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Chew, S.J. and Bonser, S.P. (in press) The evolution of growth rate, resource allocation and competitive ability in seeder and resprouter tree seedlings. Evolutionary Ecology.

Moles, A.T.; Gruber, M & Bonser, S.P. (2008) A new framework for predicting invasive plant species. Journal of Ecology 96: 13-17

Bonser, S.P. 2006. Form defining function: Interpreting leaf functional variability in integrated plant phenotypes. Oikos 114: 187-191.

Bonser, S.P. and Aarssen, L.W. 2006. Meristem allocation and life history evolution in herbaceous plants. Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 143-150.

Thompson, W.A., Eldridge, D.J. and Bonser, S.P. 2006. Structure of biological soil crust communities in Callitris glaucophylla woodlands. Journal of Vegetation Science 17: 271-280.

Mathews, S and Bonser,S.P. 2005 Life histories, ecological tolerance limits, and the evolution of geographic range size in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 53: 501-508.

Bonser, S.P. and Geber, M.A. 2005. Growth form evolution and shifting habitat specialization in annual plants. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18:1009-1018.

Bonser, S.P. and Aarssen, L.W. 2003. Allometry and development in herbaceous plants: Functional responses of meristem allocation to light and nutrient availability. American Journal of Botany 90: 404-412.

Bonser, S.P. and Aarssen, L.W. 2001. Plastic allometry of meristem allocation through development in Arabidopsis thaliana.Journal of Ecology 89: 72-79.

Duffy, N.M, Bonser, S.P., and Aarssen, L.W. 1999. Patterns of variation in meristem allocation across genotypes and species in monocarpic Brassicaceae. Oikos 84: 284-292.

Bonser, S.P. and Reader, R.J. 1998. Species- and biomass-dependence of an indirect effect of vegetation on seedling recruitment. Écoscience 5: 207-212.

Reader, R.J. and Bonser, S.P. 1998. Predicting the combined effect of herbivory and competition on a plant's shoot mass. Canadian Journal of Botany 76: 316-320.

McPhee, C.S., Bonser, S.P., and Aarssen, L.W. 1997. The role of apical dominance in the interpretation of adaptive architecture in prostrate plant species. Écoscience 4: 490-500.

Bonser, S.P. and Aarssen, L.W. 1996. Meristem allocation: a new classification theory for adaptive strategies in herbaceous plants. Oikos 77: 347-352.

Reader, R.J., Bonser, S.P., Duralia, T.E., and Bricker, B.D. 1995. Interspecific variation in tree seedling establishment in canopy gaps in relation to tree density. Journal of Vegetation Science 6: 609-614.

Bonser, S.P. and Reader, R.J. 1995. Plant competition and herbivory in relation to vegetation biomass. Ecology 76: 2176-2183.

Bonser, S.P. and Aarssen, L.W. 1994. Plastic allometry in young sugar maple (Acer Saccharum): adaptive responses to light availability. American Journal of Botany 81: 400-406.

Reader, R.J. and Bonser, S.P. 1993. Control of plant frequency on an environmental gradient: effects of abiotic variables, neighbours, and predators on Poa pratensis and Poa compressa (Gramineae). Canadian Journal of Botany 71: 592-597.

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW

Bonser, S.P. and Aarssen, L.W. in review. Interpreting reproductive allometry in plants.

Forster, M.A. and Bonser, S.P. in review. Sclerophyllous responses to complex environments in the heterophyllous Acacia implexa.

Mallitt, K.L., Bonser, S.P. and Hunt, J. in review. The plasticity of phenotypic integration in response to light and water availability in the pepper grass, Lepidium bonariense.

Ladd, B., Pepper, D.A. and Bonser, S.P. in review. Adversity selection and competitive ability in Eucalyptus seedlings on a geographical-climate gradient.

MANUSCRIPTS IN LATE STAGES OF PREPARATION

Olliek, S. and Bonser, S.P. in prep. Integrated leaf and plant function in tree seedlings on a water gradient.

Hely, S. and Bonser, S.P. in prep. Is plant photosynthetic pathway associated with performance in elevated CO₂?