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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Peter Wilf is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work intersects several main topics, including Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant and animal studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Geological and Geophysical Studies, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Peter Wilf has published extensively in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • American Journal of Botany
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Paleontology
  • New Phytologist
  • International Journal of Plant Sciences

The scholar has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, such as:

  • María A. Gandolfo
  • Ari Iglesias
  • Scott L. Wing
  • Michael P. Donovan
  • Gabriella Rossetto-Harris

Recent publications by Peter Wilf include:

  • The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and the origins of modern biodiversity (2021) published in New Phytologist
  • Protect Australia's Gondwana Rainforests (2020) published in Science
  • Cretaceous-Paleogene plant extinction and recovery in Patagonia (2020) published in Paleobiology
  • Early Eocene Spore and Pollen Assemblages from the Laguna del Hunco Fossil Lake Beds, Patagonia, Argentina (2020) published in International Journal of Plant Sciences
  • An image dataset of cleared, x-rayed, and fossil leaves vetted to plant family for human and machine learning (2021) published in PhytoKeys

In recognition of their contributions to the scientific community, Peter Wilf has been named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Global climatic drivers of leaf size.

    Ian J. Wright;Ning Dong;Ning Dong;Vincent Maire;Vincent Maire;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  • Phylogenetic biome conservatism on a global scale

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

  • Manual of Leaf Architecture Morphological description and categorization of dicotyledonous and net-veined monocotyledonous angiosperms

    Amanda Ash;Beth Ellis;Leo J. Hickey;Kirk Johnson

  • When are leaves good thermometers? A new case for Leaf Margin Analysis

    Peter Wilf

  • Testing the Impact of Calibration on Molecular Divergence Times Using a Fossil-Rich Group: The Case of Nothofagus (Fagales)

    Hervé Sauquet;Simon Y. W. Ho;Simon Y. W. Ho;Maria A. Gandolfo;Gregory J. Jordan

  • USING FOSSIL LEAVES AS PALEOPRECIPITATION INDICATORS : AN EOCENE EXAMPLE

    Peter Wilf;Scott L. Wing;David R. Greenwood;Cathy L. Greenwood

  • Correlations of climate and plant ecology to leaf size and shape: Potential proxies for the fossil record

    Dana L. Royer;Peter Wilf;David A. Janesko;Elizabeth A. Kowalski

  • Late Paleocene–early Eocene climate changes in southwestern Wyoming: Paleobotanical analysis

    Peter Wilf

  • Impact of the terminal Cretaceous event on plant–insect associations

    Conrad C. Labandeira;Conrad C. Labandeira;Kirk R. Johnson;Peter Wilf

  • High Plant Diversity in Eocene South America: Evidence from Patagonia

    Peter Wilf;Peter Wilf;Peter Wilf;N. Rubén Cúneo;Kirk R. Johnson;Jason F. Hicks

  • Correlated terrestrial and marine evidence for global climate changes before mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary.

    Peter Wilf;Kirk R. Johnson;Brian T. Huber

  • Sharply increased insect herbivory during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.

    Ellen D. Currano;Ellen D. Currano;Peter Wilf;Scott L. Wing;Conrad C. Labandeira;Conrad C. Labandeira

  • Late Paleocene fossils from the Cerrejón Formation, Colombia, are the earliest record of Neotropical rainforest

    Scott L. Wing;Fabiany Herrera;Fabiany Herrera;Carlos A. Jaramillo;Carolina Gómez-Navarro;Carolina Gómez-Navarro

  • The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and the origins of modern biodiversity

    Michael J Benton;Peter Wilf;Hervé Sauquet;Hervé Sauquet

  • Eocene Plant Diversity at Laguna del Hunco and Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina

    Peter Wilf;Kirk R. Johnson;N. Rubén Cúneo;M. Elliot Smith

  • Response of Plant-Insect Associations to Paleocene-Eocene Warming

    Peter Wilf;Conrad C. Labandeira;Conrad C. Labandeira

  • WHY DO TOOTHED LEAVES CORRELATE WITH COLD CLIMATES? GAS EXCHANGE AT LEAF MARGINS PROVIDES NEW INSIGHTS INTO A CLASSIC PALEOTEMPERATURE PROXY

    Dana L. Royer;Dana L. Royer;Peter Wilf

  • Timing the radiations of leaf beetles: hispines on gingers from latest cretaceous to recent.

    Peter Wilf;Conrad C. Labandeira;W. John Kress;Charles L. Staines

  • Decoupled Plant and Insect Diversity After the End-Cretaceous Extinction

    Peter Wilf;Conrad C. Labandeira;Conrad C. Labandeira;Kirk R. Johnson;Beth Ellis

  • Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate within Acer rubrum and Quercus kelloggii

    Dana L. Royer;Jennifer C. McElwain;Jonathan M. Adams;Peter Wilf

Frequent Co-Authors

Conrad C. Labandeira
Conrad C. Labandeira Smithsonian Institution
Maria A. Gandolfo
Maria A. Gandolfo Cornell University
Kirk R. Johnson
Kirk R. Johnson National Museum of Natural History
Robert M. Kooyman
Robert M. Kooyman Macquarie University
Scott L. Wing
Scott L. Wing National Museum of Natural History
Dana L. Royer
Dana L. Royer Wesleyan University
Mark Westoby
Mark Westoby Macquarie University
Ian J. Wright
Ian J. Wright Western Sydney University
Lawren Sack
Lawren Sack University of California, Los Angeles
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences

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