Dr Elizabeth Wenk

Senior Research Fellow
Science
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences
  • 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 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
    Maitner B; Gallagher R; Svenning JC; Tietje M; Wenk EH; Eiserhardt WL, 2023, 'A global assessment of the Raunkiæran shortfall in plants: geographic biases in our knowledge of plant traits', New Phytologist, 240, pp. 1345 - 1354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.18999
    Journal articles | 2023
    Mesaglio T; Sauquet H; Coleman D; Wenk E; Cornwell WK, 2023, 'Photographs as an essential biodiversity resource: drivers of gaps in the vascular plant photographic record', New Phytologist, 238, pp. 1685 - 1694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.18813
    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 | 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 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
    Gallagher RV; Allen S; Mackenzie BDE; Yates CJ; Gosper CR; Keith DA; Merow C; White MD; Wenk E; Maitner BS; He K; Adams VM; Auld TD, 2021, 'High fire frequency and the impact of the 2019–2020 megafires on Australian plant diversity', Diversity and Distributions, 27, pp. 1166 - 1179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13265
    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 | 2019
    Paul KI; Larmour J; Specht A; Zerihun A; Ritson P; Roxburgh SH; Sochacki S; Lewis T; Barton CVM; England JR; Battaglia M; O'Grady A; Pinkard E; Applegate G; Jonson J; Brooksbank K; Sudmeyer R; Wildy D; Montagu KD; Bradford M; Butler D; Hobbs T, 2019, 'Testing the generality of below-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types', FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 432, pp. 102 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.08.043
    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
    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
    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
    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 | 2004
    Kennedy PG; Hausmann NJ; Wenk EH; Dawson TE, 2004, 'The importance of seed reserves for seedling performance: an integrated approach using morphological, physiological, and stable isotope techniques', OECOLOGIA, 141, pp. 547 - 554, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-004-1686-0
    Journal articles | 2001
    Eppley SM; Wenk EH, 2001, 'Reproductive biomass allocation in the dioecious perennial Acanthosicyos horrida', SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 67, pp. 10 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6299(15)31086-3
    Journal articles | 2000
    Palmer TM; Young TP; Stanton ML; Wenk E, 2000, 'Short-term dynamics of an acacia ant community in Laikipia, Kenya', OECOLOGIA, 123, pp. 425 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004420051030
  • 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; Coleman D; Gallagher R; Falster D, 2023, A near-complete dataset of plant growth form, life history, and woodiness for all Australian plants, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.19.572473
    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
    Maitner B; Gallagher R; Svenning J-C; Tietje M; Wenk E; Eiserhardt W, 2022, Socioeconomics and biogeography jointly drive geographic biases in our knowledge of plant traits: a global assessment of the Raunkiærian shortfall in plants, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.26.509556