Christopher H Lusk

Summary

Affiliation: Macquarie University
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Global meta-analysis shows that relationships of leaf mass per area with species shade tolerance depend on leaf habit and ontogeny
    Christopher H Lusk
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
    New Phytol 176:764-74. 2007
  2. ncbi Constraints on the evolution and geographical range of Pinus
    Chris Lusk
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
    New Phytol 178:1-3. 2008
  3. ncbi Why are evergreen leaves so contrary about shade?
    Christopher H Lusk
    Department of Biological Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
    Trends Ecol Evol 23:299-303. 2008
  4. ncbi Reconciling species-level vs plastic responses of evergreen leaf structure to light gradients: shade leaves punch above their weight
    Christopher H Lusk
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
    New Phytol 186:429-38. 2010
  5. ncbi Ontogeny, understorey light interception and simulated carbon gain of juvenile rainforest evergreens differing in shade tolerance
    Christopher H Lusk
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
    Ann Bot 108:419-28. 2011
  6. ncbi Irradiance, temperature and rainfall influence leaf dark respiration in woody plants: evidence from comparisons across 20 sites
    Ian J Wright
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia
    New Phytol 169:309-19. 2006
  7. ncbi Predicting leaf physiology from simple plant and climate attributes: a global GLOPNET analysis
    Peter B Reich
    Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 1530 Cleveland Avenue North, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
    Ecol Appl 17:1982-8. 2007

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Global meta-analysis shows that relationships of leaf mass per area with species shade tolerance depend on leaf habit and ontogeny
    Christopher H Lusk
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
    New Phytol 176:764-74. 2007
    ....
  2. ncbi Constraints on the evolution and geographical range of Pinus
    Chris Lusk
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
    New Phytol 178:1-3. 2008
  3. ncbi Why are evergreen leaves so contrary about shade?
    Christopher H Lusk
    Department of Biological Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
    Trends Ecol Evol 23:299-303. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi Reconciling species-level vs plastic responses of evergreen leaf structure to light gradients: shade leaves punch above their weight
    Christopher H Lusk
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
    New Phytol 186:429-38. 2010
    ..In forest trees, cell wall fraction and force-to-punch are more robust correlates of species light requirements than LMA...
  5. ncbi Ontogeny, understorey light interception and simulated carbon gain of juvenile rainforest evergreens differing in shade tolerance
    Christopher H Lusk
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
    Ann Bot 108:419-28. 2011
    ....
  6. ncbi Irradiance, temperature and rainfall influence leaf dark respiration in woody plants: evidence from comparisons across 20 sites
    Ian J Wright
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia
    New Phytol 169:309-19. 2006
    ..Our findings should prove useful for modelling plant nutrient and carbon budgets, and for modelling vegetation shifts with climate change...
  7. ncbi Predicting leaf physiology from simple plant and climate attributes: a global GLOPNET analysis
    Peter B Reich
    Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 1530 Cleveland Avenue North, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
    Ecol Appl 17:1982-8. 2007
    ..This shows encouraging possibilities of progress in developing general predictive equations for macro-ecology, global scaling, and global modeling...