Research outputs per year
Research outputs per year
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Biography
I’m a plant ecologist within the CoE for Plant Success based at HIE. My research focuses on heat and drought adaptations among Australian native grasses in the Andopogoneae tribe including wild sorghum and Kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra).
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Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University
Bachelor of Science, La Trobe University
Research keywords
- drought tolerance
- thermal tolerance
- ecology
- ecophysiology
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Research outputs
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Handling the heat: warming does not reduce alpine plant survival or reproduction under high precipitation conditions
Xirocostas, Z. A., Moles, A. T., Brown, F. M., Brown, Z. A., Chiarenza, G. M., Earle, R., Leigh, A., Mu, X., Sumner, E. E., Venn, S. E., Williamson, V. G., Zeng, K. & Osmolovsky, I., Jul 2026, In: Climate Change Ecology. 11, 11 p., 100111.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Risk status of Australia's alpine and subalpine ecosystems
Rowland, J. A., Sato, C., Regan, T., Keith, D. A., Ferrer-Paris, J. R., Balmer, J., Camac, J., Green, K., Kirkpatrick, J., Lee, C. K. F., Lester, R., Morgan, J. W., McDougall, K., Muir, A., Murray, N., Plumanns-Pouton, E., Sumner, E., Taylor, C., Tolsma, A. & Toth, A. & 10 others, , May 2026, In: Austral Ecology. 51, 5, 16 p., e70214.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trait–climate relationships in 454 eucalypt taxa: common garden vs field-derived trends
Britton, T. G., Halliwell, B., Blackman, C. J., Hartill, G. E., Sumner, E. E., Jacob, V. K., Nicolle, D., Gallagher, R. V., Perez-Martinez, L. V., Rymer, P. D., Brodribb, T. J. & Wright, I. J., Apr 2026, In: New Phytologist. 250, 1, p. 138-153 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adaptation in wood anatomical traits to temperature and precipitation—a common garden study
Pan, T., Britton, T. G., Schrader, J., Sumner, E., Nicolle, D., Choat, B. & Wright, I. J., Aug 2025, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 48, 8, p. 6016-6031 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effective heating chamber design to simulate acute heatwaves and night-time warming for ecological communities under natural field conditions
Arnold, P. A., Brown, F. M., Brown, Z. A., Aitken, S. M., Danzey, L. M., Hanley, T. C., King, J. L., Mu, X., Osmolovsky, I., Sumner, E. E., Williamson, V. G., Xirocostas, Z. A., Leigh, A., Moles, A. T., Venn, S. E. & Nicotra, A. B., Sept 2025, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16, 9, p. 1935–1947 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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