Assoc Prof Jennifer Read - Researcher Profile

Biography

Jenny works in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University as an Adjunct Associate Professor.

Jenny’s research interests are:

• The controls of rainforest structure and composition
• The differences in biology between tropical and temperate species
• The functional significance of leaf form

Keywords

rainforest structure and composition, biology of tropical and temperate plant species, leaf form

Qualifications

SCIENCE

Institution: University of Tasmania

Year awarded: 1986

HONOURS

Institution: University of Tasmania

Year awarded: 1983

SCIENCE

Institution: Australian National University

Year awarded: 1982

Publications

Book Chapters

Read, J., Hill, R., Hope, G., Carpenter, R., 2010, The contrasting biology of tropical versus temperate Nothofagus species and its relevance to interpretations of Cenozoic rainforest history in southeast Australia, in Altered Ecologies: Fire, Climate and Human Influence on Terrestrial Landscapes, eds Simon Haberle, Janelle Stevenson and Matthew Prebble, ANU ePress, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 15-32.

Read, J., 1999, Rainforest ecology, in Vegetation of Tasmania, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 160-197.

Journal Articles

Gleason, S., Read, J., Ares, A., 2011, Biomass allocation and phosphorus economics of rain-forest seedlings: effects of fertilization and radiation on soil specialists and soil generalists, Journal Of Tropical Ecology [P], vol 27, issue 2, Cambridge University Press, England, pp. 147-161.

Cunningham, S., Thomson, J., Mac Nally, R., Read, J., Baker, P., 2011, Groundwater change forecasts widespread forest dieback across an extensive floodplain system, Freshwater Biology [E], vol 56, issue 8, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 1494-1508.

Read, J., Hill, R., Hope, G.S., 2010, Contrasting responses to water deficits of nothofagus species from tropical new guinea and high-latitude temperate forests: can rainfall regimes constrain latitudinal range?, Journal Of Biogeography [P], vol 37, issue 10, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc, Malden Massachusetts USA, pp. 1962-1976.

Cunningham, S.C., Thomson, J.R., Read, J., Baker, P.J., Mac Nally, R., 2010, Does stand structure influence susceptibility of eucalypt floodplain forests to dieback?, Austral Ecology [P], vol 35, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc, Malden Massachusetts USA, pp. 348-356.

Salter, J., Morris, K., Read, J., Boon, P., 2010, Effect of drying, salinity and temperature on seed germination of the submersed wetland monocot, Vallisneria australis, Fundamental and Applied Limnology [P], vol 177, issue 2, E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart Germany, pp. 105-114.

Wevill, P.J., Read, J., 2010, Fine-scale patterns in the distribution of semi-arid tree species at Wyperfeld National Park, southeastern Australia - the potential roles of resource gradients vs disturbance, Journal Of Arid Environments [P], vol 74, issue 4, Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, London England, pp. 482-490.

Read, J., Fletcher, T., Wevill, P.J., Deletic, A., 2010, Plant traits that enhance pollutant removal from stormwater in biofiltration systems, International Journal Of Phytoremediation [P], vol 12, issue 1, Taylor and Francis Inc, Philadelphia USA, pp. 34-53.

Gleason, S.M., Read, J., Ares, A., Metcalfe, D., 2010, Species-soil associations, disturbance, and nutrient cycling in an Australian tropical rainforest, Oecologia [P], vol 162, issue 4, Springer, New York USA, pp. 1047-1058.

Salter, J., Morris, K., Read, J., Boon, P., 2010, Understanding the potential effects of water regime and salinity on recruitment of Melaleuca ericifolia Sm., Aquatic Botany [P], vol 92, issue 3, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 200-206.

Cunningham, S.C., Mac Nally, R., Read, J., Baker, P.J., White, M., Thomson, J.R., Griffioen, P., 2009, A robust technique for mapping vegetation condition across a major river system, Ecosystems [P], vol 12, issue 2, Springer, New York USA, pp. 207-219.

