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M. Westoby

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M. Westoby — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 118
Works: 342
Citations: 79K

Most-cited papers

The global spectrum of plant form and function
Sandra Díaz, J. Kattge, J. Cornelissen, I. Wright +31 more
2015Nature2,925 citations Open access
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Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought
B. Choat, S. Jansen, T. Brodribb, H. Cochard +20 more
2012Nature2,561 citations Open access
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Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments
A. Zanne, D. Tank, W. Cornwell, J. Eastman +22 more
2013Nature1,590 citations
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Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition
G. Kunstler, D. Falster, D. Coomes, Francis K. C. Hui +32 more
2015Nature887 citations Open access
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Global climatic drivers of leaf size
I. Wright, N. Dong, V. Maire, I. C. Prentice +13 more
2017Science875 citations Open access
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Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum.
Y. Onoda, I. Wright, John R Evans, K. Hikosaka +5 more
2017New Phytologist644 citations Open access
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Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species.
S. Gleason, M. Westoby, S. Jansen, B. Choat +28 more
2016New Phytologist589 citations Open access
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The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset
Sandra Díaz, J. Kattge, J. Cornelissen, I. Wright +142 more
2022Scientific Data250 citations Open access
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Costs of acquiring phosphorus by vascular land plants: patterns and implications for plant coexistence.
J. Raven, H. Lambers, Sarah E. Smith, M. Westoby
2018New Phytologist225 citations Open access
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Bark functional ecology: evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity.
J. Rosell, S. Gleason, Rodrigo Méndez-Alonzo, Yvonne Chang +1 more
2014New Phytologist209 citations
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Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time
L. Poorter, D. Rozendaal, F. Bongers, J. D. de Almeida-Cortez +75 more
2019Nature Ecology & Evolution205 citations Open access
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AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora
D. Falster, R. Gallagher, Elizabeth H. Wenk, Ian Wright +214 more
2021Scientific Data190 citations Open access
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Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life
R. Gallagher, D. Falster, Brian Salvin Maitner, R. Salguero-Gómez +53 more
2020Nature Ecology & Evolution185 citations Open access
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Fibre wall and lumen fractions drive wood density variation across 24 Australian angiosperms
Kasia Ziemińska, D. Butler, S. Gleason, I. Wright +1 more
2013AoB Plants182 citations Open access
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On the link between functional traits and growth rate: meta‐analysis shows effects change with plant size, as predicted
Anaïs Gibert, E. Gray, M. Westoby, I. Wright +1 more
2016178 citations Open access
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A synthesis of bacterial and archaeal phenotypic trait data
Joshua S Madin, D. Nielsen, Maria Brbic, R. Corkrey +25 more
2020Scientific Data145 citations Open access
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Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests
L. Poorter, D. Rozendaal, F. Bongers, D. Almeida +55 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America135 citations Open access
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Functional distinctiveness of major plant lineages
W. Cornwell, M. Westoby, D. Falster, R. FitzJohn +22 more
2014129 citations Open access
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Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species
S. Gleason, D. Butler, Kasia Ziemińska, P. Waryszak +1 more
2012124 citations Open access
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Multitrait successional forest dynamics enable diverse competitive coexistence
D. Falster, Å. Brännström, M. Westoby, U. Dieckmann
2017Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America121 citations Open access
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Broad Anatomical Variation within a Narrow Wood Density Range—A Study of Twig Wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms
Kasia Ziemińska, M. Westoby, I. Wright
2015PLoS ONE110 citations Open access
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Understanding ecological variation across species: area-based vs mass-based expression of leaf traits.
M. Westoby, P. Reich, I. Wright
2013New Phytologist90 citations Open access
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Habitat filtering determines the functional niche occupancy of plant communities worldwide
Yuanzhi Li, B. Shipley, J. Price, Vinícius de L. Dantas +26 more
201888 citations
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Leaf manganese concentrations as a tool to assess belowground plant functioning in phosphorus-impoverished environments
H. Lambers, I. Wright, Caio Guilherme Pereira, P. Bellingham +20 more
2020Plant and Soil86 citations Open access
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A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography
Julian Schrader, I. Wright, H. Kreft, M. Westoby
2021Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society83 citations Open access
