OR

Browse By

Professor Margaret Mayfield

Head of School

School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
m.mayfield@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 51685

Overview

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.

Research Interests

  • Rainforest/woodland reforestation for biodiversity and Carbon sequestration
    An overarching goal of my research is to improve our ability to design forest restoration projects for successful recovery of biodiversity and carbon pools. I aim to do this by improving our understanding of the processes involved in community reassembly following global change and by experimentally testing a range of questions about restoration approaches. I am involved in two large-scale forest restoration experiments aimed at testing the importance of planted tree species diversity and tree spacing to the co-benefits of biodiversity recovery and carbon sequestration in forest restoration plantings. I also work on examining pre-existing forest plantings to try to advance our understanding of which environmental and biotic factors impact the success of forest plantings most from the perspective of carbon and biodiversity benefits of such projects.
  • Novel community assembly
    Much of my current research aims to improve our understanding of the ecological mechanisms driving the assembly of novel communities under drivers of global change. My work in this research area focuses on the annual plant communities of SW Western Australia, where I am using experimental and observational studies to understand how large-scale climate factors interface with local scale land use change to drive diversity patterns, invasions and resilience to invasion in native plant communities.
  • The role of productivity in driving forest recovery following land use change
    One of the big projects on-going in my research group aims to identify generalisable patterns of forest recovery following common land use changes such as logging and conversion of forest to agriculture. We are currently studying Australia's rainforests to determine if regional productivity drives patterns of forest recovery following logging.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Art (Hons), Reed College
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University

Publications

  • 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

  • Journal Article: 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

    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

View all Publications

Grants

View all Grants

Supervision

View all Supervision

Available Projects

  • 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.

View all Available Projects

Publications

Featured Publications

  • 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

  • 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

    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

Book Chapter

  • 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.

Journal Article

  • Cyclic population dynamics and density-dependent intransitivity as pathways to coexistence between co-occurring annual plants

    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

  • Different traits predict competitive effect versus response by Bromus madritensis in its native and invaded ranges

    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, . 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: . doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1936

  • Species wood density and the location of planted seedlings drive early-stage seedling survival during tropical forest restoration

    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

  • Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness

    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, . 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

  • Functional decay in tree community within tropical fragmented landscapes: effects of landscape-scale forest cover

    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: . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0175545

  • Rainforest seed rain into abandoned tropical Australian pasture is dependent on adjacent rainforest structure and extent

    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 0062.1-0062.7. doi:10.1038/s41559-016-0062

  • Effects of exotic annual grass litter and local environmental gradients on annual plant community structure

    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, 1-7. doi:10.1111/rec.12491

  • The database of the PREDICTS (projecting responses of ecological diversity in changing terrestrial systems) project

    Hudson, Lawrence N., Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L. L., Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen R. P., Alhusseini, Tamera I., Bedford, Felicity E., Bennett, Dominic J., Booth, Hollie, Burton, Victoria J., Chng, Charlotte W. T., Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L. P., Day, Julie, Echeverria-Londono, Susy, Emerson, Susan R., Gao, Di, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L. K., Ingram, Daniel J., Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D., Pan, Yuan, Pask-Hale, Gwilym D., Pynegar, Edwin L., Robinson, Alexandra N., Sanchez-Ortiz, Katia, Senior, Rebecca A., Simmons, Benno I., White, Hannah J., Zhang, Hanbin, Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B., Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo A., Albertos, Belen, Alcala, E. L., del Mar Alguacil, Maria, Alignier, Audrey, Ancrenaz, Marc, Andersen, Alan N., Arbelaez-Cortes, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor, Aumann, Tom, Axmacher, Jan C., Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrian B., Baeten, Lander, Bakayoko, Adama, Baldi, Andras, Banks, John E., Baral, Sharad K., Barlow, Jos, Barratt, Barbara I. P., Barrico, Lurdes, Bartolommei, Paola, Barton, Diane M., Basset, Yves, Batary, Peter, Bates, Adam J., Baur, Bruno, Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Benedick, Suzan, Berg, Ake, Bernard, Henry, Berry, Nicholas J., Bhatt, Dinesh, Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Blake, Robin J., Bobo, Kadiri S., Bocon, Roberto, Boekhout, Teun, Bohning-Gaese, Katrin, Bonham, Kevin J., Borges, Paulo A. V., Borges, Sergio H., Boutin, Celine, Bouyer, Jeremy, Bragagnolo, Cibele, Brandt, Jodi S., Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Bros, Vincenc, Brunet, Jorg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buddle, Christopher M., Bugter, Rob, Buscardo, Erika, Buse, Joern, Cabra-Garcia, Jimmy, Caceres, Nilton C., Cagle, Nicolette L., Calvino-Cancela, Maria, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Caparros, Rut, Cardoso, Pedro, Carpenter, Dan, Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena L., Cassano, Camila R., Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A., Cerda, Rolando B., Cerezo, Alexis, Chapman, Kim Alan, Chauvat, Matthieu, Christensen, Morten, Clarke, Francis M., Cleary, Daniel F. R., Colombo, Giorgio, Connop, Stuart P., Craig, Michael D., Cruz-Lopez, Leopoldo, Cunningham, Saul A., D'Aniello, Biagio, D'Cruze, Neil, da Silva, Pedro Giovani, Dallimer, Martin, Danquah, Emmanuel, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Davis, Adrian L. V., Dawson, Jeff, de Sassi, Claudio, de Thoisy, Benoit, Deheuvels, Olivier, Dejean, Alain, Devineau, Jean-Louis, Diekotter, Tim, Dolia, Jignasu V., Dominguez, Erwin, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dorn, Silvia, Draper, Isabel, Dreber, Niels, Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G., Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Eggleton, Paul, Eigenbrod, Felix, Elek, Zoltan, Entling, Martin H., Esler, Karen J., de Lima, Ricardo F., Faruk, Aisyah, Farwig, Nina, Fayle, Tom M., Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M., Fensham, Roderick J., Fernandez, Ignacio C., Ferreira, Catarina C., Ficetola, Gentile F., Fiera, Cristina, Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Firincioglu, Huseyin K., Flaspohler, David, Floren, Andreas, Fonte, Steven J., Fournier, Anne, Fowler, Robert E., Franzen, Markus, Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fredriksson, Gabriella M., Freire, Geraldo B., Frizzo, Tiago L. M., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Gaigher, Rene, Ganzhorn, Joerg U., Garcia, Karla P., Garcia-R, Juan C., Garden, Jenni G., Garilleti, Ricardo, Ge, Bao-Ming, Gendreau-Berthiaume, Benoit, Gerard, Philippa J., Gheler-Costa, Carla, Gilbert, Benjamin, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Golodets, Carly, Gomes, Laurens G. L., Gould, Rachelle K., Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D., Granjon, Laurent, Grass, Ingo, Gray, Claudia L., Grogan, James, Gu, Weibin, Guardiola, Moises, Gunawardene, Nihara R., Gutierrez, Alvaro G., Gutierrez-Lamus, Doris L., Haarmeyer, Daniela H., Hanley, Mick E., Hanson, Thor, Hashim, Nor R., Hassan, Shombe N., Hatfield, Richard G., Hawes, Joseph E., Hayward, Matt W., Hebert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J., Henden, John-Andre, Henschel, Philipp, Hernandez, Lionel, Herrera, James. P., Herrmann, Farina, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Hofer, Hubert, Hoffmann, Anke, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hornung, Elisabeth, Horvath, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishida, Hiroaki, Ishitani, Masahiro, Jacobs, Carmen T., Jaramillo, Victor J., Jauker, Birgit, Hernandez, F. Jimenez, Johnson, McKenzie F., Jolli, Virat, Jonsell, Mats, Juliani, S. Nur, Jung, Thomas S., Kapoor, Vena, Kappes, Heike, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kellner, Klaus, Kessler, Michael, Kirby, Kathryn R., Kittle, Andrew M., Knight, Mairi E., Knop, Eva, Kohler, Florian, Koivula, Matti, Kolb, Annette, Kone, Mouhamadou, Korosi, Adam, Krauss, Jochen, Kumar, Ajith, Kumar, Raman, Kurz, David J., Kutt, Alex S., Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Lara, Francisco, Lasky, Jesse R., Latta, Steven C., Laurance, William F., Lavelle, Patrick, Le Feon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Legare, Jean-Philippe, Lehouck, Valerie, Lencinas, Maria V., Lentini, Pia E., Letcher, Susan G., Li, Qi, Litchwark, Simon A., Littlewood, Nick A., Liu, Yunhui, Lo-Man-Hung, Nancy, Lopez-Quintero, Carlos A., Louhaichi, Mounir, Lovei, Gabor L., Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H., Luskin, Matthew S., MacSwiney, M. Cristina G., Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, Malone, Louise A., Malonza, Patrick K., Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba, Mandujano, Salvador, Maren, Inger E., Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marsh, Charles J., Marshall, E. J. P., Martinez, Eliana, Martinez Pastur, Guillermo, Moreno Mateos, David, Mayfield, Margaret M., Mazimpaka, Vicente, McCarthy, Jennifer L., McCarthy, Kyle P., McFrederick, Quinn S., McNamara, Sean, Medina, Nagore G., Medina, Rafael, Mena, Jose L., Mico, Estefania, Mikusinski, Grzegorz, Milder, Jeffrey C., Miller, James R., Miranda-Esquivel, Daniel R., Moir, Melinda L., Morales, Carolina L., Muchane, Mary N., Muchane, Muchai, Mudri-Stojnic, Sonja, Munira, A. Nur, Muonz-Alonso, Antonio, Munyekenye, B. F., Naidoo, Robin, Naithani, A., Nakagawa, Michiko, Nakamura, Akihiro, Nakashima, Yoshihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Navarrete Gutierrez, Dario A., Navarro-Iriarte, Luis, Ndang'ang'a, Paul K., Neuschulz, Eike L., Ngai, Jacqueline T., Nicolas, Violaine, Nilsson, Sven G., Noreika, Norbertas, Norfolk, Olivia, Noriega, Jorge Ari, Norton, David A., Noske, Nicole M., Nowakowski, A. Justin, Numa, Catherine, O'Dea, Niall, O'Farrell, Patrick J., Oduro, William, Oertli, Sabine, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Cristopher Omamoke, Oostra, Vicencio, Osgathorpe, Lynne M., Otavo, Samuel Eduardo, Page, Navendu V., Paritsis, Juan, Parra-H, Alejandro, Parry, Luke, Pe'er, Guy, Pearman, Peter B., Pelegrin, Nicolas, Pelissier, Raphael, Peres, Carlos A., Peri, Pablo L., Persson, Anna S., Petanidou, Theodora, Peters, Marcell K., Pethiyagoda, Rohan S., Phalan, Ben, Philips, T. Keith, Pillsbury, Finn C., Pincheira-Ulbrich, Jimmy, Pineda, Eduardo, Pino, Joan, Pizarro-Araya, Jaime, Plumptre, A. J., Poggio, Santiago L., Politi, Natalia, Pons, Pere, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F., Presley, Steven J., Proenca, Vania, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Rader, Romina, Ramesh, B. R., Ramirez-Pinilla, Martha P., Ranganathan, Jai, Rasmussen, Claus, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A., Reid, J. Leighton, Reis, Yana T., Rey Benayas, Jose M., Rey-Velasco, Juan Carlos, Reynolds, Chevonne, Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini, Richards, Miriam H., Richardson, Barbara A., Richardson, Michael J., Rios, Rodrigo Macip, Robinson, Richard, Robles, Carolina A., Rombke, Joerg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Ros, Matthias, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J., Roth, Dana S., Roulston, T'ai H., Rousseau, Laurent, Rubio, Andre V., Ruel, Jean-Claude, Sadler, Jonathan P., Safian, Szabolcs, Saldana-Vazquez, Romeo A., Sam, Katerina, Samnegard, Ulrika, Santana, Joana, Santos, Xavier, Savage, Jade, Schellhorn, Nancy A., Schilthuizen, Menno, Schmiedel, Ute, Schmitt, Christine B., Schon, Nicole L., Schuepp, Christof, Schumann, Katharina, Schweiger, Oliver, Scott, Dawn M., Scott, Kenneth A., Sedlock, Jodi L., Seefeldt, Steven S., Shahabuddin, Ghazala, Shannon, Graeme, Sheil, Douglas, Sheldon, Frederick H., Shochat, Eyal, Siebert, Stefan J., Silva, Fernanado A. B., Simonetti, Javier A., Slade, Eleanor M., Smith, Jo, Smith-Pardo, Allan H., Sodhi, Navjot S., Somarriba, Eduardo J., Sosa, Ramon A., Soto Quiroga, Grimaldo, St-Laurent, Martin-Hugues, Starzomski, Brian M., Stefanescu, Constanti, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Stouffer, Philip C., Stout, Jane C., Strauch, Ayron M., Struebig, Matthew J., Su, Zhimin, Suarez-Rubio, Marcela, Sugiura, Shinji, Summerville, Keith S., Sung, Yik-Hei, Sutrisno, Hari, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Teder, Tiit, Threlfall, Caragh G., Tiitsaar, Anu, Todd, Jacqui H., Tonietto, Rebecca K., Torre, Ignasi, Tothmeresz, Bela, Tscharntke, Teja, Turner, Edgar C., Tylianakis, Jason M., Uehara-Prado, Marcio, Urbina-Cardona, Nicolas, Vallan, Denis, Vanbergen, Adam J., Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., Vassilev, Kiril, Verboven, Hans A. F., Verdasca, Maria Joao, Verdu, Jose R., Vergara, Carlos H., Vergara, Pablo M., Verhulst, Jort, Virgilio, Massimiliano, Vu, Lien Van, Waite, Edward M., Walker, Tony R., Wang, Hua-Feng, Wang, Yanping, Watling, James I., Weller, Britta, Wells, Konstans, Westphal, Catrin, Wiafe, Edward D., Williams, Christopher D., Willig, Michael R., Woinarski, John C. Z., Wolf, Jan H. D., Wolters, Volkmar, Woodcock, Ben A., Wu, Jihua, Wunderle, Joseph M., Yamaura, Yuichi, Yoshikura, Satoko, Yu, Douglas W., Zaitsev, Andrey S., Zeidler, Juliane, Zou, Fasheng, Collen, Ben, Ewers, Rob M., Mace, Georgina M., Purves, Drew W., Scharlemann, Joern P. W. and Purvis, Andy (2017) The database of the PREDICTS (projecting responses of ecological diversity in changing terrestrial systems) project. Ecology and Evolution, 7 1: 145-188. doi:10.1002/ece3.2579

  • 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

  • The effects of land use change on native dung beetle diversity and function in Australia's Wet Tropics

    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

  • Asteraceae invaders have limited impacts on the pollination of common native annual species in SW Western Australia’s open woodland wildflower communities

    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

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    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 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

  • 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

  • A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems

    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

  • Understory plant species and functional diversity in the degraded wet tropical forests of Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands

    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

  • Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits

    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

  • Demographic response and life history of traditional forest resource tree species in a tropical mosaic landscape in Papua New Guinea

    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

  • Assessing rainforest restoration: the value of buffer strips for the recovery of rainforest remnants in Australia’s wet tropics

    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

  • 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

    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

  • Global patterns in seed size

    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

  • The diversity and conservation of plant reproductive and dispersal functional traits in human-dominated tropical landscapes

    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

  • The importance of nearby forest to known and potential pollinators of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.; Areceaceae) in southern Costa Rica.

    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

  • Exploring the 'most effective pollinator principle' with complex flowers: Bumblebees and Ipomopsis aggregata

    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

Conference Publication

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Designing productive and diverse carbon forests

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Spatial and temporal changes in pollination dynamics in response to agriculture and climate change

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Maintaining coexistence: exploring gaps in theoretical ecology

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Understanding the role of direct and indirect interactions in mediating local plant diversity

    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

    Other advisors:

  • Using ecosystem services for spatial planning in agricultural landscapes

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Understanding the mechanisms that regulate the storage effect in herbaceous plant communities

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Coral reefs as novel ecosystems

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Community ecology of corals and their symbionts

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Share or spare? A quantitative framework for optimising investment between restoration of human dominated landscapes and pristine ecosystems

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

Completed Supervision

Possible Research Projects

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.

This staff member is a UQ Expert for media in the following fields:

Biodiversity, Conservation, Rainforests, Ecology, Ecology - Rainforests, Plants, Ecology - plants, Plants - ecology, Pollination - biology, Biology - pollination, Crop pollination, Ecosystems

They are happy to lend their expertise to your articles or broadcasts and share their research discoveries and insights with the community via media channels.

For additional assistance with story ideas, general advice and information or help with seeking further experts, please email the UQ Media Team or telephone (07) 3365 1120.

Links

ResearcherID: B-7386-2012

Personal Profile: Link

Unit Links
Other Media
Social Media

Related Resources

Similar Staff
Researchers in Associated Units
Fields of Research