Mr Timothy Staples Jones
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences
+61 7 336 59154
Journal Articles
Staples, Timothy L., Kiessling, Wolfgang and Pandolfi, John M. (2022). Emergence patterns of locally novel plant communities driven by past climate change and modern anthropogenic impacts. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.14016
Staples, Timothy L., Mayfield, Margaret M., England, Jacqueline R. and Dwyer, John M. (2022). Drivers of Acacia and Eucalyptus growth rate differ in strength and direction in restoration plantings across Australia. Ecological Applications, e2636. doi: 10.1002/eap.2636
Meiklejohn, Natalie A., Staples, Timothy L. and Fensham, Rod J. (2021). Modelling climatic suitability for myrtle rust with a widespread host species. Biological Invasions, 24 (3), 831-844. doi: 10.1007/s10530-021-02689-z
Hammerman, Nicholas M., Rodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto, Staples, Timothy L., DeCarlo, Thomas M., Saderne, Vincent, Roff, George, Leonard, Nicole, Zhao, Jian-xin, Rossbach, Susann, Havlik, Michelle N., Duarte, Carlos M. and Pandolfi, John M. (2021). Variable response of Red Sea coral communities to recent disturbance events along a latitudinal gradient. Marine Biology, 168 (12) 177. doi: 10.1007/s00227-021-03984-y
Hammerman, Nicholas M., Roff, George, Rodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto, Leonard, Nicole, Staples, Timothy L., Eyal, Gal, Rossbach, Susann, Havlik, Michelle N., Saderne, Vincent, Zhao, Jian-xin, Duarte, Carlos M. and Pandolfi, John M. (2021). Reef accumulation is decoupled from recent degradation in the central and southern Red Sea. Science of the Total Environment, 809 151176, 1. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151176
Falster, Daniel, Gallagher, Rachael, Wenk, Elizabeth H., Wright, Ian J., Indiarto, Dony, Andrew, Samuel C., Baxter, Caitlan, Lawson, James, Allen, Stuart, Fuchs, Anne, Monro, Anna, Kar, Fonti, Adams, Mark A., Ahrens, Collin W., Alfonzetti, Matthew, Angevin, Tara, Apgaua, Deborah M. G., Arndt, Stefan, Atkin, Owen K., Atkinson, Joe, Auld, Tony, Baker, Andrew, von Balthazar, Maria, Bean, Anthony, Blackman, Chris J., Bloomfield, Keith, Bowman, David M. J. S., Bragg, Jason, Brodribb, Timothy J. ... Ziemińska, Kasia (2021). AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora. Scientific Data, 8 (1) 254, 254. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-01006-6
Sims, Carrie A., Sampayo, Eugenia M., Mayfield, Margaret M., Staples, Timothy L., Dalton, Steven J., Gutierrez‐Isaza, Nataly and Pandolfi, John M. (2021). Janzen–Connell effects partially supported in reef‐building corals: adult presence interacts with settler density to limit establishment. Oikos, 130 (8) oik.08110, 1310-1325. doi: 10.1111/oik.08110
Hill, Jack W., Bourke, Lachlan A., Horton, Ciara M., Staples, Timothy L. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2021). Limited relationships between mangrove forest structure and hydro-edaphic conditions in subtropical Queensland, Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 248 106930, 106930. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106930
Pandolfi, John M., Staples, Timothy L. and Kiessling, Wolfgang (2020). Increased extinction in the emergence of novel ecological communities. Science, 370 (6513), 220-222. doi: 10.1126/science.abb3996
Clarke, Laurence J., Jones, Penelope J., Ammitzboll, Hans, Barmuta, Leon A., Breed, Martin F., Chariton, Anthony, Charleston, Michael, Dakwa, Vongai, Dewi, Fera, Eri, Rajaraman, Fountain-Jones, Nicholas M., Freeman, Jules, Kendal, Dave, McDougal, Rebecca, Raes, Eric J., San Sow, Swan Li, Staples, Timothy, Sutcliffe, Brodie, Vemuri, Ravichandra, Weyrich, Laura S. and Flies, Emily J. (2020). Mainstreaming microbes across biomes. BioScience, 70 (7), 589-596. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaa057
Staples, Timothy L., Mayfield, Margaret. M., England, Jacqueline R. and Dwyer, John. M. (2019). Comparing the recovery of richness, structure and biomass in naturally regrowing and planted reforestation. Restoration Ecology, 28 (2) rec.13077, 347-357. doi: 10.1111/rec.13077
Staples, Timothy L., Dwyer, John M., England, Jacqueline R. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2019). Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28 (10) geb.12962, 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962
Staples, Timothy L., Dwyer, John M., Wainwright, Claire E. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2019). Applied ecological research is on the rise but connectivity barriers persist between four major subfields. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56 (6), 1492-1498. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13373
Wainwright, Claire E., Staples, Timothy L., Charles, Lachlan S., Flanagan, Thomas C., Lai, Hao Ran, Loy, Xingwen, Reynolds, Victoria A. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2017). Links between community ecology theory and ecological restoration are on the rise. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (2), 570-581. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12975
Staples, Timothy L., Dwyer, John M., Loy, Xingwen and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2016). Potential mechanisms of coexistence in closely related forbs. Oikos, 125 (12), 1812-1823. doi: 10.1111/oik.03180
Data Collection
Gomez-Cabrera, Maria, Young, J M, Roff, G, Staples, T, Ortiz, J C, Pandolfi, John M and Cooper, A (2019). Ancient DNA from Pandora Reef, GBR. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.2