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Functional and environmental determinants of bark thickness in fire-free temperate rain forest communities by Richardson, Sarah J., Laughlin, Daniel C., Lawes, Michael J., Holdaway, Robert J., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Wright, Monique, Curran, Timothy J., Bellingham, Peter J., McGlone, Matt S.

“…PREMISE OF THE STUDY: In fire-prone ecosystems, variation in bark thickness among species and communities has been explained by fire frequency; thick bark is…”
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Wood density predicts plant damage and vegetative recovery rates caused by cyclone disturbance in tropical rainforest tree species of North Queensland, Australia by CURRAN, TIMOTHY J, GERSBACH, LAUREN N, EDWARDS, WILL, KROCKENBERGER, ANDREW K

“…The ability to withstand disturbance (resistance) and the ability to recover biomass following disturbance (resilience) were investigated in Australian wet…”
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Limits to post‐fire vegetation recovery under climate change by Nolan, Rachael H., Collins, Luke, Leigh, Andy, Ooi, Mark K.J., Curran, Timothy J., Fairman, Thomas A., Resco de Dios, Víctor, Bradstock, Ross

“…Record‐breaking fire seasons in many regions across the globe raise important questions about plant community responses to shifting fire regimes (i.e.,…”
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Lack of quantitative training among early-career ecologists: a survey of the problem and potential solutions by Barraquand, Frédéric, Ezard, Thomas H G, Jørgensen, Peter S, Zimmerman, Naupaka, Chamberlain, Scott, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Curran, Timothy J, Poisot, Timothée

“…Proficiency in mathematics and statistics is essential to modern ecological science, yet few studies have assessed the level of quantitative training received…”
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Measuring flammability of crops, pastures, fruit trees, and weeds: A novel tool to fight wildfires in agricultural landscapes by Pagadala, Tanmayi, Alam, Md Azharul, Maxwell, Thomas M.R., Curran, Timothy J.

“…Fires on agricultural land account for 8–11 % of the total number of fires that occur globally. These fires burn through various crops, pastures, and native…”
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Green firebreaks as a management tool for wildfires: Lessons from China by Cui, Xinglei, Alam, Md Azharul, Perry, George LW, Paterson, Adrian M., Wyse, Sarah V., Curran, Timothy J.

“…Wildfire is a widespread natural hazard that is expected to increase in areal extent, severity and frequency with ongoing changes in climate and land-use. One…”
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Shoot-Level Flammability of Species Mixtures is Driven by the Most Flammable Species: Implications for Vegetation-Fire Feedbacks Favouring Invasive Species by Wyse, Sarah V., Perry, George L. W., Curran, Timothy J.

“…Invasive species can cause shifts in vegetation composition and fire regimes by initiating positive vegetation-fire feedbacks. To understand the mechanisms…”
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Community-level flammability declines over 25 years of plant invasion in grasslands by Cubino, Josep Padullés, Buckley, Hannah L., Day, Nicola J., Pieper, Robin, Curran, Timothy J.

“…1. Exotic plant invasions can alter fire regimes in plant communities. Invaders often possess traits that differ from native plants in the community, resulting…”
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Shoot flammability is decoupled from leaf flammability, but controlled by leaf functional traits by Alam, Md Azharul, Wyse, Sarah V., Buckley, Hannah L., Perry, George L. W., Sullivan, Jon J., Mason, Norman W. H., Buxton, Rowan, Richardson, Sarah J., Curran, Timothy J., Gilliam, Frank

“…Flammability is an important plant trait, relevant to plant function, wildfire behaviour and plant evolution. However, systematic comparison of plant…”
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Plant functional traits explain interspecific differences in immediate cyclone damage to trees of an endangered rainforest community in north Queensland by CURRAN, TIMOTHY J., BROWN, ROBYN L., EDWARDS, EMILEE, HOPKINS, KRISTINA, KELLEY, CATHERINE, MCCARTHY, ELIZABETH, POUNDS, ERIN, SOLAN, RENATA, WOLF, JAMI

“…Cyclones cause profound immediate impacts on tropical rainforest trees, including defoliation, limb loss, snapping of stems and uprooting. Some studies have…”
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Impacts of wind disturbance on fragmented tropical forests: A review and synthesis by LAURANCE, WILLIAM F, CURRAN, TIMOTHY J

“…Wind disturbance is an important ecological force in the tropics, especially in the cyclonic and hurricane zones from about 7-20° latitude. Damage from intense…”
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Climatic conditions affect shoot flammability by influencing flammability-related functional traits in nonfire-prone habitats by Cui, Xinglei, Dai, Dachuan, Huang, Congde, Wang, Bilei, Li, Shuting, You, Chengming, Paterson, Adrian M, Perry, George L W, Buckley, Hannah L, Cubino, Josep Padullés, Wyse, Sarah V, Alam, Md Azharul, Zhou, Shixing, Xiao, Lin, Cao, Dongyu, Xu, Zhenfeng, Curran, Timothy J

“…Plant flammability is an important driver of wildfires, and flammability itself is determined by several plant functional traits. While many plant traits are…”
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Connecting people and ideas from around the world: global innovation platforms for next-generation ecology and beyond by Jørgensen, Peter Søgaard, Barraquand, Frederic, Bonhomme, Vincent, Curran, Timothy J, Cieraad, Ellen, Ezard, Thomas G, Gherardi, Laureano A, Hayes, R. Andrew, Poisot, Timothée, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, DeSoto, Lucía, Swartz, Brian, Talbot, Jennifer M, Wee, Brian, Zimmerman, Naupaka

“…We present a case for using Global Community Innovation Platforms (GCIPs), an approach to improve innovation and knowledge exchange in international scientific…”
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Climate-change impacts exacerbate conservation threats in island systems: New Zealand as a case study by Macinnis-Ng, Cate, Mcintosh, Angus R, Monks, Joanne M, Waipara, Nick, White, Richard SA, Boudjelas, Souad, Clark, Charlie D, Clearwater, Michael J, Curran, Timothy J, Dickinson, Katharine JM, Nelson, Nicola, Perry, George LW, Richardson, Sarah J, Stanley, Margaret C, Peltzer, Duane A

“…Rapid advances in eradicating invasive species from islands are improving conservation outcomes in these biodiversity hotspots. However, recent conservation…”
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Shoot-level flammability across the Dracophyllum (Ericaceae) phylogeny: evidence for flammability being an emergent property in a land with little fire by Cui, Xinglei, Paterson, Adrian M., Alam, Md Azharul, Wyse, Sarah V., Marshall, Kate, Perry, George L. W., Curran, Timothy J.

“…• Plant flammability varies across species, but the evolutionary basis for this variation is not well understood. Phylogenetic analysis of interspecific…”
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Damage to tropical forests caused by cyclones is driven by wind speed but mediated by topographical exposure and tree characteristics by Ibanez, Thomas, Bauman, David, Aiba, Shin‐ichiro, Arsouze, Thomas, Bellingham, Peter J., Birkinshaw, Chris, Birnbaum, Philippe, Curran, Timothy J., DeWalt, Saara J., Dwyer, John, Fourcaud, Thierry, Franklin, Janet, Kohyama, Takashi S., Menkes, Christophe, Metcalfe, Dan J., Murphy, Helen, Muscarella, Robert, Plunkett, Gregory M., Sam, Chanel, Tanner, Edmund, Taylor, Benton N., Thompson, Jill, Ticktin, Tamara, Tuiwawa, Marika V., Uriarte, Maria, Webb, Edward L., Zimmerman, Jess K., Keppel, Gunnar

“…Each year, an average of 45 tropical cyclones affect coastal areas and potentially impact forests. The proportion of the most intense cyclones has increased…”
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Exploring fire adaptation in a land with little fire: serotiny in Leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae) by Battersby, Paul F., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Curran, Timothy J., McGlone, Matthew S., Perry, George L. W.

“…Aim: Immigrant floras often have distinctive traits, well suited to the host region but absent from the autochthonous flora. An example is serotiny in the New…”
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Modelling the growth of young rainforest trees for biomass estimates and carbon sequestration accounting by Preece, Noel D., Lawes, Michael J., Rossman, Allison K., Curran, Timothy J., van Oosterzee, Penny

“…•A new allometric model for planted saplings in the wet tropical biome of Australia.•Revised biomass expansion factors for young trees.•Rare estimates of wood…”
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Shoot flammability of vascular plants is phylogenetically conserved and related to habitat fire-proneness and growth form by Cui, Xinglei, Paterson, Adrian M., Wyse, Sarah V., Alam, Md Azharul, Maurin, Kévin J. L., Pieper, Robin, Padullés Cubino, Josep, O’Connell, Dean M., Donkers, Djessie, Bréda, Julien, Buckley, Hannah L., Perry, George L. W., Curran, Timothy J.

“…Terrestrial plants and fire have interacted for at least 420 million years 1 . Whether recurrent fire drives plants to evolve higher flammability and what the…”
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Post-Fire Resprouting in New Zealand Woody Vegetation: Implications for Restoration by Ana M. C. Teixeira, Timothy J. Curran, Paula E. Jameson, Colin D. Meurk, David A. Norton

“…Resprouting is an important trait that allows plants to persist after fire and is considered a key functional trait in woody plants. While resprouting is well…”
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