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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · May 22

Next week we have our speaker for May, Hye Jin Park (details coming soon!).

And don't forget in the meantime you can see the talks from Ryan Chisholm and Akshit Goyal on our youtube!

www.youtube.com/@PopBio-onth...

PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · Mar 14

We have an excellent line up of speakers for the next few months! Starting with Ryan Chisholm in March and then @akshitg.bsky.social @hyejinpark.bsky.social @barnesecodiv.bsky.social. Fill in this google form to receive announcements forms.gle/7vEiUQKJqeUL...

A list of seminar dates, speakers and titles for an online seminar 'PopBio on the Dark Side'.

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Zac Walker @zacwalker.bsky.social · May 2

Feral horse damage in a subalpine grassland on Bogong High Plains; autumn 2019 (left) and autumn 2025 (right). Recovery from disturbances in alpine systems is slow - but a marked change in condition since horses were remove! Perennial snow grasses and native forbs beginning to colonise bare ground.

feral horse damage to subalpine grassland on the bogong high plains. large bare ground patch surrounded by heavily grazed and trampled grassland vegetation. autumn 2019.

same location in autumn 2025. perennial snow grasses and forbs have started recolonising bare ground of the roll pit

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Zac Walker @zacwalker.bsky.social · May 1

New paper out on the impacts of fire on 5 small vertebrates across SE Australia.

High severity fire has a substantial impact on threatened broad-toothed rats and glossy grass skinks.

We also highlight the importance of habitat refuges for ameliorating impacts of recurrent fires.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · May 1

New paper, led by @dadriscoll.bsky.social.

• High fire severity caused precipitous declines of two threatened species.

• Protecting or creating refuges is critical to counter increasingly frequent fires.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Megafire severity, fire frequency and their interactions with habitat affect post-fire responses of small mammal and reptile species

Climate change is driving extreme fires in many ecosystems around the world. There is an urgent need to understand how co-occurring and interacting th…

www.sciencedirect.com

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · Apr 21

Join us online for our second seminar this Thursday 1pm AEST.

Akshit Goyal @akshitg.bsky.social (ICTS) will present:

"Predicting Ecosystem Responses to Perturbations via a Geometric Approach"

Sign up to receive the zoom link forms.gle/XzypgbUp53fW...

NB. Time changes in SE Aus from last month!

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Simon Heyes @simondheyes.bsky.social · Mar 24

Shocking to see extensive mortality amongst the remnant populations of Silver Banksia at my old study sites. It's been an exceptionally dry summer but I've never seen it this bad before. #drought #climatechange

A silver Banksia tree in centre of the image has brown dying leaves.

A view into a grove of silver Banksia with a number of dead mature trees. Thankfully some have survived.

More dead silver Banksia along a roadside on the edge of a grassland reserve. These are near Corindhap in Western Victoria.

Three dead silver Banksia in a grassy woodland. I found many dead individuals in this reserve.

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · Mar 24

Join us for our first seminar on Friday: Ryan Chisholm will present:

A unified theory of niche assembly and dispersal assembly in community ecology

Sign up here to receive the zoom link forms.gle/WSnJS3bNK1b4mxE59

For those in Australia note that 1pm AEST will be 2pm in Melbourne.

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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · Mar 14

We have an excellent line up of speakers for the next few months! Starting with Ryan Chisholm in March and then @akshitg.bsky.social @hyejinpark.bsky.social @barnesecodiv.bsky.social. Fill in this google form to receive announcements forms.gle/7vEiUQKJqeUL...

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Jeronimo Vazquez-Ramirez @jeronimovazquez.bsky.social · Mar 12

Just published! Our latest research on the germination thermal niche of Australian alpine species and what it means for seed-based restoration is now out. Take a look! 🌱🌡️🏔️

doi.org/10.1111/rec....

@restorationecology.bsky.social @intlsocseedsci.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

Thermal germination niche: implications for seed‐based restoration in climate‐sensitive alpine environments

Understanding the germination requirements of native plant species is crucial for restoration practitioners to ensure successful outcomes, especially as restoration efforts expand and global initiati....

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Lily Dun @lilydun.bsky.social · Mar 12

New paper! How does age affect plant trait-growth relationship? Does how you measure growth matter? 🌱📏Big thank you to @ianjwright.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to lead this when I was just a research assistant. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Do trait–growth relationships vary with plant age in fire‐prone heathland shrubs?

We demonstrate that key functional traits undergo shifts in their relationship with growth as plants mature. Therefore, it will be valuable to shift our understanding of plant strategies away from th...

doi.org

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Courtney Taylor @courtgt.bsky.social · Mar 7

Very excited for this online seminar series I am organising with @ecologyisamess.bsky.social @darmitage.bsky.social @giuliaghedini.bsky.social @masatoyamamichi.bsky.social Lynette Loke, Andrew Letten And Po-Ju Ke. Follow to find out more!

PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · Mar 7

We are excited to announce our new seminar series highlighting research on population biology and theoretical ecology from academics and post-grads based in the Asia-Pacific. We have a great line up of speakers for the next few months. Stay tuned for more info!

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Lisa Buche @lili-buche.bsky.social · Jan 31

Yayy 🌱🪲🐝🐌- A list of stellar ecologists and myself showed that (1) species interactions can be summarised at the guild level, except for a few critical species, (2) they occur along a continuum from positive-to-negative, and (3) they have relatively weak strength except between plants!

A Continuum From Positive to Negative Interactions Drives Plant Species' Performance in a Diverse Community

We explored the patterns of species performance in a real-world community, dependent on pairwise and higher-order interactions with species belonging to the same and other trophic levels (plant, herb....

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