Comparative Ecology Group: Publications list

(last updated September 2002; some "in review" papers are included at the end of the list)

Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (in press) Leaf expansion times: a response to Sun (2002). Oikos.

Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (in press) Latitude, seed predation and seed mass. Journal of Biogeography.

Wright, I.J., Reich, P.B. & Westoby, M (in press) Least-cost input mixtures of water and nitrogen for photosynthesises. American Naturalist.

Wright, I.J. & Westoby, M (in press) Nutrient concentrations in leaf litter scale with leaf lifespan and soil nutrients. Functional ecology.

Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (in press) Seed addition experiments are more likely to increase recruitment in large-seeded species. Oikos.

Bragg, J.G & Westoby, M (2002) Leaf size and foraging for light in a sclerophyll woodland. Functional Ecology 16, 633-639.

Wright, I.J. & Westoby, M (2002) Leaves at low versus high rainfall: coordination of structure, lifespan and physiology. New Phytologist 155, 403-416.

Westoby, M, Falster, D.S., Moles, A.T., Vesk, P.A. & Wright I.J. (2002) Plant ecological strategies: some leading dimensions of variation between species. Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics 33, 125-159.

Wright, I.J., Reich, P.B. & Westoby, M (2002) Convergence towards higher leaf mass per area has different consequences for leaf lifespan in dry and nutrient-poor habitats. Journal of Ecology 90, 534-543.

Nicotra, A.B., Babicka, N. & Westoby, M. (2002) Seedling root anatomy and morphology: an examination of ecological differentiation with rainfall using phylogenetically independent contrasts. Oecologia 130: 136-145.

Vesk P.A. & Westoby M. (2001) Predicting plant species' responses to grazing. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 897-909.

Jurado, E., Estrada, E. & Moles, A. T. (2001) Characterizing plant attributes with particular emphasis on seeds in Tamaulipan thornscrub in semi-arid Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 48: 309-321.

Wright, I.J., Reich, P.B. & Westoby, M. (2001). Strategy-shifts in leaf physiology, structure and nutrient content between species of high and low rainfall, and high and low nutrient habitats. Functional Ecology 15, 423-434.

Henery, M. and Westoby, M. (2001). Seed mass and seed nutrient content as predictors of seed output variation between species. Oikos 92(3), 479-490.

Wright, I.J. & Westoby, M. (2001) Understanding seedling growth relationships through specific leaf area and leaf nitrogen concentration: generalisations across growth forms and growth irradiance. Oecologia 127, 21-29.

Wright, I.J. & Cannon, K. (2001) Relationships between leaf lifespan and structural defences in a low nutrient, sclerophyll flora. Functional Ecology 15, 351-359.

Fonseca, C.R., Overton, J. McC., Collins, B. and Westoby, M. (2000). Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients. Journal of Ecology 88(6), 964-977.

Edwards, W. & Westoby, M. (2000). Families with highest proportions of rare species are not consistent between floras. Journal of Biogeography 27(3), 733-740.

Kidson, R. and Westoby, M. (2000) Seed mass and seedling dimensions in relation to seedling establishment. Oecologia 125, 11-17.

Leishman, M.R., Wright,I.J., Moles, A.T. & Westoby, M. (2000) The evolutionary ecology of seed size. In M. Fenner (ed), "Seeds. The ecology of regeneration in plant communities", 2nd edition, pp 31-58.

Moles, A.T. and Westoby, M. (2000). Do small leaves expand faster than large leaves, and do shorter expansion times reduce herbivory? Oikos 90, 517-526.

Murray, B.R. and Westoby, M. (2000). Properties of species in the tail of rank-abundance curves: the potential for increase in abundance. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2:583-592.

Westoby, M., Warton, D. & Reich, P.B. (2000). The time value of leaf area. American Naturalist, 155(3), 649-656.

Wright, I.J. and Westoby, M (2000) Cross-species relationships between seedling RGR, nitrogen productivity and root versus leaf function in 28 Australian woody species. Functional Ecology 14:97-107.

Wright, I.J., H.T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M.L. Reed, B.L. Rice and M. Westoby (2000). A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 69:521-547.

Cunningham, S.A., Summerhayes, B. & Westoby, M. (1999) Evolutionary divergences in leaf structure and chemistry, comparing rainfall and soil nutrient gradients. Ecological Monographs 69:569-588.

Ganade, G. and M. Westoby. 1999. Seed mass and the evolution of early seedling etiolation. American Naturalist 154: 469-480.

