Alison Ritchie
@alisonlritchie
PhD | Postdoc working @SAgE_UWA @kingspark_wa | Researching the restoration of Southwest WA 🌱 ARC Innovative Seed Technologies |👩🔬👩🌾🧑🧑🧒
Our article @GlobalChangeBio is out: Ecological restoration in the age of apocalypse onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc… If we are to attain the new goals set forth by multiple international groups for #restoration, critical evaluations of current practices & active changes need to be made.
Read @Vanessa_Brown_s PhD research -expanding our knowledge of native seed enhancement technologies #SETs by testing there application within differing rehab sites and at scale
Our new paper shows seed enhancement approaches work, buts it’s dependent on site legacies and other restoration treatments (i.e. soil ripping and herbicide applications). Check it out here -> onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/em… @Vanessa_Brown_s @alisonlritchie S. Mastrantonis R. Hobbs
Great to see student research from James O’Connor @IOA_UWA finding solutions to use our waste, reducing our reliance on imports @UWAresearch #GCSS2025
Morning Keynotes Chris Saunders @UniversitySA & Mark Dobrowski @IlukaResources showing similarities in overcoming barriers to #Sandysoils using engineering adaptations & iterations of farming equipment for increased yields in Ag and establishment of biodiverse rehab #GSSC2025
Field trip 2 underway today, first stop in the Wheatbelt, how can farmers improve their sandy soils through amelioration techniques #GCSS2025
Sandy soils are global! Our after lunch session covered research in WA, Algeria and Japan. Biocrusts, restoration, rehabilitation, crops that love phosphorus ❤️and native plants that don’t ❌ #GCSS2025
Rain or shine (mainly 🌧️) I’m looking forward to this conference. Already enjoying the stormy views of the city and Derbal Yerrigan from 18Knots
👀 It all kicks off this afternoon! People are descending on Perth for the Global Conference on Sandy Soils #GCSS2025 Starting with our Early Career Networking event, very kindly sponsored by @SoilScienceAust Then onto our Welcome Reception. We'll see you soon! 🎉
We are pleased to announce the first of our keynote speakers! Edyta Hewelke, University of Life Sciences Poland Ekrem Ozlu, North Carolina State University Mark Dobrowolski, Iluka Resources Richard George (@HydroFire60), DPIRD Western Australia
Our new paper describes the 1,150 species we found in our urban backyard in @brisbanecityqld over 1yr. Trees, shrubs, & weeds (instead of manicured lawn) provided lots of habitat for a shocking amount of wildlife on an urban lot doi.org/10.1002/ecy.42… in @ESAEcology
Plenary: Company footprints: some the size of small countries, @MarsGlobal is pictured here & is smaller than others such as Nestle. “Access & benefit sharing is required” for the local populations in the indigenous lands these business occupies #SER2023 decadeonrestoration.org/es/node/5273
Why are trees & turf seen as more “accessible”?! Biodiversity in the city is few and far between, especially a man-made success. I love this space! It is a great example for #urbanecology. Do better, lead better, think better 👏👏👏@BasilZempilas @CityofPerth
This is a joke. Some much cash was spent on this as a "biodiversity initiative", and remarkably this kinda worked. No way should this be permitted, even if the current landscape does "leak". Be less shit Perth
Earth’s hottest month: these charts show what happened in July and what comes next nature.com/articles/d4158…
Rain, hail or shine, seedlings 🌱 need to be counted for field-based restoration science experiments @UWAresearch @SAgE_UWA with Industry partner @HansonAustralia #GenerationRestoration #NationalScienceWeek #ScienceWeek
Anna Atkins: pioneering botanical photographer who captured algae and ferns in ghostly blue images nature.com/articles/d4158…
Such a lovely night celebrating the achievements of Dr @Vanessa_Brown_s ! 😊🥂🎊🎓 Prof Richard Hobbs last mentored PhD graduate and my first. @TEricksonSeed
A good find by volunteer student in the field…only 2 minutes after receiving a phone call to say my new glasses were ready for pickup 🤪🤓. Top pockets are not a good location for things during fieldwork! 🦺🤦♀️🌱
📚🌱 Exciting news! Our new paper is out now! 📄🎉 We explored the fascinating effects of different concentrations of cyanobacteria on the germination and seedling growth of keystone plant species used in dryland restoration. 🌿 🧪 @loveyou_leafyou @ooist7 @MiriMunozRojas
PERSPECTIVE Ecological restoration in the age of apocalypse 📄 bit.ly/3CtTLNB @alisonlritchie @lasvej
🚨Calling conservation geneticists🚨 DBCA Biodiversity & Conservation Science are hiring! We have a 4-year research scientist position in Conservation Genomics (Fauna Genetics) to join our new Climate Change Adaptation group (poss extension/permanency). DM if interested!
