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Topic Grassland management
Question What do you consider are the major threats facing grasslands today?
Expert Dr Nick Williams
Dr Nick Williams is a plant ecologist at the University of Melbourne. Nick’s research investigates the ecology of urban areas in particular, grassland ecology and restoration, green infrastructure for climate change adaptation and weed invasions. Nick’s research has highlighted how surrounding landscapes influence the processes that occur in remnant habitats, such as edge effects and local extinctions, and, has developed ways to make urban areas more biodiversity friendly.
The greatest threat to grasslands today and in the past is destruction of habitat due to urbanization, agricultural development and mismanagement.
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