By Professor Angela Moles

Journal articles

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

Royer DL; Sack L; Wilf P; Lusk C; Jordan JG; Niinemets U; Wright IJ; Westoby M; Cariglino B; Coley PD; Cutter AD; Johnson K; Labandeira CC; Moles AT; Palmer MB; Valladares F, 2007, 'Fossil leaf economics quantified: calibration, Eocene case study, and implications', Paleobiology, 33, pp. 574 - 589

Moles AT; Ackerly D; Tweddle J; Dickie J; Smith R; Leishman M; Mayfield M; Pitman AJ; Wood J; Westoby M, 2007, 'Global patterns in seed size', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16, pp. 109 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-822x.2006.00259.x

Edwards W; Moles AT; Franks P, 2007, 'The global trend in plant twining direction', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16, pp. 795 - 800

Moles AT; Westoby M, 2006, 'Seed size and plant strategy across the whole life cycle', Oikos, 113, pp. 91 - 105, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118620311/HTMLSTART

MOLES AT, 2006, 'The Ecology of Seeds', Austral Ecology, 31, pp. 545 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01611.x

Grubb PJ; Coomes DA; Metcalfe DJ; Moles AT; Ackerly DD; Webb CO; Tweddle JC; Dickie JB; Westoby M, 2005, 'Comment on "a brief history of seed size"', Science, 310, pp. 783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1116097

Moles AT; Ackerly D; Webb C; Tweddle J; Dickie J; Westoby M, 2005, 'A Brief History of Seed Size', Science, 307, pp. 576 - 580, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/307/5709/576

Moles AT; Ackerly D; Tweddle J; Dickie J; Pitman AJ; Westoby M, 2005, 'Factors that shape seed size evolution', National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, 102, pp. 10540 - 10544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0501473102

Moles AT; Ackerly D; Webb C; Tweddle J; Dickie J; Westoby M, 2005, 'Response to Comment on "A Brief History of Seed Size"', Science, 310, pp. 783 - 783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1116276

Moles AT; Warton DI; Stevens R; Westoby M, 2004, 'Does a latitudinal gradient in seedling survival favour larger seeds inthe tropics?', Ecology Letters, 7, pp. 911 - 914

Moles AT, 2004, 'Seed mass and seedling establishment after fire in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Sydney, Australia', Austral Ecology, 29, pp. 383 - 390

Moles AT; Westoby M, 2004, 'Seedling survival and seed size: a synthesis of the literature', Journal of Ecology, 92, pp. 384 - 396, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118755656/HTMLSTART

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

Moles A, 2004, 'Vegetation of New Zealand', Austral Ecology, 29, pp. 240 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01309d.x

Moles AT; Westoby M, 2004, 'What do seedlings die from and what are the implications for evolution of seed size?', Oikos, 106, pp. 193 - 199

Moles AT; Warton DI; Westoby M, 2003, 'Do small-seeded species have higher survival through seed predation than large-seeded species?', Ecology, 84, pp. 3148 - 3161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/02-0662

Moles AT; Westoby M, 2003, 'Latitude, seed predation and seed mass', Journal of Biogeography, 30, pp. 105 - 128

Moles AT; Westoby M, 2003, 'Leaf expansion times: a response to Sun', Oikos, 100, pp. 203 - 203

Moles AT; Warton DI; Westoby M, 2003, 'Seed size and survival in the soil in arid Australia', Austral Ecology, 28, pp. 575 - 585

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

Moles AT; Westoby M, 2002, 'Seed addition experiments are more likely to increase recruitment in larger-seeded species', Oikos, 99, pp. 241 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.990204.x

Jurado E; Estrada E; Moles̀ A, 2001, 'Characterizing plant attributes with particular emphasis on seeds in Tamaulipan thornscrub in semi-arid Mexico', Journal of Arid Environments, 48, pp. 309 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jare.2000.0762

Moles AT; Westoby M, 2000, 'Do small leaves expand faster than large leaves, and do shorter expansion times reduce herbivore damage?', Oikos, 90, pp. 517 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900310.x

Moles AT; Hodson DW; Webb CJ, 2000, 'Seed size and shape and persistence in the soil in the New Zealand flora', Oikos, 89, pp. 541 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890313.x

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