Read, J., Sanson, G.D., Caldwell, E.A., Clissold, F.J., Chatain, A.S., Peeters, P.J., Lamont, B.B., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Jaffre, T., Kerr, S., 2009, Correlations between leaf toughness and phenolics among species in contrasting environments of Australia and New Caledonia, Annals Of Botany [P], vol 103, issue 5, Oxford University Press, England, pp. 757-767.

Chatain, A.S., Read, J., Jaffre, T., 2009, Does leaf-level nutrient-use efficiency explain Nothofagus-dominance of some tropical rain forests in New Caledonia?, Plant Ecology [P], vol 201, issue 1, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 51-66.

Clissold, F.J., Sanson, G.D., Read, J., Simpson, S., 2009, Gross vs. net income: How plant toughness affects performance of an insect herbivore, Ecology [P], vol 90, issue 12, Ecological society of America, USA, pp. 3393-3405.

Drew, D.M., Downes, G., O'Grady, A.P., Read, J., Worledge, D., 2009, High resolution temporal variation in wood properties in irrigated and non-irrigated Eucalyptus globulus, Annals Of Forest Science [P], vol 66, issue 4, EDP Sciences, France, pp. 406-1-406-10.

Salter, J., Morris, K., Read, J., Boon, P.I., 2009, Impact of long-term, saline flooding on condition and reproduction of the clonal wetland tree, Melaleuca ericifolia (Myrtaceae), Plant Ecology [P], vol 206, issue 1, Springer, GZ Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 41-57.

Gleason, S.M., Read, J., Ares, A., Metcalfe, D.J., 2009, Phosphorus economics of tropical rainforest species and stands across soil contrasts in Queensland, Australia: understanding the effects of soil specialization and trait plasticity, Functional Ecology [E], vol 23, issue 6, Wiley, UK, pp. 1157-1166.

Sommerville, K., Read, J., 2008, Contrasting water-use strategies in two sympatric cool-temperate rainforest species, Nothofagus cunninghamii (Nothofagaceae) and Atherosperma moschatum (Atherospermataceae), Australian Journal of Botany, vol 56, CSIRO Journals, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 109-118.

Gleason, S.M., Williams, L., Read, J., Metcalfe, D.J., Baker, P.J., 2008, Cyclone effects on the structure and production of a tropical upland rainforest: Implications for life-history tradeoffs, Ecosystems, vol 11, Springer Science, New York, pp. 1277-1290.

Drew, D.M., O'Grady, A.P., Downes, G., Read, J., Worledge, D., 2008, Daily patterns of stem size variation in irrigated and unirrigated eucalyptus globulus, Tree Physiology, vol 28, Heron Publishing, Canada, pp. 1573-1581.

Read, J., Sanson, G.D., Burd, M.C., Jaffre, T., 2008, Mass flowering and parental death in the regeneration of Cerberiopsis candelabra (Apocynaceae), a long-lived monocarpic tree in New Caledonia, American Journal of Botany, vol 95, issue 5, Botanical Society of America, USA, pp. 558-567.

Cornwell, W., Cornelissen, J., Amatangelo, K., Dorrepaal, E., Eviner, V., Godoy, O., Hobble, S., Hoorens, B., Hurokawa, H., Perez-Harguindeguy, N., Quested, H., Santiago, L., Wardle, D., Wright, I., Aerts, R., Allison, S., Van Bodegom, P., Brovkin, P., Chatain, A.S., Callaghan, T., Diaz, S., Garnier, E., Gurvich, D., Kazakou, E., Klein, J., Read, J., Reich, P., Soudzilovskaia, N., Valeretti, M., Westoby, M., 2008, Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide, Ecology Letters, vol 11, issue 10, Blackwell, UK, pp. 1065-1071.

Read, J., Wevill, P.J., Fletcher, T.D., Deletic, A., 2008, Variation among plant species in pollutant removal from stormwater in biofiltration systems, Water Research, vol 42, issue 4-5, Elsevier, UK, pp. 893-902.

Mac Nally, R., Molyneux, G., Thomson, J.R., Lake, P.S., Read, J., 2008, Variation in widths of riparian-zone vegetation of higher-elevation streams and implications for conservation management, Plant Ecology, vol 198, issue 1, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 89-100.

Peeters, P., Sanson, G.D., Read, J., 2007, Leaf biomechanical properties and the densities of herbivorous insect guilds, Functional Ecology, vol 21, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 246-255.

Cunningham, S.C., Read, J., Baker, P.J., Mac Nally, R., 2007, Quantitative assessment of stand condition and its relationship to physiological stress in stands of Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Myrtaceae), Australian Journal of Botany, vol 55, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Australia, pp. 692-699.

Wills, T.J., Read, J., 2007, Soil seed bank dynamics in post-fire heathland succession in south-eastern Australia, Plant Ecology, vol 190, issue 1, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 1-12.

Burd, M.C., Read, J., Sanson, G.D., Jaffre, T., 2006, Age-size plasticity for reproduction in monocarpic plants, Ecology, vol 87, issue 11, Ecological Society of America, Washington DC, pp. 2755-2764.

Brunt, C., Read, J., Sanson, G.D., 2006, Changes in resource concentration and defence during leaf development in a tough-leaved (Nothofagus moorei) and soft-leaved (Toona ciliata) species, Oecologia, vol 148, issue 4, Springer Verlag, New York NY USA, pp. 583-592.

Hallam, A., Read, J., 2006, Do tropical species invest more in anti-herbivore defence than temperate species? A test in Eucryphia (Cunoniaceae) in eastern Australia, Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol 22, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 41-51.

Read, J., Jaffre, T., Ferris, J.M., McCoy, S., Hope, G.S., 2006, Does soil determine the boundaries of monodominant rain forest with adjacent mixed rain forest and maquis on ultramafic soils in New Caledonia?, Journal of Biogeography, vol 33, issue 6, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, pp. 1055-1065.

Read, J., Sanson, G.D., Jaffre, T., Burd, M.C., 2006, Does tree size influence timing of flowering in Cerberiopsis candelabra (Apocynaceae), a long-lived monocarpic rain-forest tree?, Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol 22, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 621-629.

Cunningham, S.C., Read, J., 2006, Foliar temperature tolerance of temperate and tropical evergreen rain forest trees of Australia, Tree Physiology, vol 26, issue 11, Heron Publishing, Victoria Canada, pp. 1435-1443.

Kohout, M., Read, J., 2006, Instantaneous photosynthetic responses to temperature of deciduous and evergreen Nothofagus species, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 54, issue 3, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 249-259.

Read, J., Stokes, A., 2006, Plant biomechanics in an ecological context, American Journal of Botany, vol 93, issue 10, Botanical Society of America Inc., St Louis USA, pp. 1546-1565.

Read, J., Sanson, G.D., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Jaffre, T., 2006, Sclerophylly in two contrasting tropical environments: low nutrients vs. low rainfall, American Journal of Botany, vol 93, issue 11, Botanical Society of America Inc., St Louis USA, pp. 1601-1614.

Clissold, F.J., Sanson, G.D., Read, J., 2006, The paradoxical effects of nutrient ratios and supply rates on an outbreaking insect herbivore, the Australian plague locust, Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 75, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1000-1013.

Boyd, L., Mac Nally, R., Read, J., 2005, Does fallen timber on floodplains influence distributions of nutrients, plants and seeds?, Plant Ecology, vol 177, issue 2, Springer, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 165-176.

Gras, E., Read, J., Mach, C.T., Sanson, G.D., Clissold, F., 2005, Herbivore damage, resource richness and putative defences in juvenile versus adult Eucalyptus leaves, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 53, issue 1, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 33-44.

Read, J., Sanson, G.D., Lamont, B.B., 2005, Leaf mechanical properties in sclerophyll woodland and shrubland on contrasting soils, Plant and Soil, vol 276, issue 1-Feb, Springer, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 95-113.

Read, J., Hope, G.S., Hill, R.S., 2005, Phytogeography and climate analysis of Nothofagus subgenus Brassospora in New Guinea and New Caledonia, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 53, issue 4, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 297-312.

Clissold, F.J., Sanson, G.D., Read, J., 2004, Indigestibility of plant cell wall by the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol 112, issue 3, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 159-168.

Read, J., Sanson, G.D., 2003, Characterizing sclerophylly: the mechanical properties of a diverse range of leaf types, New Phytologist, vol 160, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 81-99.

Cunningham, S.C., Read, J., 2003, Comparison of temperate and tropical rainforest tree species: growth responses to temperature, Journal of Biogeography, vol 30, issue 1, Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 143-153.

Cunningham, S.C., Read, J., 2003, Do temperate rainforest trees have a greater ability to acclimate to changing temperatures than tropical rainforest trees?, New Phytologist, vol 157, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 55-64.

Read, J., Gras, E., Sanson, G.D., Clissold, F., Brunt, C., 2003, Does chemical defence decline more in developing leaves that become strong and tough at maturity?, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 51, issue 5, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 489-496.

Carpenter, R.J., Read, J., Jaffre, T., 2003, Reproductive traits of tropical rain-forest trees in New Caledonia, Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol 19, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 351-365.

Iddles, T.L., Read, J., Sanson, G.D., 2003, The potential contribution of biomechanical properties to anti-herbivore defence in seedlings of six Australian rainforest trees, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 51, issue 1, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 119-128.

Cunningham, S.C., Read, J., 2002, Comparison of temperate and tropical rainforest tree species: photosynthetic responses to growth temperature, Oecologia, vol 133, issue 2, Springer Verlag, New York NY USA, pp. 112-119.

Wills, T.J., Read, J., 2002, Effects of heat and smoke on germination of soil-stored seed in a south-eastern Australian sand heathland, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 50, issue 2, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 197-206.

Read, J., Ferris, J.M., Jaffre, T., 2002, Foliar mineral content of Nothofagus species on ultramafic soils in New Caledonia and non-ultramafic soils in Papua New Guinea, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 50, issue 5, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 607-617.

Sanson, G.D., Read, J., Aranwela, N., Clissold, F., Peeters, P., 2001, Measurement of leaf biomechanical properties in studies of herbivory: Opportunities, problems and procedures, Austral Ecology, vol 26, Blackwell Science Asia, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 535-546.

Read, J., 2001, Soil and rainforest composition in Tasmania: correlations of soil characteristics with canopy composition and growth rates in Nothofagus cunninghamii associations, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 49, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 121-135.

Peeters, P., Read, J., Sanson, G.D., 2001, Variation in the guild composition of herbivorous insect assemblages among co-occurring plant species, Austral Ecology, vol 26, Blackwell Science Asia, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 385-399.

Read, J., Sanson, G.D., Edwards, C., 2000, Characterising sclerophylly: some mechanical properties of leaves from heath and forest, Oecologia, vol . 23, Springer-Verlag, New York NY USA, pp. 158-167.

Read, J., Edwards, C., Sanson, G.D., Aranwela, N., 2000, Relationships between sclerophylly, leaf biomechanical properties and leaf anatomy in some Australian heath and forest species, Plant Biosystems, vol 134 issue 3, Editrice Compositori Bologna, Siena Italy, pp. 261-277.

Read, J., Jaffre, T., Godrie, E., Hope, G.S., Veillon, J.-., 2000, Structural and floristic characteristics of some monodominant and adjacent mixed rainforests in New Caledonia, Journal of Biogeography, vol 27, Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 233-250.

Aranwela, N., Sanson, G.D., Read, J., 1999, Methods of assessing leaf-fracture properties, New Phytologist, vol 144, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 369-393.

Conference Proceedings

Read, J., Lamont, B.B., Sanson, G.D., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Jaffre, T., 2007, Is sclerophylly the same phenomenon in shrublands in contrasting environments? Kwongan in Western Australia and maquis in New Caledonia, MedEcos XI, 2 - 5 September 2007, Kings Park & Botanic Gardens, Western Australia, pp. 203-204.

Read, J., Sanson, G.D., Edwards, C., 2000, Characterising sclerophylly: some biomechanical properties of leaves from an Australian forest and heath, Plant Biomechanics 2000, Freiburg-Badenweiler, Germany 27 Aug-2 Sept 2000, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart Germany, pp. 99-103.

Kohout, M., Read, J., 2000, Costs and benefits of deciduousness: the biomechanical properties of deciduous and evergreen Nothofagus (Fagaceae) leaves, Plant Biomechanics 2000, Freiburg-Badenweiler, Germany 27 Aug-2 Sept 2000, George Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart Germany, pp. 94-98.

Peeters, P., Sanson, G.D., Read, J., 2000, Is chewing insect distribution and morphology correlated with leaf biomechanical properties?, Plant Biomechanics 2000, Freiburg-Badenweiler, Germany 27 Aug-2 Sept 2000, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart Germany, pp. 555-561.

Other

Cunningham, S.C., Mac Nally, R., White, M., Read, J., Thomson, J.R., Griffioen, P., 2007, Mapping the Current Condition of River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh.) Stands Along the Victorian Murray River Floodplain, Monash University, Clayton Campus Victoria, pp. 1-59.

Clissold, F., Sanson, G.D., Read, J., 1999, Digestibility of two contrasting grasses by the Australian plague locust (Abstract), Insects in the Australian environment. Australian Entomological Society 30th AGM and Scientific Conference. ANU, Canberra, 28 Sept - 2 Oct 1999.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Completed Supervision

Student:

Aranwela, N.

Program of Study:

THE MECHANICAL FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE LEAVES OF FOUR DICOTYLEDONOUS SPECIES. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Sanson, G (Main), Read, J (Associate).

Student:

Clissold, F.

Program of Study:

NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY OF THE AUSTRALIAN PLAGUE LOCUST, CHORTOICETE TERMINIFERA. (PHD) 2003.

Supervisors:

Sanson, G (Main), Read, J (Associate).

Student:

Cunningham, S.

Program of Study:

COMPARATIVE ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL RAINFOREST CANOPY TREES OF AUSTRALIA IN RELATION TO CLIMATE VARIABLES. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Read, J (Main).

Student:

Drew, D.

Program of Study:

Describing and predicting temporal growth and wood property variation in plantation eucalypts. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Read, J (Main), Baker, P (Associate).

Student:

Gleason, S.

Program of Study:

Nutrient economics and ecosystem functioning of tropical rainforests occurring on soils of contrasting phosphorus availability. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Read, J (Main).

Student:

Kohout, M.

Program of Study:

THE ECOLOGY OF LEAF LIFESPAN IN NOTHOFAGUS GUNNII (DECIDUOUS) AND NOTHOFAGUS CUNNINGHAMII (EVERGREEN). (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Read, J (Main).

Student:

Peeters, P.

Program of Study:

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LEAF TRAITS AND HERBIVOROUS INSECT ASSEMBLAGES IN A TEMPERATE AUSTRALIAN FOREST. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Sanson, G (Main), Read, J (Associate).

Student:

Rayner, G.

Program of Study:

COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF FOUR PITTOSPORUM SPECIES FROM CONTRASTING RAINFALL REGIMES IN SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA. (PHD) 2003.

Supervisors:

Read, J (Main), Kershaw, A (Associate).

Student:

Salter, J.

Program of Study:

The interactive effects of salinity and water regime on two common wetland plants with contrasting growth forms: Melaleuca ericifolia and Vallisneria australis. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Read, J (Main), Morris, K (Associate).

Student:

Watiniasih, N.

Program of Study:

The effects of water regime on swamp paperbark (melaleuca ericifolia sm.) and the implications for insect herbivory.. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Read, J (Main), Bailey, P (Associate).

Student:

Wevill, P.

Program of Study:

Factors limiting the distribution and regeneration of four semi-arid tree species at Wyperfeld National Park, northwestern Victoria. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Read, J (Main).

Student:

Wills, T.

Program of Study:

SUCCESSION IN SAND HEATHLAND AT LOCH SPORT, VICTORIA: CHANGES IN VEGETATION, SOIL SEED BANKS AND SPECIES TRAITS. (PHD) 2002.

Supervisors:

Read, J (Main).

Student:

Worley, M.

Program of Study:

Effects of habitat patchiness on bryophyte diversity across multiple scales in Nothofagus cunninghamii-dominated cool temperate rainforest in the Victorian Central Highlands. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Read, J (Main), Macnally, R (Associate).