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Jennifer Read is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science.

Their work spans multiple subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Global and Planetary Change. The research topics covered include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant and Animal Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, and Forest Ecology and Management.

Jennifer Read has published several papers with notable titles, years of publication, and venues, including:

  • "Infertile landscapes on an old oceanic island: the biodiversity hotspot of New Caledonia" (2020), published in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Population age structures, persistence and flowering cues in Cerberiopsis candelabra (Apocynaceae), a long-lived monocarpic rain-forest tree in New Caledonia" (2021), published in Journal of Tropical Ecology
  • "Photosynthetic responses to temperature across the tropics: a meta-analytic approach" (2024), published in Annals of Botany
  • "Site-Specific Nutrient Data Reveal the Importance of Soils in Driving the Mycorrhizal Make-Up of Woody Vegetation Worldwide" (2024), published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Soil carbon:nitrogen ratios explain successional trajectories in the mycorrhizal makeup of south-temperate humid forests" (2025), published in Ecology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Philippe Birnbaum
  • Thomas Ibanez
  • Kathryn Allen
  • Audrey Léopold
  • Sandrine Isnard

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Journal of Tropical Ecology
  • Annals of Botany
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

Best Publications

  • Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

    William K. Cornwell;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Kathryn Amatangelo;Ellen Dorrepaal

  • The ecology and biogeography of Nothofagus forests

    Thomas T. Veblen;Robert S. Hill;Jennifer Read

  • Variation among plant species in pollutant removal from stormwater in biofiltration systems.

    Jennifer Read;Tricia Wevill;Tim Fletcher;Ana Deletic

  • Plant biomechanics in an ecological context

    Jennifer Read;Alexia Stokes

  • Plant Traits that Enhance Pollutant Removal from Stormwater in Biofiltration Systems

    Jennifer Read;Tim D. Fletcher;Tricia Wevill;Ana Deletic

  • A revised infrageneric classification of Nothofagus (Fagaceae)

    Robert S. Hill;Jennifer Read

  • Characterizing sclerophylly: the mechanical properties of a diverse range of leaf types

    Jennifer Read;Gordon D. Sanson

  • AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora.

    Daniel Falster;Rachael Gallagher;Rachael Gallagher;Elizabeth H. Wenk;Ian J. Wright

  • Gross vs. net income: How plant toughness affects performance of an insect herbivore.

    Fiona Jayne Clissold;Fiona Jayne Clissold;Gordon Drummond Sanson;Jennifer Read;Steven Simpson

  • Which leaf mechanical traits correlate with insect herbivory among feeding guilds

    Elizabeth Caldwell;Jennifer Read;Gordon D. Sanson

  • Characterising sclerophylly: some mechanical properties of leaves from heath and forest.

    C. Edwards;J. Read;G. Sanson

  • Measurement of leaf biomechanical properties in studies of herbivory : Opportunities, problems and procedures

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  • Comparative studies in Nothofagus (Fagaceae). I : Leaf carbon isotope discrimination

    J. Read;G. Farquhar

  • Do temperate rainforest trees have a greater ability to acclimate to changing temperatures than tropical rainforest trees

    Shaun C Cunningham;Jenny Read

  • The paradoxical effects of nutrient ratios and supply rates on an outbreaking insect herbivore, the Australian plague locust

    Fiona Jayne Clissold;Gordon Drummond Sanson;Jennifer Read

  • A Robust Technique for Mapping Vegetation Condition Across a Major River System

    S. C. Cunningham;R. Mac Nally;J. Read;P. J. Baker

  • Leaf biomechanical properties and the densities of herbivorous insect guilds

    Paula Peeters;Gordon Drummond Sanson;Jennifer Read

  • Responses of some Southern Hemisphere tree species to a prolonged dark period and their implications for high-latitude Cretaceous and Tertiary floras

    Jennifer Read;Jane Francis

  • Photosynthetic responses to light of Australian and chilean species of Nothofagus and their relevance to the rainforest dynamics

    Jennifer Read;Robert S. Hill

  • The dynamics of some rainforest associations in Tasmania

    Jennifer Read;Robert S. Hill

  • The temperature-dependence of photosynthesis of some Australian temperate rainforest trees and its biogeographical significance

    Robert S. Hill;Jennifer Read;John R. Busby

  • Dynamics of Nothofagus-dominated rainforest on mainland Australia and lowland Tasmania*

    Jennifer Read;Robert S. Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Hill
Robert S. Hill University of Adelaide
Tanguy Jaffré
Tanguy Jaffré Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
James Robertson Thomson
James Robertson Thomson Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Sean M. Gleason
Sean M. Gleason Agricultural Research Service
Shaun C. Cunningham
Shaun C. Cunningham Deakin University
Patrick J. Baker
Patrick J. Baker University of Melbourne
Geoffrey Hope
Geoffrey Hope Australian National University
Daniel J. Metcalfe
Daniel J. Metcalfe Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ralph Charles Mac Nally
Ralph Charles Mac Nally University of Canberra
Byron B. Lamont
Byron B. Lamont Curtin University

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