Leishman, MR (1999) How well do plant traits correlate with establishment ability? Evidence from a study of 16 calcareous grassland species. New Phytologist 141, 487-496.

Leishman, MR, Sanbrooke, KJ and Woodfin, RM (1999) The effects of elevated CO2 and light environment on growth and reproductive performance of four annual species. New Phytologist 144, 455-462.

Murray, B. R., Dickman, C. R., Watts, C. H. S. and Morton, S. R. (1999) The dietary ecology of Australian desert rodents. Wildlife Research 26: 421-437.

Murray, B.R., Rice, B.L., Keith, D.A., Myerscough, P.J., Howell, J., Floyd, A.G., Mills, K. and Westoby, M. (1999). Species in the tail of rank-abundance curves. Ecology 80, 1806-1816.

Rice, B. and M. Westoby. 1999. Regeneration in Triodia R. Br. Aust. J. Ecol. 24, 563-572.

Westoby, M. 1999. The LHS scheme in relation to grazing and fire. Proceedings 6th International Rangelands Congress, Vol 2, pages 893-896. Editors D. Eldridge and D. Freudenberger, Townsville.

Westoby, M. 1999. Review of Baskin & Baskin, "Seeds: ecology, biogeography and evolution of dormancy and germination. Australian Journal of Ecology 24:288.

Westoby, M. 1999. Generalization in functional plant ecology: the species-sampling problem, plant ecology strategy schemes, and phylogeny. Pages 847-872 in F.I. Pugnaire and F. Valladares (editors) Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology, M. Dekker, New York.

Wright, I.J. and Westoby, M. (1999) Differences in seedling growth behaviour among species: trait correlations, and trait shifts along nutrient compared to rainfall gradients. J. Ecol. 87: 85-97.

Leishman, M. and Westoby, M. (1998). Seed size and shape are not related to dormancy in Australia in the same way as in Britain. Functional Ecology 12:480-485.

Murray, B. R. (1998) Density-dependent germination and the role of seed leachate. Australian Journal of Ecology 23: 411-418.

Murray, B.R., C.M. Fonseca and M. Westoby. 1998. Macroecology of Australian frogs. Journal of Animal Ecology 67:567-579.

Westoby, M. 1998. A leaf-height-seed (LHS) plant ecology strategy scheme. Plant and Soil 199: 213-227.

Westoby, M. 1998. Plant ecology strategy schemes. Pages 459-462 in H. Lambers, F.S. Chapin III, and T.L. Pons, Plant Physiological Ecology. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Westoby, M. 1998. The relationship between local and regional diversity: comment. Ecology 79:1825-1827.

Westoby, M., S.A. Cunningham, C.R. Fonseca, J.McC. Overton and I.J. Wright. 1998. Phylogeny and variation in light capture area deployed per unit investment in leaves: designs for selecting study species with a view to generalizing. Pages 539-566 in H. Lambers, H. Poorter & M.M.I. Van Vuuren (eds) Inherent Variation in Plant Growth Rate: Physiological Mechanisms and Ecological Consequences, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands

156. Fagerström, T. and M. Westoby. 1997. Population dynamics in sessile organisms: some general results from three seemingly different theory-lineages. Oikos 80:588-594.

155. Watson, I.W., M. Westoby and A.McR. Holm. 1997a. Demography of two shrub species from an arid grazed ecosystem in Western Australia, 1983-1993. Journal of Ecology 85: 815-832.

154. Watson, I.W., M. Westoby and A. McR. Holm. 1997b. Continuous and episodic components of demographic change in arid zone shrubs: models of two Eremophila species from Western Australia compared with published data from other species. Journal of Ecology 85: 833-846.

153. Westoby, M. 1997. Review of M.J. Crawley (ed) Plant Ecology, 2nd edn. Aust. J. Ecol. 22:481.

152. Lord, J., J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, R. Williams and M. Westoby. 1997. Larger seeds in tropical floras: consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode. J. Biogeog. 24:205-211.

151. Westoby, M., M.R. Leishman and J.M. Lord. 1997. Comparative ecology of seed size and seed dispersal. Pages 143-162 in J. Silvertown, M. Franco and J.L. Harper (eds) Plant Life Histories. Cambridge U.P.

150. Westoby, M. 1997. What does "ecology" mean? Trends Ecol. Evol. 12:166.

149. Westoby, M. and M.R. Leishman. 1997. Categorizing plant species into functional types. Pages 104-121 in T.M. Smith, H.H. Shugart and F.I. Woodward (eds) Plant Functional Types: their relevance to ecosystem properties and global change. Cambridge U.P.

