Dr John Dwyer
Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Associate Professor
School of the Environment
+61 7 336 52863
Researcher biography
Australian subtropical rainforests are home to hundreds of tree species from many branches of the tree of life, and my research group studies the ecology that shapes their distributions and life histories. We use functional traits to explain why these species occur where they do, how they grow, survive, and recruit, and how they respond to experimental stress such as drought and shade. We measure these traits from seedlings through to towering mature trees, to understand how species' strategies shift across life stages. Together, this work builds a fundamental understanding of rainforest tree ecology that we apply to develop restoration and urban greening strategies ready to meet the future challenges of climate change.
Journal Articles
Atkinson, Joe, Dwyer, John M., Le Breton, Tom, Thomsen, Alexandria, Wijas, Baptiste J., Hobbs, Richard J., Hulvey, Kristin B., Morald, Tim, Moles, Angela T., Bonser, Stephen P., Perring, Michael P. and Standish, Rachel J. (2026). Drivers of planted seedling survival and growth in a Mediterranean‐climate woodland restoration experiment. Restoration Ecology e70397. doi: 10.1111/rec.70397
Weeren, Ella Cathcart-van, Dwyer, John M., Hawkins, Brian, Holmes, Jennifer, Holmes, Glenn, Leiper, Glenn, McDonald, William, Mo, Matthew, Nicholson, Hugh, Price, Rob, Shaw, Karen, Shaw, Spencer, Waterhouse, David, Weber, Lui and Luskin, Matthew S. (2026). Data integration advances reproductive phenology research across temporal, spatial and taxonomic scales. Ecography, 2026 (4) e08542. doi: 10.1002/ecog.08542
Baudraz, Maude E. A., Childs, Dylan Z., Kelly, Ruth, Smith, Annabel L., Villellas, Jesus, Andrzejak, Martin, Bachelot, Benedicte, Benedek, Lajos K., Blomberg, Simone P., Bodis, Judit, Brearley, Francis Q., Bucharova, Anna, Caruso, Christina M., Catford, Jane A., Coghill, Matthew, Compagnoni, Aldo, Csergő, Anna Mária P., Duncan, Richard P., Dwyer, John, Ehrlén, Johan, Elderd, Bret D., Finn, Alain, Fraser, Lauchlan, García, Maria B., Gremer, Jennifer R., Groenteman, Ronny, Hamre, Liv Norunn, Helm, Aveliina, Höhn, Maria ... Buckley, Yvonne M. (2025). Several candidate size metrics explain vital rates across multiple populations throughout a widespread species' range. Journal of Ecology, 113 (11), 3159-3176. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.70148
Radford‐Smith, Julian and Dwyer, John M. (2025). Drier, more seasonal climates strengthen coordination of hydraulic, leaf economic and reproductive strategies in subtropical forest tree communities. Ecography, 2025 (6) e07620, 1-12. doi: 10.1111/ecog.07620
Hill, Jack W., Bennion, Vicki, Cunningham, Emer T., Dwyer, John M. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2025). Juvenile mangrove growth is restricted by belowground competition with mature tree roots. Bulletin of Marine Science, 101 (3), 1-14. doi: 10.5343/bms.2024.0016
Bennion, Vicki, Dwyer, John M., Twomey, Alice J. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2024). Decadal trends in surface elevation and tree growth in coastal wetlands of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Estuaries and Coasts, 47 (7), 1955-1971. doi: 10.1007/s12237-024-01325-y
Radford-Smith, Julian, Lai, Hao Ran, Cathcart-van Weeren, Ella and John M. Dwyer (2024). A functional basis for the assembly of Australian subtropical tree communities. Ecology Letters, 27 (11) e70014, e70014. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014
Prata, Katharine E., Bongaerts, Pim, Dwyer, John M., Ishida, Hisatake, Howitt, Samantha M., Hereward, James P., Crandall, Eric D. and Riginos, Cynthia (2024). Some reef-building corals only disperse metres per generation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291 (2027) 20231988, 20231988. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1988
Catling, Alexandra A., Mayfield, Margaret M. and Dwyer, John M. (2024). Individual vital rates respond differently to local‐scale environmental variation and neighbour removal. Journal of Ecology, 112 (6), 1369-1382. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.14308
Moscato, Vanessa, McDonald, William J. F., Balle‐Hosking, Birte and Dwyer, John M. (2024). Can faster growth compensate for increased mortality in subtropical dry forest fragments?. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61 (7), 1546-1559. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14688
Ibanez, Thomas, Bauman, David, Aiba, Shin‐ichiro, Arsouze, Thomas, Bellingham, Peter J., Birkinshaw, Chris, Birnbaum, Philippe, Curran, Timothy J., DeWalt, Saara J., Dwyer, John, Fourcaud, Thierry, Franklin, Janet, Kohyama, Takashi S., Menkes, Christophe, Metcalfe, Dan J., Murphy, Helen, Muscarella, Robert, Plunkett, Gregory M., Sam, Chanel, Tanner, Edmund, Taylor, Benton N., Thompson, Jill, Ticktin, Tamara, Tuiwawa, Marika V., Uriarte, Maria, Webb, Edward L., Zimmerman, Jess K. and Keppel, Gunnar (2024). Damage to tropical forests caused by cyclones is driven by wind speed but mediated by topographical exposure and tree characteristics. Global Change Biology, 30 (5) e17317, e17317. doi: 10.1111/gcb.17317
da Silva, Isis A., Merritt, David J., Erickson, Todd E., Mayfield, Margaret M. and Dwyer, John M. (2024). Annual species' experimental germination responses to light and temperature do not correspond with their microhabitat associations in the field. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35 (2) e13252. doi: 10.1111/jvs.13252
Dann, Leah E., Guja, Lydia, Kark, Salit and Dwyer, John (2024). Comparative study reveals management of a dominant invasive plant facilitates subtropical forest regeneration. Biological Invasions, 26 (1), 299-313. doi: 10.1007/s10530-023-03174-5
da Silva, Isis A., Mayfield, Margaret M. and Dwyer, John M. (2023). Weak evidence of trade-offs modulated by seed mass among a guild of closely related winter annuals. Oecologia, 202 (3), 561-575. doi: 10.1007/s00442-023-05416-8
Erickson, Todd E., Dwyer, John M., Dalziell, Emma L., James, Jeremy J., Muñoz-Rojas, Miriam and Merritt, David J. (2023). Unpacking the recruitment potential of seeds in reconstructed soils and varying rainfall patterns. Australian Journal of Botany, 71 (7), 353-370. doi: 10.1071/bt22141
James, Aubrie R. M., Mayfield, Margaret M. and Dwyer, John M. (2023). Patterns of frequency and density dependence are highly variable in diverse annual flowering plant communities. Ecology, 104 (5) e4021, e4021. doi: 10.1002/ecy.4021
Staples, Timothy L., Mayfield, Margaret M., England, Jacqueline R. and Dwyer, John M. (2022). Drivers of Acacia and Eucalyptus growth rate differ in strength and direction in restoration plantings across Australia. Ecological Applications, 32 (6) e2636, 1-17. doi: 10.1002/eap.2636
Brown, Alison, Butler, Donald W., Radford‐Smith, Julian and Dwyer, John M. (2022). Changes in trait covariance along an orographic moisture gradient reveal the relative importance of light‐ and moisture‐driven trade‐offs in subtropical rainforest communities. New Phytologist, 236 (3), 839-851. doi: 10.1111/nph.18418
Osazuwa, Omofomwan Kingsley, Dwyer, John Matthew and Fensham, Roderick John (2022). How important is fire-induced disturbance in the maintenance of a threatened perennial forb, Solanum papaverifolium?. Australian Journal of Botany, 70 (5) BT21146, 335-343. doi: 10.1071/bt21146
Atkinson, Joe, Freudenberger, David, Dwyer, John M., Standish, Rachel J., Moles, Angela T. and Bonser, Stephen P. (2022). Plant size and neighbourhood characteristics influence survival and growth in a restored ex‐agricultural ecosystem. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3 (1) e12131. doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.12131
Lebbink, Gabrielle, Dwyer, John M. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2022). ‘Invasion debt’ after extensive land-use change: an example from eastern Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, 302 (Pt B) 114051, 114051. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114051
