Erik J. Veneklaas

TL;DR: A study in a Mediterranean, fire adapted urban Banksia woodland remnant in the biodiversity hotspot of southwest Australia investigated: (1) have significant changes occurred in the woodland tree canopy between 1963 and 2000? (2) Do correlations exist between fire frequency and canopy cover? (3) If there is a difference in the vegetation composition of banksia woodland invaded by the South African Ehrharta calycina (PCe) and Pelargonium capitatum (PCp) compared to largely intact remnants (GC)? and (4) Do correlation exist between vegetation condition,

TL;DR: Melaleuca cuticularis and Casuarina obesa survive all treatments, and generally maintain high rates of net photosynthesis as mentioned in this paper, and are associated with the regulation of foliar sodium (Na+, chloride (Cl-) and potassium (K+) concentrations.

TL;DR: Key new knowledge is provided to help formulate conservation protocols to control dominant introduced species and conserve and restore biodiverse-rich woodlands within the biodiversity hotspot of southwest Australia.

TL;DR: Investigating the characteristics of water use in species-rich plant communities of south-western Australia found that trait variation was least at sites with shallower soils and putatively lower water availability, suggesting a convergence of water-use strategies at sites where plants are exposed to large seasonal water deficits.

TL;DR: A model is proposed to explain the poor performance of L. albus, whereby the release of carboxylates and associated protons reduces the chelating ability of exuded car boxylates, thus reducing P acquisition and increasing Al toxicity.