Full Publications List: (all links are pdf's)

2004 or in press

Childs, D.Z., Bonsall, M.B. & M. Rees. Periodic Local Disturbance in Host-Parasitoid Metapopulations: Host Suppression and Parasitoid Persistence. Journal of Theoretical Biology 227 (2004) 13–23.

Childs, D.Z., Rees, M., Rose, K.E., Grubb, P.J. & S.P. Ellner. Evolution of size dependent flowering in a variable environment: Construction and analysis of a stochastic integral projection model. Proceedings of the Royal Society (2004) 271, 425–434.

Rees, M., Childs, D.Z., Rose, K.E. & P.J. Grubb. Evolution of size dependent flowering in a variable environment: Partitioning the effects of fluctuating selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society (2004) 271, 471–475.

Turnbull, L.A., D. Coomes, A. Hector & M. Rees. Seed mass and the competition-colonisation trade-off: competitive interactions and spatial patterns in a guild of annual plants. Journal of Ecology 2004 92, 97–109.


2003

Buckley, Y.M., Downey, P., Fowler, S.V., Hill, R., Memmott, J., Norambuena, H., Pitcairn, M., Shaw, R., Sheppard, A.W., Winks, C., Wittenberg, R. & M. Rees. (2003) Global patterns of seed size variation in invasive plants. Ecology 84, 1434-1440.

Buckley, Y.M., Briese, D.T. & M. Rees (2003). Demography and management of the invasive species Hypericum perforatum: 1. Using multi-level mixed effects models for characterising growth, survival and fecundity in a long-term dataset. Journal of Applied Ecology 40, 481-493.

Buckley, Y.M., Briese, D.T. & M. Rees (2003). Demography and management of the invasive species Hypericum perforatum: 2. Construction and use of an individual-based model to predict invasion dynamics and the effects of management strategies. Journal of Applied Ecology 40, 494-507.

Metcalf, J.C., Rose, K.E. & M. Rees (2003). Evolutionary Demography of Monocarpic Perennials. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18, 471-480.

Childs, D.Z., Rees, M., Rose, K.E., Grubb, P.J. & S.P. Ellner (2003). Evolution of Complex Flowering Strategies: An Age and Size-Structured Integral Projection Model. Proceedings of the Royal Society 270, 1829-1839.

Buckley, Y.M., M. Rees, Q. Paynter, & M. Lonsdale. Modelling integrated weed management of an invasive shrub in tropical Australia, Mimosa pigra. Journal of Applied Ecology 2003 40, 494–507.

2002

Thompson, K. L.C. Rickard, D.J. Hodkinson & M. Rees (2002). Seed dispersal - the search for trade-offs. In Dispersal (Eds. Bullock, J., Kenward, R. and Hails, R.) pages 252-272 .

Coomes. D.A., Rees, M., Grubb, P.J. & L. Turnbull. (2002). Are differences in seed mass among species important in structuring plant communities? Evidence from analyses of spatial and temporal variation in dune-annual populations. Oikos 96, 421-432.

Rees, M., Kelly, D. & O.N. Bjornstad (2002). Snow grass, chaos and the evolution of mast seeding. American Naturalist 160, 44-59.

Rose, K.E., M. Rees, & P.J. Grubb (2002). Evolution in the real world: stochastic variation and the determinants of fitness in Carlina vulgaris. Evolution 56, 1416-1430.

Godfray, H.C.J. & M. Rees (2002). Population growth rates: issues and an application. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 357, 1307-1319.

Rees, M., & K.E. Rose (2002). Evolution of Flowering Strategies in Oenothera glazioviana: an Integral Projection Model Approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society 269, 1509-1515.

Shepard, A.W., P. Hodge, Q. Paynter & M. Rees (2002). Factors affecting expansion and regeneration of exotic Broom stands, Cytisus scoparius, in Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology 39, 721-734.

Levine, J.M. & M. Rees (2002). Coexistence and relative abundance in annual plant assemblages: The roles of competition and colonisation. American Naturalist 160, 452-467.

Coomes, D.A., Rees, M., Turnbull, L.A. & S. Ratcliffe (2002). On the mechanisms of coexistence among annual-plants species, using neighbourhood techniques and simulations. Plant Ecology 163, 23-38.

2001

Crawley, M.J., Brown, S.L., Hails, R.S., Kohn, D.D. & M. Rees. (2001). Transgenic crops in natural habitats. Nature 409, 682-683.

Rees, M. & R.L. Hill (2001). Large-scale disturbances, biological control and the dynamics of gorse populations. Journal of Applied Ecology 38, 364-377.

Buckley, Y.M., Hinz, H.L., Matthies D., & M. Rees. (2001). Interactions between density dependent processes, population dynamics and control of an invasive plant species, Tripleurospermum perforatum, (Scentless chamomile). Ecology Letters, 4, 551-558.

Rees, M., Condit, R., Crawley, M.J., Pacala, S.W. & D. Tilman. (2001). Long-term studies of vegetation dynamics. Science, 293, 650-655.

Wilson, J.R., Rees, M., Holst, N., Thomas, M.B. & G.Hill (2001). Water hyacinth population dynamics. In Biological and Integrated Control of Water Hyacinth Eichornia crassipes. Aciar Proceedings 102. Australian Center for International Research.

2000

Rees, M., M. Mangel, L.A. Turnbull, A. Sheppard & D. Briese (2000). The effects of heterogeneity on dispersal and colonisation in plants. In Ecological consequences of environmental heterogeneity (Eds. Hutchings, M. J., John, E. A. and Stewart, A. J. A.) pages 237-265.

Turnbull, L.A., Crawley, M.J. & M. Rees (2000). Are plant populations seed limited? A review of seed sowing experiments. Oikos 88, 225-238.

1999

Coomes, D., Rees, M. & L.A. Turnbull (1999). Identifying aggregation and association in fully mapped spatial data. Ecology 80, 554-565.

Turnbull, L.A., Rees, M. & M.J. Crawley (1999). Seed mass and the competition-colonisation trade-off: A sowing experiment. Journal of Ecology 87, 899-912.

Rees, M., Sheppard, A., Briese, D. & M. Mangel (1999). Evolution of size dependent flowering in Onopordum illyricum: a quantitative assessment of the role of stochastic selection pressures. American Naturalist 154, 628-651.

1998

Ringel, M.S., Rees, M. & H.C.J Godfray (1998). Ecology and evolution of diapause in host-parasitoid systems. Journal of Theoretical Biology 194, 195-204.

Pacala, S.W. & M. Rees (1998). Models suggesting field experiments to test two hypotheses explaining successional diversity. American Naturalist 152, 729-737.

1997

Rees, M. (1997). Evolutionary ecology of seed dormancy and seed size. In Plant life histories. Ecology, phylogeny and evolution. (Eds J. Silvertown, M. Franco and J. Harper). Pages 121-142. Cambridge University Press.

Hails, R.S., Rees, M., Kohn, D.D. & Crawley M.J. (1997). Burial and seed survival in Brassica napus subsp. oleifera and Sinapis arvensis including a comparison of transgenic and non-transgenic lines of the crop. Proceedings of the Royal Society 264, 1-7.

Rees, M. & M. Westoby. (1997). Game-theoretical evolution of seed mass in multi-species ecological models. Oikos 78, 116-126.

Rees, M. & J.M. Bergelson. (1997). Asymmetric light competition and founder control on plant communities. Journal of Theoretical Biology 184, 353-358.

Rees, M. & Q. Paynter. (1997) Biological control of Scotch broom: modelling the determinants of abundance and the potential impact of introduced insect herbivores. Journal of Applied Ecology 34, 1203-1221.

1996

Rees, M., P.J. Grubb & D. Kelly. (1996). Quantifying the impact of competition and spatial heterogeneity on the structure and dynamics of a four-species guild of winter annuals. American Naturalist 147, 1-32.

Rees, M. (1996). Seed Dormancy. In Plant Ecology (Ed. M.J. Crawley). Pages 214-238. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.

Crawley, M.J. & M. Rees. (1996). The balance of plant populations. In Frontiers of Population Biology (Eds Floyd, R.D., Sheppard, A.W. & P.J. De Barro). Pages 191-212. CSIRO Australia.

Rees, M. (1996). Evolutionary ecology of seed dormancy and seed size. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 351, 1299-1308.

1995 and earlier

Rees, M. (1995). Community structure in sand dune annuals: Is seed weight a key quantity? Journal of Ecology 83, 857-863.

Rees, M. (1995). EC-PC Comparative Analyses? Journal of Ecology 83, 891-893.

Rees, M. (1994). Delayed germination of seeds: A look at the effects of adult longevity, the timing of reproduction and population age/stage structure. American Naturalist 144, 43-64.

Shea, K., M. Rees & S. Wood. (1994). Trade-offs, elasticities and the comparative method. Journal of Ecology 82, 951-957.

Rees, M. & M.J. Long (1993). The analysis and interpretation of seedling recruitment curves. American Naturalist 141, 233-262.

Rees, M. (1993). Null models and dispersal distribution distributions: a comment on a paper by Caley. American Naturalist 144, 812-815.

Crawley, M.J., R.S. Hails, M. Rees, D. Kohn, & J. Buxton (1993). Ecology of transgenic rape in natural habitats. Nature 363, 620-623.

Rees, M. (1993). Plant diversity: do trade-offs hold the key? Current Biology 3, 600-602.

Rees, M. & J.H. Lawton (1993). What can models tell us? Pages 65 to 83 in Plant Adaptation to Environmental Stress (Eds. L. Fowden, T. Mansfield & J. Stoddart). Chapman & Hall, London.

Rees, M. (1993). Trade-offs among dispersal strategies in the British flora. Nature 366, 150-152.

Rees, M. & M.J. Long (1992). Germination biology and the ecology of annual plants. American Naturalist 139, 484-508.

Rees, M. & V.K. Brown (1992). Interactions between invertebrate herbivores and plant competition. Journal of Ecology 80, 353-360.

Rees, M. & M.J. Crawley (1991). Do plant populations cycle? Functional Ecology 5, 580-582.

Rees, M. & V.K. Brown (1991). The effect of established plants on recruitment in the annual forb Sinapis arvensis. Oecologia 87, 58-62.

Rees, M., D. Kohn, R. Hails, M.J. Crawley & S. Malcolm (1990). An ecological perspective to risk assessment. Pages 9 to 24 in Biosafety results of field tests of genetically modified plants and microorganisms. Clemson University Press, South Carolina.

Rees, M. & M.J. Crawley (1989). Growth, reproduction and population dynamics. Functional Ecology 3, 645-653.