Publications
The Institute maintains a strong publications record, producing around 30 articles per annum in refereed journals. Academic staff are encouraged to target high impact journals that are of specific relevance to their discipline areas while it actively encourages academic collaboration and interdisciplinary research. Higher Degree Research students are also encouraged to publish their research findings within their candidature. Recent publications are listed below. Publications for previous years are accessed by clicking on the link to the left.
Recent Publications
Barton CVM, Duursma RA, Medlyn BE, Ellsworth DS, Eamus D, Tissue DT, Adams MA, Conroy J, Crous KY, Liberloo M, Löw M, Linder S, McMurtrie RE, (2012) 'Effects of elevated atmospheric [CO2] on instantaneous transpiration efficiency at leaf and canopy scales in Eucalyptus saligna', Global Change Biology, vol.18, no.2, pp 585-295
Bieber C, Juskaitis R, Turbill C, Ruf T, (2012) 'High survival during hibernation affects onset and timing of reproduction', Oecologia, vol.169, no.1, pp 155-166
Buckley TN, Turnbull TL, Pfautsch S, Gharun M, Adams MA, (2012) 'Differences in water use between mature and post-fire regrowth stands of subalpine Eucalyptus delegatensis R. Baker', Forest Ecology and Management, vol.270, pp 1-10
Cairney JWG, (2012) 'Extramatrical mycelia of ectomycorrhizal fungi as moderators of carbon dynamics in forest soil', Soil Biology, vol.47, no.4, pp 198-208
Clark KE, Hartley SE, Brennan RM, Jennings SN, McMenemy LS, McNicol JW, Mitchell C, Johnson SN, (2012) 'Effects of cultivar and egg density on a colonizing vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) population and its impacts on red raspberry growth and yield', Crop Protection, vol.32, pp 76-82
Clark KE, Hartley SE, Brennan RM, MacKenzie K, Johnson SN, (2012) 'Investigating preference-performance relationships in aboveground-belowground life cycles: a laboratory and field study with the vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus)', Bulletin of Entomological Research, vol.102, no.1, pp 63-70
Clark KE, Hartley SE, Brennan RM, Mackenzie K, Johnson SN, (2012) 'Oviposition and feeding behaviour by the vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus on red raspberry: Effects of cultivars and plant nutritional status', Agricultural and Forest Entomology, vol.14, no.2, pp 157-163
Crawford JW, Deacon L, Grinev D, Harris JA, Ritz K, Singh BK, Young I, (2012) 'Microbial diversity affects self-organization of the soil-microbe system with consequences for function', Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol.9, no.71, pp 1302-1310
Crous KY, Zaragoza-Castells J, Ellsworth DS, Duursma RA, Löw M, Tissue DT, Atkin OK, (2012) 'Light inhibition of leaf respiration in field-grown Eucalyptus saligna in whole-tree chambers under elevated atmospheric CO2 and summer drought', Plant, Cell and Environment, vol.35, no.5, pp 966-981
Deng Y, He ZL, Xu MY, Qin YJ, Van Nostrand JD, Wu LY, Roe BA, Wiley G, Hobbie SE, Reich PB, Zhou JZ, (2012) 'Elevated Carbon Dioxide Alters the Structure of Soil Microbial Communities', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol.78, no.8, pp 2991-2995
Drigo B, Anderson IC, Kannangara GSK, Cairney JWG, Johnson D, (2012) 'Rapid incorporation of carbon from ectomycorrhizal mycelial necromass into soil fungal communities', Soil Biology & Biochemistry, vol.49, pp 4-10
Duursma RA, Falster DS, Valladares F, Sterck FJ, Pearcy RW, Lusk CH, Sendall KM, Nordenstahl M, Houter NC, Atwell BJ, Kelly N, Kelly JWG, Liberloo M, Tissue DT, Medlyn BE, Ellsworth DS, (2012) 'Light interception efficiency explained by two simple variables: A test using a diversity of small- to medium-sized woody plants', New Phytologist, vol.193, no.2, pp 397-408
Eisenhauer N, Cesarz S, Koller R, Worm K, Reich PB, (2012) 'Global change belowground: impacts of elevated CO2, nitrogen, and summer drought on soil food webs and biodiversity', Global Change Biology, vol.18, no.2, pp 435-447
Eisenhauer N, Reich PB, (2012) 'Above- and below-ground plant inputs both fuel soil food webs', Soil Biology, Vol.45, no.2, pp 156-160
Ellsworth DS, Thomas R, Crous KY, Palmroth S, Ward E, Maier C, Delucia E, Oren R, (2012) 'Elevated CO2 affects photosynthetic responses in canopy pine and subcanopy deciduous trees over 10 years: A synthesis from Duke FACE', Global Change Biology, vol.18, no.1, pp 223-242
Falster DS, Reich PB, Ellsworth DS, Wright IJ, Westoby M, Oleksyn J, Lee TD, (2012) 'Lifetime return on investment increases with leaf lifespan among 10 Australian woodland species', New Phytologist, vol.193, no.2, pp 409-419
Gimeno TE, Camarero JJ, Granda E, Pías B, Valladares F, (2012) 'Enhanced growth of Juniperus thurifera under a warmer climate is explained by a positive carbon gain under cold and drought', Tree Physiology, vol.32, no.3, pp 326-336
Gimeno TE, Escudero A, Delgado A, Valladares F, (2012) 'Previous Land Use Alters the Effect of Climate Change and Facilitation on Expanding Woodlands of Spanish Juniper', Ecosystems, vol.15, no.4, pp 564-579
Fillios M, Crowther MS, Letnic M, (2012) 'The impact of the dingo on the thylacine in Holocene Australia', World Archaeology, vol.44, no.1, pp 118-134
He Z, Piceno Y, Deng Y, Xu M, Lu Z, De Santis T, Andersen G, Hobbie SE, Reich PB, Zhou J, (2012) 'The phylogenetic composition and structure of soil microbial communities shifts in response to elevated carbon dioxide' , The ISME Journal, vol.6, no.2, pp 259-272
Huang JH, Liu MQ, Chen FJ, Griffiths BS, Chen XY, Johnson SN, Hu F, (2012) 'Crop resistance traits modify the effects of an aboveground herbivore, brown planthopper, on soil microbial biomass and nematode community via changes to plant performance', Soil Biology & Biochemistry, vol.49, pp 157-166
Johnson D, Martin F, Cairney JWG, Anderson IC, (2012) 'The importance of individuals: Intraspecific diversity of mycorrhizal plants and fungi in ecosystems', New Phytologist, vol.194, no.3, pp 614-628
Johnson SN, Young MW, Karley AJ, (2012) 'Protected raspberry production alters aphid-plant interactions but not aphid population size', Agricultural and Forest Entomology, vol.14, no.2, pp 217-224
Jones AG, Power SA, (2012) 'Field-scale evaluation of effects of nitrogen deposition on the functioning of heathland ecosystems', Journal of Ecology, vol.100, no.2, pp 331-342
Kern CC, Reich PB, Montgomery RA, Strong TF, (2012) 'Do deer and shrubs override canopy gap size effects on growth and survival of yellow birch, northern red oak, eastern white pine, and eastern hemlock seedlings?' Forest Ecology and Management, vol.267, pp 134-143
Kloeke AEEV, Douma JC, Ordonez JC, Reich PB, van Bodegom PM, (2012) 'Global quantification of contrasting leaf life span strategies for deciduous and evergreen species in response to environmental conditions', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol.21, no.2, pp 224-235
