Chloé Bentze
@chloebentze.bsky.social
(she/her) PhD student at University of South Australia | 🌳 tree-lover 🌴| investigating the causes and consequences of stringybark eucalyptus dieback in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia. 🦘 University College London - Imperial College London grad
PhD opportunities available in my group. All involve plants and ensuring their survival under climate change. biodiversityoceania.com/2025/09/09/t...
Tackling Hotter, Drier Climates: PhD Opportunities for 2026
Hotter, drier climates are emerging in many parts of the world, including South Australia. To protect biodiversity under these new conditions, we need to understand the environmental tolerances of …
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How can we save threatened forests from climate change? Refugia can be an answer, but we need to monitor their effectiveness - Our paper out now, on whether topography is effectively buffering the vulnerable Red Stringybark eucalypt 🟥🌳 from hot droughts in South Australia 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
Using in situ microrefugia to safeguard stringybark eucalypts from hot droughts
Facilitating species persistence under climate change is a pressing issue. Refugia, places where the impacts of climate change may be less severe, can constitute the only option for in situ persisten...
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