By Dr Daniel Stein Falster

Journal articles

Duursma RA; Falster DS, 2016, 'Leaf mass per area, not total leaf area, drives differences in above-ground biomass distribution among woody plant functional types', The New phytologist, 212, pp. 368 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.14033

Gibert A; Gray EF; Westoby M; Wright IJ; Falster DS, 2016, 'On the link between functional traits and growth rate: meta-analysis shows effects change with plant size, as predicted', Journal of Ecology, 104, pp. 1488 - 1503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12594

Madin JS; Hoogenboom MO; Connolly SR; Darling ES; Falster DS; Huang D; Keith SA; Mizerek T; Pandolfi JM; Putnam HM; Baird AH, 2016, 'A Trait-Based Approach to Advance Coral Reef Science', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31, pp. 419 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.012

Paul KI; Roxburgh SH; Chave J; England JR; Zerihun A; Specht A; Lewis T; Bennett LT; Baker TG; Adams MA; Huxtable D; Montagu KD; Falster DS; Feller M; Sochacki S; Ritson P; Bastin G; Bartle J; Wildy D; Hobbs T; Larmour J; Waterworth R; Stewart HTL; Jonson J; Forrester DI; Applegate G; Mendham D; Bradford M; O'Grady A; Green D; Sudmeyer R; Rance SJ; Turner J; Barton C; Wenk EH; Grove T; Attiwill PM; Pinkard E; Butler D; Brooksbank K; Spencer B; Snowdon P; O'Brien N; Battaglia M; Cameron DM; Hamilton S; Mcauthur G; Sinclair J, 2016, 'Testing the generality of above-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types at the continent scale', Global Change Biology, 22, pp. 2106 - 2124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13201

Madin JS; Anderson KD; Andreasen MH; Bridge TCL; Cairns SD; Connolly SR; Darling ES; Diaz M; Falster DS; Franklin EC; Gates RD; Hoogenboom MO; Huang D; Keith SA; Kosnik MA; Kuo CY; Lough JM; Lovelock CE; Luiz O; Martinelli J; Mizerek T; Pandolfi JM; Pochon X; Pratchett MS; Putnam HM; Roberts TE; Stat M; Wallace CC; Widman E; Baird AH, 2016, 'The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans', Scientific Data, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.17

Falster DS; Fitzjohn RG; Brännström Å; Dieckmann U; Westoby M, 2016, 'Plant: A package for modelling forest trait ecology and evolution', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7, pp. 136 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12525

Kunstler G; Falster D; Coomes DA; Hui F; Kooyman RM; Laughlin DC; Poorter L; Vanderwel M; Vieilledent G; Wright SJ; Aiba M; Baraloto C; Caspersen J; Cornelissen JHC; Gourlet-Fleury S; Hanewinkel M; Herault B; Kattge J; Kurokawa H; Onoda Y; Peñuelas J; Poorter H; Uriarte M; Richardson S; Ruiz-Benito P; Sun IF; Ståhl G; Swenson NG; Thompson J; Westerlund B; Wirth C; Zavala MA; Zeng H; Zimmerman JK; Zimmermann NE; Westoby M, 2016, 'Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition', Nature, 529, pp. 204 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16476

Falster D; Duursma R; FitzJohn R, 2016, 'Trajectories: how functional traits influence plant growth and shade tolerance across the life-cycle', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/083451

Wenk EH; Falster DS, 2015, 'Quantifying and understanding reproductive allocation schedules in plants', Ecology and Evolution, 5, pp. 5521 - 5538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1802

Falster DS; Duursma RA; Ishihara MI; Barneche DR; FitzJohn RG; Vårhammar A; Aiba M; Ando M; Anten N; Aspinwall MJ; Baltzer JL; Baraloto C; Battaglia M; Battles JJ; Lamberty BB; Van Breugel M; Camac J; Claveau Y; Coll L; Dannoura M; Delagrange S; Domec JC; Fatemi F; Feng W; Gargaglione V; Goto Y; Hagihara A; Hall JS; Hamilton S; Harja D; Hiura T; Holdaway R; Hutley LB; Ichie T; Jokela EJ; Kantola A; Kelly JWG; Kenzo T; King D; Kloeppel BD; Kohyama T; Komiyama A; Laclau JP; Lusk CH; Maguire DA; Le Maire G; Mäkelä A; Markesteijn L; Marshall J; McCulloh K; Miyata I; Mokany K; Mori S; Myster RW; Nagano M; Naidu SL; Nouvellon Y; O'Grady AP; O'Hara KL; Ohtsuka T; Osada N; Osunkoya OO; Peri PL; Petritan AM; Poorter L; Portsmuth A; Potvin C; Ransijn J; Reid D; Ribeiro SC; Roberts SD; Rodríguez R; Acosta AS; Santa-Regina I; Sasa K; Selaya NG; Sillett SC; Sterck F; Takagi K; Tange T; Tanouchi H; Tissue D; Umehara T; Utsugi H; Vadeboncoeur MA; Valladares F; Vanninen P; Wang JR; Wenk E; Williams R; De Aquino Ximenes F; Yamaba A; Yamada T; Yamakura T; Yanai RD; York RA, 2015, 'BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants', Ecology, 96, pp. 1445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1889.1

