Plant ecologist, bushie, invasive species researcher who β€οΈs botanising, hiking, nature play, festivals, printmaking, singing. Views are mine alone
Joined June 2014
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Weβre piloting the release of a fungus to help farmers tackle the weed flaxleaf fleabane. β
Our research with @AgriFuturesAU and @theGRDC found the fungus only infects the weed, leaving non-target species alone. csiro.au/en/news/News-releasβ¦
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8 May 2021
Good morning! π
Throwback to when our little echidna puggle was a wee little puggle at one-month-old!
Look at this incredible shot keeper Freya got on one of her morning checks.
#forthewild #tarongakeepercam
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There is no greater joy in the world I reckon than getting the nails dirty, planting some trees and watching them flourish #EucDieback
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6 May 2021
It me! New job announcement π
6 May 2021
We are pleased to have @Judy_Dunlop as our first #WAFCWG Executive Officer. Judy has expertise with our iconic #WildOz fauna and their threats, and will co-ordinate the group and lead deliver of our 3 pillars of activity around #FeralCat management
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How kangaroos could be jeopardising conservation efforts across Australia theguardian.com/environment/β¦
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4 May 2021
If you havenβt done so already, track down your nearest bluebell wood and go walk there. Theyβre magical, restorative places that make you feel like this π
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5 May 2021
Dead plant litter really matters sometimes.
At some times and places native herbivores can get to abundances where they eat absolutely everything. This isn't great, esp for the soil.
Very nice honours project by Jess Braden at #Yathong. sciencedirect.com/science/arβ¦
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Our research on mitigating forest dieback with soil microbial mutualists is generously funded by NSW Environmental Trust, in partnership between CSIRO, Greening Aust, Landcare and ANU
environment.nsw.gov.au/news/β¦
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Our EucDieback research is seeking to harness microbial mutualisms to enhance performance of revegetated seedlings in the field and help recover forests suffering severe dieback
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Proud to announce a new collaborative research project, which aims to untangle the role of soil microbes (particularly mycorrhizae) in forest dieback across sthrn NSW, in partnership with CSIRO, ANU, Greening Aust, Landcare.
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3 May 2021
After hundreds of hours of collecting, sorting, identifying and photographing seashells, my comprehensive field guide 'Seashells of North Haven Beach' is finally out. Available now at seashellsofnorthhavenbeach.cβ¦, it's a must have for Australian beachcombers (I promise!)
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4 May 2021
New research led by @graciegliu, published in @GlobalChangeBio, integrated #CitizenScience data with remote sensing data to understand frog tolerance to habitat modification! Check out this AMAZING graphic she made to summarize the research ππ
Paper: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15623
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4 May 2021
We used GPS trackers to work out how swift #parrots cope in good vs. bad years.
Fathers worked harder in bad times, but this didn't compensate for the impacts of a bad year on their chicks.
Read the paper here:
static1.squarespace.com/statβ¦
(pic= parrot with a taped-on GPS tag)
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4 May 2021
Moscowβs βmetro dogsβ are strays that have memorised metro routes and alight at specific stops in search of food.
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Microbially richer aerobiomes with more complex vegetation and more trees = important #naturebasedsolution to restore health-promoting urban green spaces @_jake_robinson @Crisduman @RachaelAntwis @RossWFCameron @CraigLiddicoat @raveenpoudel Phil Weinstein nature.com/articles/s41598-0β¦
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25 Jan 2021
Since crowdfunding #operationOBP in 2016 we've produced 9 studies on orange-bellied #parrots.
This, plus the work of others (@HoggCarolyn @AndyAndTheWoods @CEGrueber & others), has created a new era of #science on the worlds' rarest parrot.
Good science = better managementπͺ
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Big, lumpy galls with gorgeous flashes of ruby-pink... they are? (Euc bicostata, SE NSW)
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