Publications
Here you will find a small selection of our favourite papers, with highlights from each of our research themes.
Assessing candidate DNA barcodes for Chinese and internationally traded timber species
JL Hu, XQ Ci, ZF Liu, EE Dormontt, JG Conran, AJ Lowe, J Li
Molecular Ecology Resources 22 (4), 1478-1492 2021
Environmental associations of abundance-weighted functional traits in Australian plant communities
GR Guerin, RV Gallagher, IJ Wright, SC Andrew, DS Falster, E Wenk, …
Basic and Applied Ecology 58, 98-109 2022
Effective ecosystem monitoring requires a multi‐scaled approach
BD Sparrow, W Edwards, SEM Munroe, GM Wardle, GR Guerin, JF Bastin, …
Biological Reviews 95 (6), 1706-1719 2020
One thousand plant transcriptomes and the phylogenomics of green plants
Nature 574 (7780), 679-685 2019
Advancing DNA barcoding and metabarcoding applications for plants requires systematic analysis of herbarium collections—an Australian perspective
EE Dormontt, KJ Van Dijk, KL Bell, E Biffin, MF Breed, M Byrne, …
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6, 134 2018
The extent of forest in dryland biomes
JF Bastin, N Berrahmouni, A Grainger, D Maniatis, D Mollicone, R Moore, …
Science 356 (6338), 635-638 2017
Genomic, habitat, and leaf shape analyses reveal a possible cryptic species and vulnerability to climate change in a threatened daisy
C Blyth, MJ Christmas, DC Bickerton, MF Breed, NR Foster, GR Guerin, …
Life 11 (6), 553 2021
Increased Genetic Diversity via Gene Flow Provides Hope for Acacia whibleyana, an Endangered Wattle Facing Extinction
C Blyth, MJ Christmas, DC Bickerton, R Faast, JG Packer, AJ Lowe, …
Diversity 12 (8), 299 2020
Disentangling the evolutionary history of three related shrub species using genome-wide molecular markers
D Kireta, MJ Christmas, AJ Lowe, MF Breed
Conservation Genetics 20, 1101-1112 2019
Plants, position and pollination: planting arrangement and pollination limitation in a revegetated eucalypt woodland
KP McCallum, MF Breed, AJ Lowe, DC Paton
Ecological Management & Restoration 20 (3), 222-230 2019
Plant and ant assemblages predicted to decouple under climate change
S Caddy‐Retalic, BD Hoffmann, GR Guerin, AN Andersen, GM Wardle, …
Diversity and Distributions 25 (4), 551-567 2019
Schoolyard biodiversity determines short-term recovery of disturbed skin microbiota in children
JG Mills, CA Selway, T Thomas, LS Weyrich, AJ Lowe
Microbial Ecology, 1-12 2022
Current carbon prices do not stack up to much land use change, despite bundled ecosystem service co‐benefits
DM Summers, CM Regan, C Settre, JD Connor, P O’Connor, H Abbott, …
Global Change Biology 27 (12), 2744-2762 2021
Revegetation of urban green space rewilds soil microbiotas with implications for human health and urban design
JG Mills, A Bissett, N Gellie, AJ Lowe, S Caitlin, T Thomas, P Weinstein, …
Restoration Ecology 2020
Relating urban biodiversity to human health with the ‘holobiont’concept
JG Mills, JD Brookes, NJC Gellie, C Liddicoat, AJ Lowe, HR Sydnor, …
Frontiers in microbiology, 550 2019
Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making
MF Breed, PA Harrison, A Bischoff, P Durruty, NJC Gellie, EK Gonzales, …
BioScience 68 (7), 510-516 2018
Networked and embedded scientific experiments will improve restoration outcomes
NJC Gellie, MF Breed, PE Mortimer, RD Harrison, J Xu, AJ Lowe
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16 (5), 288-294 2018
Which provenance where? Seed sourcing strategies for revegatation in a changing environment
MF Breed, MG Stead, KM Ottewell, MG Gardner, AJ Lowe
Conservation Genetics 14, 1-10 2012