By Associate Professor Will Cornwell

Journal articles

Ye D; Liu G; Song YB; Cornwell WK; Dong M; Cornelissen JHC, 2016, 'Strong but diverging clonality - Climate relationships of different plant clades explain weak overall pattern across China', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep26850

Liu JC; Temme AA; Cornwell WK; van Logtestijn RSP; Aerts R; Cornelissen JHC, 2016, 'Does plant size affect growth responses to water availability at glacial, modern and future CO2 concentrations?', Ecological Research, 31, pp. 213 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11284-015-1330-y

Grootemaat S; Wright IJ; van Bodegom PM; Cornelissen JHC; Cornwell WK, 2015, 'Burn or rot: Leaf traits explain why flammability and decomposability are decoupled across species', Functional Ecology, 29, pp. 1486 - 1497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12449

Liu G; Cornwell WK; Pan X; Ye D; Liu F; Huang Z; Dong M; Cornelissen JHC, 2015, 'Decomposition of 51 semidesert species from wide-ranging phylogeny is faster in standing and sand-buried than in surface leaf litters: implications for carbon and nutrient dynamics', Plant and Soil, 396, pp. 175 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2595-1

Cornwell WK, 2015, 'Toward a better understanding of variation in the amount of leaf area in vegetation', Journal of Vegetation Science, 26, pp. 1028 - 1029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12343

Temme AA; Liu JC; Cornwell WK; Cornelissen JHC; Aerts R, 2015, 'Winners always win: Growth of a wide range of plant species from low to future high CO2', Ecology and Evolution, 5, pp. 4949 - 4961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1687

Liu G; Cornwell WK; Cao K; Hu Y; Van Logtestijn RSP; Yang S; Xie X; Zhang Y; Ye D; Pan X; Ye X; Huang Z; Dong M; Cornelissen JHC, 2015, 'Termites amplify the effects of wood traits on decomposition rates among multiple bamboo and dicot woody species', Journal of Ecology, 103, pp. 1214 - 1223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12427

Werner GDA; Cornwell WK; Cornelissen JHC; Kiers ET, 2015, 'Evolutionary signals of symbiotic persistence in the legume-rhizobia mutualism', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, pp. 10262 - 10269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424030112

Pan X; Song YB; Liu GF; Hu YK; Ye XH; Cornwell WK; Prinzing A; Dong M; Cornelissen JHC, 2015, 'Functional traits drive the contribution of solar radiation to leaf litter decomposition among multiple arid-zone species', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13217

Pennell MW; Fitzjohn RG; Cornwell WK; Harmon LJ, 2015, 'Model adequacy and the macroevolution of angiosperm functional traits', American Naturalist, 186, pp. E33 - E50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/682022

Ackerly DD; Cornwell WK; Weiss SB; Flint LE; Flint AL, 2015, 'A geographic mosaic of climate change impacts on terrestrial vegetation: Which areas are most at risk?', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130629

Maire V; Wright IJ; Prentice IC; Batjes NH; Bhaskar R; van Bodegom PM; Cornwell WK; Ellsworth D; Niinemets Ü; Ordonez A; Reich PB; Santiago LS, 2015, 'Global effects of soil and climate on leaf photosynthetic traits and rates', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, pp. 706 - 717, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12296

Chardon NI; Cornwell WK; Flint LE; Flint AL; Ackerly DD, 2015, 'Topographic, latitudinal and climatic distribution of Pinus coulteri: Geographic range limits are not at the edge of the climate envelope', Ecography, 38, pp. 590 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.00780

Zanne AE; Tank DC; Cornwell WK; Eastman JM; Smith SA; Fitzjohn RG; McGlinn DJ; O'Meara BC; Moles AT; Reich PB; Royer DL; Soltis DE; Stevens PF; Westoby M; Wright IJ; Aarssen L; Bertin RI; Calaminus A; Govaerts R; Hemmings F; Leishman MR; Oleksyn J; Soltis PS; Swenson NG; Warman L; Beaulieu JM, 2015, 'Erratum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments (Nature (2014) 506 (89-92) (Doi:10.1038/nature12872))', Nature, 521, pp. 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14371