Lee MA, Davies L, Power SA, (2012) 'Effects of roads on adjacent plant community composition and ecosystem function: An example from three calcareous ecosystems', Environmental Pollution, vol. 163, pp 273-280
Leigh A, Sevanto S, Ball MC, Close JD, Ellsworth DS, Knight CA, Nicotra AB, Vogel S, (2012) 'Do thick leaves avoid thermal damage in critically low wind speeds?', New Phytologist, vol.194, no.2, pp 477-487
Letnic M, Ritchie EG, Dickman CR, (2012) 'Top predators as biodiversity regulators: The dingo Canis lupus dingo as a case study', Biological Reviews, vol.87, no.2, pp 390-413
Lin YS, Medlyn BE, Ellsworth DS, (2012) 'Temperature responses of leaf net photosynthesis: the role of component processes', Tree Physiology, vol.32, no.2, pp 219-231
Moles AT, Flores-Moreno H, Bonser SP, Warton DI, Helm A, Warman L, Eldridge DJ, Jurado E, Hemmings FA, Reich PB, Cavender-Bares J, Seabloom EW, Mayfield MM, Sheil D, Djietror JC, Peri PL, Enrico L, Cabido MR, Setterfield SA, Lehmann CER, Thomson FJ, (2012) 'Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea', Journal of Ecology, vol.100, no.1, pp 116-127
Nielsen UN, Osler GHR, Campbell CD, Burslem DFRP, van der Wal R, (2012) 'Predictors of fine-scale spatial variation in soil mite and microbe community composition differ between biotic groups and habitats', Pedobiologia, vol.55, no.2, pp 83-91
Nielsen UN, Wall DH, Adams BJ, Virginia RA, Ball BA, Gooseff MN, McKnight DM, (2012) 'The ecology of pulse events: insights from an extreme climatic event in a polar desert ecosystem', Ecosphere, vol.3, no.2, Article 17
Ogle K, Lucas RW, Bentley LP, Cable JM, Barron-Gafford GA, Griffith A, Ignace D, Jenerette GD, Tyler A, Huxman TE, Loik ME, Smith SD, Tissue DT, (2012) 'Differential daytime and night-time stomatal behavior in plants from North American deserts', New Phytologist, vol.194, no.2, pp 464-476
Pekin BK, Wittkuhn RS, Boer MM, Macfarlane C, Grierson PF, (2012) 'Response of plant species and life form diversity to variable fire histories and biomass in the jarrah forest of south-west Australia', Austral Ecology, vol.37, no.3, pp 330-338
Peltoniemi M, Pulkkinen M, Kolari P, Duursma RA, Montagnani L, Wharton S, Lagergren F, Takagi K, Verbeeck H, Christensen T, Vesala T, Falk M, Loustau D, Makela A, (2012) 'Does canopy mean nitrogen concentration explain variation in canopy light use efficiency across 14 contrasting forest sites?',Tree Physiology, vol.32, no.2, pp 200-218
Pfautsch S, Macfarlane C, Ebdon N, Meder R, (2012) 'Assessing sapwood depth and wood properties in Eucalyptus and Corymbia spp. using visual methods and near infrared spectroscopy (NIR)', Trees - Structure and Function, vol.26, no.3, pp 963-974
Phoenix GK, Emmett BA, Britton AJ, Caporn SJM, Dise NB, Helliwell R, Jones L, Leake J, Leith ID, Sheppard LJ, Sowerby A, Pilkington MG, Rowe EC, Ashmore MR, Power SA, (2012) 'Impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition: responses of multiple plant and soil parameters across contrasting ecosystems in long-term field experiments', Global Change Biology, vol.18, no.4, pp 1197-1215
Poorter H, Niklas KJ, Reich PB, Oleksyn J, Poot P, Mommer L, (2012) 'Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: Meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control', New Phytologist, vol.193, no.1, pp 30-50
Powell JR, (2012) 'Accounting for uncertainty in species delineation during the analysis of environmental DNA sequence data', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol.3, no.1, pp 1-11
