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Southern hemisphere botanical ecosystems

Awards and Prizes

The Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Botany is pleased to offer an annual Student Prize for the best student-authored paper published in the Journal.

The prize is a one-year personal online subscription to the journal, and a AU$250 book voucher from CSIRO Publishing.

To be eligible for the prize, the student must be the lead author of the paper, and the paper must be submitted for publication while the student is enrolled for a higher degree, or within two years of graduating for a higher degree. Appropriate certification is required from the student's supervisor.

Papers eligible for the prize will be judged by the Editorial Board.

Winners

  • 2023: Jenna Draper
    Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia
    J. T. Draper, S. Delean , J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein and B. S. Simpson
    pp. 175-287
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  • 2022: Brendan Janissen
    Warm stratification and optimised temperatures improve conservation of the endangered orchid, Caladenia robinsonii (Orchidaceae)
    Brendan Janissen, Ann C. Lawrie, and Tien Huynh
    pp. 275-291
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Due to a number of quality submissions by young researchers in 2022, the awarding committee decided it was appropriate to acknowledge the work of another outstanding paper.

Honourable Mention 2022: Alexandra Blackburn-Smith
Distribution, composition and environmental correlates of high-altitude gravelly pavement herbfields in north-eastern Victoria, Australia
Alexandra Blackburn-Smith and John W. Morgan
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  • 2021: Neil D. Ross
    The contribution of pathogenic soil microbes to ring formation in an iconic Australian arid grass, Triodia basedowii (Poaceae)
    Neil D. Ross and Angela T. Moles
    pp. 113-120
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  • 2020: Geofe O. Cadiz
    Environmental factors associated with the abundance of forest wiregrass (Tetrarrhena juncea), a flammable understorey grass in productive forests
    Geofe O. Cadiz, Jane G. Cawson, Trent D. Penman, Alan York and Thomas J. Duff
    pp. 37–48
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  • 2019: Friday Gray
    Provenance modulates sensitivity of stored seeds of the Australian native grass Neurachne alopecuroidea to temperature and moisture availability
    Friday Gray, Anne Cochrane and Pieter Poot
    pp. 106–115
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  • 2018: Nicole Bezemer
    Wild seedlings of a tree endemic on granite outcrops show no evidence of inbreeding depression
    Nicole Bezemer
    pp. 39–47
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  • 2017: Saskia Grootemaat
    Bark traits, decomposition and flammability of Australian forest trees
    Saskia Grootemaat, Ian J. Wright, Peter M. van Bodegom, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen and Veronica Shaw
    pp. 327–338
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  • 2016: Paul W. Foreman
    A framework for testing the influence of Aboriginal burning on grassy ecosystems in lowland, mesic south–eastern Australia
    Paul W. Foreman
    pp. 626–642
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  • 2015: Rina Aleman
    Influence of seed dimorphism and provenance on seed morphology, dispersal, germination and seedling growth of Brachyscome ciliaris (Asteraceae)
    Rina Aleman, Manfred Jusaitis, Joan Gibbs, Phillip Ainsley, Fleur Tiver and Sophie Petit
    pp. 705-713
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  • 2014: Peter Harrison
    Unravelling the evolutionary history of Eucalyptus cordata (Myrtaceae) using molecular markers
    Peter A. Harrison, Rebecca C. Jones, René E. Vaillancourt, Robert J. E. Wiltshire and Brad M. Potts
    pp. 114-131
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  • 2012: R. P. Skelton
    Is leaf pubescence of Cape Proteaceae a xeromorphic or radiation-protective trait?
    R. P. Skelton, J. J. Midgley, J. M. Nyaga, S. D. Johnson and M. D. Cramer
    pp. 104-113
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  • 2008: Katy E. Sommerville
    Contrasting water-use strategies in two sympatric cool-temperate rainforest species, Nothofagus cunninghamii (Nothofagaceae) and Atherosperma moschatum (Atherospermataceae)
    Katy E. Sommerville and Jennifer Read
    pp. 109-118
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  • 2007: Kitt G. Payn
    Chloroplast DNA phylogeography reveals the island colonisation route of Eucalyptus urophylla (Myrtaceae)
    Kitt G. Payn, William S. Dvorak and Alexander A. Myburg
    pp. 673-683
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  • 2006: Mariela C. Núñez-Ávila
    Relict islands of the temperate rainforest tree Aextoxicon punctatum (Aextoxicaceae) in semi-arid Chile: genetic diversity and biogeographic history
    Mariela C. Núñez-Ávila and Juan J. Armesto
    pp. 733-743
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  • 2005: Wesley J. Bancroft
    Burrowing seabirds drive decreased diversity and structural complexity, and increased productivity in insular-vegetation communities
    Wesley J. Bancroft, J. Dale Roberts and Mark J. Garkaklis
    pp. 231-241
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  • 2004: John A. Hall
    Pollination ecology of the Australian cycad Lepidozamia peroffskyana (Zamiaceae)
    John A. Hall, Gimme H. Walter, Dana M. Bergstrom and Peter Machin
    pp. 333-343
    PDF (328 KB)

  • 2003: Robert C. Barbour
    Gene flow between introduced and native Eucalyptus species: exotic hybrids are establishing in the wild
    R. C. Barbour, B. M. Potts and R. E. Vaillancourt
    pp. 429-439
    PDF (460 KB)

  • 2002: Yvonne Davila
    Reproductive ecology of the Australian herb Trachymene incisa subsp. incisa (Apiaceae)
    Yvonne C. Davila and Glenda M. Wardle
    pp. 619-626
    PDF (679 KB)

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