By Associate Professor Mark Ooi

Journal articles

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, pp. S53 - S60, 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

Conference Presentations

Ondik M; Muñoz-Rojas M; Ooi M, 2021, 'Land management influences the effects of fire on soil properties: implications for post-fire restoration efforts', http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9353

Preprints

Mu X; Ooi M; Notarnicola RF; Cornwell W, 2026, Heatwaves increase sub-leaf-scale heterogeneity in leaf temperature, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/authorea.15005633/v1

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Alahakoon AACB; Carle H; Dagg CE; Lewandrowski W; Tudor EP; Ooi MKJ; Nolan RH; Offord CA; Rymer PD, Climate change drives declines in seed germination potential, particularly in woody species and warmer, drier landscapes of a temperate bioregion, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.30.741905

Breton TL; Canackle L; Dunne C; Lyons M; Ooi M, Fire frequency and severity mediate recruitment success of a threatened shrub following a megafire, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1801417/v1

Kirchhoff C; Callaghan CT; Keith DA; Indiarto D; Taseski G; Ooi MKJ; Le Breton TD; Mesaglio T; Kingsford R; Cornwell WK, Rapidly mapping fire effects on biodiversity at a large-scale using citizen science, http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/vc6ry

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, The AusTraits Plant Dictionary, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.16.545047

Thomsen AM; Davies RJP; Ooi MKJ, The impacts of inter- and intra-seasonal burns on the terrestrial orchid Pterostylis curta, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3740879/v1

Other

Machado de Lima NM; Tangney R; Muñoz Rojas M; Ooi M, 2023, Seed microbial community characterisation and isolation from three species common to fire-prone Australia., http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-10170

Ondik M; Ooi M; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2022, Insights from landowners on Australia's Black Summer bushfires: impacts on soil and vegetation, perceptions, and behaviours, Copernicus Publications, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10776

Ooi MKJ, 2014, Seed Ecology, Oxford University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/OBO/9780199830060-0086

Brown CL; Hall F; Mills J (eds.), 2003, Assessing rarity and the risk of extinction of plant species

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