The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and the origins of modern biodiversity

MJ Benton, P Wilf, H Sauquet - New Phytologist, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity today has the unusual property that 85% of plant and animal species live on
land rather than in the sea, and half of these live in tropical rainforests. An explosive boost to …

Impact of stomatal density and morphology on water-use efficiency in a changing world

LT Bertolino, RS Caine, JE Gray - Frontiers in plant science, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Global warming and associated precipitation changes will negatively impact on many
agricultural ecosystems. Major food production areas are expected to experience reduced …

The evolution of extant South American tropical biomes

C Jaramillo - New Phytologist, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
This review explores the evolution of extant South American tropical biomes, focusing on
when and why they developed. Tropical vegetation experienced a radical transformation …

Coupling between the terrestrial carbon and water cycles—a review

P Gentine, JK Green, M Guérin… - Environmental …, 2019‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The terrestrial carbon and water cycles are strongly coupled. As atmospheric carbon dioxide
concentration increases, climate and the coupled hydrologic cycle are modified, thus …

Leaf venation: structure, function, development, evolution, ecology and applications in the past, present and future

L Sack, C Scoffoni - New phytologist, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
The design and function of leaf venation are important to plant performance, with key
implications for the distribution and productivity of ecosystems, and applications in …

The rise of angiosperms pushed conifers to decline during global cooling

FL Condamine, D Silvestro, EB Koppelhus… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
Competition among species and entire clades can impact species diversification and
extinction, which can shape macroevolutionary patterns. The fossil record shows successive …

Cell wall thickness and composition are involved in photosynthetic limitation

J Flexas, MJ Clemente-Moreno, J Bota… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
The key role of cell walls in setting mesophyll conductance to CO2 (gm) and, consequently,
photosynthesis is reviewed. First, the theoretical properties of cell walls that can affect gm …

Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2 concentration: from the geological past to the next century

PJ Franks, MA Adams, JS Amthor, MM Barbour… - New …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
The rate of CO 2 assimilation by plants is directly influenced by the concentration of CO 2 in
the atmosphere, ca. As an environmental variable, ca also has a unique global and historic …

[HTML][HTML] The functional significance of the stomatal size to density relationship: Interaction with atmospheric [CO2] and role in plant physiological behaviour

M Haworth, G Marino, A Materassi, A Raschi… - Science of the Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The limits for stomatal conductance are set by stomatal size (SS) and density (SD). An
inverse relationship between SS and SD has been observed in fossil and living plants. This …