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Professor Jennifer Mc Elwain

Professor Jennifer Mc Elwain

Professor of Botany (1711), Botany

3531896 2294https://plantclimatelab.ie/

Biography

Jennifer (Jenny) McElwain holds the 1711 Chair of Botany at Trinity College Dublin's School of Natural Sciences. She is currently the Head of Botany within the School and Director of Trinity Botanic Gardens. Over the past 20 years her research and teaching have focused on the development and use of palaeobotanical methods (proxies) that use fossil plants to reconstruct the evolution of Earth's atmospheric composition and climate on multimillion year timescales. Her research team use both fossil plants and modern experimentation to investigate how fluctuations in atmospheric composition and climate have influenced plant evolution and ecology throughout Earth history. Her research programme has been successfully funded through both national and international grants and awards including Science Foundation Ireland, Irish Research Council, European Research Council, US National Science Foundation, National Geographic and Marie Curie. She was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in June 2017 and awarded for Excellence in EU research by the President of Ireland in 2012. She has published over 100 internationally peer reviewed publication and two editions of a well-regarded textbook The Evolution of Plants, Oxford University Press. She acted as a board member of the Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice and is currently the Chair of the Royal Irish Academy Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Science. Before joining TCD in 2017, she was an Associate Professor/Professor at University College Dublin for 11 years, a curator of fossil plants at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago (2000-2006) and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield, UK (2003-2006). She graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BA Botany in 1993 and from Royal Holloway University of London with a PhD in 1997. Lab web page: https://plantclimatelab.ie/

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • McElwain, J., Mitchell, F.J.G. and Jones, M.B., Relationship of stomatal density and index of Salix cinerea to atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations in the Holocene, The Holocene, 5, 1995, p216 - 219Journal Article, 1995
  • McElwain, J.C. and Steinthorsdottir, M., Paleoecology, Ploidy, Paleoatmospheric Composition, and Developmental Biology: A Review of the Multiple Uses of Fossil Stomata, Plant Physiology, 174, (2), 2017, p650--664Journal Article, 2017
  • Yiotis, C., Evans-Fitzgerald, C., McElwain, J.C., Differences in the photosynthetic plasticity of ferns and Ginkgo grown in experimentally controlled low [O2]:[CO2] atmospheres may explain their contrasting ecological fate across the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction boundary, Annals of Botany, 119, (8), 2017, p1385-1395Journal Article, 2017
  • Wilson, J.P., Montañez, I.P., White, J.D., DiMichele, W.A., McElwain, J.C., Poulsen, C.J., Hren, M.T., Dynamic Carboniferous tropical forests: new views of plant function and potential for physiological forcing of climate, New Phytologist, 215, (4), 2017, p1333-1353Journal Article, 2017
  • McElwain, J.C., New ways with old fossils, Nature Plants, 3, 2017Journal Article, 2017
  • Soh, W.K., Wright, I.J., Bacon, K.L., Lenz, T.I., Steinthorsdottir, M., Parnell, A.C., McElwain, J.C., Palaeo leaf economics reveal a shift in ecosystem function associated with the end-Triassic mass extinction event, Nature Plants, 3, 2017Journal Article, 2017
  • McElwain, J.C., Montañez, I.P., White, J.D., Wilson, J.P., Yiotis, C., Reply to comment on "Was atmospheric CO2 capped at 1000 ppm over the past 300 million years?" [Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 441 (2016) 653"658], Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 472, 2017, p260-263Journal Article, 2017
  • Montañez, I.P., McElwain, J.C., Poulsen, C.J., White, J.D., Dimichele, W.A., Wilson, J.P., Griggs, G., Hren, M.T., Climate, pCO2 and terrestrial carbon cycle linkages during late Palaeozoic glacial-interglacial cycles, Nature Geoscience, 9, (11), 2016, p824-828Journal Article, 2016
  • Evans-Fitz.Gerald, C., Porter, A.S., Yiotis, C., Elliott-Kingston, C., McElwain, J.C., Co-ordination in morphological leaf traits of early diverging angiosperms is maintained following exposure to experimental palaeo-atmospheric conditions of sub-ambient O2 and elevated CO2, Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, (September), 2016Journal Article, 2016
  • Elliott-Kingston, C., Haworth, M., Yearsley, J.M., Batke, S.P., Lawson, T., McElwain, J.C., Does size matter? Atmospheric CO2 may be a stronger driver of stomatal closing rate than stomatal size in taxa that diversified under low CO2, Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, (AUG2016), 2016Journal Article, 2016
  • Lawson, T., McElwain, J.C., Evolutionary trade-offs in stomatal spacing, New Phytologist, 210, (4), 2016, p1149-1151Journal Article, 2016
  • Steinthorsdottir, M., Porter, A.S., Holohan, A., Kunzmann, L., Collinson, M., McElwain, J.C., Fossil plant stomata indicate decreasing atmospheric CO2 prior to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary, Climate of the Past, 12, (2), 2016, p439-454Journal Article, 2016
  • Mcelwain, J.C., Yiotis, C., Lawson, T., Using modern plant trait relationships between observed and theoretical maximum stomatal conductance and vein density to examine patterns of plant macroevolution, New Phytologist, 209, (1), 2016, p94-103Journal Article, 2016
  • JC McElwain, I Montañez, JD White, JP Wilson, C Yiotis, Was atmospheric CO2 capped at 1000 ppm over the past 300 million years?, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 441, 2016, p653-658Journal Article, 2016
  • AS Porter, CEF Gerald, JC McElwain, C Yiotis, C Elliott-Kingston, How well do you know your growth chambers? Testing for chamber effect using plant traits, Plant Methods, 11, (1), 2015Journal Article, 2015
  • STEINTHORSDOTTIR, M., TOSOLINI, A.P., and MCELWAIN, J.C., EVIDENCE FOR INSECT AND ANNELID ACTIVITY ACROSS THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC TRANSITION OF EAST GREENLAND, PALAIOS, 30, (8), 2015, p597--607Journal Article, 2015
  • Shinde, S., Behpouri, A., McElwain, J.C., Ng, C.K., Genome-wide transcriptomic analysis of the effects of sub-ambient atmospheric oxygen and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on gametophytes of the moss, Physcomitrella patens., Journal of experimental botany, 66, (13), 2015, p4001-4012Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • McElwain, J.C., Yiotis, C., and Lawson, T., Using modern plant trait relationships between observed and theoretical maximum stomatal conductance and vein density to examine patterns of plant macroevolution, New Phytol, 209, (1), 2015, p94--103Journal Article, 2015
  • Váry, Z., Mullins, E., McElwain, J.C., and Doohan, F. M., The severity of wheat diseases increases when plants and pathogens are acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide, Glob Change Biol, 21, (7), 2015, p2661--2669Journal Article, 2015
  • Váry Z, Mullins E, McElwain JC, Doohan FM., The severity of wheat diseases increases when plants and pathogens are acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide., Global change biology, 2015Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • Bacon, K. L., Haworth, M., Conroy, E., and McElwain, J.C., Can atmospheric composition influence plant fossil preservation potential via changes in leaf mass per area? A new hypothesis based on simulated palaeoatmosphere experiments., Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2015Journal Article, 2015
  • Steinthorsdottir, M., Tosolini, A.-M.P., McElwain, J.C., Evidence for insect and annelid activity across the Triassic-Jurassic transition of east Greenland, Palaios, 30, (8), 2015, p597-607Journal Article, 2015
  • Shinde, S., Behpouri, A., McElwain, J.C., Ng, C.K.-Y., Genome-wide transcriptomic analysis of the effects of sub-ambient atmospheric oxygen and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on gametophytes of the moss, Physcomitrella patens, Journal of Experimental Botany, 66, (13), 2015, p4001-4012Journal Article, 2015
  • Wolfram M. Kürschner, Luke Mander, Jennifer C. McElwain, A gymnosperm affinity for Ricciisporites tuberculatus Lundblad: implications for vegetation and environmental reconstructions in the Late Triassic, Palaeobio Palaeoenv, 94, (2), 2014, p295--305Journal Article, 2014
  • Williford, K.H., Grice, K., Holman, A., and McElwain, J.C., An organic record of terrestrial ecosystem collapse and recovery at the Triassic"Jurassic boundary in East Greenland, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 127, 2014, p251--263Journal Article, 2014
  • Kürschner, W.M., Mander, L., McElwain, J.C., A gymnosperm affinity for Ricciisporites tuberculatus Lundblad: Implications for vegetation and environmental reconstructions in the Late Triassic, Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 94, (2), 2014, p295-305Journal Article, 2014
  • Williford, K.H., Grice, K., Holman, A., McElwain, J.C., An organic record of terrestrial ecosystem collapse and recovery at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in East Greenland, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 127, 2014, p251-263Journal Article, 2014
  • Elliott-Kingston, C., Haworth, M., McElwain, J.C., Damage structures in leaf epidermis and cuticle as an indicator of elevated atmospheric sulphur dioxide in early Mesozoic floras, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 208, 2014, p25-42Journal Article, 2014
  • Haworth, M., Gallagher, A., Sum, E., Hill-Donnelly, M., Steinthorsdottir, M., Mcelwain, J., On the reconstruction of plant photosynthetic and stress physiology across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 23, (3), 2014, p321-329Journal Article, 2014
  • Barclay RS, McElwain JC, Duckett JG, van Es MH, Mostaert AS, Pressel S, Sageman BB., New methods reveal oldest known fossil epiphyllous moss: Bryiidites utahensis gen. et sp. nov. (Bryidae)., American journal of botany, 100, (12), 2013, p2450-2457Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • McElwain, J. C. , The Life and Times of a Living Fossil, Science, 340, (6134), 2013, p812--813Journal Article, 2013
  • Bacon, K.L., Belcher, C.M., Haworth, M., McElwain, J.C., and Butler, R.J., Increased Atmospheric SO2 Detected from Changes in Leaf Physiognomy across the Triassic"Jurassic Boundary Interval of East Greenland, PLoS ONE, 8, (4), 2013, pe60614Journal Article, 2013
  • Haworth, M., Elliott-Kingston, C., McElwain, J.C., Co-ordination of physiological and morphological responses of stomata to elevated [CO2] in vascular plants, Oecologia, 171, (1), 2013, p71-82Journal Article, 2013
  • Bacon, K.L., Belcher, C.M., Haworth, M., McElwain, J.C., Increased Atmospheric SO2 Detected from Changes in Leaf Physiognomy across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary Interval of East Greenland, PLoS ONE, 8, (4), 2013Journal Article, 2013
  • Barclay, R.S., McElwain, J.C., Duckett, J.G., Van Es, M.H., Mostaert, A.S., Pressel, S., Sageman, B.B., New methods reveal oldest known fossil epiphyllous moss: Bryiidites Utahensis gen. et sp. nov. (Bryidae), American Journal of Botany, 100, (12), 2013, p2450-2457Journal Article, 2013
  • Mander, L., Kürschner, W.M., McElwain, J.C., Palynostratigraphy and vegetation history of the triassic-jurassic transition in east Greenland, Journal of the Geological Society, 170, (1), 2013, p37-46Journal Article, 2013
  • Mander, L., Wesseln, C.J., McElwain, J.C., Punyasena, S.W., and Butler, R.J., Tracking Taphonomic Regimes Using Chemical and Mechanical Damage of Pollen and Spores: An Example from the Triassic"Jurassic Mass Extinction, PLoS ONE, 7, (11), 2012, pe49153Journal Article, 2012
  • Haworth, M., Elliott-Kingston, C., Gallagher, A., Fitzgerald, A., and McElwain, J.C., Sulphur dioxide fumigation effects on stomatal density and index of non-resistant plants: Implications for the stomatal palaeo-[CO2] proxy method, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 182, 2012, p44--54Journal Article, 2012
  • Haworth, M., Elliott-Kingston, C., and McElwain, J.C., Co-ordination of physiological and morphological responses of stomata to elevated [CO2] in vascular plants, Oecologia, 171, (1), 2012, p71--82Journal Article, 2012
  • Steinthorsdottir, M., Woodward, I.F., Surlyk, F., McElwain, J.C., Deep-time evidence of a link between elevated CO 2 concentrations and perturbations in the hydrological cycle via drop in plant transpiration, Geology, 40, (9), 2012, p815-818Journal Article, 2012
