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D-Index
56
Citations
16475
World Ranking
2791
National Ranking
212

Overview

Peter A. Vesk is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in their work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Forest Ecology and Management, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Remote Sensing in Agriculture.

Vesk's recent publications demonstrate a focus on ecological and evolutionary biology themes. Some key papers include:

  • "Indigenous plants promote insect biodiversity in urban greenspaces" (2021), published in Ecological Applications
  • "Plant functional traits reflect different dimensions of species invasiveness" (2021), published in Ecology
  • "Phenotypic plasticity masks range-wide genetic differentiation for vegetative but not reproductive traits in a short-lived plant" (2021), published in Ecology Letters
  • "Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology" (2025), published in BMC Biology
  • "Transferability of trait-based species distribution models" (2020), published in Ecography

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vesk include:

  • David H. Duncan
  • William K. Morris
  • Libby Rumpff
  • Estíbaliz Palma
  • Saras M. Windecker

Vesk's work has been published in several notable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecology Letters
  • Ecological Applications
  • Ecography

Best Publications

  • Plant Ecological Strategies: Some Leading Dimensions of Variation Between Species

    Mark Westoby;Daniel S. Falster;Angela T. Moles;Peter A. Vesk

  • Seed supply for broadscale restoration: maximizing evolutionary potential

    Linda M. Broadhurst;Andrew Lowe;David J. Coates;Saul A. Cunningham

  • Understanding co-occurrence by modelling species simultaneously with a Joint Species Distribution Model (JSDM)

    Laura J. Pollock;Reid Tingley;William K. Morris;Nick Golding

  • Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities

    Etienne Laliberté;Jessie A. Wells;Fabrice DeClerck;Daniel J. Metcalfe

  • What does species richness tell us about functional trait diversity? Predictions and evidence for responses of species and functional trait diversity to land-use change

    M. M. Mayfield;S. P. Bonser;J. W. Morgan;I. Aubin

  • A conceptual framework for predicting the effects of urban environments on floras

    Nicholas S.G. Williams;Nicholas S.G. Williams;Mark W. Schwartz;Peter A. Vesk;Michael A. McCarthy;Michael A. McCarthy

  • Sprouting ability across diverse disturbances and vegetation types worldwide

    Peter A. Vesk;Mark Westoby

  • A global synthesis of plant extinction rates in urban areas

    Amy K. Hahs;Amy K. Hahs;Mark J. McDonnell;Mark J. McDonnell;Michael A. McCarthy;Peter A. Vesk

  • Quantifying levels of biological invasion: towards the objective classification of invaded and invasible ecosystems

    Jane A. Catford;Peter A. Vesk;David M. Richardson;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek

  • Urbanisation, plant traits and the composition of urban floras

    Nicholas S.G. Williams;Nicholas S.G. Williams;Amy K. Hahs;Amy K. Hahs;Peter A. Vesk

  • Time lags in provision of habitat resources through revegetation

    Peter Vesk;Rachael Helene Nolan;James Robertson Thomson;Joshua Dorrough

  • Predicting plant species’ responses to grazing

    Peter A. Vesk;Mark Westoby

  • The role of functional traits in species distributions revealed through a hierarchical model

    Laura J. Pollock;William K. Morris;Peter A. Vesk

  • Collapse of an avifauna: climate change appears to exacerbate habitat loss and degradation

    Ralph Charles Mac Nally;Andrew F Bennett;James Robertson Thomson;James Quentin Radford

  • Forecasting species range dynamics with process-explicit models: matching methods to applications

    Natalie J. Briscoe;Jane Elith;Roberto Salguero‐Gómez;Roberto Salguero‐Gómez;Roberto Salguero‐Gómez;José J. Lahoz‐Monfort

  • Flow regulation reduces native plant cover and facilitates exotic invasion in riparian wetlands

    Jane A. Catford;Barbara J. Downes;Christopher J. Gippel;Peter A. Vesk

  • Putting plant resistance traits on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes

    Angela T. Moles;Ian R. Wallis;William J. Foley;David I. Warton

  • The clock is ticking—Revegetation and habitat for birds and arboreal mammals in rural landscapes of southern Australia

    Peter Anton Vesk;Ralph Charles Mac Nally

  • Metal localization in water hyacinth roots from an urban wetland

    P. A. Vesk;C. E. Nockolds;W. G. Allaway

  • Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities

    Richard P. Duncan;Steven E. Clemants;Richard T. Corlett;Amy K. Hahs;Amy K. Hahs

  • Where and when to revegetate: a quantitative method for scheduling landscape reconstruction

    J. R. Thomson;A. J. Moilanen;P. A. Vesk;A. F. Bennett

  • Land-use intensification reduces functionalredundancy and response diversity in plantcommunities

    Etienne Laliberte;Jessie A. Wells;Fabrice DeClerck;Daniel J. Metcalfe

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. McCarthy
Michael A. McCarthy University of Melbourne
Jane A. Catford
Jane A. Catford King's College London
Amy K. Hahs
Amy K. Hahs University of Melbourne
Nicholas S. G. Williams
Nicholas S. G. Williams University of Melbourne
Brendan A. Wintle
Brendan A. Wintle University of Melbourne
Mark J. McDonnell
Mark J. McDonnell University of Melbourne
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Mark Westoby
Mark Westoby Macquarie University
Richard J. Williams
Richard J. Williams Deakin University
Ralph Charles Mac Nally
Ralph Charles Mac Nally University of Canberra

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