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Overview

Martin Burd is a researcher affiliated with Monash University in Australia. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research interests cover several topics including Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant Reproductive Biology, Animal and Plant Science Education, and Insect and Pesticide Research.

Recent publications by Martin Burd illustrate the diversity of their research interests. These include:

  • Widespread vulnerability of flowering plant seed production to pollinator declines, 2021, Science Advances
  • Land use and pollinator dependency drives global patterns of pollen limitation in the Anthropocene, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Fragmentary Blue: Resolving the Rarity Paradox in Flower Colors, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Rewardlessness in orchids: how frequent and how rewardless?, 2020, Plant Biology
  • Fly pollination drives convergence of flower coloration, 2021, New Phytologist

Their frequent co-authors include Mani Shrestha, Adrian G. Dyer, Jair E. García, Alan Dorin, and James G. Rodger, demonstrating collaboration across multiple publications.

Martin Burd has published multiple articles in several key scientific venues. These include:

  • New Phytologist (3 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)
  • Plant Biology (2 publications)
  • Science Advances (1 publication)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Pollen limitation of plant reproduction: Ecological and evolutionary causes and consequences

    Tia-Lynn Ashman;Tiffany M Knight;Janette A Steets;Priyanga Amarasekare

  • Pollen Limitation of Plant Reproduction: Pattern and Process

    Tiffany M Knight;Janette A Steets;Jana C Vamosi;Susan J Mazer

  • Bateman's principle and plant reproduction: The role of pollen limitation in fruit and seed set

    Martin Burd

  • Pollination decays in biodiversity hotspots

    Jana C Vamosi;Tiffany M Knight;Janette A Steets;Susan J Mazer

  • The scope of Baker's law

    John R Pannell;Josh R Auld;Yaniv Brandvain;Martin Christopher Burd

  • Widespread vulnerability of flowering plant seed production to pollinator declines.

    James G. Rodger;James G. Rodger;Joanne M. Bennett;Joanne M. Bennett;Mialy Razanajatovo;Tiffany M. Knight;Tiffany M. Knight

  • Animal dynamics based approach for modeling pedestrian crowd egress under panic conditions

    Nirajan Shiwakoti;Majid Sarvi;Geoffrey Rose;Martin Burd

  • Land use and pollinator dependency drives global patterns of pollen limitation in the Anthropocene.

    Joanne M. Bennett;Joanne M. Bennett;Janette A. Steets;Jean H. Burns;Laura A. Burkle

  • Shades of red: Bird-pollinated flowers target the specific colour discrimination abilities of avian vision

    Mani Shrestha;Adrian Geoffrey Dyer;Adrian Geoffrey Dyer;S Boyd-Gerny;Bob B M Wong

  • OVULE PACKAGING IN STOCHASTIC POLLINATION AND FERTILIZATION ENVIRONMENTS.

    Martin Burd

  • Self‐compatibility is over‐represented on islands

    Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Yaniv Brandvain;Josh R Auld;Martin Burd

  • SEXUAL ALLOCATION STRATEGY IN WIND-POLLINATED PLANTS.

    Martin Burd;T. F. H. Allen

  • “EXCESS” FLOWER PRODUCTION AND SELECTIVE FRUIT ABORTION: A MODEL OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS

    Martin Burd

  • Ovule number per flower in a world of unpredictable pollination

    Martin Christopher Burd;Tia-Lynn Ashman;Diane R Campbell;Michelle Dudash

  • Traffic dynamics of the leaf-cutting ant, Atta cephalotes.

    Martin Burd;Debbie Archer;Nuvan Aranwela;David J. Stradling

  • Social group size, potential sperm competition and reproductive investment in a hermaphroditic leech, Helobdella papillornata (Euhirudinea: Glossiphoniidae).

    Gene N Tan;Fredric Robert Govedich;Martin Christopher Burd

  • Flower colour and phylogeny along an altitudinal gradient in the Himalayas of Nepal

    Mani Raj Shrestha;Adrian Geoffrey Dyer;Adrian Geoffrey Dyer;Prakash Bhattarai;Prakash Bhattarai;Martin Christopher Burd;Martin Christopher Burd

  • Head-on encounter rates and walking speed of foragers in leaf-cutting ant traffic

    Martin Christopher Burd;Nuvan Aranwela

  • Foraging Performance by Atta colombica, a Leaf-Cutting Ant

    Martin Burd;Martin Burd

  • Using non-human biological entities to understand pedestrian crowd behaviour under emergency conditions

    Nirajan Shiwakoti;Majid Sarvi;Martin Burd

  • Enhancing the Safety of Pedestrians During Emergency Egress: Can We Learn from Biological Entities?

    Nirajan Shiwakoti;Majid Sarvi;Geoffrey Rose;Martin Christopher Burd

  • The Haig-Westoby model revisited

    Martin Christopher Burd

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian G. Dyer
Adrian G. Dyer RMIT University
Majid Sarvi
Majid Sarvi University of Melbourne
Nirajan Shiwakoti
Nirajan Shiwakoti RMIT University
Tiffany M. Knight
Tiffany M. Knight Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jana C. Vamosi
Jana C. Vamosi University of Calgary
Tia-Lynn Ashman
Tia-Lynn Ashman University of Pittsburgh
Allan G. Ellis
Allan G. Ellis Stellenbosch University
Susan J. Mazer
Susan J. Mazer University of California, Santa Barbara
Laura A. Burkle
Laura A. Burkle Montana State University
Roslyn M. Gleadow
Roslyn M. Gleadow Monash University

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