  • Haworth, M., Elliott-Kingston, C., Gallagher, A., Fitzgerald, A., McElwain, J.C., Sulphur dioxide fumigation effects on stomatal density and index of non-resistant plants: Implications for the stomatal palaeo-[CO 2] proxy method, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 182, 2012, p44-54Journal Article, 2012
  • Mander, L., Wesseln, C.J., McElwain, J.C., Punyasena, S.W., Tracking Taphonomic Regimes Using Chemical and Mechanical Damage of Pollen and Spores: An Example from the Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction, PLoS ONE, 7, (11), 2012Journal Article, 2012
  • McElwain, J.C. , Ferns: a xylem success story, New Phytologist, 192, (2), 2011, p307--310Journal Article, 2011
  • Steinthorsdottir, M., Jeram, A.J., and McElwain, J.C., Extremely elevated CO2 concentrations at the Triassic/Jurassic boundary, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 308, (3-4), 2011, p418--432Journal Article, 2011
  • STEINTHORSDOTTIR, M., BACON, K.L., POPA, M.E., BOCHNER, L., and McELWAIN J.C., Bennettitalean leaf cuticle fragments (here Anomozamites and Pterophyllum) can be used interchangeably in stomatal frequency-based palaeo-CO2 reconstructions, Palaeontology, 54, (4), 2011, p867--882Journal Article, 2011
  • Haworth M, Elliott-Kingston C, McElwain JC., Stomatal control as a driver of plant evolution., Journal of experimental botany, 62, (8), 2011, p2419-2423Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • Haworth, M., Elliott-Kingston, C., and McElwain, J. C., The stomatal CO2 proxy does not saturate at high atmospheric CO2 concentrations: evidence from stomatal index responses of Araucariaceae conifers, Oecologia, 167, (1), 2011, p11--19Journal Article, 2011
  • Steinthorsdottir, M., Bacon, K.L., Popa, M.E., Bochner, L., Mcelwain, J.C., Bennettitalean leaf cuticle fragments (here Anomozamites and Pterophyllum) can be used interchangeably in stomatal frequency-based palaeo-CO 2 reconstructions, Palaeontology, 54, (4), 2011, p867-882Journal Article, 2011
  • Haworth, M., Fitzgerald, A., and McElwain, J.C., Cycads show no stomatal-density and index response to elevated carbon dioxide and subambient oxygen, Aust. J. Bot., 59, (7), 2011, p630Journal Article, 2011
  • Mcelwain, J.C., Ferns: A xylem success story, New Phytologist, 192, (2), 2011, p307-310Journal Article, 2011
  • McElwain, J.C., Willis, K.J., Niklas, K.J., Long-term fluctuations in atmospheric CO2 concentration influence plant speciation rates, Climate Change, Ecology and Systematics, 2011, p122-140Journal Article, 2011
  • Haworth, M., Elliott-Kingston, C., McElwain, J.C., Stomatal control as a driver of plant evolution, Journal of Experimental Botany, 62, (8), 2011, p2419-2423Journal Article, 2011
  • Haworth, M., Elliott-Kingston, C., McElwain, J.C., The stomatal CO 2 proxy does not saturate at high atmospheric CO 2 concentrations: Evidence from stomatal index responses of Araucariaceae conifers, Oecologia, 167, (1), 2011, p11-19Journal Article, 2011
  • Bacon, K.L., Belcher, C.M., Hesselbo, S.P., McElwain, J.C., The triassic-jurassic boundary carbon-isotope excursions expressed in taxonomically identified leaf cuticles, Palaios, 26, (8), 2011, p461-469Journal Article, 2011
  • Belcher CM, Yearsley JM, Hadden RM, McElwain JC, Rein G., Baseline intrinsic flammability of Earth's ecosystems estimated from paleoatmospheric oxygen over the past 350 million years., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, (52), 2010, p22448-22453Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Taylor CT, McElwain JC., Ancient atmospheres and the evolution of oxygen sensing via the hypoxia-inducible factor in metazoans., Physiology (Bethesda, Md.), 25, (5), 2010, p272-279Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Haworth, M., Gallagher, A., Elliott-Kingston, C., Raschi, A., Marandola, D., and McElwain J.C., Stomatal index responses of Agrostis canina to CO2 and sulphur dioxide: implications for palaeo-[CO2] using the stomatal proxy, New Phytologist, 188, (3), 2010, p845--855Journal Article, 2010
  • Mander L, KÃŒrschner WM, McElwain JC., An explanation for conflicting records of Triassic-Jurassic plant diversity., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, (35), 2010, p15351-15356Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Belcher, C.M., Mander, L., Rein, G., Jervis, F.X., Haworth, M., Hesselbo, S.P., Glasspool, I.J., and McElwain, J.C. , Increased fire activity at the Triassic/Jurassic boundary in Greenland due to climate-driven floral change, Nature Geosci, 3, (6), 2010, p426--429Journal Article, 2010
  • Haworth M, Heath J, McElwain JC., Differences in the response sensitivity of stomatal index to atmospheric CO2 among four genera of Cupressaceae conifers., Annals of botany, 105, (3), 2010, p411-418Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Barclay, R.S., McElwain, J.C., and Sageman, B.B. , Carbon sequestration activated by a volcanic CO2 pulse during Ocean Anoxic Event 2, Nature Geosci, 3, (3), 2010, p205--208Journal Article, 2010
  • Mander, L., Kürschner, W.M., McElwain, J.C., An explanation for conflicting records of Triassic-Jurassic plant diversity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, (35), 2010, p15351-15356Journal Article, 2010
  • Taylor, C.T., McElwain, J.C., Ancient atmospheres and the evolution of oxygen sensing via the hypoxia-inducible factor in metazoans, Physiology, 25, (5), 2010, p272-279Journal Article, 2010
  • Belcher, C.M., Yearsley, J.M., Hadden, R.M., McElwain, J.C., Rein, G., Baseline intrinsic flammability of Earth's ecosystems estimated from paleoatmospheric oxygen over the past 350 million years, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, (52), 2010, p22448-22453Journal Article, 2010
  • Barclay, R.S., McElwain, J.C., Sageman, B.B., Carbon sequestration activated by a volcanic CO 2 pulse during Ocean Anoxic Event 2, Nature Geoscience, 3, (3), 2010, p205-208Journal Article, 2010
  • Haworth, M., Heath, J., McElwain, J.C., Differences in the response sensitivity of stomatal index to atmospheric CO2 among four genera of Cupressaceae conifers, Annals of Botany, 105, (3), 2010, p411-418Journal Article, 2010
