Author: Barbara Rice
Date: July 31, 2003
Dr. Barbara RiceEcology Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie UniversityContact detailsSchool
of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia. phone
+61 02 9850 8192 FAX +61 02 9850 8245
email: brice@bio.mq.edu.au Current positionHonorary research associate in the school of Biological Sciences. I have done a number of vegetation surveys in Australia, along the temperate east coast, the semi-arid zone of NSW and the northern seasonal tropics. Much of my past research in Australia has been on plant species richness and the occurrence of myrmecochory as a dispersal mechanism in sclerophyll vegetation. Present research interests include the ecology of hummock grasses (Triodia species). Hummock grasses formerly in the genus Plectrachne are now included in Triodia (Lazarides, M. 1997. Aust. Syst. Bot. 10 (3):381-489.) Recently
I and colleagues at University of Melbourne and the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Sydney have developed a website to collect and collate "first event"
phenological records in Australia. The aim is to encourage enthusiastic
plant, bird, frog and insect watchers to join in a community effort to
document first events and to follow over time variation which may be related
to climate or weather. Although our first efforts are focused on Australia
we hope that other Southern Hemisphere observers will also contribute
records on the plants and animals in their countries. Find out more about
BioWatch
and sign up to be an observer! If you would like learn a little about spinifex and to see some pictures of hummock grass landscapes, click here You'll find a list of my publications here and some other publications about hummock grasslands here If you want to find out more about the Westoby Ecology lab, visit their Welcome Page |
Author: Barbara Rice
Date: July 31, 2003