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Dr Sarah Wyse

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Department: School of Forestry

Email: sarah.wyse@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3691738

Office: School of Forestry Room 151

Language: English

About
Research / Creative works

Researcher Summary

I am a Lecturer in Forest Ecology at the School of Forestry at the University of Canterbury. My interests lie in plant and forest ecology, and the resilience of these ecosystems to a changing environment. More specifically, my research has included questions on forest dynamics, plant eco-physiology, and fire ecology.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour: Ecology
  • Environmental Studies: Environmental Science

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Cui X., Paterson AM., Perry GL., Wyse SV., Alam MA., Huang C., Zhou S., Xiao L., Lai C. and He F. (2022) Intraspecific variation in shoot flammability in Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium is not predicted by habitat environmental conditions. Forest Ecosystems 9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100017. (Journal Articles)
  • Etherington TR., Brock JMR., Perry GLW. and Wyse SV. (2022) Implementing the transparency and openness promotion guidelines for data and code to support computational reproducibility within the New Zealand journal of ecology. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 46(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.46.12. (Journal Articles)
  • Etherington TR., Peltzer DA. and Wyse SV. (2022) Future climates are predicted to alter the potential distributions of non-native conifer species in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 46(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.46.14. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV. and Hulme PE. (2022) Competition–colonisation trade-offs are found among but not within wind-dispersed Pinus species. Functional Ecology 36(4): 1023-1035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14004. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Etherington TR. and Hulme PE. (2022) Quantifying the risk of non-native conifer establishment across heterogeneous landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology 59(6): 1608-1618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14170. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Hulme PE. and Etherington TR. (2022) Combining laser rangefinder and viewshed technologies to improve ground surveys of invasive tree distributions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13(3): 734-742. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13783. (Journal Articles)
  • Brock JMR. and Wyse S. (2021) Change from within: Bottom-up disturbances of ecosystems. In Francis RA; Millington JDA; Perry GLW (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Ecology: 199-216.Routledge. (Chapters)
  • Mason NWH., Burge O., Price R., Sprague R., Dymond J., Watt M., Roberts T., Paul T., Richardson B. and Rolando C. (2021) Integrating across knowledge systems to drive action on chronic biological invasions. Biological Invasions 23(2): 407-432. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02388-1. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV. and Hulme PE. (2021) Dispersal potential rather than risk assessment scores predict the spread rate of non-native pines across New Zealand. Journal of Applied Ecology 58(9): 1981-1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13947. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV. and Hulme PE. (2021) Limited evidence for a consistent seed mass-dispersal trade-off in wind-dispersed pines. Journal of Ecology 109(1): 284-293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13477. (Journal Articles)
  • Alam MA., Wyse SV., Buckley HL., Perry GLW., Sullivan JJ., Mason NWH., Buxton R., Richardson SJ. and Curran TJ. (2020) Shoot flammability is decoupled from leaf flammability, but controlled by leaf functional traits. Journal of Ecology 108(2): 641-653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13289. (Journal Articles)
  • Cui X., Paterson AM., Alam MA., Wyse SV., Marshall K., Perry GLW. and Curran TJ. (2020) Shoot-level flammability across the Dracophyllum (Ericaceae) phylogeny: evidence for flammability being an emergent property in a land with little fire. New Phytologist 228(1): 95-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.16651. (Journal Articles)
  • Cui X., Paterson AM., Wyse SV., Alam MA., Maurin KJL., Pieper R., Padullés Cubino J., O’Connell DM., Donkers D. and Bréda J. (2020) Shoot flammability of vascular plants is phylogenetically conserved and related to habitat fire-proneness and growth form. Nature Plants 6(4): 355-359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0635-1. (Journal Articles)
  • Bickler CA., Taylor L., Mousavi-Derazmahalleh M., Wyse SV., Cockel C., Eastwood RJ., Müller JV. and Nelson MN. (2019) Searching for new genetic and adaptive diversity for carrot improvement. In Acta Horticulturae 1264: 19-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1264.3. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Cui X., Alam MA., Perry GL., Paterson AM., Wyse SV. and Curran TJ. (2019) Green firebreaks as a management tool for wildfires: Lessons from China. Journal of Environmental Management 233: 329-336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.12.043. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Brown JE. and Hulme PE. (2019) Seed release by a serotinous pine in the absence of fire: Implications for invasion into temperate regions. AoB PLANTS 11(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plz077. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Hulme PE. and Holland EP. (2019) Partitioning intraspecific variation in seed dispersal potential using a low-cost method for rapid estimation of samara terminal velocity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10(8): 1298-1307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13202. (Journal Articles)
