Peter A. Vesk

The University of Melbourne — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

54h-index14.0kcitations225works3.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(127), Species Distribution and Climate Change(53), Plant and animal studies(42), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(31), Rangeland and Wildlife Management(26)

Publications220 total

Traits explain canopy tree occurrence along regional environmental gradients; a subset combine to be useful.
2025Open Access
Neighbor density‐dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
Ecological Monographs·2025
Several candidate size metrics explain vital rates across multiple populations throughout a widespread species' range
Journal of Ecology·2025Open Access
Contribution of microcosm experiments to conservation science
Conservation Biology·2025Open Access
Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
2025Open Access
Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology
BMC Biology·2025· 37 citedOpen Access
A Continuum From Positive to Negative Interactions Drives Plant Species' Performance in a Diverse Community
Ecology Letters·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
A Spatial Birth-Death Process to Model Sessile Organisms
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Author response for "A Continuum From Positive to Negative Interactions Drives Plant Species' Performance in a Diverse Community"
2024
Attributes of private yards along a rural-urban gradient in China highlight opportunities and limits to increase trees to benefit biodiversity and climate
Urban Ecosystems·2024
Sparse positive and negative weak interactions drive plant species performance in a diverse community
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Residents and their trees: a quali-quantitative study of preferences, attitudes and social factors affecting trees planted in private yards in China
Trees·2024
Review for "Living on the edge – physiological tolerance to frost and drought explains range limits of 35 European tree species"
2024
Optimising height‐growth predicts trait responses to water availability and other environmental drivers
Plant Cell & Environment·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
A structured approach for building multi‐community State and Transition Models to support conservation planning
Journal of Applied Ecology·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Comparing grass biomass estimation methods for management decisions in a semi‐arid landscape
Applied Vegetation Science·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
The AusTraits plant dictionary
Scientific Data·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Explaining plant trait variation in response to soil water availability using an optimal height-growth model
2024Open Access
Revisiting the role of mean annual precipitation in shaping functional trait distributions at a continental scale
New Phytologist·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
A structured approach for building multi-community state-and-transition models to support conservation planning
2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Michael A. McCarthy(10), Jane A. Catford(7), Mark Westoby(6), Amy K. Hahs(6), Brendan A. Wintle(6), Nicholas S. G. Williams(5), Ralph Mac Nally(5), William K. Morris(4), Richard T. Corlett(4), Richard P. Duncan(4), Mark J. McDonnell(4), James R. Thomson(4), Angela T. Moles(3), David Coates(3), Mark W. Schwartz(3), Steven E. Clemants(3), Ken Thompson(3), Josh Dorrough(3), James Camac(3), Andrew F. Bennett(3)