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UNSW Evolution and Ecology Research Centre: Sydney, NSW, AU

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Will Cornwell

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Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

2001-09-15 to 2006-12-31 | PhD (Biological Sciences)
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Will Cornwell

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2000-09-15 to 2001-09-01 | M Phil (Plant Sciences)
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Will Cornwell

Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, US

1996-09-15 to 2000-05-15 | B.S. (Natural Resources)
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Will Cornwell

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Continental‐scale empirical evidence for relationships between fire response strategies and fire frequency

New Phytologist
2025-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.20464
Contributors: Sophie Yang; Mark K. J. Ooi; Daniel S. Falster; William K. Cornwell
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Faster than expected: release of nitrogen and phosphorus from decomposing woody litter

New Phytologist
2025-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.20362
Contributors: Baptiste J. Wijas; William K. Cornwell; Brad Oberle; Jeff R. Powell; Amy E. Zanne
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Expert identification blitz: A rapid high value approach for assessing and improving iNaturalist identification accuracy and data precision and confidence

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
2025-03-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.70005
Contributors: Thomas Mesaglio; Kelly A. Shepherd; Juliet A. Wege; Russell L. Barrett; Hervé Sauquet; Will K. Cornwell
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Defining the pyro‐thermal niche: do seed traits, ecosystem type and phylogeny influence thermal thresholds in seeds with physical dormancy?

New Phytologist
2025-03-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.70061
Contributors: Ryan Tangney; Sarah J. McInnes; Emma L. Dalziell; William K. Cornwell; Ben P. Miller; Tony D. Auld; Mark K. J. Ooi
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Fire ecology database for documenting plant responses to fire events in Australia

Scientific Data
2025-03-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-04705-6
Contributors: José Rafael Ferrer-Paris; Ada Sánchez-Mercado; William K. Cornwell; Mark Ooi; Mark Tozer; Berin D. E. Mackenzie; Renee Woodward; Andrew J. Denham; Tony D. Auld; David A. Keith
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Biogeographical Variation in Termite Distributions Alters Global Deadwood Decay

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13915
Contributors: Stephanie J. Law; Habacuc Flores‐Moreno; Catherine L. Parr; Stephen Adu‐Bredu; Katherine Bunney; William K. Cornwell; Fidèle Evouna Ondo; Jeff R. Powell; Gabriel W. Quansah; Mark P. Robertson et al.
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Progressing beyond colonization strategies to understand arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal life history

New Phytologist
2024-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.20090
Contributors: Tessa Camenzind; Carlos A. Aguilar‐Trigueros; Meike K. Heuck; Solomon Maerowitz‐McMahan; Matthias C. Rillig; Will K. Cornwell; Jeff R. Powell
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The landscape genetics of a mass‐flowering fire‐ephemeral plant

American Journal of Botany
2024-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16432
Contributors: Mira Jordan; Jason Bragg; Mark Ooi; Marlien van der Merwe; Maurizio Rossetto; Will Cornwell
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Using machine learning to link climate, phylogeny and leaf area in eucalypts through a 50‐fold expansion of leaf trait datasets

Journal of Ecology
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14354
Contributors: Karina Guo; William K. Cornwell; Jason G. Bragg
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Spatial variability in the contribution of termites to the decay of plant detritus

Austral Ecology
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/aec.13555
Contributors: Baptiste J. Wijas; Mike Letnic; William K. Cornwell
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APCalign: an R package workflow and app for aligning and updating flora names to the Australian Plant Census

Australian Journal of Botany
2024-06-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1071/BT24014
Contributors: Elizabeth H. Wenk; William K. Cornwell; Anne Fuchs; Fonti Kar; Anna M. Monro; Hervé Sauquet; Ruby E. Stephens; Daniel S. Falster; James Camac
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Drivers of wood decay in tropical ecosystems: Termites versus microbes along spatial, temporal and experimental precipitation gradients

Functional Ecology
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14494
Contributors: Baptiste J. Wijas; Habacuc Flores‐Moreno; Steven D. Allison; Luciana Chavez Rodriguez; Alexander W. Cheesman; Lucas A. Cernusak; Rebecca Clement; Will K. Cornwell; Elizabeth S. Duan; Paul Eggleton et al.
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APCalign: an R package workflow and app for aligning and updating flora names to the Australian Plant Census

2024-02-05 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.02.578715
Contributors: Elizabeth Wenk; William Cornwell; Anne Fuchs; Fonti Kar; Anna Monro; Hervé Sauquet; Ruby Stephens; Daniel S Falster
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Multi‐taxon biodiversity responses to the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

Global Change Biology
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16955
Contributors: Simon B. Z. Gorta; Corey T. Callaghan; Fabrice Samonte; Mark K. J. Ooi; Thomas Mesaglio; Shawn W. Laffan; Will K. Cornwell
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Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history

New Phytologist
2023-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18993
Contributors: Ruby E. Stephens; Rachael V. Gallagher; Lily Dun; Will Cornwell; Hervé Sauquet
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Limited range shifting in biocrusts despite climate warming: A 25‐year resurvey

Journal of Ecology
2023-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14169
Contributors: Max Mallen‐Cooper; William K. Cornwell; Eve Slavich; Manon E. B. Sabot; Zoe A. Xirocostas; David J. Eldridge
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Photographs as an essential biodiversity resource: drivers of gaps in the vascular plant photographic record

New Phytologist
2023-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18813
Contributors: Thomas Mesaglio; Hervé Sauquet; David Coleman; Elizabeth Wenk; William K. Cornwell
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Experimental evidence that leaf litter decomposability and flammability are decoupled across gymnosperm species

Journal of Ecology
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14033
Contributors: Shudong Zhang; William K. Cornwell; Weiwei Zhao; Richard S. P. van Logtestijn; Eveline J. Krab; Rien Aerts; Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
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Trait‐climate relationships within and among taxa using machine learning and herbarium specimens

American Journal of Botany
2023-04-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16167
Contributors: Brendan C. Wilde; Jason G. Bragg; William Cornwell
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Towards an understanding of future range shifts in lichens and mosses under climate change

Journal of Biogeography
2023-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14542
Contributors: Max Mallen‐Cooper; Emilio Rodríguez‐Caballero; David J. Eldridge; Bettina Weber; Burkhard Büdel; Hermann Höhne; Will K. Cornwell
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Using citizen science to measure recolonisation of birds after the Australian 2019–2020 mega‐fires

Austral Ecology
2023-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/aec.13105
Contributors: Joshua S. Lee; Corey T. Callaghan; William K. Cornwell
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Insects pollinated flowering plants for most of angiosperm evolutionary history

2023-02-01 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.31.526530
Contributors: Ruby E. Stephens; Rachael V. Gallagher; Lily Dun; Will Cornwell; Hervé Sauquet
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Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

Science
2022-09-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abo3856
Contributors: Amy E. Zanne; Habacuc Flores-Moreno; Jeff R. Powell; William K. Cornwell; James W. Dalling; Amy T. Austin; Aimée T. Classen; Paul Eggleton; Kei-ichi Okada; Catherine L. Parr et al.
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Quantifying research interests in 7,521 mammalian species with h-index: a case study

GigaScience
2022-08-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giac074
Contributors: Jessica Tam; Malgorzata Lagisz; Will Cornwell; Shinichi Nakagawa
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Initial wood trait variation overwhelms endophyte community effects for explaining decay trajectories

Functional Ecology
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14025
Contributors: Marissa Lee; Jeff R. Powell; Brad Oberle; Faride Unda; Shawn D. Mansfield; Rhiannon Dalrymple; Jessica Rigg; William K. Cornwell; Amy E. Zanne
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Reply to Robinson et al.: Data integration will form the basis of future abundance estimates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2022-03-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2117920119
Contributors: Corey T. Callaghan; Shinichi Nakagawa; William K. Cornwell
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Temperature sensitivity of termites determines global wood decay rates

