Land‐use legacies limit the effectiveness of switches in disturbance type to restore endangered grasslands

JN Price, NL Schultz, JA Hodges… - Restoration …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Temperate native grasslands in Australia have been decimated across their range since
European colonization (> 200 years ago), and the few remaining remnants are mostly …

Effects of drought and fire on resprouting capacity of 52 temperate Australian perennial native grasses

NA Moore, JS Camac, JW Morgan - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
It remains uncertain how perennial grasses with different photosynthetic pathways respond
to fire, and how this response varies with stress at the time of burning. Resprouting after fire …

Seasonal prescribed fire variation decreases inhibitory ability of Poa pratensis L. and promotes native plant diversity

K Kral, R Limb, A Ganguli, T Hovick… - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Global biodiversity is threatened by invasive plant species. Without a thorough
understanding of effective management strategies, minimizing their impacts while improving …

Multivariate drivers of diversity in temperate Australian native grasslands

JN Price, MK Good, NL Schultz, LK Guja… - Australian Journal of …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Disturbance has been considered essential for maintaining biodiversity in temperate grassy
ecosystems in Australia. This has been particularly well demonstrated for inter-tussock plant …

Enhancing plant diversity in a novel grassland using seed addition

TJ Zamin, A Jolly, S Sinclair… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Restoration of novel ecosystems to a historical benchmark may not always be possible or
advisable. Novel ecosystems may be managed by targeting specific components and …

Biomass management in native grasslands

JW Morgan - Land of sweeping plains: managing and restoring …, 2015 - books.google.com
P lant biomass, mostly comprising the accumulation of dead grass leaves, is a key driver of
vegetation dynamics in native grassland ecosystems in southeastern Australia. Its impact on …

Social and ecological dimensions of urban conservation grasslands and their management through prescribed burning and woody vegetation removal

A Farrar, D Kendal, KJH Williams, BJ Zeeman - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Natural grasslands are threatened globally. In south-eastern Australia, remnants of critically
endangered natural grasslands are increasingly being isolated in urban areas. Urbanisation …

A state-and-transition model to guide grassland management

SJ Sinclair, T Zamin, P Gibson-Roy… - Australian Journal of …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
Grassland ecosystems across the globe have been extensively modified and degraded by
agriculture and urban development, leaving conservation managers with a complex set of …

Dominant C3 tussock grasses are resilient to the re‐introduction of fire in long‐unburned temperate grasslands

JW Morgan, KL Salmon - Applied vegetation science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Questions The recovery of dominant tussock grasses following fire is crucial as they
contribute disproportionately to the structure and function of grasslands. To determine how …

A Comparative Review of Six Invasive Nassella Species in Australia with Implications for Their Management

T Humphries, SK Florentine - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Two Nassella species, Nassella trichotoma and Nassella neesiana, have significantly
reduced the carrying capacity of Australia's south-east rangelands and agricultural systems …