Towers, Isaac R., Merritt, David J., Erickson, Todd E., Mayfield, Margaret M. and Dwyer, John M. (2022). Variable seed bed microsite conditions and light influence germination in Australian winter annuals. Oecologia, 198 (4), 865-875. doi: 10.1007/s00442-021-05091-7
Osazuwa, Omofomwan Kingsley, Dwyer, John Matthew and Fensham John, Roderick (2021). Passive regeneration of subtropical grassland vegetation in a chronosequence of ex‐cultivated fields in Australia. Applied Vegetation Science, 24 (4) e12630. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12630
Arnillas, Carlos Alberto, Borer, Elizabeth T., Seabloom, Eric W., Alberti, Juan, Baez, Selene, Bakker, Jonathan D., Boughton, Elizabeth H., Buckley, Yvonne M., Bugalho, Miguel Nuno, Donohue, Ian, Dwyer, John, Eskelinen, Anu, Firn, Jennifer, Gridzak, Riley, Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Helm, Aveliina, Jentsch, Anke, Knops, Johannes M. H., Komatsu, Kimberly J., Laanisto, Lauri, Laungani, Ramesh, McCulley, Rebecca, Moore, Joslin L., Morgan, John W., Peri, Pablo Luis, Power, Sally A., Price, Jodi, Sankaran, Mahesh ... Cadotte, Marc W. (2021). Opposing community assembly patterns for dominant and jonnondominant plant species in herbaceous ecosystems globally. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (24), 17744-17761. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8266
Morales, Melanie, Roach, Deborah A., Quarles, Brandie M., Cotado, Alba, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Dwyer, John and Munné-Bosch, Sergi (2021). Validity of photo-oxidative stress markers and stress-related phytohormones as predictive proxies of mortality risk in the perennial herb Plantago lanceolata. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 191 104598, 104598. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104598
Falster, Daniel, Gallagher, Rachael, Wenk, Elizabeth H., Wright, Ian J., Indiarto, Dony, Andrew, Samuel C., Baxter, Caitlan, Lawson, James, Allen, Stuart, Fuchs, Anne, Monro, Anna, Kar, Fonti, Adams, Mark A., Ahrens, Collin W., Alfonzetti, Matthew, Angevin, Tara, Apgaua, Deborah M. G., Arndt, Stefan, Atkin, Owen K., Atkinson, Joe, Auld, Tony, Baker, Andrew, von Balthazar, Maria, Bean, Anthony, Blackman, Chris J., Bloomfield, Keith, Bowman, David M. J. S., Bragg, Jason, Brodribb, Timothy J. ... Ziemińska, Kasia (2021). AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora. Scientific Data, 8 (1) 254, 254. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-01006-6
Villellas, Jesus, Ehrlén, Johan, Crone, Elizabeth E., Csergő, Anna Mária, Garcia, Maria B., Laine, Anna‐Liisa, Roach, Deborah A., Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto, Wardle, Glenda M., Childs, Dylan Z., Elderd, Bret D., Finn, Alain, Munné‐Bosch, Sergi, Bachelot, Benedicte, Bódis, Judit, Bucharova, Anna, Caruso, Christina M., Catford, Jane A., Coghill, Matthew, Compagnoni, Aldo, Duncan, Richard P., Dwyer, John M., Ferguson, Aryana, Fraser, Lauchlan H., Griffoul, Emily, Groenteman, Ronny, Hamre, Liv Norunn, Helm, Aveliina, Kelly, Ruth ... Buckley, Yvonne M. (2021). Phenotypic plasticity masks range‐wide genetic differentiation for vegetative but not reproductive traits in a short‐lived plant. Ecology Letters, 24 (11) ele.13858, 1-16. doi: 10.1111/ele.13858
Tognetti, Pedro M., Prober, Suzanne M., Báez, Selene, Chaneton, Enrique J., Firn, Jennifer, Risch, Anita C., Schuetz, Martin, Simonsen, Anna K., Yahdjian, Laura, Borer, Elizabeth T., Seabloom, Eric W., Arnillas, Carlos Alberto, Bakker, Jonathan D., Brown, Cynthia S., Cadotte, Marc W., Caldeira, Maria C., Daleo, Pedro, Dwyer, John M., Fay, Philip A., Gherardi, Laureano A., Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Komatsu, Kimberly J., McCulley, Rebecca L., Price, Jodi N., Standish, Rachel J., Stevens, Carly J., Wragg, Peter D. and Sankaran, Mahesh (2021). Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (28) e2023718118, 1-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2023718118
Radford‐Smith, Julian, Shoo, Luke P. and Dwyer, John M. (2021). Better left alone: trying to control pasture grasses in untended rainforest plantings incurs multiple costs and delivers few benefits. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2 (2) e12062. doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.12062
Kelly, Ruth, Healy, Kevin, Anand, Madhur, Baudraz, Maude E. A., Bahn, Michael, Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., Dwyer, John M., Jackson, Andrew L., Kattge, Jens, Niinemets, Ülo, Penuelas, Josep, Pierce, Simon, Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2021). Climatic and evolutionary contexts are required to infer plant life history strategies from functional traits at a global scale. Ecology Letters, 24 (5) ele.13704, 970-983. doi: 10.1111/ele.13704
Lebbink, Gabrielle, Dwyer, John Matthew and Fensham, Rod John (2021). Managed livestock grazing for conservation outcomes in a Queensland fragmented landscape. Ecological Management and Restoration, 22 (1), 5-9. doi: 10.1111/emr.12460
Towers, Isaac R. and Dwyer, John M. (2021). Restoration thinning permits stems to capitalize on high‐rainfall years in a regenerating endangered forest ecosystem. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2 (1) e12043. doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.12043
Lebbink, Gabrielle, Dwyer, John M. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2020). An invasive grass species has both local and broad‐scale impacts on diversity: potential mechanisms and implications. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32 (1) jvs.12972. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12972
Towers, Isaac R., Bowler, Catherine H., Mayfield, Margaret M. and Dwyer, John M. (2020). Requirements for the spatial storage effect are weakly evident for common species in natural annual plant assemblages. Ecology, 101 (12) e03185, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3185
Catford, Jane A., Dwyer, John M., Palma, Estibaliz, Cowles, Jane M. and Tilman, David (2020). Community diversity outweighs effect of warming on plant colonization. Global Change Biology, 26 (5) gcb.15017, 3079-3090. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15017
Puk, Laura D., Marshell, Alyssa, Dwyer, John, Evensen, Nicolas R. and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Refuge-dependent herbivory controls a key macroalga on coral reefs. Coral Reefs, 39 (4), 953-965. doi: 10.1007/s00338-020-01915-9
McCarthy, James K., Dwyer, John M. and Mokany, Karel (2020). Direct climate effects are more influential than functional composition in determining future gross primary productivity. Landscape Ecology, 35 (4), 969-984. doi: 10.1007/s10980-020-00994-x
Puk, Laura D., Cernohorsky, Nicole, Marshell, Alyssa, Dwyer, John, Wolfe, Kennedy and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Species-specific effects of herbivorous fishes on the establishment of the macroalga Lobophora on coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 637, 1-14. doi: 10.3354/meps13262
Smith, Annabel L., Hodkinson, Trevor R., Villellas, Jesus, Catford, Jane A., Csergő, Anna Mária, Blomberg, Simone P., Crone, Elizabeth E., Ehrlén, Johan, Garcia, Maria B., Laine, Anna-Liisa, Roach, Deborah A., Salguero-Gómez, Roberto, Wardle, Glenda M., Childs, Dylan Z., Elderd, Bret D., Finn, Alain, Munné-Bosch, Sergi, Baudraz, Maude E. A., Bódis, Judit, Brearley, Francis Q., Bucharova, Anna, Caruso, Christina M., Duncan, Richard P., Dwyer, John M., Gooden, Ben, Groenteman, Ronny, Hamre, Liv Norunn, Helm, Aveliina, Kelly, Ruth ... Buckley, Yvonne M. (2020). Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (8), 201915848-4227. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915848117
Hagger, Valerie, Wilson, Kerrie, England, Jacqueline R. and Dwyer, John M. (2019). Water availability drives aboveground biomass and bird richness in forest restoration plantings to achieve carbon and biodiversity cobenefits. Ecology and Evolution, 9 (24) ece3.5874, 14379-14393. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5874
McCarthy, James K., Dwyer, John M. and Mokany, Karel (2019). A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286 (1915) 20192221, 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221
