World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Byron B. Lamont

Byron B. Lamont

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
82
Citations
35687
World Ranking
382
National Ranking
36

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
82
Citations
35864
World Ranking
733
National Ranking
61

Overview

Byron B. Lamont is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and conducts research primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics related to plant ecology and physiology. Key areas of focus include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Seed Germination and Physiology
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution

Among recent publications, Byron B. Lamont contributed to the following papers:

  • "Fire-released seed dormancy - a global synthesis," 2022, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Fire as a Selective Agent for both Serotiny and Nonserotiny Over Space and Time," 2020, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
  • "Seed dormancy revisited: Dormancy-release pathways and environmental interactions," 2023, Functional Ecology
  • "AusTraits - a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Bet-hedging and best-bet strategies shape seed dormancy," 2022, New Phytologist

Frequent coauthors associated with Byron B. Lamont include:

  • Tianhua He
  • Juli G. Pausas
  • Zhaogui Yan
  • Pujie Wei
  • Weixing Xue

The scientist has published multiple papers in several prominent venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant Ecology
  • Annals of Botany
  • Preprints.org

Best Publications

  • The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Mark Westoby;David D. Ackerly

  • Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Daniel S. Falster

  • Plant diversity in mediterranean-climate regions.

    Richard M. Cowling;Philip W. Rundel;Byron B. Lamont;Mary Kalin Arroyo

  • Plant structural traits and their role in anti-herbivore defence

    Mick E. Hanley;Mick E. Hanley;Byron B. Lamont;Meredith M. Fairbanks;Christine M. Rafferty

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

    P.J. Clarke;M.J. Lawes;J.J Midgley;B.B. Lamont;B.B. Lamont

  • Leaf specific mass confounds leaf density and thickness

    E. T. F. Witkowski;Byron B. Lamont

  • Canopy seed storage in woody plants

    Byron B. Lamont;D. C. Le Maitre;R. M. Cowling;N. J. Enright

  • Fire as a key driver of Earth's biodiversity

    Tianhua He;Tianhua He;Byron B. Lamont;Juli G. Pausas

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

    Byron B. Lamont;Peter G. L. Klinkhamer;E. T. F. Witkowski

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

    Byron Lamont

  • Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire‐prone ecosystems

    Juli G. Pausas;Byron B. Lamont;Susana Paula;Beatriz Appezzato‐da‐Glória

  • Resilience in Mediterranean-type ecosystems

    B. Dell;A.J.M. Hopkins;B.B. Lamont

  • Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system

    Sally Archibald;Sally Archibald;C. E. R. Lehmann;C. E. R. Lehmann;Claire M. Belcher;William J. Bond

  • Seed banks, fire season, safe sites and seedling recruitment in five co-occurring Banksia species

    N.J. Enright;B.B. Lamont

  • Fire‐adapted traits of Pinus arose in the fiery Cretaceous

    Tianhua He;Tianhua He;Tianhua He;Juli G. Pausas;Claire M. Belcher;Dylan W. Schwilk

  • Structure, ecology and physiology of root clusters - a review

    Byron B. Lamont

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

    Philip W. Rundel;Mary T.K. Arroyo;Richard M. Cowling;Jon E. Keeley

  • Post-fire litter microsites: Safe for seeds, unsafe for seedlings

    Byron B. Lamont;E. T. F. Witkowski;N. J. Enright

  • Seed/cotyledon size and nutrient content play a major role in early performance of species on nutrient-poor soils

    Per Milberg;Byron B. Lamont

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

    Alessandro Chiarucci;N. J. Enright;G. L. W. Perry;B. P. Miller

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

    Richard M. Cowling;Fernando Ojeda;Byron B. Lamont;Phillip W. Rundel

  • World-wide leaf economics spectrum

    I. J. Wright;P. B. Reich;M. Westoby;David D. Ackerly

Frequent Co-Authors

Neal J. Enright
Neal J. Enright Murdoch University
Tianhua He
Tianhua He Curtin University
Ben P. Miller
Ben P. Miller University of Western Australia
Siegfried L. Krauss
Siegfried L. Krauss University of Western Australia
Ed T.F. Witkowski
Ed T.F. Witkowski University of the Witwatersrand
Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela University
George L. W. Perry
George L. W. Perry University of Auckland
Mick E. Hanley
Mick E. Hanley Plymouth University
Juli G. Pausas
Juli G. Pausas University of Valencia
Per Milberg
Per Milberg Linköping University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Byron B. Lamont

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles