Susan Laurance

Dec 13, 2023 | nature.com | Matheus Nunes |William Laurance |Susan Laurance |Toby Jackson |Jin Wu |Josep Peñuelas | +3 more

AbstractHabitat fragmentation could potentially affect tree architecture and allometry. Here, we use ground surveys of terrestrial LiDAR in Central Amazonia to explore the influence of forest edge effects on tree architecture and allometry, as well as forest biomass, 40 years after fragmentation.

May 20, 2023 | theaustraliatoday.com.au | Jayden Engert |Susan Laurance

By Jayden Engertand Susan LauranceAustralia is a world leader in land clearing and species extinctions. Tree-planting programs are among the restoration measures needed to bring threatened species back from the brink. But do these programs always work? Our new research set out to answer that question, by examining the much-touted 20 Million Trees program. It began under the Rudd Labor government in 2014 and was continued by successive governments.

May 14, 2023 | theconversation.com | Jayden Engert |Susan Laurance

Australia is a world leader in land clearing and species extinctions. Tree-planting programs are among the restoration measures needed to bring threatened species back from the brink. But do these programs always work? Our new research set out to answer that question, by examining the much-touted 20 Million Trees program. It began under the Rudd Labor government in 2014 and was continued by successive governments.