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3. A Final Word from the Editors

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Gibson-Roy, Paul, Broadhurst, Linda, Dixon, Kingsley, Florentine, Singarayer, Florentine, Singarayer, editor, Gibson-Roy, Paul, editor, Dixon, Kingsley Wayne, editor, and Broadhurst, Linda, editor

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2023
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6. Grassy Community Restoration

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Gibson-Roy, Paul, Heltzer, Chris, Godefroid, Sandrine, Goret, Thibaut, Dellicour, Maïké, Silveira, Fernando A. O., Florentine, Singarayer, editor, Gibson-Roy, Paul, editor, Dixon, Kingsley Wayne, editor, and Broadhurst, Linda, editor

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2023
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22. Native establishment improved and weed competition reduced by topsoil removal in direct-sown native grasslands.

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Gibson-Roy, Paul, Delpratt, John, and Moore, Greg

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*WEED competition, *GRASSLANDS, *AGRICULTURE, *ENDANGERED plants, *OVULES, *WEEDS, *TOPSOIL, *PLATEAUS
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Australian temperate grasslands are among its most threatened plant communities. In agricultural landscapes, major barriers to their recovery are high soil nutrient levels that favour the growth of exotic pasture and other non-native species, high standing weed biomass creating fierce aboveground competition, and rich weed seed and bud banks providing dense emergent seedling competition. Therefore, the return of grasslands to arable landscapes through restoration must rely on overcoming these challenges, ideally by reducing soil nutrients and mitigating the effects of weeds. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of topsoil removal for restoring diverse native grassy communities by direct seeding on sites with a legacy of elevated soil nutrients and competitive exotic vegetation. Conversely, it showed that repeated shallow cultivation (four times over 12 months) to stimulate weed emergence, followed each time by herbicide application, failed to achieve this outcome, at least in the short term (three years). Grassy community restoration is imperative in Australia, but importantly, it must utilise restoration protocols that are as effective as possible so that limited time, money, and resources are not wasted. In this light, the technique of topsoil manipulation may take us one step closer to achieving this goal in agricultural locations, where their loss is most pronounced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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48. Why Australia needs an Ecosystem Restoration Strategy.

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COMMANDER, LUCY E., YENSON, AMELIA J. MARTYN, COATES, DAVID J., BRADBY, KEITH, MAKINSON, BOB, OFFORD, CATHERINE A., BROADHURST, LINDA, AULD, TONY, and GIBSON-ROY, PAUL

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RESTORATION ecology, TRADITIONAL ecological knowledge, ECOSYSTEMS, BIOTIC communities, ENDANGERED plants, ENDANGERED species, ECOSYSTEM services
Abstract

The article offers information on the Biodiversity conservation in Australia has focused on both threatened species and ecological communities, along with conservation towards a representative set of ecosystems in the reserve network and mitigating threatening processes. In contrast, ecological restoration. It also highlights that Australia needs coordinated restoration that is integrated with conservation that includes all stakeholders to overcome any disconnect between.

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2022
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