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List of works by Byron Lamont

A 350-million-year legacy of fire adaptation among conifers

scientific article published in 2015

A Cretaceous origin for fire adaptations in the Cape flora

scientific article

A Stochastic Model for the Viability of Banksia cuneata Populations: Environmental, Demographic and Genetic Effects

scientific article published in 1992

A Trade-off between Fecundity and Drought Susceptibility in Adults and Seedlings of Hakea Species as Influenced by Leaf Morphology

scientific article published in 1997

A numeric, geographic and structural analysis of the Hakea falcata group (Proteaceae)

scientific article published in June 1987

A spatial model of coexistence among threeBanksiaspecies along a topographic gradient in fire-prone shrublands

article

A test for lottery recruitment among four Banksia species based on their demography and biological attributes

scientific article published on March 1995

Absence of nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) by procaryotes in nectar of Banksias

Adaptive advantages of aerial seed banks

Adaptive responses to directional trait selection in the Miocene enabled Cape proteas to colonize the savanna grasslands

article

African geoxyles evolved in response to fire; frost came later

Anomalies in grasstree fire history reconstructions for south-western Australian vegetation

article

Anomalies in grasstree fire history reconstructions for south-western Australian vegetation: Reply from Enright N. J., Lamont B. B. and Miller B. P

article

Anthropogenic disturbance promotes hybridization between Banksia species by altering their biology

scientific article (publication date: July 2003)

Ants cannot account for interpopulation dispersal of the arillate pea Daviesia triflora.

scientific article

Apparent Mutualism Between Verticordia nitens and V-Aurea (Myrtaceae) and Their Oil-Ingesting Bee Pollinators (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)

scholarly article by TF Houston et al published 1993 in Australian Journal of Botany

Are seed set and speciation rates always low among species that resprout after fire, and why?

article published in 2003

Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships

scientific article

Assessing the importance of seed immigration on coexistence of plant functional types in a species-rich ecosystem

article

AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora ⬇️

publication published on 30 September 2021

Availability of water and inorganic nutrients in the persistent leaf bases of the grasstree Kingia australis, and uptake and translocation of labelled phosphate by the embedded aerial roots

Banksia born to burn ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 9 March 2011)

Bet‐hedging and best‐bet strategies shape seed dormancy

scientific article published in 2022

Biogeography of Banksia in southwestern Australia

scientific article (publication date: May 1996)

Biomass and litter accumulation patterns in species-rich shrublands for fire hazard assessment

article

Bird pollinators, seed storage and cockatoo granivores explain large woody fruits as best seed defense in Hakea

scientific article published in 2016

Canopy Seed Bank Dynamics and Optimum Fire Regime for the Highly Serotinous Shrub, Banksia Hookeriana

article

Canopy seed storage in woody plants

article

Coexistence and Competitive Exclusion of Banksia hookeriana in the Presence of Congeneric Seedlings along a Topographic Gradient

scientific article published in 1989

Coexistence ofBanksiaspecies in southwestern Australia: the role of regional and local processes

article

Combustion temperatures and nutrient transfers when grasstrees burn

scientific article published in 2017

Community-level spatial structure supports a model of stochastic geometry in species-rich shrublands

article

Comparison of Post-Mine Rehabilitated and Natural Shrubland Communities in Southwestern Australia

article

Competition and facilitation between Australian and Spanish legumes in seven Australian soils

article

Conservation biology of banksias: insights from natural history to simulation modelling

article

Conservation requirements of an exploited wildflower: modelling the effects of plant age, growing conditions and harvesting intensity

article

Contrasting impacts of pollen and seed dispersal on spatial genetic structure in the bird-pollinated Banksia hookeriana.

scientific article published on 12 November 2008

Contrasting spatial pattern and pattern-forming processes in natural vs. restored shrublands

scientific article published in 2010

Correlations between leaf toughness and phenolics among species in contrasting environments of Australia and New Caledonia

scientific article (publication date: March 2009)

Covariation between intraspecific genetic diversity and species diversity within a plant functional group

article

Dealing with ‘the spectre of "spurious" correlations': hazards in comparing ratios and other derived variables with a randomization test to determine if a biological interpretation is justified

scientific article published on 22 September 2021

Disentangling Competition, Herbivory, and Seasonal Effects on Young Plants in Newly Restored Communities

article

Disproportionate allocation of mineral nutrients and carbon between vegetative and reproductive structures in Banksia hookeriana

scientific article published in January 1996

Distribution of myrmecochorous species over the landscape and their potential long-distance dispersal by emus and kangaroos

scientific article published in 2007

Do plant functional traits determine spatial pattern? A test on species-rich shrublands, Western Australia ⬇️

article

Ecology and biogeography in 3D: The case of the Australian Proteaceae

article

Ecology and ecophysiology of grasstrees

scholarly article by Byron Lamont et al published 2004 in Australian Journal of Botany

