By Dr Daniel Stein Falster

Journal articles

Falster DS; Duursma RA; FitzJohn RG, 2018, 'How functional traits influence plant growth and shade tolerance across the life cycle', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, pp. E6789 - E6798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714044115

Hellström L; Carlsson L; Falster DS; Westoby M; Brännström Å, 2018, 'Branch thinning and the large-scale, self-similar structure of trees', American Naturalist, 192, pp. E37 - E47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/697429

Wenk EH; Abramowicz K; Westoby M; Falster DS, 2018, 'Investment in reproduction for 14 iteroparous perennials is large and associated with other life-history and functional traits', Journal of Ecology, 106, pp. 1338 - 1348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12974

Heim RHJ; Wright IJ; Chang HC; Carnegie AJ; Pegg GS; Lancaster EK; Falster DS; Oldeland J, 2018, 'Detecting myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) on lemon myrtle trees using spectral signatures and machine learning', Plant Pathology, 67, pp. 1114 - 1121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12830

Lindh M; Falster DS; Zhang L; Dieckmann U; Brännström Å, 2018, 'Latitudinal effects on crown shape evolution', Ecology and Evolution, 8, pp. 8149 - 8158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4275

Madin JS; Anderson KD; Andreasen MH; Bridge TCL; Cairns SD; Connolly SR; Darling ES; Diaz M; Falster DS; Franklin EC; Gates RD; Harmer AMT; 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, 2017, 'Corrigendum: The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans', Scientific Data, 4, pp. 170174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.174

Falster DS; Brännström Å; Westoby M; Dieckmann U, 2017, 'Multitrait successional forest dynamics enable diverse competitive coexistence', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, pp. E2719 - E2728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1610206114

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', 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

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

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', , 11, pp. 10451 - 10485, 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

Preprints

Wenk E; Falster D; Wright I; Westoby M, 2026, Nutrient currencies and P resorption greatly amplify the perceived costs of reproductive allocation in perennial heath shrubs, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.10.731282

O'Brien T; Moores M; Warton D; Falster D, 2025, Here Be Dragons: Bimodal posteriors arise from numerical integration error in longitudinal models, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2502.11510

O’Brien T; Kar F; Warton D; Falster D, 2025, hmde: Hierarchical Methods for Differential Equations, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.15.633280

Vesk P; Windecker S; Gallagher R; Morris W; Pollock L; Towers I; Falster D, 2025, Traits explain canopy tree occurrence along regional environmental gradients; a subset combine to be useful., http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.176432611.18386747/v1

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