THE PHYTO LAB
Peer-reviewed Publications
Peer-reviewed Publications
Murray, M.L., Poulsen, S.M. & Murray, B.R. 2020, ‘Decontaminating Terrestrial Oil Spills: A Comparative Assessment of Dog Fur, Human Hair, Peat Moss and Polypropylene Sorbents’, Environments, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 52.
Murray, B.R., Martin, L.J., Brown, C., Krix, D.W. & Phillips, M.L. 2018, ‘Selecting Low-Flammability Plants as Green Firebreaks within Sustainable Urban Garden Design’, Fire, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 15.
Krix, D.W., Hingee, M.C., Martin, L.J., Phillips, M.L. & Murray, B.R. 2017, ‘Ecological Impacts of Fire Trails on Plant Assemblages in Edge Habitat Adjacent to Trails’, Fire Ecology, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 95–119.
Murray, B.R., Martin, L.J., Phillips, M.L. & Pyšek, P. 2017, ‘Taxonomic perils and pitfalls of dataset assembly in ecology: a case study of the naturalized Asteraceae in Australia’, NeoBiota, vol. 34, pp. 1–20.
Phillips, M.L. 2016, ‘Intentional Small-scale Disasters: Simulating Oil Spills to Develop Hands-on Remediation Experience’, Australasian Simulation Congress. Simulation Australasia.
Murray, B.R., Hardstaff, L.K. & Phillips, M.L. 2013, ‘Differences in leaf flammability, leaf traits and flammability-trait relationships between native and exotic plant species of dry sclerophyll forest’, PLOS ONE, vol. 8, no. 11, e79205.
Stohlgren, T.J., Pyšek, P., Kartesz, J., Nishino, M., Pauchard, A., Winter, M., Pino, J., Richardson, D.M., Wilson, J., Murray, B.R., Phillips, M.L., Celesti-Grapow, L. & Graham, J. 2013, ‘Globalization effects on common plant species’, in Levin SA (ed.), Encyclopedia Of Biodiversity, Second Edition, Academic Press, Waltham, pp. 700–706.
Murray, B.R. & Phillips, M.L. 2012, ‘Temporal introduction patterns of invasive alien plant species to Australia’, NeoBiota, vol. 13, pp. 1–14.
Phillips, M.L. & Murray, B.R. 2012, ‘Invasiveness in exotic plant species is linked to high seed survival in the soil’, Evolutionary Ecology Research, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 83–94.
Simberloff, D. & 140 co-authors including Phillips, M.L. 2011, ‘Non-natives: 141 scientists object’, Nature, vol. 475, no. 7354, pp. 1.
Stohlgren, T.J., Pyšek, P., Kartesz, J., Nishino, M., Pauchard, A., Winter, M., Pino, J., Richardson, D.M., Wilson, J.R., Murray, B.R., Phillips, M.L., Ming-yang, L., Celesti-Grapow, L. & Font, X. 2011, ‘Widespread plant species: Natives versus aliens in our changing world’, Biological Invasions, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 1931–1944.
Murray, B.R. & Phillips, M.L. 2010, ‘Investment in seed dispersal structures is linked to invasiveness in exotic plant species of south-eastern Australia’, Biological Invasions, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 2265–2275.
Phillips, M.L., Murray, B.R., Pyšek, P., Pergl, J., Jarošík, V., Chytrý, M. & Kühn, I. 2010, ‘Plant species of the Central European flora as aliens in Australia’, Preslia, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. 465–482.
Phillips, M.L., Murray, B.R., Leishman, M.R. & Ingram, R. 2010, ‘The naturalization to invasion transition: Are there introduction-history correlates of invasiveness in exotic plants of Australia?’, Austral Ecology, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 695–703.
Nevill, J.C., Hancock, P.J., Murray, B.R., Ponder, W.F., Humphreys, W.F., Phillips, M.L. & Groom, P.K. 2010, ‘Groundwater-dependent ecosystems and the dangers of groundwater overdraft: A review and an Australian perspective’, Pacific Conservation Biology, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 187–208.
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