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Overview

William K. Cornwell is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and works primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research encompasses a significant number of publications focused on ecological and environmental topics.

Their main areas of study include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change. These subfields highlight a broad engagement with ecological systems, species interactions, and environmental processes at various scales.

The topics frequently addressed in Cornwell's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Cornwell has contributed to research published in several notable venues, with frequent publications in New Phytologist, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Data, Functional Ecology, and eLife. These venues reflect a focus on plant ecology, functional ecology, and open scientific data.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by William K. Cornwell include:

  • AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora (2021, Scientific Data)
  • Global abundance estimates for 9,700 bird species (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Three Frontiers for the Future of Biodiversity Research Using Citizen Science Data (2020, BioScience)
  • Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates (2022, Science)
  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome (2020, Nature Communications)

Frequent collaborating co-authors include Corey T. Callaghan, Thomas Mesaglio, Shinichi Nakagawa, Daniel S. Falster, and Amy E. Zanne. The ongoing collaboration with these researchers suggests a network of interdisciplinary ecological research.

Best Publications

  • Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology

    Steven W. Kembel;Peter D. Cowan;Matthew R. Helmus;William K. Cornwell

  • New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • 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

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

    Amy E. Zanne;David C. Tank;William K. Cornwell;Jonathan M. Eastman

  • A TRAIT-BASED TEST FOR HABITAT FILTERING: CONVEX HULL VOLUME

    William K Cornwell;L Dylan W Schwilk;David D Ackerly

  • Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California

    William K. Cornwell;David D. Ackerly

  • The effects of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation on forecasts of species range shifts under climate change

    Fernando Valladares;Fernando Valladares;Silvia Matesanz;Francois Guilhaumon;Francois Guilhaumon;Miguel B. Araujo;Miguel B. Araujo;Miguel B. Araujo

  • A trait-based approach to community assembly: partitioning of species trait values into within- and among-community components.

    D. D. Ackerly;W. K. Cornwell

  • Trait evolution, community assembly, and the phylogenetic structure of ecological communities.

    Nathan J. B. Kraft;William K. Cornwell;Campbell O. Webb;David D. Ackerly

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • The geography of climate change: implications for conservation biogeography

    D. D. Ackerly;S. R. Loarie;W. K. Cornwell;S. B. Weiss

  • A global method for calculating plant CSR ecological strategies applied across biomes world-wide

    Simon Pierce;Daniel Negreiros;Bruno E. L. Cerabolini;Jens Kattge

  • Global meta‐analysis of wood decomposition rates: a role for trait variation among tree species?

    James T. Weedon;William K. Cornwell;Johannes H.C. Cornelissen;Amy E. Zanne;Amy E. Zanne

  • Linking litter decomposition of above‐ and below‐ground organs to plant–soil feedbacks worldwide

    Grégoire T. Freschet;William K. Cornwell;David A. Wardle;Tatyana G. Elumeeva

  • Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

    Angela T. Moles;Sarah E. Perkins;Shawn W. Laffan;Habacuc Flores-Moreno

  • Why are non-photosynthetic tissues generally 13C enriched compared with leaves in C3 plants? Review and synthesis of current hypotheses.

    Lucas A. Cernusak;Guillaume Tcherkez;Claudia Keitel;William K. Cornwell

  • Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed?

    William K. Cornwell;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Steven D. Allison;Jürgen Bauhus

  • Wood density and vessel traits as distinct correlates of ecological strategy in 51 California coast range angiosperms.

    Katherine A. Preston;William K. Cornwell;Jeanne L. DeNoyer

  • Towards a universal model for carbon dioxide uptake by plants.

    Han Wang;Han Wang;Han Wang;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;Trevor F. Keenan;Trevor F. Keenan;Tyler W. Davis;Tyler W. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Benjamin D. Levine
Benjamin D. Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Ian J. Wright
Ian J. Wright Western Sydney University
Thomas J. Rogers
Thomas J. Rogers Temple University
Amy E. Zanne
Amy E. Zanne University of Miami
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia Hasselt University
Angela T. Moles
Angela T. Moles University of New South Wales
Ming Dong
Ming Dong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mark Westoby
Mark Westoby Macquarie University

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