Publications by authors named "Shaun Suitor"

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  • Greenhouse gas accounting in Australia must account for landscape fires, which are common and necessary for ecological health.
  • The Australian Government's GHG inventory report operates under the assumption that the impacts of both natural and human-caused fires on carbon stocks are temporary and that some wildfires should be excluded from emissions estimates.
  • Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of fires, which complicates these assumptions, highlighting the need for better data and reporting on various fire impacts and human influences on emissions.
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Low capsule and seed set is a major factor limiting seed production in Eucalyptus globulus seed orchards. Controlled pollination studies showed that the reproductive success (number of seeds produced per flower pollinated) was primarily determined by the female. We aimed to identify the factors contributing to the differences in reproductive success between female genotypes in terms of the physical and anatomical properties of the flower.

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