2022-01-11 | Preprint
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1242094/v1
Contributors: Amy Zanne; Habacuc Flores-Moreno; Jeff Powell; William Cornwell; James Dalling; Amy Austin; Aimee Classen; Paul Eggleton; Kei-ichi Okada; Catherine Parr et al.
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Rapidly mapping fire effects on biodiversity at a large-scale using citizen science

Science of the Total Environment
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142348
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2-s2.0-85092250833

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18791026 00489697
Contributors: Kirchhoff, C.; Callaghan, C.T.; Keith, D.A.; Indiarto, D.; Taseski, G.; Ooi, M.K.J.; Le Breton, T.D.; Mesaglio, T.; Kingsford, R.T.; Cornwell, W.K.
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Measuring reflectance of tiny organisms: The promise of species level biocrust remote sensing

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2021-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13690
Contributors: Caitlan Baxter; Max Mallen‐Cooper; Mitchell B. Lyons; William K. Cornwell
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Tissue chemistry of biocrust species along an aridity gradient and comparison to vascular plant leaves

Functional Ecology
2021-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13903
Contributors: Max Mallen‐Cooper; William K. Cornwell
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Is color data from citizen science photographs reliable for biodiversity research?

Ecology and Evolution
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7307
Contributors: Alexandra Laitly; Corey T. Callaghan; Kaspar Delhey; William K. Cornwell
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Global abundance estimates for 9,700 bird species

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-05-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2023170118
Contributors: Corey T. Callaghan; Shinichi Nakagawa; William K. Cornwell
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A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space

Scientific Data
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0344-7
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2-s2.0-85077695167

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20524463
Contributors: Jeliazkov, A.; Mijatovic, D.; Chantepie, S.; Andrew, N.; Arlettaz, R.; Barbaro, L.; Barsoum, N.; Bartonova, A.; Belskaya, E.; Bonada, N. et al.
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A systematic review of transplant experiments in lichens and bryophytes

Bryologist
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85095722902

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00072745
Contributors: Mallen-Cooper, M.; Cornwell, W.K.
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Author Correction: A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space (Scientific Data, (2020), 7, 1, (6), 10.1038/s41597-019-0344-7)

Scientific Data
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0420-z
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2-s2.0-85080879108

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20524463
Contributors: Jeliazkov, A.; Mijatovic, D.; Chantepie, S.; Andrew, N.; Arlettaz, R.; Barbaro, L.; Barsoum, N.; Bartonova, A.; Belskaya, E.; Bonada, N. et al.
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Will Cornwell via Scopus - Elsevier

Environmental cues for dispersal in a filamentous fungus in simulated islands

Oikos
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/oik.07000
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2-s2.0-85083049708

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16000706 00301299
Contributors: Chan, J.Y.; Bonser, S.P.; Powell, J.R.; Cornwell, W.K.
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Finding fungal ecological strategies: Is recycling an option?

Fungal Ecology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2019.100902
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2-s2.0-85077161491

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17545048
Contributors: Zanne, A.E.; Powell, J.R.; Flores-Moreno, H.; Kiers, E.T.; van 't Padje, A.; Cornwell, W.K.
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Will Cornwell via Scopus - Elsevier

Fungal functional ecology: bringing a trait-based approach to plant-associated fungi

Biological Reviews
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12570
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2-s2.0-85075435168

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1469185X 14647931
Contributors: Zanne, A.E.; Abarenkov, K.; Afkhami, M.E.; Aguilar-Trigueros, C.A.; Bates, S.; Bhatnagar, J.M.; Busby, P.E.; Christian, N.; Cornwell, W.K.; Crowther, T.W. et al.
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Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome

Nature Communications
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15014-4
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2-s2.0-85081615059

Part of ISBN:

20411723
Contributors: Thomas, H.J.D.; Bjorkman, A.D.; Myers-Smith, I.H.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Kattge, J.; Diaz, S.; Vellend, M.; Blok, D.; Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Forbes, B.C. et al.
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The role of climate niche, geofloristic history, habitat preference, and allometry on wood density within a california plant community

Forests
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/f11010105
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2-s2.0-85078547180

Part of ISBN:

19994907
Contributors: Nelson, R.A.; Francis, E.J.; Berry, J.A.; Cornwell, W.K.; Anderegg, L.D.L.
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TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

Global Change Biology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14904
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2-s2.0-85075196338

Part of ISBN:

13652486 13541013
Contributors: Kattge, J.; Bönisch, G.; Díaz, S.; Lavorel, S.; Prentice, I.C.; Leadley, P.; Tautenhahn, S.; Werner, G.D.A.; Aakala, T.; Abedi, M. et al.
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Will Cornwell via Scopus - Elsevier

When and where soil is important to modify the carbon and water economy of leaves

New Phytologist
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16702
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2-s2.0-85087682234

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14698137 0028646X
Contributors: Paillassa, J.; Wright, I.J.; Prentice, I.C.; Pepin, S.; Smith, N.G.; Ethier, G.; Westerband, A.C.; Lamarque, L.J.; Wang, H.; Cornwell, W.K. et al.
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Widespread short‐term persistence of frog species after the 2019–2020 bushfires in eastern Australia revealed by citizen science

Conservation Science and Practice
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/csp2.287
Contributors: Jodi J. L. Rowley; Corey T. Callaghan; William K. Cornwell
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Sexual dimorphism in trait variability and its eco-evolutionary and statistical implications

eLife
2020-11-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.63170
Contributors: Susanne RK Zajitschek; Felix Zajitschek; Russell Bonduriansky; Robert C Brooks; Will Cornwell; Daniel S Falster; Malgorzata Lagisz; Jeremy Mason; Alistair M Senior; Daniel WA Noble et al.
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Sex and Power: sexual dimorphism in trait variability and its eco-evolutionary and statistical implications

2020-05-26 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.23.106146
Contributors: S.R.K. Zajitschek; F. Zajitschek; R. Bonduriansky; R.C. Brooks; W. Cornwell; D.S. Falster; M. Lagisz; J. Mason; A. M. Senior; D. A. W. Noble et al.
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A continental measure of urbanness predicts avian response to local urbanization

Ecography
2020-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04863
Contributors: Corey T. Callaghan; Richard E. Major; William K. Cornwell; Alistair G. B. Poore; John H. Wilshire; Mitchell B. Lyons
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A global growth-form database for 143,616 vascular plant species

Ecology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2614
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2-s2.0-85062265136

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00129658
Contributors: Taseski, G.M.; Beloe, C.J.; Gallagher, R.V.; Chan, J.Y.; Dalrymple, R.L.; Cornwell, W.K.
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Bridging reproductive and microbial ecology: a case study in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

ISME Journal
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0314-7
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2-s2.0-85057620947

Part of ISBN:

17517370 17517362
Contributors: Aguilar-Trigueros, C.A.; Hempel, S.; Powell, J.R.; Cornwell, W.K.; Rillig, M.C.
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Dam Effect on Soil Nutrients and Potentially Toxic Metals in a Reservoir Riparian Zone

Clean - Soil, Air, Water
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201700497
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2-s2.0-85055515502

Part of ISBN:

18630669 18630650
Contributors: Zhang, A.; Cornwell, W.; Li, Z.; Xiong, G.; Yang, D.; Xie, Z.
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From dangerous branches to urban banyan: Facilitating aerial root growth of Ficus rubiginosa

PLoS ONE
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226845
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2-s2.0-85077311127

Part of ISBN:

19326203
Contributors: Moles, A.T.; Jagdish, A.; Wu, Y.; Gooley, S.; Dalrymple, R.L.; Feng, P.; Auld, J.; Badgery, G.; Balding, M.; Bell, A. et al.
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Will Cornwell via Scopus - Elsevier
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