Zanne AE; Tank DC; Cornwell WK; Eastman JM; Smith SA; Fitzjohn RG; McGlinn DJ; O'Meara BC; Moles AT; Reich PB; Royer DL; Soltis DE; Stevens PF; Westoby M; Wright IJ; Aarssen L; Bertin RI; Calaminus A; Govaerts R; Hemmings F; Leishman MR; Oleksyn J; Soltis PS; Swenson NG; Warman L; Beaulieu JM, 2015, 'Zanne et al. reply', Nature, 521, pp. E6 - E7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14394

Cornwell WK; Elvira A; van Kempen L; van Logtestijn RSP; Aptroot A; Cornelissen JHC, 2015, 'Flammability across the gymnosperm phylogeny: The importance of litter particle size', New Phytologist, 206, pp. 672 - 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.13317

Soudzilovskaia NA; Douma JC; Akhmetzhanova AA; van Bodegom PM; Cornwell WK; Moens EJ; Treseder KK; Tibbett M; Wang YP; Cornelissen JHC, 2015, 'Global patterns of plant root colonization intensity by mycorrhizal fungi explained by climate and soil chemistry', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, pp. 371 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12272

Ye X; Tang S; Cornwell WK; Gao S; Huang Z; Dong M; Cornelissen JHC, 2015, 'Impact of land-use on carbon storage as dependent on soil texture: Evidence from a desertified dryland using repeated paired sampling design', Journal of Environmental Management, 150, pp. 489 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.12.039

Ye XH; Pan X; Cornwell WK; Gao SQ; Dong M; Cornelissen JHC, 2015, 'Divergence of above- and belowground C and N pool within predominant plant species along two precipitation gradients in North China', Biogeosciences, 12, pp. 457 - 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-457-2015

Valladares F; Matesanz S; Guilhaumon F; Araújo MB; Balaguer L; Benito-Garzón M; Cornwell W; Gianoli E; van Kleunen M; Naya DE; Nicotra AB; Poorter H; Zavala MA, 2014, 'The effects of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation on forecasts of species range shifts under climate change', Ecology Letters, 17, pp. 1351 - 1364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12348

Zanne AE; Tank DC; Cornwell WK; Eastman JM; Smith SA; FitzJohn RG; McGlinn DJ; O’Meara BC; Moles AT; Reich PB; Royer DL; Soltis DE; Stevens PF; Westoby M; Wright IJ; Aarssen L; Bertin RI; Calaminus A; Govaerts R; Hemmings FA; Leishman MR; Oleksyn J; Soltis PS; Swenson NG; Warman L; Beaulieu JM, 2014, 'Corrigendum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments', Nature, 514, pp. 394 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13842

Pan X; Cornelissen JHC; Zhao WW; Liu GF; Hu YK; Prinzing A; Dong M; Cornwell WK, 2014, 'Experimental evidence that the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model best describes the evolution of leaf litter decomposability', Ecology and Evolution, 4, pp. 3339 - 3349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1115

Werner GDA; Cornwell WK; Sprent JI; Kattge J; Kiers ET, 2014, 'A single evolutionary innovation drives the deep evolution of symbiotic N2-fixation in angiosperms', Nature Communications, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5087

Cornwell WK; Westoby M; Falster DS; Fitzjohn RG; O'Meara BC; Pennell MW; McGlinn DJ; Eastman JM; Moles AT; Reich PB; Tank DC; Wright IJ; Aarssen L; Beaulieu JM; Kooyman RM; Leishman MR; Miller ET; Niinemets U; Oleksyn J; Ordonez A; Royer DL; Smith SA; Stevens PF; Warman L; Wilf P; Zanne AE, 2014, 'Functional distinctiveness of major plant lineages', Journal of Ecology, 102, pp. 345 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12208

Cornelissen JHC; Cornwell WK, 2014, 'The Tree of Life in ecosystems: Evolution of plant effects on carbon and nutrient cycling', Journal of Ecology, 102, pp. 269 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12217

