TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access J Kattge, G Bönisch, S Díaz, S Lavorel, IC Prentice, P Leadley, ... Global change biology 26 (1), 119-188, 2020 | 1602 | 2020 |
Vascular epiphyte distribution patterns: explaining the mid-elevation richness peak CL Cardelús, RK Colwell, JE Watkins Jr Journal of Ecology, 144-156, 2006 | 377 | 2006 |
Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota WF Laurance, DC Useche, LP Shoo, SK Herzog, M Kessler, F Escobar, ... Biological Conservation 144 (1), 548-557, 2011 | 307 | 2011 |
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of desiccation tolerance in tropical fern gametophytes JE Watkins Jr, MC Mack, TR Sinclair, SS Mulkey New Phytologist 176 (3), 708-717, 2007 | 209 | 2007 |
Species richness and distribution of ferns along an elevational gradient in Costa Rica JE Watkins Jr, C Cardelús, RK Colwell, RC Moran American Journal of Botany 93 (1), 73-83, 2006 | 192 | 2006 |
Ferns in an angiosperm world: Cretaceous radiation into the epiphytic niche and diversification on the forest floor JE Watkins Jr, CL Cardelús International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 (6), 695-710, 2012 | 153 | 2012 |
Sex and the single gametophyte: Revising the homosporous vascular plant life cycle in light of contemporary research CH Haufler, KM Pryer, E Schuettpelz, EB Sessa, DR Farrar, R Moran, ... BioScience 66 (11), 928-937, 2016 | 152 | 2016 |
Gametophyte ecology and demography of epiphytic and terrestrial tropical ferns JE Watkins Jr, MK Mack, SS Mulkey American journal of botany 94 (4), 701-708, 2007 | 127 | 2007 |
Gametophyte Ecology DR Farrar Biology and evolution of ferns and lycophytes, 222-256, 2008 | 103* | 2008 |
The physiological resilience of fern sporophytes and gametophytes: advances in water relations offer new insights into an old lineage J Pittermann, C Brodersen, JE Watkins Jr Frontiers in Plant Science 4, 285, 2013 | 97 | 2013 |
On the widespread capacity for, and functional significance of, extreme inbreeding in ferns EB Sessa, WL Testo, JE Watkins Jr New Phytologist 211 (3), 1108-1119, 2016 | 91 | 2016 |
Hydraulic properties of fern sporophytes: consequences for ecological and evolutionary diversification JE Watkins Jr, NM Holbrook, MA Zwieniecki American Journal of Botany 97 (12), 2007-2019, 2010 | 81 | 2010 |
The influence of life form on carbon and nitrogen relationships in tropical rainforest ferns JE Watkins, PW Rundel, CL Cardelús Oecologia 153, 225-232, 2007 | 63 | 2007 |
Understanding mechanisms of rarity in pteridophytes: Competition and climate change threaten the rare fern Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum (Aspleniaceae) WL Testo, JE Watkins Jr American Journal of Botany 100 (11), 2261-2270, 2013 | 58 | 2013 |
Dynamics of asymmetrical hybridization in North American wood ferns: reconciling patterns of inheritance with gametophyte reproductive biology WL Testo, JE Watkins Jr, DS Barrington New Phytologist 206 (2), 785-795, 2015 | 49 | 2015 |
Habitat differentiation of ferns in a lowland tropical rain forest JE Watkins Jr, C Cardelús American Fern Journal 99 (3), 162-175, 2009 | 41 | 2009 |
Life in the canopy: community trait assessments reveal substantial functional diversity among fern epiphytes JH Nitta, JE Watkins Jr, CC Davis New Phytologist 227 (6), 1885-1899, 2020 | 40 | 2020 |
A site for sori: ecophysiology of fertile–sterile leaf dimorphy in ferns JE Watkins Jr, AC Churchill, NM Holbrook American Journal of Botany 103 (5), 845-855, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
The structure and function of xylem in seed-free vascular plants: an evolutionary perspective J Pittermann, JE Watkins, KL Cary, E Schuettpelz, C Brodersen, AR Smith, ... Functional and ecological xylem anatomy, 1-37, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
Ants mediate nitrogen relations of an epiphytic fern JE Watkins Jr, CL Cardelús, MC Mack New Phytologist, 5-8, 2008 | 37 | 2008 |