D. S. Falster

A near-complete dataset of plant growth form, life history, and woodiness for all Australian plants

The paper provides a comprehensive dataset of plant growth form, woodiness, and life history traits for nearly all Australian plant species, enabling analysis of trait distributions and responses to environmental disturbances.

APCalign: an R package workflow and app for aligning and updating flora names to the Australian Plant Census

APCalign aligns and updates scientific names for Australian vascular plants to the most likely currently accepted names using the Australian Plant Census or APNI.

Explaining plant trait variation in response to soil water availability using an optimal height-growth model

The paper uses an optimal height-growth model to predict how plant traits shift in response to soil water availability and other environmental factors.

The AusTraits Plant Dictionary

The paper introduces the AusTraits Plant Dictionary to standardize plant trait definitions across databases, improving data integration and usability.

Climate shapes flowering periods across plant communities

This study examines how climate influences flowering periods across plant communities in Australia, finding that temperature and precipitation patterns explain 29% of variation in community flowering period lengths.

AusTraits: a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

AusTraits is a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora, containing 937243 trait-by-taxa combinations across 375 traits and 29230 taxa.

Sex and Power: sexual dimorphism in trait variability and its eco-evolutionary and statistical implications

The paper tests sex differences in trait variability using mouse data, finding trait-dependent patterns that challenge existing hypotheses and highlight eco-evolutionary and statistical implications.

Unifying intra- and inter-specific variation in tropical tree mortality

This study develops a Bayesian framework to predict tree mortality in tropical forests by integrating growth-dependent and growth-independent factors across species and time.

Trajectories: how functional traits influence plant growth and shade tolerance across the life-cycle

This paper develops a theoretical framework to explain how functional traits influence plant growth and shade tolerance across the life-cycle, showing trait effects vary with plant size and light environment.