Liu G; Cornwell WK; Pan X; Cao K; Ye X; Huang Z; Dong M; Cornelissen JHC, 2014, 'Understanding the ecosystem implications of the angiosperm rise to dominance: Leaf litter decomposability among magnoliids and other basal angiosperms', Journal of Ecology, 102, pp. 337 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12192

Pietsch KA; Ogle K; Cornelissen JHC; Cornwell WK; Bönisch G; Craine JM; Jackson BG; Kattge J; Peltzer DA; Penuelas J; Reich PB; Wardle DA; Weedon JT; Wright IJ; Zanne AE; Wirth C, 2014, 'Global relationship of wood and leaf litter decomposability: The role of functional traits within and across plant organs', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, pp. 1046 - 1057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12172

Fitzjohn RG; Pennell MW; Zanne AE; Stevens PF; Tank DC; Cornwell WK, 2014, 'How much of the world is woody?', Journal of Ecology, 102, pp. 1266 - 1272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12260

Zhao W; Blauw LG; van Logtestijn RSP; Cornwell WK; Cornelissen JHC, 2014, 'Interactions between fine wood decomposition and flammability', Forests, 5, pp. 827 - 846, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f5040827

Krause S; Van Bodegom PM; Cornwell WK; Bodelier PLE, 2014, 'Weak phylogenetic signal in physiological traits of methane-oxidizing bacteria', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27, pp. 1240 - 1247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12401

Moles AT; Perkins SE; Laffan SW; Flores-Moreno H; Awasthy M; Tindall ML; Sack L; Pitman A; Kattge J; Aarssen LW; Anand M; Bahn M; Blonder B; Cavender-Bares J; Cornelissen JHC; Cornwell WK; Díaz S; Dickie JB; Freschet GT; Griffiths JG; Gutierrez AG; Hemmings FA; Hickler T; Hitchcock TD; Keighery M; Kleyer M; Kurokawa H; Leishman MR; Liu K; Niinemets Ü; Onipchenko V; Onoda Y; Penuelas J; Pillar VD; Reich PB; Shiodera S; Siefert A; Sosinski EE; Soudzilovskaia NA; Swaine EK; Swenson NG; van Bodegom PM; Warman L; Weiher E; Wright IJ; Zhang H; Zobel M; Bonser SP; Flores Moreno H; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 2014, 'Which is a better predictor of plant traits: Temperature or precipitation?', Journal of Vegetation Science, 25, pp. 1167 - 1180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12190

Zanne AE; Tank DC; Cornwell WK; Eastman JM; Smith SA; FitzJohn RG; McGlinn DJ; O Meara BC; Moles AT; Reich PB; others , 2014, 'Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments', Nature

Letten AD; Cornwell WK, 2014, 'Trees, branches and (square) roots: why evolutionary relatedness is not linearly related to functional distance', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12237

Cornwell WK; Cornelissen JHC, 2013, 'A broader perspective on plant domestication and nutrient and carbon cycling', New Phytologist, 198, pp. 331 - 333

Bennett JR; Vellend M; Lilley PL; Cornwell WK; Arcese P, 2013, 'Abundance, rarity and invasion debt among exotic species in a patchy ecosystem', Biological invasions, 15, pp. 707 - 716

Moles AT; Peco B; Wallis IR; Foley WJ; Poore AGB; Seabloom EW; Vesk PA; Bisigato AJ; Cella-pizarro L; Clark CJ; Cohen PS; Cornwell WK; Edwards W; Ejrnaes R; Gonzales-Ojeda T; Graae BJ; Hay G; Lumbwe FC; Magana-rodriguez ; Moore BD; Peri PL; Poulsen JR; Stegen JC; Veldtman R; von Zeipel H; Andrew NR; Boulter SL; Borer ET; Cornelissen JHC; Farji-Brener AG; De Gabriel J; Jurado E; Kyhn LA; Low B; Mulder CPH; Reardon-smith KM; Rodriguez-Velazquez J; De Fortier A; Zheng Z; Blendinger PG; Enquist BJ; Facelli JM; Knight T; Majer JD; Martinez-Ramos M; Mcquillan P; Hui FKC, 2013, 'Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: Tradeoffs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat?', New Phytologist, 198, pp. 252 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12116

Cornwell WK; Weedon JT, 2013, 'Decomposition trajectories of diverse litter types: a model selection analysis', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12138

Kooyman RM; Zanne A; Cornwell WK; Rossetto M; O'Connor P; Parkes E; Catterall C; Laffan SW; Lusk C; Gallagher R, 2013, 'Growth form and functional traits influence response of woody plants to fragmentation of subtropical rain forest', Conservation Biology, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12088

Funk JL; Cornwell WK, 2013, 'Leaf traits within communities: Context may affect the mapping of traits to function', Ecology, 94, pp. 1893 - 1897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/12-1602.1

Freschet GT; Cornwell WK; Wardle DA; Elumeeva TG; Liu W; Jackson BG; Onipchenko VG; Soudzilovskaia NA; Tao J; Cornelissen JHC, 2013, 'Linking litter decomposition of above-and below-ground organs to plant–soil feedbacks worldwide', Journal of Ecology

Temme AA; Cornwell WK; Cornelissen JHC; Aerts R, 2013, 'Meta-analysis reveals profound responses of plant traits to glacial CO2 levels', Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.836

Pérez-Harguindeguy N; Díaz S; Garnier E; Lavorel S; Poorter H; Jaureguiberry P; Bret-Harte MS; Cornwell WK; Craine JM; Gurvich DE; others , 2013, 'New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide', Australian Journal of Botany

Akhmetzhanova AA; Soudzilovskaia NA; Onipchenko VG; Cornwell WK; Agafonov VA; Selivanov IA; Cornelissen JHC, 2012, 'A rediscovered treasure: mycorrhizal intensity database for 3000 vascular plant species across the former Soviet Union: Ecological Archives E093-059', Ecology, 93, pp. 689 - 690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-1749.1

Westoby M; Cornwell WK; Falster DS, 2012, 'An evolutionary attractor model for sapwood cross section in relation to leaf area', Journal of Theoretical Biology, 303, pp. 98 - 109

Kooyman R; Rossetto M; Allen C; Cornwell W, 2012, 'Australian tropical and subtropical rain forest community assembly: phylogeny, functional biogeography, and environmental gradients', Biotropica, 44, pp. 668 - 679

Brovkin V; Bodegom PMV; Kleinen T; Wirth C; Cornwell WK; Cornelissen JHC; Kattge J, 2012, 'Plant-driven variation in decomposition rates improves projections of global litter stock distribution', Biogeosciences, 9, pp. 565 - 576

Van Altena C; van Logtestijn RSP; Cornwell WK; Cornelissen JHC, 2012, 'Species composition and fire: non-additive mixture effects on ground fuel flammability', Frontiers in plant science, 3

Freschet GT; Dias ATC; Ackerly DD; Aerts R; van Bodegom PM; Cornwell WK; Dong M; Kurokawa H; Liu G; Onipchenko VG; others , 2011, 'Global to community scale differences in the prevalence of convergent over divergent leaf trait distributions in plant assemblages', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20, pp. 755 - 765

Kooyman R; Rossetto M; Cornwell W; Westoby M, 2011, 'Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20, pp. 707 - 716

Moles AT; Wallis IR; Foley WJ; Warton DI; Stegen JC; Bisigato AJ; Cella-pizarro L; Clark CJ; Cohen PS; Cornwell WK; Edwards W; Ejrnaes R; Gonzales-Ojeda T; Graae BJ; Hay G; Lumbwe FC; Magana-Rodriguez B; Moore BD; Peri PL; Poulsen JR; Veldtman R; von Zeipel H; Andrew NR; Boulter SL; Borer ET; Campon FF; Coll M; Farji-Brener AG; De Gabriel J; Jurado E; Kyhn LA; Low B; Mulder CPH; Reardon-Smith K; Rodriguez-Velazquez J; Seabloom EW; Vesk PA; van Cauter A; Waldram MS; Zheng Z; Blendinger PG; Enquist BJ; Facelli JM; Knight T; Majer JD; Martinez-Ramos M; Mcquillan P; Prior LD, 2011, 'Putting plant resistance traits on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes', New Phytologist, 191, pp. 777 - 788

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