Publications
35. Moles, A. T., Warton, D. I., Warman, L., Swenson, N. G., Laffan, S. W., Zanne, A. E., Pitman, A., Hemmings, F. A. & Leishman, M. R. (2009). Global patterns in plant height. Journal of Ecology 97: 923-932.
34. Edwards, W. & Moles, A. T. (2009). Re-contemplate an entangled bank: The Power of Movement in Plants revisited. The Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 111-118.
33. Moles A. T.; Wright I. J.; Pitman A. J.; Murray, B. R. & Westoby, M. (2009) Is there a latitudinal gradient in seed production? Ecography 32: 78-82.
32. Warman, L. & Moles A.T (2009) Alternative stable states in Australia's wet tropics: a theoretical framework for the field data and a field case for the theory. Landscape Ecology 24: 1-13.
31. Westoby, M.; Moles, A. T. & Falster D. S. (2009) Evolutionary coordination between offspring size at independence and adult size. Journal of Ecology 97: 23-26.
30. Moles, A. T. & Leishman, M. R. (2008) The seedling as part of a plant's life history strategy. In: Leck, M. A.; Parker, V. T. & Simpson, R. L. (eds) Seedling Ecology and Evolution. Cambridge University Press.
29. Mason, R.; Cooke, J.; Moles A.T & Leishman, M. R. (2008) Reproductive output of native and exotic plants: a global comparison. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17: 633-640.28. Falster, D. S.; Moles, A. T.; Westoby, M. (2008) A general model for the scaling of offspring size and adult size. The American Naturalist 172: 299-317.
26. Royer, D. L., Sack, L., Wilf, P., Lusk, C. H., Jordan, G. J., Niinemets, U., Wright, I. J., Westoby, M., Cariglino, B., Coley, P. D., Cutter, A. D., Johnson, K. R., Labandeira, C. C., Moles, A. T., Palmer, M. B., Valladares, F. (2007) Fossil leaf economics quantified: calibration, Eocene case study, and implications. Paleobiology 33: 574-589.
25. Edwards, W., Moles, A. T. & Franks, P. (2007) The global trend in plant twining direction. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16: 795-800. full text
24.
Beaulieu, J. M., Moles, A. T., Leitch, I. J., Bennett, M. D., Dickie,
J. B. & Knight, C. A. (2007) Correlated evolution of genome size
and seed mass. New Phytologist
173: 422-437 full text
23. Moles, A. T., Ackerly, D. D., Tweddle, J. C., Dickie, J. B., Smith, R., Leishman, M. L., Mayfield, M. M., Pitman, A. J, Wood, J. & Westoby, M. (2007) Global patterns in seed size. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 16:109-116 full text
22. Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (2006) Seed size and plant strategy across the whole life cycle. Oikos 113: 91-105. PDF
21. Moles, A. T., Ackerly, D. D., Webb, C. O., Tweddle, J. C., Dickie, J. B. & Westoby, M. (2005) Response to Comment on "A Brief History of Seed Size". Science 310: 783; PDF of our response (Grubb et al's comment)
20. Moles, A. T., Ackerly, D. D., Webb, C. O., Tweddle, J. C., Dickie, J. B., Pitman, A. J. & Westoby, M. (2005) Factors that shape seed size evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102: 10540-10544. Full text
19. Moles, A. T., Ackerly, D. D., Webb, C. O., Tweddle, J. C., Dickie, J. B. & Westoby, M. (2005) A brief history of seed size. Science 307: 576-580. abstract. Full text
18. Moles, A. T., Warton,
D. I., Stevens, R. D. & Westoby, M. (2004) Does a latitudinal
gradient in seedling survival favour larger seeds in the tropics? Ecology Letters 7: 911-914. PDF
