William K. Cornwell

UNSW Sydney — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

71h-index39.3kcitations293works3.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(107), Species Distribution and Climate Change(74), Plant and animal studies(67), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(32), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies(31)

Publications291 total

Accounting for functional diversity in biodiversity protection measures
Plants People Planet·2025Open Access
A global map of wood density
2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
2025Open Access
Author response: Decoupling both local and global abundance from global range size, challenging the abundance-occupancy relationship in birds
2025Open Access
Decoupling both local and global abundance from global range size, challenging the abundance-occupancy relationship in birds
eLife·2025Open Access
Citizen science records are fuelling exciting discoveries of new plant species
American Journal of Botany·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Author response: Decoupling both local and global abundance from global range size: challenging the abundance-occupancy relationship in birds
2025Open Access
Decoupling both local and global abundance from global range size: challenging the abundance-occupancy relationship in birds
2025Open Access
<i>infinitylists</i>: A Shiny application and R package for rapid generation of place‐based species checklists
Applications in Plant Sciences·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Expert identification blitz: A rapid high value approach for assessing and improving iNaturalist identification accuracy and data precision and confidence
Plants People Planet·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Defining the pyro‐thermal niche: do seed traits, ecosystem type and phylogeny influence thermal thresholds in seeds with physical dormancy?
New Phytologist·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Fire ecology database for documenting plant responses to fire events in Australia
Scientific Data·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Continental‐scale empirical evidence for relationships between fire response strategies and fire frequency
New Phytologist·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Applying the spectral variability hypothesis to arid shrublands using multispectral drone imagery
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Faster than expected: release of nitrogen and phosphorus from decomposing woody litter
New Phytologist·2024· 4 cited
Curating protected area-level species lists in an era of diverse and dynamic data sources
Ecological Informatics·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Assessing the effect of tissue and fire‐response traits on plant growth rates post‐disturbance in eastern Australia
Functional Ecology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Continental-scale empirical evidence for relationships between fire response strategies and fire frequency
2024Open Access
The landscape genetics of a mass‐flowering fire‐ephemeral plant
American Journal of Botany·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
infinitylists: A Shiny application and R package for rapid generation of place-based species checklists
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Johannes H. C. Cornelissen(15), Ian J. Wright(14), Peter B. Reich(12), David D. Ackerly(9), Peter M. van Bodegom(9), Amy E. Zanne(8), Jens Kattge(7), Angela T. Moles(7), Éric Garnier(5), Mark Westoby(5), Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia(5), Sandra Dı́az(4), Joseph M. Craine(4), Louis S. Santiago(4), Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia(4), Grégoire T. Freschet(4), Michelle R. Leishman(4), Ülo Niinemets(4), Josep Peñuelas(4), В. Г. Онипченко(4)