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Plants & People

Archaeologists race against the climate to preserve aboriginal art

Trees that have stood for thousands of years may soon collapse due to climate change. If they do, they’ll take irreplaceable aboriginal art with them.

by Alun Salt, EurekalertOctober 18, 2022November 20, 2022
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Ecosystems

A rare shrub needs to burn to avoid extinction

Camera traps show that it’s not missing pollinators that leave an Australian shrub critically endangered.

by Alun SaltSeptember 7, 2022September 7, 2022
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Ecosystems Plants & People

Study in Sydney reveals that preserving pollination is more complex than boosting bees

An Australian team has been studying how to best grow vegetables by experimenting with pak choi in urban gardens. They found that canopy cover and garden richness, rather than pollinator visits are the key factors in improving yield.

by Alun SaltMarch 7, 2022March 9, 2022
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Ecosystems

Nature in the city: how to protect Perth’s Banksia woodlands?

Concerned scientists have come together to identify key threats and research priorities for a Threatened Ecological Community in Western Australia.

by Laura SkatesMarch 19, 2021March 19, 2021
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Close Encounters

Ants a principal pollinator for a threatened member of the Proteaceae

The plant is impervious to the pollen damage ants usually cause.

by Erin ZimmermanJuly 7, 2020July 7, 2020
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Close Encounters

Koalas up a gum tree, but having the last laugh..?

Koalas break the local stereotype by being Australians who don’t drink. Or so it was thought.

by Nigel ChaffeyMay 27, 2020May 27, 2020
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AoB PLANTS News in Brief

Recent range expansion in Australian hummock grasses

by William SalterMay 16, 2019May 16, 2019
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Books

Bigging-up Bill’s botany

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 12, 2019March 11, 2019
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diagram showing the impact of different management options
Annals of Botany

Root system based limitations to agriculture

by botanyoneOctober 18, 2016October 18, 2016
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Mycorrhizal fungi and distribution of specialized orchids
Annals of Botany

Mycorrhizal fungi and distribution of specialized orchids

The use of a widespread fungal operational taxonomic unit in P. deformis enables a broad distribution despite high mycorrhizal specificity.

by botanyoneSeptember 7, 2015September 11, 2016
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Canberra from Mount Ainslie
News

Roots Down Under: A special issue of Annals of Botany

by annbotApril 30, 2015December 1, 2015
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Maintenance of species cohesion despite ongoing hybridization
Articles

Maintenance of plant species cohesion despite ongoing hybridization

When species cohesion is maintained despite ongoing natural hybridisation.

by AJ CannSeptember 22, 2014September 19, 2014
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Plant Cuttings

Sugar versus Auxin: which is dominant?

by Nigel ChaffeySeptember 16, 2014September 16, 2014
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AoB PLANTS

Spatial and temporal functional changes in alpine summit vegetation are driven by increases in shrubs and graminoids

by AoBPLANTSApril 15, 2014April 11, 2014
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