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Overview

Michael Renton is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans a range of subfields, including Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research topics cover Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Forest Ecology and Management, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, and Marine and Fisheries Research.

Renton has published extensively in several academic venues, including Forest Ecology and Management, SSRN Electronic Journal, Crop and Pasture Science, Coral Reefs, and Restoration Ecology.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Lactic acid from mixed food wastes at a commercial biogas facility: Effect of feedstock and process conditions, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Individual tree growth in jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest is explained by size and distance of neighbouring trees in thinned and non-thinned plots, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Interactions between crop sequences, weed populations and herbicide use in Western Australian broadacre farms: findings of a six-year survey, 2020, Crop and Pasture Science
  • Effect of thinning and fertilizer on growth and allometry of Eucalyptus marginata, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Rotating and stacking genes can improve crop resistance durability while potentially selecting highly virulent pathogen strains, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators include Erik J. Veneklaas, Elizabeth J. Trevenen, Shes Kanta Bhandari, W. L. McCaw, and Richard Mazanec. These coauthors have collaborated on multiple publications with Renton, reflecting a network of research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • The ecophysiology of seed persistence: a mechanistic view of the journey to germination or demise

    Rowena L. Long;Marta J. Gorecki;Michael Renton;Michael Renton;John K. Scott;John K. Scott

  • Plant-soil feedback and the maintenance of diversity in Mediterranean-climate shrublands

    François P. Teste;François P. Teste;Paul Kardol;Benjamin L. Turner;Benjamin L. Turner;David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle

  • Experience teaches plants to learn faster and forget slower in environments where it matters.

    Monica Gagliano;Michael Renton;Martial Depczynski;Stefano Mancuso

  • Plant adaptations to severely phosphorus-impoverished soils.

    Hans Lambers;Enrico Martinoia;Michael Renton

  • Rapid Evolution of Herbicide Resistance by Low Herbicide Dosages

    Sudheesh Manalil;Roberto Busi;Michael Renton;Stephen B. Powles

  • Influence of leaf dry mass per area, CO2, and irradiance on mesophyll conductance in sclerophylls

    Foteini Hassiotou;Martha Ludwig;Michael Renton;Michael Renton;Erik J. Veneklaas

  • Assembly and comparison of two closely related Brassica napus genomes.

    Philipp Emanuel Bayer;Bhavna Hurgobin;Bhavna Hurgobin;Agnieszka A. Golicz;Chon-Kit Kenneth Chan

  • MAppleT: simulation of apple tree development using mixed stochastic and biomechanical models

    Evelyne Costes;Colin Smith;Michael Renton;Yann Guédon

  • Herbicide-resistant weeds: from research and knowledge to future needs

    Roberto Busi;Martin M. Vila-Aiub;Martin M. Vila-Aiub;Hugh John Beckie;Todd A. Gaines

  • Tuned in: plant roots use sound to locate water

    Monica Gagliano;Mavra Grimonprez;Martial Depczynski;Martial Depczynski;Michael Renton

  • Expanding the eco‐evolutionary context of herbicide resistance research

    Paul Neve;Roberto Busi;Michael Renton;Martin M Vila-Aiub;Martin M Vila-Aiub

  • Plant Responses to Limited Moisture and Phosphorus Availability: A Meta-Analysis

    Lalith D.B. Suriyagoda;Megan H. Ryan;Michael Renton;Hans Lambers

  • Ecologically sustainable weed management: How do we get from proof-of-concept to adoption?

    Matt Liebman;Bàrbara Baraibar;Yvonne Buckley;Dylan Childs

  • Fine root endophytes under scrutiny: a review of the literature on arbuscule-producing fungi recently suggested to belong to the Mucoromycotina

    Suzanne Orchard;Rachel J. Standish;Ian A. Dickie;Michael Renton

  • Photosynthesis at an extreme end of the leaf trait spectrum: how does it relate to high leaf dry mass per area and associated structural parameters?

    Foteini Hassiotou;Michael Renton;Michael Renton;Martha Ludwig;John R. Evans

  • Reviewing research priorities in weed ecology, evolution and management: a horizon scan

    P Neve;J N Barney;Y Buckley;Roger D Cousens

  • Multiple adaptive responses of Australian native perennial legumes with pasture potential to grow in phosphorus- and moisture-limited environments.

    Lalith D. B. Suriyagoda;Megan H. Ryan;Michael Renton;Michael Renton;Hans Lambers

  • High level of resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in introgression lines derived from hybridization between wild crucifers and the crop Brassica species B. napus and B. juncea

    Harsh Garg;Chhaya Atri;Prabhjodh S. Sandhu;Balvir Kaur

  • Does cutting herbicide rates threaten the sustainability of weed management in cropping systems

    Michael Renton;Art Diggle;Sudheesh Manalil;Stephen Powles

  • Similarities and gradients in growth unit branching patterns during ontogeny in ‘Fuji’ apple trees: a stochastic approach

    Michael Renton;Yann Guédon;Yann Guédon;Christophe Godin;Christophe Godin;Evelyne Costes

  • Out of Sight but Not out of Mind: Alternative Means of Communication in Plants

    Monica Gagliano;Michael Renton;Michael Renton;Nili Duvdevani;Matthew Timmins

Frequent Co-Authors

Ladislav Mucina
Ladislav Mucina Murdoch University
Stephen B. Powles
Stephen B. Powles University of Western Australia
Erik J. Veneklaas
Erik J. Veneklaas University of Western Australia
Megan H. Ryan
Megan H. Ryan University of Western Australia
Martin J. Barbetti
Martin J. Barbetti University of Western Australia
Kingsley W. Dixon
Kingsley W. Dixon Curtin University
Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia
François P. Teste
François P. Teste Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
David J. Merritt
David J. Merritt University of Western Australia
Roger A. C. Jones
Roger A. C. Jones University of Western Australia

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