Publications - (Ooi Lab members and visitors highlighted in bold)
Munoz-Rojas M., Chilton A., Liyanage G.S., Erickson T.E., Merritt D.J., Neilan B.A. and Ooi M.K.J. (2018) Effects of indigenous soil cyanobacteria on seed germination and seedling growth of arid species used in restoration. Plant and Soil link here
Palmer H.D., Denham A.J. and Ooi M.K.J. (2018) Fire severity drives variation in post-fire recruitment and residual seed bank size of Acacia species. Plant Ecology link here
Liyanage G.S. and Ooi M.K.J. (2017) Seed size-mediated dormancy thresholds: a case for the selective pressure of fire on physically dormant species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 123, 135-143 link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D., Beaumont L.J., Bradstock R.A. (2017) Climate influence over vegetation pattern and process. In: Australian Vegetation 3rd Edition (ed D.A. Keith). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Collette J.C. and Ooi M.K.J. (2017) Germination ecology of the endangered species Asterolasia buxifolia (Rutaceae): smoke response depends on season and light. Australian Journal of Botany 65, 283-291 link here
Ramos D.M., Diniz P., Ooi M.K.J., Borghetti F. and Valls (2017) Avoiding the dry season: dispersal time and syndrome mediate seed dormancy in grasses in Neotropical savanna and wet grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 28, 798-807 link here
Liyanage G.S. and Ooi M.K.J. (2017) Do dormancy-breaking temperature thresholds change as seeds age in the soil seed bank? Seed Science Research 27, 1-11 link here
Vergnon R., Ooi M.K.J. and Freckleton R.P. (2017) Complex relationships between competing guilds along large-scale environmental gradients. American Naturalist 189, 407-421 link here
Auld T.D. and Ooi M.K.J (2017) Plant life cycles above and below ground. In: Australian Vegetation 3rd Edition (ed D.A. Keith). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Gilpin A-M., Collette J.C., Denham A.D., Ooi M.K.J. and Ayre D.J. (2016) Do introduced honeybees affect seed set and seed quality in a plant adapted for bird pollination? Journal of Plant Ecology. link here
Liyanage G.S. Ayre D.J. and Ooi M.K.J. (2016) Seedling performance covaries with dormancy thresholds: maintaining cryptic seed heteromorphism in a fire-prone system. Ecology 97, 3009-3018. link here
Ramos D.M., Liaffa A.B.S., Diniz P., Munhoz C.B.R., Ooi M.K.J., Borghetti F. and Valls (2016) Seed tolerance to heating is better predicted by seed dormancy than by habitat type in Neotropical savanna grasses. International Journal of Wildland Fire 25, 1273-1280. link here
Mackenzie B.D.M., Auld T.D., Keith D.A., Hui F.K.C. and Ooi M.K.J. (2016) The effect of seasonal ambient temperatures on fire-stimulated germination of species with physiological dormancy: a case study using Boronia (Rutaceae). PLoS ONE 11(5): e0156142. pdf available here
Ooi M.K.J. (2015) Seed bank dynamics and climate change in semi-arid ecosystems: a focus on physically dormant species. Revista Brasileira de Geografia Fisica 8, 651-659. pdf here
Liyanage G.S. and Ooi M.K.J. (2015) Intra-population level variation in thresholds for physical
dormancy-breaking temperature. Annals of Botany 116, 123-131. link here
Wang Y.C., Ooi M.K.J., Ren G.H., Jiang D.M., Musa A., Miao R.H., Li X.H., Zhou Q.L., Tang J. and Lin J.X. (2015) Species shifts in above-ground vegetation and the soil seed bank in the inter-dune lowlands of an active dune field in Inner Mongolia, China. Basic and Applied Ecology 16, 490-499. link here
Ma H., Yang H., Lu X., Pan Y., Wu H., Liang Z. and Ooi M.K.J. (2015) Does high pH give a reliable assessment of the effect of alkaline soil on seed germination? A case study with Leymus chinensis. Plant and Soil 394, 35-43. link here
Hudson A.R., Ayre D.J. and Ooi M.K.J. (2015) Physical dormancy in a changing climate. Seed Science Research 25, 66-81. link here
Ma H., Yang H., Liang Z. and Ooi M.K.J. (2015) Effects of 10-year management regimes on the soil seed bank in saline-alkaline grassland. PLoS One 10(4): e0122319. pdf here
Tozer M.G. and Ooi M.K.J. (2014) Humidity-regulated dormancy onset in the Fabaceae: a conceptual model and its ecological implications for the Australian wattle Acacia saligna. Annals of Botany 114, 579-590. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Denham A.J., Santana V.M. and Auld T.D (2014) Temperature thresholds of physically dormant seeds and plant functional response to fire: variation among species and relative impact of climate change. Ecology and Evolution 4, 656-671. pdf available here
Doxford S.W., Ooi M.K.J. and Freckleton R.P. (2013) Spatial and temporal variability in positive and negative plant-bryophyte interactions along a latitudinal gradient. Journal of Ecology 101, 465-474. link here
Thompson K. & Ooi M.K.J. (2013) Germination and dormancy breaking: two different things. Seed Science Research 23, 1. link here
Swab R.M., Regan H.M., Keith D.A., Regan T.J., Ooi M.K.J. (2012) Niche models tell half the story: spatial context and life history traits influence species responses to climate change. Journal of Biogeography 39, 122-127. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Denham A.J. (2012) Projected soil temperature increase and seed dormancy response along an altitudinal gradient: implications for seed bank persistence under climate change. Plant and Soil 353, 289-303. link here
Ooi M.K.J. (2012) Seed bank persistence and climate change. Seed Science Research 22, S53-S60. pdf available here
Thompson K. and Ooi M.K.J. (2010) To germinate or not to germinate: more than just a question of dormancy. Seed Science Research 20, 209-211. link here
Santana V.M., Bradstock R.A., Ooi M.K.J., Denham A.J., Auld T.D. and Baeza M.J. (2010) Effects of soil temperature regimes after fire on seed dormancy and germination in six Australian Fabaceae species. Australian Journal of Botany 58, 539-545. link here
Ooi M.K.J. (2010) Delayed emergence and post-fire recruitment success: effects of seasonal germination, fire season and dormancy type. Australian Journal of Botany 58, 248-256. link here
Auld T.D., Hutton I., Ooi M.K.J. and Denham A.J. (2010) Disruption of recruitment in two endemic palms on Lord Howe Island by invasive rats. Biological Invasions 12, 3351-3361. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Denham A.J. (2009) Climate change and bet-hedging: interactions between increased soil temperatures and seed bank persistence. Global Change Biology 15, 2375 – 2386. link here
Auld T.D. and Ooi M.K.J. (2009) Heat increases germination of water-permeable seeds of obligate-seeding Darwinia species (Myrtaceae). Plant Ecology 200, 117-127. link here
Martyn A.J., Seed L.U., Ooi M.K.J. and Offord C.A. (2009) A review of seed fill, viability and germination: Family Rutaceae. Cunninghamia 11, 203-212. pdf available from here
Hutton I., Coenraads R., Auld T.D., Denham A.J., Ooi M.K.J. and Brown D. (2009) Herbicide impacts on exotic grasses and a population of the critically endangered herb Calystegia affinis (Convolvulaceae) on Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 10, 539-545. pdf available from here
Auld T.D. and Ooi M.K.J. (2008) Applying seed germination studies in fire management for biodiversity conservation in south-eastern Australia. Web Ecology 8, 47-54. pdf available here
Ooi M.K.J. (2007) Dormancy classification and potential dormancy-breaking cues for shrub species from fire-prone south-eastern Australia. In: Seeds: Biology, Development and Ecology (eds S.W. Adkins, S. Ashmore and S.C. Navie), pp. 205-216. CAB International, Wallingford.
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Whelan R.J. (2007) Soil seed bank longevity of three shrub species from south-eastern Australia: distinguishing between dormancy and persistence in a fire-prone region. Journal of Vegetation Science 18, 405-412. link here
Burley A.L., Phillips S. and Ooi M.K.J. (2007) Can age be predicted from diameter for the obligate seeder Allocasuarina littoralis (Casuarinaceae) using dendrochronological techniques? Australian Journal of Botany 55, 433-438. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Whelan R.J. (2006) Dormancy and the fire-centric focus: germination of three Leucopogon species (Ericaceae) from south-eastern Australia. Annals of Botany 98, 421-430. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Whelan R.J. and Auld T.D. (2006) Persistence of obligate-seeding species at the population scale: the effects of fire intensity, fire patchiness and long fire-free intervals. International Journal of Wildlife Fire 15, 261-269. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Whelan R.J. (2004) Delayed post-fire seedling emergence linked to season: a case study with Leucopogon species (Epacridaceae). Plant Ecology 174, 183-196. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Whelan R.J. (2004) Comparison of the cut and tetrazolium tests for assessing seed viability: a study using Australian native Leucopogon species. Ecological Management & Restoration 5, 141-143. link here
Keith D.A., Auld T.D., Ooi M.K.J. and McKenzie B.D.E. (2000) Sensitivity analysis of decision rules in World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List criteria using Australian plants. Biological Conservation 94, 311-319. link here
Palmer H.D., Denham A.J. and Ooi M.K.J. (2018) Fire severity drives variation in post-fire recruitment and residual seed bank size of Acacia species. Plant Ecology link here
Liyanage G.S. and Ooi M.K.J. (2017) Seed size-mediated dormancy thresholds: a case for the selective pressure of fire on physically dormant species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 123, 135-143 link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D., Beaumont L.J., Bradstock R.A. (2017) Climate influence over vegetation pattern and process. In: Australian Vegetation 3rd Edition (ed D.A. Keith). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Collette J.C. and Ooi M.K.J. (2017) Germination ecology of the endangered species Asterolasia buxifolia (Rutaceae): smoke response depends on season and light. Australian Journal of Botany 65, 283-291 link here
Ramos D.M., Diniz P., Ooi M.K.J., Borghetti F. and Valls (2017) Avoiding the dry season: dispersal time and syndrome mediate seed dormancy in grasses in Neotropical savanna and wet grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 28, 798-807 link here
Liyanage G.S. and Ooi M.K.J. (2017) Do dormancy-breaking temperature thresholds change as seeds age in the soil seed bank? Seed Science Research 27, 1-11 link here
Vergnon R., Ooi M.K.J. and Freckleton R.P. (2017) Complex relationships between competing guilds along large-scale environmental gradients. American Naturalist 189, 407-421 link here
Auld T.D. and Ooi M.K.J (2017) Plant life cycles above and below ground. In: Australian Vegetation 3rd Edition (ed D.A. Keith). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Gilpin A-M., Collette J.C., Denham A.D., Ooi M.K.J. and Ayre D.J. (2016) Do introduced honeybees affect seed set and seed quality in a plant adapted for bird pollination? Journal of Plant Ecology. link here
Liyanage G.S. Ayre D.J. and Ooi M.K.J. (2016) Seedling performance covaries with dormancy thresholds: maintaining cryptic seed heteromorphism in a fire-prone system. Ecology 97, 3009-3018. link here
Ramos D.M., Liaffa A.B.S., Diniz P., Munhoz C.B.R., Ooi M.K.J., Borghetti F. and Valls (2016) Seed tolerance to heating is better predicted by seed dormancy than by habitat type in Neotropical savanna grasses. International Journal of Wildland Fire 25, 1273-1280. link here
Mackenzie B.D.M., Auld T.D., Keith D.A., Hui F.K.C. and Ooi M.K.J. (2016) The effect of seasonal ambient temperatures on fire-stimulated germination of species with physiological dormancy: a case study using Boronia (Rutaceae). PLoS ONE 11(5): e0156142. pdf available here
Ooi M.K.J. (2015) Seed bank dynamics and climate change in semi-arid ecosystems: a focus on physically dormant species. Revista Brasileira de Geografia Fisica 8, 651-659. pdf here
Liyanage G.S. and Ooi M.K.J. (2015) Intra-population level variation in thresholds for physical
dormancy-breaking temperature. Annals of Botany 116, 123-131. link here
Wang Y.C., Ooi M.K.J., Ren G.H., Jiang D.M., Musa A., Miao R.H., Li X.H., Zhou Q.L., Tang J. and Lin J.X. (2015) Species shifts in above-ground vegetation and the soil seed bank in the inter-dune lowlands of an active dune field in Inner Mongolia, China. Basic and Applied Ecology 16, 490-499. link here
Ma H., Yang H., Lu X., Pan Y., Wu H., Liang Z. and Ooi M.K.J. (2015) Does high pH give a reliable assessment of the effect of alkaline soil on seed germination? A case study with Leymus chinensis. Plant and Soil 394, 35-43. link here
Hudson A.R., Ayre D.J. and Ooi M.K.J. (2015) Physical dormancy in a changing climate. Seed Science Research 25, 66-81. link here
Ma H., Yang H., Liang Z. and Ooi M.K.J. (2015) Effects of 10-year management regimes on the soil seed bank in saline-alkaline grassland. PLoS One 10(4): e0122319. pdf here
Tozer M.G. and Ooi M.K.J. (2014) Humidity-regulated dormancy onset in the Fabaceae: a conceptual model and its ecological implications for the Australian wattle Acacia saligna. Annals of Botany 114, 579-590. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Denham A.J., Santana V.M. and Auld T.D (2014) Temperature thresholds of physically dormant seeds and plant functional response to fire: variation among species and relative impact of climate change. Ecology and Evolution 4, 656-671. pdf available here
Doxford S.W., Ooi M.K.J. and Freckleton R.P. (2013) Spatial and temporal variability in positive and negative plant-bryophyte interactions along a latitudinal gradient. Journal of Ecology 101, 465-474. link here
Thompson K. & Ooi M.K.J. (2013) Germination and dormancy breaking: two different things. Seed Science Research 23, 1. link here
Swab R.M., Regan H.M., Keith D.A., Regan T.J., Ooi M.K.J. (2012) Niche models tell half the story: spatial context and life history traits influence species responses to climate change. Journal of Biogeography 39, 122-127. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Denham A.J. (2012) Projected soil temperature increase and seed dormancy response along an altitudinal gradient: implications for seed bank persistence under climate change. Plant and Soil 353, 289-303. link here
Ooi M.K.J. (2012) Seed bank persistence and climate change. Seed Science Research 22, S53-S60. pdf available here
Thompson K. and Ooi M.K.J. (2010) To germinate or not to germinate: more than just a question of dormancy. Seed Science Research 20, 209-211. link here
Santana V.M., Bradstock R.A., Ooi M.K.J., Denham A.J., Auld T.D. and Baeza M.J. (2010) Effects of soil temperature regimes after fire on seed dormancy and germination in six Australian Fabaceae species. Australian Journal of Botany 58, 539-545. link here
Ooi M.K.J. (2010) Delayed emergence and post-fire recruitment success: effects of seasonal germination, fire season and dormancy type. Australian Journal of Botany 58, 248-256. link here
Auld T.D., Hutton I., Ooi M.K.J. and Denham A.J. (2010) Disruption of recruitment in two endemic palms on Lord Howe Island by invasive rats. Biological Invasions 12, 3351-3361. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Denham A.J. (2009) Climate change and bet-hedging: interactions between increased soil temperatures and seed bank persistence. Global Change Biology 15, 2375 – 2386. link here
Auld T.D. and Ooi M.K.J. (2009) Heat increases germination of water-permeable seeds of obligate-seeding Darwinia species (Myrtaceae). Plant Ecology 200, 117-127. link here
Martyn A.J., Seed L.U., Ooi M.K.J. and Offord C.A. (2009) A review of seed fill, viability and germination: Family Rutaceae. Cunninghamia 11, 203-212. pdf available from here
Hutton I., Coenraads R., Auld T.D., Denham A.J., Ooi M.K.J. and Brown D. (2009) Herbicide impacts on exotic grasses and a population of the critically endangered herb Calystegia affinis (Convolvulaceae) on Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 10, 539-545. pdf available from here
Auld T.D. and Ooi M.K.J. (2008) Applying seed germination studies in fire management for biodiversity conservation in south-eastern Australia. Web Ecology 8, 47-54. pdf available here
Ooi M.K.J. (2007) Dormancy classification and potential dormancy-breaking cues for shrub species from fire-prone south-eastern Australia. In: Seeds: Biology, Development and Ecology (eds S.W. Adkins, S. Ashmore and S.C. Navie), pp. 205-216. CAB International, Wallingford.
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Whelan R.J. (2007) Soil seed bank longevity of three shrub species from south-eastern Australia: distinguishing between dormancy and persistence in a fire-prone region. Journal of Vegetation Science 18, 405-412. link here
Burley A.L., Phillips S. and Ooi M.K.J. (2007) Can age be predicted from diameter for the obligate seeder Allocasuarina littoralis (Casuarinaceae) using dendrochronological techniques? Australian Journal of Botany 55, 433-438. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Whelan R.J. (2006) Dormancy and the fire-centric focus: germination of three Leucopogon species (Ericaceae) from south-eastern Australia. Annals of Botany 98, 421-430. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Whelan R.J. and Auld T.D. (2006) Persistence of obligate-seeding species at the population scale: the effects of fire intensity, fire patchiness and long fire-free intervals. International Journal of Wildlife Fire 15, 261-269. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Whelan R.J. (2004) Delayed post-fire seedling emergence linked to season: a case study with Leucopogon species (Epacridaceae). Plant Ecology 174, 183-196. link here
Ooi M.K.J., Auld T.D. and Whelan R.J. (2004) Comparison of the cut and tetrazolium tests for assessing seed viability: a study using Australian native Leucopogon species. Ecological Management & Restoration 5, 141-143. link here
Keith D.A., Auld T.D., Ooi M.K.J. and McKenzie B.D.E. (2000) Sensitivity analysis of decision rules in World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List criteria using Australian plants. Biological Conservation 94, 311-319. link here
Other peer reviewed publications
Liyanage G.S.L. and Ooi M.K.J. (2016) Changes in seed dormancy over time in fire-prone flora. Australasian Plant Conservation 25, 7.
Mackenzie B.D.M., Auld T.D., Keith D.A. and Ooi M.K.J. (2016) How fire and seasonal temperatures influence the germination of many plant species: insights from Boronia (Rutaceae). Australasian Plant Conservation 25, 5.
Ooi M.K.J. (2014) Seed Ecology. Oxford University Press Bibliography Series.
Ooi M.K.J. (2003) Assessing rarity and the risk of extinction of plant species. In: Plant Conservation: approaches and techniques from an Australian perspective (eds C.L. Brown, F. Hall and J. Mill). Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra.
PDFs of all the above papers are available upon request. Email Dr. Mark Ooi for a copy.
Mackenzie B.D.M., Auld T.D., Keith D.A. and Ooi M.K.J. (2016) How fire and seasonal temperatures influence the germination of many plant species: insights from Boronia (Rutaceae). Australasian Plant Conservation 25, 5.
Ooi M.K.J. (2014) Seed Ecology. Oxford University Press Bibliography Series.
Ooi M.K.J. (2003) Assessing rarity and the risk of extinction of plant species. In: Plant Conservation: approaches and techniques from an Australian perspective (eds C.L. Brown, F. Hall and J. Mill). Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Canberra.
PDFs of all the above papers are available upon request. Email Dr. Mark Ooi for a copy.
