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    The influence of CO2 concentration and soil phosphorus supply on the growth and nodulation of two Desmanthus cultivars
    (Australian Grassland Association Inc, 2023-07) ; ;

    Tropical pasture legumes such as Desmanthus are expected to improve the productivity of the extensive grazing systems of northern Australia. This is because legumes increase forage quality and fix atmospheric nitrogen. However, little is known about the influence of soil phosphorus (P) supply on legume growth and nodulation in mixed pasture swards that include highly-competitive C4 grasses. Furthermore, predicted increases in CO2 concentration may influence the relative competitiveness of tropical pasture legumes. A controlled-environment pot trial was conducted to investigate the influence of CO2 concentration (250, 500 and 750 ppm) and soil P supply (3, 10 and 40 mg P kg–1) on the growth of two Desmanthus spp. cultivars (cvv. JCU 7 and JCU 9). The legumes were grown both as monocultures and as mixed swards with Premier Digit (Digitaria eriantha). Legume shoot yields and tissue P concentrations increased in response to soil P supply. On average across the treatments, the proportion of cv. JCU 9 in the mixed grass/legume swards was 1.9-fold higher than that of cv. JCU 7. In general, legume competitiveness decreased at higher CO2 concentrations. Under monoculture conditions, legume nodule size increased in response to soil P supply but not CO2 concentration, and the nodules of cv. JCU 9 were generally larger than that of cv. JCU 7. These results demonstrate that there are differences in competitiveness and nodulation among cultivars of Desmanthus which are likely to influence forage quality and atmospheric nitrogen-fixation. Consideration should be given to both shoot yield and potential nitrogen-fixation when applying P fertiliser for optimum pasture production.

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    Parallels between biological invasions and human migration are flawed and undermine both disciplines. Response to Ahmed et al.
    (Oxford University Press)
    South, Josie
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    Barbulescu, Roxana
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    Macêdo, Rafael L
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    Musseau, Camille L
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    Guareschi, Simone
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    Alamenciak, Tim
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    Allen, Sylvie
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    Bacher, Sven
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    Baker, Emma
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    Benson, Michaela
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    Bernard-Verdier, Maud
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    Bibi, Rashida
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    Boatcă, Manuela
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    Bolpagni, Rossano
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    Brown, Timothy M
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    Byrne, Bridget
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    Canavan, Susan
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    Neira Castro, Esther
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    Conlon, Deirdre
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    Demoule, Jean-Paul
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    Dunn, Alison M
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    Faist, Thomas
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    Garelli, Glenda
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    Gervazoni, Paula
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    Gidley, Ben
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    Gippet, Jérôme M W
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    Harwood, Matthew
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    Heger, Tina
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    Henke, Theresa
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    Hill, Sara
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    Hobbs, Joshua
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    Hodson, James
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    Holmes, George
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    Hulme, Phillip E
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    Jones, Hannah
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    Khosa, Dumisani
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    Kilkey, Majella
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    Kontou, Danai
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    Lavanchy, Anne
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    Lewis, Hannah
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    Giralt, Rosa Mas
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    Meyerson, Laura A
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    Novoa, Ana
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    Pattison, Zarah
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    Pipek, Pavel
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    Pyšek, Petr
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    Ricciardi, Anthony
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    Roberts, Jonathan David
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    Ruland, Florian
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    Saul, Wolf-Christian
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    Shackleton, Ross
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    Sigona, Nando
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    Simberloff, Daniel
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    Solomos, John
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    Sun, Li
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    Waite, Louise
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    Wilson, Pip
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    Yannelli, Florencia A
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    Yemane, Tesfalem
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    Vieten, Ulrike M
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    Vimercati, Giovanni
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    Zambelli, Elena
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    Lieurance, Deah

    A recent article by Ahmed and colleagues (2025) attempt to draw parallels and assess distinctions between biological invasions and human migration. This comparison conflates two globally occurring phenomena in a scientifically flawed way and risks the misappropriation of scientific concepts for ideological and political agendas. The repeated use of similarity and parallels throughout the text, including in the title, could easily lead to misconceptions among broader audiences, such as educators and policymakers, who can help shape public discourse. Despite their acknowledgement that comparing introductions of nonnative species with human migration “may be inappropriate and cause confusion,” Ahmed and colleagues argue that it reveals “complex parallels that are potentially fruitful to explore.” However, they fail to make their case.

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    Implementing the Plastics Treaty
    (Lawbook Co, 2025-06-18) ;
    Moltzen, Catherine

    There are great expectations that the proposed new plastic treaty will be able to address the fundamental challenges of plastic pollution. However, experience with other treaties (notably the convention on biological diversity) suggest that there will be many difficult impediments to successful implementation. This article highlights a number of these, and suggests that far more attention will need to be paid to practical implementation that has so far been indicated in the negotiations.

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    State of Disaster Resilience Report 2025: Australian Disaster Resilience Index Version 2

    The Australian Disaster Resilience Index (ADRI) is a nationally standardised index of Australian communities’ capacity for disaster resilience. Disaster resilience is a protective characteristic that acts to reduce the effects of, and losses from, natural hazards. ADRI is not about the resilience of individuals, but assesses disaster resilience as a system of social, economic and institutional factors.

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    Orgasmic Gushing: where does the fluid come from and how is it produced?
    (Women in Research (WiR), 2005)
    O'Brien, GM
    There are three sexual fluids from women: lubrication (e.g. transudation of fluid across the mucosa of the vagina, and mucus from the greater vestibular glands); female ejaculation (from paraurethral glands); and gushing. Orthodox western medicine and physiology does not yet have a standardized description or explanation for the third, gushing. The present paper proposes that the gushing fluid is a filtrate of plasma, produced by the mechanism known as transudation. This is an additional application for the transudation mechanism, after the well accepted roles in lubrication of the vagina, and in generating serous fluids. The present model proposes that the fluid released in a gush arises from the ventral wall of the vagina due to the presence there of increased surface area of mucosa, dilated arterioles, pressurized venous and lymphatic plexuses, and compression provided by muscle contraction during orgasm.
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    Mapping Long Term Changes in Mangrove Cover and Predictions of Future Change under Different Climate Change Scenarios in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh
    (2018-05-22)
    Ghosh, Manoj Kumer
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    Ground-based readings of temperature and rainfall, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, ground verification data and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) were used in this study. Ground-based meteorological information was obtained from Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) for the period 1977 to 2015 and was used to determine the trends of rainfall and temperature in this thesis. Satellite images obtained from the US Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) website (www.glovis.usgs.gov) in four time periods were analysed to assess the dynamics of mangrove population at species level. Remote sensing techniques, as a solution to lack of spatial data at a relevant scale and difficulty in accessing the mangroves for field survey and also as an alternative to the traditional methods were used in monitoring of the changes in mangrove species composition, . To identify mangrove forests, a number of satellite sensors have been used, including Landsat TM/ETM/OLI, SPOT, CBERS, SIR, ASTER, and IKONOS and Quick Bird. The use of conventional medium-resolution remote sensor data (e.g., Landsat TM, ASTER, SPOT) in the identification of different mangrove species remains a challenging task. In many developing countries, the high cost of acquiring high- resolution satellite imagery excludes its routine use. The free availability of archived images enables the development of useful techniques in its use and therefor Landsat imagery were used in this study for mangrove species classification. Satellite imagery used in this study includes: Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) of 57 m resolution acquired on 1st February 1977, Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) of 28.5 m resolution acquired on 5th February 1989, Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) of 28.5 m resolution acquired on 28th February 2000 and Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) of 30 m resolution acquired on 4th February 2015. To study tidal channel dynamics of the study area, aerial photographs from 1974 and 2011, and a satellite image from 2017 were used. Satellite images from 1974 with good spatial resolution of the area were not available, and therefore aerial photographs of comparatively high and fine resolution were considered adequate to obtain information on tidal channel dynamics. Although high-resolution satellite imagery was available for 2011, aerial photographs were used for this study due to their effectiveness in terms of cost and also ease of comparison with the 1974 photographs. The aerial photographs were sourced from the Survey of Bangladesh (SOB). The Sentinel-2 satellite image from 2017 was downloaded from the European Space Agency (ESA) website (https://scihub.copernicus.eu/). In this research, elevation data acts as the main parameter in the determination of the sea level rise (SLR) impacts on the spatial distribution of the future mangrove species of the Bangladesh Sundarbans. High resolution elevation data is essential for this kind of research where every centimeter counts due to the low-lying characteristics of the study area. The high resolution (less than 1m vertical error) DEM data used in this study was obtained from Water Resources Planning Organization (WRPO), Bangladesh. The elevation information used to construct the DEM was originally collected by a Finnish consulting firm known as FINNMAP in 1991 for the Bangladesh government.
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    Reinforced Behavioral Variability and Sequence Learning Across Species
    (Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), 2012)
    Doolan, Kathleen
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    McEwan, James
    Previous research shows that reinforcement of variable responding will facilitate sequence learning in rats (Neuringer, Deiss & Olson, 2000) but may interfere with sequence learning in humans (Maes & van der Goot, 2006). The present study aimed to replicate and extend previous research by assessing the role of behavioral variability in the learning of difficult target sequences across 3 species: humans (n = 60), hens (n = 18) and possums (n = 6). Participants were randomly allocated to one of three experimental conditions (Control, Variable, Any). In the Control conditions sequences were only reinforced if they were the target sequence, in the Variability conditions sequences were concurrently reinforced on a Variable Interval 60-s schedule if the just entered sequence met a variability criterion, and in the Any condition sequences were concurrently reinforced on a Variable Interval 60-s schedule for any sequence entered. The results support previous findings with animals and humans; hens and possums were more likely to learn the target sequence in the Variability condition, and human participants were more likely to learn the target sequence in the Control condition. Possible explanations for differences between the performance of humans and animals on this task will be discussed.
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    The drivers and consequences of change to the physical character of waterholes on an Australian dryland river
    This dataset provides all the raw and analysed data for the thesis titled 'The drivers and consequences of change to the physical character of waterholes on an Australian dryland river'.
    The data has been divided into four folders that are aligned with the data chapters for the thesis. These being: (Ch 2) waterhole mapping, (Ch 3) floodplain gullies, (Ch 4) sediment transport and (Ch 5) fish.
    A README file is provided for each chapter which contains a description of the individual datasets and a list of files that make up each dataset.
    The data in this archive is a combination of data obtained from desktop studies as well as field work on the Darling River (i.e., the fish data).
    Further, fish data were collected on the Darling River between Bourke and Wilcannia. Waterhole mapping was undertaken on the Barwon-Darling between Walgett and Wilcannia. Gully mapping was undertaken on the Barwon-Darling River between Mungindi and Wilcannia. Sediment transport capacity was assessed at five sites between Collarenebri and Tilpa.
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    A Review into Effective Classroom Management and Strategies for Student Engagement: Teacher and Student Roles in Today’s Classrooms
    (Redfame Publishing Inc, 2019-12)
    Franklin, Hayley
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    A teacher's role encompasses far more than just imparting curricula outcomes to their students: they need to equip students with the necessary tools to experience social and academic success both inside the classroom and beyond it. Teachers need to empower students with the means to critically analyse the world around them in order to develop into critical independent thinkers. Students need to be proficient in utilising skills associated with higher levels of thinking, that will empower them with the ability to identify, analyse and evaluate the infinite volume of information available through our rapidly changing digital world. Just as teachers need to take responsibility for the various methods of teaching and instruction in the classroom, it is essential for students to take ownership of the learning process, to ensure future success in university environments, where sustained personal effort and metacognitive skills are fundamental to academic success. The object of the review of the literature surrounding the roles of teacher and student, effective classroom management strategies, and successful evidence-based teaching and learning pedagogies, is to assist new and experienced teachers in the promotion of a positive classroom experience for all.
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