Areas of expertise

• Ecology 0602

Research interests

Publications

• N'Dri, A.B., Kpangba, K.P., Werner, P.A., et al. 2022, 'The response of sub-adult savanna trees to six successive annual fires: An experimental field study on the role of fire season', Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.
• Sritharan, M.S, Scheele, B.C., Blanchard, W. Foster, C. N., Werner, P. A. Lindenmayer, D. B. 2022, 'Plant rarity in fire-prone dry sclerophyll communities, Scientific Reports, vol 12, 12055. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-159278-8
• Fensham, R, Freeman, M, Laffineur, B et al. 2017, 'Variable rainfall has a greater effect than fire on the demography of the dominant tree in a semi-arid Eucalyptus savanna', Austral Ecology, vol. Online, pp. 11pp.
• Huston, M, Ellison, A, Frank, D et al. 2016, 'External Influences on Ecological Theory: Report on Organized Oral Session 80 at the 100th Anniversary Meeting of the Ecological Society of America', The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (Online), vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 311-317pp.
• van Doorn, A, Woinarski, J & Werner, P 2015, 'Livestock grazing affects habitat quality and persistence of the threatened Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Malurus coronatus in the Victoria River District, Northern Territory, Australia', Emu - Austral Ornithology, vol. 115, no. 4, pp. 302-308pp.
• Werner, P 2015, 'Australian vs. North American ecological research: Contrasting environmental influences', 2015 ESA Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of Australia, tbc, pp. 2pp.
• N'Dri, A, Gignoux, J, Barot, S et al. 2014, 'The dynamics of hollowing in annually burnt savanna trees and its effect on adult tree mortality', Plant Ecology, vol. 215, no. 1, pp. 27-37.
• Werner, P 2014, 'Colonizing Plants: Evolutionary and Ecological Trade-offs', Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (CEASED), vol. 95, no. 3, pp. 229-233.
• Werner, P 2014, 'The rise and fall of the Asian water buffalo in the monsoonal tropics of northern Australia', in Prins, H.H.T., Gordon, I.J. (ed.), Invasion Biology and Ecological Theory: Insights from a Continent in Transformation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, USA, pp. 452-496.
• Werner, P & Prior, L 2013, 'Demography and growth of subadult savanna trees: interactions of life history, size, fire season, and grassy understory', Ecological Monographs, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 67-93.
• Werner, P 2012, 'The fate of sub-adult trees trapped in the demographic bottleneck of a mesic savanna', Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2012, Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, USA, pp. 147pp.
• Werner, P 2012, 'Growth of juvenile and sapling trees differs with both fire season and understorey type: Trade-offs and transitions out of the fire trap in an Australian savanna', Austral Ecology, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 644-657.
• Werner, P 2010, 'Fine-scale patchiness of burns in a mesic eucalypt savanna differs with fire season and Sorghum abundance', Northern Territory Naturalist, vol. 22, pp. 31-44.
• Werner, P & Petty, A, eds, 2010, How many buffalo does it take to change a savanna? A response to Bowman et al (2008).
• Lindenmayer, D, Steffen, W, Burbidge, A et al. 2010, 'Conservation strategies in response to rapid climate change: Australia as a case study', Biological Conservation, vol. 143, no. 7, pp. 1587-1593.
• Werner, P & Franklin, D 2010, 'Resprouting and mortality of juvenile eucalypts in an Australian savanna: impacts of fire season and annual sorghum', Australian Journal of Botany, vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 619-628.
• Werner, P, Steffen, W, Burbidge, A et al. 2009, 'Ecological principles underpin a national approach to biodiversity conservation under climate change in Australia', ESA Annual Meeting, Conference Organising Committee, USA.
• Steffen, W, Burbridge, A, Hughes, L et al. 2009, Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne Australia.
• Werner, P, Prior, L & Forner, J 2008, 'Growth and survival of termite-piped Eucalyptus tetrodonta and E. miniata in northern Australia: Implications for harvest of trees for didgeridoos', Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 256, pp. 328-334.
• Werner, P & Prior, L 2007, 'Tree-piping termites and growth and survival of host trees in savanna woodland of north Australia', Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 611-622.
• Petty, A, Lehmann, C, Riley, J et al. 2007, 'Savanna responses to feral buffalo in Kakadu National Park, Australia', Ecological Monographs, vol. 77, no. 3, pp. 441-463.
• Werner, P, Cowie, I & Cusack, J 2006, 'Juvenile tree growth and demography in response to feral water buffalo in savannas of northern Australia: an experimental field study in Kakadu National Park', Australian Journal of Botany, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 283-296.