By Professor Angela Moles

Journal articles

Dalrymple RL; Kemp DJ; Flores-Moreno H; Laffan SW; White TE; Hemmings FA; Tindall ML; Moles AT, 2015, 'Birds, butterflies and flowers in the tropics are not more colourful than those at higher latitudes', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, pp. 1424 - 1432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12368

Chen SC; Moles AT, 2015, 'A mammoth mouthful? A test of the idea that larger animals ingest larger seeds', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, pp. 1269 - 1280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12346

Helm A; Zobel M; Moles AT; Szava-Kovats R; Pärtel M, 2015, 'Characteristic and derived diversity: Implementing the species pool concept to quantify conservation condition of habitats', Diversity and Distributions, 21, pp. 711 - 721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12285

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

Edwards W; Moles AT; Chong C, 2015, 'Generalised extreme value distributions provide a natural hypothesis for the shape of seed mass distributions', Plos One, 10, pp. e0121724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121724

Flores-Moreno H; García-Treviño ES; Letten AD; Moles AT, 2015, 'In the beginning: phenotypic change in three invasive species through their first two centuries since introduction', Biological Invasions, 17, pp. 1215 - 1225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0789-8

Dalrymple RL; Hui FKC; Flores-Moreno H; Kemp DJ; Moles AT, 2015, 'Roses are red, violets are blue - so how much replication should you do? An assessment of variation in the colour of flowers and birds', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114, pp. 69 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12402

Dalrymple RL; Buswell JM; Moles AT, 2015, 'Asexual plants change just as often and just as fast as do sexual plants when introduced to a new range', OIKOS, 124, pp. 196 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.01582

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

Flores-Moreno H; García-Treviño ES; Letten AD; Moles AT, 2014, 'In the beginning: phenotypic change in three invasive species through their first two centuries since introduction', Biological Invasions, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0789-8

Peco B; Laffan SW; Moles AT, 2014, 'Global patterns in post-dispersal seed removal by invertebrates and vertebrates', Plos One, 9, pp. e91256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091256

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

Brunbjerg AK; Cavender-Bares J; Eiserhardt WL; Ejrnæs R; Aarssen LW; Buckley HL; Forey E; Jansen F; Kattge J; Lane C; Lubke RA; Moles AT; Monserrat AL; Peet RK; Roncal J; Wootton L; Svenning JC, 2014, 'Multi-scale phylogenetic structure in coastal dune plant communities across the globe', Journal of Plant Ecology, 7, pp. 101 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtt069

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

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, 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

Bartle K; Moles AT; Bonser SP, 2013, 'No evidence for rapid evolution of seed dispersal ability in range edge populations of the invasive species Senecio madagascariensis', Austral Ecology, 38, pp. 915 - 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12032

Rollins LA; Moles AT; Lam S; Buitenwerf R; Buswell JM; Brandenburger CR; Flores-Moreno H; Nielsen KB; Couchman E; Brown GS; Thomson FJ; Hemmings F; Frankham R; Sherwin WB; Flores Moreno H, 2013, 'High genetic diversity is not essential for successful introduction', Ecology and Evolution, 3, pp. 4501 - 4517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.824

Moles AT; Flores-Moreno H; Dickie JB, 2013, 'A response to Poisot et al.: Publishing your dataset is not always virtuous', , http://dx.doi.org/10.4033/iee.2013.6b.15.f

Flores-Moreno H; Moles AT; Flores Moreno H, 2013, 'A Comparison of the Recruitment Success of Introduced and Native Species Under Natural Conditions', Plos One, 8, pp. e72509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072509

Flores-Moreno H; Thomson FJ; Warton DI; Moles AT; Flores Moreno H, 2013, 'Are Introduced Species Better Dispersers Than Native Species? A Global Comparative Study of Seed Dispersal Distance', Plos One, 8, pp. e68541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068541

Warman L; Bradford MG; Moles AT, 2013, 'A Broad Approach to Abrupt Boundaries: Looking Beyond the Boundary at Soil Attributes within and Across Tropical Vegetation Types', PLoS One, 8, pp. Article numbere60789, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060789

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

Moles A, 2013, 'Dogmatic is problematic: Interpreting evidence for latitudinal gradients in herbivory and defense', Ideas in Ecology and Evolution, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.4033/iee.2013.6.1.c

Blick RA; Burns KC; Moles AT, 2013, 'Dominant network interactions are not correlated with resource availability: a case study using mistletoe-host interactions.', Oikos, 000, pp. EV1 - EV7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20870.x

Lanfear R; Ho SYW; Jonathan davies T; Moles AT; Aarssen LW; Swenson NG; Warman L; Zanne A; Allen A, 2013, 'Taller plants have lower rates of molecular evolution', Nature communications, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2836

Letten AD; Kathleen Lyons S; Moles AT, 2013, 'The mid-domain effect: It's not just about space', Journal of Biogeography, 40, pp. 2017 - 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12196

Moles AT; Flores-Moreno H; Bonser SP; Warton DI; Helm A; Warman L; Eldridge DJ; Jurado E; Hemmings F; Reich P; Cavender-Bares J; Seabloom EW; Mayfield MM; Sheil D; Djietror JC; Peri PL; Enrico L; Cabido MR; Setterfield SA; Lehmann CE; Thomson FJ, 2012, 'Invasions: The trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea', Journal of Ecology, 100, pp. 116 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01915.x

Blick RA; Burns KC; Moles AT, 2012, 'Predicting network topology of mistletoe-host interactions: Do mistletoes really mimic their hosts?', Oikos, 121, pp. 761 - 771, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19854.x

Swenson NG; Enquist BJ; Pither J; Kerkhoff AJ; Boyle ; Weiser MD; Elser JJ; Fagan WF; Forero-Montana J; Fyllas N; Kraft NJB; Lake JK; Moles AT; Patino S; Phillips O; Price CA; Reich PB; Quesada CA; Stegen JC; Valencia R; Wright IJ; Wright SJ; Andelman S; Jorgensen PM; Lacher TE; Monteagudo A; Nunez MP; Vasquez-Martinez R; Nolting KM, 2012, 'The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South America', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21, pp. 798 - 808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00727.x

Buswell JM; Moles AT; Hartley S, 2011, 'Is rapid evolution common in introduced plant species? (vol 99, pg 214, 2011)', JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 99, pp. 1566 - 1566, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01888.x

Moles AT; Bonser SP; Poore AGB; Wallis IR; Foley WJ, 2011, 'Assessing the evidence for latitudinal gradients in plant defence and herbivory', Functional Ecology, 25, pp. 380 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01814.x

Buswell JM; Moles AT; Hartley S, 2011, 'Is rapid evolution common in introduced plant species?', Journal of Ecology, 99, pp. 214 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01759.x

Warman L; Moles AT; Edwards W, 2011, 'Not so simple after all: Searching for ecological advantages of compound leaves', Oikos, 120, pp. 813 - 821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19344.x

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

Thomson F; Moles AT; Auld TD; Kingsford R, 2011, 'Seed dispersal distance is more strongly correlated with plant height than with seed mass', Journal of Ecology, 99, pp. 1299 - 1307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01867.x

Gallagher R; Leishman M; Moles AT, 2011, 'Traits and ecological strategies of Australian tropical and temperate climbing plants', Journal of Biogeography, 38, pp. 828 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02455.x

