Michael Sams

AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

Daniel Falster, Rachael Gallagher, Elizabeth H Wenk, Ian J Wright, Dony Indiarto, Samuel C Andrew, Caitlan Baxter, James Lawson, Stuart Allen, Anne Fuchs, Anna Monro, Fonti Kar, Mark A Adams, Collin W Ahrens, Matthew Alfonzetti, Tara Angevin, Deborah MG Apgaua, Stefan Arndt, Owen K Atkin, Joe Atkinson, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENTIFIC DATA

We introduce the AusTraits database - a compilation of values of plant traits for taxa in the Australian flora (hereafter AusTrait..

Microhabitats can be recruitment refuges and sinks

Paul E Carnell, Michael A Sams, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2019  |  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Recruitment is an important demographic bottleneck in the life history of many plant and animal species. Microhabitats provided by..

Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness

MA Sams, HR Lai, SP Bonser, PA Vesk, RM Kooyman, DJ Metcalfe, JW Morgan, MM Mayfield

Journal article  |  2017  |  GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Aim: A rich literature on forest succession provides general expectations for the steps forests go through while reassembling afte..

Increased larval planktonic duration and post-recruitment competition influence survival and growth of the bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata

Michael A Sams, Fletcher Warren-Myers, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2015  |  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

For organisms with complex life cycles, longer time spent in the plankton by dispersing propagules can cause reduced survival, gro..

Effects of early recruits on temperate sessile marine community composition depend on other species recruiting at the time

Michael A Sams, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2013  |  OECOLOGIA

In many environments recruitment of dispersive propagules (e.g. seeds, spores and larvae) can vary from situations when particular..

Early recruitment variation and an established dominant alter the composition of a temperate fouling community

Michael A Sams, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2013  |  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

For marine organisms with complex life cycles, recruitment of dispersive propagules is highly variable in time and space, and can ..

Effects of pulse versus steady recruitment on sessile marine communities

Michael A Sams, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2012  |  OECOLOGIA

Variation in patterns of propagule establishment (recruitment) has important effects on population dynamics and the structure of s..

Contrasting effects of variable species recruitment on marine sessile communities

Michael A Sams, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2012  |  ECOLOGY

The species composition, density, and frequency of recruitment into any given habitat are highly variable in most biological syste..