17. Moles, A. T.
& Westoby, M. (2004) Seed mass and seedling establishment after
fire in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Sydney, Australia. Austral Ecology 29: 383-390. PDF
16. Moles, A. T., Falster, D. S., Leishman, M. R. & Westoby, M. (2004) Small-seeded species produce more seeds per square metre of canopy per year, but not per individual per lifetime. Journal of Ecology 92: 372-383. PDF
15. Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (2004) Seedling survival and seed size: a synthesis of the literature. Journal of Ecology 92: 384-396. PDF
14. Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (2004) What do seedlings die from, and what are the implications for evolution of seed size? Oikos 106: 193-199. PDF
13. Moles, A. T., Warton,
D. I. & Westoby, M. (2003) Do small-seeded species have higher
survival through seed predation than large-seeded species? Ecology 84: 3148-3161. PDF
12. Jurado, E.
& Moles, A. T. (2003) Germination deferment strategies. In:
Nicolás, G.; Bradford, K.J.; Côme, D.; Curie, M.;
Pritchard, H. W. (eds.)The Biology of Seeds: Recent Research Advances.
CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK. Pages 381-388.
11. Moles, A. T., Warton, D. I. & Westoby, M. (2003) Seed size and survival in the soil in arid Australia. Austral Ecology 28: 575-585. PDF
10. Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (2003) Leaf expansion times: a response to Sun (2003). Oikos 100: 203.
9. Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (2003) Latitude, seed predation and seed mass. The Journal of Biogeography 30: 105-128. PDF
8. 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 and Systematics 33: 125-159.PDF
7. Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (2002) Seed addition experiments are more likely to increase recruitment in large-seeded species. Oikos 99: 241-248. PDF
6. 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. PDF
5. Leishman, M. R., Wright, I. J., Moles, A. T. & Westoby, M. (2000) The evolutionary ecology of seed size. In: Fenner, M. (ed.) Seeds - the ecology of regeneration in plant communities, 2nd edition. CAB International, Wallingford, U. K.
4. Moles, A. T. & Westoby M. (2000) Do small leaves expand faster than large leaves, and do shorter expansion times reduce herbivore damage? Oikos 90: 517-526. PDF
3. Moles, A. T., Hodson, D.
W. & Webb, C. J. (2000) Seed size and shape and persistence in soil
in the
2. Moles, A. T. & Drake, D. R. (1999) Post-dispersal seed predation on eleven large-seeded species from the New Zealand flora: a preliminary study in secondary forest. New Zealand Journal of Botany 37: 679-685. PDF
1. Moles, A. T. & Drake, D. R. (1999). Potential contributions of the seed rain and seed bank to regeneration of native forest under plantation pine in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 37: 83-93. PDF
Popular science paper
Moles, A. T. & Edwards, W. (2009). A curly question: why do
most vines twine anticlockwise? Australasian
Science June issue: pages 30-32.
Submitted manuscripts
Moles,
A.T., Wallis,
I.R., Foley, W.J. and ~50 others (in review) Global patterns in plant
defense: are tropical plants nastier? Submitted to Ecology Letters.
Warman, L., Moles, A.T. & Edwards, W. (submitted) Not so simple after all: Searching for the ecological advantages of compound leaves. Submitted to Oikos.
Thomson, F.J., Moles, A.T., Auld, T.D., Ramp, D., Ren, S. & Kingsford, R. (submitted) Chasing the unknown - predicting seed dispersal mechanisms from plant traits. Submitted to the Journal of Ecology
Swenson, N.G.; Enquist, B.J; Pither, J.; Kerkhoff, A.J. Weiser, M.D. et al. (submitted) The distribution and diversity of plant function across the new world. Submitted to Science.
Manuscripts in preparation
Buswell, J.M., Moles, A.T. & Hartley, S. (in prep)
Rapid evolution of introduced plants in New Zealand. For submission to Austral Ecology.
Buswell, J.M., & Moles, A.T.
(in prep) What factors promote rapid evolutionary change in exotic
plant species? For submission to Oikos
Chachelle,
P.D., Moles, A.T. & Poore, A.G.B. (in prep) Why the land is green
and the sea is blue: Can C:N stoichiometry explain the difference in
herbivory between common species of terrestrial and marine autotrophs
of Sydney, Australia? For submision to Austral Ecology.
Lyons, S.K. & Moles, A.T. (in prep)
The
mid-domain effect: it's not just about space.
Soudijn, F.H., Moles, A.T., Johnston,
E.J. & Marshall, D.J. (in prep). The trade-off between offspring
size and number across two marine invertebrate clades.
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