Plant Community Ecology, Conservation Biology, Climate Change Biology
My research broadly focuses on understanding how plant communities reassemble, persist and function following human land-use change. My research falls into three categories:
1) Theoretical plant community ecology, particularly community assembly and function.
2) Effects of agricultural production on native plants, insects and their interactions.
3) Improving restoration approaches using ecological and evolutionary theory.
Within my first research area my work involves the development of community ecological theory, and meta-analyses and field studies on plant functional diversity. These studies aim to improve understanding of community assembly following sudden, large-scale disturbances. In the long-term this work is forming the basis of understanding how how novel plant communities form, function and persist in landscapes persistently impacted by biological invasions, fragmentation and climate change. Results from this work are fundamental to advancing our ability to design conservation and restoration plans that will continue to protect focal species and system long into the future.
Work in my second research area focuses on crop pollination as an ecosystem service in agricultural landscapes, globally and in Australia particularly. Though I do not currently have students working directly on these projects, I remain involved in large international collaborations on this important research topic.
Within my third research area, I am working to advance ecological and evolutionary knowledge of direct use for plant community restoration. Currently, I am involved in two forest restoration experiments that are aimed at testing the long-term importance of tree diversity and tree density for the rapid recovery of forest biodiversity while making a profit on the carbon market.
Journal Article: Specific leaf area responses to environmental gradients through space and time
Dwyer, John M., Hobbs, Richard J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2014) Specific leaf area responses to environmental gradients through space and time. Ecology, 95 2: 399-410. doi:10.1890/13-0412.1
Journal Article: Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance
Garibaldi, Lucas A., Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Winfree, Rachael, Aizen, Marcelo A., Bommarco, Riccardo, Cunningham, Saul A., Kremen, Claire, Carvalheiro, Luisa G., Harder, Lawrence D., Afik, Ohad, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Benjamin, Faye, Boreux, Virginie, Cariveau, Daniel, Chacoff, Natacha P., Dudenhoeffer, Jan H., Freitas, Breno M., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Greenleaf, Sarah, Hipolito, Juliana, Holzschuh, Andrea, Howlett, Brad, Isaacs, Rufus, Javorek, Steven K., Kennedy, Christina M., Krewenka, Kristin M., Krishnan, Smitha, Mandelik, Yael, Mayfield, Margaret M., Motzke, Iris, Munyuli, Theodore, Nault, Brian A., Otieno, Mark, Petersen, Jessica, Pisanty, Gideon, Potts, Simon G., Rader, Romina, Ricketts, Taylor H., Rundlof, Maj, Seymour, Colleen L., Schueepp, Christof, Szentgyoergyi, Hajnalka, Taki, Hisatomo, Tscharntke, Teja, Vergara, Carlos H., Viana, Blandina F., Wanger, Thomas C., Westphal, Catrin, Williams, Neal and Klein, Alexandra M. (2013) Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance. Science, 339 6127: 1608-1611. doi:10.1126/science.1230200
Journal Article: Rethinking community assembly through the lens of coexistence theory
HilleRisLambers, J., Adler, P. B., Harpole, W. S., Levine, J. M. and Mayfield, M. M. (2012) Rethinking community assembly through the lens of coexistence theory. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Vol 43, 43 227-248. doi:10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110411-160411
Journal Article: Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities
Mayfield, Margaret. M and Levine, Jonathan. M (2010) Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities. Ecology Letters, 13 9: 1085-1093. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01509.x
Mayfield, M M, Bonser, SP, Morgan, JW, Aubin, I, McNamara, S and Vesk, PA (2010) What does species richness tell us about functional trait diversity? Predictions and evidence for responses of species and functional trait diversity to land-use change. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 19 4: 423-431. doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00532.x
Diversity maintenance in patchy environments
(2019–2021) ARC Discovery Projects
How do complex species interactions mediate plant community diversity?
(2017–2019) ARC Discovery Projects
(2017–2018) Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment
Spatial and temporal changes in pollination dynamics in response to agriculture and climate change
Doctor Philosophy
How seed predation, pollination, microenvironmental factors and dispersal limitation impact local patterns of diversity in the York Gum Woodlands of Western Australia
Doctor Philosophy
Designing productive and diverse carbon forests
(2018) Doctor Philosophy
Novel Community Assembly in Western Australia's York Gum Woodlands
I am currently accepting students to work on understanding the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms driving the formation of novel communities. Topics vary but the work done in association with this project focuses on Western Australian York Gum woodlands.
Topics include:
The role of facilitation in driving coexistence of native and exotic species
The role of plant-pollination interactions in driving coexistence
Resilience to exotic invasion
Climate change and novel community formation - using ecological theory to predict where and what types of communities will be found across landscapes in the future.
Specific leaf area responses to environmental gradients through space and time
Dwyer, John M., Hobbs, Richard J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2014) Specific leaf area responses to environmental gradients through space and time. Ecology, 95 2: 399-410. doi:10.1890/13-0412.1
Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance
Garibaldi, Lucas A., Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Winfree, Rachael, Aizen, Marcelo A., Bommarco, Riccardo, Cunningham, Saul A., Kremen, Claire, Carvalheiro, Luisa G., Harder, Lawrence D., Afik, Ohad, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Benjamin, Faye, Boreux, Virginie, Cariveau, Daniel, Chacoff, Natacha P., Dudenhoeffer, Jan H., Freitas, Breno M., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Greenleaf, Sarah, Hipolito, Juliana, Holzschuh, Andrea, Howlett, Brad, Isaacs, Rufus, Javorek, Steven K., Kennedy, Christina M., Krewenka, Kristin M., Krishnan, Smitha, Mandelik, Yael, Mayfield, Margaret M., Motzke, Iris, Munyuli, Theodore, Nault, Brian A., Otieno, Mark, Petersen, Jessica, Pisanty, Gideon, Potts, Simon G., Rader, Romina, Ricketts, Taylor H., Rundlof, Maj, Seymour, Colleen L., Schueepp, Christof, Szentgyoergyi, Hajnalka, Taki, Hisatomo, Tscharntke, Teja, Vergara, Carlos H., Viana, Blandina F., Wanger, Thomas C., Westphal, Catrin, Williams, Neal and Klein, Alexandra M. (2013) Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance. Science, 339 6127: 1608-1611. doi:10.1126/science.1230200
Rethinking community assembly through the lens of coexistence theory
HilleRisLambers, J., Adler, P. B., Harpole, W. S., Levine, J. M. and Mayfield, M. M. (2012) Rethinking community assembly through the lens of coexistence theory. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Vol 43, 43 227-248. doi:10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110411-160411
Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities
Mayfield, Margaret. M and Levine, Jonathan. M (2010) Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities. Ecology Letters, 13 9: 1085-1093. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01509.x
Mayfield, M M, Bonser, SP, Morgan, JW, Aubin, I, McNamara, S and Vesk, PA (2010) What does species richness tell us about functional trait diversity? Predictions and evidence for responses of species and functional trait diversity to land-use change. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 19 4: 423-431. doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00532.x
Applications in agriculture and conservation
Waser, Nickolas M. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2006). Applications in agriculture and conservation. In Nickolas M. Waser and Jeff Ollerton (Ed.), Plant-pollinator interactions: From specialization to generalization (pp. 309-313) Chicago, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press.
Connectivity and ecosystem services: Crop pollination in agricultural landscapes
Ricketts, Taylor H., Williams, Neal M. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2006). Connectivity and ecosystem services: Crop pollination in agricultural landscapes. In Kevin R. Crooks and M. A. Sanjayan (Ed.), Connectivity conservation (pp. 255-289) Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
Wainwright, Claire E., HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Lai, Hao R., Loy, Xingwen and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2018) Distinct responses of niche and fitness differences to water availability underlie variable coexistence outcomes in semi-arid annual plant communities. Journal of Ecology, . doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13056
Bimler, Malyon D., Stouffer, Daniel B., Lai, Hao Ran and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2018) Accurate predictions of coexistence in natural systems require the inclusion of facilitative interactions and environmental dependency. Journal of Ecology, 106 5: 1839-1852. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13030
Charles, Lachlan S., Dwyer, John M., Smith, Tobias J., Connors, Sophie, Marschner, Petra and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2018) Seedling growth responses to species-, neighborhood-, and landscape-scale effects during tropical forest restoration. Ecosphere, 9 8: e02386. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2386
Germain, Rachel M., Mayfield, Margaret M. and Gilbert, Benjamin (2018) The 'filtering' metaphor revisited: competition and environment jointly structure invasibility and coexistence. Biology Letters, 14 8: 20180460. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0460
Smith, Tobias J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2018) The effect of habitat fragmentation on the bee visitor assemblages of three Australian tropical rainforest tree species. International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 17 3: 8204-8216. doi:10.1002/ece3.4339
Smith, Tobias J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2018) The effect of habitat fragmentation on the bee visitor assemblages of three Australian tropical rainforest tree species. Ecology and Evolution, 8 16: 8204-8216. doi:10.1002/ece3.4339
Stouffer, Daniel B., Wainwright, Claire E., Flanagan, Thomas and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2018) Cyclic population dynamics and density-dependent intransitivity as pathways to coexistence between co-occurring annual plants. Journal of Ecology, 106 3: 838-851. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12960
Unexpected drought resistance strategies in seedlings of four Brachychiton species
Reynolds, Victoria A., Anderegg, Leander D. L., Loy, Xingwen, HilleRisLambers, Janneke and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2018) Unexpected drought resistance strategies in seedlings of four Brachychiton species. Tree Physiology, 38 5: 664-677. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpx143
Puritty, Chandler E., Mayfield, Margaret M., Azcárate, Francisco M. and Cleland, Elsa E. (2018) Different traits predict competitive effect versus response by Bromus madritensis in its native and invaded ranges. Biological Invasions, 20 9: 2553-2565. doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1719-y
Native turncoats and indirect facilitation of species invasions
Northfield, Tobin D., Laurance, Susan G. W., Mayfield, Margaret M., Paini, Dean R., Snyder, William E., Stouffer, Daniel B., Wright, Jeffrey T. and Lach, Lori (2018) Native turncoats and indirect facilitation of species invasions. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 285 1871: 20171936. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1936
Charles, Lachlan S., Dwyer, John M., Smith, Tobias J., Connors, Sophie, Marschner, Petra and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2017) Species wood density and the location of planted seedlings drive early-stage seedling survival during tropical forest restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 2: 1009-1018. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13031
Sams, M. A., Lai, H. R., Bonser, S. P., Vesk, P. A., Kooyman, R. M., Metcalfe, D. J., Morgan, J. W. and Mayfield, M. M. (2017) Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26 10: 1165-1176. doi:10.1111/geb.12627
Links between community ecology theory and ecological restoration are on the rise
Wainwright, Claire E., Staples, Timothy L., Charles, Lachlan S., Flanagan, Thomas C., Lai, Hao Ran, Loy, Xingwen, Reynolds, Victoria A. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2017) Links between community ecology theory and ecological restoration are on the rise. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 2: 570-581. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12975
Deconstructing pollinator community effectiveness
Willcox, Bryony K., Aizen, Marcelo A., Cunningham, Saul A., Mayfield, Margaret M. and Rader, Romina (2017) Deconstructing pollinator community effectiveness. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 21 98-104. doi:10.1016/j.cois.2017.05.012
Rocha-Santos, Larissa, Benchimol, Maira, Mayfield, Margaret M., Faria, Deborah, Pessoa, Michaele S., Talora, Daniela C., Mariano-Neto, Eduardo and Cazetta, Eliana (2017) Functional decay in tree community within tropical fragmented landscapes: effects of landscape-scale forest cover. PLoS One, 12 4: e0175545. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0175545
Charles, Lachlan S., Dwyer, John M. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2017) Rainforest seed rain into abandoned tropical Australian pasture is dependent on adjacent rainforest structure and extent. Austral Ecology, 42 2: 238-249. doi:10.1111/aec.12426
Higher-order interactions capture unexplained complexity in diverse communities
Mayfield, Margaret M. and Stouffer, Daniel B. (2017) Higher-order interactions capture unexplained complexity in diverse communities. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1 3: 0062.1-0062.7. doi:10.1038/s41559-016-0062
Wainwright, Claire E., Dwyer, John M. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2017) Effects of exotic annual grass litter and local environmental gradients on annual plant community structure. Biological Invasions, 19 2: 479-491. doi:10.1007/s10530-016-1303-2
The early response of subtropical tussock grasslands to restoration treatments
Ladouceur, Emma and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2017) The early response of subtropical tussock grasslands to restoration treatments. Restoration Ecology, 25 5: 1-7. doi:10.1111/rec.12491
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Potential mechanisms of coexistence in closely related forbs
Staples, Timothy L., Dwyer, John M., Loy, Xingwen and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2016) Potential mechanisms of coexistence in closely related forbs. Oikos, 125 12: 1812-1823. doi:10.1111/oik.03180
Kenyon, Tania M., Mayfield, Margaret M., Monteith, Geoff B. and Menendez, Rosa (2016) The effects of land use change on native dung beetle diversity and function in Australia's Wet Tropics. Austral Ecology, 41 7: 797-808. doi:10.1111/aec.12366
Diverse outcomes of species interactions in an invaded annual plant community
Wainwright, Claire E. , Dwyer, John M., Hobbs, Richard J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2016) Diverse outcomes of species interactions in an invaded annual plant community. Journal of Plant Ecology, 1-9. doi:10.1093/jpe/rtw102
Restoration of tropical forests requires more than just planting trees, a lot more...
Mayfield, Margaret M. (2016) Restoration of tropical forests requires more than just planting trees, a lot more.... Applied Vegetation Science, 19 4: 553-554. doi:10.1111/avsc.12275
Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination
Rader, Romina, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Garratt, Michael P. D., Howlett, Brad G., Winfree, Rachael, Cunningham, Saul A., Mayfield, Margaret M., Arthur, Anthony D., Andersson, Georg K. S., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brittain, Claire, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Chacoff, Natacha P., Entling, Martin H., Foully, Benjamin, Freitas, Breno M., Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Griffin, Sean R., Gross, Caroline L., Herbertsson, Lina, Herzog, Felix, Hipolito, Juliana, Jaggar, Sue, Jauker, Frank, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Kleijn, David, Krishnan, Smitha, Lemos, Camila Q., Lindstrom, Sandra A. M., Mandelik, Yael, Monteiro, Victor M., Nelson, Warrick, Nilsson, Lovisa, Pattemore, David E., Pereira, Natália, Pisanty, Gideon, Potts, Simon G., Reemer, Menno, Rundlof, Maj, Sheffield, Cory S., Scheper, Jeroen, Schuepp, Christof, Smith, Henrik G., Stanley, Dara A., Stout, Jane C., Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Taki, Hisatomo, Vergara, Carlos H., Viana, Blandina F. and Woyciechowski, Michal (2016) Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 1: 146-151. doi:10.1073/pnas.1517092112
Diptera species and functional diversity across tropical Australian countryside landscapes
Smith, Tobias J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2015) Diptera species and functional diversity across tropical Australian countryside landscapes. Biological Conservation, 191 436-443. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.07.035
Trait matching of flower visitors and crops predicts fruit set better than trait diversity
Garibaldi, Lucas A., Bartomeus, Ignasi, Bommarco, Riccardo, Klein, Alexandra M., Cunningham, Saul A., Aizen, Marcelo A., Boreux, Virginie, Garratt, Michael P.D., Carvalheiro, Luisa G., Kremen, Claire, Morales, Carolina L., Schuepp, Christof, Chacoff, Natacha P., Freitas, Breno M., Gagic, Vesna, Holzschuh, Andrea, Klatt, Bjorn K., Krewenka, Kristin M., Krishnan, Smitha, Mayfield, Margaret M., Motzke, Iris, Otieno, Mark, Petersen, Jessica, Potts, Simon G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Rundlof, Maj, Sciligo, Amber, Sinu, Palatty Allesh, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Taki, Hisatomo, Tscharntke, Teja, Vergara, Carlos H., Viana, Blandina F. and Woyciechowski, Michal (2015) Trait matching of flower visitors and crops predicts fruit set better than trait diversity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52 6: 1436-1444. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12530
Loy, Xingwen, Wainwright, Claire E. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2015) Asteraceae invaders have limited impacts on the pollination of common native annual species in SW Western Australia’s open woodland wildflower communities. Plant Ecology, 216 8: 1103-1115. doi:10.1007/s11258-015-0495-3
Climate moderates release from nutrient limitation in natural annual plant communities
Dwyer, John M., Hobbs, Richard J., Wainwright, Claire E. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2015) Climate moderates release from nutrient limitation in natural annual plant communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24 5: 549-561. doi:10.1111/geb.12277
Distinct invasion strategies operating within a natural annual plant system
Lai, Hao Ran, Mayfield, Margaret M., Gay-des-combes, Justine M., Spiegelberger, Thomas and Dwyer, John M. (2015) Distinct invasion strategies operating within a natural annual plant system. Ecology Letters, 18 4: 336-346. doi:10.1111/ele.12414
Hudson, Lawrence N., Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L. L., Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen R. P., Senior, Rebecca A., Bennett, Dominic J., Booth, Hollie, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L. P., Day, Julie, Echeverria-Londono, Susy, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L. K., Ingram, Daniel J., Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D., Pan, Yuan, White, Hannah J., Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B., Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo A., Ancrenaz, Marc, Arbelaez-Cortes, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrian B., Baeten, Lander, Baldi, Andras, Banks, John E., Barlow, Jos, Batary, Peter, Bates, Adam J., Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Berg, Ake, Berry, Nicholas J., Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin, Celine, Bouyer, Jeremy, Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Joerg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buscardo, Erika, Cabra-Garcia, Jimmy, Calvino-Cancela, Maria, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena L., Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A., Cerda, Rolando, Cerezo, Alexis, Chauvat, Matthieu, Clarke, Frank M., Cleary, Daniel F. R., Connop, Stuart P., D'Aniello, Biagio, da Silva, Pedro Giovani, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Dejean, Alain, Diekoetter, Tim, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dormann, Carsten F., Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G., Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Elek, Zoltan, Entling, Martin H., Farwig, Nina, Fayle, Tom M., Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M., Ficetola, Gentile F., Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Fonte, Steven J., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Joerg U., Garden, Jenni G., Gheler-Costa, Carla, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Gottschalk, Marco S., Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D., Grogan, James, Hanley, Mick E., Hanson, Thor, Hashim, Nor R., Hawes, Joseph E., Hebert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J., Henden, John-Andre, Hernandez, Lionel, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Horgan, Finbarr G., Horvath, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishitani, Masahiro, Jacobs, Carmen T., Jaramillo, Victor J., Jauker, Birgit, Jonsell, Mats, Jung, Thomas S., Kapoor, Vena, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kessler, Michael, Knop, Eva, Kolb, Annette, Koroesi, Adam, Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Le Feon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Legare, Jean-Philippe, Letcher, Susan G., Littlewood, Nick A., Lopez-Quintero, Carlos A., Louhaichi, Mounir, Loevei, Gabor L., Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H., Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marshall, E. J. P., Martinez, Eliana, Mayfield, Margaret M., Mikusinski, Grzegorz, Milder, Jeffrey C., Miller, James R., Morales, Carolina L., Muchane, Mary N., Muchane, Muchai, Naidoo, Robin, Nakamura, Akihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Navarrete Gutierrez, Dario A., Neuschulz, Eike L., Noreika, Norbertas, Norfolk, Olivia, Noriega, Jorge Ari, Noeske, Nicole M., O'Dea, Niall, Oduro, William, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Chris O., Osgathorpe, Lynne M., Paritsis, Juan, Parra-H, Alejandro, Pelegrin, Nicolas, Peres, Carlos A., Persson, Anna S., Petanidou, Theodora, Phalan, Ben, Philips, T. Keith, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F., Presley, Steven J., Proenca, Vania, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A., Reid, J. Leighton, Reis, Yana T., Ribeiro, Danilo B., Richardson, Barbara A., Richardson, Michael J., Robles, Carolina A., Roembke, Joerg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J., Roulston, T'ai H., Rousseau, Laurent, Sadler, Jonathan P., Safian, Szabolcs, Saldana-Vazquez, Romeo A., Samnegard, Ulrika, Schueepp, Christof, Schweiger, Oliver, Sedlock, Jodi L., Shahabuddin, Ghazala, Sheil, Douglas, Silva, Fernando A. B., Slade, Eleanor M., Smith-Pardo, Allan H., Sodhi, Navjot S., Somarriba, Eduardo J., Sosa, Ramon A., Stout, Jane C., Struebig, Matthew J., Sung, Yik-Hei, Threlfall, Caragh G., Tonietto, Rebecca, Tothmeresz, Bela, Tscharntke, Teja, Turner, Edgar C., Tylianakis, Jason M., Vanbergen, Adam J., Vassilev, Kiril, Verboven, Hans A. F., Vergara, Carlos H., Vergara, Pablo M., Verhulst, Jort, Walker, Tony R., Wang, Yanping, Watling, James I., Wells, Konstans, Williams, Christopher D., Willig, Michael R., Woinarski, John C. Z., Wolf, Jan H. D., Woodcock, Ben A., Yu, Douglas W., Zaitsev, Andrey S., Collen, Ben, Ewers, Rob M., Mace, Georgina M., Purves, Drew W., Scharlemann, Joern P. W. and Purvis, Andy (2014) The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution, 4 24: 4701-4735. doi:10.1002/ece3.1303
The germination strategies of widespread annual plants are unrelated to regional climate
Mayfield, Margaret M., Dwyer, John M., Main, Alanna and Levine, Jonathan M. (2014) The germination strategies of widespread annual plants are unrelated to regional climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23 12: 1430-1439. doi:10.1111/geb.12219
Specific leaf area responses to environmental gradients through space and time
Dwyer, John M., Hobbs, Richard J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2014) Specific leaf area responses to environmental gradients through space and time. Ecology, 95 2: 399-410. doi:10.1890/13-0412.1
Garibaldi, L. A., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Winfree, R., Aizen, M. A., Bommarco, R., Cunningham, S. A., Kremen, C., Carvalheiro, L. G., Harder, L. D., Afik, O., Bartomeus, I., Benjamin, F., Boreux, V., Cariveau, D., Chacoff, N. P., Dudenhöffer, J. H., Freitas, B. M., Ghazoul, J., Greenleaf, S., Hipólito, J., Holzschuh, A., Howlett, B., Isaacs, R., Javorek, S. K., Kennedy, C. M., Krewenka, K. M., Krishnan, S., Mandelik, Y., Mayfield, M. M., Motzke, I., Munyuli, T., Nault, B. A., Otieno, M., Petersen, J., Pisanty, G., Potts, S. G., Rader, R., Ricketts, T. H., Rundlöf, M., Seymour, C. L., Schüepp, C., Szentgyörgyi, H., Taki, H., Tscharntke, T., Vergara, C. H., Viana, B. F., Wanger, T. C., Westphal, C., Williams, N. and Klein, A. M. (2014) Erratum for the report: "Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance" (Science (2013) (1608-1611)). Science, 344 6183: . doi:10.1126/science.1255213
Resilience in ecology: Abstraction, distraction, or where the action is?
Standish, Rachel J., Hobbs, Richard, Mayfield, Margaret M., Bestelmeyer, Brandon T., Suding, Katherine N., Battaglia, Loretta L., Eviner, Valerie, Hawkes, Christine V., Temperton, Vicky M., Cramer, Viki A., Harris, James A., Funk, Jennifer L. and Thomas, Peter A. (2014) Resilience in ecology: Abstraction, distraction, or where the action is?. Biological Conservation, 177 43-51. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2014.06.008
Almond orchards with living ground cover host more wild insect pollinators
Saunders, Manu E., Luck, Gary W. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2013) Almond orchards with living ground cover host more wild insect pollinators. Journal of Insect Conservation, 17 5: 1011-1025. doi:10.1007/s10841-013-9584-6
Differences in forest plant functional trait distributions across land-use and productivity gradient
Mayfield, Margaret M., Dwyer, John M., Chalmandrier, Loic, Wells, Jessie A., Bonser, Stephen P., Catterall, Carla P., DeClerck, Fabrice, Ding, Yi, Fraterrigo, Jennifer M., Metcalfe, Daniel J., Queiroz, Cibele, Vesk, Peter A. and Morgan, John W. (2013) Differences in forest plant functional trait distributions across land-use and productivity gradient. American Journal of Botany, 100 7: 1356-1368. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200461
Kennedy, Christina M., Lonsdorf, Eric, Neel, Maile C., Williams, Neal M., Ricketts, Taylor H., Winfree, Rachael, Bommarco, Riccardo, Brittain, Claire, Burley, Alana L., Cariveau, Daniel, Carvalheiro, Luisa G., Chacoff, Natacha P., Cunningham, Saul A., Danforth, Bryan N., Dudenhoeffer, Jan-Hendrik, Elle, Elizabeth, Gaines, Hannah R., Garibaldi, Lucas A., Gratton, Claudio, Holzschuh, Andrea, Isaacs, Rufus, Javorek, Steven K., Jha, Shalene, Klein, Alexandra M., Krewenka, Kristin, Mandelik, Yael, Mayfield, Margaret M., Morandin, Lora, Neame, Lisa A., Otieno, Mark, Park, Mia, Potts, Simon G., Rundlof, Maj, Saez, Agustin, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Taki, Hisatomo, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Westphal, Catrin, Wilson, Julianna K., Greenleaf, Sarah S. and Kremen, Claire (2013) A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems. Ecology Letters, 16 5: 584-599. doi:10.1111/ele.12082
Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance
Garibaldi, Lucas A., Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Winfree, Rachael, Aizen, Marcelo A., Bommarco, Riccardo, Cunningham, Saul A., Kremen, Claire, Carvalheiro, Luisa G., Harder, Lawrence D., Afik, Ohad, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Benjamin, Faye, Boreux, Virginie, Cariveau, Daniel, Chacoff, Natacha P., Dudenhoeffer, Jan H., Freitas, Breno M., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Greenleaf, Sarah, Hipolito, Juliana, Holzschuh, Andrea, Howlett, Brad, Isaacs, Rufus, Javorek, Steven K., Kennedy, Christina M., Krewenka, Kristin M., Krishnan, Smitha, Mandelik, Yael, Mayfield, Margaret M., Motzke, Iris, Munyuli, Theodore, Nault, Brian A., Otieno, Mark, Petersen, Jessica, Pisanty, Gideon, Potts, Simon G., Rader, Romina, Ricketts, Taylor H., Rundlof, Maj, Seymour, Colleen L., Schueepp, Christof, Szentgyoergyi, Hajnalka, Taki, Hisatomo, Tscharntke, Teja, Vergara, Carlos H., Viana, Blandina F., Wanger, Thomas C., Westphal, Catrin, Williams, Neal and Klein, Alexandra M. (2013) Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance. Science, 339 6127: 1608-1611. doi:10.1126/science.1230200
Rethinking community assembly through the lens of coexistence theory
HilleRisLambers, J., Adler, P. B., Harpole, W. S., Levine, J. M. and Mayfield, M. M. (2012) Rethinking community assembly through the lens of coexistence theory. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Vol 43, 43 227-248. doi:10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110411-160411
Invasions: The trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea
Moles, Angela T., Flores-Moreno, Habacuc, Bonser, Stephen P., Warton, David I., Helm, Aveliina, Warman, Laura, Eldridge, David J., Jurado, Enrique, Hemmings, Frank A., Reich, Peter B., Cavender-Bares, Jeannine, Seabloom, Eric W., Mayfield, Margaret M., Sheil, Douglas, Djietror, Jonathan C., Peri, Pablo L., Enrico, Lucas, Cabido, Marcelo R., Setterfield, Samantha A., Lehmann, Caroline E. R. and Thomson, Fiona J. (2012) Invasions: The trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea. Journal of Ecology, 100 1: 116-127. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01915.x
Katovai, Eric, Burley, Alana L. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2012) Understory plant species and functional diversity in the degraded wet tropical forests of Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands. Biological Conservation, 145 1: 214-224. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.11.008
Garibaldi, Lucas A., Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Kremen, Claire, Morales, Juan M., Bommarco, Riccardo, Cunningham, Saul A., Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Chacoff, Natacha P., Dudenhöffer, Jan H., Greenleaf, Sarah S., Holzschuh, Andrea, Isaacs, Rufus, Krewenka, Kristin, Mandelik, Yael, Mayfield, Margaret M., Morandin, Lora A., Potts, Simon G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka, Viana, Blandina F., Westphal, Catrin, Winfree, Rachael and Klein, Alexandra M. (2011) Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits. Ecology Letters, 14 10: 1062-1072. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01669.x
Burley, Alana L., Enright, Neal J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2011) Demographic response and life history of traditional forest resource tree species in a tropical mosaic landscape in Papua New Guinea. Forest Ecology and Management, 262 5: 750-758. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.008
Sonter, Laura J., Metcalfe, Daniel and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2011) Assessing rainforest restoration: the value of buffer strips for the recovery of rainforest remnants in Australia’s wet tropics. Pacific Conservation Biology, 16 4: 274-288.
Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities
Mayfield, Margaret. M and Levine, Jonathan. M (2010) Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities. Ecology Letters, 13 9: 1085-1093. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01509.x
Mayfield, M M, Bonser, SP, Morgan, JW, Aubin, I, McNamara, S and Vesk, PA (2010) What does species richness tell us about functional trait diversity? Predictions and evidence for responses of species and functional trait diversity to land-use change. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 19 4: 423-431. doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00532.x
Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities
Laliberte, E, Wells, JA, DeClerck, F, Metcalfe, DJ, Catterall, CP, Queiroz, C, Aubin, I, Bonser, SP, Ding, Y, Fraterrigo, JM, McNamara, S, Morgan, JW, Merlos, DS, Vesk, PA and Mayfield, MM (2010) Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities. ECOLOGY LETTERS, 13 1: 76-86. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x
Traits, habitats, and clades: Identifying traits of potential importance to environmental filtering
Mayfield, Margaret M., Boni, Maciej F. and Ackerly, David D. (2009) Traits, habitats, and clades: Identifying traits of potential importance to environmental filtering. The American Naturalist, 174 1: E1-E22. doi:10.1086/599293
Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa
Flynn, Dan F. B., Gogol-Prokurat, Melanie, Nogeire, Theresa, Molinari, Nicole, Trautman Richers, Bárbara, Lin, Brenda B., Simpson, Nicholas, Mayfield, Margaret and DeClerck, Fabrice (2009) Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa. Ecology Letters, 12 1: 22-33. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01255.x
Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns? (vol 11, pg 499, 2008)
Ricketts, Taylor H., Regetz, James, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Cunningham, Saul A., Kremen, Claire, Bogdanski, Anne, Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, Greenleaf, Sarah S., Klein, Alexandra M., Mayfield, Margaret M., Morandin, Lora A., Ochieng, Alfred, Potts, Simon G. and Viana, Blande F. (2008) Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns? (vol 11, pg 499, 2008). Ecology Letters, 11 10: 1121-1121. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01241.x
Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns?
Ricketts. T.H., Regetz, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Cunningham, S.A., Kremen, C., Bogdanski, A., Gemmill-Herren, B., Greenleaf, S.S., Klein, A.M., Mayfield, M., Morandin, L.A., Ochieng, A. and Viana, B.F. (2008) Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns?. Ecology Letters, 11 5: 499-515. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01157.x
Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions
Sax, D. F., Stachowicz, J. J., Brown, J. H., Bruno, J. F., Dawson, M. N., Gaines, S. D., Grosberg, R. K., Hastings, A., Holt, R. D., Mayfield, M. M., O'Connor, M. I. and Rice, W. R. (2007) Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions. Trends In Ecology & Evolution, 22 9: 465-471. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.06.009
Effects of exotic species on evolutionary diversification
Vellend, Mark, Harmon, Luke, Lockwood, Julie L., Mayfield, Margaret M., Hughes, A. Randall, Wares, John P. and Sax, Dov F. (2007) Effects of exotic species on evolutionary diversification. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22 9: 481-488. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.02.0171
Moles, Angela T., Ackerly, David D., Tweeddle, John C., Dickie, John B., Smith, Roger, Leishman, Michelle R., Mayfield, Margaret M., Pitman, Andy, Wood, Jeff T. and Westoby, Mark (2007) Global patterns in seed size. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16 1: 109-116. doi:10.1111/j.1466-822x.2006.00259.x
Mayfield, M. M., Ackerly, D. and Daily, G. C. (2006) The diversity and conservation of plant reproductive and dispersal functional traits in human-dominated tropical landscapes. Journal of Ecology, 94 3: 522-536. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01108.x
Mayfield, M. M. (2005) The importance of nearby forest to known and potential pollinators of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.; Areceaceae) in southern Costa Rica.. Economic Botany, 59 2: 190-196. doi:10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0190:TIONFT]2.0.CO;2
Countryside biogeography of neotropical herbaceous and shrubby plants
Mayfield, M. M. and Daily, G. C. (2005) Countryside biogeography of neotropical herbaceous and shrubby plants. Ecological Applications, 15 2: 423-439. doi:10.1890/03-5369
Species and functional diversity of native and human-dominated plant communities
Mayfield, M. M., Boni, M. E., Daily, G. C. and Ackerly, D. (2005) Species and functional diversity of native and human-dominated plant communities. Ecology, 86 9: 2365-2372. doi:10.1890/05-0141
Mayfield, M. M., Waser, N. M. and Price, M. V. (2001) Exploring the 'most effective pollinator principle' with complex flowers: Bumblebees and Ipomopsis aggregata. Annals of Botany, 88 4: 591-596. doi:10.1006/anbo.2001.1500
Pollinators of Chapmannia floridana (Fabaceae) and their foraging preferences
Mayfield, MM (1998) Pollinators of Chapmannia floridana (Fabaceae) and their foraging preferences. Florida Entomologist, 81 4: 489-496. doi:10.2307/3495947
Mayfield, Margaret M., Bradshaw, Corey J. A., Chittleborough, David J., Erskine, Peter D., Gardner, Toby A., Lawes, Michael J., Menendez, Rosa, van Oosterzee, Penny and Preece, Noel D. (2009). Identifying cost-effective reforestation approaches for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration in the Australian tropics. In: The 10th International Congress of Ecology Abstracts. 10th International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL), Brisbane, Australia, (). 16-21 November 2009.
Mayfield, M. M., Boni, M. F. and Ackerly, D. (2007). Traits, habitats and clades: identifying traits involved in the environmental filtering of coexisting plant species.. In: Abstracts for the Ecological Society of Australia: Adapting to Change. Ecological Society of Australia: Adapting to Change, Perth, Australia, (). 2007.
Mayfield, M. M., Boni, M. F. and Ackerly, D. (2007). Traits, habitats, and clades: Identifying traits important for the persistence of species living in agricultural landscapes.. In: Ecosummit: Ecological complexity and sustainability: challenges and opportunities for 21st-century's ecology. Ecosummit: Ecological complexity and sustainability: challenges and opportunities for 21st-century's ecology, Bejiing, China, (). May 22-27, 2007.
Diversity maintenance in patchy environments
(2019–2021) ARC Discovery Projects
How do complex species interactions mediate plant community diversity?
(2017–2019) ARC Discovery Projects
(2017–2018) Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment
(2014–2018) ARC Future Fellowships
Exotic and native plant coexistence in novel communities
(2014–2017) ARC Discovery Projects
(2012–2016) ARC Discovery Projects
(2012–2015) University of Adelaide
Bluegrass community Restoration Project
(2011–2014) Rio Tinto Coal Australia Pty Limited
(2010–2012) University of Western Australia
(2009–2013) ARC Linkage Projects
Trioncinia Retroflexa (Asteraceae) Reintroduction Project
(2009–2013) Rio Tinto Coal Australia Pty Limited
Native plant persistence under climate change: testing the potential of an evolutionary escape.
(2009) UQ Early Career Researcher
Controlled Environment Facilities for the Challenges of the 21st Century
(2008) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2007–2008) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Spatial and temporal changes in pollination dynamics in response to agriculture and climate change
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
How seed predation, pollination, microenvironmental factors and dispersal limitation impact local patterns of diversity in the York Gum Woodlands of Western Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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The effects of climate change on pollination in human modified landscapes
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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The role of complex species interactions in determining restoration success
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Maintaining coexistence: exploring gaps in theoretical ecology
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Understanding the role of direct and indirect interactions in mediating local plant diversity
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Share or spare? A quantitative framework for optimising investment between restoration of human dominated landscapes and pristine ecosystems
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Using ecosystem services for spatial planning in agricultural landscapes
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Understanding the mechanisms that regulate the storage effect in herbaceous plant communities
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Coral reefs as novel ecosystems
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Community ecology of corals and their symbionts
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Designing productive and diverse carbon forests
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2015) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2015) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2014) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2015) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Competition and coexistence in sessile marine invertebrate assemblages
(2012) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Novel Community Assembly in Western Australia's York Gum Woodlands
I am currently accepting students to work on understanding the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms driving the formation of novel communities. Topics vary but the work done in association with this project focuses on Western Australian York Gum woodlands.
Topics include:
The role of facilitation in driving coexistence of native and exotic species
The role of plant-pollination interactions in driving coexistence
Resilience to exotic invasion
Climate change and novel community formation - using ecological theory to predict where and what types of communities will be found across landscapes in the future.