Seed traits inform the germination niche for biodiverse ecological restoration

Mine completion criteria defined by best-practice: A global meta-analysis and Western Australian case studies

(2021) Ana Manero et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Global change impacts on arid zone ecosystems: Seedling establishment processes are threatened by temperature and water stress

(2021) Wolfgang Lewandrowski et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts

(2021) Nancy Shackelford et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A global review of seed enhancement technology use to inform improved applications in restoration

(2021) Vanessa S. Brown et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Ecological strategies begin at germination: Traits, plasticity and survival in the first 4 days of plant life

(2020) Julie E. Larson et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Re-epithelialization and immune cell behaviour in an ex vivo human skin model

(2020) Ana Rakita et al.   Scientific Reports

Soil rock content influences the maximum seedling emergence depth of a dominant arid zone grass

(2020) Monte Masarei et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Breaking Seed Dormancy during Dry Storage: A Useful Tool or Major Problem for Successful Restoration via Direct Seeding?

(2020) Carol C. Baskin et al.   Plants-Basel

Interactions between soil covers and rainfall affect post-mining plant restoration in a semi-arid Banded Iron Formation

(2020) Peter J. Golos et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Nitrogen limitation and calcifuge plant strategies constrain the establishment of native vegetation on magnetite mine tailings

(2019) Adam T. Cross et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The addition of mine waste rock to topsoil improves microsite potential and seedling emergence from broadcast seeds in an arid environment

(2019) Peter J. Golos et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Demographic, seed and microsite limitations to seedling recruitment in semi-arid mine site restoration

(2019) Lucy Elizabeth Commander et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Inorganic soil amendments alter seedling performance of native plant species in post-mining arid zone rehabilitation

(2019) Amber M. Bateman et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Factoring restoration practitioner perceptions into future design of mechanical direct seeders for native seeds

(2019) Monte Masarei et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Influence of an abscisic acid (ABA) seed coating on seed germination rate and timing of Bluebunch Wheatgrass

(2019) William C. Richardson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Optimizing physiological dormancy break of understudied cold desert perennials to improve seed-based restoration

(2019) Olga A. Kildisheva et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Cyanobacteria inoculation enhances carbon sequestration in soil substrates used in dryland restoration

(2018) M. Muñoz-Rojas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A research agenda for seed-trait functional ecology

(2018) Arne Saatkamp et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Alleviation of morphophysiological dormancy in seeds of the Australian arid-zone endemic shrub, Hibbertia glaberrima F. Muell. (Dilleniaceae)

(2018) Emma L. Dalziell et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Interactions between seed functional traits and burial depth regulate germination and seedling emergence under water stress in species from semi-arid environments

(2017) Luis Merino-Martín et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Restoration of Open-Cut Mining in Semi-Arid Systems: A Synthesis of Long-Term Monitoring Data and Implications for Management

(2017) Nancy Shackelford et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Increasing the germination envelope under water stress improves seedling emergence in two dominant grass species across different pulse rainfall events

(2016) Wolfgang Lewandrowski et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Regeneration: an overlooked aspect of trait-based plant community assembly models

(2016) Julie E. Larson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Seed germination traits can contribute better to plant community ecology

(2016) Borja Jiménez-Alfaro et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

A framework for the practical science necessary to restore sustainable, resilient, and biodiverse ecosystems

(2016) Ben P. Miller et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

A review of the use of direct seeding and seedling plantings in restoration: what do we know and where should we go?

(2015) Ana Cristina Palma et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Early plant recruitment stages set the template for the development of vegetation patterns along a hydrological gradient

(2015) Rob G. A. Fraaije et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Widening gap between expectations and practice in Australian minesite rehabilitation

(2015) David Lamb et al.   ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION

Will among-population variation in seed traits improve the chance of species persistence under climate change?

(2014) Anne Cochrane et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Seed and seedling traits affecting critical life stage transitions and recruitment outcomes in dryland grasses

(2014) Julie E. Larson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Sympatric species of Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) vary in dormancy break and germination requirements: implications for classifying morphophysiological dormancy in Mediterranean biomes

(2012) Siti N. Hidayati et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Twenty-five years of sagebrush steppe plant community development following seed addition

(2012) Timothy B. Hoelzle et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Optimising seed broadcasting and greenstock planting for restoration in the Australian arid zone

(2012) L.E. Commander et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Germination traits explain soil seed persistence across species: the case of Mediterranean annual plants in cereal fields

(2011) Arne Saatkamp et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Demographic processes limiting seedling recruitment in arid grassland restoration

(2011) Jeremy J. James et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Restoration Seed Banks--A Matter of Scale

(2011) D. J. Merritt et al.   SCIENCE

Seed moisture content affects afterripening and smoke responsiveness in three sympatric Australian native species from fire-prone environments

(2009) SHANE R. TURNER et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

The role of after-ripening in promoting germination of arid zone seeds: a study on six Australian species

(2009) LUCY E. COMMANDER et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Seed biology of Australian arid zone species: Germination of 18 species used for rehabilitation

(2009) L.E. Commander et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Why wait? Trait and habitat correlates of variation in germination speed among Kalahari annuals

(2009) Martijn Kos et al.   OECOLOGIA

Mimicking a Semi-arid Tropical Environment Achieves Dormancy Alleviation for Seeds of Australian Native Goodeniaceae and Asteraceae

(2008) G. L. Hoyle et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Correlates of inter-specific variation in germination response to water stress in a semi-arid savannah

(2007) Martijn Kos et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY