By Associate Professor Mark Ooi

Journal articles

Ooi MKJ, 2019, 'The importance of fire season when managing threatened plant species: A long-term case-study of a rare Leucopogon species (Ericaceae)', Journal of Environmental Management, 236, pp. 17 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.083

Saatkamp A; Cochrane A; Commander L; Guja L; Jimenez-Alfaro B; Larson J; Nicotra A; Poschlod P; Silveira FAO; Cross A; Dalziell EL; Dickie J; Erickson TE; Fidelis A; Fuchs A; Golos PJ; Hope M; Lewandrowski W; Merritt DJ; Miller BP; Miller R; Offord CA; Ooi MKJ; Satyanti A; Sommerville KD; Tangney R; Tomlinson S; Turner S; Walck JL, 2019, 'A research agenda for seed-trait functional ecology', New Phytologist, 221, pp. 1764 - 1775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.15502

Feng L; Sundberg S; Ooi MKJ; Wu YH; Wang M; Bu ZJ, 2018, 'Oxygen-deficiency and allelochemicals affect Sphagnum spore persistence in peatlands', Plant and Soil, 432, pp. 403 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3809-0

Muñoz-Rojas M; Chilton A; Liyanage GS; Erickson TE; Merritt DJ; Neilan BA; Ooi MKJ; Munoz-Rojas M, 2018, 'Effects of indigenous soil cyanobacteria on seed germination and seedling growth of arid species used in restoration', Plant and Soil, 429, pp. 91 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3607-8

Ma H; Wu H; Ooi MKJ, 2018, 'Within population variation in germination response to smoke cues: convergent recruitment strategies and different dormancy types', Plant and Soil, 427, pp. 281 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3641-6

Palmer HD; Denham AJ; Ooi MKJ, 2018, 'Fire severity drives variation in post-fire recruitment and residual seed bank size of Acacia species', Plant Ecology, 219, pp. 527 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-018-0815-5

Liyanage GS; Ooi MKJ, 2018, 'Seed size-mediated dormancy thresholds: A case for the selective pressure of fire on physically dormant species', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123, pp. 135 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx117

Gilpin AM; Collette JC; Denham AJ; Ooi MKJ; Ayre DJ, 2017, 'Do introduced honeybees affect seed set and seed quality in a plant adapted for bird pollination?', Journal of Plant Ecology, 10, pp. 721 - 729, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtw064

Ramos DM; Diniz P; Ooi MKJ; Borghetti F; Valls JFM, 2017, 'Avoiding the dry season: dispersal time and syndrome mediate seed dormancy in grasses in Neotropical savanna and wet grasslands', Journal of Vegetation Science, 28, pp. 798 - 807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12531

Vergnon R; Ooi MKJ; Freckleton RP, 2017, 'Complex relationships between competing guilds along large-scale environmental gradients', American Naturalist, 189, pp. 407 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/690765

Liyanage GS; Ooi MKJ, 2017, 'Do dormancy-breaking temperature thresholds change as seeds age in the soil seed bank?', Seed Science Research, 27, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960258516000271

Collette JC; Ooi MKJ, 2017, 'Germination ecology of the endangered species Asterolasia buxifolia (Rutaceae): Smoke response depends on season and light', Australian Journal of Botany, 65, pp. 283 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT17025

Liyanage GS; Ayre DJ; Ooi MKJ, 2016, 'Seedling performance covaries with dormancy thresholds: Maintaining cryptic seed heteromorphism in a fire-prone system', Ecology, 97, pp. 3009 - 3018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1567

Mackenzie BDE; Auld TD; Keith DA; Hui FKC; Ooi MKJ, 2016, 'The effect of seasonal ambient temperatures on fire-stimulated germination of species with physiological dormancy: A case study using Boronia (Rutaceae)', PLoS ONE, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156142

Ramos DM; Liaffa ABS; Diniz P; Munhoz CBR; Ooi MKJ; Borghetti F; Valls JFM, 2016, 'Seed tolerance to heating is better predicted by seed dormancy than by habitat type in Neotropical savanna grasses', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 25, pp. 1273 - 1280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF16085

Liyanage GS; Ooi MKJ, 2016, 'Changes in seed dormancy over time in fire-prone flora', Australasian Plant Conservation, 25, pp. 7 - 9

Mackenzie BDE; Keith DA; Auld TD; Ooi MKJ, 2016, 'How fire and seasonal temperatures influence the germination of many plant species: Insights from 'Boronia' (Rutaceae)', Australasian Plant Conservation, 25

Ooi MKJ, 2015, 'Seed bank dynamics and climate change in semi-arid ecosystems: a focus on physically dormant species', Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física, 8, pp. 651 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v8.0.p651-659

Ma H; Yang H; Lü X; Pan Y; Wu H; Liang Z; Ooi MKJ, 2015, 'Does high pH give a reliable assessment of the effect of alkaline soil on seed germination? A case study with Leymus chinensis (Poaceae)', Plant and Soil, 394, pp. 35 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2487-4

Wang YC; Ooi MKJ; Ren GH; Jiang DM; Musa A; Miao RH; Li XH; Zhou QL; Tang J; Lin JX, 2015, 'Species shifts in above-ground vegetation and the soil seed bank in the inter-dune lowlands of an active dune field in Inner Mongolia, China', Basic and Applied Ecology, 16, pp. 490 - 499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2015.04.010

Liyanage GS; Ooi MKJ, 2015, 'Intra-population level variation in thresholds for physical dormancy-breaking temperature', Annals of Botany, 116, pp. 123 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcv069

Hudson AR; Ayre DJ; Ooi MKJ, 2015, 'Physical dormancy in a changing climate', Seed Science Research, 25, pp. 66 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960258514000403

Ma H; Yang H; Liang Z; Ooi MKJ, 2015, 'Effects of 10-year management regimes on the soil seed bank in saline-alkaline grassland', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122319

Ooi MKJ, 2015, 'Seed bank dynamics and climate change in semi-arid ecosystems: a focus on physically dormant species', Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física, 8, pp. 651 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1984-2295.20150021

Ooi MKJ; Denham AJ; Santana VM; Auld TD, 2014, 'Temperature thresholds of physically dormant seeds and plant functional response to fire: Variation among species and relative impact of climate change', Ecology and Evolution, 4, pp. 656 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.973

Tozer MG; Ooi MKJ, 2014, 'Humidity-regulated dormancy onset in the Fabaceae: A conceptual model and its ecological implications for the Australian wattle Acacia saligna', Annals of Botany, 114, pp. 579 - 590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcu144

Thompson K; Ooi MKJ, 2013, 'Germination and dormancy breaking: Two different things', Seed Science Research, 23, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960258512000190

Doxford SW; Ooi MKJ; Freckleton RP, 2013, 'Spatial and temporal variability in positive and negative plant-bryophyte interactions along a latitudinal gradient', Journal of Ecology, 101, pp. 465 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12036

Ooi MKJ; Auld TD; Denham AJ, 2012, 'Projected soil temperature increase and seed dormancy response along an altitudinal gradient: Implications for seed bank persistence under climate change', Plant and Soil, 353, pp. 289 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-1032-3

Ooi MKJ, 2012, 'Seed bank persistence and climate change', Seed Science Research, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960258511000407

Swab RM; Regan H; Keith D; Regan T; Ooi MKJ, 2012, 'niche models tall half the story: spatial context and life-history traits influence species responses to global change.', Journal of Biogeography, 39, pp. 1266 - 1277

Thompson K; Ooi MKJ, 2010, 'To germinate or not to germinate: More than just a question of dormancy', Seed Science Research, 20, pp. 209 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960258510000267

Santana VM; Bradstock RA; Ooi MKJ; Denham AJ; Auld TD; Baeza MJ, 2010, 'Effects of soil temperature regimes after fire on seed dormancy and germination in six Australian Fabaceae species', Australian Journal of Botany, 58, pp. 539 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT10144

Ooi MKJ, 2010, 'Delayed emergence and post-fire recruitment success: Effects of seasonal germination, fire season and dormancy type', Australian Journal of Botany, 58, pp. 248 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT09228

Auld TD; Hutton I; Ooi MKJ; Denham AJ, 2010, 'Disruption of recruitment in two endemic palms on Lord Howe Island by invasive rats', Biological Invasions, 12, pp. 3351 - 3361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9728-5

Ooi MKJ; Auld TD; Denham AJ, 2009, 'Climate change and bet-hedging: Interactions between increased soil temperatures and seed bank persistence', Global Change Biology, 15, pp. 2375 - 2386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01887.x

Auld TD; Ooi MKJ, 2009, 'Heat increases germination of water-permeable seeds of obligate-seeding Darwinia species (Myrtaceae)', Plant Ecology, 200, pp. 117 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-008-9437-7

Ooi MKJ; Martyn AJ; Offord CA; Seed LU, 2009, 'A review of seed fill, viability and germination: Family Rutaceae', Cunninghamia, 11, pp. 203 - 212

Auld TD; Ooi MKJ, 2008, 'Applying seed germination studies in fire management for biodiversity conservation in south-eastern Australia', Web Ecology, 8, pp. 47 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/we-8-47-2008

Ooi MKJ; Auld TD; Hutton I; Denham AJ, 2008, 'Herbicide impacts on exotic grasses and a population of the critically endangered herb Calystegia affinis (Convolvulaceae) on Lord Howe Island.', Cunninghamia, 10, pp. 539 - 545

Burley AL; Phillips S; Ooi MKJ, 2007, 'Can age be predicted from diameter for the obligate seeder Allocasuarina littoralis (Casuarinaceae) by using dendrochronological techniques?', Australian Journal of Botany, 55, pp. 433 - 438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT06160

Ooi MKJ; Auld TD; Whelan RJ, 2007, 'Distinguishing between persistence and dormancy in soil seed banks of three shrub species from fire-prone southeastern Australia', Journal of Vegetation Science, 18, pp. 405 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[405:DBPADI]2.0.CO;2

Ooi MKJ; Auld TD; Whelan RJ, 2006, 'Dormancy and the fire-centric focus: Germination of three Leucopogon species (Ericaceae) from South-eastern Australia', Annals of Botany, 98, pp. 421 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcl118

Ooi MKJ; Whelan RJ; Auld TD, 2006, 'Persistence of obligate-seeding species at the population scale: Effects of fire intensity, fire patchiness and long fire-free intervals', International Journal of Wildland Fire, 15, pp. 261 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF05024

Ooi MKJ; Auld TD; Whelan RJ, 2004, 'Delayed post-fire seedling emergence linked to season: A case study with Leucopogon species (Epacridaceae)', Plant Ecology, 174, pp. 183 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:VEGE.0000046171.97671.e6

Ooi M; Auld T; Whelan R, 2004, 'Comparison of the cut and tetrazolium tests for assessing seed viability: A study using Australian native Leucopogon species', Ecological Management and Restoration, 5, pp. 141 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2004.201-6.x

Keith DA; Auld TD; Ooi MKJ; MacKenzie BDE, 2000, 'Sensitivity analyses of decision rules in World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List criteria using Australian plants', Biological Conservation, 94, pp. 311 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00194-9

Back to profile page