Staples, Timothy L., Mayfield, Margaret. M., England, Jacqueline R. and Dwyer, John. M. (2019). Comparing the recovery of richness, structure and biomass in naturally regrowing and planted reforestation. Restoration Ecology, 28 (2) rec.13077, 347-357. doi: 10.1111/rec.13077
Gardiner, Ronald, Shoo, Luke P. and Dwyer, John M. (2019). Look to seedling heights, rather than functional traits, to explain survival during extreme heat stress in the early stages of subtropical rainforest restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56 (12) 1365-2664.13505, 2687-2697. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13505
Staples, Timothy L., Dwyer, John M., England, Jacqueline R. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2019). Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28 (10) geb.12962, 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962
Staples, Timothy L., Dwyer, John M., Wainwright, Claire E. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2019). Applied ecological research is on the rise but connectivity barriers persist between four major subfields. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56 (6), 1492-1498. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13373
Charles, Lachlan S., Dwyer, John M., Chapman, Hazel M., Yadok, Biplang G. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2019). Landscape structure mediates zoochorous-dispersed seed rain under isolated pasture trees across distinct tropical regions. Landscape Ecology, 34 (6), 1347-1362. doi: 10.1007/s10980-019-00846-3
Hagger, Valerie, Dwyer, John, Shoo, Luke and Wilson, Kerrie (2018). Use of seasonal forecasting to manage weather risk in ecological restoration. Ecological Applications, 28 (7), 1797-1807. doi: 10.1002/eap.1769
Towers, Isaac. R. and Dwyer, John. M. (2018). Regional climate and local-scale biotic acceptance explain native–exotic richness relationships in Australian annual plant communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1886) 20181328, 20181328. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1328
Charles, Lachlan S., Dwyer, John M., Smith, Tobias J., Connors, Sophie, Marschner, Petra and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2018). Seedling growth responses to species-, neighborhood-, and landscape-scale effects during tropical forest restoration. Ecosphere, 9 (8) e02386, e02386. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2386
McCarthy, James K., Mokany, Karel, Ferrier, Simon and Dwyer, John M. (2018). Predicting community rank-abundance distributions under current and future climates. Ecography, 40 (9), 1572-1582. doi: 10.1111/ecog.03552
Laughlin, Daniel C., Chalmandrier, Loïc, Joshi, Chaitanya, Renton, Michael, Dwyer, John M. and Funk, Jennifer L. (2018). Generating species assemblages for restoration and experimentation: a new method that can simultaneously converge on average trait values and maximize functional diversity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (7), 1764-1771. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13023
Mortensen, Brent, Danielson, Brent, Harpole, W. Stanley, Alberti, Juan, Arnillas, Carlos Alberto, Biederman, Lori, Borer, Elizabeth T., Cadotte, Marc W., Dwyer, John M., Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Peri, Pablo Luis and Seabloom, Eric W. (2018). Herbivores safeguard plant diversity by reducing variability in dominance. Journal of Ecology, 106 (1), 101-112. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12821
Hautier, Yann, Isbell, Forest, Borer, Elizabeth T., Seabloom, Eric W., Harpole, W. Stanley, Lind, Eric M., MacDougall, Andrew S., Stevens, Carly J., Adler, Peter B., Alberti, Juan, Bakker, Jonathan D., Brudvig, Lars A., Buckley, Yvonne M., Cadotte, Marc, Caldeira, Maria C., Chaneton, Enrique J., Chu, Chengjin, Daleo, Pedro, Dickman, Christopher R., Dwyer, John M., Eskelinen, Anu, Fay, Philip A., Firn, Jennifer, Hagenah, Nicole, Hillebrand, Helmut, Iribarne, Oscar, Kirkman, Kevin P., Knops, Johannes M. H., la Pierre, Kimberly J. ... Hector, Andy (2018). Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (1), 50-56. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0395-0
