Glenda M. Wardle

TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits of long-term ecological studies are discussed and five key values of such studies are briefly discussed, including quantifying ecological responses to drivers of ecosystem change, understanding complex ecosystem processes that occur over prolonged periods, providing core ecological data that may be used to develop theoretical ecological models and to parameterize and validate simulation models, acting as platforms for collaborative studies, thus promoting multidisciplinary research, and providing data and understanding at scales relevant to management, and hence critically supporting evidence-based policy, decision making and the management of ecosystems.

TL;DR: In this paper, a more inclusive and mechanistic conceptual framework for invasion should facilitate quantitative and testable evaluation of causal factors, and can potentially lead to a better understanding of the biology of invasions.

TL;DR: Fourteen propositions distil the argument that most features of the Australian deserts are explicable in terms of two dominant physical and climatic elements: rainfall variability, leading to extended droughts and occasional flooding rains; and widespread nutrient poverty.

TL;DR: The compadre Plant Matrix Database version 3.0 is introduced, an open‐source online repository containing 468 studies from 598 species world‐wide, with a total of 5621 matrices, a similarly data‐rich and ecologically relevant resource for plant demography.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review data relating to the effectiveness of prescribed burning in Australia and address two questions: (1) to what extent can fuel reduction burning reduce the risk of loss of human life and economic assets posed from wildfires? (2)