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Honorary Professor at Macquarie University. Plant functional ecologist. Core topics include:
- Understanding plant ecological strategies via functional traits.
- Trait-environment relationships from local to global scales.
- Optimality theory for plant function, for use in vegetation modelling.
- Consequences of trait variation for ecosystem properties.
- Adaptations to heat and water stress in Australian flora, inclouding crop wild relatives
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Previous positions: Postdoc, Macquarie U. / U. Minnesota 2002-4; ARC Research Fellow 2005-8; Deputy-Convenor, ARC Vegetation Function Research Network 2005-9; ARC Future Fellow 2011-15.
Macquarie University: Senior Lecturer (2009), Associate Professor (2015), Professor (2019). Deputy-Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Science & Engineering 2017-19.
I was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2019. I am a Node Leader and member of the Executive for the ARC Centre for Plant Success in Nature & Agriculture (2020-2027). In late 2021 I took up the position of Chief Scientist, and Professor Plant Functional Ecology, at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University.
Education/Academic qualification
Plant ecology, PhD 2002, Macquarie University
Award Date: 1 Feb 2002
Plant ecology & systematics, BSc (Hons) 1995, The University of Melbourne
Award Date: 1 Dec 1995
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
Beveridge, C., Cooper, M., Brodribb, T., Waterhouse, P. M., Wright, I., Bowman, J., Burrage, K., Donovan, D., Foo, E., Jordan, D., Hammer, G., Henry, R., Holland, B., Ortiz-Barrientos, D., Sherman, B., Smith, S., Weller, J., Bett, K., Holbrook, N., Li, J., Lunn, J., Messina, C., Morris, G., Rieseberg, L., Taylor, J. & Trevaskis, B.
4/12/20 → 3/12/27
Project: Research
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Adaptive strategies of the Australian flora: unravelling the interplay between climate and soils
1/07/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Optimal photosynthetic traits on ecological time-scales
Wright, I., Prentice, I. & MQRES (International), M.
1/01/17 → …
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THz radiation - a revolution in measuring plant health
Lee, A., Zeppel, M., Wright, I. & Pask, H.
1/01/16 → …
Project: Research
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Hydraulic drivers of photosynthetic variation in co-occurring plant species in Sydney region: a least-cost theory approach
Chhajed, S. & Wright, I.
4/04/20 → 4/04/21
Project: Research
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Coordination of photosynthetic traits across soil and climate gradients
Westerband, A. C., Wright, I. J., Maire, V., Paillassa, J., Prentice, I. C., Atkin, O. K., Bloomfield, K. J., Cernusak, L. A., Dong, N., Gleason, S. M., Guilherme Pereira, C., Lambers, H., Leishman, M. R., Malhi, Y. & Nolan, R. H., Feb 2023, In: Global Change Biology. 29, 3, p. 856-873 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ecological strategies of (pl)ants: towards a world-wide worker economic spectrum for ants
Gibb, H., Bishop, T. R., Leahy, L., Parr, C. L., Lessard, J. P., Sanders, N. J., Shik, J. Z., Ibarra-Isassi, J., Narendra, A., Dunn, R. R. & Wright, I. J., Jan 2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 1, p. 13-25 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ETIB-T: an Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography for plant traits
Schrader, J., Wright, I. J., Kreft, H., Weigelt, P., Andrew, S. C., Abbott, I. & Westoby, M., Jan 2023, In: Journal of Biogeography. 50, 1, p. 223-234 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Leaf economics fundamentals explained by optimality principles
Wang, H., Prentice, I. C., Wright, I. J., Warton, D. I., Qiao, S., Xu, X., Zhou, J., Kikuzawa, K. & Stenseth, N. C., 20 Jan 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 3, p. 1-10 10 p., eadd5667.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A meta-analysis of responses of C3 plants to atmospheric CO2: dose–response curves for 85 traits ranging from the molecular to the whole-plant level
Poorter, H., Knopf, O., Wright, I. J., Temme, A. A., Hogewoning, S. W., Graf, A., Cernusak, L. A. & Pons, T. L., Feb 2022, In: New Phytologist. 233, 4, p. 1560-1596 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Effects of plant hydraulic traits on the flammability of live fine canopy fuels in 62 Australian plant species
Scarff, F. (Contributor), Lenz, T. (Contributor), Richards, A. (Contributor), Zanne, A. (Contributor), Wright, I. (Contributor) & Westoby, M. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 10 Jun 2022
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