Dwyer, John M. and Mason, Riah (2018). Plant community responses to thinning in densely regenerating Acacia harpophylla forest. Restoration Ecology, 26 (1), 97-105. doi: 10.1111/rec.12536
Charles, Lachlan S., Dwyer, John M., Smith, Tobias J., Connors, Sophie, Marschner, Petra and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2017). Species wood density and the location of planted seedlings drive early-stage seedling survival during tropical forest restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (2), 1009-1018. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13031
Hagger, Valerie, Dwyer, John and Wilson, Kerrie (2017). What motivates ecological restoration?. Restoration Ecology, 25 (5), 832-843. doi: 10.1111/rec.12503
Dwyer, John M. (2017). Reproductive size thresholds and seedling survival in Acacia harpophylla (Mimosaceae). Australian Journal of Botany, 65 (5), 438-445. doi: 10.1071/BT17051
Dwyer, John M. and Laughlin, Daniel C. (2017). Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: the importance of trait covariance in community assembly. Ecology Letters, 20 (7), 872-882. doi: 10.1111/ele.12781
Dwyer, John M. and Laughlin, Daniel C. (2017). Selection on trait combinations along environmental gradients. Journal of Vegetation Science, 28 (4), 672-673. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12567
Venter, Michelle, Dwyer, John, Dieleman, Wouter, Ramachandra, Anurag, Gillieson, David, Laurance, Susan, Cernusak, Lucas A., Beehler, Bruce, Jensen, Rigel and Bird, Michael I. (2017). Optimal climate for large trees at high elevations drives patterns of biomass in remote forests of Papua New Guinea. Global Change Biology, 23 (11), 4873-4883. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13741
Charles, Lachlan S., Dwyer, John M. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2017). Rainforest seed rain into abandoned tropical Australian pasture is dependent on adjacent rainforest structure and extent. Austral Ecology, 42 (2), 238-249. doi: 10.1111/aec.12426
Wainwright, Claire E., Dwyer, John M. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2017). Effects of exotic annual grass litter and local environmental gradients on annual plant community structure. Biological Invasions, 19 (2), 479-491. doi: 10.1007/s10530-016-1303-2
Shackelford, Nancy, Starzomski, Brian M. , Banning, Natasha C. , Battaglia, Loretta L. , Becker, Alistair, Bellingham, Peter J. , Bestelmeyer, Brandon, Catford, Jane A. , Dwyer, John M. , Dynesius, Mats, Gilmour, James, Hallett, Lauren M. , Hobbs, Richard J. , Price, Jodi, Sasaki, Takehiro, Tanner, Edmund V. J. and Standish, Rachel J. (2017). Isolation predicts compositional change after discrete disturbances in a global meta-study. Ecography, 40 (11), 1256-1266. doi: 10.1111/ecog.02383
Staples, Timothy L., Dwyer, John M., Loy, Xingwen and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2016). Potential mechanisms of coexistence in closely related forbs. Oikos, 125 (12), 1812-1823. doi: 10.1111/oik.03180
Morgan, John W., Dwyer, John M., Price, Jodi N., Prober, Suzanne M., Power, Sally A., Firn, Jennifer, Moore, Joslin L., Wardle, Glenda M., Seabloom, Eric W., Borer, Elizabeth T. and Camac, James S. (2016). Species origin affects the rate of response to inter-annual growing season precipitation and nutrient addition in four Australian native grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science, 27 (6), 1164-1176. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12450
Wainwright, Claire E. , Dwyer, John M., Hobbs, Richard J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2016). Diverse outcomes of species interactions in an invaded annual plant community. Journal of Plant Ecology, 10 (6), 1-9. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw102
Dwyer, John M. and Erickson, Todd E. (2016). Warmer seed environments increase germination fractions in Australian winter annual plant species. Ecosphere, 7 (10) e01497, e01497. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1497
McCarthy, James K., Mokany, Karel and Dwyer, John M. (2016). Estimating plant abundances from crown cover and forest structure data reveals size-dependent patterns of rarity in subtropical Australia. Applied Vegetation Science, 19 (4), 700-710. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12261
Fensham, Rod J., Butler, Don W., Fairfax, Russell J., Quintin, Amy R. and Dwyer, John M. (2016). Passive restoration of subtropical grassland after abandonment of cultivation. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53 (1), 274-283. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12551
Humbert, Jean-Yves, Dwyer, John M., Andrey, Aline and Arlettaz, Raphaël (2016). Impacts of nitrogen addition on plant biodiversity in mountain grasslands depend on dose, application duration and climate: a systematic review. Global Change Biology, 22 (1), 110-120. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12986
Dwyer, John M., Hobbs, Richard J., Wainwright, Claire E. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2015). Climate moderates release from nutrient limitation in natural annual plant communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24 (5), 549-561. doi: 10.1111/geb.12277
Lai, Hao Ran, Mayfield, Margaret M., Gay-des-combes, Justine M., Spiegelberger, Thomas and Dwyer, John M. (2015). Distinct invasion strategies operating within a natural annual plant system. Ecology Letters, 18 (4), 336-346. doi: 10.1111/ele.12414
Mayfield, Margaret M., Dwyer, John M., Main, Alanna and Levine, Jonathan M. (2014). The germination strategies of widespread annual plants are unrelated to regional climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23 (12), 1430-1439. doi: 10.1111/geb.12219
Dwyer, John M., Hobbs, Richard J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2014). Specific leaf area responses to environmental gradients through space and time. Ecology, 95 (2), 399-410. doi: 10.1890/13-0412.1
Fensham, Roderick J., Bouchard, David L., Catterall, Carla P. and Dwyer, John M. (2014). Do local moisture stress responses across tree species reflect dry limits of their geographic ranges?. Austral Ecology, 39 (5), 612-618. doi: 10.1111/aec.12125
Lucas, Richard M., Clewley, Daniel, Accad, Arnon, Butler, Don, Armston, John, Bowen, Michiala, Bunting, Peter, Carreiras, Joao, Dwyer, John, Eyre, Teresa, Kelly, Annie, McAlpine, Clive, Pollock, Sandy and Seabrook, Leonie (2014). Mapping forest growth and degradation stage in the Brigalow Belt Bioregion of Australia through integration of ALOS PALSAR and Landsat-derived foliage projective cover data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 155, 42-57. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.11.025
Mayfield, Margaret M., Dwyer, John M., Chalmandrier, Loic, Wells, Jessie A., Bonser, Stephen P., Catterall, Carla P., DeClerck, Fabrice, Ding, Yi, Fraterrigo, Jennifer M., Metcalfe, Daniel J., Queiroz, Cibele, Vesk, Peter A. and Morgan, John W. (2013). Differences in forest plant functional trait distributions across land-use and productivity gradient. American Journal of Botany, 100 (7), 1356-1368. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1200461
Fensham, Rod J., Donald, Sam and Dwyer, John M. (2013). Propagule pressure, not fire or cattle grazing, promotes invasion of buffel grass Cenchrus ciliaris. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50 (1), 138-146. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12009
Crean, Angela J., Dwyer, John M. and Marshall, Dustin J. (2013). Adaptive paternal effects? Experimental evidence that the paternal environment affects offspring performance. Ecology, 94 (11), 2575-2582. doi: 10.1890/13-0184.1
Crean, Angela J., Dwyer, John M. and Marshall, Dustin J. (2012). Fertilization Is Not a New Beginning: The Relationship between Sperm Longevity and Offspring Performance. Plos One, 7 (11 Article No.e49167) e49167, e49167-1-e49167-5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049167
