Publications

Falster, A. D., Gallagher, R., Wenk, E., Wright, I., Indiarto, D., Andrew, S. C., Lawson, J., Allen, S., Fuchs, A., Adams, M. A., Collin, W., Alfonzetti, M., Angevin, T., Atkin, O. K., Auld, T., Baker, A., Buckton, G., Burrows, G., Caldwell, E., … Milberg, P. (2021). AusTraits – a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora. bioRxiv, 1–62.
Lai, H. R., Chong, K. Y., Yee, A. T. K., Stouffer, D. B., & Mayfield, M. M. (2021). Non-additive biotic interactions improve predictions of tropical tree growth and impact community size structure. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.16.300616
Lai, H. R., Craven, D., Hall, J. S., Hui, F. K. C., & Breugel, M. van. (2021). Successional syndromes of saplings in tropical secondary forests emerge from environment-dependent trait–demography relationships. Ecology Letters, 24(9), 1776–1787. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13784
Lai, H. R., Tan, G. S. Y., Neo, L., Kee, C. Y., Yee, A. T. K., Tan, H. T. W., & Chong, K. Y. (2021). Decoupled responses of native and exotic tree diversities to distance from old-growth forest and soil phosphorus in novel secondary forests. Applied Vegetation Science, 24, e12548. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12548
Lam, W. N., Chan, P. J., Ting, Y. Y., Sim, H. J., Lian, J. J., Chong, R., Rahman, N. E., Tan, L. W. A., Ho, Q. Y., Chiam, Z., Arora, S., Lai, H. R., Ramchunder, S. J., Peh, K. S.-H., Cai, Y., & Chong, K. Y. (2021). Habitat adaptation mediates the influence of leaf traits on canopy productivity: evidence from a tropical freshwater swamp forest. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00697-7
Lai, H. R., Chong, K. Y., Yee, A. T. K., Tan, H. T. W., & Breugel, M. van. (2020). Functional traits that moderate tropical tree recruitment during post-windstorm secondary succession. Journal of Ecology, 108, 1322–1333. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13347
Song, X. P., Lai, H. R., Wijedasa, L. S., Tan, P. Y., Edwards, P. J., & Richards, D. R. (2020). Height–diameter allometry for the management of city trees in the tropics. Environmental Research Letters, 15(11), 114017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abbbad
Breugel, M. van, Craven, D., Lai, H. R., Baillon, M., Turner, B. L., & Hall, J. S. (2019). Soil nutrients and dispersal limitation shape compositional variation in secondary tropical forests across multiple scales. Journal of Ecology, 107(2), 566–581. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13126
Chiam, Z., Song, X. P., Lai, H. R., & Tan, H. T. W. (2019). Particulate matter mitigation via plants: Understanding complex relationships with leaf traits. Science of the Total Environment, 688, 398–408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.263
Wainwright, C. E., HilleRisLambers, J., Lai, H. R., Loy, X., & Mayfield, M. M. (2019). Distinct responses of niche and fitness differences to water availability underlie variable coexistence outcomes in semi-arid annual plant communities. Journal of Ecology, 107, 293–306. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13056
Yee, A. T. K., Lai, H. R., Chong, K. Y., Neo, L., Koh, C. Y., Tan, S. Y., Seah, W. W., Loh, J. W., Lim, R. C. J., Breugel, M. van, & Tan, H. T. W. (2019). Short-term responses in a secondary tropical forest after a severe windstorm event. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30(4), 720–731. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12753
Bimler, M. D., Stouffer, D. B., Lai, H. R., & Mayfield, M. M. (2018). Accurate predictions of coexistence in natural systems require the inclusion of facilitative interactions and environmental dependency. Journal of Ecology, 106(5), 1839–1852. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13030
Lai, H. R., Hall, J. S., Batterman, S. A., Turner, B. L., & Breugel, M. van. (2018). Nitrogen fixer abundance has no effect on biomass recovery during tropical secondary forest succession. Journal of Ecology, 106(4), 1415–1427. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12979
Lam, W. N., Lai, H. R., Lee, C. C., & Tan, H. T. W. (2018). Evidence for pitcher trait-mediated coexistence between sympatric Nepenthes pitcher plant species across geographical scales. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 11(3), 283–294. https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2018.1517831
Wainwright, C. E., Staples, T. L., Charles, L. S., Flanagan, T. C., Lai, H. R., Loy, X., Reynolds, V. A., & Mayfield, M. M. (2018). Links between community ecology theory and ecological restoration are on the rise. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(2), 570–581. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12975
Lai, H. R., Hall, J. S., Turner, B. L., & Breugel, M. van. (2017). Liana effects on biomass dynamics strengthen during secondary forest succession. Ecology, 98(4), 1062–1070. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1734
Sams, M. A., Lai, H. R., Bonser, S. P., Vesk, P. A., Kooyman, R. M., Metcalfe, D. J., Morgan, J. W., & Mayfield, M. M. (2017). Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(10), 1165–1176. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12627
Lai, H. R., Mayfield, M. M., Gay-des-combes, J. M., Spiegelberger, T., & Dwyer, J. M. (2015). Distinct invasion strategies operating within a natural annual plant system. Ecology Letters, 18(4), 336–346. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12414