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When it comes to a battle of persistence between a weed and a human, the weed will win most of the time. That is one of the things that makes a weed a weed.
A soil expert unpacks what this unconventional farming method is and how it works.
Without a national policy, the spread of smothering buffel grass will continue unchecked.
Here’s why those little yellow flowers are everywhere you look.
This new research estimates the price and benefits of recovering threatened species – and offers cost-effective ways for environment groups, farmers, governments and others to make a difference.
A project in Melbourne’s Royal Park has proved city parks and streets can be used as sites for nature repair that help endangered ecosystems and species to survive.
An endangered rodent and a thorny, impenetrable weed doesn’t sound like a good match. But stick-nest rats have made homes out of African boxthorn
A little corner of the garden set aside for wildlife can make a huge difference, if we all do it.
Environmental success depends on social connections. So if you want to start a new group, you need to think about the people as much as the problem.
Producing energy from harvested trees and other plants – bioenergy – might sound like a greener option, but it’s not a simple issue.
It wasn’t just colonists and convicts who invaded Australia in 1788 – invasive plant species arrived too.
Australians are trading pest plants online, potentially breaking the law without even realising it.
Some boreal plant species are classified — and treated — as weeds, affecting Indigenous communities’ access to important cultural, medicinal and ceremonial resources.
Tree-changers can get a bad rap for not managing their properties well. So will this lead to more absentee neighbours who let weeds run rampant?
Knowing where a weed has come from can improve its management, but this quest can be challenging. CSIRO detective work revealed an unusual pathway for the introduction of South African bitou bush.
Before you reach for the weed killer, spare a thought for struggling pollinators.
Although they can cause severe crop losses, some species and their seeds also contribute to the provision of ecosystem services.
From pine trees to camphor laurel and even the Cootamundra wattle, trees can be weeds too.
Thornapple or jimsonweed and related plants have an interesting history – from an early asthma treatment to intoxicated British soldiers.
Top contributors
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Senior Research Associate in Entomology, Lancaster University
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Research Fellow in Plant Ecology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Entomology and Biological Control, Rhodes University
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Professor in Geography, University of Wollongong
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Catedrático de Botánica Agrícola y Malherbología, Universitat de Lleida
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Investigadora posdoctoral Beatriu de Pinos en Malherbologia, Universitat de Lleida
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University of Natural Resources and Life Science (BOKU)
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Principal Research Scientist in Ecosystem Ecology, CSIRO
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Newcastle
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PhD student at Griffith University, Griffith University