  • Haworth, M., Gallagher, A., Elliott-Kingston, C., Raschi, A., Marandola, D., McElwain, J.C., Stomatal index responses of Agrostis canina to CO2 and sulphur dioxide: Implications for palaeo-[CO2] using the stomatal proxy, New Phytologist, 188, (3), 2010, p845-855Journal Article, 2010
  • McElwain JC, Wagner PJ, Hesselbo SP., Fossil plant relative abundances indicate sudden loss of Late Triassic biodiversity in East Greenland., Science (New York, N.Y.), 324, (5934), 2009, p1554-1556Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • Haworth, M., and McElwain, J.C., Reply to the comment on "Hot, dry, wet, cold or toxic? Revisiting the ecological significance of leaf cuticular micromorphology" by M. Haworth and J.C. McElwain [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 262 (2008) 79-90], Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 273, (1-2), 2009, p209--211Journal Article, 2009
  • Mihai E. Popa, Jennifer C. McElwain, Bipinnate Ptilozamites nilssonii from Jameson Land and new considerations on the genera Ptilozamites Nathorst 1878 and Ctenozamites Nathorst 1886, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 153, (3-4), 2009, p386--393Journal Article, 2009
  • McElwain, J.C., Wagner, P.J., Hesselbo, S.P., Indicate sudden loss of late triassic biodiversity in East Greenland, Science, 324, (5934), 2009, p1554-1556Journal Article, 2009
  • Haworth, M., McElwain, J.C., Reply to the comment on "Hot, dry, wet, cold or toxic? Revisiting the ecological significance of leaf cuticular micromorphology" by M. Haworth and J.C. McElwain [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 262 (2008) 79-90], Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 273, (1-2), 2009, p209-211Journal Article, 2009
  • Belcher, C. M. and McElwain, J. C. , Limits for Combustion in Low O2 Redefine Paleoatmospheric Predictions for the Mesozoic, Science, 321, (5893), 2008, p1197--1200Journal Article, 2008
  • Royer, D.L., McElwain, J.C., Adams, J.M., and Wilf, P., Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate within Acer rubrum and Quercus kelloggii, New Phytologist, 179, (3), 2008, p808--817Journal Article, 2008
  • McElwain, J.C., 70 MILLION YEARS OF VEGETATION DYNAMICS, Diversity and Distributions, 6, (4), 2008, p205--206Journal Article, 2008
  • Haworth, M., and McElwain, J.C., Hot, dry, wet, cold or toxic? Revisiting the ecological significance of leaf and cuticular micromorphology, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 262, (1-2), 2008, p79--90Journal Article, 2008
  • Belcher, C.M., McElwain, J.C., Limits for combustion in low O2 redefine paleoatmospheric predictions for the Mesozoic (Science (1197)), Science, 322, (5899), 2008Journal Article, 2008
  • Belcher, C.M., McElwain, J.C., Limits for combustion in low O2 redefine paleoatmospheric predictions for the mesozoic, Science, 321, (5893), 2008, p1197-1200Journal Article, 2008
  • Punyasena, S.W., Mayle, F.E., and McElwain, J.C., Quantitative estimates of glacial and Holocene temperature and precipitation change in lowland Amazonian Bolivia, Geol, 36, (8), 2008, p667Journal Article, 2008
  • Punyasena, S.W., Eshel, G., McElwain, J.C., The influence of climate on the spatial patterning of Neotropical plant families, Journal of Biogeography, 35, (1), 2008, p117-130Journal Article, 2008
  • McElwain, J.C. and Punyasenal, S.W. , Mass extinction events and the plant fossil record, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 22, (10), 2007, p548--557Journal Article, 2007
  • Surangi W. Punyasena, Gidon Eshel, Jennifer C. McElwain, The influence of climate on the spatial patterning of Neotropical plant families, J Biogeography, 0, (0), 2007, p070901070439001--???Journal Article, 2007
  • Lenny L.R. Kouwenberg, Rebekah R. Hines, Jennifer C. McElwain, A new transfer technique to extract and process thin and fragmented fossil cuticle using polyester overlays, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 145, (3-4), 2007, p243--248Journal Article, 2007
  • McElwain, J.C., Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide - Stomata, Palaeobiology II, 2007, p479-480Journal Article, 2007
  • McElwain, J.C., Popa, M.E., Hesselbo, S.P., Haworth, M., Surlyk, F., Macroecological responses of terrestrial vegetation to climatic and atmospheric change across the Triassic/Jurassic boundary in East Greenland, Paleobiology, 33, (4), 2007, p547--573Journal Article, 2007
  • Barclay, R., McElwain, J., Dilcher, D., Sageman, B., The cuticle database: Developing an interactive tool for taxonomic and paleoenvironmental study of the fossil cuticle record, CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, (258), 2007, p39-55Journal Article, 2007
  • McElwain, J.C., Wade-Murphy, J., and Hesselbo, S.P. , Changes in carbon dioxide during an oceanic anoxic event linked to intrusion into Gondwana coals, Nature, 435, (7041), 2005, p479--482Journal Article, 2005
  • McElwain, J.C., Climate-independent paleoaltimetry using stomatal density in fossil leaves as a proxy for CO2 partial pressure: Reply, Geology, 33, (1), 2005Journal Article, 2005
  • Matthew Haworth, Stephen P. Hesselbo, Jennifer C. McElwain, Stuart A. Robinson, James W. Brunt, Mid-Cretaceous pCO2 based on stomata of the extinct conifer Pseudofrenelopsis (Cheirolepidiaceae), Geol, 33, (9), 2005, p749Journal Article, 2005
  • Jennifer C. McElwain, Climate-independent paleoaltimetry using stomatal density in fossil leaves as a proxy for CO2 partial pressure, Geol, 32, (12), 2004, p1017Journal Article, 2004
  • Stephen P. Hesselbo, Helen S. Morgans"Bell, Jennifer C. McElwain, P. McAllister Rees, Stuart A. Robinson, C. Elizabeth Ross, Carbon"Cycle Perturbation in the Middle Jurassic and Accompanying Changes in the Terrestrial Paleoenvironment, The Journal of Geology, 111, (3), 2003, p259--276Journal Article, 2003
  • Kouwenberg LL, McElwain JC, KÃŒrschner WM, Wagner F, Beerling DJ, Mayle FE, Visscher H., Stomatal frequency adjustment of four conifer species to historical changes in atmospheric CO2., American journal of botany, 90, (4), 2003, p610-619Journal Article, 2003, DOI
  • Hesselbo, S.P., Morgans-Bell, H.S., McElwain, J.C., Rees, P.M., Robinson, S.A., Ross, C.E., Carbon-cycle perturbation in the Middle Jurassic and accompanying changes in the terrestrial paleoenvironment, Journal of Geology, 111, (3), 2003, p259-276Journal Article, 2003
