Dom talks with Associate Professor Tim Curran from Lincoln University about his research into how plants respond to extreme disturbance events such as fire, drought, frost and cyclones, his recent focus on identifying low flammability species to plant as green firebreaks and how using a 'plant BBQ' is helping facilitate the research.

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