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Ben Zeeman

@ben_zeeman

Vegetation ecologist

 South West Victoria
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Joined May 2018
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Extraordinary orchids! The VVP team found this amazing field of native Sun Orchids on a roadside grassland. Sun Orchids are pretty special - closing their flowers at night & on cold/cloudy days, then opening them on sunny days. facebook.com/GlenelgHopkinsC… @envirogov @AusLandcare
Image from Glenelg Hopkins CMA (@GHCMA)
Image from Glenelg Hopkins CMA (@GHCMA)
Image from Glenelg Hopkins CMA (@GHCMA)
Image from Glenelg Hopkins CMA (@GHCMA)
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Switching from one disturbance type (like stock grazing) to another (like fire) can recover temperate Oz #grasslands only so much. Seed addition likely necessary because of legacy of land use. @jodinprice @nschult2 @thatweirdbotany onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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The tale of the lonely button wrinklewort smh.com.au/national/the-tale…

The tale of the lonely button wrinklewort

Rescue mission described by some as 'the worst porno on earth' draws attention to the staggering loss of threatened plants in Australia over almost two decades.

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High-severity wildfires in temperate Australian forests have increased in extent and aggregation in...

Wildfires have increased in size and frequency in recent decades in many biomes, but have they also become more severe? This question remains under-examined despite fire severity being a critical...

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There is a New Threatened Species Strategy by the @DeptAgNews out now - don't miss this opportunity to read, comment & review. Cannot stress how much this form of engagement is "listened" to, @DeptAgNews will need to review each comment and respond 🐸🐨🌿haveyoursay.awe.gov.au/1new-…
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How droughts affect forests cosmosmagazine.com/uncategor… #science via @CosmosMagazine
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Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality pnas.org/content/early/2020/…
Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality | PNAS

Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality | PNAS

Forest vulnerability to drought is expected to increase under anthropogenic climate change, and drought-induced mortality and community dynamics fo...

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Amidst another devastating fire season, as we once again turn our attention to the potential of Rx fire to mitigate risk, we are finally sharing the 1st paper from my 2013 (!) Masters on the role of roadside burning in sustaining community engagement & learning w/fire 1/6
IA Society & Natural Resources (IASNR) (@info_iasnr) profile pictureIA Society & Natural Resources (IASNR)@info_iasnr19 Sep 2020
How can we better support communities in 'living with fire'? New research from @sdicksonhoyle at @bnhcrc highlights the value of long-term, volunteer-led planned burning in sustaining community engagement and learning around fire in rural landscapes 🔥bit.ly/32Hq36K
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Button Wrinklewort (Rutidosis leptorhynchoides). The seed from this nationally endangered daisy are being grown to help bolster a population of one individual discovered last year. For full story: facebook.com/buttonwrinklewo…
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The interactive map of the impacts of fire severity on Hazard Reduction/ Prescribed Burns area in this article ruizhuj.carto.com/builder/f9…
Image from Ruizhu Jiang (@Jane_Ruizhu)
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Native grasslands in western Victoria dominated by Kangaroo Grass have ~1.5t/ha fuel loads. By contrast, exotic grasslands dominated by Phalaris have ~7.7t/ha fuel loads. Lower fuel should lead to lower fire intensity. Well managed native grasslands also resist invasion by weeds
Agvocate_Au (@agvocate_au) profile pictureAgvocate_Au@agvocate_au6 Feb 2020
Why are native grasslands less of a fire risk? Actual local example. @DELWP_Secretary @EnviroVic @envirogov @VicGovAg @GHCMA @CFAChiefOfficer @CFA_Members @JamesTodd_ @VicRoads @jmorganecology @WarrnamboolCity @ALGAcomms @FFMVic @FFMVic_Chief @VicFarmers @NationalFarmers
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Here's the story of fire in the Alps, and why references to big fires of the past only show that we haven't been paying attention. #ClimateEmergency meanjin.com.au/blog/the-unle…

The Unlearned Country

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Thread: Why the big fires of the past don't make the point that Craig Kelly thinks they do. Yesterday, Mr Kelly distributed this map from a book I wrote in 2006. I had mapped the 1939 NSW burnt area from witness interviews and old news reports. theaustralianalps.files.word…
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Glen@Gergyl8 Jan 2020
Negligible effectiveness of hazard reduction burning: This is the Green Wattle Creek fire south of Katoomba, 2015-2019 prescribed burns are shown in mauve; re-burnt prescribed burn areas in red. @Jane_Ruizhu fire mapping from here: ruizhuj.carto.com/builder/59…
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James Camac@jscamac9 Jan 2020
I've been asked multiple times on what I think the impacts of these fires will have on our alpine flora and fauna. #BushFireCrisisAustralia (1/19)
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The Werri Berri fire yesterday burnt through the Yankees Gap fire of 16 months ago as if it had never happened, wiping out young regrowth before it could set seed. If we burn more forest we will not prevent this #ClimateEmergency, we will amplify its impact on those species.
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Don’t give up on, or trade away a small patch of vegetation just because it’s small, it may be the last safe place for a threatened animal or plant! Protect, restore, expand. @HugePossum @TSR_Hub
H1 Connect (@H1Connect) profile pictureH1 Connect@H1Connect18 Dec 2019
Why size doesn’t matter: Tim Newbold @tnewbold31 @UCLCBER highlights this “important” study by @BrenWintle et al. on why #biodiversity and species range should be the focus of #conservation priority, rather than the size of #habitat area f1000.com/prime/734609604?ke…
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I’m starting to think that after living on a farm for 25 years, I might now learn the art of agriculture at the age of 54. Because of, well, food. Where food comes from matters. The landscape that provides our food matters. An excerpt from ⁦@Meanjin⁩ theguardian.com/environment/…

Forget big oil and big energy – on the driest continent, water is the new black | Gabrielle Chan

We need to talk about what we want from our farmers and our regional landscapes

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Explore national level CO2 emissions data with the Global Carbon Atlas, now updated with the new global carbon budget 2019. Explore country profiles, compare them, rank them, track them over time. bit.ly/2DMqteF
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ANU Media@ANUmedia2 Dec 2019
Prescribed burning is not always an effective way to protect homes in bushfires, #ANUExpert @GibbonsPhilip explains in @canberratimes. @ANUFennerSchool @scienceANU #bushfires canberratimes.com.au/story/6…
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