Emilie's research has primarily focussed on the impacts and mechanisms of environmental weed invasion from landscape to biochemical scales. Her broader activities have been in Australian weed societies, as a consultant for the Federal environment department and private landscape restoration companies, bush regeneration volunteering and University lecturing. Her passion for the environment and social justice brought her to CAEPR where she is part of the People of Country project and will work with Indigenous Ranger groups in Arnhem Land and the Gulf to improve their monitoring and reporting capacity.      

Publications

Ens, E. J. and French, K. 
Exotic woody invader limits the recruitment of three indigenous plant species
Biological Conservation, Volume 141, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages 590-595

Ens, E. J., Bremner, J. B., French, K. and Korth, J.
Identification of volatile compounds released by roots of an invasive plant, bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera spp. rotundata), and their inhibition of native seedling growth 
Biological Invasions 2008, DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9232-3

French, K. Ens, E. J. Gosper, C. R., Lindsay, E., Mason, T. J., Owers, B. and Sullivan, N.
Management implications of recent research into the effect of bitou bush invasion
Plant Protection Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 24-28

Ens, E. J., French, K. and Bremner, J. B.
Bitou bush invasion is facilitated by soil chemistry changes which affect the growth of native plants
Proceedings of the 18th Australian Weeds Conference, Cairns, 2008, Pages 104-106

Samantha S. A., Douglas, M., Hutley, L., Ferdinands, K., Ens, E., Brooks, K., and Rossiter, N.
Ecosystem impacts of an exotic grass in northern Australia: effects on structure and carbon stocks.               
Proceedings of the 18th Australian Weeds Conference, Cairns, 2008, Page 198

Ens, E. J., French, K. and Robinson, S. A.
Seasonal photosynthetic patterns of mature Australian coastal plants and physiological tolerance to bitou bush invasion
Australian Journal of Botany (submitted)

Ens, E. J., French, K. and Bremner, J. B. 
Evidence for allelopathy as a mechanism of indigenous plant replacement by invasive exotic shrub 
Plant and Soil (in review)

Ens, E. J. Hutley, L. Setterfield, S. 
C4 grass wars: ecophysiological evidence against the limiting similarity theory in northern Australian tropical savannas (in prep)

Ens, E. J., French, K. O., Bremner, J. B. and Korth, J. K.
Distinct soil chemistry associated with exotic and indigenous plants and the potential influence on indigenous community composition 
Ecology (submitted)

Ens, E. J.
Microhabitat structural change is linked to changes in the invertebrate community of Nassella neesiana invaded grassy woodlands (in prep)

Ens, E. J. and French, K.
The invasion code: a framework to decipher exotic plant invasion mechanism and facilitate control and restoration efforts (in prep)