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Overview

R. Toby Pennington is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and has a substantial research output focused on various aspects of biological sciences, particularly within agricultural and environmental science domains.

Their research spans numerous topics, with a notable concentration on plant and animal studies, plant diversity and evolution, and ecology and vegetation dynamics. Additional areas of focus include species distribution and climate change, conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, as well as genetic diversity and population structure, and plant taxonomy and phylogenetics.

Their work is frequently published in a diverse set of venues, including Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers of Biogeography, UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland), and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

  • Kyle G. Dexter
  • Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz
  • Gwilym P. Lewis
  • Domingos Cardoso
  • Anne Bruneau

Their recent papers illustrate the range and depth of their scientific inquiries. Notable publications include:

  • "A function-based typology for Earth's ecosystems," 2022, Nature
  • "The Andes through time: evolution and distribution of Andean floras," 2022, Wiardi Beckman Foundation
  • "The Origin of the Legumes is a Complex Paleopolyploid Phylogenomic Tangle Closely Associated with the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) Mass Extinction Event," 2020, Systematic Biology
  • "Freezing and water availability structure the evolutionary diversity of trees across the Americas," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Biome Awareness Disparity is BAD for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration," 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology

Their scientific contributions mainly fall under the broad fields of agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science. Within these fields, they have worked on subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, plant science, and ecological modeling.

Best Publications

  • Neotropical seasonally dry forests and Quaternary vegetation changes

    R. Toby Pennington;Darién E. Prado;Colin A. Pendry

  • Recent assembly of the Cerrado, a neotropical plant diversity hotspot, by in situ evolution of adaptations to fire

    Marcelo F. Simon;Rosaura Grether;Luciano P. de Queiroz;Cynthia Skema

  • A new subfamily classification of the leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny

    Nasim Azani;Marielle Babineau;C. Donovan Bailey;Hannah Banks

  • Rapid diversification of a species-rich genus of neotropical rain forest trees

    James E. Richardson;James E. Richardson;R. Toby Pennington;Terence D. Pennington;Peter M. Hollingsworth

  • Woody Plant Diversity, Evolution, and Ecology in the Tropics: Perspectives from Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests

    R. Toby Pennington;Matt Lavin;Ary Oliveira-Filho

  • Plant diversity patterns in neotropical dry forests and their conservation implications

    Dryflor;Karina Banda-R;Alfonso Delgado-Salinas;Kyle G. Dexter;Kyle G. Dexter

  • Historical climate change and speciation: neotropical seasonally dry forest plants show patterns of both Tertiary and Quaternary diversification

    R. Toby Pennington;Matt Lavin;Darién E. Prado;Colin A. Pendry

  • Selecting barcoding loci for plants: evaluation of seven candidate loci with species-level sampling in three divergent groups of land plants.

    Michelle L. Hollingsworth;Alex Andra Clark;Laura L. Forrest;James Richardson

  • El bosque seco tropical en Colombia

    Angélica Benítez;Argelina Blanco-Torres;Marian Cabrera;Camilo Calderón-Acevedo

  • An Overview of the Plant Diversity, Biogeography and Conservation of Neotropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests

    R. Toby Pennington;Gwilym P. Lewis;James A. Ratter

  • A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems

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  • The evolution of antiherbivore defenses and their contribution to species coexistence in the tropical tree genus Inga

    Thomas A. Kursar;Thomas A. Kursar;Kyle G. Dexter;John Lokvam;R. Toby Pennington

  • Neotropical Plant Evolution: Assembling the Big Picture

    Colin E. Hughes;R. Toby Pennington;Alexandre Antonelli

  • Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

    Joseph W. Veldman;Julie C. Aleman;Julie C. Aleman;Swanni T. Alvarado;T. Michael Anderson

  • Neotropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests : Plant Diversity, Biogeography, and Conservation

    R. Toby Pennington;Gwilym P. Lewis;James A. Ratter

  • Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes

    D. Cardoso;R. T. Pennington;L. P. de Queiroz;J. S. Boatwright

  • Neotropical Seasonally Dry Forests: Diversity, Endemism, and Biogeography of Woody Plants

    Reynaldo Linares-Palomino;Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;R. Toby Pennington

  • Revisiting the phylogeny of papilionoid legumes: New insights from comprehensively sampled early-branching lineages

    Domingos Cardoso;Luciano P. de Queiroz;R. Toby Pennington;Haroldo C. de Lima

  • The role of immigrants in the assembly of the South American rainforest tree flora

    R. Toby Pennington;Christopher W. Dick

  • Contrasting plant diversification histories within the Andean biodiversity hotspot.

    Pennington Rt;Lavin M;Särkinen T;Lewis Gp

  • Legume phylogeny and classification in the 21st century: Progress, prospects and lessons for other species-rich cladesThe Legume Phylogeny Working GroupTaxon201362217248

    Anne Bruneau;Jeff J. Doyle;Patrick Herendeen

  • v -11.0-.1 Neotropical seasonally dry forests and Quaternary vegetation changes

    R. Toby Pennington;Darien E. Pradot;Colin A. Pendry;Royal Botanic Garden

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyle G. Dexter
Kyle G. Dexter University of Edinburgh
Matt Lavin
Matt Lavin Montana State University
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz State University of Feira de Santana
James E. Richardson
James E. Richardson University College Cork
Colin E. Hughes
Colin E. Hughes University of Zurich
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds
Phyllis D. Coley
Phyllis D. Coley University of Utah
Thomas A. Kursar
Thomas A. Kursar University of Utah
Gwilym P. Lewis
Gwilym P. Lewis Royal Botanic Gardens
Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho
Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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