A Systems Approach to Understanding How Plants Transformed Earth's Environment in Deep Time

What Models Tell Us About the Evolution of Carbon Sources and Sinks over the Phanerozoic

(2023) Y. Goddéris et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Xylem embolism spread is largely prevented by interconduit pit membranes until the majority of conduits are gas‐filled

(2022) Rodrigo T. Avila et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The complex response of continental silicate rock weathering to the colonization of the continents by vascular plants in the Devonian

(2022) Pierre Maffre et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

CO 2 ‐induced biochemical changes in leaf volatiles decreased fire‐intensity in the run‐up to the Triassic–Jurassic boundary

(2022) Sarah J. Baker et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the Phanerozoic

(2022) Khushboo Gurung et al.   Nature Communications

No Consistent Shift in Leaf Dry Mass per Area Across the Cretaceous—Paleogene Boundary

(2022) Matthew J. Butrim et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A high-resolution climate simulation dataset for the past 540 million years

(2022) Xiang Li et al.   Scientific Data

Stems matter: Xylem physiological limits are an accessible and critical improvement to models of plant gas exchange in deep time

(2022) William J. Matthaeus et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Hydraulic failure as a primary driver of xylem network evolution in early vascular plants

(2022) Martin Bouda et al.   SCIENCE

The rise of angiosperms strengthened fire feedbacks and improved the regulation of atmospheric oxygen

(2021) Claire M. Belcher et al.   Nature Communications

Simulation of oxygen isotopes and circulation in a late Carboniferous epicontinental sea with implications for proxy records

(2021) Sophia I. Macarewich et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests

(2021) Mónica R. Carvalho et al.   SCIENCE

Stomatal development in the cycad family Zamiaceae

(2021) Mario Coiro et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Was climatic cooling during the earliest Carboniferous driven by expansion of seed plants?

(2021) Bo Chen et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Quantifying the effect of shade on cuticle morphology and carbon isotopes of sycamores: present and past

(2021) Joseph N. Milligan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Freeze tolerance influenced forest cover and hydrology during the Pennsylvanian

(2021) William J. Matthaeus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carboniferous plant physiology breaks the mold

(2020) Jonathan P. Wilson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant small heat shock proteins – evolutionary and functional diversity

(2020) Elizabeth R. Waters et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Isotopic and morphologic proxies for reconstructing light environment and leaf function of fossil leaves: a modern calibration in the Daintree Rainforest, Australia

(2020) Alexander W. Cheesman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

A process-based ecosystem model (Paleo-BGC) to simulate the dynamic response of Late Carboniferous plants to elevated O2 and aridification

(2020) Joseph D. White et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Modeled physiological mechanisms for observed changes in the late Paleozoic plant fossil record

(2020) Jon D. Richey et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Woody dicot leaf traits as a palaeoclimate proxy: 100 years of development and application

(2020) Robert A. Spicer et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Modeling the consequences of land plant evolution on silicate weathering

(2019) Daniel E. Ibarra et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

A novel hypothesis for the role of photosynthetic physiology in shaping macroevolutionary patterns.

(2019) Charilaos Yiotis et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Land plant evolution decreased, rather than increased, weathering rates

(2019) Michael P. D’Antonio et al.   GEOLOGY

COPSE reloaded: An improved model of biogeochemical cycling over Phanerozoic time

(2018) Timothy M. Lenton et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

(2018) Anne D. Bjorkman et al.   NATURE

Stepwise oxygenation of the Paleozoic atmosphere

(2018) Alexander J. Krause et al.   Nature Communications

Hot-house climate during the Triassic/Jurassic transition: The evidence of climate change from the southern hemisphere (Salt Range, Pakistan)

(2018) Shahid Iqbal et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

The prospects for constraining productivity through time with the whole-plant physiology of fossils

(2018) C. Kevin Boyce et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Modelling the long-term carbon cycle, atmospheric CO2, and Earth surface temperature from late Neoproterozoic to present day

(2018) Benjamin J.W. Mills et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Onset and ending of the late Palaeozoic ice age triggered by tectonically paced rock weathering

(2017) Yves Goddéris et al.   Nature Geoscience

Dynamic Carboniferous tropical forests: new views of plant function and potential for physiological forcing of climate

(2017) Jonathan P. Wilson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Modeling Stomatal Conductance

(2017) Thomas N. Buckley   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Molecular signatures of fossil leaves provide unexpected new evidence for extinct plant relationships

(2017) Vivi Vajda et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Climate, p CO 2 and terrestrial carbon cycle linkages during late Palaeozoic glacial–interglacial cycles

(2016) Isabel P. Montañez et al.   Nature Geoscience

Was atmospheric CO 2 capped at 1000 ppm over the past 300 million years?

(2016) J.C. McElwain et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Earliest land plants created modern levels of atmospheric oxygen

(2016) Timothy M. Lenton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant evolution and terrestrialization during Palaeozoic times—The phylogenetic context

(2016) Philippe Gerrienne et al.   REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

A model-based evaluation of tropical climate in Pangaea during the late Palaeozoic icehouse

(2015) Nicholas G. Heavens et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

The Evolution of Mechanisms Driving the Stomatal Response to Vapor Pressure Deficit

(2015) Scott A.M. McAdam et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

From plant functional types to plant functional traits

(2015) Yanzheng Yang et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Long-term climate forcing by atmospheric oxygen concentrations

(2015) C. J. Poulsen et al.   SCIENCE

Linked canopy, climate, and faunal change in the Cenozoic of Patagonia

(2015) R. E. Dunn et al.   SCIENCE

Plant functional types in Earth system models: past experiences and future directions for application of dynamic vegetation models in high-latitude ecosystems

(2014) Stan D. Wullschleger et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Wetland-Dryland Vegetational Dynamics in the Pennsylvanian Ice Age Tropics

(2014) William A. DiMichele   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Palaeozoic co-evolution of rivers and vegetation: a synthesis of current knowledge

(2014) M.R. Gibling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

An assessment of the use of epidermal micro-morphological features to estimate leaf economics of Late Triassic–Early Jurassic fossil Ginkgoales

(2014) Matthew Haworth et al.   REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

On the reconstruction of plant photosynthetic and stress physiology across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary

(2014) Matthew HAWORTH et al.   TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES

Plant Ecological Strategies Shift Across the Cretaceous–Paleogene Boundary

(2014) Benjamin Blonder et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Community Earth System Model: A Framework for Collaborative Research

(2013) James W. Hurrell et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Late Paleozoic continental warming of a cold tropical basin and floristic change in western Pangea

(2013) Neil J. Tabor et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY

Palynostratigraphy and vegetation history of the Triassic–Jurassic transition in East Greenland

(2013) Luke Mander et al.   JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Deep-time evidence of a link between elevated CO2 concentrations and perturbations in the hydrological cycle via drop in plant transpiration

(2012) Margret Steinthorsdottir et al.   GEOLOGY

Palaeozoic landscapes shaped by plant evolution

(2012) Martin R. Gibling et al.   Nature Geoscience

A timeline for terrestrialization: consequences for the carbon cycle in the Palaeozoic

(2012) P. Kenrick et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The climate change caused by the land plant invasion in the Devonian

(2011) Guillaume Le Hir et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Stomatal innovation and the rise of seed plants

(2011) Scott A. M. McAdam et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The evolution and functional significance of leaf shape in the angiosperms

(2011) Adrienne B. Nicotra et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Hydraulics of Asteroxylon mackei, an early Devonian vascular plant, and the early evolution of water transport tissue in terrestrial plants

(2011) J. P. WILSON et al.   Geobiology

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Improving canopy processes in the Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4) using global flux fields empirically inferred from FLUXNET data

(2011) Gordon B. Bonan et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Transitional changes in arborescent lignophytes at the Devonian–Carboniferous boundary

(2011) Anne-Laure Decombeix et al.   JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Evolution of fixed-channel alluvial plains in response to Carboniferous vegetation

(2011) Neil S. Davies et al.   Nature Geoscience

Fossil evidence for Cretaceous escalation in angiosperm leaf vein evolution

(2011) T. S. Feild et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolution of the worldwide leaf economics spectrum

(2011) Lisa A. Donovan et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Angiosperms Helped Put the Rain in the Rainforests: The Impact of Plant Physiological Evolution on Tropical Biodiversity1

(2010) C. Kevin Boyce et al.   ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN

The evolution of water transport in plants: an integrated approach

(2010) J. PITTERMANN   Geobiology

Influence of high-latitude vegetation feedbacks on late Palaeozoic glacial cycles

(2010) Daniel E. Horton et al.   Nature Geoscience

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COAL FORESTS DURING PENNSYLVANIAN GLACIAL PHASES?

(2010) H. J. FALCON-LANG et al.   PALAIOS

A physiologically explicit morphospace for tracheid-based water transport in modern and extinct seed plants

(2010) Jonathan P. Wilson et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

Paleotemperature Proxies from Leaf Fossils Reinterpreted in Light of Evolutionary History

(2010) Stefan A. Little et al.   PLoS One

Passive Origins of Stomatal Control in Vascular Plants

(2010) T. J. Brodribb et al.   SCIENCE

Climate and vegetational regime shifts in the late Paleozoic ice age earth

(2009) W. A. DIMICHELE et al.   Geobiology

CO2-forced evolution of plant gas exchange capacity and water-use efficiency over the Phanerozoic

(2009) P. J. FRANKS et al.   Geobiology

Incised channel fills containing conifers indicate that seasonally dry vegetation dominated Pennsylvanian tropical lowlands

(2009) Howard J. Falcon-Lang et al.   GEOLOGY

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Maximum leaf conductance driven by CO2 effects on stomatal size and density over geologic time

(2009) P. J. Franks et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Angiosperm leaf vein evolution was physiologically and environmentally transformative

(2009) C. K. Boyce et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Integrating Molecular Phylogenetic and Paleobotanical Evidence on Origin of the Flower

(2008) James A. Doyle   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Modeling fluid flow in Medullosa, an anatomically unusual Carboniferous seed plant

(2008) Jonathan P. Wilson et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY