The enigma of the rise of angiosperms: can we untie the knot?

Understanding the ecosystem implications of the angiosperm rise to dominance: leaf litter decomposability among magnoliids and other basal angiosperms

(2014) Guofang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Foliar nutrient concentrations and resorption efficiency in plants of contrasting nutrient-acquisition strategies along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence

(2013) Patrick Hayes et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

(2013) Amy E. Zanne et al.   NATURE

The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests

(2013) Richard P. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Xylem embolism threshold for catastrophic hydraulic failure in angiosperm trees

(2013) M. Urli et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Elegance versus Speed: Examining the Competition between Conifer and Angiosperm Trees

(2012) Timothy J. Brodribb et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Surprisingly complex community discovered in the mid-Devonian fossil forest at Gilboa

(2012) William E. Stein et al.   NATURE

Distribution of living Cupressaceae reflects the breakup of Pangea

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

Cenozoic climate change shaped the evolutionary ecophysiology of the Cupressaceae conifers

(2012) J. Pittermann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rise to dominance of angiosperm pioneers in European Cretaceous environments

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

Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms

(2012) E. Penalver et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hemisphere-scale differences in conifer evolutionary dynamics

(2012) A. B. Leslie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Relationships within Podocarpaceae based on DNA sequence, anatomical, morphological, and biogeographical data

(2011) Patrick Knopf et al.   CLADISTICS

Establishing a time-scale for plant evolution

(2011) John T. Clarke et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Cenozoic extinctions account for the low diversity of extant gymnosperms compared with angiosperms

(2011) Michael D. Crisp et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Leaf evolution in Southern Hemisphere conifers tracks the angiosperm ecological radiation

(2011) E. Biffin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Recent Synchronous Radiation of a Living Fossil

(2011) N. S. Nagalingum et al.   SCIENCE

Phylogenetic Inference of Reciprocal Effects between Geographic Range Evolution and Diversification

(2011) Emma E. Goldberg et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The Pollination of Mid Mesozoic Seed Plants and the Early History of Long-proboscid Insects1,2,3

(2010) Conrad C. Labandeira   ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN

A review of light interception in plant stands from leaf to canopy in different plant functional types and in species with varying shade tolerance

(2010) Ülo Niinemets   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Key innovations within a geographical context in flowering plants: towards resolving Darwin’s abominable mystery

(2010) Jana C. Vamosi et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Appraising the roles of nutrient availability, global change, and functional traits during the angiosperm rise to dominance

(2010) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Xylem function and growth rate interact to determine recovery rates after exposure to extreme water deficit

(2010) Tim J. Brodribb et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Diversity in obscurity: fossil flowers and the early history of angiosperms

(2010) E. M. Friis et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution of tree nutrition

(2010) J. A. Raven et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The angiosperm radiation revisited, an ecological explanation for Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’

(2009) Frank Berendse et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Biological weathering and the long-term carbon cycle: integrating mycorrhizal evolution and function into the current paradigm

(2009) L. L. TAYLOR et al.   Geobiology

Darwin's second “abominable mystery”: Why are there so many angiosperm species?

(2008) William L. Crepet et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Global greenhouse to icehouse and back again: The origin and future of the Boreal Forest biome

(2008) Ralph E. Taggart et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

A unifying framework for dinitrogen fixation in the terrestrial biosphere

(2008) Benjamin Z. Houlton et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary significance of a flat-leaved Pinus in Vietnamese rainforest

(2008) Tim J. Brodribb et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST