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Email

margie.mayfield@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Head, School of Biosciences
School of BioSciences
Education
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Reed College
PhD
Stanford University
ORCID

0000-0002-5101-6542

Prof Margaret Mayfield

Head, School of Biosciences
School of BioSciences

118 Scholarly works
11 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Trait-mediated interactions drive local diversity
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2600749123
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Higher-order interactions enhance the latitudinal tree diversity gradient
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10434-6
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A systems modelling approach to predict biological responses to extreme heat
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2026.01.009
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Landscape fragmentation and agricultural context impact pollination services to native annual plants in critically endangered Australian woodlands
    DOI: 10.1007/s10980-026-02305-2
  • 2024

    Research grants (other domestic)

    RB23002 Best Practice Pollinator Management for the Rubus Industry
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Horizontal Ecological Networks for Understanding Biodiversity Maintenance
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    How Positive Interactions Improve Predictions of Plant Community Diversity
Margaret Mayfield

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
    DOI: 10.1002/ecm.70040
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Facilitation Thinking for Coexistence Theory
    DOI: 10.1111/ele.70150
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Editorial: Horizons in bee science
    DOI: 10.3389/frbee.2025.1667590
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A Continuum From Positive to Negative Interactions Drives Plant Species' Performance in a Diverse Community
    DOI: 10.1111/ele.70059
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Individual vital rates respond differently to local-scale environmental variation and neighbour removal
    DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14308
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Annual species' experimental germination responses to light and temperature do not correspond with their microhabitat associations in the field
    DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13252

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Understanding Threats to Totemic Stingless Bees
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Optimising Land Sparing and Sharing to Restore Ecosystem Services

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