  • Kouwenberg, L.L.R., McElwain, J.C., Kürschner, W.M., Wagner, F., Beerling, D.J., Mayle, F.E., Visscher, H., Stomatal frequency adjustment of four conifer species to historical changes in atmospheric CO2, American Journal of Botany, 90, (4), 2003, p610-619Journal Article, 2003
  • R. T. Pennington, Willis, K.J., McElwain, J.C. The evolution of plants, Annals of Botany, 90, (5), 2002, p678--679Journal Article, 2002
  • J. C. MCELWAIN, Is the greenhouse theory a fallacy? A paleontological paradox, PALAIOS, 17, (5), 2002, p417--418Journal Article, 2002
  • Mcelwain, J.C., Mayle, F.E., Beerling, D.J., Stomatal evidence for a decline in atmospheric CO2 concentration during the younger dryas stadial: A comparison with Antarctic ice core records, Journal of Quaternary Science, 17, (1), 2002, p21-29Journal Article, 2002
  • McElwain, J.C., 70 million years of vegetation dynamics, Diversity and Distributions, 6, (4), 2000, p205-206Journal Article, 2000
  • J. C. McElwain, Fossil Plants and Global Warming at the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary, Science, 285, (5432), 1999, p1386--1390Journal Article, 1999
  • McElwain, J.C., Beerling, D.J., Woodward, F.I., Fossil plants and global warming at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, Science, 285, (5432), 1999, p1386-1390Journal Article, 1999
  • McElwain, J.C., Do fossil plants signal palaeoatmospheric CO 2 concentration in the geological past?, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 353, (1365), 1998, p83-96Journal Article, 1998
  • Beerling, D.J., McElwain, J.C., Osborne, C.P., Stomatal responses of the 'living fossil' Ginkgo biloba L. to changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations, Journal of Experimental Botany, 49, (326), 1998, p1603-1607Journal Article, 1998
  • Chaloner, W.G., McElwain, J., The fossil plant record and global climatic change, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 95, (1-4), 1997, p73-82Journal Article, 1997
  • McElwain, J.C. and Chaloner, W.G. , The Fossil Cuticle as a Skeletal Record of Environmental Change, PALAIOS, 11, (4), 1996, p376Journal Article, 1996
  • McElwain, J.C., Chaloner, W.G., The fossil cuticle as a skeletal record of environmental change, Palaios, 11, (4), 1996, p376-388Journal Article, 1996
  • McElwain, J.C., Chaloner, W.G., Stomatal Density and Index of Fossil Plants Track Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in the Palaeozoic, Annals of Botany, 76, (4), 1995, p389-395Journal Article, 1995
  • J.C. Mcelwain, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide-stomata, Palaeobiology II, 2003, p479--480Journal Article, 2003
  • McElwain, J.C., Willis, K.J., and R. Lupia, Cretaceous CO2 Decline and the Radiation and Diversification of Angiosperms, A History of Atmospheric CO2 and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems, 2005, p133--165Journal Article, 2005
  • C Purcell, SP Batke, C Yiotis, Rodrigo Caballero, WK Soh, Michelle Murray, Jennifer C McElwain, Increasing stomatal conductance in response to rising atmospheric CO2, Annals of Botany, 121, (6), 2018, p1137 - 1149Journal Article, 2018, URL
  • H Li, J Yu, JC McElwain, C Yiotis, ZQ Chen, Reconstruction of atmospheric CO2 concentration during the late Changhsingian based on fossil conifers from the Dalong Formation in South China, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, in press, 2018Journal Article, 2018, URL
  • AS Porter, C Yiotis, IP Montañez, JC McElwain, Evolutionary differences in Δ13C detected between spore and seed bearing plants following exposure to a range of atmospheric O2:CO2 ratios; implications for paleoatmosphere reconstruction, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 213, 2017, p517 - 533Journal Article, 2017, URL
  • Laurin, Ji"í, Barclay, Richard S., Sageman, Bradley B., Dawson, Robin R., Pagani, Mark, Schmitz, Mark, Eaton, Jeffrey, McInerney, Francesca A., McElwain, Jennifer C., Terrestrial and marginal-marine record of the mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE 2): High-resolution framework, carbon isotopes, CO2 and sea-level change, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 524, 2019, p118-136Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Porter, Amanda S., Evans-Fitz.Gerald, Christiana, Yiotis, Charilaos, Montañez, Isabel P., McElwain, Jennifer C., Testing the accuracy of new paleoatmospheric CO2 proxies based on plant stable carbon isotopic composition and stomatal traits in a range of simulated paleoatmospheric O2:CO2 ratios, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 259, 2019, p69-90Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Mander, Luke, McElwain, Jennifer C., Toarcian land vegetation loss, Nature Geoscience, 12, (6), 2019, p405-406Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Murray M., Soh W.K., Yiotis C., Batke S., Parnell A.C., Spicer R.A., Lawson T., Caballero R., Wright I.J., Purcell C., McElwain J.C., Convergence in maximum stomatal conductance of C3 woody angiosperms in natural ecosystems across bioclimatic zones, Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • McElwain J.C., Paleobotany and Global Change: Important Lessons for Species to Biomes from Vegetation Responses to Past Global Change, Annual Review of Plant Biology, 69, 2018, p761 - 787, p761-787Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Yiotis C, Evans-Fitz Gerald C, McElwain JC., Differences in the photosynthetic plasticity of ferns and Ginkgo grown in experimentally controlled low [O2]:[CO2] atmospheres may explain their contrasting ecological fate across the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction boundary., Annals of botany, 119, (8), 2017, p1385-1395Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Evans-Fitz.Gerald C., Porter A.S., Yiotis C., Elliott-Kingston C., McElwain J.C., Co-ordination in morphological leaf traits of early diverging angiosperms is maintained following exposure to experimental palaeo-atmospheric conditions of sub-ambient O2 and elevated CO2, Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, (September), 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Yiotis, Charilaos, McElwain, Jennifer C., A Novel Hypothesis for the Role of Photosynthetic Physiology in Shaping Macroevolutionary Patterns, Plant Physiology, 181, (3), 2019, p1148-1162Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Batke, Sven Peter, Yiotis, Charilaos, Elliott-Kingston, Caroline, Holohan, Aidan, McElwain, Jennifer, Plant responses to decadal scale increments in atmospheric CO2 concentration: comparing two stomatal conductance sampling methods, Planta, 251, (2), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Murray, Michelle, Soh, Wuu Kuang, Yiotis, Charilaos, Spicer, Robert A., Lawson, Tracy, McElwain, Jennifer C., Consistent Relationship between Field-Measured Stomatal Conductance and Theoretical Maximum Stomatal Conductance in C3 Woody Angiosperms in Four Major Biomes, International Journal of Plant Sciences, 181, (1), 2020, p142-154Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Soh, Wuu Kuang, Yiotis, Charilaos, Murray, Michelle, Parnell, Andrew, Wright, Ian J., Spicer, Robert A., Lawson, Tracy, Caballero, Rodrigo, McElwain, Jennifer C., Rising CO2 drives divergence in water use efficiency of evergreen and deciduous plants, Science Advances, 5, (12), 2019, peaax7906Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Haughey, Eamon, McElwain, Jennifer C, Finn, John A, Variability of water supply affected shoot biomass and root depth distribution of four temperate grassland species in monocultures and mixtures, Journal of Plant Ecology, 13, (5), 2020, p554-562Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • White, Joseph D., Montañez, Isabel P., Wilson, Jonathan P., Poulsen, Christopher J., McElwain, Jennifer C., DiMichele, William A., Hren, Michael T., Macarewich, Sophia, Richey, Jon D., Matthaeus, William J., A process-based ecosystem model (Paleo-BGC) to simulate the dynamic response of Late Carboniferous plants to elevated O2 and aridification, American Journal of Science, 320, (7), 2020, p547-598Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Wilson, Jonathan P., White, Joseph D., Montañez, Isabel P., DiMichele, William A., McElwain, Jennifer C., Poulsen, Christopher J., Hren, Michael T., Carboniferous plant physiology breaks the mold, New Phytologist, 227, (3), 2020, p667-679Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Zhou, Ning, Wang, Yongdong, Ya, Li, Porter, Amanda S., Kürschner, Wolfram M., Li, Liqin, Lu, Ning, McElwain, Jennifer C., An inter-comparison study of three stomatal-proxy methods for CO2 reconstruction applied to early Jurassic Ginkgoales plants, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 542, 2020, p109547Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Cleal, C. and Pardoe, H.S. and Berry, C.M. and Cascales-Miñana, B. and Davis, B.A.S. and Diez, J.B. and Filipova-Marinova, M.V. and Giesecke, T. and Hilton, J. and Ivanov, D. and Kustatscher, E. and Leroy, S.A.G. and McElwain, J.C. and OpluÅ¡til, S. and Popa, M.E. and Seyfullah, L.J. and Stolle, E. and Thomas, B.A. and Uhl, D., Palaeobotanical experiences of plant diversity in deep time. 1: How well can we identify past plant diversity in the fossil record?, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 576, (110481), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
  • Bacon, K.L. and Haworth, M. and McElwain, J.C., Effects of sulfur dioxide exposure on leaf mass per area of selected gymnosperms and implications for interpreting the plant fossil record, International Journal of Plant Sciences, 182, (6), 2021, p564-575Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
  • Yiotis, C. and Mcelwain, J.C. and Osborne, B.A., Enhancing the productivity of ryegrass at elevated CO2is dependent on tillering and leaf area development rather than leaf-level photosynthesis, Journal of Experimental Botany, 72, (5), 2021, p1962-1977Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Devaney, J.L. and Marone, D. and McElwain, J.C., Impact of soil salinity on mangrove restoration in a semiarid region: a case study from the Saloum Delta, Senegal, Restoration Ecology, 29, (2), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
  • Xie, S.-P. and Zhang, S.-H. and McElwain, J.C. and Zhang, P. and Wang, B. and Zhang, Y. and Yang, Y.-H. and Chen, J.-Y., First occurrence of Camptotheca fruits from late Miocene of southwestern China, Historical Biology, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
  • Tierney, J.E. and Poulsen, C.J. and Montañez, I.P. and Bhattacharya, T. and Feng, R. and Ford, H.L. and Hönisch, B. and Inglis, G.N. and Petersen, S.V. and Sagoo, N. and Tabor, C.R. and Thirumalai, K. and Zhu, J. and Burls, N.J. and Foster, G.L. and Goddéris, Y. and Huber, B.T. and Ivany, L.C. and Turner, S.K. and Lunt, D.J. and McElwain, J.C. and Mills, B.J.W. and Otto-Bliesner, B.L. and Ridgwell, A. and Zhang, Y.G., Past climates inform our future, Science, 370, (6517), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL
  • Yiotis, C. and McElwain, J.C., A novel hypothesis for the role of photosynthetic physiology in shaping macroevolutionary patterns, Plant Physiology, 181, (3), 2019, p1148-1162Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
  • Holohan, A.D. and MÃŒller, C. and McElwain, J., Heritable Changes in Physiological Gas Exchange Traits in Response to Long-Term, Moderate Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment, Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, (1210), 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Matthaeus W.J., Macarewich S.I., Richey J.D., Wilson J.P., McElwain J.C., Montanez I.P., DiMichele W.A., Hren M.T., Poulsen C.J., White J.D., Freeze tolerance influenced forest cover and hydrology during the Pennsylvanian, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, (42), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Pardoe H.S., Cleal C.J., Berry C.M., Cascales-Minana B., Davis B.A.S., Diez J.B., Filipova-Marinova M.V., Giesecke T., Hilton J., Ivanov D., Kustatscher E., Leroy S.A.G., McElwain J.C., Oplustil S., Popa M.E., Seyfullah L.J., Stolle E., Thomas B.A., Uhl D., Palaeobotanical experiences of plant diversity in deep time. 2: How to measure and analyse past plant biodiversity, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 580, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Steinthorsdottir M., Elliott-Kingston C., Coiro M., McElwain J.C., Searching for a nearest living equivalent for Bennettitales: a promising extinct plant group for stomatal proxy reconstructions of Mesozoic pCO2, GFF, 143, (2-3), 2021, p190 - 201, p190-201Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Matthaeus, W.J. and Montañez, I.P. and McElwain, J.C. and Wilson, J.P. and White, J.D., Stems matter: Xylem physiological limits are an accessible and critical improvement to models of plant gas exchange in deep time, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, (955066), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