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Leaf hydraulic vulnerability to drought is linked to site water availability across a broad range of species and climates.
Chris J. Blackman, S. Gleason, Yvonne Chang, Alicia M. Cook +2 more
2014Annals of Botany77 citations Open access
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Cell size, genome size, and maximum growth rate are near‐independent dimensions of ecological variation across bacteria and archaea
M. Westoby, D. Nielsen, M. Gillings, E. Litchman +3 more
2021Ecology and Evolution74 citations Open access
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Whole-plant capacitance, embolism resistance and slow transpiration rates all contribute to longer desiccation times in woody angiosperms from arid and wet habitats.
S. Gleason, Chris J. Blackman, Alicia M. Cook, Claire A. Laws +1 more
2014Tree Physiology73 citations Open access
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Teamwork, Soft Skills, and Research Training.
Anaïs Gibert, Wade C. Tozer, M. Westoby
2017Trends in Ecology & Evolution63 citations
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AnimalTraits - a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size
M. Herberstein, D. McLean, Elizabeth Lowe, Jonas O. Wolff +15 more
2022Scientific Data60 citations Open access
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Vessel scaling in evergreen angiosperm leaves conforms with Murray's law and area-filling assumptions: implications for plant size, leaf size and cold tolerance.
Sean M. Gleason, Chris J. Blackman, Scott T. Gleason, K. McCulloh +2 more
2018New Phytologist60 citations Open access
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The importance of leaf cuticle for carbon economy and mechanical strength.
Y. Onoda, Lora A. Richards, M. Westoby
2012New Phytologist58 citations
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Elements of a theory of vegetation dynamics in arid rangelands
M. Westoby
201357 citations
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Seedling root anatomy and morphology: an examination of ecological differentiation with rainfall using phylogenetically independent contrasts
Adrienne B. Nicotra, N. Babicka, M. Westoby
2017Oecologia54 citations
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Trait dimensions in bacteria and archaea compared to vascular plants.
M. Westoby, M. Gillings, Joshua S Madin, D. Nielsen +2 more
2021Ecology Letters52 citations Open access
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Bark ecology of twigs vs. main stems: functional traits across eighty-five species of angiosperms
J. Rosell, Matiss Castorena, Claire A. Laws, M. Westoby
2015Oecologia52 citations
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The incidence of low phosphorus soils in Australia
R. Kooyman, S. Laffan, M. Westoby
2017Plant and Soil51 citations
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Evolutionary divergence of leaf width and its correlates.
Wade C. Tozer, Barbara L. Rice, M. Westoby
2015American-Eurasian journal of botany46 citations Open access
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Safety and streamlining of woody shoots in wind: an empirical study across 39 species in tropical Australia.
D. Butler, S. Gleason, I. Davidson, Y. Onoda +1 more
2012New Phytologist45 citations Open access
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Corrigendum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments
A. Zanne, D. Tank, W. Cornwell, J. Eastman +22 more
2014Nature44 citations Open access
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Phylogenetically conservative trait correlation: quantification and interpretation
M. Westoby, Luke A. Yates, Barbara R. Holland, B. Halliwell
2023bioRxiv43 citations Open access
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Patterns and drivers of plant diversity across Australia
K. Mokany, J. McCarthy, D. Falster, R. Gallagher +3 more
2022Ecography40 citations Open access
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Effects of insect attack to stems on plant survival, growth, reproduction and photosynthesis
A. Stephens, M. Westoby
201540 citations
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Partitioning mortality into growth-dependent and growth-independent hazards across 203 tropical tree species
J. Camac, R. Condit, R. FitzJohn, L. McCalman +4 more
2018Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America38 citations Open access
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Shoot growth of woody trees and shrubs is predicted by maximum plant height and associated traits
S. Gleason, A. Stephens, Wade C. Tozer, Chris J. Blackman +8 more
201837 citations Open access
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plant: A package for modelling forest trait ecology and evolution
D. Falster, R. FitzJohn, Å. Brännström, U. Dieckmann +1 more
201636 citations Open access
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DNA technology and evolution of the Central Dogma.
M. Gillings, M. Westoby
2014Trends in Ecology & Evolution34 citations
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Effects of plant hydraulic traits on the flammability of live fine canopy fuels
Fiona R. Scarff, T. Lenz, A. Richards, A. Zanne +2 more
202133 citations
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Plant performance response to eight different types of symbiosis.
Anaïs Gibert, Wade C. Tozer, M. Westoby
2019New Phytologist33 citations Open access
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The links between leaf hydraulic vulnerability to drought and key aspects of leaf venation and xylem anatomy among 26 Australian woody angiosperms from contrasting climates
Chris J. Blackman, S. Gleason, Alicia M. Cook, Yvonne Chang +2 more
2018Annals of Botany29 citations Open access
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