OpenAccess

We have an excellent line up of speakers for the next few months! Starting with Ryan Chisholm in March and then @akshitg.bsky.social @hyejinpark.bsky.social @barnesecodiv.bsky.social. Fill in this google form to receive announcements forms.gle/7vEiUQKJqeUL...

Just published! Our latest research on the germination thermal niche of Australian alpine species and what it means for seed-based restoration is now out. Take a look! 🌱🌡️🏔️ doi.org/10.1111/rec.... @restorationecology.bsky.social @intlsocseedsci.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

#openaccess Phytophthora cinnamomi is devestating many native plant populations in Australia. Understanding which threatened species are at risk - or where further research is needed - is vtial for species #conservation, as Keith McDougall and Edward Liew report #LaTrobeUni doi.org/10.1071/BT23...

#openaccess Many enviro fields rely on accurate estimates of vegetation cover, from risk assessments to accounting. A new spatial product developed by Randall Donohue & Luigi Renzullo @csiro.bsky.social could transform how we estimate cover in Australia🌱🛰️https://doi.org/10.1071/BT24060

New research explores how lyrebirds modify their environment in ways that create, maintain, or destroy habitats, reshaping the structure of the ecosystem. 🌱 Full paper here: buff.ly/Jinest7 Blog: buff.ly/waySTS1 Podcast: buff.ly/c6AIT7R 📸: Alex Maisey

📰Published📰 Rooting for the little guy: #roots drive the growth of juvenile #grasses in response to manipulated #soil moisture fesummaries.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/r...

🙌" Promoting a supportive & collaborative working culture is key to boosting equality in science" - @panemma.bsky.social discusses how we can #AccelerateAction within #ecology & science, to move towards gender equality 🧪🌎 #IWD2025 🔗 functionalecologists.com/2025/03/07/i...

We are excited to announce our new seminar series highlighting research on population biology and theoretical ecology from academics and post-grads based in the Asia-Pacific. We have a great line up of speakers for the next few months. Stay tuned for more info!

Very excited for this online seminar series I am organising with @ecologyisamess.bsky.social @darmitage.bsky.social @giuliaghedini.bsky.social @masatoyamamichi.bsky.social Lynette Loke, Andrew Letten And Po-Ju Ke. Follow to find out more!

We're excited to welcome @ausjbotany.bsky.social to Bluesky! Follow along for plant science, including ecology & ecophysiology; invasive biology; conservation biology & biodiversity, forest biology, palaeobotany & biogeography, mycology & pathology, genetics, aquatic botany and much more 🌱