  • Baker, S.J. and Dewhirst, R.A. and McElwain, J.C. and Haworth, M. and Belcher, C.M., CO2-induced biochemical changes in leaf volatiles decreased fire-intensity in the run-up to the Triassicâ€"Jurassic boundary, New Phytologist, 235, (4), 2022, p1442-1454Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
  • McElwain, J., Jennifer McElwain, Current biology : CB, 31, (12), 2021, pR772-R774Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
  • Haughey, E. and Suter, M. and Hofer, D. and Hoekstra, N.J. and McElwain, J.C. and LÃŒscher, A. and Finn, J.A., Higher species richness enhances yield stability in intensively managed grasslands with experimental disturbance, Scientific Reports, 8, (1), 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Kouwenberg, L.L.R. and Kiirschner, W.M. and McElwain, J.C., Stomatal frequency change over altitudinal gradients: Prospects for paleoaltimetry, 2018, 215-241ppBook, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Purcell, C. and Batke, S.P. and Yiotis, C. and Caballero, R. and Soh, W.K. and Murray, M. and McElwain, J.C., Erratum: Increasing stomatal conductance in response to rising atmospheric CO2 (Annals of Botany DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcx208), Annals of Botany, 121, (7), 2018, p1427Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Soh, W.K. and Wright, I.J. and Bacon, K.L. and Lenz, T.I. and Steinthorsdottir, M. and Parnell, A.C. and McElwain, J.C., Corrigendum: Palaeo leaf economics reveal a shift in ecosystem function associated with the end-Triassic mass extinction event, Nature plants, 3, (17126), 2017, p17126Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • Elliott-Kingston, C. and Haworth, M. and Yearsley, J.M. and Batke, S.P. and Lawson, T. and McElwain, J.C., Does size matter? Atmospheric CO2 may be a stronger driver of stomatal closing rate than stomatal size in taxa that diversified under low CO2, Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, (AUG2016), 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
  • Kovács, E.B. and Ruhl, M. and Silva, R.L. and McElwain, J.C. and Reolid, M. and Korte, C. and Ruebsam, W. and Hesselbo, S.P., Mercury sequestration pathways under varying depositional conditions during Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian and Toarcian) Karoo-Ferrar volcanism, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 637, (111977), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
  • Kipp, M.A. and StÃŒeken, E.E. and Strömberg, C.A.E. and Brightly, W.H. and Arbour, V.M. and Erdei, B. and Hill, R.S. and Johnson, K.R. and KvaÄ ek, J. and McElwain, J.C. and Miller, I.M. and Slodownik, M. and Vajda, V. and Buick, R., Nitrogen isotopes reveal independent origins of N2-fixing symbiosis in extant cycad lineages, Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8, (1), 2024, p57-69Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
  • Haughey, E. and McElwain, J.C. and Finn, J.A., Annual yields of multispecies grassland mesocosms outperformed monocultures across a drought gradient due to complementarity effects and rapid recovery, Grassland Research, 2, (4), 2023, p309-321Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
  • Hönisch, B. and Royer, D.L. and Breecker, D.O. and Polissar, P.J. and Bowen, G.J. and Henehan, M.J. and Cui, Y. and Steinthorsdottir, M. and McElwain, J.C. and Kohn, M.J. and Pearson, A. and Phelps, S.R. and Uno, K.T. and Ridgwell, A. and Anagnostou, E. and Austermann, J. and Badger, M.P.S. and Barclay, R.S. and Bijl, P.K. and Chalk, T.B. and Scotese, C.R. and de la Vega, E. and DeConto, R.M. and Dyez, K.A. and Ferrini, V. and Franks, P.J. and Giulivi, C.F. and Gutjahr, M. and Harper, D.T. and Haynes, L.L. and Huber, M. and Snell, K.E. and Keisling, B.A. and Konrad, W. and Lowenstein, T.K. and Malinverno, A. and Guillermic, M. and Mejía, L.M. and Milligan, J.N. and Morton, J.J. and Nordt, L. and Whiteford, R. and Roth-Nebelsick, A. and Rugenstein, J.K.C. and Schaller, M.F. and Sheldon, N.D. and Sosdian, S. and Wilkes, E.B. and Witkowski, C.R. and Zhang, Y.G. and Anderson, L. and Beerling, D.J. and Bolton, C. and Cerling, T.E. and Cotton, J.M. and Da, J. and Ekart, D.D. and Foster, G.L. and Greenwood, D.R. and Hyland, E.G. and Jagniecki, E.A. and Jasper, J.P. and Kowalczyk, J.B. and Kunzmann, L. and KÃŒrschner, W.M. and Lawrence, C.E. and Lear, C.H. and Martínez-Botí, M.A. and Maxbauer, D.P. and Montagna, P. and A. Naafs, B.D. and Rae, J.W.B. and Raitzsch, M. and Retallack, G.J. and Ring, S.J. and Seki, O. and Sepúlveda, J. and Sinha, A. and Tesfamichael, T.F. and Tripati, A. and van der Burgh, J. and Yu, J. and Zachos, J.C. and Zhang, L., Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO2, Science, 382, (6675), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
  • Matthaeus, W.J. and Macarewich, S.I. and Richey, J. and Montañez, I.P. and Mcelwain, J.C. and White, J.D. and Wilson, J.P. and Poulsen, C.J., A Systems Approach to Understanding How Plants Transformed Earth's Environment in Deep Time, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 51, 2023, p551-580Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
  • Soh, W.K. and Yiotis, C. and Murray, M. and Pene, S. and Naikatini, A. and Dornschneider-Elkink, J.A. and White, J.D. and Tuiwawa, M. and McElwain, J.C., Stomata Are Driving the Direction of CO2-Induced Water-Use Efficiency Gain in Selected Tropical Trees in Fiji, Biology, 13, (9), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
  • McElwain, J.C. and Matthaeus, W.J. and Barbosa, C. and Chondrogiannis, C. and O' Dea, K. and Jackson, B. and Knetge, A.B. and Kwasniewska, K. and Nair, R. and White, J.D. and Wilson, J.P. and Montañez, I.P. and Buckley, Y.M. and Belcher, C.M. and Nogué, S., Functional traits of fossil plants, New Phytologist, 242, (2), 2024, p392-423Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
  • McElwain, J.C. , 'Evolution of the Atmosphere' In: Singer R (eds), 2000, -Miscellaneous
  • McElwain, J.C. , 'Atmospheric CO2 - Stomata' In: Briggs D.E.G. and Crowther P.R (eds), 2001, -Miscellaneous
  • Willis, K.J. and McElwain, J.C. , The Evolution of Plants, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002, 1 - 400ppBook
