Assoc Prof. Jenny Read

Associate Professor

Telephone: +61-3-9905-5622
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
E-mail: Jenny.Read@sci.monash.edu.au

• The controls of rainforest structure and composition
• The differences in biology between tropical and temperate species
• The functional significance of leaf form

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Honours projects for prospective students

2010

• *Gleason SM, Read J, Ares A. (accepted) Biomass allocation and phosphorus economics of Queensland rain forest tree seedlings grown under different levels of fertilisation and radiation. Journal of Tropical Ecology.
• *Salter J, Morris K, Read J, Boon PI (in press) Effect of drying, salinity and temperature on seed germination of the submersed wetland monocot, Vallisneria australis. Fundamental and Applied Limnology (formerly Archiv fur Hydrobiologie)
• Read J, Hill RS, Hope GS. (2010) Contrasting responses to water deficits of Nothofagus species from tropical New Guinea and high-latitude temperate forests: can rainfall regimes constrain latitudinal range? Journal of Biogeography 37, 1962-1976.
• *Gleason SM, Read J, Ares A, Metcalfe DJ. (2010) Species-soil associations, disturbance, and nutrient cycling in an Australian tropical rainforest. Oecologia 162, 1047-1058.
• *Salter J, Morris K, Read J, Boon P.I. (2010) Understanding the potential effects of water regime and salinity on recruitment of Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. Aquatic Botany 92, 200-206.
• Cunningham SC, Thomson JR, Read J, Baker PJ, Mac Nally R. (2010) Does stand structure influence susceptibility of eucalypt floodplain forests to dieback? Austral Ecology 35, 348-356.
• *Salter J, Morris K, Read J, Boon PI (2010) Impact of long-term, saline flooding on condition and reproduction of the clonal wetland tree, Melaleuca ericifolia (Myrtaceae). Plant Ecology 206, 41-57.
• *Wevill, T, Read J. (2010) Fine-scale patterns in the distribution of semi-arid tree species at Wyperfeld National Park, southeastern Australia – The potential roles of resource gradients vs disturbance. Journal of Arid Environments74, 482-490.
• Read J, Fletcher TD, Wevill T, Deletic A. (2010) Plant traits that enhance pollutant removal from stormwater in biofiltration systems. International Journal of Phytoremediation 12, 34-53.

2009

• Clissold FJ, Sanson GD, Read  J, Simpson SJ (2009) Gross vs. net income: how plant toughness affects performance of an insect herbivore. Ecology 90, 3393-3405.
• Gleason S, Read J, Ares A, Metcalfe DJ. (2009) Phosphorus economics of tropical rainforest species and stands across soil contrasts in Queensland, Australia: understanding the effects of soil specialization and trait plasticity. Functional Ecology 23, 1157-1166.
• Drew DM, Downes GM, O'Grady AP, Read J, Worledge D (2009) High resolution temporal variation in wood properties in irrigated and non-irrigated Eucalyptus globulus. Annals of Forest Science 66, 406 (10 pp)
• Read J, Sanson GD, Caldwell E, Clissold F, Chatain A, Peeters P, Lamont BB, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, JaffréT, Kerr S. (2009) Correlations between leaf toughness and phenolics among species in contrasting environments of Australia and New Caledonia. Annals of Botany 103, 757-767.
• Cunningham SC, Mac Nally R, Read J, Baker PJ, White M, Thomson JR, Griffioen P. (2009) A robust technique for mapping stand condition across a major river system. Ecosystems 12, 207-219. [1]
• Chatain A, Read J, Jaffré T. (2009) Does leaf-level nutrient-use efficiency explain Nothofagus-dominance of some tropical rain forests in New Caledonia? Plant Ecology 201, 51-66.

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