Duursma R; Falster D, 2015, 'Leaf traits drive differences in biomass partitioning among major plant functional types', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/025361

Falster D; Brännström Å; Westoby M; Dieckmann U, 2015, 'Multi-trait eco-evolutionary dynamics explain niche diversity and evolved neutrality in forests', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/014605

Li G; Harrison SP; Prentice IC; Falster D, 2014, 'Simulation of tree-ring widths with a model for primary production, carbon allocation, and growth', Biogeosciences, 11, pp. 6711 - 6724, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6711-2014

Li G; Harrison SP; Prentice IC; Falster D, 2014, 'Simulation of tree ring-widths with a model for primary production, carbon allocation and growth', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-10451-2014

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

Lindh M; Zhang L; Falster D; Franklin O; Brännströma Å, 2014, 'Plant diversity and drought: The role of deep roots', Ecological Modelling, 290, pp. 85 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.05.008

Lusk CH; Pérez-Millaqueo MM; Saldaña A; Burns BR; Laughlin DC; Falster DS, 2012, 'Seedlings of temperate rainforest conifer and angiosperm trees differ in leaf area display', Annals of Botany, 110, pp. 177 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs095

Falster DS; Reich PB; Ellsworth DS; Wright IJ; Westoby M; Oleksyn J; Lee TD, 2012, 'Lifetime return on investment increases with leaf lifespan among 10 Australian woodland species', New Phytologist, 193, pp. 409 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03940.x

Duursma RA; Falster DS; Valladares F; Sterck FJ; Pearcy RW; Lusk CH; Sendall KM; Nordenstahl M; Houter NC; Atwell BJ; Kelly N; Kelly JWG; Liberloo M; Tissue DT; Medlyn BE; Ellsworth DS, 2012, 'Light interception efficiency explained by two simple variables: A test using a diversity of small- to medium-sized woody plants', New Phytologist, 193, pp. 397 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03943.x

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

Warton DI; Duursma RA; Falster DS; Taskinen S, 2012, 'SMATR 3 - an R package for estimation and inference about allometric lines', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3, pp. 257 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00153.x

Falster DS; Brännström A; Dieckmann U; Westoby M, 2011, 'Influence of four major plant traits on average height, leaf-area cover, net primary productivity, and biomass density in single-species forests: A theoretical investigation', Journal of Ecology, 99, pp. 148 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01735.x

Falster DS; Nakken S; Bergem-Ohr M; Rødland EA; Breivik J, 2010, 'Unstable DNA repair genes shaped by their own sequence modifying phenotypes', Journal of Molecular Evolution, 70, pp. 266 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00239-010-9328-0

Zanne AE; Westoby M; Falster DS; Ackerly DD; Loarie SR; Arnold SEJ; Coomes DA, 2010, 'Angiosperm wood structure: Global patterns in vessel anatomy and their relation to wood density and potential conductivity', American Journal of Botany, 97, pp. 207 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.0900178

Zanne AE; Falster DS, 2010, 'Plant functional traits - Linkages among stem anatomy, plant performance and life history', New Phytologist, 185, pp. 348 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03135.x

Reich PB; Falster DS; Ellsworth DS; Wright IJ; Westoby M; Oleksyn J; Lee TD, 2009, 'Controls on declining carbon balance with leaf age among 10 woody species in Australian woodland: Do leaves have zero daily net carbon balances when they die?', New Phytologist, 183, pp. 153 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02824.x

Westoby M; Moles AT; Falster D, 2009, 'Evolutionary coordination between offspring size at independence and adult size', Journal of Ecology, 97, pp. 23 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01396.x

Lusk CH; Falster DS; Jara-Vergara CK; Jimenez-Castillo M; Saldaña-Mendoza A, 2008, 'Ontogenetic variation in light requirements of juvenile rainforest evergreens', Functional Ecology, 22, pp. 454 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01384.x