Reich PB, (2012) 'Key canopy traits drive forest productivity', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol.279, no.1736, pp 2128-2134
Reich PB, Frelich LE, Voldseth RA, Bakken P, Adair EC, (2012) 'Understorey diversity in southern boreal forests is regulated by productivity and its indirect impacts on resource availability and heterogeneity', Journal of Ecology, vol.100, no.2, pp 539-545
Reich PB, Tilman D, Isbell F, Mueller K, Hobbie SE, Flynn DFB, Eisenhauer N, (2012) 'Impacts of biodiversity loss escalate through time as redundancy fades', Science, vol.336, no.6081, pp 589-592
Robakowski P, Li Y, Reich PB, (2012) 'Local ecotypic and species range-related adaptation influence photosynthetic temperature optima in deciduous broadleaved trees', Plant Ecology, vol.213, no.1, pp 113-125
Smit E, Bakker PAHM, Bergmans H, Bloem J, Griffiths BS, Rutgers M, Sanvido O, Singh BK, Van Veen H, Wilhelm R, Glandorf DCM, (2012) 'General Surveillance of the soil ecosystem: An approach to monitoring unexpected adverse effects of GMO's', Ecological Indicators, vol.14, no.1, pp 107-113
Smith RA, Lewis JD, Ghannoum O, Tissue DT, (2012) 'Leaf structural responses to pre-industrial, current and elevated atmospheric [CO2] and temperature affect leaf function in Eucalyptus sideroxylon', Functional Plant Biology, vol.39, no.4, pp 285-296
Smith TE, Wall DH, Hogg ID, Adams BJ, Nielsen UN, Virginia RA, (2012) 'Thawing permafrost alters nematode populations and soil habitat characteristics in an Antarctic polar desert ecosystem', Pedobiologia, vol.55, no.2, pp 75-81
Sun W, Resco V, Williams DG, (2012) 'Environmental and physiological controls on the carbon isotope composition of CO2 respired by leaves and roots of a C3 woody legume (Prosopis velutina) and a C4 perennial grass (Sporobolus wrightii)', Plant Cell and Environment, vol.35, no.3, pp 567-577
Tissue DT, Lewis JD, (2012) 'Learning from the past: how low [CO2] studies inform plant and ecosystem response to future climate change', New Phytologist, vol.194, no.1, pp 4-6
Turbill C, Smith S, Deimel C, Ruf T, (2012) 'Daily torpor is associated with telomere length change over winter in Djungarian hamsters', Biology Letters, vol.8, no.2, pp 304-307
van Ommen Kloeke AEE, Douma JC, Ordoñez JC, Reich PB, van Bodegom PM, (2012) 'Global quantification of contrasting leaf life span strategies for deciduous and evergreen species in response to environmental conditions', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol.21, no.2, pp 224-235
Warton DI, Duursma RA, Falster DS, Taskinen S, (2012) 'smatr 3-an R package for estimation and inference about allometric lines', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol.3, no.2, pp 257-259
Xu CY, Turnbull MH, Tissue DT, Lewis JD, Carson R, Schuster WSF, Whitehead D, Walcroft AS, Li JB, Griffin KL, (2012) 'Age-related decline of stand biomass accumulation is primarily due to mortality and not to reduction in NPP associated with individual tree physiology, tree growth or stand structure in a Quercus-dominated forest', Journal of Ecology, vol.100, no.2, pp 428-440
Zeppel MJB, Lewis JD, Chaszar B, Smith RA, Medlyn BE, Huxman TE, Tissue DT, (2012) 'Nocturnal stomatal conductance responses to rising [CO2], temperature and drought', New Phytologist, vol.193, no.4, pp 929-938
Zhang Y, Chen HYH, Reich PB, (2012) 'Forest productivity increases with evenness, species richness and trait variation: A global meta-analysis', Journal of Ecology, vol.100, no.3, pp 742-749

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