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ESA Plant-Soil Ecology
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Official account of @ecolsocaus.bsky.social Plant-Soil Ecology Special Interest Network.
https://www.ecolsoc.org.au/category/research-chapters/plant-soil-ecology/
- Luke Florence (La Trobe University) for their talk "Underground allies under threat: How nitrogen and drought shape mycorrhizal fungal communities"
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
- Lachlan Curran (UQ) for their talk "The S.A.T.E. Framework of phosphorus cycling by soil bacteria and archaea"
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
- Wing Man (Winnie) Siu (@unimelb.bsky.social) for their talk "The unseen intermediary: soil microbes influence interactions among native annuals"
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
✨ It was a pleasure to have @manjeet786.bsky.social from @westsyduhie.bsky.social join our symposium, presenting both a poster and a speed talk. He shared fascinating insights into how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can—and cannot—support sorghum in the fight against charcoal rot.

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November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Fascinating talk by Jiahoa Wen (@westsyduhie.bsky.social) on the differential response of plants to distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal communities

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November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Can Australian tree phylogeny shape rhizosphere community assembly?

It mostly seems so…

Big thanks to PhD candidate Nicola Haggerty (@sydney.edu.au) for an intriguing talk on the relationship between aboveground controls and belowground communities.
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Are you interested in phosphorus cycling by bacteria and archaea?

Keep an eye out for this massive work by PhD candidate Lachlan Curran on the ‘S.A.T.E’ framework for phosphorus cycling.

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November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Over the moon for Rebecca Greening from UniSA for winning best inaugural presentation at #ESA2025 🌝

Can’t wait to see Rebecca’s future on soil microbes on Aussie rangelands!
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Fantastic talk by Solomon Maerowitz-McMahon from @westsyduhie.bsky.social, showing that fire interval and severity influence mycorrhizal community structure but not function.

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November 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Winnie (@unimelb.bsky.social) show that soil microbes facilitate plant-plant interactions and coexistence among native annuals of southwest Australia

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November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Rebecca Greening (UniSA) is exploring the impacts of grazing on below-ground taxonomic and genetic diversity in Australian rangelands.

Ambitious PhD project—excited to see this work progress in such an iconic Australian ecosystem.

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November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Xin Han from @westsyduhie.bsky.social is unravelling the effects of elevation on plant traits.

Why do tropical but not not subtropical forests follow expected treds. Looks like soil might be at play.

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November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Carbon dynamics in the Aussie Alps.

James King from ANU show that drought and warming combined flip dynamics from sink to source.

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November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Kicking of our symposium is @camilletruong.bsky.social with a fascinating talk on the effect of feedbacks and mycorrhizal strategy on plant-soil feedbacks in heathy-woodland plants.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal but not ectomycorrhizal fungi were affected by heat. Very interesting 🤔.
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Do below-ground microbial communities follow established above-ground vegetation states. Maggie Logan from @latrobeuni.bsky.social says not really…

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November 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Captivating talk by
@academic-gian.bsky.social on unravelling why Balga (Xanthorrhoea preissii) won’t grow—looks like microbes might be the bad guys!

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November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Intriguing talk by @mirimunro.bsky.social on the role of biocrust microbiomes to improve plant growth and restoration
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Analysing the metabolic rate of tiny organisms (ants) at a macro-geographical scale

Fascinating work by @lilyleahy.bsky.social !

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November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
How listing threatened ecological communities can conserve ‘dark taxa’

Fantastic talk by Dr Tom Collins. And well done @nswgov.bsky.social for leading the way in species and ecological community conservation in Australia.

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November 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Dr Jess Marsh discusses how invertebrates are severely underfunded in conservation assessments in Australia.

And what about fungi…

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November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Nick Porch is working hard to uncover the ‘dark taxa’ in the Australian alps

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November 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Fantastic and inspiring keynote by Tiahni Adamson.

Thank you for your words of hope.

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November 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Ecological Society of Australia conference is already next week!
Our symposium "Functional biodiversity and bold insights from plant-soil ecology" will be on Wed (Nov 26) afternoon 130-530pm.
Cracker talks on 🔥❄️⛰️🚱🧬🫧🌿🐮🌾🍄 (did you guess them?!)

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November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM