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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.
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Previous positions: Postdoc, MQ / U. Minn. 2002-4; ARC Research Fellow 2005-8; Deputy-Convenor, ARC Vegetation Function Research Network 2005-9; ARC Future Fellow 2011-15; Deputy-Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Science & Engineering 2017-18.
Teaching. I convene BIOL347 Plant Biology, and serve as Director of the B. Advanced Sci (Biology) degree.
I lead the Macquarie University Plant Growth Facility committee. I was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2019.
Education/Academic qualification
Plant ecology, PhD 2002, Macquarie University
Plant ecology & systematics, BSc (Hons) 1995, The University of Melbourne
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Projects 2006 2017
Optimal photosynthetic traits on ecological time-scales
Wright, I., Prentice, I. & MQRES (International), M. (.
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
THz radiation - a revolution in measuring plant health
Lee, A., Zeppel, M., Wright, I. & Pask, H.
1/01/16 → …
Project: Research
THz radiation- a revolution in measuring plant health
Lee, A., Zeppel, M., Pask, H. & Wright, I.
4/01/16 → 8/08/17
Project: Research
BioMolecular Frontiers Research Centre (BMFRC) Mature Centre 2015
Packer, N., Paulsen, I., Nevalainen, H., Haynes, P., Molloy, M., Atwell, B., Barron, A., Beggs, P., Bergquist, P. L., Brown, L., Cornish, J., Chung, R., De Deene, Y., Gillings, M., Goodchild, A., Guillemin, G., Hallinan, J., Hose, G., Jaschke, P., Lanfear, R., Mabbutt, B., Raftos, D., Ranganathan, S., Sofronov, G., Stoodley, M., Sunna, A., Tetu, S., Willows, R. & Wright, I.
1/01/16 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
Microbolometer detector array for Terahertz radiation
Pask, H., Lee, A., Spence, D., Gallagher, R. & Wright, I.
1/01/14 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
Research Outputs 1997 2019
Climate warming and plant biomechanical defences: silicon addition contributes to herbivore suppression in a pasture grass
Johnson, S. N., Ryalls, J. M. W., Barton, C. V. M., Tjoelker, M. G., Wright, I. J. & Moore, B. D., Apr 2019, In : Functional Ecology. 33, 4, p. 587-596 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
plant defense
silicon
global warming
herbivore
pasture
Convergence in maximum stomatal conductance of C3 woody angiosperms in natural ecosystems across bioclimatic zones
Murray, M., Soh, W. K., Yiotis, C., Batke, S., Parnell, A. C., Spicer, R. A., Lawson, T., Caballero, R., Wright, I. J., Purcell, C. & McElwain, J. C., 7 May 2019, In : Frontiers in Plant Science. 10, p. 1-20 20 p., 558.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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stomatal conductance
Angiospermae
ecosystems
habitats
understory
Developing a spectral disease index for myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii)
Heim, R. H. J., Wright, I. J., Allen, A. P., Geedicke, I. & Oldeland, J., May 2019, In : Plant Pathology. 68, 4, p. 738-745 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Backhousia citriodora
Myrtus
Myrtus communis
Disease Outbreaks
New South Wales
Evidence from the proteome for local adaptation to extreme heat in a widespread tree species
Maher, T., Mirzaei, M., Pascovici, D., Wright, I. J., Haynes, P. A. & Gallagher, R. V., Mar 2019, In : Functional Ecology. 33, 3, p. 436-446 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
local adaptation
proteome
heat
protein
Eucalyptus grandis
Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment
Smith, N. G., Keenan, T. F., Prentice, I. C., Wang, H., Wright, I. J., Niinemets, Ü., Crous, K. Y., Domingues, T. F., Guerrieri, R., Yoko Ishida, F., Kattge, J., Kruger, E. L., Maire, V., Rogers, A., Serbin, S. P., Tarvainen, L., Togashi, H. F., Townsend, P. A., Wang, M., Weerasinghe, L. K. & 1 others, Mar 2019, In : Ecology Letters. 22, 3, p. 506-517 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
soil fertility
carboxylation
C3 plant
plant adaptation
C3 plants