Distinguished Professor Ian Wright (Chief Scientist)
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Distinguished Professor Ian Wright is a Professor in Plant Functional Ecology, and the new Chief Scientist for the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment.
Ian is best known for global-scale analysis of plant traits, for careful quantification of plant structure-function relationships, and for using concepts from microeconomics to understand plant ecology and evolution (e.g. “Leaf Economic Spectrum”; “Least-cost theory”).
New work as a Chief Investigator with the ARC Centre for Plant Success in Nature & Agriculture focuses on understanding adaptations to heat and water stress within the Australian flora, including in crop wild relatives.
Ian retains an Honorary Professor position at Macquarie University where he worked for many years before moving to the HIE in late 2021.
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Ian’s Google Scholar profile (opens in a new window)
ARC Centre for Plant Success – WSU node (opens in a new window)
Areas of research/teaching expertise
Plant ecology and evolution; plant ecological strategies; plant functional traits
Awards and recognition
- Clarivate Highly Cited (HiCi) Researcher ranked in the top 1% of researchers globally – identifying them as the world’s most influential scientists – Plant and animal sciences 2014-2021
- Clarivate Highly Cited (HiCi) Researcher ranked in the top 1% of researchers globally – identifying them as the world’s most influential scientists – environment/ecology 2014-2018
- Awarded NSW Premier’s Prize for Science & Engineering – Biological Sciences, 2020
- Elected Fellow of Australian Academy of Sciences, 2019
- Awarded Fenner Medal (Australian Academy of Sciences mid-career award), 2015
Grants
Period: 2022-2024
Period: 2022-2025
Leaf and wood physiology and biomass allocation as drivers of plant growth
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Discovery (via Macquarie University)
Period: 2022-2024
A general theory for ecological trait-strategy dimensions
Co-Researchers: Heloise Gibb, Nate Sanders, Tom Bishop and Kate Parr
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Discovery
Period: 2021-2024
Restoring diverse native vegetation using drone-based precision seeding
Co-Researchers: Rachael Gallagher, Sascha Tetu, Vanessa Adams, Marko Rossetto, Cathy Offord, Peter Cuneo and Andrew Walker
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Linkage
Period: 2021-2023
AusTraits: a national database on the traits of Australia’s complete flora
Co-Researchers: Daniel Falster, Rachael Gallagher, Herve Sauquet and Belinda Medlyn
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Data Commons
Period: 2021-2023
ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
Co-Researchers: Christine Beveridge, Mark Cooper, Tim Brodribb, Peter Waterhouse, John Bowman, Kevin Burrage, Dianne Donovan, Eloise Foo, David Jordan, Graeme Hammer, Robert Henry, Barbara Holland, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, Brad Sherman and Jim Weller
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence
Period: 2020-2027
Using Australia’s Rangeland Grasses to Understand the Evolution of Functional Traits
Co-Researchers: Brian Atwell, Jacob Bragg, Rachael Burton and Martha Ludwig
Partner/Funding Body: Bio Platforms Australia
Period: 2020-2024
Optimal photosynthetic traits on ecological time-scales
Co-Researcher: Colin Prentice
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Discovery
Period: 2017-2019
Scaling functional traits to whole-plant growth
Co-Researchers: Lucas Cernusak, Caroline Lehmann and Ross Peacock
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Discovery
Period: 2012-2015
Next-generation vegetation model based on functional traits
Co-Researcher: Colin Prentice
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Discovery
Period: 2012-2014
Predicting biome-level vegetation responses to future global change: Implications for future flood risk
Co-Researchers: Jennifer McElwain, Robert Spicer, Raphael Caballero and Trish Lawson
Partner/Funding Body: SFI (Ireland)
Period: 2012-2016
Towards a trait-based plant ecology: new directions in leaf economics research
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Future Fellowship
Period: 2011-2015
ARC-NZ Research Network for Vegetation Function
Co-Researcher: Mark Westoby
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Research Networks
Period: 2005-2010
Leaf economics, and the acquisition and use of water and nitrogen for photosynthesis
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Discovery Research Fellowship
Period: 2005-2008
Publications
Scholarly book chapters
Onoda Y, Wright IJ (2018). The Leaf Economics Spectrum and its Underlying Physiological and Anatomical Principles. In: Adams WW, Terashima I (eds) The Leaf: A Platform for Performing Photosynthesis. Springer International Publishing. pp 451-471.
Leishman MR, Wright IJ, Moles AT & Westoby M. (2000). The evolutionary ecology of seed size. In Seeds - the ecology of regeneration in plant communities, 2nd edition (ed M. Fenner), pp 31-57. CAB International, Wallingford, U.K.
Westoby M, Cunningham S, Fonseca C, Overton J & Wright IJ (1998). Phylogeny and variation in light capture area deployed per unit investment in leaves: designs for selecting study species with a view to generalizing. In Variation in Growth Rate and Productivity of Higher Plants (eds H. Lambers, H. Poorter and M.M.I. Van Vuren), pp 539-566. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Refereed journal articles
Dong N, Dechant B, Wang H, Wright IJ, Prentice IC, (2023) 'Global leaf-trait mapping based on optimality theory', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol.32, no.7, pp 1152 - 1162
Gomarasca U, Migliavacca M, Kattge J, Nelson JA, Niinemets Ü, Wirth C, Cescatti A, Bahn M, Nair R, Acosta ATR, Arain MA, Beloiu M, Black TA, Bruun HH, Bucher SF, Buchmann N, Byun C, Carrara A, Conte A, da Silva AC, Duveiller G, Fares S, Ibrom A, Knohl A, Komac B, Limousin J-M, Lusk CH, Mahecha MD, Martini D, Minden V, Montagnani L, Mori AS, Onoda Y, Peñuelas J, Perez-Priego O, Poschlod P, Powell TL, Reich PB, Šigut L, van Bodegom PM, Walther S, Wohlfahrt G, Wright IJ, Reichstein M, (2023) 'Leaf-level coordination principles propagate to the ecosystem scale', Nature Communications, vol.14, no.1, art. no.3948
James ME, Brodribb T, Wright IJ, Rieseberg LH, Ortiz-Barrientos D, (2023) 'Replicated Evolution in Plants', Annual review of plant biology, vol.74, pp 697-725
Schrader J, Wright IJ, Kreft H, Weigelt P, Andrew SC, Abbott I, Westoby M (2023) 'ETIB-T: An Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography for plant traits', Journal of Biogeography, vol.50, no.1, pp 223-234
Wang H, Prentice IC, Wright IJ, Warton DI, Qiao S, Xu X, Zhou J, Kikuzawa K, Stenseth NC, (2023) 'Leaf economics fundamentals explained by optimality principles', Science Advances, vol.9, no.3, Article no.eadd5667
Westerband AC, Wright IJ, Maire V, Paillassa J, Prentice IC, Atkin OK, Bloomfield KJ, Cernusak LA, Dong N, Gleason SM, Guilherme Pereira C, Lambers H, Leishman MR, Malhi Y, Nolan RH, (2023) 'Coordination of photosynthetic traits across soil and climate gradients', Global Change Biology, vol.29, no.3, pp 856 - 873
Andrew SC, Gallagher RV, Wright IJ, Mokany K, (2022) 'Assessing the vulnerability of plant functional trait strategies to climate change', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol.31, no.6, pp 1194-1206
Diaz S, Kattge J, Cornelissen JHC, Wright IJ, Lavorel S, Dray S, Reu B, Kleyer M, Wirth C, Prentice IC, Garnier E, Bönisch G, Westoby M, Poorter H, Reich PB, Moles AT, Dickie J, Zanne AE, Chave J, Wright SJ, Sheremetiev SN, Jactel H, Baraloto C, Cerabolini BEL, Pierce S, Shipley B, Casanoves F, Joswig JS, Günther A, Falczuk V, Rüger N, Mahecha MD, Gorné LD, Amiaud B, Atkin OK, Bahn M, Baldocchi D, Beckmann M, Blonder B, Bond W, Bond-Lamberty B, Brown K, Burrascano S, Byun C, Campetella G, Cavender-Bares J, Chapin FS, Choat B, Coomes DA, Cornwell WK, Craine J, Craven D, Dainese M, de Araujo AC, de Vries FT, Domingues TF, Enquist BJ, Fagúndez J, Fang J, Fernández-Méndez F, Fernandez-Piedade MT, Ford H, Forey E, Freschet GT, Gachet S, Gallagher R, Green W, Guerin GR, Gutiérrez AG, Harrison SP, Hattingh WN, He T, Hickler T, Higgins SI, Higuchi P, Ilic J, Jackson RB, Jalili A, Jansen S, Koike F, König C, Kraft N, Kramer K, Kreft H, Kühn I, Kurokawa H, Lamb EG, Laughlin DC, Leishman M, Lewis S, Louault F, Malhado, Ana CM, Manning P, Meir P, Mencuccini M, Messier J, Miller R, Minden V, Molofsky J, Montgomery R, Montserrat-Martí G, Moretti M, Müller S, Niinemets Ü, Ogaya R, Öllerer K, Onipchenko V, Onoda Y, Ozinga WA, Pausas JG, Peco B, Penuelas J, Pillar, Valério D.dr; Pladevall C, Römermann C, Sack L, Salinas N, Sandel B, Sardans J, Schamp B, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schulze E-D, Schweingruber F, Shiodera S, Sosinski Ê, Soudzilovskaia N, Spasojevic MJ, Swaine E, Swenson N, Tautenhahn S, Thompson K, Totte A, Urrutia-Jalabert R, Valladares F, van Bodegom P, Vasseur F, Verheyen K, Vile D, Violle C, von Holle B, Weigelt P, Weiher E, Wiemann MC, Williams M, Wright J, Zotz G, (2022) 'The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset', Scientific Data, vol.9, no.1, Article no.755
Dong N, Prentice IC, Wright IJ, Wang H, Atkin OK, Bloomfield KJ, Domingues TF, Gleason SM, Maire V, Onoda Y, Poorter H, Smith NG, (2022) 'Leaf nitrogen from the perspective of optimal plant function', Journal of Ecology, vol.110, no.11, pp 2585-2602
Dong N, Wright IJ, Chen JM, Luo X, Wang H, Keenan TF, Smith NG, Prentice IC, (2022) 'Rising CO2 and warming reduce global canopy demand for nitrogen', New Phytologist, vol.235, no.5, pp 1692-1700
Ellsworth DS, Crous KY, De Kauwe MG, Verryckt LT, Goll D, Zaehle S, Bloomfield KJ, Ciais P, Cernusak LA, Domingues TF, Dusenge ME, Garcia S, Guerrieri R, Ishida FY, Janssens IA, Kenzo T, Ichie T, Medlyn BE, Meir P, Norby RJ, Reich PB, Rowland L, Santiago LS, Sun Y, Uddling J, Walker AP, Weerasinghe KWLK, van de Weg MJ, Zhang Y-B, Zhang J-L, Wright IJ, (2022) 'Convergence in phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in forests around the world', Nature Communications, vol.13, no.1, Article no.5005
Gleason SM, Barnard DM, Green TR, Mackay S, Wang DR, Ainsworth EA, Altenhofen J, Brodribb TJ, Cochard H, Comas LH, Cooper M, Creek D, DeJonge KC, Delzon S, Fritschi FB, Hammer G, Hunter C, Lombardozzi D, Messina CD, Ocheltree T, Stevens BM, Stewart JJ, Vadez V, Wenz J, Wright IJ, Yemoto K, Zhang HH, (2022) 'Physiological trait networks enhance understanding of crop growth and water use in contrasting environments', Plant Cell and Environment, vol.45, no.9, pp 2554-2572
Guo W-Y, Serra-Diaz JM, Schrodt F, Eiserhardt WL, Maitner BS, Merow C, Violle C, Anand M, Belluau M, Bruun HH, Byun C, Catford JA, Cerabolini BEL, Chacón-Madrigal E, Ciccarelli D, Cornelissen JHC, Dang-Le AT, Frutos A, Dias AS, Giroldo AB, Guo K, Gutiérrez AG, Hattingh W, He T, Hietz P, Hough-Snee N, Jansen S, Kattge J, Klein T, Komac B, Kraft NJB, Kramer K, Lavorel S, Lusk CH, Martin AR, Mencuccini M, Michaletz ST, Minden V, Mori AS, Niinemets Ü, Onoda Y, Peñuelas J, Pillar VD, Pisek J, Robroek BJM, Schamp B, Slot M, Sosinski ÊE, Soudzilovskaia NA, Thiffault N, van Bodegom P, van der Plas F, Wright IJ, Xu W-B, Zheng J, Enquist BJ, Svenning J-C, (2022) 'High exposure of global tree diversity to human pressure', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol.119, no.25, pp e2026733119
He PC, Lian JY, Ye Q, Liu H, Zheng Y, Yu KL, Zhu SD, Li RH, Yin DY, Ye WH, Wright IJ, (2022) 'How do functional traits influence tree demographic properties in a subtropical monsoon forest?', Functional Ecology, vol.36, no.12, pp 3200-3210
Herberstein ME, McLean DJ, Lowe E, Wolff JO, Khan MK, Smith K, Allen AP, Bulbert M, Buzatto BA, Eldridge MDB, Falster D, Winzer LF, Griffith SC, Madin JS, Narendra A, Westoby M, Whiting MJ, Wright IJ, Carthey AJR, (2022) 'AnimalTraits - a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size', Scientific Data, vol.9, no.1, Article no.265
Joswig JS, Wirth C, Schuman MC, Kattge J, Reu B, Wright IJ, Sippel SD, Ruger N, Richter R, Schaepman ME, van Bodegom PM, Cornelissen JHC, Diaz S, Hattingh WN, Kramer K, Lens F, Niinemets U, Reich PB, Reichstein M, Romermann C, Schrodt F, Anand M, Bahn M, Byun C, Campetella G, Cerabolini BEL, Craine JM, Gonzalez-Melo A, Gutierrez AG, He TH, Higuchi P, Jactel H, Kraft NJB, Minden V, Onipchenko V, Penuelas J, Pillar VD, Sosinski E, Soudzilovskaia NA, Weiher E, Mahecha MD, (2022) 'Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation', Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol.6, pp 36-50
Lei Z, Westerband AC, Wright IJ, He Y, Zhang W, Cai X, Zhou Z, Liu F, Zhang Y, (2022) 'Leaf trait covariation and controls on leaf mass per area (LMA) following cotton domestication', Annals of botany, vol.130, no.2, pp 231 - 243
Poorter H, Knopf O, Wright IJ, Temme AA, Hogewoning SW, Graf A, Cernusak LA, Pons TL, (2022) 'A meta-analysis of responses of C3 plants to atmospheric CO2: dose–response curves for 85 traits ranging from the molecular to the whole-plant level', New Phytologist, vol.233, no.4, pp 1560-1596
Wang ZQ, Huang H, Wang H, Penuelas J, Sardans J, Niinemets U, Niklas KJ, Li Y, Xie JB, Wright IJ, (2022) 'Leaf water content contributes to global leaf trait relationships', Nature Communications, vol.13, no.1, Article no.5525
Westerband AC, Wright IJ, Eller ASD, Cernusak LA, Reich PB, Perez-Priego O, Chhajed SS, Hutley LB, Lehmann CER, (2022) 'Nitrogen concentration and physical properties are key drivers of woody tissue respiration', Annals of Botany, vol.129, no.6, pp 633-646
Andrew SC, Mokany K, Falster DS, Wenk E, Wright IJ, Merow C, Adams V, Gallagher RV (2021) 'Functional diversity of the Australian flora: Strong links to species richness and climate', Journal of Vegetation Science, vol.32, Article no.e13018
Falster DS, Gallagher RV, Wenk E, Wright IJ, Indiarto D, Andrew SC, Baxter C, Lawson J, Allen S, Fuchs A, Monro A, Kar F, Adams MA, Ahrens CW, Alfonzetti M, Angevin T, Apgaua DMG, Arndt A, Atkin OK, Atkinson J, Auld TD, Baker A, von Balthazar M, Bean A, Blackman CJ, Bloomfield K, Bowman DMJS, Bragg J, Brodribb TJ, Buckton G, Burrows G, Caldwell E, Camac J, Carpenter R, Catford JA, Cawthray GR, Cernusak LA, Chandler G, Chapman AR, Cheal D, Cheesman AW, Chen S-C, Choat B, Clinton B, Clode PL, Coleman H, Cornwell WK, Cosgrove M, Crisp M, Cross E, Crous KY, Cunningham S, Curran T, Curtis E, Daws MI, DeGabriel JL, Denton MD, Dong N, Du P, Duan H, Duncan DH, Duncan RP, Duretto M, Dwyer JM, Edwards C, Esperon-Rodriguez M, Evans JR, Everingham SE, Farrell C, Firn J, Fonseca CR, French BJ, Frood D, Funk JL, Geange SR, Ghannoum O, Gleason SM, Gosper CR, Gray E, Groom PK, Grootemaat S, Gross C, Guerin G, Guja L, Hahs AK, Harrison MT, Hayes PE, Henery M, Hochuli D, Howell J, Huang G, Hughes L, Huisman J, Ilic J, Jagdish A, Jin D, Jordan G, Jurado E, Kanowski J, Kasel S, Kellermann J, Kenny B, Kohout M, Kooyman RM, Kotowska MM, Lai HR, Laliberté E, Lambers H, Lamont BB, Lanfear R, van Langevelde F, Laughlin DC, Laugier-Kitchener B-A, Laurance S, Lehmann CER, Leigh A, Leishman MR, Lenz T, Lepschi B, Lewis JD, Lim F, Liu U, Lord J, Lusk CH, Macinnis-Ng C, McPherson H, Magallón S, Manea A, López-Martinez A, Mayfield M, McCarthy JK, Meers T, van der Merwe M, Metcalfe DJ, Milberg P, Mokany K, Moles AT, Moore BD, Moore N, Morgan JW, Morris W, Muir A, Munroe S, Nicholson A, Nicolle D, Nicotra AB, Niinemets Ü, North T, O’Reilly-Nugent A, O’Sullivan OS, Oberle B, Onoda Y, Ooi MKJ, Osborne CP, Paczkowska G, Pekin B, Guilherme Pereira C, Pickering C, Pickup M, Pollock LJ, Poot P, Powell JR, Power SA, Prentice IC, Prior L, Prober SM, Read J, Reynolds V, Richards AE, Richardson B, Roderick ML, Rosell JA, Rossetto M, Rye B, Rymer PD, Sams MA, Sanson G, Sauquet H, Schmidt S, Schönenberger J, Schulze E-D, Sendall K, Sinclair S, Smith B, Smith R, Soper F, Sparrow B, Standish RJ, Staples TL, Stephens R, Szota C, Taseski G, Tasker E, Thomas F, Tissue DT, Tjoelker MG, Tng DYP, de Tombeur F, Tomlinson K, Turner NC, Veneklaas EJ, Venn S, Vesk P, VlasveldC , Vorontsova MS, Warren CA, Warwick N, Weerasinghe LK, Wells J, Westoby M, White M, Williams NSG, Wills J, Wilson PG, Yates C, Zanne AE, Zemunik G, Ziemińska K, (2021) 'AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora', Scientific Data, vol.8, no.1, Article no.254
Harrison SP, Cramer W, Franklin O, Prentice IP, Wang H ... Wright IJ (2021) 'Eco-evolutionary optimality as a means to improve vegetation and land-surface models', New Phytologist, vol.231, pp 2125-2141.
Lambers H, Wright IJ, Guilherme Pereira C et al (2021) 'Leaf manganese concentrations as a tool to assess belowground plant functioning in phosphorus-impoverished environments', Plant & Soil, vol.461, pp 43-61
Lei Z, Liu F, Wright IJ, Carriquí M, Niinemets Ü, Han J, Jia M, Atwell BJ, Cai X, Zhang W, Zhou Z, Zhang Y (2021) 'Comparisons of photosynthetic and anatomical traits between wild and domesticated cotton', Journal of Experimental Botany, DOI 10.1093/jxb/erab293
Lei Z-Y, Wang H, Wright IJ, Zhu X-G, Niinemets Ü, Li Z-L, Sun D-S, Dong N, Zhang W-F, Zhou Z-L, Liu F, Zhang Y-L (2021) 'Enhanced photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency and increased nitrogen allocation to photosynthetic machinery under cotton domestication', Photosynthesis Research, vol.150, pp 239-250
Migliavacca M, Musavi T, Mahecha MD, Nelson JA, Knauer J, Baldocchi DD, Perez-Priego O, Christiansen R, Peters J, Anderson K, Bahn M, Black TA, Blanken PD, Bonal D, Buchmann N, Caldararu S, Carrara A, Carvalhais N, Cescatti A, Chen J, Cleverly J, Cremonese E, Desai AR, El-Madany TS, Farella MM, Fernández-Martínez M, Filippa G, Forkel M, Galvagno M, Gomarasca U, Gough CM, Göckede M, Ibrom A, Ikawa H, Janssens IA, Jung M, Kattge J, Keenan TF, Knohl A, Kobayashi H, Kraemer G, Law BE, Liddell MJ, Ma X, Mammarella I, Martini D, Macfarlane C, Matteucci G, Montagnani L, Pabon-Moreno DE, Panigada C, Papale D, Pendall E, Penuelas J, Phillips RP, Reich PB, Rossini M, Rotenberg E, Scott RL, Stahl C, Weber U, Wohlfahrt G, Wolf S, Wright IJ, Yakir D, Zaehle S, Reichstein M, (2021) 'The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function', Nature, vol.598, no.7881, pp 468 - 472
Nolan RH, Gauthey A, Losso A, Medlyn BE, Smith R, Chhajed SS, Fuller K, Song M, Li X, Beaumont LJ, Boer MM, Wright IJ, Choat B (2021) 'Hydraulic failure and tree size linked with canopy die-back in eucalypt forest during extreme drought', New Phytologist, vo.230 pp 1354-1365
Pinho BX, Tabarelli M, ter Braak CJF, Wright SJ, Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Benchimol M, Engelbrecht BMJ, Pierce S, Hietz P, Santos BA, Peres CA, Müller SC, Wright IJ et al (2021) 'Functional biogeography of Neotropical moist forests: Trait–climate relationships and assembly patterns of tree communities', Global Ecology & Biogeography, vol.30, pp 1430-1446
Scarff FR, Lenz TI, Richards AE, Zanne AE, Wright IJ, Westoby M (2021) 'Effects of plant hydraulic traits on the flammability of live fine canopy fuels', Functional Ecology, vol.35, pp 835-846
Schrader J, Wright IJ, Kreft H, Westoby M (2021) 'A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography', Biological Reviews, in press. doi:10.1111/brv.12782
Schrader J, Shi P, Royer DL, Peppe DJ, Gallagher R, Li Y-R, Wang R, Wright IJ (2021) 'Leaf size estimation based on leaf length, width and shape', Annals of Botany, pp 395-406
Schrader J, Westoby M, Wright IJ, Kreft H (2021) 'Disentangling direct and indirect effects of island area on plant functional trait distributions', Journal of Biogeography, vol.48, pp 2098-2110
Villar R, Olmo M, Atienza P, Garzón AJ, Wright IJ, Poorter H, Hierro LA (2021) 'Applying the economic concept of profitability to leaves', Scientific Reports, vol.11, p 49. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79709-w
Xu H, Wang H, Prentice IC, Harrison SP, Wright IJ (2021) 'Coordination of plant hydraulic and photosynthetic traits: confronting optimality theory with field measurements', New Phytologist, DOI 10.1111/nph.17656.
Asao S, Hayes L, Aspinwall MJ, Rymer PD, Blackman C, Bryant CJ, Cullerne D, Egerton JJG, Fan Y, Innes P, Millar AH, Tucker J, Shah S, Wright IJ, Yvon-Durocher G, Tissue D, Atkin OK (2020). Leaf trait variation is similar among genotypes of Eucalyptus camaldulensis from differing climates and arises as plastic response to season rather than water availability. New Phytologist, DOI 10.1111/nph.16579.
*Berzaghi F, Wright IJ, Kramer K, Oddou-Muratorio S, Bohn FJ, Reyer CPO, Sabaté S, Sanders TGM, Hartig F (2020). Towards a new generation of trait-flexible vegetation models. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 35:191-205
Dong N, Prentice IC, Wright IJ, Evans BJ, Togashi HF, Caddy-Retalic S, McInerney FA, Sparrow B, Leitch E, Lowe AJ (2020). Components of leaf-trait variation along environmental gradients. New Phytologist 228:82-94
Franklin O, Harrison SP, Dewar R, Farrior CE, Brännström Å, Dieckmann U, Pietsch S, Falster D, Cramer W, Loreau M, Wang H, Mäkelä A, Rebel KT, Meron E, Schymanski SJ, Rovenskaya E, Stocker BD, Zaehle S, Manzoni S, van Oijen M, Wright IJ, Ciais P, van Bodegom PM, Peñuelas J, Hofhansl F, Terrer C, Soudzilovskaia NA, Midgley G, Prentice IC (2020) 'Organizing principles for vegetation dynamics', Nature Plants, vol.6, pp 444-453
Gallagher RV, Falster DS, Maitner BS ... Westoby M, Wright IJ, Enquist BJ, (2020) 'Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life', Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol.4, pp 294-303
He P, Gleason SM, Wright IJ, Weng E, Liu H, Zhu S, Lu M, Luo Q, Li R, Wu G, Yan E, Song Y, Mi X, Hao G, Reich PB, Wang Y, Ellsworth DS, Ye Q (2020). Growing-season temperature and precipitation are independent drivers of global variation in xylem hydraulic conductivity. Global Change Biology 26:1833-1841
Kattge J, Bönisch G, Díaz S et al (inc. Wright IJ) (2020). TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26:119-188
Kotowska MM, Wright IJ, Westoby M (2020). Parenchyma abundance in wood of evergreen trees varies independently of nutrients. Frontiers in Plant Science 11. DOI 10.3389/fpls.2020.00086
Paillassa J, Wright IJ, Prentice IC, Pepin S, Smith NG, Ethier G, Westerband A, Lamarque LJ, Wang H, Cornwell WK, Maire V (2020) 'When and where soil is important to modify the carbon and water economy of leaves', New Phytologist, vol.228, pp 121-135
Wang H, Atkin OK, Keenan TF, Smith NG, Wright IJ, Bloomfield KJ, Kattge J, Reich PB, Prentice IC (2020). Acclimation of leaf respiration consistent with optimal photosynthetic capacity. Global Change Biology 26:2573-2583
Bloomfield KJ, Prentice IC, Cernusak LA, Eamus D, Medlyn BE, Rumman R, Wright IJ, Boer MM, Cale P, Cleverly J, Egerton JJG, Ellsworth DS, Evans BJ, Hayes LS, Hutchinson MF, Liddell MJ, Macfarlane C, Meyer WS, Togashi HF, Wardlaw T, Zhu L, Atkin OK (2019). The validity of optimal leaf traits modelled on environmental conditions. New Phytologist, 221:1409-1423
Gallagher RV, Allen S, Wright IJ, (2019) 'Safety margins and adaptive capacity of vegetation to climate change', Scientific Reports, vol.9, p 8241
Gray EF, Wright IJ, Falster DS, Eller ASD, Lehmann CE, Bradford MG, Cernusak LA, (2019) 'Leaf:wood allometry and functional traits together explain substantial growth rate variation in rainforest trees', AoB PLANTS, doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plz024
Hayes F, Buchanan SW, Coleman B, Gordon AM, Reich PB, Thevathasan NV, Wright IJ, Martin AR, (2019) 'Intraspecific variation in soy across the Leaf Economics Spectrum', Annals of Botany, vol.123, pp 107-120
He P, Wright IJ, Zhu S, Onoda Y, Liu H, Li R, Liu X, Hua L, Oyanoghafo OO, Ye Q, (2019) 'Leaf mechanical strength and photosynthetic capacity vary independently across 57 subtropical forest species with contrasting light requirements', New Phytologist, vol.223, pp 607-618
Heim RH-J, Wright IJ, Allen AP, Geedicke I, Oldeland J, (2019) 'Developing a spectral disease index for myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii)', Plant Pathology, vol.68, pp 738-745
Heim RH-J, Wright IJ, Scarth P, Carnegie AJ, Taylor D, Oldeland J (2019). Multispectral, aerial disease detection for myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) on a lemon myrtle plantation. Drones 3:25. doi:10.3390/drones3010025
Johnson SN, Ryalls JMW, Barton CVM, Tjoelker MG, Wright IJ, Moore BD (2019). Climate warming and plant biomechanical defences: silicon addition contributes to herbivore suppression in a pasture grass. Functional Ecology 33:587-596
Maher T, Mirzaei M, Pascovici Dana, Wright IJ, Haynes P, Gallagher RV (2019). Evidence from quantitative proteomics for local adaptation to extreme heat in a widespread tree species. Functional Ecology 33:436-446
Mencuccini M, Rosas T, Rowland L, Choat B, Cornelissen H, Jansen S, Kramer K, Lapenis A, Manzoni S, Niinemets Ü, Reich P, Schrodt F, Soudzilovskaia N, Wright IJ, Martínez-Vilalta J (2019). Leaf economics and plant hydraulics drive leaf : wood area ratios. New Phytologist, 224:1544-1556
Murray MMN, Soh W-K, Yiotis C, Batke S, Parnell A, Spicer RA, Lawson T, Caballero R, Wright IJ, Purcell C, McElwain JC (in press). Convergence in maximum stomatal conductance of C3 woody angiosperms in natural ecosystems across bioclimatic zones. Frontiers in Plant Science 10:558, DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00558
Smith N, Keenan T, Prentice IC, Wang H, Wright IJ, Niinemets Ü., Crous K, Domingues T, Guerrieri R, Ishida Y, Kattge J, Kruger E, Maire V, Rogers A, Serbin S, Tarvainen L, Togashi H, Townsend P, Wang M, Weerasinghe L, Zhou S-X (2019). Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment. Ecology Letters 22:506-517
Soh WK, Yiotis C, Murray M, Parnell A, Wright IJ, Spicer RA, Lawson T, Caballero R, McElwain JC, (2019) 'Rising CO2 rise drives divergence in water-use efficiency of evergreen and deciduous plants', Science Advances, vol.5, Article no.eaax7906
Wright IJ, Cooke J, Cernusak LA, Hutley LB, Scalon MC, Tozer WC, Lehmann CER, (2019) 'Stem diameter growth rates in a fire-prone savanna correlate with photosynthetic rate and branch-scale biomass allocation, but not specific leaf area', Austral Ecology, vol.44, pp 339-350
Yang Y, Wang H, Harrison SP, Prentice IC, Wright IJ, Peng C, Lin G, (2019) 'Quantifying leaf trait covariation and its controls across climates and biomes', New Phytologist, vol.221, pp 155-168
Bloomfield KJ, Cernusak LA, Eamus D, Ellsworth DS, Colin PI, Wright IJ, Boer MM, Bradford MG, Cale P, Cleverly J, Egerton JJG, Evans BJ, Hayes LS, Hutchinson MF, Liddell MJ, Macfarlane C, Meyer WS, Prober SM, Togashi HF, Wardlaw T, Zhu L, Atkin OK, (2018) 'A continental‐scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons', Functional Ecology, vol.32, pp 1492-1506
Cornwell WK, Wright IJ, Turner J, Maire V, Barbour MM, Cernusak LA, Dawson T, Ellsworth D, Farquhar GD, Griffiths H, Keitel C, Knohl A, Reich PB, Williams DG, Bhaskar R, Cornelissen JHC, Richards A, Schmidt S, Valladares F, Körner C, Schulze E-D, Buchmann N, Santiago LS (2018). Climate and soils together regulate photosynthetic carbon isotope discrimination within C3 plants worldwide. Global Ecology & Biogeography 27:1056-1067
Fernández-Martínez M, Llusià J, Filella I, Niinemets Ü, Arneth A, Wright IJ, Loreto F, Peñuelas J (2018). Nutrient-rich plants emit a less intense blend of volatile isoprenoids. New Phytologist 220:773-784
Heim RH-J, Wright IJ, Chang HC, Carnegie AJ, Pegg GS, Lancaster EK, Falster DS, Oldeland J (2018). Detecting myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) on lemon myrtle trees using spectral signatures and machine learning. Plant Pathology 67:1114-1121
Luo T, Liu X, Zhang L, Li X, Pan Y, Wright IJ, (2018) 'Summer solstice marks a seasonal shift in temperature sensitivity of stem growth and nitrogen-use efficiency in cold-limited forests', Agricultural & Forest Meteorology, vol.248, pp 469-478
Tian D, Yan Z, Niklas KJ, Han W, Kattge J, Reich PB, Luo Y, Chen Y, Tang Z, Hu H, Wright IJ, Schmid B, Fang J, (2018) 'Global leaf nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry and their scaling exponent', National Science Review, vol.5, pp 728-739
Zanne AE, Pearse WD, Cornwell WK, McGlinn DJ, Wright IJ, Uyeda JC, (2018) 'Functional biogeography of angiosperms: life at the extremes', New Phytologist, vol.218, pp 1697-1709
Wright IJ, Dong N, Maire V, Prentice IC, Westoby M, Díaz S, Gallagher RV, Jacobs BF, Kooyman R, Law EA, Leishman MR, Niinemets Ü, Reich PB, Sack L, Villar R, Wang H, Wilf P, (2017) 'Global climatic drivers of leaf size', Science, vol.357, pp 917-921
Wang H, Prentice IC, Cornwell WK, Keenan TF, Davis TW, Wright IJ, Evans BJ, Peng C, (2017) 'A universal model for carbon dioxide uptake by plants', Nature Plants, vol.3, pp 734-741
Dong N, Prentice IC, Evans B, Caddy-Retalic S, Lowe A, Wright IJ, (2017) 'Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate', Biogeosciences, vol.14, pp 481-495
Garnier E, Stahl U, Laporte M-A, Kattge J, Mougenot I, Kühn I, Laporte B, Amiaud B, Ahrestani FS, Bönisch G, Bunker DE, Cornelissen JHC, Díaz S, Enquist BJ, Gachet S, Jaureguiberry P, Kleyer M, Lavorel S, Maicher L, Pérez-Harguindeguy N, Poorter H, Schildhauer M, Shipley B, Violle C, Weiher E, Wirth C, Wright IJ, Klotz S, (2017) 'Towards a thesaurus of plant characteristics: an ecological contribution', Journal of Ecology, vol.105, pp 298-309
Ghimire B, Riley WJ, Koven CD, Kattge J, Rogers A, Reich PB, Wright IJ, (2017) 'A global trait-based approach to estimate leaf nitrogen functional allocation from observations', Ecological Applications, vol.27, pp 1421-1434
Grootemaat S, Wright IJ, van Bodegom PM, Cornelissen JHC, (2017) 'Scaling up flammability from individual leaves to fuel beds', Oikos, vol.126, pp 1428-1438
Grootemaat S, Wright IJ, van Bodegom PM, Cornelissen JHC, Shaw V, (2017) 'Bark traits, decomposition and flammability of Australian forest trees', Australian Journal of Botany, vol.65, pp 327-338
Lu X, Wang Y-P, Wright IJ, Reich PB, Shi Z, Dai Y, (2017) 'Incorporation of plant traits in a land surface model helps explain the global biogeographical distribution of major forest functional types', Global Ecology & Biogeography, vol.26, pp 304-317
Onoda Y, Wright IJ, Evans JR, Hikosaka K, Kitajima K, Niinemets Ü, Poorter H, Tosens T, Westoby M, (2017) 'Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum', New Phytologist, vol.214, pp 1447-1463
Scalon MC, Wright IJ, (2017) 'Leaf trait adaptations of xylem-tapping mistletoes and their hosts in sites of contrasting aridity', Plant & Soil, vol.415, pp 117-130
Scalon MC, Wright IJ, Franco AC, (2017) 'To recycle or steal? Nutrient resorption in Australian and Brazilian mistletoes from three low-phosphorus sites', Oikos, vol.126, pp 32-39
Soh WK, Wright IJ, Bacon KL, Lenz TI, Steinthorsdottir M, McElwain JC, (2017) 'Paleo-leaf economics reveal a dramatic shift in ecosystem function at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary', Nature Plants, vol.3, p 17104
Wang H, Prentice IC, Davis TW, Keenan TF, Wright IJ, Peng C, (2017) 'Photosynthetic responses to altitude: an explanation based on optimality principles', New Phytologist, vol.213, pp 976-982
De Kauwe MG, *Lin Y-S, Wright IJ, Medlyn BE, Crous KY, Ellsworth DS, Maire V, Prentice IC, Atkin OK, Rogers A, Niinemets Ü, Serbin SP, Meir P, Uddling J, Togashi HF, Tarvainen L, Weerasinghe LK, Evans BJ, Ishida FY, Domingues TF, (2016) 'A test of the ‘one-point method’ for estimating maximum carboxylation capacity from field-measured, light-saturated photosynthesis', New Phytologist, vol.210, pp 1130-44
Díaz S, Kattge J, Cornelissen JHC, Wright IJ, Lavorel S, Dray S, Reu B, Kleyer M, Wirth C, Prentice IC, Garnier E, Bönisch G, Westoby M, Poorter H, Reich PB, Moles AT, Dickie J, Gillison AN, Zanne AE, Chave J, Wright SJ, Sheremet’ev SN, Jactel H, Baraloto C, Cerabolini B, Pierce S, Shipley B, Kirkup D, Casanoves F, Joswig JS, Günther A, Falczuk V, Rüger N, Mahecha MD, Gorné LD (2016). The global spectrum of plant form and function. Nature 529:167-171
Gibert A, Gray EF, Westoby M, Wright IJ, Falster DS (2016). Plant species traits and growth rates: meta-analysis shows correlations change with plant size as predicted. Journal of Ecology 104:1488-1503
Gleason SM, Westoby M, Jansen S, Choat B, Hacke UG, Pratt RB, Bhaskar R, Brodribb TJ, Bucci SJ, Cao K-F, Cochard H, Delzon S, Domec J-C, Fan Z-X, Feild TS, Jacobsen AL, Johnson DM, Lens F, Maherali H, Martínez-Vilalta J, Mayr S, McCulloh KA, Mencuccini M, Mitchell PJ, Morris H, Nardini A, Pittermann J, Plavcová L, Schreiber SG, Sperry JS, Wright IJ, Zanne AE, (2016) 'Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world’s woody plant species', New Phytologist, vol.209, pp 123-136
Miatto RC, Wright IJ, Batalha MA, (2016) 'Relationships between soil nutrient status and nutrient-related leaf traits in Brazilian cerrado and seasonal forest communities', Plant & Soil, vol.404, pp 13-33
Atkin OK, Bloomfield KJ, Reich PB, Tjoelker MG, Asner GP, Bonal D, Bönisch G, Bradford MG, Cernusak LA, Cosio EG, Creek D, Crous KY, Domingues TF, Dukes JS, Egerton JJG, Evans JR, Farquhar GD, Fyllas NM, Gauthier PPG, Gloor E, Gimeno TE, Griffin KL, Guerrieri R, Heskel MA, Huntingford C, Ishida FY, Kattge J, Lambers H, Liddell MJ, Lloyd J, Lusk CH, Martin RE, Maksimov AP, Maximov TC, Malhi Y, Medlyn BE, Meir P, Mercado LM, Mirotchnick N, Ng D, Niinemets Ü, O'Sullivan OS, Phillips OL, Poorter L, Poot P, Prentice IC, Salinas N, Rowland LM, Ryan MG, Sitch S, Slot M, Smith NG, Turnbull MH, VanderWel MC, Valladares F, Veneklaas EJ, Weerasinghe LK, Wirth C, Wright IJ, Wythers KR, Xiang J, Xiang S, Zaragoza-Castells J, (2015) 'Global variability in leaf respiration among plant functional types in relation to climate and leaf traits', New Phytologist, vol.206, pp 614-636
Grootemaat S, Wright IJ, van Bodegom PM, Cornelissen JHC, Cornwell WK, (2015) 'Burn or rot: different roles of leaf traits in fire versus decomposition', Functional Ecology, vol.29, pp 1486-1497
Maire V, Wright IJ, Prentice IC, Batjes NH, Bhaskar R, van Bodegom PM, Cornwell WK, Ellsworth D, Niinemets Ü, Ordonez A, Reich PB, Santiago LS, (2015) 'Global soil and climate effects on leaf photosynthetic traits and rates', Global Ecology & Biogeography, vol.24, pp 706-717
Scalon MC, Wright IJ, (2015) 'A global analysis of water and nitrogen relationship between mistletoes and their hosts: broad-scale tests of old and enduring hypotheses', Functional Ecology, vol.29, pp 1114-1124
Schrodt F, Kattge J, Shan H, Fazayeli F, Joswig J, Banerjee A, Reichstein M, Bönisch G, Díaz S, Dickie J, Gillison A, Karpatne A, Lavorel S, Leadley P, Wirth CB, Wright IJ, Wright SJ, Reich PB, (2015) 'Mind the gap: a new machine-learning approach to filling sparse global plant trait databases – from points to regional scales', Global Ecology & Biogeography, vol.24, pp 1510-1521
Ziemińska K, Westoby M, Wright IJ, (2015) 'Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range — A study of twig wood across 69 Australian angiosperms', PLoS One, vol.10, Article no.e0124892
Cornwell WK, Westoby M, Falster DS, FitzJohn RG, O'Meara BC, Pennell MW, McGlinn DJ, Eastman JM, Moles AT, Reich PB, Tank DC, Wright IJ, Aarssen L, Beaulieu JM, Kooyman RM, Leishman MR, Miller ET, Niinemets Ü, Oleksyn J, Ordonez A, Royer DL, Smith SA, Stevens PF, Warman L, Wilf P, Zanne AE (2014). Functional distinctiveness of major plant lineages. Journal of Ecology 102:345-356
Flores O, Garnier E, Wright IJ, Reich PB, Pierce S, Dìaz S, Pakeman RJ, Rusch GM, Bernard-Verdier M, Testi B, Bakker JP, Bekker RM, Cerabolini BEL, Ceriani RM, Cornu G, Cruz P, Delcamp M, Dolezal J, Eriksson O, Fayolle A, Freitas H, Golodets C, Gourlet-Fleury S, Hodgson JG, Brusa G, Kleyer M, Kunzmann D, Lavorel S, Papanastasis VP, Pérez-Harguindeguy N, Vendramini F, Weiher E, (2014) 'An evolutionary perspective on leaf economics: phylogenetics of leaf mass per area in vascular plants', Ecology and Evolution, vol.4, pp 2799-2811
Moles AT, Perkins SE, Laffan SW, Flores-Moreno H, Awasthy M, Tindall ML, Sack L, Pitman A, Kattge J, Aarssen LW, Anand M, Bahn M, Blonder B, Cavender-Bares J, Cornelissen JHC, Cornwell WK, Díaz S, Dickie JB, Freschet GT, Griffiths JG, Gutierrez AG, Hemmings FA, Hickler T, Hitchcock TD, Keighery M, Kleyer M, Kurokawa H, Leishman MR, Liu K, Niinemets Ü, Onipchenko V, Onoda Y, Penuelas J, Pillar VD, Reich PB, Shiodera S, Siefert A, Sosinski EE, Soudzilovskaia NA, Swaine EK, Swenson NG, van Bodegom PM, Warman L, Weiher E, Wright IJ, Zhang H, Zobel M, Bonser SP, (2014) 'Which is a better predictor of plant traits: Temperature or precipitation?', Journal of Vegetation Science, vol. 25, pp 1167-1180
Peppe DJ, Lemons CR, Royer DL, Wing SL, Wright IJ, Lusk CH, Rhoden CH, (2014) 'Biomechanical and leaf-climate relationships: a comparison of ferns and seed plants', American Journal of Botany, vol.101, pp 338-347
Pietsch KA, Ogle K, Cornelissen JHC, Cornwell WK, Bönisch G, Craine JM, Jackson BG, Kattge J, Peltzer DA, Penuelas J, Reich PB, Wardle DA, Weedon JT, Wright IJ, Zanne AE, Wirth C, (2014) 'Global relationship of wood and leaf litter decomposability: the role of functional traits within and across plant organs', Global Ecology & Biogeography, vol.23, pp 1046-1057
Prentice IC, Dong N, Gleason SM, Maire V, Wright IJ, (2014) 'Balancing the costs of carbon gain and water transport: testing a new theoretical framework for plant functional ecology', Ecology Letters, vol.17, pp 82-91
Price CA, Wright IJ, Ackerly DD, Niinemets Ü, Reich PB, Veneklaas EJ, (2014) 'Are leaf functional traits “invariant” with plant size, and what is “invariance” anyway?', Functional Ecology, vol.28, pp 1330-1343
Richards AE, Wright IJ, Lenz TI, Zanne AE, (2014) 'Sapwood capacitance is greater in woody plant species growing in high compared to low rainfall environments', Functional Ecology, vol.28, pp 734-744
Zanne AE, Tank DC, Cornwell WK, Eastman JM, Smith SA, FitzJohn RG, McGlinn DJ, O/'Meara BC, Moles AT, Reich PB, Royer DL, Soltis DE, Stevens PF, Westoby M, Wright IJ, Aarssen L, Bertin RI, Calaminus A, Govaerts R, Hemmings F, Leishman MR, Oleksyn J, Soltis PS, Swenson NG, Warman L, Beaulieu JM, (2014) 'Into the cold – three keys to radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments', Nature, vol.506, pp 89-92
Flexas J, Niinemets U, Galle A, Barbour MM, Centritto M, Diaz-Espejo A, Douthe C, Galmes J, Ribas-Carbo M, Rodriguez PL, Rossello F, Soolanayakanahally R, Tomas M, Wright IJ, Farquhar GD, Medrano H, (2013) 'Diffusional conductances to CO2 as a target for increasing photosynthesis and photosynthetic water-use efficiency', Photosynthesis Research, vol.117, pp 45–59
Harrison SP, Morfopoulos C, Dani KGS, Prentice IC, Arneth A, Atwell BJ, Barkley MP, Leishman MR, Loreto F, Medlyn BE, Niinemets Ü, Possell M, Peñuelas J, Wright IJ, (2013) 'Volatile isoprenoid emissions from plastid to planet', New Phytologist, vol.197, pp 49-57
Kikuzawa K, Onoda Y, Wright IJ, Reich PB, (2013) 'Mechanisms underlying global temperature-related patterns in leaf longevity', Global Ecology & Biogeography, vol.22, pp 982-993
Maire V, Gross N, Hill D, Martin R, Wirth C, Wright IJ, Soussana J-F. Disentangling coordination among functional traits using an individual-centred model: Impact on plant performance at intra- and inter-specific levels. PLoS One 8:e77372
Mulder C, Ahrestani FS, Bahn M, Bohan DA, Bonkowski M, Griffiths BS, Guicharnaud RA, Kattge J, Krogh PH, Lavorel S, Lewis OT, Mancinelli G, Naeem S, Peñuelas J, Poorter H, Reich PB, Rossi L, Rusch GM, Sardans J, Wright IJ (2013). Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds: Allometric and Stoichiometric Predictability of Above- and Below-Ground Networks. Advances in Ecological Research 49: 69-175
Pérez-Harguindeguy N, Díaz S, Garnier E, Lavorel S, Poorter H, Jaureguiberry P, Bret-Harte MS, Cornwell WK, Craine JM, Gurvich DE, Urcelay C, Veneklaas EJ, Reich PB, Poorter L, Wright IJ, Ray P, Enrico L, Pausas JG, de Vos AC, Buchmann N, Funes G, Quétier F, Hodgson JG, Thompson K, Morgan HD, ter Steege H, van der Heijden MGA, Sack L, Blonder B, Poschlod P, Vaieretti MV, Conti G, Staver AC, Aquino S, Cornelissen JHC (2013). New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide. Australian Journal of Botany 61:167-234
Verheijen LM, Brovkin V., Aerts R, Bonisch G, Cornelissen JHC, Kattge J, Reich PB, Wright IJ & van Bodegom PM (2013). Impacts of trait variation through observed trait-climate relationships on performance of a representative Earth System model: a conceptual analysis. Biogeosciences 10:5497-5515
Westoby M, Reich PB, Wright IJ (2013). Understanding ecological variation across species: area-based versus mass-based expression of leaf traits. New Phytologist 199:322-323
Zieminska K, Gleason SM, Butler DW, Wright IJ, Westoby M (2013). Fibre wall and lumen fractions drive wood density variation across 24 Australian angiosperms. AoB PLANTS 5: plt046
Choat B, Jansen S, Brodribb TJ, Cochard H, Delzon S, Bhaskar R, Bucci SJ, Feild TS, Gleason SM, Hacke UG, Jacobsen AL, Lens F, Maherali H, Martinez-Vilalta J, Mayr S, Mencuccini M, Mitchell PJ, Nardini A, Pittermann J, Pratt RB, Sperry JS, Westoby M, Wright IJ, Zanne AE (2012). Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought. Nature 491:752-755
Falster DS, Reich PB, Ellsworth DS, Wright IJ, Westoby M, Oleksyn J, Lee TD (2012). Life-time leaf C gain and nutrient use efficiency increases with leaf life-span among 10 Australian woodland species. New Phytologist 193:409-419
Swenson NG, Enquist BJ, Pither J, Kerkhoff AJ, Boyle B, Weiser MD, Elser JJ, Fagan WF, Forero-Montaña J, Fyllas N, Kraft NJB, Lake JK, Moles AT, Patiño S, Phillips OL, Price CA, Reich PB, Quesada CA, Stegen JC, Valencia R, Wright IJ, Wright SJ, Andelman S, Jørgensen PM, Lacher Jr TE, Monteagudo A, Núñez-Vargas MP, Vasquez-Martínez R, Nolting KM (2012). The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South America. Global Ecology & Biogeography 21:798-808
Tosens T, Niinemets U, Westoby M & Wright IJ (2012). Anatomical basis of variation in mesophyll resistance in eastern Australian sclerophylls: news of a long and winding path. Journal of Experimental Botany 63:5105-5119
Wang YP, Lu XJ, Wright IJ, Dai YJ, Reich PB (2012). Correlations among leaf traits provide a significant constraint on the estimate of global gross primary production. Geophysical Research Letters 39:L19405
Kattge J, Díaz S, Lavorel S, Prentice IC, Leadley P, Bönisch G, Garnier E, Westoby M, Reich PB, Wright IJ et al, (2011) 'TRY - a global database of plant functional traits', Global Change Biology, vol.17, pp 2905-2935
Kueffer C, Niinemets U, Drenovsky RE, Kattge J, Milberg P, Poorter H, Reich PB, Werner C, Westoby M, Wright IJ (2011) 'Fame, glory and neglect in meta-analyses', Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol.26, pp 493-494
Onoda Y, Westoby M, Adler PB, Choong AMF, Clissold FJ, Cornelissen JHC, Diaz S, Dominy NJ, Elgart A, Enrico L, Fine PVA, Howard JJ, Jalili A, Kitajima K, Kurokawa H, McArthur C, Lucas PW, Markesteijn L, Perez-Harguindeguy N, Poorter L, Richards L, Santiago LS, Sosinski EE, Van Bael SA, Warton DI, Wright IJ, Wright SJ, Yamashita N (2011). Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties. Ecology Letters 14:301-312
Peppe DJ, Royer DL, Cariglino B, Oliver SY, Newman S, Leight E, Enikolopov G, Fernandez-Burgos M, Herrera F, Adams JM, Correa E, Currano ED, Erickson JM, Hinojosa LF, Hoganson JW, Iglesias A, Jaramillo CA, Johnson KR, Jordan GJ, Kraft NJB, Lovelock EC, Lusk CH, Niinemets Ü, Peñuelas J, Rapson G, Wing SL, Wright IJ (2011). Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate: global patterns and paleoclimatic applications. New Phytologist 190:724-739
Ordonez A, Wright IJ, Olff H (2010). Functional differences between native and alien species: a global-scale comparison. Functional Ecology 24:1353-1361
Reich PB, Oleksyn J, Wright IJ, Niklas KJ, Hedin L, Elser JJ (2010). Evidence for a general 2/3-power leaf nitrogen to phosphorus scaling among major plant groups and biomes. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 277:877-883
Wright SJ, Kitajima K, Kraft NJB, Reich PB, Wright IJ, Bunker DE, Condit R, Dalling JW, Davies SJ, Díaz S, Engelbrecht BMJ, Harms KE, Hubbell SP, Marks CO, Ruiz-Jaen MC, Salvador CM, Zanne AE (2010). Functional traits and the growth-mortality tradeoff in tropical trees. Ecology 91:3664-3674
Cernusak LA, Tcherkez G, Keitel C, Cornwell WK, Santiago LS, Knohl A, Barbour MG, Williams DG, Reich PB, Ellsworth DS, Dawson TE, Griffiths HG, Farquhar GD, Wright IJ, Westoby M (2009) Why are non-photosynthetic tissues generally 13C enriched compared to leaves in C3 plants? Review and synthesis of current hypotheses. Functional Plant Biology, 36, 199–213
Craine JM, Elmore AJ, Aidar MPM, Amundson RG, Bustamante M, Coetsee C, Dawson TE, Hawkins HJ, Hobbie EA, Kahmen A, Koba K, Mack MC, Makarov MI, McLauchlan KK, Michelsen A, Nardoto GB, Pardo LH, Peñuelas J, Reich PB, Schuur EAG, Stock WD, Tateno R, Templer PH, Virginia RA, Welker JM, Wright IJ (2009). Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability. New Phytologist 183:980-992
Hallik L, Niinemets Ü, Wright IJ (2009). Tolerance to shade and drought in relation to foliage structural and functional traits in temperate woody species. New Phytologist 184:257-284
Moles AT, Wright IJ, Pitman AJ, Murray BG & Westoby M (2009) Is there a latitudinal gradient in seed production? Ecography 32: 78-82
Niinemets Ü, Wright IJ, Evans JR (2009). Leaf internal diffusion conductance in 35 Australian sclerophylls covering a broad range of foliage structural and physiological variation. Journal of Experimental Botany 60:2433-2449
Ordoñez J, Aerts R, van Bodegom P, Witte J-P, Wright IJ, Reich P (2009) A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility. Global Ecology & Biogeography 18, 137-149
Poorter H, Niinemets Ü, Poorter L, Wright IJ, Villar R (2009) Tansley review: Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis. New Phytologist 182:565-582
Reich PB, Falster DS, Ellsworth DS, Wright IJ, Westoby M, Oleksyn J, Lee TD (2009) Controls on declining carbon balance with leaf age among 10 woody species in Australian woodland: do leaves have zero net carbon balances when they die? New Phytologist 183:153-166
Reich PB, Oleksyn J, Wright IJ (2009) Leaf phosphorus influences the photosynthesis-nitrogen relation: a cross-biome analysis of 319 species. Oecologia 160: 207-212
Cornwell WK, Cornelissen JHC, Amatangelo K, Dorrepaal E, Eviner VT, Godoy O, Hobbie SE, Hoorens B, Kurokawa H, Perez-Harguindeguy N, Quested HM, Santiago LS, Wardle DA, Wright IJ, Aerts R, Allison S, van Bodegom PM, Brovkin V, Chatain A, Callaghan T, Díaz S, Garnier E, Gurvich DE, Kazakou E, Klein JA, Read J, Reich PB, Soudzilovskaia NA, Vaieretti MV, Westoby M (2008) Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide. Ecology Letters 11: 1065-1071
Poorter L, Paz H, Wright SJ, Ackerly DD, Condit R, Ibarra-Manriquez G, Harms KE, Licona JC, Martinez-Ramos M, Mazer SJ, Muller-Landau HC, Peña-Claros M, Webb CO, Wright IJ (2008) Are functional traits good predictors of demographic rates? Evidence from five Neotropical forests. Ecology 89:1908-1920
Reich PB, Tjoelker MG, Pregitzer KS, Wright IJ, Oleksyn J & Machado J-L (2008) Scaling of respiration to nitrogen in leaves, stems and roots of higher land plants. Ecology Letters 11:793-801
Niklas KJ, Cobb ED, Niinemets U, Reich PB, Sellin A, Shipley B, Wright IJ, (2007) "Diminishing returns" in the scaling of functional leaf traits across and within species groups, Proc Nat Acad Sci (USA), vol.104, pp 8891-8896
Reich PB, Wright IJ, Lusk CH, (2007) 'Predicting leaf physiology from simple plant and climate attributes: A global GLOPNET analysis', Ecological Applications, vol.17, pp 1982-1988
Royer DL, Sack L, Wilf P, Lusk C, H., Jordan GJ, Niinemets U, Wright IJ, Westoby M, Cariglino B, Coley PD, Cutter AD, Johnson KR, Labandeira CC, Moles AT, Palmer MB, Valladares F (2007) Fossil leaf economics quantified: calibration, Eocene case study, and implications Paleobiology 33:574-589
Wright IJ, Ackerly DD, Bongers F, Ibarra-Manriquez G, Harms KE, Martinez-Ramos M, Mazer SJ, Muller-Landau HC, Paz H, Pitman NCA, Poorter L, Silman MR, Vriesendorp CF, Webb CO, Westoby M, Wright SJ, (2007) 'Relationships among major dimensions of plant trait variation in 7 Neotropical forests', Annals of Botany, vol.99, pp 1003-1015
Lenz TI, Wright IJ, Westoby M, (2006) 'Interrelations among pressure-volume curve traits across species and water availability gradients', Physiologia Plantarum, vol.127, pp 423-433
Read C, Wright IJ, Westoby M, (2006) 'Scaling up from leaf to canopy-aggregate properties in sclerophyll shrub species', Austral Ecology, vol.31, pp 310-316
Shipley B, Lechowicz MJ, Wright IJ, Reich PB, (2006) 'Fundamental tradeoffs generating the worldwide leaf economics spectrum', Ecology, vol.87, pp 535-541
Warton DI, Wright IJ, Falster DS, Westoby M, (2006) 'Bivariate line fitting methods for allometry', Biological Reviews, vol.81, pp 259-291
Westoby M, Wright IJ, (2006) 'Land-plant ecology on the basis of functional traits', Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol.21, pp 261-268
Wright, IJ, Falster DS, Pickup M, Westoby M, (2006) 'Cross-species patterns in the coordination between leaf and stem traits, and their implications for plant hydraulics', Physiologia Plantarum, vol.127, pp 445-456
Wright IJ, Leishman MR, Read C, Westoby M, (2006) 'Gradients of light availability and leaf traits with leaf age and canopy position in 28 Australian shrubs and trees', Functional Plant Biology, vol.33, pp 407-419
Wright IJ, Reich PB, Atkin OK, Lusk CH, Tjoelker MG, Westoby M, (2006) 'Irradiance, temperature and rainfall influence leaf respiration in woody plants: evidence from comparisons across 20 sites', New Phytologist, vol.169, pp 309-319
Shipley B, Vile D, Garnier E, Wright IJ, Poorter H, (2005) 'Functional linkages between leaf traits and net photosynthetic rate: reconciling empirical and mechanistic models', Functional Ecology, vol.19, pp 602-625
Vile D, Garnier E, Shipley B, Laurent G, Navas ML, Roumet C, Lavorel S, Diaz S, Hodgson JG, Lloret F, Midgley GF, Poorter H, Rutherford MC, Wilson PJ, Wright IJ, (2005) 'Specific leaf area and dry matter content estimate thickness in laminar leaves', Annals of Botany, vol.96, pp 1129-1136
Wright IJ, Reich PB, Cornelissen JHC, Falster DS, Garnier E, Hikosaka K, Lamont BB, Lee W, Oleksyn J, Osada N, Poorter H, Villar R, Warton DI, Westoby M, (2005) 'Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships', New Phytologist, vol.166, pp 485-496
Wright IJ, Reich PB, Cornelissen JHC, Falster DS, Groom PK, Hikosaka K, Lee W, Lusk CH, Niinemets Ü, Oleksyn J, Osada N, Poorter H, Warton DI, Westoby M, (2005) 'Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate', Global Ecology & Biogeography, vol.14, pp 411-421
Wright IJ, Groom PK, Lamont BB, Poot P, Prior LD, Reich PB, Schulze E-D, Veneklaas E, Westoby M, (2004) 'Leaf trait relationships in Australian plant species', Functional Plant Biology, vol.31, pp 551-558
Wright IJ, Reich PB, Westoby M, Ackerly DD, Baruch Z, Bongers F, Cavender-Bares J, Chapin FS, Cornelissen JHC, Diemer M, Flexas J, Garnier E, Groom PK, Gulias J, Hikosaka K, Lamont BB, Lee T, Lee W, Lusk C, Midgley JJ, Navas M-L, Niinemets Ü, Oleksyn J, Osada N, Poorter H, Poot P, Prior L, Pyankov VI, Roumet C, Thomas SC, Tjoelker MG, Veneklaas E, Villar R, (2004) 'The leaf economics spectrum world-wide', Nature, vol.428, pp 821-827
Lusk CH, Wright IJ, Reich PB, (2003) 'Photosynthetic differences contribute to competitive advantage of evergreen angiosperm trees over evergreen conifers in productive habitats', New Phytologist, vol.160, pp 329-336
Reich PB, Wright IJ, Cavender-Bares J, Craine JM, Oleksyn J, Westoby M, Walters MB, (2003) 'The evolution of plant functional variation: traits, spectra, and strategies', International Journal of Plant Sciences, vol.164, S143-S164
Westoby M, Wright IJ, (2003) 'The spectrum of twig-size variation and its correlates among perennial species in fire-prone sclerophyll vegetation', Oecologia, vol.135, pp 621-628
Wright IJ, Westoby M (2003) 'Nutrient concentration, resorption and lifespan: leaf traits of Australian sclerophyll species', Functional Ecology, vol.17, pp 10-19
Wright IJ, Reich PB, Westoby M, (2003) 'Least-cost input mixtures of water and nitrogen for photosynthesis', American Naturalist, vol.161, pp 98-111
Westoby M, Falster DS, Moles AT, Vesk PA, Wright IJ, (2002) 'Plant ecological strategies: some leading dimensions of variation between species', Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics, vol.33, pp 125-159
Wright IJ, Westoby M, (2002) 'Leaves at low versus high rainfall: coordination of structure, lifespan and physiology', New Phytologist, vol.155, pp 403-416
Wright IJ, Westoby M, Reich PB, (2002) 'Convergence towards higher leaf mass per area has different consequences for leaf lifespan in dry and nutrient-poor habitats', Journal of Ecology, vol.90, pp 534-543
Wright IJ, Cannon K, (2001) 'Relationships between leaf lifespan and structural defences in a low nutrient, sclerophyll flora', Functional Ecology, vol.15, pp 351-359
Wright IJ, Reich PB, 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, vol.15, pp 423-434
Wright IJ, Westoby M, (2001) 'Understanding seedling growth relationships through specific leaf area and leaf nitrogen concentration: generalisations across growth forms and growth irradiance', Oecologia, vol.127, pp 21-29
Wright IJ, Westoby M, (2000) 'Cross-species relationships between seedling RGR, nitrogen productivity and root versus leaf function in 28 Australian woody species', Functional Ecology, vol.14, pp 97-107
Wright IJ, Clifford HT, Kidson R, Reed ML, Rice BL, Westoby M, (2000) 'A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol.69, pp 521-547
Wright IJ, Westoby M, (1999) 'Differences in seedling growth behaviour among species: trait correlations and shifts along nutrient compared to rainfall gradients', Journal of Ecology, vol.87, pp 85-97
Wright IJ, Ladiges PY, (1997) 'Geographic variation in Eucalyptus diversifolia (Myrtaceae) and the recognition of new subspecies E. diversifolia subsp. hesperia and E. diversifolia subsp. megacarpa', Australian Systematic Botany, vol.10, pp 651-680
Publications: other
Soh WK, Wright IJ, Bacon KL, Lenz TI, Steinthorsdottir M, Parnell AC, McElwain JC (2017). Corrigendum: Palaeo leaf economics reveal a shift in ecosystem function associated with the end-Triassic mass extinction event. Nature Plants 3:17126
Zanne AE, Tank DC, Cornwell WK, et al (inc. IJ Wright) (2015). Zanne et al. reply. Nature 521:E6-E7
Zanne AE, Tank DC, Cornwell WK, et al (inc. IJ Wright) (2015). Corrigendum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments. Nature 521:380-380
Ziemińska K, Westoby M, Wright IJ (2015). Erratum: Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range-A study of twig wood across 69 Australian angiosperms (PLoS ONE (2015) 10:9 (e0139496) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139496). PLoS ONE 10
Zanne AE, Tank DC, Cornwell WK, et al (inc. IJ Wright) (2014). Erratum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments (Nature (2014) 506 (89-92) DOI:10.1038/nature12872). Nature 514:394
Falster DS, Warton DI & Wright IJ (2003, 2006). SMATR: Standardised major axis tests and routines – Versions 1.0 and 2.0. (https://github.com/dfalster/smatr/). [statistics software]
Wright IJ, Westoby M, (2004) 'The economics of leaves', Australasian Science, vol.25, pp 34-38
