Mark Ooi
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Scientia Associate Professor @UNSW | I study plant ecology and fire | And seeds are cool #seedecology | Surf, travel, friends and family keep the balance
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined September 2014
RT @CSIROPublishing: Good news for authors in lower income countries wishing to publish #OpenAccess. Through our partnership with @R4LPart….
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RT @AusJBotany: New Year, new paper. We're half way through the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021 - 2030), and fittingly, Jamie Kirk….
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RT @AusJBotany: #openaccess Biocontrols manage invasive plants & can impact related, non-target species. Stephanie Chen & colleagues from….
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Context Confidence in risk analyses for weed biological control (biocontrol) agents is underpinned by knowledge of the phylogenetic associations between the target weed and off-target plant species,...
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RT @AusJBotany: #openaccess No increase in detections although greaster sampling of sentinel host species needed to monitor Phytophthora ci….
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Context Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands is an introduced soil-borne pathogen that causes population decline in susceptible species and changes native vegetation compositions. Land managers require...
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RT @AusJBotany: #openaccess Heat from fire triggers germination of golden top wattle seeds (Acacia mariae) - particularly following very se….
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Context Investigations into the life history strategies of organisms in ecosystems prone to fires are essential for effective fire impact management. In Australia, fire severity is expected to...
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RT @AusJBotany: #openaccess Understanding seed lifespan is allowing seedbanks like @kingspark_wa to prioritise seed collection for wild spe….
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Context The storage of seed in seed banks is a primary strategy for the ex-situ conservation of plant species globally. However, changing practices have meant that institutions storing seeds for...
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RT @AusJBotany: Would you like to publish your next article as #OpenAccess at no cost to your research budget? #AusJBotany has a growing nu….
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RT @AusJBotany: #openaccess Eucalytpus regnans confirmed the tallest flowering plant in the world, following survey of Tasmanian wet forest….
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Context Tasmania is the epicentre of the tallest and most massive angiosperms on Earth.Aims To survey Tasmania’s tallest and most massive (large trunk volume) trees.Methods LiDAR and satellite...
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Hey plant people! Australian Journal of Botany has its own new handle @AusJBotany Please follow to get all the latest highlights. Fun fact: @jmorganecology and I (here looking out to AJB's bright future😊) are the Editors-in-Chief. Come say hi at #ESAus2024
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For those who saw Tom Le Breton's talk about #fire and threat mitigation to #ozflora at #ESAus2024 on Day 1 and are interested to know more, here's the paper. And track him down for a chat at the conference! .
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Opening of #ESAus2024 by @jmorganecology yesterday and a beautiful welcome to Wurundjeri Country by Perry Wandin. The added benefit of the smoke ceremony? Smells like fieldwork every time I go into that room to see a talk #fireecology
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RT @c_birkinshaw: Following a fire in 2023 at Ankafobe Forest #Madagascar, experimental dense direct sowing of Trema orientale seeds in sma….
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RT @AusJBotany: Germination success of tussock grass #Themeda triandra, a keystone species in many #grassland #ecosystems is hampered by va….
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Themeda triandra (Forssk.) is a tussock grass of international importance for its keystone role in grassy ecosystems and, hence, is often a focus for seed production, research and ecological restor...
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RT @AusJBotany: #openaccess Elizabeth Wenk and colleagues from @UNSW and @westernsydneyu present the Australian Plant Census, an #r accessi….
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Tabular records of plant-trait data are essential for diverse research purposes. Here we present scorings for a trio of core plant traits, plant growth form, woodiness and life history, for nearly...
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RT @AusJBotany: While Australians are busy sipping flat whites and long blacks, wild coffee plants (Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora) ar….
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RT @EcolSocAus: Calling all ESA members: Travel grants for our annual conference are now live! Whether you're a student, new to the field,….
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RT @BotanicSydney: 🍃 Congrats to our Restore & Renew Knowledge Infrastructure Team - finalists for this years' @eurekaprizes for Excellence….
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I think we've all been thinking this - a nice summary of the lost art of incorporating thinking time into scholarly work.
nature.com
Nature - E-mails and instant messaging are core to research — but also a distraction. Researchers should study their impact on science, and how they can claw back time to concentrate.
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