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  1. Pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent

    Article • Nature Plants, January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  2. Triple La Niña 2020–2022 revival: river red gum and coolibah recruitment in the Queensland Murray–Darling Basin floodplain, Australia

    Article • The Rangeland Journal, October 2025, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  3. Calibration of the FullCAM model for Australian native vegetation

    Article • Ecological Modelling, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  4. Mycorrhizal symbioses and tree diversity in global forest communities

    Article • Science Advances, June 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi, Cang Hui

  5. Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  6. Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires

    Article • Nature, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  7. The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  8. Radiocarbon ageing of Indigenous culturally‐significant trees for bushfire management on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), southeast Queensland

    Article • Ecological Management & Restoration, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  9. Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, July 2024, Wiley

    Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  10. Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  11. Consistent climatic controls of global wood density among angiosperms and gymnosperms

    Article • February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  12. Assessing the incursion status of non-native plant species in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in Queensland, Australia

    Article • Biological Invasions, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  13. Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential

    Article • Nature, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimír Šebeň, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  14. The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit

    Article • Nature Plants, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimír Šebeň, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  15. Author Correction: Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions

    Article • Nature, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimír Šebeň, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  16. Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions

    Article • Nature, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimír Šebeň, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  17. K’gari (Fraser Island) World Heritage Area: evaluating change in plant species richness and composition over two decades

    Article • Pacific Conservation Biology, August 2023, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  18. Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness

    Article • Journal of Ecology, May 2023, Wiley

    Professor Carlos A. JOLY, Vladimír Šebeň, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  19. Assessing the threat of invasive plant species in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in Queensland, Australia

    Article • April 2023, Research Square

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  20. Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimír Šebeň, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Professor Michael John Lawes, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  21. Recruitment and demographic structure of floodplain tree species in the Queensland Murray‐Darling basin, Australia

    Article • Ecological Management & Restoration, December 2021, Wiley

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  22. Ageing culturally significant relic trees in southeast Queensland to support bushfire management strategies

    Article • Ecological Management & Restoration, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  23. Successional dynamics of soil fungal diversity along a restoration chronosequence post‐coal mining

    Article • Restoration Ecology, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  24. Author Correction: Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

    Article • Nature, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Vladimír Šebeň, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi, Cang Hui

  25. Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

    Article • Nature, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Cang Hui, Professor Carlos A. JOLY, Vladimír Šebeň, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  26. Estimating potential harvestable biomass for bioenergy from sustainably managed private native forests in Southeast Queensland, Australia

    Article • Forest Ecosystems, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  27. Open-cut mining impacts on soil abiotic and bacterial community properties as shown by restoration chronosequence

    Article • Restoration Ecology, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  28. Establishment of woody species across 26 years of revegetation on a Queensland coal mine

    Article • Ecological Management & Restoration, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  29. Assessing the invasion threat of non-native plant species in protected areas using Herbarium specimen and ecological survey data. A case study in two rangeland bioregions in Queensland

    Article • The Rangeland Journal, January 2017, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  30. Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

    Article • Science, October 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Michael R Ngugi, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Chris Barrett

  31. Two-tiered methodology for the assessment and projection of mine vegetation rehabilitation against mine closure restoration goal

    Article • Ecological Management & Restoration, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  32. Growth rates of Eucalyptus and other Australian native tree species derived from seven decades of growth monitoring

    Article • Journal of Forestry Research, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  33. Evidence-based landscape rehabilitation through microclimate sensing

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  34. Soil moisture dynamics and restoration of self-sustaining native vegetation ecosystem on an open-cut coal mine

    Article • Restoration Ecology, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  35. Using forest growth trajectory modelling to complement BioCondition assessment of mine vegetation rehabilitation

    Article • Ecological Management & Restoration, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  36. Long-term estimates of live above-ground tree carbon stocks and net change in managed uneven-aged mixed species forests of sub-tropical Queensland, Australia

    Article • Australian Forestry, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  37. Does horse ridding along trails in protected conservation areas risk the introduction of weeds?

    Article • Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michael R Ngugi, Victor Neldner

  38. Estimates and forecasts of forest biomass and carbon sequestration in North America and Australia: A forty-five year quest

    Article • Drewno Prace Naukowe Doniesienia Komunikaty = Wood Research Papers Reports Announcements, June 2014, Siec Badawcza Lukasiewicz-Instytut Pojazdow Szynowych "TABOR"

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  39. The BioCondition framework was used as a ‘scorecard’ of what is ‘good’ vegetation rehabilitation.

    Article • Ecological Management & Restoration, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Michael R Ngugi, Victor Neldner

  40. Restoration and management of callitris forest ecosystems in Eastern Australia: Simulation of attributes of growth dynamics, growth increment and biomass accumulation

    Article • Ecological Modelling, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  41. Patterns of road surface movement after three endurance horse-riding events in protected areas, south-east Queensland

    Article • Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, June 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  42. Validation of a multispecies forest dynamics model using 50-year growth from Eucalyptus forests in eastern Australia

    Article • Ecological Modelling, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  43. Restoration of ecosystems for biodiversity and carbon sequestration: Simulating growth dynamics of brigalow vegetation communities in Australia

    Article • Ecological Modelling, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  44. Selection of species and provenances for low-rainfall areas: physiological responses of Eucalyptus cloeziana and Eucalyptus argophloia to seasonal conditions in subtropical Queensland

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, May 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  45. Physiological responses to water stress in Eucalyptus cloeziana and E. argophloia seedlings

    Article • Trees, February 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  46. Dry matter production and allocation in Eucalyptus cloeziana and Eucalyptus argophloia seedlings in response to soil water deficits

    Article • New Forests, September 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  47. Leaf water relations of Eucalyptus cloeziana and Eucalyptus argophloia in response to water deficit

    Article • Tree Physiology, April 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  48. Photosynthetic light and temperature responses of Eucalyptus cloeziana and Eucalyptus argophloia

    Article • Australian Journal of Botany, January 2003, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Michael R Ngugi

  49. Effects of soil water availability on water use efficiency of Eucalyptus cloeziana and Eucalyptus argophloia plants

    Article • Australian Journal of Botany, January 2003, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Michael R Ngugi