Byron B. Lamont

Curtin University — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(213), Plant and animal studies(90), Fire effects on ecosystems(67), Rangeland and Wildlife Management(64), Plant Parasitism and Resistance(59)

Publications373 total

Distinguishing trait/habitat convergence from conservatism, and the biogeographic relationship of sister clades in Australia and South Africa
SSRN Electronic Journal·2026Open Access
Intercropping reduces soil erosion, improves soil conditions, and increases productivity of a Camellia oleifera plantation
Plant and Soil·2025
The natural history of biotic interactions, highlighting nutrient uptake mutualisms, pollination, seed protection and viability threats in a nutrient-impoverished biome
Journal of Natural History·2025
Numerical comparison of extant and fossil pollen reveals South American ancestors for Embothrium in South America, and Telopea-Alloxylon and Banksia in Australia
2025Open Access
Intercropping reduces soil erosion, improves soil conditions, and increases productivity of a Camellia oleifera plantation
2025Open Access
Leaf thickness as key to the contrasting ecophysiology, including water-loss resistance, of eight arid-climate species
Plant Ecophysiology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Novel root clusters in the grasstree Kingia australis (Dasypogonaceae) increase the root surface:volume ratio by 70 times
Australian Journal of Botany·2025Open Access
Convergence, rather than phylogenetic conservatism, explains trait matching of sister Proteaceae in Australia and South Africa
2025Open Access
Contrasting water, dry matter and air contents distinguish orthophylls, sclerophylls and succophylls (leaf succulents)
Oecologia·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Review of: "Improved Seed Germination Technique for Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce: A Rare Sacred Plant of Hindus"
2025Open Access
Non-additive effects of leaf-litter flammability on eight subtropical tree species: Implications for forest species composition and fire susceptibility
Journal of Environmental Management·2025· 4 cited
Differential impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on forest structure, diversity, and composition in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Abundance of root clusters in Kingia australis (Dasypogonaceae) highlights widespread non-symbiotic adaptations to nutrient-impoverished soils
2024Open Access
Species richness − environmental diversity relationships are shaped by the underlying species − area curves and negative secondary effects
Theoretical Ecology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The species richness–resource availability relationship is hump-shaped
Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Modeling the distribution of pine wilt disease in China using the ensemble models <scp>MaxEnt</scp> and <scp>CLIMEX</scp>
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Endobeuthos paleosum in 99-million-year-old amber does not belong to the Proteaceae
Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas·2024Open Access
The need for mechanistic explanations in (seed) ecology
New Phytologist·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Fire-type heat increases the germination of Cistaceae seeds in contrast to summer heat
Fire Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Scientific, rhetorical and lifestyle use of the terms ‘ecology’ and ‘environment’ in reference to the ‘ecosystem crisis’
Cogent Arts and Humanities·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Neal J. Enright(13), Tianhua He(11), Richard M. Cowling(8), Juli G. Pausas(7), E.T.F. Witkowski(4), Ben P. Miller(4), Ian J. Wright(3), Peter B. Reich(3), Mark Westoby(3), Philip K. Groom(3), Philip W. Rundel(3), Johannes H. C. Cornelissen(2), Éric Garnier(2), Kouki Hikosaka(2), William Lee(2), Jeremy J. Midgley(2), Jacek Oleksyn(2), Noriyuki Osada(2), Hendrik Poorter(2), Pieter Poot(2)