Genome downsizing, physiological novelty, and the global dominance of flowering plants

Cell expansion not cell differentiation predominantly co-ordinates veins and stomata within and among herbs and woody angiosperms grown under sun and shade

(2016) Madeline R. Carins Murphy et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Optimal allocation of leaf epidermal area for gas exchange

(2016) Hugo J. de Boer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A metacalibrated time-tree documents the early rise of flowering plant phylogenetic diversity

(2015) Susana Magallón et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How Does Leaf Anatomy Influence Water Transport outside the Xylem?

(2015) Thomas N. Buckley et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Phylogeny and Divergence Times of Gymnosperms Inferred from Single-Copy Nuclear Genes

(2014) Ying Lu et al.   PLoS One

Allometry of cells and tissues within leaves

(2013) Grace P. John et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Reconstructing relative genome size of vascular plants through geological time

(2013) Barry H. Lomax et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Unified changes in cell size permit coordinated leaf evolution

(2013) Tim J. Brodribb et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hydraulic tuning of vein cell microstructure in the evolution of angiosperm venation networks

(2013) Taylor S. Feild et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hydraulic conductance of leaves correlates with leaf lifespan: implications for lifetime carbon gain

(2012) Kevin A. Simonin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Polyploidy enhances the occupation of heterogeneous environments through hydraulic related trade-offs inAtriplex canescens(Chenopodiaceae)

(2012) Guang-You Hao et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Megacycles of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration correlate with fossil plant genome size

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

Physiological framework for adaptation of stomata to CO2 from glacial to future concentrations

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

Leaf fossil record suggests limited influence of atmospheric CO2 on terrestrial productivity prior to angiosperm evolution

(2012) C. K. Boyce et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A critical transition in leaf evolution facilitated the Cretaceous angiosperm revolution

(2012) Hugo Jan de Boer et al.   Nature Communications

Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms: targets, trends and tomorrow

(2011) M. D. Bennett et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms

(2011) Yuannian Jiao et al.   NATURE

Could Land Plant Evolution Have Fed the Marine Revolution?

(2011) C. Kevin Boyce et al.   PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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

Geometrical constraints in the scaling relationships between genome size, cell size and cell cycle length in herbaceous plants

(2011) I. Simova et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

smatr 3- an R package for estimation and inference about allometric lines

(2011) David I. Warton et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Stomatal vs. genome size in angiosperms: the somatic tail wagging the genomic dog?

(2010) J. G. Hodgson et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology

(2010) S. W. Kembel et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Impact of the hydraulic capacity of plants on water and carbon fluxes in tropical South America

(2010) Jung-Eun Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

VARIATION IN GENOMIC FORM IN PLANTS AND ITS ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

(2010) MICHAEL D. BENNETT   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf hydraulic evolution led a surge in leaf photosynthetic capacity during early angiosperm diversification

(2009) Tim J. Brodribb et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Phylocom: software for the analysis of phylogenetic community structure and trait evolution

(2008) Campbell O. Webb et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Scaling of xylem vessels and veins within the leaves of oak species

(2008) D. A. Coomes et al.   Biology Letters

Genome size as a predictor of guard cell length in Arabidopsis thaliana is independent of environmental conditions

(2008) Barry H. Lomax et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genome size is a strong predictor of cell size and stomatal density in angiosperms

(2008) Jeremy M. Beaulieu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST