The evolution of land plant functional traits and how they terraformed Earth

Project Information

TERRAFORM

Grant agreement ID: 101020824

DOI 10.3030/101020824

EC signature date 5 July 2021

Start date 1 October 2021

End date 30 September 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 498 066,25

EU contribution € 2 498 066,00

Coordinated by

THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN
Ireland

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Nitrogen isotopes reveal independent origins of N2-fixing symbiosis in extant cycad lineages

Author(s): Michael A. Kipp, Eva E. Stüeken, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, William H. Brightly, Victoria M. Arbour, Boglárka Erdei, Robert S. Hill, Kirk R. Johnson, Jiří Kvaček, Jennifer C. McElwain, Ian M. Miller, Miriam Slodownik, Vivi Vajda & Roger Buick
Published in: Nature Ecology & Evolution volume, Issue 8, 2023, Page(s) 57-69, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Springer Nature Limited
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02251-1

Stems matter: Xylem physiological limits are an accessible and critical improvement to models of plant gas exchange in deep time

Author(s): William J. Matthaeus, Isabel P. Montañez, Jennifer C. McElwain, Jonathan P. Wilson, Joseph D. White
Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Issue Volume 10, 2022, ISSN 2296-701X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.955066

Functional traits of fossil plants

Author(s): Jennifer C. McElwain, William J. Matthaeus, Catarina Barbosa, Christos Chondrogiannis, Katie O'Dea, Bea Jackson, Antonietta B. Knetge, Kamila Kwasniewska, Richard Nair, Joseph D. White, Jonathan P. Wilson, Isabel P. Montañez, Yvonne M. Buckley, Claire M. Belcher, Sandra Nogué
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue Volume 242, Issue 2, 2024, Page(s) 392 - 423, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.19622

A Systems Approach to Understanding How Plants Transformed Earth's Environment in Deep Time

Author(s): William J. Matthaeus, Sophia I. Macarewich, Jon Richey, Isabel P. Montañez, Jennifer C. McElwain, Joseph D. White, Jonathan P. Wilson, and Christopher J. Poulsen
Published in: ANNUAL REVIEW OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, Issue Vol 53, 2023, ISSN 0084-6597
Publisher: Annual Reviews, Inc.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-080222-082017

Pollen, macrofossils and sedaDNA reveal climate and land use impacts on Holocene mountain vegetation of the Lepontine Alps, Italy

Author(s): Lieveke van Vugt, Sandra Garcés-Pastor , Erika Gobet , Sarah Brechbühl , Antonietta Knetge , Youri Lammers , Katja Stengele , Inger Greve Alsos , Willy Tinner , Christoph Schwörer
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews, Issue Volume 296, 2022, ISSN 0277-3791
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107749

Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO2

Author(s): Cenozoic CO2 Proxy Integration Project (CenCO2PIP) Consortium; Bärbel Hönisch, Dana L Royer , Daniel O Breecker , Pratigya J Polissar , Gabriel J Bowen, Michael J Henehan , Ying Cui , Margret Steinthorsdottir, Jennifer C McElwain, Matthew J Kohn, Ann Pearson, Samuel R Phelps, Kevin T Uno , Andy Ridgwell, Eleni Anagnostou , Jacqueline Austermann, Marcus P S Badger, Richard S Barclay, Peter K Bijl
Published in: Science, Issue VOL. 382, NO. 6675, 2023, ISSN 1095-9203
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.adi5177

Other (1)

Trinity College Botanic Garden long-term monitoring program

Author(s): Midori Yajima, Michelle Murray, Jennifer McElwain, Stephen Waldren
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Dryar
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7h7