Titles of presentations from people awarded an Australian Flora Foundation Young Scientist Prize

Two prizes are awarded at each annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Australia, and starting in 2002, two at each biennial meeting of the Australian Society of Horticultural Science. At each meeting, one prize is awarded to the under- or postgraduate student who gives the best talk, and one to the under- or postgraduate student who presents the best poster, provided the Society considers the presentations are of suitable merit.

2006
Neither Society awarded Young Scientist Prizes in 2006

2005
Ecological Society of Australia
Predicting changes in seedling recruitment and distribution with a changing climate using a natural gradient and 'space for time' substitution.
Talk. Suzanne Venn, La Trobe University.  Summary
Effectiveness of rehabilitation treatments on bulldozed fire control lines in the north-east Victorian mountains.
Poster: Seraphina Cutler, La Trobe University. Summary

7th Australian Native Flower Conference, May 25th-28th at the Bardon Conference Centre, Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane
Acquisition and transport of phosphorus in the Australian koala fern Caustis blakei (Cyperaceae), a role for specialised dauciform roots.
Cameron Playsted, University of Queensland.  Summary

2004
Ecological Society of Australia
Weevil pollination of Australian cycad Lepidozamia peroffskyana
Talk: John Hall, University of Queensland  Slides from talk

Australian Society for Horticultural Science
6th Australian Horticultural Conference "Harnessing the Potential of Horticulture in the Asia-Pacific Region" Hyatt Regency, Coolum 1-3 September
Acquisition and transport of phosphorus in the Australian koala fern Caustis blakei (Cyperaceae), a role for specialised dauciform roots.
Cameron Playsted, University of Queensland  Summary

2003
Ecological Society of Australia
The mechanism of self-sterility in Bulbine bulbosa: self-incompatibility or inbreeding depression.
Talk: Kathleen Owen, Botany, University of New England, Armidale NSW 2351 Summary   Send Printable file     (PDF 234 KB)
Can the seed bank prevent genetic changes in Grevilea caleyii populations?
Poster: Tanya Llorens, Institute for Conservation Biology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522    Summary

2002
Ecological Society of Australia
Plant Functional Types, Grazing and Fire in the Rangelands
Talk: Peter Vesk, Macquarie University
A population viability analysis for Leionema ralstonii
Poster: Joanne Potts, University of Melbourne

Australian Society for Horticultural Science national conference:
Swainsona sejuncta: a native species of ornamental promise or a potential weed?
Talk: Amelia Martyn, University of Sydney 
Genetic variation and phylogenic relationships in the genus Scaevola.
Poster: Shuming Luo, University of Sydney

2001
Ecological Society of Australia
Spatial patterns in seed banks of arid zone wetlands.
Talk Joint winner: John Porter, Brock, M., Kingsford, R. and Prakash, N. University of New England
Enhanced water conservation in low-rain species leads to shorter leaf lifespan at a given leaf mass per area.
Talk joint winner  Ian Wright and Mark Westoby, Macquarie University
Seedling Recruitment and Litter Dynamics in Disturbed Cypress Pine Communities.
Poster Mark Harris, University of Queensland

2000
Ecological Society of Australia
Genetic structure of Banksia integrifolia woodlands at Wilson’s Promontory, Victoria.
Katherine Evans, Newbigin, E.and Ades, P. School of Botany, University of Melbourne