Dr Daniel Falster

Dr Daniel Falster

Future Fellow (ARC)
Science
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

I am an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. I use a combination of maths, computer models, and large data sets to understand how ecosystems work. I am passionate about science, open data, reproducible research, and teaching biologists to use math, mechanistic models and code.

I grew up in Sydney, completing an BSc at UNSW, MSc and PhD at Macquarie. I also spent 2 years in Norway, 6 months in Austria during my PhD, and collaborated with researchers from STRI in Panama.  I returned to UNSW in 2017 with an ARC Future Fellowship.

Phone
+61 2 9065 9519
Location
Rm 5114, E26 East Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW Sydney (Entry via Michael Birt Lawn, through building D26)
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Ford AM; Grootemaat S; Towers I; Maslen B; Cornwell WK; Ooi MKJ; Falster DS, 2024, 'Assessing the effect of tissue and fire-response traits on plant growth rates post-disturbance in eastern Australia', Functional Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14698
    Journal articles | 2024
    Hinchliffe C; Schilling HT; Pepin P; Kar F; Falster DS; Suthers IM, 2024, 'Rapid inference of larval fish recruitment potential from size spectrum models', Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 81, pp. 1581 - 1593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2024-0067
    Journal articles | 2024
    O'Brien T; Warton D; Falster D, 2024, 'Yes, they're all individuals: Hierarchical models for repeat survey data improve estimates of tree growth and size', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14463
    Journal articles | 2024
    Towers IR; O'Reilly-Nugent A; Sabot MEB; Vesk PA; Falster DS, 2024, 'Optimising height-growth predicts trait responses to water availability and other environmental drivers', Plant Cell and Environment, 47, pp. 4849 - 4869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pce.15042
    Journal articles | 2024
    Towers IR; Vesk PA; Wenk E; Gallagher RV; Windecker S; Wright IJ; Falster D, 2024, 'Revisiting the role of mean annual precipitation in shaping functional trait distributions at a continental scale', New Phytologist, 241, pp. 1900 - 1909, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.19478
    Journal articles | 2024
    Wenk E; Bal P; Coleman D; Gallagher R; Yang S; Falster D, 2024, 'Traits.build: A data model, workflow and R package for building harmonised ecological trait databases', Ecological Informatics, 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102773
    Journal articles | 2024
    Wenk EH; Coleman D; Gallagher RV; Falster DS, 2024, 'A near-complete dataset of plant growth form, life history, and woodiness for all Australian plants', Australian Journal of Botany, 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt23111
    Journal articles | 2024
    Wenk EH; Cornwell WK; Fuchs A; Kar F; Monro AM; Sauquet H; Stephens RE; Falster DS, 2024, 'APCalign: an R package workflow and app for aligning and updating flora names to the Australian Plant Census', Australian Journal of Botany, 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt24014
    Journal articles | 2024
    Wenk EH; Sauquet H; Gallagher RV; Brownlee R; Boettiger C; Coleman D; Yang S; Auld T; Barrett R; Brodribb T; Choat B; Dun L; Ellsworth D; Gosper C; Guja L; Jordan GJ; Le Breton T; Leigh A; Lu-Irving P; Medlyn B; Nolan R; Ooi M; Sommerville KD; Vesk P; White M; Wright IJ; Falster DS, 2024, 'The AusTraits plant dictionary', Scientific Data, 11, pp. 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03368-z
    Journal articles | 2023
    Coleman D; Gallagher RV; Falster D; Sauquet H; Wenk E, 2023, 'A workflow to create trait databases from collections of textual taxonomic descriptions', Ecological Informatics, 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102312
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hinchliffe C; Matis PA; Schilling HT; Everett JD; Miskiewicz AG; Pepin P; Falster DS; Suthers IM, 2023, 'Plankton size spectra as an indicator of larval success in Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax)', Fisheries Oceanography, 32, pp. 196 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12620
    Journal articles | 2023
    Keller A; Ankenbrand MJ; Bruelheide H; Dekeyzer S; Enquist BJ; Erfanian MB; Falster DS; Gallagher RV; Hammock J; Kattge J; Leonhardt SD; Madin JS; Maitner B; Neyret M; Onstein RE; Pearse WD; Poelen JH; Salguero-Gomez R; Schneider FD; Tóth AB; Penone C, 2023, 'Ten (mostly) simple rules to future-proof trait data in ecological and evolutionary sciences', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, pp. 444 - 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14033
    Journal articles | 2023
    Zylstra P; Wardell-Johnson G; Falster D; Howe M; McQuoid N; Neville S, 2023, 'Mechanisms by which growth and succession limit the impact of fire in a south-western Australian forested ecosystem', Functional Ecology, 37, pp. 1350 - 1365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14305
    Journal articles | 2022
    Guerin GR; Gallagher RV; Wright IJ; Andrew SC; Falster DS; Wenk E; Munroe SEM; Lowe AJ; Sparrow B, 2022, 'Environmental associations of abundance-weighted functional traits in Australian plant communities', Basic and Applied Ecology, 58, pp. 98 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.11.008
    Journal articles | 2022
    Herberstein ME; McLean DJ; Lowe E; Wolff JO; Khan MK; Smith K; Allen AP; Bulbert M; Buzatto BA; Eldridge MDB; Falster D; Fernandez Winzer L; Griffith SC; Madin JS; Narendra A; Westoby M; Whiting MJ; Wright IJ; Carthey AJR, 2022, 'AnimalTraits - a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size', Scientific Data, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01364-9
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jucker T; Fischer FJ; Chave J; Coomes DA; Caspersen J; Ali A; Loubota Panzou GJ; Feldpausch TR; Falster D; Usoltsev VA; Adu-Bredu S; Alves LF; Aminpour M; Angoboy IB; Anten NPR; Antin C; Askari Y; Muñoz R; Ayyappan N; Balvanera P; Banin L; Barbier N; Battles JJ; Beeckman H; Bocko YE; Bond-Lamberty B; Bongers F; Bowers S; Brade T; van Breugel M; Chantrain A; Chaudhary R; Dai J; Dalponte M; Dimobe K; Domec JC; Doucet JL; Duursma RA; Enríquez M; van Ewijk KY; Farfán-Rios W; Fayolle A; Forni E; Forrester DI; Gilani H; Godlee JL; Gourlet-Fleury S; Haeni M; Hall JS; He JK; Hemp A; Hernández-Stefanoni JL; Higgins SI; Holdaway RJ; Hussain K; Hutley LB; Ichie T; Iida Y; Jiang HS; Joshi PR; Kaboli H; Larsary MK; Kenzo T; Kloeppel BD; Kohyama T; Kunwar S; Kuyah S; Kvasnica J; Lin S; Lines ER; Liu H; Lorimer C; Loumeto JJ; Malhi Y; Marshall PL; Mattsson E; Matula R; Meave JA; Mensah S; Mi X; Momo S; Moncrieff GR; Mora F; Nissanka SP; O'Hara KL; Pearce S; Pelissier R; Peri PL; Ploton P; Poorter L; Pour MJ; Pourbabaei H; Dupuy-Rada JM; Ribeiro SC; Ryan C; Sanaei A; Sanger J; Schlund M; Sellan G; Shenkin A, 2022, 'Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database', Global Change Biology, 28, pp. 5254 - 5268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16302
    Journal articles | 2022
    Mokany K; McCarthy JK; Falster DS; Gallagher RV; Harwood TD; Kooyman R; Westoby M, 2022, 'Patterns and drivers of plant diversity across Australia', Ecography, 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06426
    Journal articles | 2022
    Stephens RE; Sauquet H; Guerin GR; Jiang M; Falster D; Gallagher RV, 2022, 'Climate shapes community flowering periods across biomes', Journal of Biogeography, 49, pp. 1205 - 1218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14375
    Journal articles | 2022
    Suthers IM; White Z; Hinchliffe C; Falster DS; Richardson AJ; Everett JD, 2022, 'The Mortality/Growth ratio of larval fish and the slope of the zooplankton size-spectrum', Fish and Fisheries, 23, pp. 750 - 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12633
    Journal articles | 2022
    Westoby M; Schrader J; Falster D, 2022, 'Trait ecology of startup plants', New Phytologist, 235, pp. 842 - 847, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.18193
    Journal articles | 2021
    Andrew SC; Mokany K; Falster DS; Wenk E; Wright IJ; Merow C; Adams V; Gallagher RV, 2021, 'Functional diversity of the Australian flora: Strong links to species richness and climate', Journal of Vegetation Science, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13018
    Journal articles | 2021
    Falster D; Gallagher R; Wenk E; Wright I; Indiarto D; Baxter C; Andrew SC; Lawson J; Allen S; Fuchs A; Adams MA; Ahrens CW; Alfonzetti M; Angevin T; Atkin OK; Auld T; Baker A; Bean A; Blackman CJ; Bloomfield K; Bowman D; Bragg J; Brodribb TJ; Buckton G; Burrows G; Caldwell E; Camac J; Carpenter R; Catford JA; Cawthray GR; Cernusak LA; Chandler G; Chapman AR; Cheal D; Cheesman AW; Chen S-C; Choat B; Clinton B; Clode P; Coleman H; Cornwell WK; Cosgrove M; Crisp M; Cross E; Crous KY; Cunningham S; Curtis E; Daws MI; DeGabriel JL; Denton MD; Dong N; Duan H; Duncan DH; Duncan RP; Duretto M; Dwyer JM; Edwards C; Esperon-Rodriguez M; Evans JR; Everingham SE; Firn J; Fonseca CR; French BJ; Frood D; Funk JL; Geange SR; Ghannoum O; Gleason SM; Gosper CR; Gray E; Groom PK; Gross C; Guerin G; Guja L; Hahs AK; Harrison MT; Hayes PE; Henery M; Hochuli D; Howell J; Huang G; Hughes L; Huisman J; Ilic J; Jagdish A; Jin D; Jordan G; Jurado E; Kasel S; Kellermann J; Kohout M; Kooyman RM; Kotowska MM; Lai HR; Laliberté E; Lambers H; Lamont BB; Lanfear R; van Langevelde F; Laughlin DC; Laugier-Kitchener B-A; Lehmann CER; Leigh A; Leishman MR; Lenz T; Lepschi B; Lewis JD; Lim F; Liu U; Lord J; Lusk CH; Macinnis-Ng C; McPherson H; Manea A; Mayfield M; McCarthy JK; Meers T; van der Merwe M; Metcalfe D; Milberg P; Mokany K; Moles AT; Moore BD; Moore N; Morgan JW; Morris W; Muir A; Munroe S; Nicholson Á; Nicolle D; Nicotra AB; Niinemets Ü; North T; O’Reilly-Nugent A; O’Sullivan OS; Oberle B; Onoda Y; Ooi MKJ; Osborne CP; Paczkowska G; Pekin B; Pereira CG; Pickering C; Pickup M; Pollock LJ; Poot P; Powell JR; Power SA; Prentice IC; Prior L; Prober SM; Read J; Reynolds V; Richards AE; Richardson B; Roderick ML; Rosell JA; Rossetto M; Rye B; Rymer PD; Sams MA; Sanson G; Schmidt S; Schulze E-D; Sendall K; Sinclair S; Smith B; Smith R; Soper F; Sparrow B; Standish R; Staples TL; Taseski G; Thomas F; Tissue DT; Tjoelker MG; Tng DYP; Tomlinson K; Turner NC; Veneklaas E; Venn S; Vesk P; Vlasveld C; Vorontsova MS; Warren C; Weerasinghe LK; Westoby M; White M; Williams N; Wills J; Wilson PG; Yates C; Zanne AE; Ziemińska K, 2021, 'AusTraits – a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora', Scientific Data, 8, pp. 2021.01.04.425314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-01006-6
    Journal articles | 2021
    Falster D; Gallagher R; Wenk EH; Wright IJ; Indiarto D; Andrew SC; Baxter C; Lawson J; Allen S; Fuchs A; Monro A; Kar F; Adams MA; Ahrens CW; Alfonzetti M; Angevin T; Apgaua DMG; Arndt S; Atkin OK; Atkinson J; Auld T; Baker A; von Balthazar M; Bean A; Blackman CJ; Bloomfield K; Bowman DMJS; Bragg J; Brodribb TJ; Buckton G; Burrows G; Caldwell E; Camac J; Carpenter R; Catford JA; Cawthray GR; Cernusak LA; Chandler G; Chapman AR; Cheal D; Cheesman AW; Chen SC; Choat B; Clinton B; Clode PL; Coleman H; Cornwell WK; Cosgrove M; Crisp M; Cross E; Crous KY; Cunningham S; Curran T; Curtis E; Daws MI; DeGabriel JL; Denton MD; Dong N; Du P; Duan H; Duncan DH; Duncan RP; Duretto M; Dwyer JM; Edwards C; Esperon-Rodriguez M; Evans JR; Everingham SE; Farrell C; Firn J; Fonseca CR; French BJ; Frood D; Funk JL; Geange SR; Ghannoum O; Gleason SM; Gosper CR; Gray E; Groom PK; Grootemaat S; Gross C; Guerin G; Guja L; Hahs AK; Harrison MT; Hayes PE; Henery M; Hochuli D; Howell J; Huang G; Hughes L; Huisman J; Ilic J; Jagdish A; Jin D; Jordan G; Jurado E; Kanowski J; Kasel S; Moles A; Ooi M; Sauquet HJX, 2021, 'AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora', Scientific Data, 8, pp. 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-01006-6
    Journal articles | 2021
    Falster DS; Kunstler G; Fitz John RG; Westoby M, 2021, 'Emergent shapes of trait-based competition functions from resource-based models: A gaussian is not normal in plant communities', American Naturalist, 198, pp. 253 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/714868
    Journal articles | 2021
    Heagney EC; Falster DS; Kovač M, 2021, 'Land clearing in south-eastern Australia: Drivers, policy effects and implications for the future', Land Use Policy, 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105243
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hinchliffe C; Pepin P; Suthers IM; Falster DS, 2021, 'A novel approach for estimating growth and mortality of fish larvae', ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78, pp. 2684 - 2699, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab161
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hinchliffe C; Smith JA; Everett JD; Falster DS; Lara-Lopez A; Miskiewicz AG; Richardson AJ; Schilling HT; Suthers IM, 2021, 'Modelling the distribution of larval fish in a western boundary current using a multi-voyage database', Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 31, pp. 399 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-021-09647-x
    Journal articles | 2021
    Kingsford RT; Bino G; Finlayson CM; Falster D; Fitzsimons JA; Gawlik DE; Murray NJ; Grillas P; Gardner RC; Regan TJ; Roux DJ; Thomas RF, 2021, 'Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance–Improving Conservation Outcomes', Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.643367
    Journal articles | 2021
    McCarthy PX; Gong X; Eghbal S; Falster DS; Rizoiu MA, 2021, 'Evolution of diversity and dominance of companies in online activity', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0249993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249993
    Journal articles | 2021
    Westoby M; Falster DS; Schrader J, 2021, 'Motivating data contributions via a distinct career currency', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2830
    Journal articles | 2021
    Westoby M; Falster DS, 2021, 'The conservative low‐phosphorus niche in Proteaceae', Plant and Soil, 462, pp. 89 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-04953-6
    Journal articles | 2020
    Franklin O; Harrison SP; Dewar R; Farrior CE; Brännström Å; Dieckmann U; Pietsch S; Falster D; Cramer W; Loreau M; Wang H; Mäkelä A; Rebel KT; Meron E; Schymanski SJ; Rovenskaya E; Stocker BD; Zaehle S; Manzoni S; van Oijen M; Wright IJ; Ciais P; van Bodegom PM; Peñuelas J; Hofhansl F; Terrer C; Soudzilovskaia NA; Midgley G; Prentice IC, 2020, 'Organizing principles for vegetation dynamics', Nature Plants, 6, pp. 444 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0655-x
    Journal articles | 2020
    Gallagher RV; Falster DS; Maitner BS; Salguero-Gómez R; Vandvik V; Pearse WD; Schneider FD; Kattge J; Poelen JH; Madin JS; Ankenbrand MJ; Penone C; Feng X; Adams VM; Alroy J; Andrew SC; Balk MA; Bland LM; Boyle BL; Bravo-Avila CH; Brennan I; Carthey AJR; Catullo R; Cavazos BR; Conde DA; Chown SL; Fadrique B; Gibb H; Halbritter AH; Hammock J; Hogan JA; Holewa H; Hope M; Iversen CM; Jochum M; Kearney M; Keller A; Mabee P; Manning P; McCormack L; Michaletz ST; Park DS; Perez TM; Pineda-Munoz S; Ray CA; Rossetto M; Sauquet H; Sparrow B; Spasojevic MJ; Telford RJ; Tobias JA; Violle C; Walls R; Weiss KCB; Westoby M; Wright IJ; Enquist BJ, 2020, 'Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4, pp. 294 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1109-6
    Journal articles | 2020
    Gallagher RV; Falster DS; Maitner BS; Salguero-Gómez R; Vandvik V; Pearse WD; Schneider FD; Kattge J; Poelen JH; Madin JS; Ankenbrand MJ; Penone C; Feng X; Adams VM; Alroy J; Andrew SC; Balk MA; Bland LM; Boyle BL; Bravo-Avila CH; Brennan I; Carthey AJR; Catullo R; Cavazos BR; Conde DA; Chown SL; Fadrique B; Gibb H; Halbritter AH; Hammock J; Hogan JA; Holewa H; Hope M; Iversen CM; Jochum M; Kearney M; Keller A; Mabee P; Manning P; McCormack L; Michaletz ST; Park DS; Perez TM; Pineda-Munoz S; Ray CA; Rossetto M; Sauquet H; Sparrow B; Spasojevic MJ; Telford RJ; Tobias JA; Violle C; Walls R; Weiss KCB; Westoby M; Wright IJ; Enquist BJ, 2020, 'Publisher Correction: Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life (Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2020), 4, 3, (294-303), 10.1038/s41559-020-1109-6)', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4, pp. 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1167-9
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kattge J; Bönisch G; Díaz S; Lavorel S; Prentice IC; Leadley P; Tautenhahn S; Werner GDA; Aakala T; Abedi M; Acosta ATR; Adamidis GC; Adamson K; Aiba M; Albert CH; Alcántara JM; Alcázar C C; Aleixo I; Ali H; Amiaud B; Ammer C; Amoroso MM; Anand M; Anderson C; Anten N; Antos J; Apgaua DMG; Ashman TL; Asmara DH; Asner GP; Aspinwall M; Atkin O; Aubin I; Baastrup-Spohr L; Bahalkeh K; Bahn M; Baker T; Baker WJ; Bakker JP; Baldocchi D; Baltzer J; Banerjee A; Baranger A; Barlow J; Barneche DR; Baruch Z; Bastianelli D; Battles J; Bauerle W; Bauters M; Bazzato E; Beckmann M; Beeckman H; Beierkuhnlein C; Bekker R; Belfry G; Belluau M; Beloiu M; Benavides R; Benomar L; Berdugo-Lattke ML; Berenguer E; Bergamin R; Bergmann J; Bergmann Carlucci M; Berner L; Bernhardt-Römermann M; Bigler C; Bjorkman AD; Blackman C; Blanco C; Blonder B; Blumenthal D; Bocanegra-González KT; Boeckx P; Bohlman S; Böhning-Gaese K; Boisvert-Marsh L; Bond W; Bond-Lamberty B; Boom A; Boonman CCF; Bordin K; Boughton EH; Boukili V; Bowman DMJS; Bravo S; Brendel MR; Broadley MR; Brown KA; Bruelheide H; Brumnich F; Bruun HH; Bruy D; Buchanan SW; Bucher SF; Buchmann N; Buitenwerf R; Bunker DE; Bürger J; Moles A; Cornwell W; Falster D; Muir C; Martin A; Wenk E, 2020, 'TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access', Global Change Biology, 26, pp. 119 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zajitschek SRK; Zajitschek F; Bonduriansky R; Brooks RC; Cornwell W; Falster DS; Lagisz M; Mason J; Senior AM; Noble DAW; Nakagawa S, 2020, 'Sex and Power: sexual dimorphism in trait variability and its eco-evolutionary and statistical implications', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.23.106146
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zajitschek SRK; Zajitschek F; Bonduriansky R; Brooks RC; Cornwell W; Falster DS; Lagisz M; Mason J; Senior AM; Noble DWA; Nakagawa S, 2020, 'Sexual dimorphism in trait variability and its eco-evolutionary and statistical implications', eLife, 9, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.63170
    Journal articles | 2019
    Falster DS; FitzJohn RG; Pennell MW; Cornwell WK, 2019, 'DataStorr: A workflow and package for delivering successive versions of’evolving data’ directly into R', GigaScience, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giz035
    Journal articles | 2019
    Gray EF; Wright IJ; Falster DS; Eller ASD; Lehmann CER; Bradford MG; Cernusak LA, 2019, 'Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits together explain substantial growth rate variation in rainforest trees', AoB PLANTS, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plz024
    Journal articles | 2019
    Thurner M; Beer C; Crowther T; Falster D; Manzoni S; Prokushkin A; Schulze ED, 2019, 'Sapwood biomass carbon in northern boreal and temperate forests', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28, pp. 640 - 660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12883
    Journal articles | 2018
    Camac JS; Condit R; FitzJohn RG; McCalman L; Steinberg D; Westoby M; Joseph Wright S; Falster DS, 2018, 'Partitioning mortality into growth-dependent and growth-independent hazards across 203 tropical tree species', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, pp. 12459 - 12464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721040115
    Journal articles | 2018
    Falster DS; Duursma RA; FitzJohn RG, 2018, 'How functional traits influence plant growth and shade tolerance across the life cycle', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, pp. E6789 - E6798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714044115
    Journal articles | 2018
    Heim RHJ; Wright IJ; Chang HC; Carnegie AJ; Pegg GS; Lancaster EK; Falster DS; Oldeland J, 2018, 'Detecting myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) on lemon myrtle trees using spectral signatures and machine learning', Plant Pathology, 67, pp. 1114 - 1121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12830
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hellström L; Carlsson L; Falster DS; Westoby M; Brännström Å, 2018, 'Branch thinning and the large-scale, self-similar structure of trees', American Naturalist, 192, pp. E37 - E47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/697429
    Journal articles | 2018
    Lindh M; Falster DS; Zhang L; Dieckmann U; Brännström Å, 2018, 'Latitudinal effects on crown shape evolution', International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 17, pp. 8149 - 8158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4275
    Journal articles | 2018
    Rani R; Abramowicz K; Falster DS; Sterck F; Brännström Å, 2018, 'Effects of bud-flushing strategies on tree growth', Tree Physiology, 38, pp. 1384 - 1393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpy005
    Journal articles | 2018
    Wenk EH; Abramowicz K; Westoby M; Falster DS, 2018, 'Investment in reproduction for 14 iteroparous perennials is large and associated with other life-history and functional traits', Journal of Ecology, 106, pp. 1338 - 1348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12974
    Journal articles | 2017
    Camac J; Condit R; FitzJohn R; McCalman L; Steinberg D; Westoby M; Wright J; Falster D, 2017, 'Unifying intra- and inter-specific variation in tropical tree mortality', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/228361
    Journal articles | 2017
    Falster D; FitzJohn R; Pennell M; Cornwell W, 2017, 'Versioned data: why it is needed and how it can be achieved (easily and cheaply)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3401v1
    Journal articles | 2017
    Falster DS; Brännström Å; Westoby M; Dieckmann U, 2017, 'Multitrait successional forest dynamics enable diverse competitive coexistence', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, pp. E2719 - E2728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1610206114
    Journal articles | 2017
    Madin JS; Anderson KD; Andreasen MH; Bridge TCL; Cairns SD; Connolly SR; Darling ES; Diaz M; Falster DS; Franklin EC; Gates RD; Harmer AMT; Hoogenboom MO; Huang D; Keith SA; Kosnik MA; Kuo CY; Lough JM; Lovelock CE; Luiz O; Martinelli J; Mizerek T; Pandolfi JM; Pochon X; Pratchett MS; Putnam HM; Roberts TE; Stat M; Wallace CC; Widman E; Baird AH, 2017, 'Corrigendum: The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans', Scientific data, 4, pp. 170174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.174
    Journal articles | 2017
    Wenk EH; Abramowicz K; Westoby M; Falster DS, 2017, 'Coordinated shifts in allocation among reproductive tissues across 14 coexisting plant species', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/141473
    Journal articles | 2016
    Duursma RA; Falster DS, 2016, 'Leaf mass per area, not total leaf area, drives differences in above-ground biomass distribution among woody plant functional types', The New phytologist, 212, pp. 368 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.14033
    Journal articles | 2016
    Falster D; Duursma R; FitzJohn R, 2016, 'Trajectories: how functional traits influence plant growth and shade tolerance across the life-cycle', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/083451
    Journal articles | 2016
    Falster DS; Fitzjohn RG; Brännström Å; Dieckmann U; Westoby M, 2016, 'Plant: A package for modelling forest trait ecology and evolution', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7, pp. 136 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12525
    Journal articles | 2016
    Gibert A; Gray EF; Westoby M; Wright IJ; Falster DS, 2016, 'On the link between functional traits and growth rate: meta-analysis shows effects change with plant size, as predicted', Journal of Ecology, 104, pp. 1488 - 1503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12594
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kunstler G; Falster D; Coomes DA; Hui F; Kooyman RM; Laughlin DC; Poorter L; Vanderwel M; Vieilledent G; Wright SJ; Aiba M; Baraloto C; Caspersen J; Cornelissen JHC; Gourlet-Fleury S; Hanewinkel M; Herault B; Kattge J; Kurokawa H; Onoda Y; Peñuelas J; Poorter H; Uriarte M; Richardson S; Ruiz-Benito P; Sun IF; Ståhl G; Swenson NG; Thompson J; Westerlund B; Wirth C; Zavala MA; Zeng H; Zimmerman JK; Zimmermann NE; Westoby M, 2016, 'Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition', Nature, 529, pp. 204 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16476
    Journal articles | 2016
    Madin JS; Anderson KD; Andreasen MH; Bridge TCL; Cairns SD; Connolly SR; Darling ES; Diaz M; Falster DS; Franklin EC; Gates RD; Hoogenboom MO; Huang D; Keith SA; Kosnik MA; Kuo CY; Lough JM; Lovelock CE; Luiz O; Martinelli J; Mizerek T; Pandolfi JM; Pochon X; Pratchett MS; Putnam HM; Roberts TE; Stat M; Wallace CC; Widman E; Baird AH, 2016, 'The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans', Scientific Data, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.17
    Journal articles | 2016
    Madin JS; Hoogenboom MO; Connolly SR; Darling ES; Falster DS; Huang D; Keith SA; Mizerek T; Pandolfi JM; Putnam HM; Baird AH, 2016, 'A Trait-Based Approach to Advance Coral Reef Science', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31, pp. 419 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.012
    Journal articles | 2016
    Paul KI; Roxburgh SH; Chave J; England JR; Zerihun A; Specht A; Lewis T; Bennett LT; Baker TG; Adams MA; Huxtable D; Montagu KD; Falster DS; Feller M; Sochacki S; Ritson P; Bastin G; Bartle J; Wildy D; Hobbs T; Larmour J; Waterworth R; Stewart HTL; Jonson J; Forrester DI; Applegate G; Mendham D; Bradford M; O'Grady A; Green D; Sudmeyer R; Rance SJ; Turner J; Barton C; Wenk EH; Grove T; Attiwill PM; Pinkard E; Butler D; Brooksbank K; Spencer B; Snowdon P; O'Brien N; Battaglia M; Cameron DM; Hamilton S; Mcauthur G; Sinclair J, 2016, 'Testing the generality of above-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types at the continent scale', Global Change Biology, 22, pp. 2106 - 2124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13201
    Journal articles | 2015
    Duursma R; Falster D, 2015, 'Leaf traits drive differences in biomass partitioning among major plant functional types', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/025361
    Journal articles | 2015
    Falster D; Brännström Å; Westoby M; Dieckmann U, 2015, 'Multi-trait eco-evolutionary dynamics explain niche diversity and evolved neutrality in forests', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/014605
    Journal articles | 2015
    Falster DS; Duursma RA; Ishihara MI; Barneche DR; FitzJohn RG; Vårhammar A; Aiba M; Ando M; Anten N; Aspinwall MJ; Baltzer JL; Baraloto C; Battaglia M; Battles JJ; Lamberty BB; Van Breugel M; Camac J; Claveau Y; Coll L; Dannoura M; Delagrange S; Domec JC; Fatemi F; Feng W; Gargaglione V; Goto Y; Hagihara A; Hall JS; Hamilton S; Harja D; Hiura T; Holdaway R; Hutley LB; Ichie T; Jokela EJ; Kantola A; Kelly JWG; Kenzo T; King D; Kloeppel BD; Kohyama T; Komiyama A; Laclau JP; Lusk CH; Maguire DA; Le Maire G; Mäkelä A; Markesteijn L; Marshall J; McCulloh K; Miyata I; Mokany K; Mori S; Myster RW; Nagano M; Naidu SL; Nouvellon Y; O'Grady AP; O'Hara KL; Ohtsuka T; Osada N; Osunkoya OO; Peri PL; Petritan AM; Poorter L; Portsmuth A; Potvin C; Ransijn J; Reid D; Ribeiro SC; Roberts SD; Rodríguez R; Acosta AS; Santa-Regina I; Sasa K; Selaya NG; Sillett SC; Sterck F; Takagi K; Tange T; Tanouchi H; Tissue D; Umehara T; Utsugi H; Vadeboncoeur MA; Valladares F; Vanninen P; Wang JR; Wenk E; Williams R; De Aquino Ximenes F; Yamaba A; Yamada T; Yamakura T; Yanai RD; York RA, 2015, 'BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants', Ecology, 96, pp. 1445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1889.1
    Journal articles | 2015
    Wenk EH; Falster DS, 2015, 'Quantifying and understanding reproductive allocation schedules in plants', Ecology and Evolution, 5, pp. 5521 - 5538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1802
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cornwell WK; Westoby M; Falster DS; Fitzjohn RG; O'Meara BC; Pennell MW; McGlinn DJ; Eastman JM; Moles AT; Reich PB; Tank DC; Wright IJ; Aarssen L; Beaulieu JM; Kooyman RM; Leishman MR; Miller ET; Niinemets U; Oleksyn J; Ordonez A; Royer DL; Smith SA; Stevens PF; Warman L; Wilf P; Zanne AE, 2014, 'Functional distinctiveness of major plant lineages', Journal of Ecology, 102, pp. 345 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12208
    Journal articles | 2014
    Li G; Harrison SP; Prentice IC; Falster D, 2014, 'Simulation of tree ring-widths with a model for primary production, carbon allocation and growth', Biogeosciences Discussions, 11, pp. 10451 - 10485, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-10451-2014
    Journal articles | 2014
    Li G; Harrison SP; Prentice IC; Falster D, 2014, 'Simulation of tree-ring widths with a model for primary production, carbon allocation, and growth', Biogeosciences, 11, pp. 6711 - 6724, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6711-2014
    Journal articles | 2014
    Lindh M; Zhang L; Falster D; Franklin O; Brännströma Å, 2014, 'Plant diversity and drought: The role of deep roots', Ecological Modelling, 290, pp. 85 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.05.008
    Journal articles | 2012
    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, 193, pp. 397 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03943.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    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, 193, pp. 409 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03940.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    Lusk CH; Pérez-Millaqueo MM; Saldaña A; Burns BR; Laughlin DC; Falster DS, 2012, 'Seedlings of temperate rainforest conifer and angiosperm trees differ in leaf area display', Annals of Botany, 110, pp. 177 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs095
    Journal articles | 2012
    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, 3, pp. 257 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00153.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    Westoby M; Cornwell WK; Falster DS, 2012, 'An evolutionary attractor model for sapwood cross section in relation to leaf area', Journal of Theoretical Biology, 303, pp. 98 - 109
    Journal articles | 2011
    Falster DS; Brännström A; Dieckmann U; Westoby M, 2011, 'Influence of four major plant traits on average height, leaf-area cover, net primary productivity, and biomass density in single-species forests: A theoretical investigation', Journal of Ecology, 99, pp. 148 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01735.x
    Journal articles | 2010
    Falster DS; Nakken S; Bergem-Ohr M; Rødland EA; Breivik J, 2010, 'Unstable DNA repair genes shaped by their own sequence modifying phenotypes', Journal of Molecular Evolution, 70, pp. 266 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00239-010-9328-0
    Journal articles | 2010
    Zanne AE; Falster DS, 2010, 'Plant functional traits - Linkages among stem anatomy, plant performance and life history', New Phytologist, 185, pp. 348 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03135.x
    Journal articles | 2010
    Zanne AE; Westoby M; Falster DS; Ackerly DD; Loarie SR; Arnold SEJ; Coomes DA, 2010, 'Angiosperm wood structure: Global patterns in vessel anatomy and their relation to wood density and potential conductivity', American Journal of Botany, 97, pp. 207 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.0900178
    Journal articles | 2009
    Reich PB; Falster DS; Ellsworth DS; Wright IJ; Westoby M; Oleksyn J; Lee TD, 2009, 'Controls on declining carbon balance with leaf age among 10 woody species in Australian woodland: Do leaves have zero daily net carbon balances when they die?', New Phytologist, 183, pp. 153 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02824.x
    Journal articles | 2009
    Westoby M; Moles AT; Falster D, 2009, 'Evolutionary coordination between offspring size at independence and adult size', Journal of Ecology, 97, pp. 23 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01396.x
    Journal articles | 2008
    Falster D; Moles AT; Westoby M, 2008, 'A general model for the scaling of offspring size and adult size', American Naturalist, 172, pp. 299 - 317
    Journal articles | 2008
    Lusk CH; Falster DS; Jara-Vergara CK; Jimenez-Castillo M; Saldaña-Mendoza A, 2008, 'Ontogenetic variation in light requirements of juvenile rainforest evergreens', Functional Ecology, 22, pp. 454 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01384.x
    Journal articles | 2006
    Falster DS, 2006, 'Sapling strength and safety: The importance of wood density in tropical forests', New Phytologist, 171, pp. 237 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01809.x
    Journal articles | 2006
    Lusk CH; Falster DS; Pérez-Millaqueo M; Saldaña A, 2006, 'Ontogenetic variation in light interception, self-shading and biomass distribution of seedlings of the conifer Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch', Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 79, pp. 321 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-078X2006000300004
    Journal articles | 2006
    Warton DI; Wright I; Falster D; Westoby M, 2006, 'Bivariate line-fitting methods for allometry', Biological Reviews, 81, pp. 259 - 291
    Journal articles | 2006
    Wright IJ; Falster DS; Pickup M; Westoby M, 2006, 'Cross-species patterns in the coordination between leaf and stem traits, and their implications for plant hydraulics', Physiologia Plantarum, 127, pp. 445 - 456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00699.x
    Journal articles | 2005
    Falster DS; Westoby M, 2005, 'Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia', Journal of Ecology, 93, pp. 521 - 535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00992.x
    Journal articles | 2005
    Falster DS; Westoby M, 2005, 'Tradeoffs between height growth rate, stem persistence and maximum height among plant species in a post-fire succession', Oikos, 111, pp. 57 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13383.x
    Journal articles | 2005
    Wright I; Reich P; Cornelissen J; Falster D; Garnier E; Hikosaka K; Lamont B; Lee WY; Oleksyn J; Osada N; Poorter H; Villar R; Warton DI; Westoby M, 2005, 'Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships', New Phytologist, 166, pp. 485 - 496
    Journal articles | 2005
    Wright I; Reich P; Cornelissen J; Falster D; Groom P; Hikosaka K; Lee W; Lusk C; Niinemets U; Oleksyn J; Poorter H; Warton DI; Westoby M, 2005, 'Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 14, pp. 411 - 421
    Journal articles | 2004
    Moles AT; Falster D; Leishman M; Westoby M, 2004, 'Small-seeded species produce more seeds per square metre of canopy per year, but not per individual per lifetime', Journal of Ecology, 92, pp. 384 - 396, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118755652/HTMLSTART
    Journal articles | 2003
    Falster DS; Westoby M, 2003, 'Leaf size and angle vary widely across species: What consequences for light interception?', New Phytologist, 158, pp. 509 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00765.x
    Journal articles | 2003
    Falster DS; Westoby M, 2003, 'Plant height and evolutionary games', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18, pp. 337 - 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00061-2
    Journal articles | 2002
    Westoby M; Falster DS; Moles AT; Vesk PA; Wright IJ, 2002, 'Plant ecological strategies: Some leading dimensions of variation between species', Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 33, pp. 125 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.33.010802.150452
    Journal articles | 2001
    Falster DS; Murray BR; Lepschi BJ, 2001, 'Linking abundance, occupancy and spatial structure: An empirical test of a neutral model in an open-forest woody plant community in eastern Australia', Journal of Biogeography, 28, pp. 317 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00553.x
    Journal articles |
    Falster D; FitzJohn RG; Pennell MW; Cornwell WK, 'Versioned data: why it is needed and how it can be achieved (easily and cheaply)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3401v1
  • Working Papers | 2017
    Falster D; FitzJohn RG; Pennell MW; Cornwell WK, 2017, Versioned data: why it is needed and how it can be achieved (easily and cheaply), http://dx.doi.org10.7287/peerj.preprints.3401v1
    Working Papers |
    Falster D; Gallagher R; Wenk E; Wright I; Indiarto D; Baxter C; Andrew SC; Lawson J; Allen S; Fuchs A; Adams MA; Ahrens CW; Alfonzetti M; Angevin T; Atkin OK; Auld T; Baker A; Bean A; Blackman CJ; Bloomfield K; Bowman D; Bragg J; Brodribb TJ; Buckton G; Burrows G; Caldwell E; Camac J; Carpenter R; Catford JA; Cawthray GR; Cernusak LA; Chandler G; Chapman AR; Cheal D; Cheesman AW; Chen S-C; Choat B; Clinton B; Clode P; Coleman H; Cornwell WK; Cosgrove M; Crisp M; Cross E; Crous KY; Cunningham S; Curtis E; Daws MI; DeGabriel JL; Denton MD; Dong N; Duan H; Duncan DH; Duncan RP; Duretto M; Dwyer JM; Edwards C; Esperon-Rodriguez M; Evans JR; Everingham SE; Firn J; Fonseca CR; French BJ; Frood D; Funk JL; Geange SR; Ghannoum O; Gleason SM; Gosper CR; Gray E; Groom PK; Gross C; Guerin G; Guja L; Hahs AK; Harrison MT; Hayes PE; Henery M; Hochuli D; Howell J; Huang G; Hughes L; Huisman J; Ilic J; Jagdish A; Jin D; Jordan G; Jurado E; Kasel S; Kellermann J; Kohout M; Kooyman RM; Kotowska MM; Lai HR; Laliberté E; Lambers H; Lamont BB; Lanfear R; van Langevelde F; Laughlin DC; Laugier-Kitchener B-A; Lehmann CER; Leigh A; Leishman MR; Lenz T; Lepschi B; Lewis JD; Lim F; Liu U; Lord J; Lusk CH; Macinnis-Ng C; McPherson H; Manea A; Mayfield M; McCarthy JK; Meers T; van der Merwe M; Metcalfe D; Milberg P; Mokany K; Moles AT; Moore BD; Moore N; Morgan JW; Morris W; Muir A; Munroe S; Nicholson Á; Nicolle D; Nicotra AB; Niinemets Ü; North T; O’Reilly-Nugent A; O’Sullivan OS; Oberle B; Onoda Y; Ooi MKJ; Osborne CP; Paczkowska G; Pekin B; Pereira CG; Pickering C; Pickup M; Pollock LJ; Poot P; Powell JR; Power SA; Prentice IC; Prior L; Prober SM; Read J; Reynolds V; Richards AE; Richardson B; Roderick ML; Rosell JA; Rossetto M; Rye B; Rymer PD; Sams MA; Sanson G; Schmidt S; Schulze E-D; Sendall K; Sinclair S; Smith B; Smith R; Soper F; Sparrow B; Standish R; Staples TL; Taseski G; Thomas F; Tissue DT; Tjoelker MG; Tng DYP; Tomlinson K; Turner NC; Veneklaas E; Venn S; Vesk P; Vlasveld C; Vorontsova MS; Warren C; Weerasinghe LK; Westoby M; White M; Williams N; Wills J; Wilson PG; Yates C; Zanne AE; Ziemińska K, AusTraits – a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, http://dx.doi.org10.1101/2021.01.04.425314
  • Preprints | 2024
    O’Brien T; Warton D; Falster D, 2024, Yes, they’re all individuals: Hierarchical models from repeat measurement data improve estimates of tree growth and size, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.27.609830
    Preprints | 2024
    Towers I; O’Reilly-Nugent A; Sabot MEB; Vesk P; Falster D, 2024, Explaining plant trait variation in response to soil water availability using an optimal height-growth model, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.23.576942
    Preprints | 2024
    Wenk E; Bal P; Coleman D; Gallagher R; Yang S; Falster D, 2024, traits.build: a data model, workflow and R package for building harmonised ecological trait databases, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.11.579848
    Preprints | 2024
    Wenk E; Cornwell W; Fuchs A; Kar F; Monro A; Sauquet H; Stephens R; Falster D, 2024, APCalign: an R package workflow and app for aligning and updating flora names to the Australian Plant Census, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.02.578715
    Preprints | 2024
    Wenk E; Falster D; Abramowicz K; Westoby M, 2024, Is allocation among reproductive tissues coordinated with seed size?, , http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.172114673.30654851/v1
    Preprints | 2023
    Towers I; Vesk P; Wenk E; Gallagher R; Windecker S; Wright I; Falster D, 2023, Revisiting the role of mean annual precipitation in shaping functional trait distributions at a continental scale, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.29.546983
    Preprints | 2023
    Wenk E; Sauquet H; Gallagher R; Brownlee R; Boettiger C; Coleman D; Yang S; Auld T; Barrett R; Brodribb T; Choat B; Dun L; Ellsworth D; Gosper C; Guja L; Jordan G; Breton TL; Leigh A; Lu-Irving P; Medlyn B; Nolan R; Ooi M; Sommerville K; Vesk P; White M; Wright I; Falster D, 2023, The AusTraits Plant Dictionary, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.16.545047
    Preprints | 2022
    Keller A; Ankenbrand M; Bruelheide H; Dekeyzer S; Enquist BJ; Erfanian MB; Falster D; Gallagher RV; Hammock J; Kattge J; Leonhardt SD; Madin J; Maitner B; Neyret M; Onstein RE; Pearse WD; Poelen JH; Salguero-Gomez R; Schneider FD; Tóth AB; Penone C, 2022, Ten (mostly) simple rules to future-proof trait data in ecological and evolutionary sciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.165854021.12539794/v1
    Preprints | 2021
    Stephens R; Sauquet H; Guerin G; Jiang M; Falster D; Gallagher R, 2021, Climate shapes flowering periods across plant communities, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.10.463841
    Preprints | 2020
    McCarthy PX; Gong X; Eghbal S; Falster DS; Rizoiu M-A, 2020, Evolution of diversity and dominance of companies in online activity, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2003.07049
    Preprints | 2019
    Gallagher R; Falster DS; Maitner B; Salguero-Gomez R; Vandvik V; Pearse W; Schneider F; Kattge J; Alroy J; Ankenbrand MJ; Andrew S; Balk M; Bland L; Boyle B; Bravo-Avila C; Brennan I; Carthey A; Catullo R; Cavazos B; Chown S; Fadrique B; Feng X; Halbritter AH; Hammock J; Hogan JA; Holewa H; Iversen C; Jochum M; Kearney M; Keller A; Mabee P; Madin J; Manning P; McCormack L; Michaletz S; Park D; Penone C; Perez T; Pineda-Munoz S; Poelen JH; Ray C; Rossetto M; Sauquet H; Sparrow B; Spasojevic MJ; Telford RJ; Tobias JA; Violle C; Walls R; Weiss KCB; Westoby M; Wright I; Enquist B, 2019, The Open Traits Network: Using Open Science principles to accelerate trait-based science across the Tree of Life, , http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/kac45
    Preprints | 2014
    Wenk EH; Falster D, 2014, Quantifying and understanding reproductive allocation schedules in plants: a lifetime of decisions, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/008508
    Preprints |
    Jucker T; Fischer FJ; Chave J; Coomes DA; Caspersen J; Ali A; Panzou GJL; Feldpausch TR; Falster D; Usoltsev VA; Jackson TD; Adu-Bredu S; Alves LF; Aminpour M; Angoboy IB; Anten NPR; Antin C; Askari Y; Muñoz R; Ayyappan N; Banin L; Barbier N; Battles JJ; Beeckman H; Bocko YE; Bond-Lamberty B; Bongers F; Bowers S; van Breugel M; Chantrain A; Chaudhary R; Dai J; Dalponte M; Dimobe K; Domec J-C; Doucet J-L; Rada JMD; Duursma RA; Enríquez M; van Ewijk KY; Farfán-Rios W; Fayolle A; Ferretti M; Forni E; Forrester DI; Gilani H; Godlee JL; Haeni M; Hall JS; He J-K; Hemp A; Hernández-Stefanoni JL; Higgins SI; Holdaway RJ; Hussain K; Hutley LB; Ichie T; Iida Y; Jiang H-S; Joshi PR; Kaboli H; Larsary MK; Kenzo T; Kloeppel BD; Kohyama T; Kunwar S; Kuyah S; Kvasnica J; Lin S; Lines ER; Liu H; Lorimer C; Loumeto J-J; Malhi Y; Marshall PL; Mattsson E; Matula R; Meave JA; Mensah S; Mi X; Momo ST; Moncrieff GR; Mora F; Nissanka SP; Hajar ZSN; O’Hara KL; Pearce S; Pelissier R; Peri PL; Ploton P; Poorter L; Pour MJ; Pourbabaei H; Ribeiro SC; Ryan C; Sanaei A; Sanger J; Schlund M; Sellan G; Shenkin A; Sonké B; Sterck FJ; Svátek M; Takagi K; Trugman AT; Vadeboncoeur MA; Valipour A; Vanderwel MC; Vovides AG; Waldner P; Wang W; Wang L-Q; Wirth C; Woods M; Xiang W; de Aquino Ximenes F; Xu Y; Yamada T; Zavala MA; Zimmermann NE, The global spectrum of tree crown architecture, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.14.613032

Currently, my work focusses on

* Understanding and predicting the distribution of plant types found across the Australian continent from first principles, using eco-evolutionary models,

* Assembling AusTraits - a continental database on the traits of Australian plant species,

* Development of size structured theory and models,

* Studying the impacts of climate and human management on vegetation.

While I primarily work with plants,  also supervise students applying size structured population models to other systems, such as fish, dugongs and kangaroos.

My Teaching

As a teacher, I convene

BEES2041 - Data Analysis for Life and Earth Science. This core 2nd year course. Student's develop core skills in the manipulation, statistical analysis, and communication of data. Using examples from the biological, earth, and environmental sciences, they will examine the role of statistics in answering the three main types of scientific questions, and gain experience applying common methods, using the R programming language.

 

Intermediate R - A short course for HDR students (and others) looking to take their skills to the next level. this course runs once a year and in collaboration with UNSW Stats Central. We focus on project organisation, reproducible research, effective collaboration, and scaling up their analyses.