By Dr Mark Ooi

Journal articles

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, vol. 25, pp. 268 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/plb.13498

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12910

Yusup S; Sundberg S; Ooi MKJ; Zhang M; Sun Z; Rydin H; Wang M; Feng L; Chen X; Bu Z-J, 2023, 'Smoke promotes germination of peatland bryophyte spores', JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 12, pp. e8717, 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, vol. 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.779651

Auld T, 2022, 'Frameworks for identifying priority plants and ecosystems most impacted by major fires', Australian Journal of Botany, 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, vol. 12, 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, 2021, 'AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora', Scientific Data, vol. 8, 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, vol. 192, pp. 104634 - 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, vol. 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, vol. 4, 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, vol. 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, vol. 8, 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3301

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, vol. 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, vol. 755, 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, 2020, 'Bio-priming seeds with cyanobacteria: effects on native plant growth and soil properties', Restoration Ecology, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 221, pp. 69 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-019-00993-2

Collette JC; Ooi MKJ, 2020, 'Investigation of 18 physiologically dormant Australian native species: Germination response, environmental correlations and the implications for conservation', Seed Science Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960258520000422

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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 21, pp. 1763 - 1774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01933-x

Ooi MKJ, 2019, 'The importance of fire season when managing threatened plant species: A long-term case-study of a rare Leucopogon species (Ericaceae)', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 236, pp. 17 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.083

Saatkamp A; Cochrane A; Commander L; Guja L; Jimenez-Alfaro B; Larson J; Nicotra A; Poschlod P; Silveira FAO; Cross A; Dalziell EL; Dickie J; Erickson TE; Fidelis A; Fuchs A; Golos PJ; Hope M; Lewandrowski W; Merritt DJ; Miller BP; Miller R; Offord CA; Ooi MKJ; Satyanti A; Sommerville KD; Tangney R; Tomlinson S; Turner S; Walck JL, 2019, 'A research agenda for seed-trait functional ecology', New Phytologist, vol. 221, pp. 1764 - 1775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.15502

Feng L; Sundberg S; Ooi MKJ; Wu YH; Wang M; Bu ZJ, 2018, 'Oxygen-deficiency and allelochemicals affect Sphagnum spore persistence in peatlands', Plant and Soil, vol. 432, pp. 403 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3809-0

Muñoz-Rojas M; Chilton A; Liyanage GS; Erickson TE; Merritt DJ; Neilan BA; Ooi MKJ, 2018, 'Effects of indigenous soil cyanobacteria on seed germination and seedling growth of arid species used in restoration', Plant and Soil, vol. 429, pp. 91 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3607-8

Ma H; Wu H; Ooi MKJ, 2018, 'Within population variation in germination response to smoke cues: convergent recruitment strategies and different dormancy types', Plant and Soil, vol. 427, pp. 281 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3641-6

Palmer HD; Denham AJ; Ooi MKJ, 2018, 'Fire severity drives variation in post-fire recruitment and residual seed bank size of Acacia species', Plant Ecology, vol. 219, pp. 527 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-018-0815-5

Liyanage GS; Ooi MKJ, 2018, 'Seed size-mediated dormancy thresholds: A case for the selective pressure of fire on physically dormant species', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 123, pp. 135 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx117

Gilpin AM; Collette JC; Denham AJ; Ooi MKJ; Ayre DJ, 2017, 'Do introduced honeybees affect seed set and seed quality in a plant adapted for bird pollination?', Journal of Plant Ecology, vol. 10, pp. 721 - 729, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtw064

Ramos DM; Diniz P; Ooi MKJ; Borghetti F; Valls JFM, 2017, 'Avoiding the dry season: dispersal time and syndrome mediate seed dormancy in grasses in Neotropical savanna and wet grasslands', Journal of Vegetation Science, vol. 28, pp. 798 - 807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12531

Vergnon R; Ooi MKJ; Freckleton RP, 2017, 'Complex relationships between competing guilds along large-scale environmental gradients', American Naturalist, vol. 189, pp. 407 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/690765

Liyanage GS; Ooi MKJ, 2017, 'Do dormancy-breaking temperature thresholds change as seeds age in the soil seed bank?', Seed Science Research, vol. 27, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960258516000271

Collette JC; Ooi MKJ, 2017, 'Germination ecology of the endangered species Asterolasia buxifolia (Rutaceae): Smoke response depends on season and light', Australian Journal of Botany, vol. 65, pp. 283 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT17025

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