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  1. Plants anticipating rain - a challenge for modelling climate change impacts

    Article • New Phytologist, December 2016, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  2. Genome-wide scans reveal cryptic population structure in a dry-adapted eucalypt

    Article • Tree Genetics & Genomes, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  3. Rapid root elongation by phreatophyte seedlings does not imply tolerance of water table decline

    Article • Trees, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  4. Time since fire influences food resources for an endangered species, Carnaby’s cockatoo, in a fire-prone landscape

    Article • Biological Conservation, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor William D Stock

  5. Genome-wide scans detect adaptation to aridity in a widespread forest tree species

    Article • Molecular Ecology, May 2014, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  6. Plasticity of functional traits varies clinally along a rainfall gradient inEucalyptus tricarpa

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, January 2014, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  7. Pine as Fast Food: Foraging Ecology of an Endangered Cockatoo in a Forestry Landscape

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2013, PLOS

    Professor William D Stock

  8. Dynamics of phreatophyte root growth relative to a seasonally fluctuating water table in a Mediterranean-type environment

    Article • Oecologia, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  9. Interactive effects of altered rainfall and simulated nitrogen deposition on seedling establishment in a global biodiversity hotspot

    Article • Oikos, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  10. Phylogenetic ecology of foliar N and P concentrations and N:P ratios across mediterranean-type ecosystems

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, February 2012, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  11. Dendroecological indicators of historical responses of pines to water and nutrient availability on a superficial aquifer in south-western Australia

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor William D Stock

  12. Nitrogen deposition effects on Mediterranean-type ecosystems: An ecological assessment

    Article • Environmental Pollution, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor William D Stock, Cristina Branquinho

  13. Facilitating adaptation of biodiversity to climate change: a conceptual framework applied to the world’s largest Mediterranean-climate woodland

    Article • Climatic Change, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Eddie J Van Etten, Professor William D Stock

  14. Forces that structure plant communities: quantifying the importance of the mycorrhizal symbiosis

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2010, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock, Professor Matthias C Rillig

  15. Do grazers alter nitrogen dynamics on grazing lawns in a South African savannah?

    Article • African Journal of Ecology, September 2010, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  16. Rooting theories of plant community ecology in microbial interactions

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, August 2010, Elsevier

    Professor William D Stock, Professor Matthias C Rillig

  17. Grazing and landscape controls on nitrogen availability across 330 South African savanna sites

    Article • Austral Ecology, November 2009, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  18. Browsing and fire interact to suppress tree density in an African savanna

    Article • Ecological Applications, October 2009, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  19. Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2009, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock, Gabriela Nardoto

  20. Herbivore and nutrient control of lawn and bunch grass distributions in a southern African savanna

    Article • Plant Ecology, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  21. Historical nitrogen content of bryophyte tissue as an indicator of increased nitrogen deposition in the Cape Metropolitan Area, South Africa

    Article • Environmental Pollution, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor William D Stock

  22. Water stress vulnerability of fourBanksiaspecies in contrasting ecohydrological habitats on the Gnangara Mound, Western Australia

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, January 2009, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  23. Nutrient concentration ratios and co-limitation in South African grasslands

    Article • New Phytologist, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  24. Ecological Engineering by a Mega-Grazer: White Rhino Impacts on a South African Savanna

    Article • Ecosystems, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  25. How savanna grasses decompose?

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, April 2007, Elsevier

    Professor William D Stock

  26. Functional Group Identity Does not Predict Invader Impacts: Differential Effects of Nitrogen-fixing Exotic Plants on Ecosystem Function

    Article • Biological Invasions, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  27. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in world biodiversity hotspots: the need for a greater global perspective in assessing N deposition impacts

    Article • Global Change Biology, March 2006, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  28. Effects of water availability, nitrogen supply and atmospheric CO 2 concentrations on plant nitrogen natural abundance values

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2006, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor William D Stock

  29. Cluster Roots of Leucadendron laureolum (Proteaceae) and Lupinus albus (Fabaceae) Take Up Glycine Intact: An Adaptive Strategy to Low Mineral Nitrogen in Soils?

    Article • Annals of Botany, September 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor William D Stock

  30. Phytochemical changes in leaves of subtropical grasses and fynbos shrubs at elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor William D Stock

  31. Long-term effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on species composition and productivity of a southern African C4 dominated grassland in the vicinity of a CO2 exhalation

    Article • Plant Ecology, June 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  32. Testing the adaptive nature of radiation: growth form and life history divergence in the African grass genus Ehrharta (Poaceae: Ehrhartoideae)

    Article • American Journal of Botany, September 2004, Botanical Society of America

    Professor William D Stock

  33. Distribution of South African C3 and C4 species of Cyperaceae in relation to climate and phylogeny

    Article • Austral Ecology, June 2004, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  34. Ecosystem Level Impacts of Invasive Acacia saligna in the South African Fynbos

    Article • Restoration Ecology, March 2004, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  35. PHYLOGENETICS OF THE GRASS GENUS EHRHARTA: EVIDENCE FOR RADIATION IN THE SUMMER-ARID ZONE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAPE

    Article • Evolution, May 2003, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  36. PHYLOGENETICS OF THE GRASS GENUS EHRHARTA: EVIDENCE FOR RADIATION IN THE SUMMER-ARID ZONE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAPE

    Article • Evolution, January 2003, The Society for the Study of Evolution

    Professor William D Stock

  37. Article • Plant Ecology, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  38. Article • Plant and Soil, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  39. Determinants of postfire flowering in the geophytic grass Ehrharta capensis

    Article • Functional Ecology, December 2002, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  40. Declining Trend in the 13C/12C Ratio of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Tree Rings of South African Widdringtonia cedarbergensis

    Article • Quaternary Research, September 1999, Elsevier

    Professor William D Stock

  41. Natural Abundance of δ15N Confirms Insectivorous Habit ofRoridula gorgonias, Despite it Having No Proteolytic Enzymes

    Article • Annals of Botany, September 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor William D Stock

  42. On the uptake of ornithogenic products by plants on the inland mountains of Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, using stable isotopes

    Article • Polar Biology, July 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  43. Bird effects on organic processes in soils from five microhabitats on a nunatak with and without breeding snow petrels in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

    Article • Polar Biology, July 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  44. Article • Plant Ecology, January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  45. Nonstructural carbohydrate allocation following different frequencies of simulated browsing in three semi-arid shrubs

    Article • Oecologia, May 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  46. Impacts of invading N2-fixing Acacia species on patterns of nutrient cycling in two Cape ecosystems: evidence from soil incubation studies and 15N natural abundance values

    Article • Oecologia, March 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  47. Desertification of the eastern Karoo, South Africa: Conflicting paleoecological, historical, and soil isotopic evidence

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  48. Partitioning of nutrients in Acanthosicyos horridus, a keystone endemic species in the Namib Desert

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, March 1994, Elsevier

    Professor William D Stock

  49. Regrowth and tannin production in woody and succulent karoo shrubs in response to simulated browsing

    Article • Oecologia, December 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  50. Density dependent interactions between VA mycorrhizal fungi and even-aged seedlings of two perennial Fabaceae species

    Article • Oecologia, August 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  51. Seed developmental patterns in Banksia attenuata R. Br. and B. laricina C. Gardner in relation to mechanical defence costs

    Article • New Phytologist, January 1991, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  52. Influence of Seed Size and Quality on Seedling Development Under Low Nutrient Conditions in Five Australian and South African Members of the Proteaceae

    Article • Journal of Ecology, December 1990, JSTOR

    Professor William D Stock

  53. The costs of leaving home: ants disperse myrmecochorous seeds to low nutrient sites

    Article • Oecologia, November 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  54. Resource Control of Seed Set in Banksia laricina C. Gardner (Proteaceae)

    Article • Functional Ecology, January 1989, JSTOR

    Professor William D Stock

  55. Soil nitrogen mineralization in a coastal fynbos succession

    Article • Plant and Soil, February 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  56. Seasonal allocation of dry mass and nitrogen in a fynbos endemic Restionaceae species Thamnochortus punctatus Pill.

    Article • Oecologia, May 1987, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William D Stock

  57. Soil Nitrogen and the Role of Fire as a Mineralizing Agent in a South African Coastal Fynbos Ecosystem

    Article • Journal of Ecology, June 1986, JSTOR

    Professor William D Stock

  58. Atmospheric Deposition of Phosphorus in a Coastal Fynbos Ecosystem of the South-Western Cape, South Africa

    Article • Journal of Ecology, July 1984, JSTOR

    Professor William D Stock

  59. UPTAKE AND ASSIMILATION OF NITRATE AND AMMONIUM BY AN EVERGREEN FYNBOS SHRUB SPECIES PROTEA REPENS L. (PROTEACEAE)

    Article • New Phytologist, June 1984, Wiley

    Professor William D Stock

  60. An evaluation of some manual colorimetric methods for the determination of inorganic nitrogen in soil extracts

    Article • Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, August 1983, Taylor & Francis

    Professor William D Stock