Convergent Evolution towards High Net Carbon Gain Efficiency Contributes to the Shade Tolerance of Palms (Arecaceae)

Extending the generality of leaf economic design principles in the cycads, an ancient lineage

(2015) Yong-Jiang Zhang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The nutrient economy ofLodoicea maldivica, a monodominant palm producing the world's largest seed

(2015) Peter J. Edwards et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

(2015) Owen K. Atkin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Trait-based scaling of temperature-dependent foliar respiration in a species-rich tropical forest canopy

(2014) Martijn Slot et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Ecological and evolutionary lability of plant traits affecting carbon and nutrient cycling

(2014) Lisa A. Donovan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Canopy position affects the relationships between leaf respiration and associated traits in a tropical rainforest in Far North Queensland

(2014) L. K. Weerasinghe et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

BEAST 2: A Software Platform for Bayesian Evolutionary Analysis

(2014) Remco Bouckaert et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Tropical rain forest evolution: palms as a model group

(2013) Thomas LP Couvreur et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

(2013) H. ter Steege et al.   SCIENCE

SURFACE: detecting convergent evolution from comparative data by fitting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models with stepwise Akaike Information Criterion

(2013) Travis Ingram et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Phylogenetic relationships among arecoid palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae)

(2011) William J. Baker et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Geographical ecology of the palms (Arecaceae): determinants of diversity and distributions across spatial scales

(2011) Wolf L. Eiserhardt et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Origin and global diversification patterns of tropical rain forests: inferences from a complete genus-level phylogeny of palms

(2011) Thomas LP Couvreur et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Ecology of hemiepiphytism in fig species is based on evolutionary correlation of hydraulics and carbon economy

(2011) Guang-You Hao et al.   ECOLOGY

Lifetime return on investment increases with leaf lifespan among 10 Australian woodland species

(2011) Daniel S. Falster et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Height is more important than light in determining leaf morphology in a tropical forest

(2010) Molly A. Cavaleri et al.   ECOLOGY

Phylogenetic signal and linear regression on species data

(2010) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Evolution of lamina anatomy in the palm family (Arecaceae)

(2009) James W. Horn et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Correlated Evolution of Leaf Shape and Physiology in the Woody Sonchus Alliance (Asteraceae: Sonchinae) in Macaronesia

(2009) Louis S. Santiago et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Complete Generic-Level Phylogenetic Analyses of Palms (Arecaceae) with Comparisons of Supertree and Supermatrix Approaches

(2009) William J. Baker et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Monocot Leaves are Eaten Less than Dicot Leaves in Tropical Lowland Rain Forests: Correlations with Toughness and Leaf Presentation

(2008) P. J. Grubb et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

In Tropical Lowland Rain Forests Monocots have Tougher Leaves than Dicots, and Include a New Kind of Tough Leaf

(2008) Nathaniel J. Dominy et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Shade Tolerance, a Key Plant Feature of Complex Nature and Consequences

(2008) Fernando Valladares et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Foliar and ecosystem respiration in an old-growth tropical rain forest

(2008) MOLLY A. CAVALERI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Why are evergreen leaves so contrary about shade?

(2008) C LUSK et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION