By Associate Professor Mark Ooi

Journal articles

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

Doyle CAT; Garrard GE; Martin JK; Ooi MKJ, 2024, 'Mitigation and conservation plant translocations: Do perspectives of practice, funding and success vary between sectors?', Biological Conservation, 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110596

Zirondi HL; Ooi MKJ; Fidelis A, 2024, 'Short-term fire exclusion affects germination and seed traits in tropical savannas', Plant Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/plb.13678

Thomsen AM; Davies RJP; Ooi MKJ, 2024, 'The impacts of inter- and intra-seasonal burns on the terrestrial orchid Pterostylis curta', Plant Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-024-01437-2

Le Breton T; Schweickle L; Dunne C; Lyons M; Ooi M, 2023, 'Fire frequency and severity mediate recruitment response of a threatened shrub following severe megafire', Fire Ecology, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00217-z

Gorta SBZ; Callaghan CT; Samonte F; Ooi MKJ; Mesaglio T; Laffan SW; Cornwell WK, 2023, 'Multi-taxon biodiversity responses to the 2019–2020 Australian megafires', Global Change Biology, 29, pp. 6727 - 6740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16955

Guja LK; Ooi MKJ; Norton SL; Wrigley D; Desmond B; Offord CA, 2023, 'Seed science in Australasia: regionally important, globally relevant', Australian Journal of Botany, 71, pp. 319 - 325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT23075

Ondik MM; Ooi MKJ; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2023, 'Soil microbial community composition and functions are disrupted by fire and land use in a Mediterranean woodland', Science of the Total Environment, 895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165088

Thomsen AM; Davies RJP; Ooi MKJ, 2023, 'Using multiple plant functional types to assess response to prescribed burn season in Mediterranean-climate vegetation', Applied Vegetation Science, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12750

Clarke H; Cirulis B; Borchers-Arriagada N; Storey M; Ooi M; Haynes K; Bradstock R; Price O; Penman T, 2023, 'A flexible framework for cost-effective fire management', Global Environmental Change, 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102722

Doyle CAT; Abeli T; Albrecht MA; Bellis J; Colas B; Dalrymple SE; Ensslin A; Espejo J; Erftemeijer PLA; Julien M; Lewandrowski W; Liu H; Moehrenschlager A; Ooi MKJ; Reynolds DM; Schatz B; Sild M; Wills TJ; Papuga G, 2023, 'Achieving conservation outcomes in plant mitigation translocations: the need for global standards', Plant Ecology, 224, pp. 745 - 763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-023-01310-8

Machado-de-Lima NM; Charlesworth J; Stewart J; Ooi MKJ; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2023, 'Seed biopriming at different concentrations to assess the effects of Cyanobacteria on germination and seedling performance of keystone arid species', Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 2, pp. 266 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12049

Doyle CAT; Yap JYS; Bragg J; Rossetto M; Orme A; Ooi MJK, 2023, 'Reproductive characteristics, population genetics, and pairwise kinship inform strategic recovery of a plant species in a fragmented landscape', Conservation Science and Practice, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12910

McInnes SJ; Tangney R; Brophy JJ; Thordarson P; Ooi MKJ, 2023, 'Does fire drive fatty acid composition in seed coats of physically dormant species?', Plant Biology, 25, pp. 268 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/plb.13498

Yusup S; Sundberg S; Ooi MKJ; Zhang M; Sun Z; Rydin H; Wang M; Feng L; Chen X; Bu ZJ, 2023, 'Smoke promotes germination of peatland bryophyte spores', Journal of Experimental Botany, 74, pp. 251 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac420

Ondik MM; Bennell M; Davies RJP; Ooi MKJ; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2022, 'Fire and land use impact soil properties in a Mediterranean dry sclerophyll woodland', Journal of Environmental Management, 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116245

Tangney R; Paroissien R; Le Breton TD; Thomsen A; Doyle CAT; Ondik M; Miller RG; Miller BP; Ooi MKJ, 2022, 'Success of post-fire plant recovery strategies varies with shifting fire seasonality', Communications Earth and Environment, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00453-2

Gallagher RV; Allen SP; Mackenzie BDE; Keith DA; Nolan RH; Rumpff L; Gosper CR; Pegg G; van Leeuwen S; Ooi MKJ; Yates CJ; Merow C; Williams RJ; Nikolopoulos EI; Beaumont LJ; Auld TD, 2022, 'An integrated approach to assessing abiotic and biotic threats to post-fire plant species recovery: Lessons from the 2019–2020 Australian fire season', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31, pp. 2056 - 2069, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13478

Le Breton TD; Lyons MB; Nolan RH; Penman T; Williamson GJ; Ooi MKJ, 2022, 'Megafire-induced interval squeeze threatens vegetation at landscape scales', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20, pp. 327 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2482

Thomsen AM; Ooi MKJ, 2022, 'Shifting season of fire and its interaction with fire severity: Impacts on reproductive effort in resprouting plants', Ecology and Evolution, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8717

Chan JCS; Ooi MKJ; Guja LK, 2022, 'Polyploidy but Not Range Size Is Associated With Seed and Seedling Traits That Affect Performance of Pomaderris Species', Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, pp. 779651, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.779651

Auld T; Keith D; Ooi M; Tozer M; Le Breton T, 2022, 'Frameworks for identifying priority plants and ecosystems most impacted by major fires', Australian Journal of Botany, 70, pp. 455 - 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT22009

Mackenzie BDE; Auld TD; Keith DA; Ooi MKJ, 2021, 'Fire Seasonality, Seasonal Temperature Cues, Dormancy Cycling, and Moisture Availability Mediate Post-fire Germination of Species With Physiological Dormancy', Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, pp. 795711, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.795711

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

Paroissien R; Ooi MKJ, 2021, 'Effects of fire season on the reproductive success of the post-fire flowerer Doryanthes excelsa', Environmental and Experimental Botany, 192, pp. 104634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104634

Li S; Ma H; Ooi MKJ, 2021, 'Fire-related cues significantly promote seed germination of some salt-tolerant species from non-fire-prone saline-alkaline grasslands in Northeast China', Plants, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10122675

Nolan RH; Bowman DMJS; Clarke H; Haynes K; Ooi MKJ; Price OF; Williamson GJ; Whittaker J; Bedward M; Boer MM; Cavanagh VI; Collins L; Gibson RK; Griebel A; Jenkins ME; Keith DA; McIlwee AP; Penman TD; Samson SA; Tozer MG; Bradstock RA, 2021, 'What do the australian black summer fires signify for the global fire crisis?', Fire, 4, pp. 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire4040097

Nolan RH; Collins L; Leigh A; Ooi MKJ; Curran TJ; Fairman TA; Resco de Dios V; Bradstock R, 2021, 'Limits to post-fire vegetation recovery under climate change', Plant Cell and Environment, 44, pp. 3471 - 3489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pce.14176

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

Doyle CAT; Pellow BJ; Rapmund RA; Ooi MKJ, 2021, 'Preparing threatened plants for translocation: does home soil addition and nutrient loading improve growth and flowering?', Plant Ecology, 222, pp. 829 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-021-01146-0

Tozer M; Simpson C; Wilkins K; Zylstra P, 2021, 'How the severe fires of 2019-2020 promoted regeneration of the rare Bendethera shrublands', Australasian Plant Conservation, 29, pp. 12 - 15, https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.780963742505727

Collette JC; Ooi MKJ, 2021, 'Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: Effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature', Annals of Botany, 127, pp. 613 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa203

Mendes GM; Silveira FAO; Oliveira C; Dáttilo W; Guevara R; Ruiz-Guerra B; Boaventura MG; Sershen ; Ramdhani S; Phartyal SS; Ribeiro SP; Pinto VD; Vasconcelos HL; Tito R; Pereira CC; Carvalho B; Carvalho GM; del-Val E; Buisson E; Arruda AJ; Toth JB; Roque FDO; Souza AH; Bolzan F; Neves F; Kuchenbecker J; Demetrio GR; Seixas L; Romero GQ; de Omena PM; Silva JO; Paolucci L; Queiroz E; Ooi MKJ; Mills CH; Gerhold P; Merzin A; Massante JC; Aguilar R; Carbone LM; Campos R; Gomes I; Zorzal G; Solar R; Ramos L; Sobrinho T; Sanders P; Cornelissen T, 2021, 'How much leaf area do insects eat? A data set of insect herbivory sampled globally with a standardized protocol', Ecology, 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3301