148. Rees, M. and M. Westoby. 1997. Game-theoretical evolution of seed mass in many-species ecological models. Oikos 78:116-126.

147. Edwards, W. and M. Westoby. 1996. Seed reserve mass and dispersal investment in relation to geographic range of plant species: phylogenetically independent contrasts. J. Biogeog. 23:329-338.

146. French, K. and M. Westoby. 1996. Vertebrate-dispersed species in a fire-prone environment. Aust. J. Ecol. 21:379-385.

145. Saverimuttu, T. and M. Westoby. 1996. Seedling survival under deep shade in relation to seed size. Journal of Ecology 84:681-689.

144. Westoby, M., M.R. Leishman and J.M. Lord. 1996. Comparative ecology of seed size and seed dispersal. Phil Trans Roy Soc B 351:1309-1318.

143. Hughes, L, E.M. Cawsey and M. Westoby. 1996. Geographic and climatic range sizes of Australian eucalypts and a test of Rapoport's Rule. Global Ecol. & Biogeog. Letters 5:128-142.

142. Blanche, K.R. and M. Westoby. 1996. The effects of the taxon and geographic range size of host eucalypt species on the species richness of gall-forming insects. Aust. J. Ecol. 21:332-335.

141. Hughes, L., M. Cawsey and M. Westoby. 1996. Climatic range sizes of Eucalyptus species in relation to future climate change. Global Ecol. & Biogeog. Letters 5:23-29.

140. Watson, I., M. Westoby and A. Holm. 1996. Population dynamics of the arid-zone shrub Eremophila maitlandii in a ten-year sheep grazing trial. p 594 in N.E. West (ed), Rangelands in a Sustainable Biosphere. Proceedings of the 5th International Rangelands Conference, Vol. 1. Society for Range Management, Denver, Colorado.

139. Swanborough, P. and M. Westoby. 1996. Seedling relative growth rate and its components in relation to seed size: phylogenetically independent contrasts. Functional Ecology 10:176-184.

138. Saverimuttu, T. and M. Westoby. 1996. Components of variation in seedling potential relative growth rate: phylogenetically independent contrasts. Oecologia 105:281-285.

137. Blanche, K.R. and M. Westoby. 1995. Gall-forming insect diversity is linked to soil fertility via host plant taxon. Ecology 76:2334-2337.

136. Westoby, M., M.R. Leishman and J.M. Lord. 1995. Issues of interpretation following phylogenetic correction. J. Ecol. 83:892-893.

135. Westoby, M., M.R. Leishman and J.M. Lord. 1995. Further remarks on phylogenetic correction. J. Ecol. 83: 727-729.

134. Westoby, M., M.R. Leishman and J.M. Lord. 1995. On misinterpreting the "phylogenetic correction". J. Ecol. 83:531-534..

133. Lord, J., M. Westoby and M.R. Leishman. 1995. Seed size and phylogeny in six temperate floras: constraints, niche conservatism and adaptation. Amer. Nat. 146:349-364.

132. Leishman, M.R., E. Jurado and M. Westoby. 1995. Correlates of seed size variation: a comparison among five temperate floras. J. Ecol. 83:517-530.

131. Hughes, L. and M. Westoby. 1994. Climate change and conservation in Australia: too uncertain, too far away, and too hard? Pacific Conservation Biol. 1:308-318.

130. Rice, B., M. Westoby, G.F. Griffin and M.H. Friedel.1994. Effects of supplementary soil nutrients on hummock grasses. Aust. J. Bot. 42:687-303.

129. Hughes, L., M. Dunlop, K. French, M. Leishman, B. Rice, L. Rodgerson and M. Westoby. 1994. Predicting dispersal spectra: a minimal set of hypotheses based on plant attributes. J. Ecol. 82:933-950.

128. Leishman, M.R. and M. Westoby. 1994. The role of large seeds in seedling establishment in dry soil conditions -- experimental evidence from semi-arid species. J. Ecol. 82:249-258.

127. Hughes, L., M. Westoby and E. Jurado. 1994. Convergence of elaiosomes and insect prey: evidence from ant foraging behaviour and fatty acid composition. Funct. Ecol. 8:358-365.

126. Leishman, M.R. and M. Westoby. 1994. The role of large seed size in shaded conditions: experimental evidence. Functional Ecology 8:205-214.

125. Leishman, M.R. and M. Westoby. 1994. Hypotheses on seed size: tests using the semi-arid flora of western New South Wales, Australia. Amer. Nat. 143:890-906.

124. Grice, A.C., M. Westoby and C. Torpy . 1994. Dynamics and population structure of Acacia victoriae Benth. Aust. J. Ecol. 19:10-16.

123. Westoby, M. 1994. Adaptive thinking and medicine. Trends Ecol. Evol. 9: 1-2.

122. Westoby, M. 1993. Biodiversity in Australia compared to other continents. Pages 170-177 in R.E. Ricklefs and D. Schluter (eds) Historical and Geographic Determinants of Community Diversity. University of Chicago Press.

121. Oakwood, M., E. Jurado, M. Leishman and M. Westoby. 1993.Geographic ranges of plant species in relation to dispersal morphology, growth form, and diaspore weight. J. Biogeog. 20:563-572.

120. Armstrong, D.P. and M. Westoby. 1993. Seedlings from large seeds tolerate defoliation better: a test using phylogenetically independent contrasts. Ecology 74:1092-1100.

119. Hughes, L., M. Westoby, and A. Johnson. 1993. Nutrient costs of dispersal structures: a comparison between seeds adapted for dispersal by vertebrates and by ants. Functional Ecology 7:54-62.

118. Ingleby, S., and M. Westoby. 1992. Habitat requirements of the spectacled hare-wallaby Lagorchestes conspicillatus in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Wildl. Res. 19:721-741.

117. Hughes, L. and M. Westoby. 1992. Capitula on stick insect eggs and elaiosomes on seeds: convergent adaptations for burial by ants. Functional Ecology 6:642-648. (This research attracted comment from ABC/TV Quantum, April 1992; Nature News and Views 361:304-305; New Scientist 137:16; BBC Wildlife Magazine 11: 12-13; ABC radio, March, 1993)

116. Beattie, A.J., B. Auld, P. Greenslade, G. Harrington, J. Majer, S. Morton, H. Recher and M. Westoby. 1992. Changes in Australian terrestrial biodiversity since European settlement and into the future. Pages 189-202 in R.M. Gifford and M.M. Barson (eds) Australia's Renewable Resources: Sustainability and Global Change. Bureau of Rural Resources, Canberra.

115. Leishman, M.R., L. Hughes, K. French, D. Armstrong and M. Westoby. 1992. Seed and seedling biology in relation to modelling vegetation dynamics under global climate change. Aust. J. Bot. 40:599-613.

114. French, K. and M. Westoby. 1992. Removal of vertebrate-dispersed fruits in vegetation on fertile and infertile soils. Oecologia 91:447-454.

113. Westoby, M., E. Jurado and M. Leishman. 1992. Comparative evolutionary ecology of seed size. Trends Ecol. Evol. 7:368-372.

112. Shuter, E., and M. Westoby. 1992. Herbivorous arthropods on bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Khun) in Australia compared with elsewhere. Aust. J. Ecol. 17:329-339.

111. Jurado, E., and M. Westoby. 1992. Germination biology of selected central Australian plants. Aust. J. Ecol. 17:341-348.

110. Leishman, M.R., and M. Westoby. 1992. Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits -- evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands. J. Ecol. 80:417-424.

109. Jurado, E., and M. Westoby. 1992. Seedling growth in relation to seed size among species of arid Australia. J. Ecol. 80:407-416.

108. Hughes, L., and M. Westoby. 1992. Effect of diaspore characteristics on removal of seeds adapted for dispersal by ants. Ecology 73:1300-1312.

107. Hughes, L., and M. Westoby. 1992. Fate of seeds adapted for dispersal by ants in Australian sclerophyll vegetation. Ecology 73:1285-1299.

106. Westoby, M. and K. Hulsman. 1992. Comments on selected ecological aspects of "Genetic Manipulation: the Threat or the Glory". Australasian Biotechnology 2:239-240.

105. Westoby, M. 1992. Review of Tallis -- Plant Community History; Mather -- Global Forest Resources; and Bunce and Howard (eds) Species Dispersal in Agricultural Habitats. Aust. J. Ecol. 17:352.

104. Westoby, M. 1991. Embryos with packed lunches. Pages 66-79 in L.E. Cram and D.D. Millar (Eds) Living With The Environment. Pergamon, Sydney.

103. Westoby, M. 1991. Making biotechnology effective under field conditions. Pages 53-65 in L.E. Cram and D.D. Millar (Eds) Living With The Environment. Pergamon, Sydney.

102. Westoby, M. 1991. Roadmaps for predator-prey interactions. Pages 37-52 in L.E. Cram and D.D. Millar (Eds) Living With The Environment. Pergamon, Sydney.

101. Westoby, M. 1991. Making biotechnology effective under field conditions -- one of the most interesting future problems for ecology. The Australian Biologist 4:102-109.

100. Eldridge, D.J., M. Westoby and K.G. Holbrook. 1991. Soil surface characteristics, microtopography and proximity to mature shrubs: effects on survival of several cohorts of Atriplex vesicaria seedlings. J. Ecol. 79:357-364.

99. Westoby, M., K. French, L.A. Hughes, B. Rice and L. Rodgerson. 1991. Why are more plant species adapted for dispersal by ants on infertile compared to fertile soils? Aust. J. Ecol. 16:445-455.

98. Haig, D., and M. Westoby. 1991. Genomic imprinting in endosperm: its effect on seed development in crosses between species, and between different ploidies of the same species, and its implications for the evolution of apomixis. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 333:1-13.

97. Jurado, E., M. Westoby, and D.J. Nelson. 1991. Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants. J. Ecol. 79:811-830.

96. Haig, D., and M. Westoby. 1991. Seed size, pollination costs and angiosperm success. Evol. Ecol. 5:231-247.

95. Westoby, M. 1991. On long-term ecological research in Australia. Pages 191-209 in P.G. Risser (ed.) Long-Term Ecological Research: An International Perspective. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. (SCOPE Report 47)

94. Worthington, D.G., M. Westoby and J.D. Bell. 1991. Fish larvae settling in seagrass: effects of leaf density and an epiphytic alga. Aust. J. Ecol. 16:289-294.

93. Westoby, M., L.A. Hughes and B.L. Rice. 1991. Seed dispersal by ants; comparing infertile with fertile soils. Pages 434-447 in C.R. Huxley and D.F. Cutler (eds) Ant-Plant Interactions, Linnaean Society Symposium Series, Oxford University Press.

92. Eldridge, D.J. and M. Westoby. 1991. Recruitment and survival in Atriplex vesicaria populations in semi-arid western New South Wales, 1977-1987. Aust. J. Ecol. 16:309-314.

91. Willson, M.F., B.L. Rice and M. Westoby. 1990. Seed dispersal spectra: a comparison of temperate plant communities. J. Veg. Sci. 1:547-562.

90. Bogusiak, A., B.L. Rice and M. Westoby. 1990. Seedling emergence of hummock grasses in relation to the effects of fire. Aust. Rangelands J. 12:25-28.

89. Westoby, M., B. Rice and J. Howell. 1990. Seed size and plant stature as factors in dispersal spectra. Ecology 71:1307-1315.

88. Eldridge, D.J., M. Westoby, and R.J. Stanley. 1990. Population dynamics of the perennial rangeland shrubs Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana astrotricha and M. pyramidata under grazing, 1980-1987. J. Appl. Ecol. 27:502-512.

87. Hughes, L., and M. Westoby. 1990. Removal rates of seeds adapted for dispersal by ants. Ecology 71:138-148.

86. Westoby, M. 1990. Review of Davy, Hutchings and Watkinson (eds) Plant Population Ecology. J. Appl. Ecol. 27:355-356.

85. Westoby M. 1989. Selective forces exerted by vertebrate herbivores on plants. Trends Ecol. Evol. 4:115-117.

84. Westoby M. 1989. Australia's high lizard diversity -- a new hypothesis. Trends Ecol. Evol. 4:38.

83. Haig, D., and M. Westoby. 1989. Selective forces in the emergence of the seed habit. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 38:215-238.

82. Westoby, M., B.H. Walker and I. Noy-Meir. 1989. Range management on the basis of a model which does not seek to establish equilibrium. J. Arid Env. 17:235-239.

81. Steffe, A.S., M. Westoby and J.D. Bell. 1989. Habitat selection and diet in two species of pipefish from seagrass: sex differences. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 55:23-30.

80. Ingleby, S., M. Westoby and P.K. Latz. 1989 . Habitat requirements of the northern nailtail wallaby Onychogalea unguifera (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. pp 767-782 in G. Grigg, P. Jarman and I. Hume (eds), Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-Kangaroos. Surrey Beatty & Sons, NSW.

79. Westoby, M. 1989. Vegetation in relation to grazing, comparing rangelands with shallow water hard bottom ecosystems. Proc VIth Int Coral Reef Symposium, 1988, Vol 2:59-64.

