Jane Speijers

Sheep grazing Trigonella balansae had productivity, health and meat quality similar to sheep grazing subterranean clover or French serradella

Matt G. Wilmot, Hayley C. Norman, Joshua K. Hendry, Paul Young et autres

Context An accession of the annual legume Trigonella balansae Boiss. & Reuter. has been selected for commercial release in Australia. Aims As part of a duty-of-care assessment, we tested the hypothesis that sheep grazing the trigonella accession will have liveweight, condition scores …

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Leaf Economic and Hydraulic Traits Signal Disparate Climate Adaptation Patterns in Two Co-Occurring Woodland Eucalypts

Suzanne Mary Prober, BM Potts, Peter A. Harrison, Georg Wiehl et autres

With climate change impacting trees worldwide, enhancing adaptation capacity has become an important goal of provenance translocation strategies for forestry, ecological renovation, and biodiversity conservation. Given that not every species can be studied in detail, it is important to understand the extent …

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Phosphorus supply affects seedling growth of mycorrhizal but not cluster-root forming jarrah-forest species

Rachel Jayne Standish, Matthew Ian Daws, Tim K. Morald, Jane Speijers et autres

Abstract Aims Fertiliser is often used to kick-start ecological restoration despite growing evidence of the potentially negative impacts on plant diversity. Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest species growing on nutrient (especially phosphorus) impoverished soils in southwestern Australia have a suite of adaptations for …

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The Impact of Climate Change on Farm Business Performance in Western Australia. Understanding Farmer’s Adaptation Responses and Their Key Characteristics in Response to a Changing and Variable Climate

Lucy Anderton, Ross Kingwell, David Henry Feldman, Jane Speijers et autres

This study examines ten years of financial and production data of 249 farm businesses operating in southwestern Australia. It also identifies the behavioural characteristics of the farm operators through a comprehensive socio-managerial survey of each farm business. The study area has a …

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Broadacre Farm Productivity Trajectories and Farm Characteristics

Nazrul Islam, Ross Kingwell, Vilaphonh Xayavong, Lucy Anderton et autres

Improving farm productivity is touted as essential for the future prospects of Australian agriculture, particularly for the export-oriented broadacre farm sector. Accordingly, this paper examines productivity gain in a large sample of Australian farms over the period 2002 to 2011. The annual …

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The impact of supplementation with Rhagodia preissii and Atriplex nummularia on wool production, mineral balance and enteric methane emissions of Merino sheep

X. Li, Hayley C. Norman, Joshua K. Hendry, Elizabeth Hulm et autres

Abstract The Australian perennial shrubs, oldman saltbush (Atriplex nummularia) and rhagodia (Rhagodia preissii), can complement the diets of sheep grazing moderate‐quality cereal residues. We compared liveweight change, organic matter digestibility, nitrogen and mineral balance, wool growth and methane emissions of Merino wethers …

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Competing drivers lead to non-linear native–exotic relationships in endangered temperate grassy woodlands

Suzanne Mary Prober, Kevin Ross Thiele, Jane Speijers

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Skin comfort of base layer wool garments. Part 3: The effect of ethnicity on perceptions of comfort using Chinese and Australian wearers

Jane Speijers, John H Stanton, Geoffrey RS Naylor, Padmaja Ramankutty et autres

There is commercial interest in designing wool next-to-skin garments specifically for the domestic Chinese market. However, the current understanding of comfort has largely been obtained from studies with Caucasian wearers and its applicability to Chinese wearers is unknown. A study was undertaken …

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The influence of fiber diameter, fabric attributes and environmental conditions on wetness sensations of next-to-skin knitwear

Bruce Allan McGregor, John H Stanton, John P. Beilby, Jane Speijers et autres

This study investigated the relationships between the sensations of sweaty, damp, muggy and clingy, as assessed by human response from wearer trial garment assessment, and fiber type, fiber, yarn and fabric properties and instrumental fabric measurements of next-to-skin knitwear. Wearer trial assessment …

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Broadacre farmers adapting to a changing climate

Ross Kingwell, Lucy Anderton, Nazrul Islam, Vilaphonh Xayavong et autres

Broadacre farm businesses in southern Australia are large mixed-enterprise dryland farms. This chapter reports on a study that tracked 249 farm businesses over a recent decade (2002–2011) in southwestern Australia. This region has experienced a warming, drying trend in its climate in …

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Relationships between sleeve trial and wearer trial assessment of discomfort and objective measurements

Bruce Allan McGregor, Emma Doyle, John M. Thompson, Maryam Naebe et autres

The relationships were investigated between the prickle discomfort scores, assessed by human response from wearer trial garment assessment, and sleeve trial, Wool ComfortMeter (WCM) and Wool HandleMeter (WHM) assessments of fabrics, and fiber diameter characteristics including mean fiber diameter (MFD). Sleeve trial …

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Skin comfort of base layer knitted garments. Part 1: Description and evaluation of wearer test protocol

John H Stanton, Jane Speijers, Geoffrey RS Naylor, Sara Pieruzzini et autres

An important role of garments is to provide adequate comfort. A study was undertaken of the sensory scores for perceived comfort of wool base layer long sleeve knitted T shirts. This paper, the first in a series, describes and evaluates the wearer …

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