Ben Gooden 🌈

Plant ecologist, bushie, invasive species researcher who ❤️s botanising, hiking, nature play, festivals, printmaking, singing. Views are mine alone

[CSIRO @CSIRO]

We’re piloting the release of a fungus to help farmers tackle the weed flaxleaf fleabane. ✅

Our research with @AgriFuturesAU and @theGRDC found the fungus only infects the weed, leaving non-target species alone. https://t.co/rj4IUkTz9C

[Taronga Zoo @tarongazoo]

Good morning! 😊

Throwback to when our little echidna puggle was a wee little puggle at one-month-old!

Look at this incredible shot keeper Freya got on one of her morning checks.

#forthewild #tarongakeepercam

[EucDieback: Microbes for forest health @DiebackEuc]

There is no greater joy in the world I reckon than getting the nails dirty, planting some trees and watching them flourish #EucDieback

[Judy Dunlop @Judy_Dunlop]

It me! New job announcement 😁

[Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) @EuanRitchie1]

How kangaroos could be jeopardising conservation efforts across Australia https://t.co/0a81gwPEa1

[Leif Bersweden @LeifBersweden]

If you haven’t done so already, track down your nearest bluebell wood and go walk there. They’re magical, restorative places that make you feel like this 👇

[Will Cornwell @will_cornwell]

Dead plant litter really matters sometimes.

At some times and places native herbivores can get to abundances where they eat absolutely everything. This isn't great, esp for the soil.

Very nice honours project by Jess Braden at #Yathong. https://t.co/ig91yzjuCB

[EucDieback: Microbes for forest health @DiebackEuc]

Our research on mitigating forest dieback with soil microbial mutualists is generously funded by NSW Environmental Trust, in partnership between CSIRO, Greening Aust, Landcare and ANU

https://t.co/kulcGBMIcY

[EucDieback: Microbes for forest health @DiebackEuc]

Our EucDieback research is seeking to harness microbial mutualisms to enhance performance of revegetated seedlings in the field and help recover forests suffering severe dieback

[EucDieback: Microbes for forest health @DiebackEuc]

Proud to announce a new collaborative research project, which aims to untangle the role of soil microbes (particularly mycorrhizae) in forest dieback across sthrn NSW, in partnership with CSIRO, ANU, Greening Aust, Landcare.

[Ben Gooden 🌈 @GoodenBen]

@thomasmesaglio What a beautiful venture

[Thomas Mesaglio @thomasmesaglio]

After hundreds of hours of collecting, sorting, identifying and photographing seashells, my comprehensive field guide 'Seashells of North Haven Beach' is finally out. Available now at https://t.co/T9blChmFGM, it's a must have for Australian beachcombers (I promise!)

[Corey Callaghan @callaghanct]

New research led by @graciegliu, published in @GlobalChangeBio, integrated #CitizenScience data with remote sensing data to understand frog tolerance to habitat modification! Check out this AMAZING graphic she made to summarize the research 👇👇

Paper: https://t.co/vCKThuWEy7

[Ben Gooden 🌈 @GoodenBen]

@callaghanct @thomasmesaglio @graciegliu @GlobalChangeBio @UNSWScience @jodirowley @CES_UNSW @AustmusResearch @FrogIDAus This is AMAZING!!!! !!

[Ben Gooden 🌈 @GoodenBen]

Autumn lines

[Dr SWIFT PARROT @teamswiftparrot]

We used GPS trackers to work out how swift #parrots cope in good vs. bad years.
Fathers worked harder in bad times, but this didn't compensate for the impacts of a bad year on their chicks.
Read the paper here:
https://t.co/rVlJoa1MXH
(pic= parrot with a taped-on GPS tag)

[Ben Gooden 🌈 @GoodenBen]

@teamswiftparrot Great paper!

[Ben Gooden 🌈 @GoodenBen]

@SeabirdResearch @teamswiftparrot Insanely gorgeous artwork

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Moscow’s ‘metro dogs’ are strays that have memorised metro routes and alight at specific stops in search of food.

[Ben Gooden 🌈 @GoodenBen]

@Tarikul_Entom @rputrabio @ScottJohnsonLab @blinkybenjy @LCastanedagomez Absolutely fantastic!