Elizabeth Hedi Wenk

The paper compares climate influences on native and introduced plant species in Australia, finding native annuals are more climate-dependent than introduced ones.

The paper quantifies reproductive allocation in perennial shrubs across their lifetimes using nutrient currencies, finding higher costs than typical estimates and highlighting nutrient resorption's role in amplifying these costs.

The paper ranks plant species by abundance in Eastern Australia and finds that a small number of species account for most vegetation cover, highlighting gaps in trait data for common species.

A-Islands is a curated dataset of plant species occurrences on Australian islands, enabling biodiversity research and ecological monitoring across diverse island environments.

The paper introduces a data model, workflow, and R package for building harmonised ecological trait databases that adhere to FAIR principles.

The paper provides a comprehensive dataset of plant growth form, woodiness, and life history traits for nearly all Australian plant species, enabling analysis of trait distributions and responses to environmental disturbances.

APCalign aligns and updates scientific names for Australian vascular plants to the most likely currently accepted names using the Australian Plant Census or APNI.

The paper introduces the AusTraits Plant Dictionary to standardize plant trait definitions across databases, improving data integration and usability.

The paper examines the relationship between mean annual precipitation and eight plant functional traits, finding a strong coordinated response of traits with increasing precipitation.