Clewley, Daniel, Lucas, Richard, Accad, Arnon, Armston, John, Bowen, Michiala, Dwyer, John, Pollock, Sandy, Bunting, Peter, McAlpine, Clive, Eyre, Teresa, Kelly, Annie, Carreiras, Joao and Moghaddam, Mahta (2012). An approach to mapping forest growth stages in Queensland, Australia through integration of ALOS PALSAR and landsat sensor data. Remote Sensing, 4 (8), 2236-2255. doi: 10.3390/rs4082236
Fensham, R. J., Dwyer, J. M., Eyre, T. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Wang, J. (2012). The effect of clearing on plant composition in mulga (Acacia aneura) dry forest, Australia. Austral Ecology, 37 (2), 183-192. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02261.x
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Dwyer, J. M. (2012). Potential aboveground biomass in drought-prone forest used for rangeland pastoralism. Ecological Applications, 22 (3), 894-908. doi: 10.1890/11-1123.1
Fensham, R. J., Silcock, J. L. and Dwyer, J. M. (2011). Plant species richness responses to grazing protection and degradation history in a low productivity landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science, 22 (6), 997-1008. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01305.x
Lucas, R., Armston, J., Fairfax, R., Fensham, R., Accad, A., Carreiras, J., Kelley, J., Bunting, P., Clewley, D., Bray, S., Metcalfe, D., Dwyer, J., Bowen, M., Eyre, T., Laidlaw, M. and Shimada, M. (2010). An evaluation of the ALOS PALSAR L-band backscatter—Above ground biomass relationship Queensland, Australia: Impacts of surface moisture condition and vegetation structure. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 3 (4, Part 2), 576-593. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2086436
Dwyer, John M., Fensham, Rod J. and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2010). Agricultural legacy, climate, and soil influence the restoration and carbon potential of woody regrowth in Australia. Ecological Applications, 20 (7), 1838-1850. doi: 10.1890/09-1690.1
Dwyer, John M., Fensham, Rod and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2010). Restoration thinning accelerates structural development and carbon sequestration in an endangered Australian ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47 (3), 681-691. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01775.x
Dwyer, John M., Fensham, Rod J., Fairfax, Russell J. and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2010). Neighbourhood effects influence drought-induced mortality of savanna trees in Australia. Journal of Vegetation Science, 21 (3), 573-585. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01167.x
Fensham, R. J., Fairfax, R. J. and Dwyer, J. M. (2010). Vegetation responses to the first 20 years of cattle grazing in an Australian desert. Ecology, 91 (3), 681-692. doi: 10.1890/08-2356.1
Dwyer, John M., Fensham, Rod J., Butler, Don W. and Buckley, Yvonne M. (2009). Carbon for conservation: Assessing the potential for win-win investment in an extensive Australian regrowth ecosystem. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 134 (1-2), 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.06.003
Chandler, Timothy S., Buckley, Yvonne M. and Dwyer, John M. (2007). Restoration potential of Brigalow regrowth: Insights from a cross-sectional study in southern Queensland. Ecological Management & Restoration, 8 (3), 218-221. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2007.00370.x
Conference Paper
Clewley, D., Lucas, R. M., Moghaddam, M., Bunting, Pete, Dwyer, J. and Carreiras, J. (2010). Forest parameter retrieval from SAR data using an estimation algorithm applied to regrowing forest stands in Queensland, Australia. IGARSS 2010: 30th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Honolulu, HI, USA, 25-30 July, 2010. Piscataway, NJ, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5652883
Thesis
John Dwyer (2009). Tree growth and mortality and implications for restoration and carbon sequestration in Australian subtropical semi-arid forests and woodlands. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland.