Michelle Leishman
Department of Biological Sciences
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Professor at Macquarie University
Research Interest
My current research focuses on invasive plants and pathogens, climate change impacts and adaptation and facilitating urban green space. There are a number of active research programs in the lab, including: Responses of invasive exotic plants to elevated CO2 and other environmental drivers Human impact on endangered saltmarsh communities Ecological impact of Myrtle Rust Climate change and threatened species Which plant where, when & why for urban greening The role of plant volatiles in mediating plant-herbivore interactions Smoke-promoted germination
Publications
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Westoby M, Jurado E, Leishman M. Comparative evolutionary ecology of seed size. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 1992 Nov 1;7(11):368-72.
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Leishman MR, Wright IJ, Moles AT, Westoby M. The evolutionary ecology of seed size. Seeds: the ecology of regeneration in plant communities. 2000;2:31-57.
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Kattge J, Diaz S, Lavorel S, Prentice IC, Leadley P, Bönisch G, Garnier E, Westoby M, Reich PB, Wright IJ, Cornelissen JH. TRY–a global database of plant traits. Global change biology. 2011 Sep 1;17(9):2905-35.
