By Professor Angela Moles

Journal articles

Brandenburger CR; Sherwin WB; Creer SM; Buitenwerf R; Poore AGB; Frankham R; Finnerty PB; Moles AT, 2019, 'Rapid reshaping: The evolution of morphological changes in an introduced beach daisy', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286, pp. 20181713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1713

Saunders ME; Roger E; Geary WL; Meredith F; Welbourne DJ; Bako A; Canavan E; Herro F; Herron C; Hung O; Kunstler M; Lin J; Ludlow N; Paton M; Salt S; Simpson T; Wang A; Zimmerman N; Drews KB; Dawson HF; Martin LWJ; Sutton JB; Webber CC; Ritchie AL; Berns LD; Winch BA; Reeves HR; McLennan EC; Gardner JM; Butler CG; Sutton EI; Couttie MM; Hildebrand JB; Blackney IA; Forsyth JA; Keating DM; Moles AT, 2018, 'Citizen science in schools: Engaging students in research on urban habitat for pollinators', Austral Ecology, 43, pp. 635 - 642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12608

Dalrymple RL; Flores-Moreno H; Kemp DJ; White TE; Laffan SW; Hemmings FA; Hitchcock TD; Moles AT, 2018, 'Abiotic and biotic predictors of macroecological patterns in bird and butterfly coloration', Ecological Monographs, 88, pp. 204 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1287

Chen SC; Moles AT, 2018, 'Factors shaping large-scale gradients in seed physical defence: Seeds are not better defended towards the tropics', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, pp. 417 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12704

Zhang H; Bonser SP; Chen SC; Hitchcock T; Moles AT, 2018, 'Is the proportion of clonal species higher at higher latitudes in Australia?', Austral Ecology, 43, pp. 69 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12536

Moles AT, 2018, 'Being John Harper: Using evolutionary ideas to improve understanding of global patterns in plant traits', Journal of Ecology, 106, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12887

Thomson FJ; Letten AD; Tamme R; Edwards W; Moles AT, 2018, 'Can dispersal investment explain why tall plant species achieve longer dispersal distances than short plant species?', New Phytologist, 217, pp. 407 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.14735

Chen SC; Hemmings FA; Chen F; Moles AT, 2017, 'Plants do not suffer greater losses to seed predation towards the tropics', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26, pp. 1283 - 1291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12636

Harris CJ; Manea A; Moles AT; Murray BR; Leishman MR, 2017, 'Differences in life-cycle stage components between native and introduced ranges of five woody Fabaceae species', Austral Ecology, 42, pp. 404 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12456

Tindall ML; Thomson FJ; Laffan SW; Moles AT, 2017, 'Is there a latitudinal gradient in the proportion of species with spinescence?', Journal of Plant Ecology, 10, pp. 294 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtw031

Chen SC; Cornwell WK; Zhang HX; Moles AT, 2017, 'Plants show more flesh in the tropics: variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients', Ecography, 40, pp. 531 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02010

Chen S-C; Moles AT, 2016, 'All creatures great and small', Australasian Science, 37, pp. 26 - 27

Moles AT; Ollerton J, 2016, 'Is the notion that species interactions are stronger and more specialized in the tropics a zombie idea?', Biotropica, 48, pp. 141 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12281

Díaz S; Kattge J; Cornelissen JHC; Wright IJ; Lavorel S; Dray S; Reu B; Kleyer M; Wirth C; Colin Prentice I; Garnier E; Bönisch G; Westoby M; Poorter H; Reich PB; Moles AT; Dickie J; Gillison AN; Zanne AE; Chave J; Joseph Wright S; Sheremet Ev SN; Jactel H; Baraloto C; Cerabolini B; Pierce S; Shipley B; Kirkup D; Casanoves F; Joswig JS; Günther A; Falczuk V; Rüger N; Mahecha MD; Gorné LD, 2016, 'The global spectrum of plant form and function', Nature, 529, pp. 167 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16489

Akres O; Cavallaro I; Cheng C; Dixon M; Goddard D; Hofbauer T; Mahr S; Mason T; Miskin L; Morgan C; Nettleton E; Purseglove A; Rosenberg B; Salgado L; Sardi J; Scarlis E; Snyman S; Spagnardi I; Swinson-Dulhunty O; Szentmariay L; Zimmerman N; Moles AT; Cooke J, 2016, 'The Christmas tree project: Comparing the effects of five treatments on the health of cut Christmas trees (Pinus radiata, Pinaceae)', Australian Journal of Botany, 64, pp. 15 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT14343

Nicotra AB; Borevitz J; Dunlop M; Hoffmann A; Kirkpatrick J; Moles AT; Morgan J; van Dijk A; Good R, 2016, 'Towards a centre for intergrated adaption research in the Australian mountains', Australasian Plant Conservation: Journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=125752367247189;res=IELNZC

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

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; Flores Moreno H; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S, 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

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

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

Moles AT, 2013, 'Dogmatic is problematic: Interpreting evidence for latitudinal gradients in herbivory and defense', IDEAS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 6, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.4033/iee.2013.6.1.c

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

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

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