The research in this lab, run by Associate Professor Michelle Leishman, focuses on exotic invasive plants.  We use a variety of comparative and experimental approaches to develop an understanding of how exotic plants invade, why some areas are susceptible to invasion and how invaded areas can be restored to native vegetation.  Our research includes physiological, plant survival, seed bank, seed size, leaf trait, disturbance, soil nutrient and meta-analysis studies

Latest News                                     (15/12/10)

Julia's childrens book My Little World, illustrated by Marjorie Crosby Fairall, and published by Omnibus (Scholatic) is finished and will be on sale in April 2011.  For more information see here.

Back (L-R): Rachael Gallagher, Jess O'Donnell, Michelle Leishman, Peter Wilson, Julia Cooke and Ian Davidson.  Front (L-R): Ifeanna Tooth, Christina Birnbaum, Carla Harris, Anthony Manea.