Research interests
Jennifer is interested in invasion ecology
and plant community ecology, with a particular emphasis on species
interactions (e.g. pollination, competition, pathogens, herbivores), seed
and seedling biology, and the drivers of invasiveness. She enjoys field work and experiments, but also uses large datasets to answer key questions in plant ecology.
Jennifer completed her PhD at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa under Prof. Curtis Daehler, and worked as a postdoc at Lincoln University with Prof. Philip Hulme before coming to Manaaki Whenua. Her current projects include building future scenarios for conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand and investigating the implications for plant invasions, exploring native forest demography, and assessing the re-invasion of wilding conifers following control.
A complete list of Jennifer's publications is available on Google Scholar.
Publications
Edmonds MV, Bufford JL, Godsoe W 2024. A mismatch between community assembly and abundance-based diversity indices. Ecography. WOS:001137885200001 https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06987
Allen WJ, Bufford JL, Barnes AD, Barratt BIP, Deslippe JR, Dickie IA, Goldson SL, Howlett BG, Hulme PE, Lavorel S, O'Brien SA, Waller LP, Tylianakis JM 2022. A network perspective for sustainable agroecosystems. Trends in Plant Science 27(8): 769-780. WOS:000862674100002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.04.002
Bufford JL, Hulme PE, Sikes BA, Cooper JA, Johnston PR, Duncan RP 2020. Novel interactions between alien pathogens and native plants increase plant-pathogen network connectance and decrease specialization. Journal of Ecology 108(2): 750-760. WOS:000494179300001 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13293
Sikes BA, Bufford JL, Hulme PE, Cooper JA, Johnston PR, Duncan RP 2018. Import volumes and biosecurity interventions shape the arrival rate of fungal pathogens. Plos Biology 16(5). WOS:000433987500003 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006025
Dickie IA, Bufford JL, Cobb RC, Desprez-Loustau ML, Grelet G, Hulme PE, Klironomos J, Makiola A, Nunez MA, Pringle A, Thrall PH, Tourtellot SG, Waller L, Williams NM 2017. The emerging science of linked plant-fungal invasions. New Phytologist 215(4): 1314-1332. WOS:000406876700007 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14657
Dickie IA, Bufford JL, Cobb RC, Desprez-Loustau M-L, Grelet G, Hulme PE, Klironomos J, Makiola A, Nuñez MA, Pringle A, Thrall PH, Tourtellot SG, Waller L, Williams NM 2017. The emerging science of linked plant–fungal invasions. New Phytologist 215(4): 1314–1332. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14657
Bufford JL, Hulme PE, Sikes BA, Cooper JA, Johnston PR, Duncan RP 2016. Taxonomic similarity, more than contact opportunity, explains novel plant–pathogen associations between native and alien taxa. New Phytologist 212(3): 657–667. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14077