Ian J. Wright

The paper assembles the genome of Themeda triandra, finds syntenic relationships with sorghum, and identifies genetic variation linked to environmental adaptation.

This study examines how hydraulic, stomatal, and anatomical traits in Themeda triandra relate to climate-of-origin, revealing two distinct drought strategies in different climatic conditions.

The paper examines genomic adaptation to aridity in Eucalyptus, finding non-convergent genetic routes despite shared linked selection mechanisms.

The paper quantifies reproductive allocation in perennial shrubs across their lifetimes using nutrient currencies, finding higher costs than typical estimates and highlighting nutrient resorption's role in amplifying these costs.

This study examines trait-climate relationships in kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra) grown under controlled thermal regimes, finding phenotypic flexibility and strong correlations between flowering time and climate-of-origin.

The paper explains 60% of global variation in sapwood-to-leaf area ratio using optimality principles linking plant hydraulics and photosynthesis.

This study examines how drought and temperature affect cuticular conductance in six Australian accessions of Themeda triandra, finding climate-linked patterns under drought but no thermal threshold.

The paper predicts and validates the temperature sensitivity of stem respiration, showing thermal acclimation reduces global carbon emissions.

The paper identifies conserved trait strategies in Eucalyptus trees that enable aridity tolerance through phylogenetic analysis and trait-environment relationships.

A-Islands is a curated dataset of plant species occurrences on Australian islands, enabling biodiversity research and ecological monitoring across diverse island environments.

This study tests whether an economic spectrum explains variation in ant ecological strategies, finding parallels with plant leaf economics spectra.