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Erika J. Edwards

Erika J. Edwards

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
56
Citations
11531
World Ranking
1521
National Ranking
404

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
56
Citations
11531
World Ranking
2843
National Ranking
1006

Overview

Erika J. Edwards is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions in Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics reflect an emphasis on plant-related studies, covering areas such as Plant Diversity and Evolution, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, as well as Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Erika J. Edwards has published papers in various reputed venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Annals of Botany, Systematic Biology, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Among their recent papers are:

  • Developmental and biophysical determinants of grass leaf size worldwide, 2021, Nature
  • Spatial resolution of an integrated C 4 +CAM photosynthetic metabolism, 2022, Science Advances
  • Crassulacean acid metabolism, 2020, Current Biology
  • Joint Phylogenetic Estimation of Geographic Movements and Biome Shifts during the Global Diversification of Viburnum, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • Diversification in evolutionary arenas-Assessment and synthesis, 2020, Ecology and Evolution

The scientist collaborates frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Patrick W. Sweeney
  • Michael J. Donoghue
  • Ian S. Gilman
  • Carlos A. Maya-Lastra
  • Deren A. R. Eaton

Best Publications

  • The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science

    Erika J. Edwards;Colin P. Osborne;Caroline A.E. Strömberg;Stephen A. Smith

  • The C4 plant lineages of planet Earth

    Rowan F. Sage;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Erika J. Edwards

  • Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages

    Mónica Arakaki;Pascal Antoine Christin;Reto Nyffeler;Anita Lendel

  • Relations between stomatal closure, leaf turgor and xylem vulnerability in eight tropical dry forest trees

    T. J. Brodribb;N. M. Holbrook;E. J. Edwards;M. V. Gutiérrez

  • Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C4 grasses

    Erika J. Edwards;Stephen A. Smith

  • Plant height and hydraulic vulnerability to drought and cold

    Mark E. Olson;Diana Soriano;Julieta A. Rosell;Tommaso Anfodillo

  • Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in grasses

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Colin P. Osborne;David S. Chatelet;J. Travis Columbus

  • Biome Shifts and Niche Evolution in Plants

    Michael J. Donoghue;Erika J. Edwards

  • The Ecological Water-Use Strategies of Succulent Plants

    R. Matthew Ogburn;Erika J. Edwards

  • Hydraulic basis for the evolution of photosynthetic productivity.

    Christine Scoffoni;David S. Chatelet;David S. Chatelet;Jessica Pasquet-kok;Michael Rawls

  • A roadmap for research on crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to enhance sustainable food and bioenergy production in a hotter, drier world.

    Xiaohan Yang;John C. Cushman;Anne M. Borland;Anne M. Borland;Erika J. Edwards

  • Basal cactus phylogeny: implications of Pereskia (Cactaceae) paraphyly for the transition to the cactus life form.

    Erika J. Edwards;Reto Nyffeler;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Climate, phylogeny and the ecological distribution of C4 grasses

    Erika J. Edwards;Christopher J. Still

  • Phytomass, LAI, and NDVI in northern Alaska: Relationships to summer warmth, soil pH, plant functional types, and extrapolation to the circumpolar Arctic

    D. A. Walker;H. E. Epstein;G. J. Jia;A. Balser

  • Photosynthetic pathway and ecological adaptation explain stomatal trait diversity amongst grasses

    S. H. Taylor;P. J. Franks;S. P. Hulme;E. Spriggs

  • Molecular Dating, Evolutionary Rates, and the Age of the Grasses

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Elizabeth Spriggs;Colin P. Osborne;Caroline A.E. Strömberg

  • The genetics of convergent evolution: insights from plant photosynthesis.

    Karolina Heyduk;Jose J Moreno-Villena;Ian S Gilman;Pascal-Antoine Christin

  • C4 photosynthesis promoted species diversification during the Miocene grassland expansion.

    Elizabeth L. Spriggs;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Erika J. Edwards

  • Complex evolutionary transitions and the significance of c(3)-c(4) intermediate forms of photosynthesis in Molluginaceae.

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Pascal-Antoine Christin;Tammy L. Sage;Erika J. Edwards;R. Matthew Ogburn

  • Evolutionary trajectories, accessibility and other metaphors: the case of C4 and CAM photosynthesis.

    Erika J. Edwards

  • Adaptive Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis through Recurrent Lateral Gene Transfer

    Pascal-Antoine Christin;Erika J. Edwards;Guillaume Besnard;Susanna F. Boxall

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Donoghue
Michael J. Donoghue Yale University
Pascal-Antoine Christin
Pascal-Antoine Christin University of Sheffield
Colin P. Osborne
Colin P. Osborne University of Sheffield
Joseph A. M. Holtum
Joseph A. M. Holtum James Cook University
Christopher J. Still
Christopher J. Still Oregon State University
Rowan F. Sage
Rowan F. Sage University of Toronto
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Caroline E. R. Lehmann
Caroline E. R. Lehmann University of Edinburgh
Klaus Winter
Klaus Winter Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
William J. Bond
William J. Bond University of Cape Town

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