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Dr Peter Vesk

 

Location
Natural Philosophy Rm 5
Phone +61 3 8344 7480
Fax +61 3 9347 5460
Email pvesk@unimelb.edu.au

 

Research Interests

  • Tree–grass dynamics in grassy woodlands.
  • Revegetation and landscape reconstruction.
  • Plant functional traits and types for generalization in ecology

Research Group

  • Ecology & Environmental Sciences

Some Recent Publications

  1. Vesk P.A. & Westoby M. (2004) Sprouting by plants: the effects of modular organization. Functional Ecology 18: 939-945
  2. Vesk, P.A., Leishman, M.R., & Westoby, M. (2004) Simple traits do not predict grazing response in Australian dry shrublands and woodlands. Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 22-31.
  3. Vesk, P.A. & Westoby, M. (2004) Sprouting ability across diverse disturbances and vegetation types worldwide. Journal of Ecology 92: 310-320
  4. Vesk, P.A. & Westoby, M. (2004) Funding the bud bank: a review of the costs of buds. Oikos 106: 200-208.
  5. Vesk, P.A. & Westoby, M. (2004) Sprouting by semi-arid plants: testing a dichotomy and predictive traits. Oikos 107: 72-89
  6. Vesk, P.A. & Westoby, M. (2003) Drought damage and recovery - a conceptual model. New Phytologist 160: 7-14.
  7. Westoby, M., Falster, D., Moles, A.T., Vesk, P.A. & Wright, I.J. (2002) Plant ecological strategies: some leading dimensions of variation between species. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33: 125-159
  8. Vesk, P.A. & Westoby, M. (2001) Predicting plant species’ responses to grazing. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 897-909.
  9. Vesk, P.A. Ashford, A.E., Markovina, A.-L. & Allaway, W.G. (2000) Apoplasmic barriers and their significance in the exodermis and sheath of Eucalyptus pilularis-Pisolithus tinctorius ectomycorrhizas. New Phytologist 145: 333-346.
  10. Byrne, M. & Vesk P.A. (2000) Elemental composition of mantle tissue granules in Hyridella depressa (Unionida) from the Hawkesbury-Nepean River system, Australia: inferences from catchment chemistry. Marine and Freshwater Research 51: 183-192
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