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Latitude, seed predation and seed mass by Moles, A. T., Westoby, M.

“…Aim We set out to test the hypothesis that rates of pre- and post-dispersal seed predation would be higher towards the tropics, across a broad range of species…”
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Predicting network topology of mistletoe-host interactions: do mistletoes really mimic their hosts? by Blick, R. A. J., Burns, K. C., Moles, A. T.

“…Network analysis provides a unified framework for investigating different types of species interactions at the community level. Network analysis is typically…”
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Dominant network interactions are not correlated with resource availability: a case study using mistletoe host interactions by Blick, R. A. J., Burns, K. C., Moles, A. T.

“…Network theory in ecology has been central to understanding species co-occurrence patterns, specialization and community stability. However, network theory has…”
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Do small leaves expand faster than large leaves, and do shorter expansion times reduce herbivore damage? by Moles, Angela T., Westoby, Mark

“…Leaves are most vulnerable to herbivory during expansion. We hypothesised that one factor favouring small leaves could be that smaller-leaved species have…”
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Seed size and shape and persistence in the soil in the New Zealand flora by Moles, Angela T., Hodson, Dave W., Webb, Colin J.

“…Seed size and shape predict seed persistence in the soil for British and Argentinian herbaceous plant species. Those species with small, rounded seeds tend to…”
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Seedling survival and seed size: a synthesis of the literature by Moles, A.T, Westoby, M

“…1. Large-seeded species have long been known to have higher survivorship during establishment than small-seeded species. Here, we assessed the size of this…”
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Do Small-Seeded Species Have Higher Survival through Seed Predation than Large-Seeded Species? by Moles, Angela T., Warton, David I., Westoby, Mark

“…Seed ecologists have often stated that they expect larger-seeded species to have lower survivorship through postdispersal seed predation than smaller-seeded…”
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Small-Seeded Species Produce More Seeds Per Square Metre of Canopy Per Year, but Not Per Individual Per Lifetime by Moles, Angela T., Falster, Daniel S., Leishman, Michelle R., Westoby, Mark

“…1 The trade-off between seed mass and the number of seeds a plant can make for a given amount of energy underpins our understanding of seed ecology. However,…”
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Seed addition experiments are more likely to increase recruitment in larger-seeded species by Moles, Angela T., Westoby, Mark

“…Colonisation theory predicts that large-seeded species are more likely to show increased seedling recruitment in response to seed addition than are…”
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Seed mass and seedling establishment after fire in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Sydney, Australia by Moles, A.T, Westoby, M

“…Relationships between seed mass and several aspects of plant regeneration ecology were investigated in a post‐fire environment in Ku‐ring‐gai Chase National…”
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Seed size and survival in the soil in arid Australia by MOLES, ANGELA T., WARTON, DAVID I., WESTOBY, MARK

“…We investigated the relationship between seed size and seed survival in the soil in 67 species from arid Australia. There was a very weak, marginally…”
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TRY - a global database of plant traits by KATTGE, J., DÍAZ, S., LAVOREL, S., LEADLEY, P., BÖNISCH, G., GARNIER, E., WESTOBY, M., REICH, P. B., WRIGHT, I. J., CORNELISSEN, J. H. C., VIOLLE, C., HARRISON, S. P., Van BODEGOM, P. M., REICHSTEIN, M., ENQUIST, B. J., SOUDZILOVSKAIA, N. A., ATKIN, O., BAKER, T. R., BALDOCCHI, D., BEKKER, R., BLONDER, B., BOND, W. J., BRADSTOCK, R., BUNKER, D. E., CASANOVES, F., CAVENDER-BARES, J., CHAMBERS, J. Q., CHAPIN III, F. S., CHAVE, J., COOMES, D., CRAINE, J. M., DUARTE, L., DURKA, W., FERNÁNDEZ-MÉNDEZ, F., FIDELIS, A., FINEGAN, B., FORD, H., FRANK, D., FYLLAS, N. M., GALLAGHER, R. V., HIGGINS, S. I., HODGSON, J. G., JALILI, A., JANSEN, S., JOLY, C. A., KERKHOFF, A. J., KIRKUP, D., KITAJIMA, K., KLEYER, M., KNOPS, J. M. H., KRAMER, K., KÜHN, I., KUROKAWA, H., LEE, T. D., LENS, F., LENZ, T., LEWIS, S. L., LLOYD, J., LLUSIÀ, J., MA, S., MAHECHA, M. D., MANNING, P., MASSAD, T., MEDLYN, B. E., MESSIER, J., MOLES, A. T., NAEEM, S., NIINEMETS, Ü., NÖLLERT, S., NÜSKE, A., OLEKSYN, J., ONIPCHENKO, V. G., ONODA, Y., ORDOÑEZ, J., PATIÑO, S., PAULA, S., PAUSAS, J. G., PEÑUELAS, J., PILLAR, V., POORTER, H., POORTER, L., POSCHLOD, P., PROULX, R., REINSCH, S., REU, B., SALGADO-NEGRET, B., SARDANS, J., SHIPLEY, B., SIEFERT, A., SOUSSANA, J.-F., SWAINE, E., SWENSON, N., THOMPSON, K., THORNTON, P., WEIHER, E., WHITE, S., YGUEL, B., ZAEHLE, S., ZANNE, A. E., WIRTH, C.