Emus as non-standard seed dispersers and their potential for long-distance dispersal

article

Environmental drivers and genomic architecture of trait differentiation in fire-adapted Banksia attenuata ecotypes

scientific article published on 21 November 2018

Error in the inference of fire history from grasstrees

scientific article published in 2007

Evaluation of seven indices of on‐plant seed storage (serotiny) shows that the linear slope is best

scientific article published on 25 May 2020

Evolutionary history of fire-stimulated resprouting, flowering, seed release and germination

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

FLORAL COLOR CHANGE AND INSECT POLLINATION: A DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP

article by Martha R. Weiss & Byron Lamont published January 1997 in Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Fire and Plant Diversification in Mediterranean-Climate Regions

scientific article published on 03 July 2018

Fire as a Selective Agent for both Serotiny and Nonserotiny Over Space and Time

scientific article published on 09 June 2020

Fire as a key driver of Earth's biodiversity

scientific article published on 12 July 2019

Fire as a pre-emptive evolutionary trigger among seed plants

scientific article published on 28 December 2018

Fire enhances weed invasion of roadside vegetation in southwestern Australia

article

Fire temperatures and follicle-opening requirements in 10 Banksia species

article

Fire-Proneness as a Prerequisite for the Evolution of Fire-Adapted Traits.

scientific article published on 2 December 2016

Fire-adapted Gondwanan Angiosperm floras evolved in the Cretaceous ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 22 November 2012)

Fire-adapted traits of Pinus arose in the fiery Cretaceous

scientific article

Fire-mediated germination syndromes in Leucadendron (Proteaceae) and their functional correlates

scientific article published on 23 June 2021

Fire-stimulated flowering among resprouters and geophytes in Australia and South Africa

article

Fire‐released seed dormancy ‐ a global synthesis

scientific article published on 06 April 2022

Fitness and evolution of resprouters in relation to fire

scientific article published in 2011

Fitness benefits of serotiny in fire- and drought-prone environments

article

Genetic Variation and Biogeographic History in the Restricted Southwestern Australian Shrub, Banksia Hookeriana

article

Genetic and ecological consequences of interactions between three banksias in mediterranean-type shrubland

article published in 2013

Genetic connectivity and inter-population seed dispersal of Banksia hookeriana at the landscape scale.

scientific article published on 19 July 2010

Germination of seven exotic weeds and seven native speciesin south-western Australia under steady and fluctuating water supply

article

Germination requirements and seedling responses to water availability and soil type in four eucalypt species

article

Grasstree (Xanthorrhoea preissii) recovery after fire in two seasons and habitats

article published in 2005

Grasstrees reveal contrasting fire regimes in eucalypt forest before and after European settlement of southwestern Australia

article

Grazing by Kangaroos Limits the Establishment of the Grass Trees Xanthorrhoea gracilis and X. preissii in Restored Bauxite Mines in Eucalypt Forest of Southwestern Australia

article

Green cotyledons of two Hakea species control seedling mass and morphology by supplying mineral nutrients rather than organic compounds

article published in 2002

Hakea, the world’s most sclerophyllous genus, arose in southwestern Australian heathland and diversified throughout Australia over the past 12 million years

article

Heat damage in sclerophylls is influenced by their leaf properties and plant environment

article

Heat pre-treatment and the germination of soil- and canopy-stored seeds of south-western Australian species

scientific article published in 2000

Herbivory, serotiny and seedling defence in Western Australian Proteaceae

scientific article

High leaf mass per area of related species assemblages may reflect low rainfall and carbon isotope discrimination rather than low phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations

scientific article published in 2002

High microsatellite genetic diversity fails to predict greater population resistance to extreme drought

High summer temperatures do not interact with fire to promote germination among seeds of Cistaceae: a reinterpretation of Luna (2020) with extra data on wet/dry conditions*

scientific article published on 20 October 2021

Historical links between climate and fire on species dispersion and trait evolution

scientific article published on 30 March 2022

How energy and coavailable foods affect forage selection by the western grey kangaroo

article by Michael H. Parsons et al published April 2006 in Animal Behaviour

Impact of fire on plant-species persistence in post-mine restored and natural shrubland communities in southwestern Australia

article

Influence of Leaf Type and Plant Age on Leaf Structure and Sclerophylly in Hakea (Proteaceae)

scientific article published in 1997

Isolation and self-regulation processes in simulated postfire microsites promote plant species diversity

scientific article published in 2022

Kangaroos Avoid Eating Seedlings with or Near Others with Volatile Essential Oils

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

LMA, density and thickness: recognizing different leaf shapes and correcting for their nonlaminarity.

scientific article

Late Quaternary climate change and spatial genetic structure in the shrub Banksia hookeriana

scientific article

Leaf Demography, Sclerophylly and Ecophysiology of Two Banksias With Contrasting Leaf Life Spans

scientific article (publication date: 1992)

Leaf Mechanical Properties in Sclerophyll Woodland and Shrubland on Contrasting Soils

Leaf specific mass confounds leaf density and thickness.

scientific article

Long-distance dispersal of seeds in the fire-tolerant shrub Banksia attenuata

scientific article published in 2009

Long-distance seed dispersal in a metapopulation of Banksia hookeriana inferred from a population allocation analysis of amplified fragment length polymorphism data

scientific article

Low rate of between-population seed dispersal restricts genetic connectivity and metapopulation dynamics in a clonal shrub

scientific article

Low-dimensional trade-offs fail to explain richness and structure in species-rich plant communities

article

Matrix-level co-occurrence metrics are sensitive to sampling grain: a case study in species-rich shrublands

scientific article published in 2020

Mechanisms for enhancing nutrient uptake in plants, with particular reference to mediterranean South Africa and Western Australia

article

Mediterranean Biomes: Evolution of Their Vegetation, Floras, and Climate

scientific article published in 2016

Modelling the persistence of an apparently immortal Banksia species after fire and land clearing

article

Nearest-neighbour interactions in species-rich shrublands: the roles of abundance, spatial patterns and resources

article

Nodulation and performance of exotic and native legumes in Australian soils

article

Non-linearities, synergisms and plant extinctions in South African fynbos and Australian kwongan

article

On the Nature of Gondwanan Species Flocks: Diversity of Proteaceae in Mediterranean South-western Australia and South Africa

article

Patchy plant distribution promotes invasion by exotics in south-western Australia

article

Performance of nonparametric species richness estimators in a high diversity plant community

article

Phosphorus accumulation in Proteaceae seeds: a synthesis

Phylogenetic and phenotypic structure among Banksia communities in south-western Australia

article

Plant diversity in mediterranean-climate regions ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 1996

Plant functional types determine how close postfire seedlings are from their parents in a species-rich shrubland

scientific article published on 10 October 2020

Plant size and season of burn affect flowering and fruiting of the grasstree Xanthorrhoea preissii

article

Plant structural traits and their role in anti-herbivore defence

article

Planting density effects and selective herbivory by kangaroos on species used in restoring forest communities

article

Pollination and plant defence traits co-vary in Western Australian Hakeas

scientific article published on 8 December 2008

Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for Banksia hookeriana (Proteaceae) ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2008

Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for Daviesia triflora (Papilionaceae).

scientific article

Population fragmentation may reduce fertility to zero in Banksia goodii - a demonstration of the Allee effect

scientific article

Population size and viability

scientific article published in Nature

Post-Fire Litter Microsites: Safe for Seeds, Unsafe for Seedlings

scientific article published in 1993

Post-Fire Recruitment of Four Co-Occurring Banksia Species

scientific article published on 17 June 2006

Post-fire mortality and water relations of three congeneric shrub species under extreme water stress - a trade-off with fecundity?

scientific article

Pre-Gondwanan-breakup origin of Beauprea (Proteaceae) explains its historical presence in New Caledonia and New Zealand

scientific article

Preface introducing the 'Turner Reviews'

scientific article published in 1999

Rainfall reliability, a neglected factor in explaining convergence and divergence of plant traits in fire-prone mediterranean-climate ecosystems

article

Record error and range contraction, real and imagined, in the restricted shrubBanksia hookerianain south-western Australia

article

Recovery of Banksia and Hakea communities after fire in mediterranean Australia-the role of species identity and functional attributes

article

Regional and local (road verge) effects on size and fecundity in Banksia menziesii

scientific article published in 2006

Regional and local effects on reproductive allocation in epicormic and lignotuberous populations of Banksia menziesii

article published in 2011

Relative effects of mammal herbivory and plant spacing on seedling recruitment following fire and mining

scientific article

Resistance and resilience to changing climate and fire regime depend on plant functional traits

article

Response to water deficit and high temperature of transgenic peas (Pisum sativum L.) containing a seed-specific alpha-amylase inhibitor and the subsequent effects on pea weevil (Bruchus pisorum L.) survival

scientific article

Resprouters, assisted by somatic mutations, are as genetically diverse as nonsprouters in the world's fire-prone ecosystems

article

Resprouting as a key functional trait: how buds, protection and resources drive persistence after fire

scientific article

Root hair dimensions and surface/volume/weight ratios of roots with the aid of scanning electron microscopy

Seed Bank Dynamics of Four Co-Occurring Banksia Species

scientific article

Seed Bank Dynamics of Three Co-Occurring Banksias in South Coastal Western Australia: the Role of Plant Age, Cockatoos, Senescence and Interfire Establishment.

scientific article (publication date: 1991)

Seed Bank and Population Dynamics of Banksia cuneata: The Role of Time, Fire, and Moisture

scientific article (publication date: March 1991)

Seed Banks, Fire Season, Safe Sites and Seedling Recruitment in Five Co-Occurring Banksia Species

article

Seed Production, Pollinator Attractants and Breeding System in Relation to Fire Response — Are There Reproductive Syndromes among Co-occurring Proteaceous Shrubs?

scientific article (publication date: 1998)

Seed and Seedling Biology of the Woody-fruited Proteaceae

scientific article published in 1998

Seed biologists beware: Estimates of initial viability based on ungerminated seeds at the end of an experiment may be error‐prone

scientific article published in 2022

Seed dormancy, after-ripening and light requirements of four annual Asteraceae in south-western Australia.

scientific article published on December 2002

Seed size, fecundity and postfire regeneration strategy are interdependent in Hakea

scientific article

Seedling growth response to added nutrients depends on seed size in three woody genera

article

Selective feeding by kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus) on seedlings of Hakea species: Effects of chemical and physical defences

scientific article published in 2005

Selective herbivory by mammals on 19 species planted at two densities

article

Sensitivity of plant functional types to climate change: classification tree analysis of a simulation model

article

Short Communication: Leaf trait relationships in Australian plant species

article

Simulating the effects of different spatio-temporal fire regimes on plant metapopulation persistence in a Mediterranean-type region.

scientific article

Small-seeded Hakea species tolerate cotyledon loss better than large-seeded congeners

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

Soil bacteria hold the key to root cluster formation

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Soil vs. canopy seed storage and plant species coexistence in species-rich Australian shrublands

scientific article

Spatial Pattern of Six Sympatric Leaf Variants and Two Size Classes of Acacia Aneura in a Semi-Arid Region of Western Australia

scientific article published on 16 November 2006

Spatial patterns in species-rich sclerophyll shrublands of southwestern Australia

article

Species versus genotypic diversity of a nitrogen-fixing plant functional group in a metacommunity

article

Species-area functions revisited

Species-specific traits plus stabilizing processes best explain coexistence in biodiverse fire-prone plant communities

scientific article

Stochastic geometry best explains spatial associations among species pairs and plant functional types in species-rich shrublands

article

Structure, ecology and physiology of root clusters – a review

article

Survival and growth of native and exotic composites in response to a nutrient gradient

scientific article published in 1999

Survival, Growth and Water Relations of Banksia Seedlings on a Sand Mine Rehabilitation Site and Adjacent Scrub-Heath Sites

scientific article (publication date: 1992)

Temporal patterns of genetic variation across a 9-year-old aerial seed bank of the shrub Banksia hookeriana (Proteaceae).

scientific article

The anatomy and chemistry of the colour bands of grasstree stems (Xanthorrhoea preissii) used for plant age and fire history determination

scientific article (publication date: May 2002)

The ecological significance of canopy seed storage in fire-prone environments: a model for non-sprouting shrubs

article

The ecological significance of canopy seed storage in fire-prone environments: a model for resprouting shrubs

article

The fire ephemeral Tersonia cyathiflora (Gyrostemonaceae) germinates in response to smoke but not the butenolide 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one

scientific article

The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

scientific article (publication date: 22 April 2004)

Total growth and root-cluster production by legumes and proteas depends on rhizobacterial strain, host species and nitrogen level.

scientific article published on 9 June 2016

Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems

scientific article

Utilizable water in leaves of 8 arid species as derived from pressure-volume curves and chlorophyll fluorescence

When did a Mediterranean-type climate originate in southwestern Australia?

article

Which common indices of sclerophylly best reflect differences in leaf structure?

scientific article published in 1999

Why are hairy root clusters so abundant in the most nutrient-impoverished soils of Australia?

scientific article (publication date: October 1993)

delta13C and water-use efficiency in Australian grasstrees and South African conifers over the last century

scientific article published in May 2003

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