Search Results - "Wyse, Sarah V."

Predicting the global incidence of seed desiccation sensitivity by Wyse, Sarah V., Dickie, John B.

“…1. The ability of seeds to tolerate desiccation plays an important role in plant regeneration ecology. Globally, the majority of species produce…”
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Ecological correlates of seed dormancy differ among dormancy types: a case study in the legumes by Wyse, Sarah V., Dickie, John B.

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Limited evidence for a consistent seed mass‐dispersal trade‐off in wind‐dispersed pines by Wyse, Sarah V., Hulme, Philip E., Bogdziewicz, Michał

“…Much of the variation in dispersal potential among seeds of different plant species has been related to a putative trade‐off between dispersal potential and…”
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Dispersal potential rather than risk assessment scores predict the spread rate of non‐native pines across New Zealand by Wyse, Sarah V., Hulme, Philip E.

“…Pine (genus Pinus) species are planted extensively for forestry purposes in areas where they are non‐native, with the result that biological invasions by many…”
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Taxonomic affinity, habitat and seed mass strongly predict seed desiccation response: a boosted regression trees analysis based on 17 539 species by Wyse, Sarah V, Dickie, John B

“…Seed desiccation response plays an important role in plant regeneration ecology, and has significant implications for species conservation. The majority of…”
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Competition–colonisation trade‐offs are found among but not within wind‐dispersed Pinus species by Wyse, Sarah V., Hulme, Philip E.

“…The competition–colonisation trade‐off is recognised as a key mechanism for diversity maintenance, whereby weak competitors can avoid competition with stronger…”
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Quantifying the risk of non‐native conifer establishment across heterogeneous landscapes by Wyse, Sarah V., Etherington, Thomas R., Hulme, Philip E.

“…Pines (genus Pinus) are cultivated extensively for forestry purposes, particularly in regions that are outside the genus' native range. The most common…”
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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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Seed banking not an option for many threatened plants by Wyse, Sarah V., Dickie, John B., Willis, Katherine J.

“…The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation requires 75% of threatened plant species conserved ex situ by 2020. Currently, ex situ conservation focuses on…”
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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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Combining laser rangefinder and viewshed technologies to improve ground surveys of invasive tree distributions by Wyse, Sarah V., Hulme, Philip E., Etherington, Thomas R.

“…Quantifying the spatial extent, location and habitat associations of invasive tree species is critical to predict their future spread and prioritise areas for…”
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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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Exploiting interspecific olfactory communication to monitor predators by Garvey, Patrick M., Glen, Alistair S., Clout, Mick N., Wyse, Sarah V., Nichols, Margaret, Pech, Roger P.

“…Olfaction is the primary sense of many mammals and subordinate predators use this sense to detect dominant species, thereby reducing the risk of an encounter…”
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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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Partitioning intraspecific variation in seed dispersal potential using a low‐cost method for rapid estimation of samara terminal velocity by Wyse, Sarah V., Hulme, Philip E., Holland, E. Penelope, Goslee, Sarah

“…Seed or samara terminal velocity is a key trait affecting the dispersal potential of wind‐dispersed plants. However, this trait is often represented in…”
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Future climates are predicted to alter the potential distributions of non-native conifer species in New Zealand by Etherington, Thomas R., Peltzer, Duane A., Wyse, Sarah V.

“…Non-native conifers constitute a significant threat to the ecology and biodiversity of many of New Zealand’s native ecosystems and species. From the top down,…”
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Distinctive vegetation communities are associated with the long‐lived conifer Agathis australis (New Zealand kauri, Araucariaceae) in New Zealand rainforests by Wyse, Sarah V, Burns, Bruce R, Wright, Shane D

“…The conifer Agathis australis (New Zealand kauri; Araucariaceae) has a significant influence on soil processes beneath its canopies, reducing soil pH, stalling…”
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Sustained carbon uptake in a mixed age southern conifer forest by Macinnis-Ng, Cate, Wyse, Sarah V., Webb, Tristan, Taylor, Daniel, Schwendenmann, Luitgard

“…Key message Larger trees accumulate more carbon but have lower growth rates per unit biomass. Nevertheless, large trees are a vital part of the carbon cycle of…”
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Protecting trees at an individual level provides insufficient safeguard for urban forests by Wyse, Sarah V., Beggs, Jacqueline R., Burns, Bruce R., Stanley, Margaret C.

“…•Trees were protected primarily for cultural rather than biodiversity reasons.•Older suburbs and those with higher density housing had the most protected…”
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