“…Plant traits – the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants and their organs – determine how primary…”
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Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory by Robinson, M. L., Hahn, P. G., Inouye, B. D., Underwood, N., Whitehead, S. R., Abbott, K. C., Bruna, E. M., Cacho, N. I., Dyer, L. A., Abdala-Roberts, L., Allen, W. J., Andrade, J. F., Angulo, D. F., Anjos, D., Anstett, D. N., Bagchi, R., Bagchi, S., Barbosa, M., Barrett, S., Baskett, C. A., Ben-Simchon, E., Bloodworth, K. J., Bronstein, J. L., Buckley, Y. M., Burghardt, K. T., Bustos-Segura, C., Calixto, E. S., Carvalho, R. L., Castagneyrol, B., Chiuffo, M. C., Cinoğlu, D., Cinto Mejía, E., Cock, M. C., Cogni, R., Cope, O. L., Cornelissen, T., Cortez, D. R., Crowder, D. W., Dallstream, C., Dáttilo, W., Davis, J. K., Dimarco, R. D., Dole, H. E., Egbon, I. N., Eisenring, M., Ejomah, A., Elderd, B. D., Endara, M.-J., Eubanks, M. D., Everingham, S. E., Farah, K. N., Farias, R. P., Fernandes, A. P., Fernandes, G. W., Ferrante, M., Finn, A., Florjancic, G. A., Forister, M. L., Fox, Q. N., Frago, E., França, F. M., Getman-Pickering, A. S., Getman-Pickering, Z., Gianoli, E., Gooden, B., Gossner, M. M., Greig, K. A., Gripenberg, S., Groenteman, R., Grof-Tisza, P., Haack, N., Hahn, L., Haq, S. M., Helms, A. M., Hennecke, J., Hermann, S. L., Holeski, L. M., Holm, S., Hutchinson, M. C., Jackson, E. E., Kagiya, S., Kalske, A., Kalwajtys, M., Karban, R., Kariyat, R., Keasar, T., Kersch-Becker, M. F., Kharouba, H. M., Kim, T. N., Kimuyu, D. M., Kluse, J., Koerner, S. E., Komatsu, K. J., Krishnan, S., Laihonen, M., Lamelas-López, L., LaScaleia, M. C., Lecomte, N., Lehn, C. R., Li, X.

“…Interactions between plants and herbivores are central in most ecosystems, but their strength is highly variable. The amount of variability within a system is…”
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Potential contributions of the seed rain and seed bank to regeneration of native forest under plantation pine in New Zealand by Moles, Angela T., Drake, Donald R.

“…The seed rain, seed bank, and vegetation were studied in a Pinus radiata plantation destined for restoration to native forest, in order to gain information on…”
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PLANT ECOLOGICAL STRATEGIES: Some Leading Dimensions of Variation Between Species by Westoby, Mark, Falster, Daniel S, Moles, Angela T, Vesk, Peter A, Wright, Ian J

“…An important aim of plant ecology is to identify leading dimensions of ecological variation among species and to understand the basis for them. Dimensions that…”
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Leaf expansion times: a response to Sun (2003) by Moles, A.T., Westoby, M.

“…Leaf size presumably evolves under a mixture of selective forces, some favouring larger and others smaller leaf size. Moles and Westoby (2000) suggested that…”
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Post-dispersal seed predation on eleven large-seeded species from the New Zealand flora: A preliminary study in secondary forest by Moles, Angela T., Drake, Donald R.

“…Seed predation trials were conducted for 11 large-seeded species native to New Zealand in secondary forest. The species used were: Alectryon excelsus,…”
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Dogmatic is problematic: Interpreting evidence for latitudinal gradients in herbivory and defense by Moles, Angela

“…It has long been believed that plant-animal interactions, including herbivory. are more intense toward the tropics. The more intense interactions in the…”
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A General Model for the Scaling of Offspring Size and Adult Size by Falster, Daniel S., Moles, Angela T., Westoby, Mark

“…Understanding evolutionary coordination among different life‐history traits is a key challenge for ecology and evolution. Here we develop a general…”
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Seed size and plant strategy across the whole life cycle by Moles, Angela T., Westoby, Mark

“…We compiled information from the international literature to quantify the relationships between seed mass and survival through each of the hazards plants face…”
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