Events

11 May 2026

Seminar with Dr Dominic McAfee

Topic: Tackling the ecological and social impacts of a blooming marine disaster

6 May 2026

Seminar with Dr Juergen Knauer

Topic: Patterns and drivers of the C4 photosynthetic pathway: insights from data and a dynamic global vegetation model

31 March 2026

Seminar with Professor Dr Amy Zanne

Topic: Plant afterlife: stories from two decayers

5 March 2025

First FERN townhall meeting: Discussion with FSE academics.

December 2024

Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Australia (ESA), Melbourne.

This workshop explored how ecosystems may change by 2100 under major global change drivers including:

• climate warming
• altered fire regimes
• changing land use
• emerging gene technologies.

Using state-and-transition scenario approaches across several Australian ecosystems, the discussions focused on future ecosystem trajectories and implications for biodiversity management and nature-positivity assessments.

Macquarie participants:

• Emeritus Professor Mark Westoby
• Dr Julian Schrader
• Dr Martyna Kotowska
• Dr David Coleman.