Erika J Edwards

Summary

Affiliation: Brown University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Climate, phylogeny and the ecological distribution of C4 grasses
    Erika J Edwards
    Department of Geography and the Institute for Computational Earth System Science University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
    Ecol Lett 11:266-76. 2008
  2. ncbi Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C4 grasses
    Erika J Edwards
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:2532-7. 2010
  3. ncbi The origins of C4 grasslands: integrating evolutionary and ecosystem science
    Erika J Edwards
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Science 328:587-91. 2010
  4. ncbi C(4) eudicots are not younger than C(4) monocots
    Pascal Antoine Christin
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, 80 Waterman St, Box G W, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    J Exp Bot 62:3171-81. 2011
  5. ncbi The relevance of phylogeny to studies of global change
    Erika J Edwards
    Geography Department and the Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
    Trends Ecol Evol 22:243-9. 2007
  6. ncbi Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in grasses
    Pascal Antoine Christin
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110:1381-6. 2013
  7. ncbi Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages
    Mónica Arakaki
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:8379-84. 2011
  8. ncbi Adaptive evolution of C(4) photosynthesis through recurrent lateral gene transfer
    Pascal Antoine Christin
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, 80 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Curr Biol 22:445-9. 2012
  9. ncbi Evolution of leaf form correlates with tropical-temperate transitions in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)
    Samuel B Schmerler
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 279:3905-13. 2012
  10. ncbi Complex evolutionary transitions and the significance of c(3)-c(4) intermediate forms of photosynthesis in Molluginaceae
    Pascal Antoine Christin
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, 80 Waterman St, Box G W, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
    Evolution 65:643-60. 2011

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Climate, phylogeny and the ecological distribution of C4 grasses
    Erika J Edwards
    Department of Geography and the Institute for Computational Earth System Science University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
    Ecol Lett 11:266-76. 2008
    ....
  2. ncbi Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C4 grasses
    Erika J Edwards
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:2532-7. 2010
    ..Furthermore, we argue that the evolution of cold tolerance in certain C(3) lineages is an overlooked innovation that has profoundly influenced the patterning of grassland communities across the globe...
  3. ncbi The origins of C4 grasslands: integrating evolutionary and ecosystem science
    Erika J Edwards
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Science 328:587-91. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi C(4) eudicots are not younger than C(4) monocots
    Pascal Antoine Christin
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, 80 Waterman St, Box G W, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    J Exp Bot 62:3171-81. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi The relevance of phylogeny to studies of global change
    Erika J Edwards
    Geography Department and the Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
    Trends Ecol Evol 22:243-9. 2007
    ..We outline how phylogenetics can guide better taxon sampling of key physiological traits, and discuss how the emerging field of phyloinformatics presents a promising new framework for scaling from organism physiology to global processes...
  6. ncbi Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in grasses
    Pascal Antoine Christin
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110:1381-6. 2013
    ....
  7. ncbi Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages
    Mónica Arakaki
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:8379-84. 2011
    ....
  8. ncbi Adaptive evolution of C(4) photosynthesis through recurrent lateral gene transfer
    Pascal Antoine Christin
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, 80 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Curr Biol 22:445-9. 2012
    ..This report shows that plant-plant lateral nuclear gene transfers can be a potent source of genetic novelty and adaptation in flowering plants...
  9. ncbi Evolution of leaf form correlates with tropical-temperate transitions in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)
    Samuel B Schmerler
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 279:3905-13. 2012
    ..Our results provide a new theoretical grounding for the inference of past climates using fossil leaf assemblages...
  10. ncbi Complex evolutionary transitions and the significance of c(3)-c(4) intermediate forms of photosynthesis in Molluginaceae
    Pascal Antoine Christin
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, 80 Waterman St, Box G W, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
    Evolution 65:643-60. 2011
    ..These evolutionarily stable transitional stages likely increased the evolvability of C(4) photosynthesis under selection environments brought on by climate and atmospheric change in recent geological time...
  11. ncbi Multiple photosynthetic transitions, polyploidy, and lateral gene transfer in the grass subtribe Neurachninae
    Pascal Antoine Christin
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, 80 Waterman St, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    J Exp Bot 63:6297-308. 2012
    ....
  12. ncbi Improving our understanding of environmental controls on the distribution of C3 and C4 grasses
    Stephanie Pau
    National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis NCEAS, 735 State Street, Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101, USA
    Glob Chang Biol 19:184-96. 2013
    ....
  13. ncbi Quantifying succulence: a rapid, physiologically meaningful metric of plant water storage
    R Matthew Ogburn
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
    Plant Cell Environ 35:1533-42. 2012
    ..Quantifying SWC(meas) across many taxa showing variation in tissue succulence will provide a new avenue for exploring the evolutionary dynamics of this important ecological adaptation...
  14. ncbi Effect of genetic convergence on phylogenetic inference
    Pascal Antoine Christin
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 62:921-7. 2012
    ..Therefore, we recommend that, whenever possible, topologies obtained with amino acid sequences and 3rd codon positions be compared to identify potential phylogenetic biases and avoid evolutionarily misleading conclusions...
  15. ncbi Ecological physiology of Pereskia guamacho, a cactus with leaves
    Erika J Edwards
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
    Plant Cell Environ 29:247-56. 2006
    ..We conclude that leaf performance is not limited by stem hydraulic capacity in this species, and that water use is conservative and tightly regulated at the leaf level...