Falster D; Moles AT; Westoby M, 2008, 'A general model for the scaling of offspring size and adult size', American Naturalist, 172, pp. 299 - 317

Wright IJ; Falster DS; Pickup M; Westoby M, 2006, 'Cross-species patterns in the coordination between leaf and stem traits, and their implications for plant hydraulics', Physiologia Plantarum, 127, pp. 445 - 456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00699.x

Falster DS, 2006, 'Sapling strength and safety: The importance of wood density in tropical forests', New Phytologist, 171, pp. 237 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01809.x

Lusk CH; Falster DS; Pérez-Millaqueo M; Saldaña A, 2006, 'Ontogenetic variation in light interception, self-shading and biomass distribution of seedlings of the conifer Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch', Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 79, pp. 321 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-078X2006000300004

Warton DI; Wright I; Falster D; Westoby M, 2006, 'Bivariate line-fitting methods for allometry', Biological Reviews, 81, pp. 259 - 291

Falster DS; Westoby M, 2005, 'Tradeoffs between height growth rate, stem persistence and maximum height among plant species in a post-fire succession', Oikos, 111, pp. 57 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13383.x

Falster DS; Westoby M, 2005, 'Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia', Journal of Ecology, 93, pp. 521 - 535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00992.x

Wright I; Reich P; Cornelissen J; Falster D; Garnier E; Hikosaka K; Lamont B; Lee WY; Oleksyn J; Osada N; Poorter H; Villar R; Warton DI; Westoby M, 2005, 'Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships', New Phytologist, 166, pp. 485 - 496

Wright I; Reich P; Cornelissen J; Falster D; Groom P; Hikosaka K; Lee W; Lusk C; Niinemets U; Oleksyn J; Poorter H; Warton DI; Westoby M, 2005, 'Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 14, pp. 411 - 421

Moles AT; Falster D; Leishman M; Westoby M, 2004, 'Small-seeded species produce more seeds per square metre of canopy per year, but not per individual per lifetime', Journal of Ecology, 92, pp. 384 - 396, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118755652/HTMLSTART

Falster DS; Westoby M, 2003, 'Plant height and evolutionary games', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18, pp. 337 - 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00061-2

Falster DS; Westoby M, 2003, 'Leaf size and angle vary widely across species: What consequences for light interception?', New Phytologist, 158, pp. 509 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00765.x

Westoby M; Falster DS; Moles AT; Vesk PA; Wright IJ, 2002, 'Plant ecological strategies: Some leading dimensions of variation between species', Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 33, pp. 125 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.33.010802.150452

Falster DS; Murray BR; Lepschi BJ, 2001, 'Linking abundance, occupancy and spatial structure: An empirical test of a neutral model in an open-forest woody plant community in eastern Australia', Journal of Biogeography, 28, pp. 317 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00553.x

Working Papers

Falster D; FitzJohn RG; Pennell MW; Cornwell WK, 2017, Versioned data: why it is needed and how it can be achieved (easily and cheaply), http://dx.doi.org10.7287/peerj.preprints.3401v1

Preprints

Wenk E; Falster D; Abramowicz K; Westoby M, 2024, Is allocation among reproductive tissues coordinated with seed size?, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.172114673.30654851/v1

Wenk E; Cornwell W; Fuchs A; Kar F; Monro A; Sauquet H; Stephens R; Falster D, 2024, APCalign: an R package workflow and app for aligning and updating flora names to the Australian Plant Census, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.02.578715

Towers I; O’Reilly-Nugent A; Sabot MEB; Vesk P; Falster D, 2024, Explaining plant trait variation in response to soil water availability using an optimal height-growth model, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.23.576942

Wenk E; Bal P; Coleman D; Gallagher R; Yang S; Falster D, 2024, traits.build: a data model, workflow and R package for building harmonised ecological trait databases, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.11.579848

O’Brien T; Warton D; Falster D, 2024, Yes, they’re all individuals: Hierarchical models from repeat measurement data improve estimates of tree growth and size, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.27.609830

Wenk E; Coleman D; Gallagher R; Falster D, 2023, A near-complete dataset of plant growth form, life history, and woodiness for all Australian plants, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.19.572473

Towers I; Vesk P; Wenk E; Gallagher R; Windecker S; Wright I; Falster D, 2023, Revisiting the role of mean annual precipitation in shaping functional trait distributions at a continental scale, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.29.546983

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