Kattge J; Diaz S; Lavorel S; Prentice I; Leadley P; Bonisch G; Garnier E; Westoby M; Reich P; Wright IJ; Cornelissen JHC; Violle C; Harrison SP; Van bodegom PM; Reichstein M; Enquist BJ; Soudzilovskaia NA; Ackerly D; Anand M; Atkin O; Bahn M; Baker TR; Baldocchi D; Bekker R; Blanco CC; Blonder B; Bond WJ; Bradstock R; Bunker DE; Casanoves F; Cavender-bares J; Chambers JQ; Chapin FS; Chave J; Coomes D; Cornwell WK; Craine JM; Dobrin BH; Duarte L; Durka W; Elser J; Esser G; Estiarte M; Fagan WF; Fang J; Fernandez-mendez F; Fidelis A; Finegan B; Flores O; Ford H; Frank D; Freschet GT; Fyllas NM; Gallagher RV; Green WA; Gutierrez AG; Hickler T; Higgins SI; Hodgson JG; Jalili A; Jansen S; Joly CA; Kerkhoff AJ; Kirkup D; Kitajima K; Kleyer M; Klotz S; Knops JMH; Kramer K; Kuhn I; Kurokawa H; Laughlin D; Lee TD; Leishman M; Lens F; Lenz T; Lewis SL; Lloyd J; Llusia J; Louault F; Ma S; Mahecha MD; Manning P; Massad T; Medlyn BE; Messier J; Moles AT; Muller S; Nadrowski K; Naeem S; Niinemets U; Nollet S; Nuske A; Ogaya R; Oleksyn J; Onipchenko VG; Onoda Y; Ordonez J; Overbeck G; Ozinga WA; Patino S; Paula S; Pausas JG; Penuelas J; Phillips O; Pillar V; Poorter H; Poorter L; Poschlod P; Prinzing A; Proulx R; Rammig A; Reinsch S; Reu B; Sack L; Salgado-negret B; Sardans J; Shiodera S; Shipley B; Siefert A; Sosinski E; Soussana JF; Swaine E; Swenson N; Thompson K; Thornton P; Waldram M; Weiher E; White MJ; White S; Wright SJ; Yguel B; Zaehle S; Zanne A; Wirth C, 2011, 'TRY - a global database of plant traits', Global Change Biology, 17, pp. 2905 - 2935, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02451.x

Edwards W; Moles AT, 2010, 'Re-contemplate an entangled bank: The Power of Movement in Plants revisited', BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 162, pp. S29 - S36, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000276606300004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Thomson F; Moles AT; Auld TD; Ramp D; Ren SRSQ; Kingsford R, 2010, 'Chasing the unknown - predicting seed dispersal mechanisms from plant traits.', Journal of Ecology, 98, pp. 1310 - 1318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01724.x

Moles AT; Edwards W, 2009, 'A curly question: why do most vines twine anticlockwise?', Australasian Science, June, pp. 30 - 32

Warman L; Moles AT, 2009, 'Alternative stable states in Australia`s Wet Tropics: A theoretical framework for the field data and a field-case for the theory', Landscape Ecology, 24, pp. 1 - 13

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

Moles AT; Warton DI; Warman L; Swenson N; Laffan SW; Zanne A; Pitman AJ; Hemmings F; Leishman M, 2009, 'Global patterns in plant height', Journal of Ecology, 97, pp. 923 - 932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01526.x

Edwards W; Moles AT, 2009, 'Re-contemplate an entangled bank: The Power of Movement in Plants revisited', Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 160, pp. 111 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00972.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

Moles AT; Gruber M; Bonser SP, 2008, 'A new framework for predicting invasive plant species', Journal of Ecology, 96, pp. 13 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01332.x

Moles AT; Pitman AJ; Wright IJ; Murray BR; Westoby M, 2008, 'Is there a latitudinal gradient in seed production?', Ecography, 32, pp. 78 - 82

Mason R; Cooke JJ; Moles AT; Leishman M, 2008, 'Reproductive output of invasive versus native plants', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17, pp. 633 - 640

Beaulieu ; Moles AT; Leitch I; Bennett M; Dickie J; Knight C, 2007, 'Correlated evolution of genome size and seed mass', New Phytologist, 173, pp. 422 - 437, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118538991/HTMLSTART

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