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Soil wetting and drying processes influence stone artefact distribution in clay‐rich soils: A case study from Middle Gidley Island in Murujuga, northwest Western Australia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Soils that contain swelling clay minerals (e.g., montmorillonite) expand and contract during wetting and drying, causing movement within the soil profile. This process, known as argilliturbation, can alter artefact distributions, destroy stratigraphy and complicate the interpretation of archaeological deposits.
Caroline Mather, Matthias Leopold, Kaitlin Sullivan, Kane Ditchfield, Tom Horrocks, Luke Gliganic, Emma Beckett, Diana Patalwala, Emielda Yusiharni, Michael Smirk, William Hiscock, Jo McDonald   +11 more
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Unveiling Microbial Dynamics and Gene Expression in Legume–Buffel Grass Coculture Systems for Sustainable Agriculture

Agronomy
Legumes enhance pasture health and soil productivity by fixing atmospheric nitrogen and boosting soil microbiota. We investigated the effects of tropical pasture legumes, including butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea), seca stylo (Stylosanthes scabra ...
Xipeng Ren, Sung J. Yu, Philip B. Brewer, Nanjappa Ashwath, Yadav S. Bajagai, Dragana Stanley, Tieneke Trotter   +6 more
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Response of reptiles to weed-control and native plant restoration in an arid, grass-invaded landscape

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Introduced grasses are a major threat to dryland ecosystems world-wide because of their ability to transform plant communities and change fire regimes. These structural and functional shifts are often assumed to impact wildlife but this has rarely been ...
Christine A. Schlesinger, Mirjam Kaestli, Keith A. Christian, Shane Muldoon   +3 more
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Taxonomic revision and conservation concerns of the trapezitine genus Croitana Waterhouse, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Australia

Austral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 2, May 2026.
Abstract Croitana Waterhouse, 1932 (Trapezitinae) is a small genus of skippers endemic to Australia, with most species restricted to semi‐arid and arid biomes where the larvae specialise on grasses (Poaceae) in the genera Neurachne R.Br., Enteropogon Nees and Austrostipa S.W.L. Jacobs & J.Everett.
Michael F. Braby
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Lose the plot: cost-effective survey of the Peak Range, central Queensland [PDF]

, 2013
The Peak Range (22˚ 28’ S; 147˚ 53’ E) is an archipelago of rocky peaks set in grassy basalt rolling-plains, east of Clermont in central Queensland. This report describes the flora and vegetation based on surveys of 26 peaks.
Butler, Don W., Fensham, Rod J.
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Forage Biomass and Chemical Composition of Buffelgrass Genotypes in the Semi‐Arid Region of Brazil

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 69, Issue 2, April 2026.
Forage improvement in semi‐arid regions requires the identification of genotypes capable of maintaining productivity under climatic variability and chronic water scarcity. This study evaluated six buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) genotypes over two production years in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil, to characterize their agronomic, morphological, and ...
Maikom Bruno Gonçalves, Wilton Junio dos Santos Jesus, Arthur Ferreira Ruas, Antonio Brito Neto, Ingrid Souza Silva, Edson Marcos Viana Porto, Marinalva Martins dos Santos, Luciana Castro Geraseev, Mário Henrique França Mourthé, Thiago Gomes dos Santos Braz   +9 more
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Soil greenhouse gases emissions in a goat production system in the Brazilian semiarid region

Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2022
In the climate change scenario, studying greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and measures of mitigation in the Caatinga biome are strategic and may provide a basis for mitigation plans.
Diana Signor, Thaiany Araújo Ferreira Medeiros, Salete Alves de Moraes, Luiz Cláudio Corrêa, Michely Tomazi, Magna Soelma Beserra de Moura, Magnus Deon   +6 more
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Review of productivity decline in sown grass pastures [PDF]

, 2011
Productivity decline in sown grass pastures is widespread in northern Australia and reduces production by approximately 50%, a farm gate cost to industry of > $17B over the next 30 years. Buffel grass is the most widely established sown species (>75% of
Buck, Stuart, Hoffmann, Alex, Holloway, Chris, Johnson, Brian, Lawrence, David, Paton, Col, Peck, Gavin   +6 more
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Detecting and attributing climate change effects on vegetation: Australia as a test case

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 461-485, March 2026.
Climate change is contributing to vegetation changes that threaten life support systems. Yet, inherent climatic variability and past and present human actions—such as clearing, burning and grazing regimes—also alter vegetation and complicate understanding of vegetation change. Australian ecosystems exemplify such complexity.
Laura J. Williams, Rachael V. Gallagher, Sami W. Rifai, Matthew A. Adeleye, Patrick J. Baker, David M. J. S. Bowman, Jake Eckersley, Jacqueline R. England, Michael‐Shawn Fletcher, Pauline F. Grierson, Assaf Inbar, Jürgen Knauer, Clare M. Stephens, Raphaël Trouvé, Belinda E. Medlyn   +14 more
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Longevity of Buffel Grass Seed Sown in an Arid Australian Range [PDF]

Journal of Range Management, 1971
KRUEGER, D. W. AND A. M. PACHENCE. 1961. Wind directions for prescribed burning in the southeastern United States. U. S. Forest Serv., Southeastern Forest Exp. Sta. Paper 131. 29 p. McARTHUR, A. G. 1963. Revised forest fire danger tables. Forestry and Timber Bureau, Annual Report for the Year 1962. p. 7-8. MIOBLEY, HUGH. 1967.
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