  • Curran TJ., Perry GLW., Wyse SV. and Alam MA. (2018) Managing fire and biodiversity in the wildland-urban interface: A role for green firebreaks. Fire 1(1): 1-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire1010003. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV. and Dickie JB. (2018) Ecological correlates of seed dormancy differ among dormancy types: a case study in the legumes. New Phytologist 217(2): 477-479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.14777. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV. and Dickie JB. (2018) Taxonomic affinity, habitat and seed mass strongly predict seed desiccation response: A boosted regression trees analysis based on 17 539 species. Annals of Botany 121(1): 71-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx128. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Dickie JB. and Willis KJ. (2018) Seed banking not an option for many threatened plants. Nature Plants 4(11): 848-850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0298-3. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Perry GLW. and Curran TJ. (2018) Shoot-Level Flammability of Species Mixtures is Driven by the Most Flammable Species: Implications for Vegetation-Fire Feedbacks Favouring Invasive Species. Ecosystems 21(5): 886-900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0195-z. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Wilmshurst JM., Burns BR. and Perry GLW. (2018) New Zealand forest dynamics: A review of past and present vegetation responses to disturbance, and development of conceptual forest models. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 42(2): 87-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.42.18. (Journal Articles)
  • Garvey PM., Glen AS., Clout MN., Wyse SV., Nichols M. and Pech RP. (2017) Exploiting interspecific olfactory communication to monitor predators. Ecological Applications 27(2): 389-402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.1483. (Journal Articles)
  • Macinnis-Ng C., Wyse SV., Webb T., Taylor D. and Schwendenmann L. (2017) Sustained carbon uptake in a mixed age southern conifer forest. Trees - Structure and Function 31(3): 967-980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-017-1521-y. (Journal Articles)
  • Sommerville KD., Clarke B., Keppel G., McGill C., Newby ZJ., Wyse SV., James SA. and Offord CA. (2017) Saving rainforests in the South Pacific: Challenges in ex situ conservation. Australian Journal of Botany 65(8): 609-624. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT17096. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse S. (2017) Global land-cover change - wildfires. In Willis KJ (Ed.), State of the World’s Plants 2017: 50-57. London: Royal Boanic Gardens Kew. (Chapters)
  • Wyse SV. and Dickie JB. (2017) Predicting the global incidence of seed desiccation sensitivity. Journal of Ecology 105(4): 1082-1093. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12725. (Journal Articles)
  • Macinnis-Ng C., Wyse S., Veale A., Schwendenmann L. and Clearwater M. (2016) Sap flow of the southern conifer, Agathis australis during wet and dry summers. Trees - Structure and Function 30(1): 19-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-015-1164-9. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Perry GLW., O'Connell DM., Holland PS., Wright MJ., Hosted CL., Whitelock SL., Geary IJ., Maurin KJL. and Curran TJ. (2016) A quantitative assessment of shoot flammability for 60 tree and shrub species supports rankings based on expert opinion. International Journal of Wildland Fire 25(4): 466-477. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF15047. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Beggs JR., Burns BR. and Stanley MC. (2015) Protecting trees at an individual level provides insufficient safeguard for urban forests. Landscape and Urban Planning 141: 112-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.05.006. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV. (2014) Nitrate reductase activity in plant species of varied spatial association with acidic soils beneath Agathis australis. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(2): 213-223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2013.836111. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Burns BR. and Wright SD. (2014) Distinctive vegetation communities are associated with the long-lived conifer Agathis australis (New Zealand kauri, Araucariaceae) in New Zealand rainforests. Austral Ecology 39(4): 388-400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12089. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV. and Burns BR. (2013) Effects of Agathis australis (New Zealand kauri) leaf litter on germination and seedling growth differs among plant species. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 37(2): 178-183. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV., Macinnis-Ng CMO., Burns BR., Clearwater MJ. and Schwendenmann L. (2013) Species assemblage patterns around a dominant emergent tree are associated with drought resistance. Tree Physiology 33(12): 1269-1283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpt095. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV. (2012) Growth responses of five forest plant species to the soils formed beneath New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis). New Zealand Journal of Botany 50(4): 411-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2012.724428. (Journal Articles)
  • Wyse SV. and Burns BR. (2011) Do host bark traits influence trunk epiphyte communities? New Zealand Journal of Ecology 35(3). (Journal Articles)
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