Associate Professor in plant ecology, ecophysiology, thermal tolerance, desert ecosystems. I live and work on Aboriginal lands.
Sydney, Australia
Joined November 2012
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Aussie desert plants rock. Here’s a new discovery in Garrarnawun country in Judbarra national park, Northern Territory abc.net.au/news/2023-01-08/b… via @ABCaustralia
Termites love global warming – the pace of their wood munching gets significantly faster in hotter weather theconversation.com/termites… via @ConversationEDU
The climate-related trifecta threatening Australia's iconic snow gums abc.net.au/news/science/2022…
Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs them most theconversation.com/botanist… via @ConversationUK
@EliBendall's excellent glasshouse study on responses of different eucalypt to increased CO2 +/- water stress is published. Massive effort. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
This large-scale field study, lead by Eli Bendall, found that death and resprouting of mature eucalypts was driven mainly by tree size, bark type and previous fire damage @lukewarm1981 @SciAtTheLocal @MatthiasBoer authors.elsevier.com/c/1eXnq…
Bushfire bioblitz in NSW early next year - help ecologists understand what's coming back.
Pop this one into your 2022 #ESAus21 calendar - the #BigBushfireBioBlitz #CitizenScience extravaganza!
🦇Blue Mountains 25-27 Feb '22
🍄NSW north coast Washpool NP 4-6 March '22
🌾NSW south coast Murramarang NP 11-13 March '22
eventbrite.com.au/e/20690501…
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Methods for testing publication bias in ecological and evolutionary meta‐analyses besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Plant ECRs, check it out.
As long as you gained or defended your PhD no more than 5 years ago, then you're eligible to enter the New Phytologist #TansleyMedal competition!
Career breaks don't count towards the 5 years. Check the link below for all the information you'll need 👇
newphytologist.org/awards/ta…
ALT Purple and blue leaves on a black background; Tansley Medal stamp logo
Using leaf shape to determine leaf size could be a game-changer. Julian Schrader shows us how academic.oup.com/aob/advance…
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Using leaf shape to determine leaf size could be a game-changer. Julian Schrader shows us how academic.oup.com/aob/advance…
Above is my explainer and commentary on the method for estimating leaf size at scale @ianjwright1 @ecolo_gist academic.oup.com/aob/article…
Great to be part of this team article in @ConversationEDU. @Rachael_H_Nolan, @itsnotfairman, @rescodedios, @TimCurran8
Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire theconversation.com/climate-…
Great to be part of this team article in @ConversationEDU. @Rachael_H_Nolan, @itsnotfairman, @rescodedios, @TimCurran8
Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire theconversation.com/climate-…
Great to be part of @Rachael_H_Nolan and team's exploration of drivers of vegetetation recovery from changing fire regimes.
Limits to post-fire vegetation recovery under climate change
Great job @Rachael_H_Nolan leading this review, with @lukewarm1981 @AndyPlantLady @ooist7 @itsnotfairman @rescodedios & Ross Bradstock
@PlantCellEnvir
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Interviewed for Branch Out just in time for national tree day. Thanks @RBGSydney for helping listeners wanting to connect with the wonderful plant world!
We know it’s hard to connect with nature in lockdown. So, we’ve created a bonus episode of Branch Out to celebrate #treeday🌳@AndyPlantLady from @UTS_Science chats about researching climate change and its impact on environments - take it out on a walk!
bit.ly/3jfahXZ
ALT Gum nuts and Eucalyptus leaves
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You think one heatwave's bad? Try two. These eucalypts adjusted their tolerance to cope with sequential heat stress events.
Some colleagues and I have just published a fun paper exploring plasticity to repeated heatwaves under different temperatures. FFO thermal tolerance and safety margins. @DNAprymer @AndyPlantLady @anthea_challis @AdrienneNicotra @Margare77278174
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Water stress makes plants more susceptible to heat stress - amazing work from my team besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi… @Alicia_M_Cook @UTS_Science
Weather and climate are not the same
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‘Stillness, silence and a thousand shades of white and blue’, uts.edu.au/news/health-scien…