What do we know about the effects of landscape changes on plant–pollinator interaction networks?

PA Ferreira, D Boscolo, BF Viana - Ecological Indicators, 2013 - Elsevier
Biotic interactions play an important role on the organization and persistence of biodiversity.
Unnatural modifications of landscape structure such as habitat loss and fragmentation can …

Hotspots of plant invasion predicted by propagule pressure and ecosystem characteristics

JA Catford, PA Vesk, MD White… - Diversity and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Biological invasions pose a major conservation threat and are occurring at an
unprecedented rate. Disproportionate levels of invasion across the landscape indicate that …

Surprisingly fast recovery of biological soil crusts following livestock removal in southern Australia

CF Read, DH Duncan, PA Vesk… - Journal of Vegetation …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Question: Biological soil crusts (BSCs) exist in arid and semi‐arid ecosystems
worldwide, and their recovery following the removal of a disturbance agent is integral to the …

[HTML][HTML] Restored river-floodplain connectivity promotes riparian tree maintenance and recruitment

J Greet, S Fischer, CJ Walsh, MJ Sammonds… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Riparian forest loss and degradation due to river-floodplain disconnection is a global
problem. Prospects for the maintenance and recruitment of riparian trees via restored …

Distribution patterns of acorns after primary dispersion in a fragmented oak forest and their consequences on predators and dispersers

CR Ramos-Palacios, EI Badano, J Flores… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Forest fragmentation affects seed production, but little is known about how seeds are
distributed in fragmented forests after primary dispersion and how this affects their …

Empirically validating a dense woody regrowth 'problem'and thinning 'solution'for understory vegetation

CS Jones, DH Duncan, L Rumpff, FM Thomas… - Forest Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In landscapes with a short history of intensive land use, woody plant regrowth on cleared
land is often favorably received as a shift back to a more natural state. However, it is …

Understanding and managing the interactive impacts of growth in urban land use and climate change on freshwater biota: A case study using the platypus …

RA Coleman, YE Chee, NR Bond… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, urban expansion and climate change interact to threaten stream ecosystems and
are accelerating the loss of aquatic biodiversity. Waterway managers urgently need tools to …

Returning Fire to Degraded Temperate Grassy Woodland Fragments Requires Fine‐Scale Management Interventions to Promote Trees: Insights From the Beaufront …

BJ French, LD Prior, CN Johnson… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Temperate grassy woodlands were once widespread in southeast Australia and were
shaped by fire regimes imposed by Indigenous peoples. Today, they persist as scattered …

Useful surrogates of soil texture for plant ecologists from airborne gamma‐ray detection

CF Read, DH Duncan, CYC Ho, M White… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Plant ecologists require spatial information on functional soil properties but are often faced
with soil classifications that are not directly interpretable or useful for statistical models. Sand …

Clumped planting arrangements improve seed production in a revegetated eucalypt woodland

KP McCallum, MF Breed, DC Paton… - Restoration …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The arrangement of plants within revegetated sites is rarely considered an important
characteristic of these communities. However, in natural systems, plant spatial arrangements …