Context Managing widespread invasive plants to support biodiversity conservation is a significant challenge that requires weed control methods that have lesser impacts on co-occurring native species…

Ecosystems have many different processes going on. Researchers need to select and simplify, and so development of ecology as a discipline has involved finding different possible ways to select and…

Earth's c. 406 million herbarium specimens represent a largely untapped resource of genetic data that could transform our understanding of global plant populations. Advances in DNA sequencing have ma...

Context Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve in Western Australia has a long history of ecological studies and adaptive fire management. This provides an excellent opportunity to assess the effects of fire…

Themeda triandra (Forssk.) is a tussock grass of international importance for its keystone role in grassy ecosystems and, hence, is often a focus for seed production, research and ecological…

Context The South American grass Nassella trichotoma (serrated tussock) is widely distributed in central Argentina and one of the most damaging invasive species in Australia, New Zealand, and South…

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Daniel Pareja-Bonilla, Pedro Luis Ortiz, Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira Morellato, Montserrat Arista This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Cli…

Context The concept of the fire regime is central to understanding and managing fire-prone ecosystems globally, and information on past regimes can provide useful insights into species disturbance…

Context Alpine ecosystems are threatened by warming and an associated increase in fire frequency. There is a gap in our knowledge of succession in Tasmanian alpine heath more than 50years after fire.…

The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts

Samuel W. Flake, Patrick J. Elliott, Giselda Durigan, Davi R. Rossatto, William A. Hoffmann. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology article which can be found here. This study int…

Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversity because specialized pollinators are slow to return. Kobe University's finding underscores the importa...

A return to traditional Indigenous burning practices in the Gibson and Great Sandy deserts is helping protect the ninu, or greater bilby.

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Understanding the germination requirements of native plant species is crucial for restoration practitioners to ensure successful outcomes, especially as restoration efforts expand and global initiati....

Context The response of most native plant species in New South Wales (NSW) to infection by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands is unknown, which makes decisions about disease management...

Context Understanding the functional role of vegetation across landscapes requires the ability to monitor tree and grass foliage cover dynamics. Several satellite-derived products describe total and w...

Sam Ahler, Julie Larson, Jordan Lee, Matthew Madsen, Christopher Miller, Kalista Paladeni, Katharine Suding, & Nancy Shackelford. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology articl…