Search Results - "WESTOBY, M."

A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya by Shugar, D. H., Jacquemart, M., Shean, D., Bhushan, S., Upadhyay, K., Sattar, A., Schwanghart, W., McBride, S., de Vries, M. Van Wyk, Mergili, M., Emmer, A., Deschamps-Berger, C., McDonnell, M., Bhambri, R., Allen, S., Berthier, E., Carrivick, J. L., Clague, J. J., Dokukin, M., Dunning, S. A., Frey, H., Gascoin, S., Haritashya, U. K., Huggel, C., Kääb, A., Kargel, J. S., Kavanaugh, J. L., Lacroix, P., Petley, D., Rupper, S., Azam, M. F., Cook, S. J., Dimri, A. P., Eriksson, M., Farinotti, D., Fiddes, J., Gnyawali, K. R., Harrison, S., Jha, M., Koppes, M., Kumar, A., Leinss, S., Majeed, U., Mal, S., Muhuri, A., Noetzli, J., Paul, F., Rashid, I., Sain, K., Steiner, J., Ugalde, F., Watson, C. S., Westoby, M. J.

“…A deadly cascade A catastrophic landslide in Uttarakhand state in India on February 2021 damaged two hydropower plants, and more than 200 people were killed or…”
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‘Structure-from-Motion’ photogrammetry: A low-cost, effective tool for geoscience applications by Westoby, M.J., Brasington, J., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., Reynolds, J.M.

“…High-resolution topographic surveying is traditionally associated with high capital and logistical costs, so that data acquisition is often passed on to…”
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Pollutants That Replicate: Xenogenetic DNAs by Gillings, M.R., Westoby, M., Ghaly, T.M.

“…Pollution is the dissemination of material that has harmful effects. Mobile DNA elements and antibiotic-resistance genes are being disseminated into the…”
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Rebuilding community ecology from functional traits by McGill, Brian J., Enquist, Brian J., Weiher, Evan, Westoby, Mark

“…There is considerable debate about whether community ecology will ever produce general principles. We suggest here that this can be achieved but that community…”
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Nutrient Concentration, Resorption and Lifespan: Leaf Traits of Australian Sclerophyll Species by Wright, I. J., Westoby, M.

“…1. Most plants withdraw nutrients from leaves as they age, and redeploy them elsewhere in the plant. The proportion of nutrients resorbed and the residual…”
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A fresh framework for the ecology of arid Australia by Morton, S.R., Stafford Smith, D.M., Dickman, C.R., Dunkerley, D.L., Friedel, M.H., McAllister, R.R.J., Reid, J.R.W., Roshier, D.A., Smith, M.A., Walsh, F.J., Wardle, G.M., Watson, I.W., Westoby, M.

“…A revised set of propositions about ecology in arid Australia is presented, based on research literature since publication of Stafford Smith and Morton (1990)…”
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Strategy Shifts in Leaf Physiology, Structure and Nutrient Content between Species of High- and Low-Rainfall and High- and Low-Nutrient Habitats by Wright, I. J., Reich, P. B., Westoby, M.

“…1. Relationships were examined among photosynthetic capacity (Amassand Aarea), foliar dark respiration rate (Rd-massand Rd-area), stomatal conductance to water…”
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Leaf Litter Flammability in Some Semi-Arid Australian Woodlands by Scarff, F. R., Westoby, M.

“…1. Wildfires strongly influence the biotic composition and carbon cycle of many ecosystems. Plant species provide the fuel for wildfires, but vary widely in…”
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Dry Mass Costs of Deploying Leaf Area in Relation to Leaf Size by Pickup, M., Westoby, M., Basden, A.

“…1. The leaf size-twig size spectrum is an important spectrum of variation between species, although the costs and benefits of larger vs smaller leaf size are…”
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A leaf-height-seed (LHS) plant ecology strategy scheme by Westoby, M. (Macquarie Univ., Sydney, N.S.W. (Australia). School of Biological Sciences)

“…A leaf-height-seed (LHS) plant ecology strategy scheme is proposed. The axes would be specific leaf area SLA (light-capturing area deployed per dry mass…”
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evolution of plant functional variation: traits, spectra, and strategies by Reich, P.B, Wright, I.J, Cavender-Bares, J, Craine, J.M, Oleksyn, J, Westoby, M, Walters, M.B

“…Variation in plant functional traits results from evolutionary and environmental drivers that operate at a variety of different scales, which makes it a…”
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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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Modelling outburst floods from moraine-dammed glacial lakes by Westoby, M.J., Glasser, N.F., Brasington, J., Hambrey, M.J., Quincey, D.J., Reynolds, J.M.

“…In response to climatic change, the size and number of moraine-dammed supraglacial and proglacial lake systems have increased dramatically in recent decades…”
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Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought by Choat, B, Jansen, S, Brodribb, T.J, Cochard, H, Delzon, S, Bhaskar, R, Bucci, S.J, Feild, T.S, Gleason, S.M, Hacke, U.G, Jacobsen, A.L, Lens, F, Maherali, H, Martínez-Vilalta, J, Mayr, S, Mencuccini, M, Mitchell, P.J, Nardini, A, Pittermann, J, Pratt, R.B, Sperry, J.S, Westoby, M, Wright, I.J, Zanne, A.E

“…Shifts in rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures associated with climate change are likely to cause widespread forest decline in regions where droughts…”
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Leaf-Size Divergence along Rainfall and Soil-Nutrient Gradients: Is the Method of Size Reduction Common among Clades? by McDonald, P. G., Fonseca, C. R., J. Mc C. Overton, Westoby, M.

“…1. Ecologists have long recognized that plants occurring in areas of low rainfall or soil nutrients tend to have smaller leaves than those in more favourable…”
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Numerical modelling of glacial lake outburst floods using physically based dam-breach models by Westoby, M. J, Brasington, J, Glasser, N. F, Hambrey, M. J, Reynolds, J. M, Hassan, M. A. A. M, Lowe, A

“…The instability of moraine-dammed proglacial lakes creates the potential for catastrophic glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in high-mountain regions. In…”
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Seed mass and seed nutrient content as predictors of seed output variation between species by Henery, Martin L., Westoby, Mark

“…In patch-occupancy models for vegetation, propagule output per area occupied is a key species trait, influencing the potential to colonize vacant patches, and…”
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Predicting Plant Species' Responses to Grazing by Vesk, Peter A., Westoby, Mark

“…1. The aim of this study was to identify whether plant species show consistent responses to livestock grazing. The analyses were based on 35 published studies…”
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Seed Mass and Seedling Dimensions in Relation to Seedling Establishment by Renée Kidson, Westoby, Mark

“…Several experiments have shown that seedlings from larger-seeded species are better able to survive various hazards during establishment. Previous work has…”
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Cross-species relationships between seedling relative growth rate, nitrogen productivity and root vs leaf function in 28 Australian woody species by Wright, I. J., Westoby, M.

“…1. Seedling relative growth rate (RGR) is often decomposed into the product of specific leaf area (leaf area per leaf mass, SLA), net assimilation rate (rate…”
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