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