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Johannes J. Le Roux

Johannes J. Le Roux

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Ecology and Evolution

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40
Citations
6503
World Ranking
6105
National Ranking
485

Overview

Johannes J. Le Roux is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Environmental Science. Their research covers various subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

The scientist's work focuses on topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions.

Publications by Le Roux appear frequently in several scholarly venues. The most common include Biological Invasions, NeoBiota, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), FEMS Microbiology Ecology, and Plant and Soil.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Johannes J. Le Roux demonstrate a focus on invasive species, ecological impacts, and microbial interactions:

  • Invasion syndromes: a systematic approach for predicting biological invasions and facilitating effective management, 2020, Biological Invasions
  • Global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native trees to prevent tree invasions and mitigate their negative impacts, 2020, NeoBiota
  • Soil nitrogen dynamics and competition during plant invasion: insights from Mikania micrantha invasions in China, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Impacts of Invasive Australian Acacias on Soil Bacterial Community Composition, Microbial Enzymatic Activities, and Nutrient Availability in Fynbos Soils, 2021, Microbial Ecology
  • New and Interesting Fungi, 2022, Fungal Systematics and Evolution

Le Roux has collaborated regularly with several co-authors across various studies. Frequent collaborators include David M. Richardson, Ana Novoa, Petr Pyšek, María L. Castillo, and Susan Canavan.

Best Publications

  • The more the better? The role of polyploidy in facilitating plant invasions

    Mariska te Beest;Mariska te Beest;Johannes J. Le Roux;David M. Richardson;Anne K. Brysting

  • Human‐mediated introductions of Australian acacias – a global experiment in biogeography

    David M. Richardson;Jane Carruthers;Cang Hui;Fiona A. C. Impson;Fiona A. C. Impson

  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 469-557

    Pedro W. Crous;Pedro W. Crous;Michael J. Wingfield;Treena I. Burgess;G. E.St J. Hardy

  • Modelling horses for novel climate courses: insights from projecting potential distributions of native and alien Australian acacias with correlative and mechanistic models

    Bruce L. Webber;Bruce L. Webber;Colin J. Yates;David C. Le Maitre;John K. Scott

  • Reproductive biology of Australian acacias: Important mediator of invasiveness?

    Michelle R. Gibson;David M. Richardson;Elizabete Marchante;Hélia Marchante;Hélia Marchante

  • Introduced and invasive cactus species: a global review

    Ana Novoa;Johannes J. Le Roux;Mark P. Robertson;John R.U. Wilson

  • The global distribution of bamboos : assessing correlates of introduction and invasion

    Susan Canavan;David M. Richardson;Vernon Visser;Johannes J. Le Roux

  • Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots.

    Johannes J. Le Roux;Cang Hui;Cang Hui;Maria L. Castillo;José M. Iriondo

  • Invasion syndromes: a systematic approach for predicting biological invasions and facilitating effective management

    Ana Novoa;Ana Novoa;David M. Richardson;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Laura A. Meyerson

  • Global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native trees to prevent tree invasions and mitigate their negative impacts

    Giuseppe Brundu;Aníbal Pauchard;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Jan Pergl

  • Emerging infectious diseases and biological invasions: a call for a One Health collaboration in science and management

    Nick H. Ogden;Nick H. Ogden;John R. U. Wilson;David M. Richardson;Cang Hui;Cang Hui

  • Australian acacias as invasive species: lessons to be learnt from regions with long planting histories.

    David M. Richardson;Johannes J. Le Roux;John R.U. Wilson

  • Jack-of-all-trades and master of many? How does associated rhizobial diversity influence the colonization success of Australian Acacia species?

    Susana Rodríguez-Echeverría;Johannes J. Le Roux;João A. Crisóstomo;Joice Ndlovu

  • Phylogeographic consequences of different introduction histories of invasive Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lophantha (Fabaceae) in South Africa

    Johannes J. Le Roux;Gillian K. Brown;Margaret Byrne;Joice Ndlovu

  • Long-distance dispersal maximizes evolutionary potential during rapid geographic range expansion

    Cécile Berthouly-Salazar;Cang Hui;Tim M. Blackburn;Tim M. Blackburn;Coline Gaboriaud

  • Co‐invasion of South African ecosystems by an Australian legume and its rhizobial symbionts

    Joice Ndlovu;David M. Richardson;John R. U. Wilson;Johannes J. Le Roux

  • Soil nitrogen dynamics and competition during plant invasion: insights from Mikania micrantha invasions in China

    Hanxia Yu;Johannes J. Le Roux;Zhaoyang Jiang;Feng Sun

  • Predicting the subspecific identity of invasive species using distribution models: Acacia saligna as an example

    Genevieve D. Thompson;Mark P. Robertson;Mark P. Robertson;Bruce L. Webber;Bruce L. Webber;David M. Richardson

  • Spatial Sorting Drives Morphological Variation in the Invasive Bird, Acridotheris tristis

    Cécile Berthouly-Salazar;Berndt J. van Rensburg;Berndt J. van Rensburg;Johannes J. Le Roux;Bettine J. van Vuuren

  • The structure of legume-rhizobium interaction networks and their response to tree invasions

    Johannes J. Le Roux;Natasha R. Mavengere;Allan G. Ellis

  • Incorporating risk mapping at multiple spatial scales into eradication management plans

    Haylee Kaplan;Adriaan van Niekerk;Johannes J. Le Roux;David M. Richardson

  • different introduction histories of invasive Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lophantha (Fabaceae) in South Africa

    Johannes J. Le Roux;Gillian K. Brown;Margaret Byrne;Joice Ndlovu

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
John R. U. Wilson
John R. U. Wilson South African National Biodiversity Institute
Cang Hui
Cang Hui Stellenbosch University
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Ana Novoa
Ana Novoa Czech Academy of Sciences
Allan G. Ellis
Allan G. Ellis Stellenbosch University
Llewellyn C. Foxcroft
Llewellyn C. Foxcroft South African National Parks
Pedro W. Crous
Pedro W. Crous Utrecht University
Michael J. Wingfield
Michael J. Wingfield University of Pretoria

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