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Overview

H. Peter Linder is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans several intersecting fields within the biological sciences, with a focus on evolutionary biology, plant science, and ecology. Their published work often addresses topics related to genetic diversity, plant and animal studies, and evolutionary and paleontological dynamics.

Their recent publications include:

  • New Guinea has the world's richest island flora, 2020, Nature
  • The genetics of evolutionary radiations, 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Diversification in evolutionary arenas-Assessment and synthesis, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • The megaherbivore gap after the non-avian dinosaur extinctions modified trait evolution and diversification of tropical palms, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The evolution of flowering phenology: an example from the wind-pollinated African Restionaceae, 2020, Annals of Botany

The scientist's frequent co-authors include:

  • Rafaël Govaerts (2 collaborations)
  • Renske E. Onstein (2 collaborations)
  • Rodrigo Cámara-Leret
  • David G. Frodin
  • F. Adema

Linder often publishes in venues such as:

  • Nature
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Annals of Botany

The main academic fields of their research are:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader fields, the subfields they focus on include:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Paleontology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The primary research topics covered in their work are:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Best Publications

  • Climatologies at high resolution for the earth’s land surface areas

    Dirk Nikolaus Karger;Olaf Conrad;Jürgen Böhner;Tobias Kawohl

  • Endemism in the Australian flora

    Michael Crisp;Shawn Laffan;H Linder;A Monro

  • Phylogenetic biome conservatism on a global scale

    Michael D. Crisp;Mary T. K. Arroyo;Lyn G. Cook;Maria A. Gandolfo

  • Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae)

    N. P. Barker;L. G. Clark;J. I. Davis

  • Geological and climatic influences on mountain biodiversity

    A. Antonelli;W.D. Kissling;S.G.A. Flantua;S.G.A. Flantua;Bermúdez

  • The radiation of the Cape flora, southern Africa

    H. P. Linder

  • Plant diversity and endemism in sub‐Saharan tropical Africa

    H. P. Linder

  • The partitioning of Africa: Statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa

    H. Peter Linder;Helen M. de Klerk;Julia Born;Neil D. Burgess;Neil D. Burgess

  • Molecular phylogenetics of Diseae (Orchidaceae): a contribution from nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences

    Emmanuel J. P. Douzery;Alec M. Pridgeon;Paul Kores;H. P. Linder

  • Phylogeny and radiation of pollination systems in DISA (Orchidaceae).

    S. D. Johnson;H. P. Linder;K. E. Steiner

  • How to understand species' niches and range dynamics: a demographic research agenda for biogeography

    Frank M. Schurr;Frank M. Schurr;Frank M. Schurr;Joern Pagel;Juliano Sarmento Cabral;Juergen Groeneveld;Juergen Groeneveld

  • ORIGINAL ARTICLE: The Greater Cape Floristic Region

    J. Born;H. P. Linder;P. Desmet

  • Rapid and recent origin of species richness in the Cape flora of South Africa

    James E. Richardson;James E. Richardson;Frans M. Weitz;Frans M. Weitz;Michael F. Fay;Quentin C. B. Cronk;Quentin C. B. Cronk

  • Taxon sampling effects in molecular clock dating: an example from the African Restionaceae.

    H. Peter Linder;Christopher R. Hardy;Frank Rutschmann

  • On Areas of Endemism, with an Example from the African Restionaceae

    H. P. Linder

  • Plant species radiations: where, when, why?

    Hans Peter Linder

  • Global grass (Poaceae) success underpinned by traits facilitating colonization, persistence and habitat transformation

    H. P. Linder;Caroline E. R. Lehmann;Caroline E. R. Lehmann;Sally Archibald;Colin P. Osborne

  • Origin and diversification of the Greater Cape flora: Ancient species repository, hot-bed of recent radiation, or both?

    G. Anthony Verboom;Jenny K. Archibald;Freek T. Bakker;Dirk U. Bellstedt

  • Evolutionary History of Poales

    H. Peter Linder;Paula J. Rudall

  • A fundamental, eco-hydrological basis for niche segregation in plant communities

    Yoseph N. Araya;Jonathan Silvertown;David J. Gowing;Kevin J. McConway

  • Evolution of diversity: the Cape flora.

    H. Peter Linder

Frequent Co-Authors

Niklaus E. Zimmermann
Niklaus E. Zimmermann Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Nigel P. Barker
Nigel P. Barker University of Pretoria
Holger Kreft
Holger Kreft University of Göttingen
Jürgen Böhner
Jürgen Böhner Universität Hamburg
Michael Kessler
Michael Kessler University of Zurich
James E. Richardson
James E. Richardson University College Cork
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Dirk Nikolaus Karger
Dirk Nikolaus Karger Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Alexandre Antonelli
Alexandre Antonelli University of Gothenburg
Steven D. Johnson
Steven D. Johnson University of KwaZulu-Natal

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