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PUBLIC TALK: Species Richness on our Nutrient-Impoverished Soils - Help for Perth Gardeners

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Today's date is Friday, March 29, 2024
Species Richness on our Nutrient-Impoverished Soils - Help for Perth Gardeners : The 2015 George Seddon Lecture Other events...
Professor Hans Lambers, School of Plant Biology, UWA, will highlight the importance of maintaining Perth's biodiversity through our gardens and verges. South-western Australia is a global biodiversity hotspot, where the greatest plant diversity is found on the most severely phosphorus-impoverished soils in Kwongan (or Kwongkan). This biodiversity is not just to be admired in our iconic national parks - the Perth metropolitan area is equally diverse. Why is it that we have this tremendous biodiversity, including in peri-urban parks in Perth? Many Proteaceae, such as Banksia and Hakea species, are very sensitive to fertilisation with phosphorus. Less is better, for most south-western Australian Proteaceae. Native plants in our gardens and on our verges provide important corridors for wildlife between our precious Parks and Reserves. To maintain Perth as one of the most biodiverse cities in the world, we need to look after our native plants more effectively.

The annual George Seddon Lecture is sponsored by the UWA Friends of the Grounds and the Institute of Advanced Studies.

COST: Free, but RSVP is required via the webpage http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/lambers
Location Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Building, UWA
Contact Institute of Advanced Studies <[email protected]> : 6488 1340
URL http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/lambers
Start Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:00
End Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:00
RSVP RSVP is required.
Submitted by Claire Bowen <[email protected]>
Last Updated Wed, 27 May 2015 11:27
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