  • Willis, K.J. and McElwain, J.C. , The Evolution of Plants, 2nd Edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, 1 - 400ppBook
  • Jennifer McElwain, Marlene Hill-Donnelly and Ian Glasspool, Tropical Arctic; Lost Plants, Future Climates and the Discovery of Ancient Greenland, Chicago, Chicago University Press, 2022Book, URL
  • Bea Jackson, Thesis Chapter 2 - stomatal measurements CO2 dataset , TCD masters thesis, 2023Dataset, TARA - Full Text
  • Bea Jackson, Tcd masters Thesis chapter 3 and 4 data, tcd thesis , 2023Dataset
  • Bea Jackson, Data for chapter 3 and 4 of masters thesis, Tcd thesis dataset, 2023Dataset, TARA - Full Text

Research Expertise

  • Title
    Tropical Arctic: The Science and Art of Lost Landscapes (PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    UCD Seed Fund
    Date From
    2009
    Date To
    2011
  • Title
    Atmospheric oxygen as a driver of plant evolution (PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    UCD Seed Fund
    Date From
    2009
    Date To
    2011
  • Title
    SFI Infrastructure -Integrated plant phenomics and future experimental climate platform (PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    SFI
    Date From
    2016
    Date To
    2017
  • Title
    PlantSenseKit -Plants as sensors for standardization and calibration of controlled environment chambers (PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    ERC
    Date From
    01/09/2017
  • Title
    Biodiversity dynamics at the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction event: A novel approach to studying
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Marie Curie Excellence (EU)
    Date From
    2006
    Date To
    2010
  • Title
    EAR1024737: Collaborative research-Earth Life Transitions - Integrated data-model analysis of CO2-climate-vegetation feedbacks in a dynamic icehouse (co PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    National Science Foundation, USA
    Date From
    2015
    Date To
    2018
  • Title
    The 'CloudForest' Project -Investigating future plant responses to changes in atmospheric [CO2] and hurricane intensity (PI with Post Doc Fellowship, Dr. Sven Batke)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    IRC
    Date From
    2016
    Date To
    2018
  • Title
    Can increased plant diversity in agronomic swards improve adaptation to drought? (co PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Teagasc Walsh Fellowship
    Date From
    2012
    Date To
    2016
  • Title
    Irealnd's 5 Year Climate Assessment Report - Writer Support Award - Volume 1A
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Environmental Protection Agency
    Date From
    01/01/2021
  • Title
    Predicting biome-level vegetation responses to future global change: Implications for future flood risk (PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    SFI
    Date From
    2012
    Date To
    2017
  • Title
    Atmospheric Oxygen as a driver of Plant Evolution over the past 400 million years (PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    HEA PRTLI5
    Date From
    2012
    Date To
    2017
  • Title
    Reconstructing ancient CO2 using relict conifer stomata (PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    SFI (RFP)
    Date From
    2008
    Date To
    2011
  • Title
    Future Mangroves: Effects of Climate Change on mangrove forests in semi-arid regionss
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Irish Research Council
    Date From
    2018
    Date To
    2020
  • Title
    Evolution of stomatal function (PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    IRCSET
    Date From
    2007
    Date To
    2010
  • Title
    Atmospheric Oxygen as a driver of Plant Evolution over the past 400 million years (PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    ERC FP7
    Date From
    2012
    Date To
    2017
  • Title
    Expedition to West Greenland. PI Stuart Robinson. (co-PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    National Geographic
    Date From
    2007
    Date To
    2009
  • Title
    Reconstructing CO2 and vegetation dynamics across the Cenomanian-Turonian OAE2 (Co-PI)
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    National Science Foundation, USA
    Date From
    2007
    Date To
    2010
  • Title
    Climate Change and Land Use in Ireland
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Environmental Protection Agency
    Date From
    2018
    Date To
    2021
  • Title
    TERRAFORM; The Evolution of Plant Functional Traits and How they Terraformed Earth
    Summary
    The ERC-funded TERRAFORM project will study how plants made our planet habitable over millions of years. Specifically, it will explore plant life and the evolution of plant characteristics or 'traits' over the past 300 million years and how these influenced large scale processes, such as the hydrological cycle and weathering. The project will bring together concepts and data sources from modern-day ecology, paleo-Earth weathering and decomposition experiments, climate modelling and high resolution analyses of fossil plants. It will quantify land plants' impact on the carbon, nutrient and hydrological cycles in deep time. The findings will help scientists better understand biosphere impacts on Earth today.
    Funding Agency
    European Research Council
    Date From
    05/07/2021
    Date To
    30/09/2026

Recognition

  • Best Paper Award PALAIOS 2011
  • Elected Professorial Fellow of Trinity College Dublin May 2019
  • Ireland's Champion of EU Research Award 2012 awarded by President M.D. Higgins 2012
  • Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal in Environmental Science and Geoscience 2022
  • Trinity College Dublin, Senior Edge Prize 1993
  • Elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy 2017
  • University of London Rita Madge Award for Academic Excellence 1996
  • University of London Webb Scholarship Award 1995
  • Elected Fellow of the Paleontological Society 2021
  • President's Medal, Palaeontological Assocaition 2017
  • Featured scientist in L'Oreal's International Women in Science 2008
  • Board Member, Mary Robinson Climate Justice Foundation Board of Directors Present
  • Member of The Royal Irish Academy Present