Had a wonderful evening at Science meets Parliament. So much positive energy, so much amazing Australian science, and so many lovely people - wow 🙂

What are the circumstances in that clonal reproduction is favoured, and which type of species are most likely to be clonal? Check our recent work with Angela Moles Hong-Xiang, Stephen and Tim. Thank you Biogeography.News for a very enjoyable submission process.

We went to New Caledonia for a family holiday - and got to see a real live Amborella 🙂🙂🙂 This slightly unprepossessing shrub is important because it is sister to all other flowering plants. newcaledoniaplants.com/plant-catalog/…

Beautiful double rainbow at Coogee just now. Happy.

Beautiful wild morning in Coogee (Sydney)

Someone seems to be making a comment about university teaching staff workloads 🙂

I just did my part of the recording for an Imagine This abc.net.au/kidslisten/pro… podcast at the ABC, explaining where seeds come from, and it was so much fun! I love my job 🙂

Autumn is here 🙂. I am loving the cooler weather - good for running.

Had a nice view for a picnic dinner last night 🙂

Our awesome new paper quotes both Darwin and Dr Seuss and answers a long-standing question: Is Australia weird? A cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… Habacuc F-M Will Cornwell itch

Just how weird is Australia? Led by Habacuc F-M and featuring a bigger cast of BEES authors than any other publication, we address this question with a cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2…

On the small screen tonight for Channel 7 and repping The Big Ecology Lab 💪

A stunning autumn day in Sydney 🙂

Have a listen to the latest ABC Imagine This podcast- it's the cutest outreach I ever did - and explains how seeds are made abc.net.au/kidslisten/pro…

CONGRATULATIONS to my amazing student Frederick Dadzie who has submitted his PhD thesis - and has a gorgeous baby :-)

Jasneek Chawla UQ Medicine Children's Health Queensland new Imagine This episode: how are seeds made? 🌱🌸🌻 talking flowers, pollen, germination and the wonderful world of plants with Angela Moles UNSW Science abc.net.au/kidslisten/pro…

Another PhD chapter published! After whirlwind fieldwork, we found that the magnitude of enemy release (a mechanism facilitating invasion) plants experience is not related to time since introduction, introduced range size, or climate/elevation 🌿 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Our new paper focuses on the “enemy release hypothesis” (ERH), a well-studied concept in invasion ecology that nonetheless generates significant debate... read more about it on my blog Zoe Xirocostas Angela Moles jeffollerton.co.uk/2023/09/01/ene… #biodiversity #ecology #InvasiveAlienSpecies

Short 🧵: Are species interactions more specialised in the tropics? It's a question that's fascinated me for over 20 years. Two new papers on host-parasite interactions suggest that the "latitudinal specialisation gradient" is...1/8 Angela Moles #biodiversity #ecology

Goats added to Queensland Rail's fleet to manage bushfire hazards on difficult blocks: Good idea or bad idea - what do you think? abc.net.au/news/2023-11-1… via ABC Australia