78. Westoby, M., B.H. Walker and I. Noy-Meir. 1989. Opportunistic range management for rangelands not at equilibrium. J. Range Management 42:266-274.

77. Haig, D. and M. Westoby. 1989. Parent-specific gene expression and the triploid endosperm. Amer. Nat. 134:147-155.

76. Haig, D. and M. Westoby. 1988. Sex expression in homosporous ferns: an evolutionary perspective. Evol. Trends in Plants 2:111-119.

75. Bell, J.D., Steffe A.S. and M. Westoby. 1988. Location of Zostera capricorni seagrass beds in estuaries: effects on fish and decapods. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 122:127-146.

74. Haig, D. and M. Westoby. 1988. A model for the origin of heterospory. J. Theoret. Biol. 134:257-272.

73. Westoby, M. 1988. Comparing Australian ecosystems to those elsewhere. Bioscience 38:549-556.

72. Haig, D. and M. Westoby. 1988. On limits to seed production. Amer. Nat. 131:757-759.

71. Price, P.W., Westoby, M. and B. Rice. 1988. Parasite-mediated competition: some predictions and tests. Amer. Nat. 131:544-555.

70. Gladstone W., and M. Westoby. 1988. Growth and reproduction in Canthigaster valentini (Pisces, Tetraodontidae): a comparison of a toxic reef fish with other reef fishes. Environ. Biol. Fishes 21:207-221.

69. Westoby, M., Rice B., Griffin G., and M. Friedel. 1988. The soil seed bank of Triodia basedowii in relation to time since fire. Aust. J. Ecol. 13:161-169.

68. Zammit C, and M. Westoby. 1988. Predispersal seed losses and the survival of seeds and seedlings of two serotinous Banksia shrubs in burnt and unburnt heath. J. Ecol. 76:200-214.

67. Haig, D. and M. Westoby. 1988. Inclusive fitness, seed resources and maternal care. pp 60-79 in J. Lovett Doust and L. Lovett Doust, Plant Reproductive Ecology: Patterns and Strategies. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

66. Bell, J.D., M. Westoby and A.S. Steffe. 1987. Fish larvae settling in seagrass: do they discriminate between beds of different density? J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 111:133-144.

65. Zammit C, and M. Westoby. 1987. Seedling recruitment strategies in obligate-seeding and resprouting Banksia shrubs. Ecology 68:1984-1992.

64. Zammit C., and M. Westoby. 1987. Population structure and reproductive status of two Banksia shrubs at various times after fire. Vegetatio 70:11-20.

63. Bell, J.D., and M. Westoby. 1987. Effects of an epiphytic alga on abundances of fish and decapods associated with the seagrass Zostera capricorni. Aust. J. Ecol. 12:333-337.

62. Briggs, C.L., M. Westoby, P.M. Selkirk, and R.J. Oldfield. 1987. Embryology of early abortion due to limited maternal resources in Pisum sativum. Annals of Botany 59:611-619.

61. Grice, A.C. and M. Westoby. 1987. Aspects of the dynamics of the seed-banks and seedling populations of Acacia victoriae and Cassia species in arid western New South Wales. Aust. J. Ecol. 12:209-215.

60. Westoby M. 1987. Soil erosion as a landscape ecology phenomenon. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2:321-322.

59. Westoby M. 1987. Book review of Groves and Burdon -- Ecology of Biological Invasions -- and Mooney and Drake -- Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii. Trends In Ecology and Evolution 2:284.

58. Westoby, M. 1986. Commentary: how to build and repair ecosystems. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 16(1):2-8.

57. Bell, J.D. and M. Westoby. 1986. Variation in seagrass height and density over a wide spatial scale: effects on fish and decapods. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 104:275-295.

56. Bell, J.D. and M. Westoby. 1986. Importance of local changes in leaf height and density to fish and decapods associated with seagrasses. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 104:249-274.

55. Westoby, M., D. Haig and P.M. Selkirk. 1986. Kin conflicts in plant reproduction. pp 25-30 in E.G. Williams and R.B. Knox (eds) Pollination '86, University of Melbourne.

54. Selkirk, P.M., C.L. Briggs, M. Westoby and R.J. Oldfield. 1986. The hypostase as a maternal device for imposing abortions due to limitation of resources. pp 205-210 in E.G. Williams and R.B. Knox (eds) Pollination '86, University of Melbourne.

53. Haig, D., and M. Westoby. 1986. Kin-conflict within megaspore tetrads. pp 211-214 in E.G. Williams and R.B. Knox (eds) Pollination '86, University of Melbourne.

