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My current research focuses on understanding the success of invasive plants, plant and vegetation responses to climate change, plant conservation and adaptation under climate change, and urban green space. I also lead the Green Cities Which Plant Where project at Macquarie University in collaboration with Western Sydney University and NSW Office of Environment & Heritage, and am Co-Director of MQ's Centre for Smart Green Cities. In addition I am a Board Member of Bush Heritage, Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, and Council member of the Australian Flora Foundation.
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Projects 2006 2019
Investigating the role of urban yards and trees in mitigating Western Adelaide’s urban heat
Ossola, A., Leishman, M. & Staas, L.
31/12/18 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
The smell of (invasion) success: how do plant chemicals mediate novel plant-herbivore interactions?
30/06/16 → …
Project: Research
Herbivory
Smell
Appointments and Schedules
Biosecurity Futures Research Centre
Taylor, P., Gillings, M., Raftos, D., Leishman, M., Sunna, A., Bishop, M., Barron, A., Beattie, A., Beaumont, L., Connally, R., Grech, A., Griffith, S., Guillemin, G., Hughes, L., Inglis, D., Jamie, I., Jamie, J., Lu, Y., Morelli De andrade, R., Nevalainen, H., Park, S. J., Perez, E., Power, M., Ranjan, R. & Vickery, K.
1/07/15 → …
Project: Research
Ecological impact of myrtle rust (Puccinia psidii) in native and managed ecosystems
Leishman, M. & Fernandez, L.
1/07/14 → …
Project: Research
Research Output 1990 2019
Austropuccinia psidii on the move: survey based insights to its geographical distribution, host species, impacts and management in Australia
Fernandez Winzer, L., Berthon, K. A., Carnegie, A. J., Pegg, G. S. & Leishman, M. R., Apr 2019, In : Biological Invasions. 21, 4, p. 1215–1225 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
geographical distribution
Myrtaceae
New South Wales
Myrtus communis
rust diseases
Endangered species face an extra threat: susceptibility to the invasive pathogen Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) in Australia
Berthon, K. A., Fernandez Winzer, L., Sandhu, K., Cuddy, W., Manea, A., Carnegie, A. J. & Leishman, M. R., 3 May 2019, In : Australasian Plant Pathology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Melaleuca
Myrtus communis
endangered species
provenance
Scoparia
Evidence for a shift in defence driving the invasion success of Acacia longifolia in Australia
Manea, A., Tabassum, S., Carthey, A. J. R., Cameron, D. N. S. & Leishman, M. R., Jun 2019, In : Biological Invasions. 21, 6, p. 2211-2220 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Acacia longifolia
colonizing ability
enemy release hypothesis
Acacia cyclops
terpene
Growth, reproduction and functional trait responses of three freshwater plant species to elevated carbon dioxide
Gufu, G. D., Manea, A. & Leishman, M. R., Mar 2019, In : Aquatic Botany. 154, p. 18-23 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
carbon dioxide
Vallisneria spiralis
Azolla filiculoides
Salviniaceae
Salvinia molesta
It doesn’t take two to tango: increased capacity for self-fertilization towards range edges of two coastal invasive plant species in eastern Australia
Tabassum, S. & Leishman, M. R., 19 Apr 2019, In : Biological Invasions. 21, 7, p. 2489–2501 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
autogamy
selfing
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
range expansion
seeds
Prizes
2017 BHERT Award for Outstanding Collaboration for National (non-economic) Benefit
Lesley Hughes (Recipient), Michelle Leishman (Recipient), Rachael Gallagher (Recipient), Nola Hancock (Recipient), Linda Beaumont (Recipient), Leigh Staas (Recipient), Victoria Graham (Recipient), Timothy Ralph (Recipient), Hsing-Chung Chang (Recipient), Kerrie Tomkins (Recipient), Emilie-Jane Ens (Recipient) & Melanie Bishop (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Honorary award
Faculty of Science and Engineering Award for Excellence in Research
Michelle Leishman (Recipient), Lesley Hughes (Recipient), Victoria Graham (Recipient), Linda Beaumont (Recipient), Melanie Bishop (Recipient), Rachael Gallagher (Recipient), Nola Hancock (Recipient), Kerrie Tomkins (Recipient), Hsing-Chung Chang (Recipient), Emilie-Jane Ens (Recipient), Leigh Staas (Recipient) & Timothy Ralph (Recipient), 24 Nov 2017
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Macquarie University Academic Staff Award for Excellence in Research, Highly Commended
Lesley Hughes (Recipient), Michelle Leishman (Recipient), Linda Beaumont (Recipient), Melanie Bishop (Recipient), Rachael Gallagher (Recipient), Nola Hancock (Recipient), Kerrie Tomkins (Recipient), Hsing-Chung Chang (Recipient), Emilie-Jane Ens (Recipient), Timothy Ralph (Recipient) & Victoria Graham (Recipient), 1 Nov 2017
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