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Fossil palm reading: using fruits to reveal the deep roots of palm diversity by Matsunaga, Kelly K.S., Smith, Selena Y.

“…PREMISE Fossils are essential for understanding evolutionary history because they provide direct evidence of past diversity and geographic distributions…”
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C3 plant carbon isotope discrimination does not respond to CO2 concentration on decadal to centennial timescales by Stein, Rebekah A., Sheldon, Nathan D., Smith, Selena Y.

“…Summary Plant carbon isotope discrimination is complex, and could be driven by climate, evolution and/or edaphic factors. We tested the climate drivers of…”
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Interpreting an Archaean paleoenvironment through 3D imagery of microbialites by Howard, Cecilia M., Sheldon, Nathan D., Smith, Selena Y., Noffke, Nora

“…While stromatolites, and to a lesser extent thrombolites, have been extensively studied in order to unravel Precambrian (>539 Ma) biological evolution, studies…”
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Extending beyond Gondwana: Cretaceous Cunoniaceae from western North America by Tang, Keana K., Smith, Selena Y., Atkinson, Brian A.

“…Summary Cunoniaceae are important elements of rainforests across the Southern Hemisphere. Many of these flowering plants are considered Paleo‐Antarctic…”
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Where did they come from, where did they go? Niche conservatism in woody and herbaceous plants and implications for plant‐based paleoclimatic reconstructions by Quirk, Zack J., Smith, Selena Y., Paul Acosta, R., Poulsen, Christopher J.

“…Premise The ecological conditions that constrain plants to an environmental niche are assumed to be constant through time. While the fossil record has been…”
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Reconstruction of an enigmatic Pennsylvanian cone reveals a relationship to Sphenophyllales by D'Antonio, Michael P., Hotton, Carol L., Smith, Selena Y., Crane, Peter R., Herrera, Fabiany

“…Premise We studied the 3D morphology of a small, well‐preserved cone from the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek Lagerstätte to characterize its structure and determine…”
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C 3 plant carbon isotope discrimination does not respond to CO 2 concentration on decadal to centennial timescales by Stein, Rebekah A, Sheldon, Nathan D, Smith, Selena Y

“…Plant carbon isotope discrimination is complex, and could be driven by climate, evolution and/or edaphic factors. We tested the climate drivers of carbon…”
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Phytolith variability in Zingiberales: A tool for the reconstruction of past tropical vegetation by Chen, Stephanie T., Smith, Selena Y.

“…Reconstructing paleovegetation is an important part of understanding ancient ecosystems. Phytoliths are preserved even when other fossil evidence (pollen,…”
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Comparing Methodologies for Stomatal Analyses in the Context of Elevated Modern CO2 by Stein, Rebekah A., Sheldon, Nathan D., Smith, Selena Y.

“…Leaf stomata facilitate the exchange of water and CO2 during photosynthetic gas exchange. The shape, size, and density of leaf pores have not been constant…”
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Representational bias in phytoliths from modern soils of central North America: Implications for paleovegetation reconstructions by Hyland, Ethan, Smith, Selena Y., Sheldon, Nathan D.

“…Understanding localized patterns and community compositions of vegetation in an environment is critical to the reconstruction of climatic and ecological…”
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Monocot fossils suitable for molecular dating analyses by Iles, William J. D., Smith, Selena Y., Gandolfo, Maria A., Graham, Sean W.

“…Recent re‐examinations and new fossil findings have added significantly to the data available for evaluating the evolutionary history of the monocotyledons…”
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Fossil palm fruits from India indicate a Cretaceous origin of Arecaceae tribe Borasseae by Matsunaga, Kelly K S, Manchester, Steven R, Srivastava, Rashmi, Kapgate, Dashrath K, Smith, Selena Y

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A bi‐organellar phylogenomic study of Pandanales: inference of higher‐order relationships and unusual rate‐variation patterns by Soto Gomez, Marybel, Lin, Qianshi, Silva Leal, Eduardo, Gallaher, Timothy J., Scherberich, David, Mennes, Constantijn B., Smith, Selena Y., Graham, Sean W.

“…We used a bi‐organellar phylogenomic approach to address higher‐order relationships in Pandanales, including the first molecular phylogenetic study of the…”
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Revisiting the Zingiberales: using multiplexed exon capture to resolve ancient and recent phylogenetic splits in a charismatic plant lineage by Sass, Chodon, Iles, William J D, Barrett, Craig F, Smith, Selena Y, Specht, Chelsea D

“…The Zingiberales are an iconic order of monocotyledonous plants comprising eight families with distinctive and diverse floral morphologies and representing an…”
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Regional-scale variability in the spread of grasslands in the late Miocene by Chen, Stephanie T., Smith, Selena Y., Sheldon, Nathan D., Strömberg, Caroline A.E.

“…A new paleovegetation reconstruction based on both phytolith and paleosol carbon isotopic data is presented for the middle-late Miocene (11.2-9.5Ma) of…”
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Building the monocot tree of death: Progress and challenges emerging from the macrofossil-rich Zingiberales by Smith, Selena Y., Iles, William J. D., Benedict, John C., Specht, Chelsea D.

“…Premise of the Study Inclusion of fossils in phylogenetic analyses is necessary in order to construct a comprehensive “tree of death” and elucidate…”
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Soil Carbon Isotope Values and Paleoprecipitation Reconstruction by Stein, Rebekah A., Sheldon, Nathan D., Smith, Selena Y.

“…Anthropogenic climate change has significant impacts at the ecosystem scale including widespread drought, flooding, and other natural disasters related to…”
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A new species of Pityostrobus (Pinaceae) from the Cretaceous of California: moving towards understanding the Cretaceous radiation of Pinaceae by Smith, Selena Y., Stockey, Ruth A., Rothwell, Gar W., Little, Stefan A.

“…The evolutionary history of Pinaceae is documented by numerous fossils, which include a number of anatomically preserved ovulate cones with many systematically…”
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Cornalean affinities, phylogenetic significance, and biogeographic implications of Operculifructus infructescences from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Mexico by Hayes, Reilly F., Smith, Selena Y., Montellano-Ballesteros, Marisol, Álvarez-Reyes, Gerardo, Hernandez-Rivera, René, Fastovsky, David E.

“…ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH Premise of the Study Cretaceous Cornales provide a crucial record of the early history of asterids. Most lineages of the order are well…”
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Rapid response to anthropogenic climate change by Thuja occidentalis : implications for past climate reconstructions and future climate predictions by Stein, Rebekah A, Sheldon, Nathan D, Smith, Selena

“…Carbon isotope values of leaves (δ C ) from meta-analyses and growth chamber studies of C plants have been used to propose generalized relationships between δ…”
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