52. Westoby, M. 1986. Mechanisms influencing grazing success for livestock and wild herbivores. Am. Nat. 128:940-941.

51. Rice, B. and M. Westoby. 1986. Evidence against the hypothesis that ant-dispersed seeds reach nutrient-enriched microsites. Ecology 67:1270-1274.

50. Price, P.W., M. Westoby, B. Rice, P.R. Atsatt, R.S. Fritz, J.N. Thompson and K. Mobley. 1986. Parasite mediation in ecological interactions. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 17:487-505.

49. Westoby, M. and J. Howell. 1986. The influence of population structure on self-thinning. J. Ecol. 74:343-359.

48. Bell, J.D. and M. Westoby. 1986. Abundance of macrofauna in dense seagrass is due to habitat preference, not predation. Oecologia 68:205-209.

47. Westoby, M. 1985. Does overgrazing usually improve the food resource for grazers? Amer. Nat. 126:870-871.

46. Bell, J.D., A. Steffe and M. Westoby. 1985. Artificial seagrass: how useful is it for field experiments on fish and macroinvertebrates? J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 90:171-177.

45. Westoby, M. 1985. Two main relationships between the components of species richness. Proc. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 14:103-107.

44. Dodson, J. and M. Westoby (eds). 1985. Are Australian Ecosystems Different? Proc. Ecol. Soc. Aust. Vol. 14

43. Rice, B. and M. Westoby. 1985. Vegetation at Koongarra, N.T.: structure of local floristic variation and how well it correlates with existing classification schemes. Proc. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 13:129-137.

42. Westoby, M. 1984. The self-thinning rule. Adv. Ecol. Res. 14:167-226.

41. Westoby, M. 1984. Book review of R. Attfield -- The Ethics of Environmental Concern. Aust. J. Ecol. 9:160-161.

40. Westoby, M. 1984. How different are Australian ecosystems and ecologists? Nature 313:10.

39. Westoby, M. 1984. Constructive ecology: how to build and repair ecosystems (Sabath Memorial Lecture at Griffith University). Griffith University AES Working Paper 1/84.

38. Westoby, M. 1984. Book review of M. Calder and P. Bernhardt -- The Biology of Mistletoes. Aust. J. Ecol. 9:433.

37. Westoby, M. 1984. Book review of 3rd edition of P. Greig-Smith -- Quantitative Plant Ecology. Aust. For. Res. 14:249-250.

36. Westoby, M. 1984. Some problems for ecology on the way to becoming a profession (Presidential Address to Ecol. Soc. Aust.). Aust. J. Ecol. 9:301-308. (Subsequently reprinted in Bull. South Afr. Inst. Ecologists 6(3):10-25.)

35. Westoby, M. 1983. Book review of D. Tilman -- Resource Competition and Community Structure. Science 220:494-496.

34. Rice, B. and M. Westoby. 1983. Species richness in vascular vegetation of the West Head, N.S.W. Aust. J. Ecol. 8:163-168.

33. Rice, B. and M. Westoby. 1983. Plant species richness at the 0.1 hectare scale in Australian vegetation compared to other continents. Vegetatio 52:129-140.

32. Westoby, M., J. Dalby and L. Adams-Acton. 1983. Fruit production by two species of privet (Ligustrum sinense Lour. and L. lucidum W.T.Ait) in Sydney. Aust. Weeds 2:127-129.

31. Rice, B. and M. Westoby. 1982. Heteroecious rusts as agents of interference competition. Evolutionary Theory 6:43-52.

30. Westoby, M. 1982. Frequency distributions of plant size during competitive growth of stands: the operation of distribution-modifying-functions. Ann. Bot. 50:733-735.

29. Westoby, M. and J. Howell. 1982. Self-thinning in Trifolium subterraneum populations transferred between full daylight and shade. J. Ecol. 70:615-621.

28. Westoby, M. and B. Rice. 1982. Evolution of the seed plants and inclusive fitness of plant tissues. Evolution 36:713-724.

27. Westoby, M., J. Cousins and A.C. Grice. 1982. Rate of decline of some soil seed populations during a drought. pp 7-10 in "Ant-Plant Interactions in Australia", ed. R. Buckley, Junk, The Hague.

26. Westoby, M., B. Rice, J. Shelley, D. Haig and J.L. Kohen. 1982. Plants' use of ants for dispersal in sclerophyll vegetation of the West Head, N.S.W. pp 75-87 in "Ant-Plant Interactions in Australia", ed. R. Buckley, Junk, The Hague.

25. Westoby, M. 1982. Can excellence be identified? Search 13(3-4):59

24. Westoby, M. 1982. Documents for use in consulting: I. Model letter of agreement. II. Guidelines for consulting. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 12(2):10-15.

23. Westoby, M. 1982. On being an expert in court. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 12(1):10.

22. Westoby, M. and B. Rice. 1981. Floristics in environmental impact assessments. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 11(4):4.

21. Westoby, M. 1981. How diversified seed germination behavior is selected. Amer. Nat. 118:882-885.

20. Westoby, M. and J. Howell. 1981. Self-thinning: the effect of shading on glasshouse populations of silver beet (Beta vulgaris). J. Ecol. 69:359-366.

19. Westoby, M. 1981. The place of the self-thinning rule in population dynamics. Amer. Nat. 118:581-587.

18. Rice, B. and M. Westoby. 1981. Myrmecochory in sclerophyll vegetation of the West Head, N.S.W. Aust. J. Ecol. 6:291-298.

17. Westoby, M. and B. Rice. 1981. A note on combining two methods of dispersal-for-distance. Aust. J. Ecol. 6:189-192.

16. Westoby, M. 1980. Elements of a theory of vegetation dynamics in arid zones. Israel J. Bot. 28:169-194.

15. Zareh, N., M. Westoby and D. Pimentel. 1980. Evolution in a laboratory host-parasitoid interaction and its effect on population kinetics. Canad. Entomol. 112:1049-1060.

14. Westoby, M. 1980. Diets of black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) in Curlew Valley, northern Utah. J. Wildl. Manage. 44:943-948.

13. Westoby, M. 1980. Relations between genet and tiller population dynamics: tiller survival under clipping in Phalaris tuberosa. J. Ecol. 68:863-870.

12. Westoby, M. and L. Brown. 1980. The effect of clipping on self-thinning in Trifolium pratense. Aust. J. Ecol. 5:401-402.

11. Westoby, M. 1980. Second draft policy position of the Ecological Society of Australia on the relation of professional ecologists to the environmental impact assessment process. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 10(4):4-7.

10. Westoby, M. 1979. Draft policy position of the ESA on the relation of professional ecologists to the environmental impact assessment process. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Aust. 9(2):3-5.

9. Westoby, M., W. Dritschilo, J. Krummel and D. Pimentel. 1979. Direct and indirect use of land, labor and fossil fuels by some animal production systems. Environ. Biol. 79-1, 98 p.

8. Westoby, M. 1978. What are the biological bases of varied diets? Amer. Nat. 112:627-631.

7. Rice, B.L. and M. Westoby. 1978. Vegetation responses of some Great Basin shrub communities protected against jackrabbits or domestic stock. J. Range Manage. 31:28-34.

6. Westoby, M. 1977. Self-thinning driven by leaf area not by weight. Nature 265:330-331.

5. Westoby, M. 1976. Self-thinning in Trifolium subterraneum not affected by cultivar shape. Aust. J. Ecol. 1:245-247.

4. Westoby, M., G.R. Rost and J.A. Weis. 1976. Problems with estimating herbivore diets by microscopically identifying plant fragments from stomachs. J. Mammal. 57:167-172.

3. Westoby, M. 1974. An analysis of diet selection by large generalist herbivores. Amer. Nat. 108:290-304.

2. Westoby, M. and F.H. Wagner. 1973. Use of a crested wheatgrass seeding by black-tailed jackrabbits. J. Range Manage. 26:349-352.

1. Westoby, M. 1972. Fantasies and recreation. pp 112-114 in Land Use Planning. Colloquium of Environment and Man Programme, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
 
 

Under Review

Falster, D. S. & Westoby, M. Plant strategies for light capture: the influence of leaf angle and leaf size.

Falster, D. S. & Westoby, M. Plant height and evolutionary games.

Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (in review) Do large seeds suffer higher levels of pre- or post-dispersal seed predation than small seeds?

Westoby, M. & Wright, I.J. (in review) The spectrum of twig-size variation and its correlates in fire-prone sclerophyll vegetation.

Read, C., Wright, I.J. & Westoby (in review) Scaling up from leaf to canopy-aggregate properties in sclerophyll shrub species.

Vesk, P.A. & Westoby, M. (in review) Sprouting of semi-arid plants.

Moles, A. T.; Warton, D. I. & Westoby, M. (in review) Seed size and survival in the soil in arid Australia.