Associate Professor Lauren Bennett

Principal Research Fellow (Forests and Carbon), School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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Environment

'Videogame ecology’ can help us understand the climate crisis in our forests

New research is using computer game models to ‘challenge’ Australian plant species to survive future climate and fire scenarios

Sciences & Technology

Why Australia’s severe bushfires may be bad news for tree regeneration

Australia’s trees have evolved with fire, most needing some fire for renewal, but now our forests have had too much severe fire

Sciences & Technology

Recurring fires are threatening the iconic snow gum

Frequent bushfires in the Victorian high country have devastated the snow gum population, endangering the flora and fauna that depend on them for survival