Collette JC; Ooi MKJ, 2021, 'Investigation of 18 physiologically dormant Australian native species: Germination response, environmental correlations and the implications for conservation', Seed Science Research, 31, pp. 30 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960258520000422

Machado de Lima N; Thomsen A; Ooi M; Muñoz-Rojas M, 2021, 'Bushfire impacts on a threatened swamp ecosystem: responses of the soil microbial communities and restoration', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3778

L Zirondi H; Ooi MKJ; Fidelis A, 2021, 'Fire-triggered flowering is the dominant post-fire strategy in a tropical savanna', Journal of Vegetation Science, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12995

Kirchhoff C; Callaghan CT; Keith DA; Indiarto D; Taseski G; Ooi MKJ; Le Breton TD; Mesaglio T; Kingsford RT; Cornwell WK, 2021, 'Rapidly mapping fire effects on biodiversity at a large-scale using citizen science', Science of the Total Environment, 755, pp. 142348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142348

Doyle CA; Pellow BJ; Bell SAJ; Reynolds DM; Silcock JL; Commander LE; Ooi MKJ, 2021, 'Threatened Plant Translocation for Mitigation: Improving Data Accessibility Using Existing Legislative Frameworks. An Australian Case Study', Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.789448

Nolan RH; Collins L; Leigh A; Ooi MKJ; Curran TJ; Fairman TA; Resco de Dios V; Bradstock R, 2021, 'Cover Image', Plant, Cell & Environment, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pce.14201

Tangney R; Miller RG; Enright NJ; Fontaine JB; Merritt DJ; Ooi MKJ; Ruthrof KX; Miller BP, 2020, 'Seed Dormancy Interacts with Fire Seasonality Mechanisms', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35, pp. 1057 - 1059, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.09.008

Miller RG; Tangney R; Enright NJ; Fontaine JB; Merritt DJ; Ooi MKJ; Ruthrof KX; Miller BP, 2020, 'Fire Seasonality Mechanisms Are Fundamental for Understanding Broader Fire Regime Effects', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35, pp. 869 - 871, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.002

Chua M; Erickson TE; Merritt DJ; Chilton AM; Ooi MKJ; Muñoz-Rojas M; Munoz-Rojas M, 2020, 'Bio-priming seeds with cyanobacteria: effects on native plant growth and soil properties', Restoration Ecology, 28, pp. S168 - S176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.13040

Collette JC; Ooi MKJ, 2020, 'Evidence for physiological seed dormancy cycling in the woody shrub Asterolasia buxifolia and its ecological significance in fire-prone systems', Plant Biology, 22, pp. 745 - 749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/plb.13105

Kirchhoff C; Callaghan C; Keith D; Indiarto D; Taseski G; Ooi M; Le Breton T; Mesaglio T; Kingsford R; Cornwell W, 2020, 'Rapidly mapping fire effects on biodiversity at a large-scale using citizen science', , http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/vc6ry

Miller RG; Tangney R; Enright NJ; Fontaine JB; Merritt DJ; Ooi MKJ; Ruthrof KX; Miller BP, 2020, 'Fire Seasonality Effect on Post-Fire Wind Dispersal: Response to Keith, Dunker, and Driscoll', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35, pp. 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.12.009

Le Breton TD; Natale S; French K; Gooden B; Ooi MKJ, 2020, 'Fire-adapted traits of threatened shrub species in riparian refugia: implications for fire regime management', Plant Ecology, 221, pp. 69 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-019-00993-2

Miller RG; Tangney R; Enright NJ; Fontaine JB; Merritt DJ; Ooi MKJ; Ruthrof KX; Miller BP, 2019, 'Mechanisms of Fire Seasonality Effects on Plant Populations', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34, pp. 1104 - 1117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.07.009

Ramos DM; Valls JFM; Borghetti F; Ooi MKJ, 2019, 'Fire cues trigger germination and stimulate seedling growth of grass species from Brazilian savannas', American Journal of Botany, 106, pp. 1190 - 1201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1345

Cochrane A; Nicotra A; Ooi M, 2019, 'Climate change: alters plant recruitment from seed', AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, 44, pp. 931 - 934, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12728

Edwards KM; Schlesinger C; Ooi MKJ; French K; Gooden B, 2019, 'Invasive grass affects seed viability of native perennial shrubs in arid woodlands', Biological Invasions, 21, pp. 1763 - 1774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01933-x

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