A5000424617- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant and animal studies
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Fluoride Effects and Removal
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
The University of Western Australia
1988-2024
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
2022
In the past, when scientists encountered and studied 'new' environmental phenomena, they rarely considered existing knowledge of First Peoples (also known as Indigenous or Aboriginal people). The scientific debate over regularly spaced bare patches (so-called fairy circles) in arid grasslands Australian deserts is a case point. Previous researchers used remote sensing, numerical modelling, aerial images field observations to propose that circles arise from plant self-organization. Here we...
Abstract Three equations for estimating the concentration of free aluminium, [Al3+], from activity fluoride, (F‐), were compared to assess their suitability [Al3+] in acid soil solutions and competition studies. We then studied ability humic acids compete with F Al by comparing behaviour presence that several carboxylic under same conditions. All three methods [Al ] limited applicability but uitable studies when equimolar quantities AlT FT used. Humic extracted NaOH Na2H2P2O7 decreased...
Abstract Scientists aspire to ‘discover’ new environmental phenomena; they rarely consider the existing knowledge of First Peoples. The scientific debate1 over ‘fairy circles’ (regular bare patches within arid grasslands) is a case in point. Ecologists visiting Australia used brief field observations and numerical modelling explain as plants responding dispersion water nutrients2,3. By contrast, Australian Aboriginal people have long understood be created by termites. They linyji...