Thomas J. Givnish

Thomas J. Givnish's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings

Thomas J. Givnish

Biology

#3494

World Rank

#5337

Historical Rank

#1408

USA Rank

Botany

#122

World Rank

#605

Historical Rank

#40

USA Rank

biology Degrees

Download Badge

Biology

Why Is Thomas J. Givnish Influential?

(Suggest an Edit or Addition)

According to Wikipedia, Thomas Joseph Givnish is an American botanist, ecologist, and evolutionary biologist, holder of the Henry Allan Gleason Chair in Botany and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin. He has written extensively on speciation, adaptive radiation, and determinants of diversity in several plant groups, including Bromeliaceae, Rapateaceae, Orchidaceae as well as the Hawaiian lobelioids.

(See a Problem?)

Thomas J. Givnish's Published Works

Number of citations in a given year to any of this author's works

Total number of citations to an author for the works they published in a given year. This highlights publication of the most important work(s) by the author

Published Works

Adaptation to Sun and Shade: a Whole-Plant Perspective (1988) (1689)
On the economy of plant form and function. (1988) (1180)
Staggered Flowering in the Dipterocarpaceae: New Insights Into Floral Induction and the Evolution of Mast Fruiting in the Aseasonal Tropics (1988) (613)
Adaptive significance of evergreen vs. deciduous leaves : solving the triple paradox (2002) (475)
Ecological Determinants of Species Loss in Remnant Prairies (1996) (464)
On the causes of gradients in tropical tree diversity (1999) (442)
On the Adaptive Significance of Leaf Height in Forest Herbs (1982) (422)
On the Adaptive Significance of Leaf Form (1979) (403)
Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: insights from an eight-locus plastid phylogeny. (2011) (394)
COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF LEAF FORM: ASSESSING THE RELATIVE ROLES OF SELECTIVE PRESSURES AND PHYLOGENETIC CONSTRAINTS (2008) (384)
Altitudinal gradients in tropical forest composition, structure, and diversity in the Sierra de Manantlán (1998) (376)
Sizes and Shapes of Liane Leaves (1976) (349)
Carnivory in the Bromeliad Brocchinia reducta, with a Cost/Benefit Model for the General Restriction of Carnivorous Plants to Sunny, Moist, Nutrient-Poor Habitats (1984) (348)
Leaf and Canopy Adaptations in Tropical Forests (1984) (339)
Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation (1998) (335)
Origin, adaptive radiation and diversification of the Hawaiian lobeliads (Asterales: Campanulaceae) (2009) (325)
Orchid phylogenomics and multiple drivers of their extraordinary diversification (2015) (323)
Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae. (2014) (292)
Tasks for Vegetation Science I: Macroclimate and Plant Forms: An Introduction to Predictive Modeling in Phytogeography (2011) (282)
Competing root systems: morphology and models of absorption (1986) (245)
Plant Stems: Biomechanical Adaptation for Energy Capture and Influence on Species Distributions (1995) (244)
Ecology of plant speciation (2010) (239)
PHYLOGENY, ADAPTIVE RADIATION, AND HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF BROMELIACEAE INFERRED FROM ndhF SEQUENCE DATA (2007) (224)
Ancient Vicariance or Recent Long‐Distance Dispersal? Inferences about Phylogeny and South American–African Disjunctions in Rapateaceae and Bromeliaceae Based on ndhF Sequence Data (2004) (207)
Assembling the Tree of the Monocotyledons: Plastome Sequence Phylogeny and Evolution of Poales1 (2010) (197)
Relationships among arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, vascular plants and environmental conditions in oak savannas (2004) (189)
Multigene Analyses of Monocot Relationships (2006) (189)
GRADIENTS IN THE COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, AND DIVERSITY OF REMNANT OAK SAVANNAS IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN (1999) (173)
Adaptive radiation of photosynthetic physiology in the Hawaiian lobeliads: light regimes, static light responses, and whole-plant compensation points. (2004) (167)
Adaptive radiation versus 'radiation' and 'explosive diversification': why conceptual distinctions are fundamental to understanding evolution. (2015) (160)
Optimal stomatal conductance, allocation of energy between leaves and roots, and the marginal cost of transpiration (1986) (158)
MULTIGENE ANALYSES OF MONOCOT RELATIONSHIPS : A SUMMARY (2006) (148)
Tropical Intercontinental Disjunctions: Gondwana Breakup, Immigration from the Boreotropics, and Transoceanic Dispersal (2004) (138)
Ecological constraints on the evolution of plasticity in plants (2002) (132)
SEROTINY, GEOGRAPHY, AND FIRE IN THE PINE BARRENS OF NEW JERSEY (1981) (130)
Elevated carbon dioxide ameliorates the effects of ozone on photosynthesis and growth: species respond similarly regardless of photosynthetic pathway or plant functional group. (1998) (130)
Leaf mottling: relation to growth form and leaf phenology and possible role as camouflage. (1990) (119)
Monocot plastid phylogenomics, timeline, net rates of species diversification, the power of multi-gene analyses, and a functional model for the origin of monocots. (2018) (115)
A Phylogenomic Assessment of Ancient Polyploidy and Genome Evolution across the Poales (2016) (112)
Spatial and temporal patterns of recent forest encroachment in montane grasslands of the Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA (2007) (111)
Thorn-like prickles and heterophylly in Cyanea: adaptations to extinct avian browsers on Hawaii? (1994) (107)
Orchid historical biogeography, diversification, Antarctica and the paradox of orchid dispersal (2016) (107)
Does diversity beget stability? (1994) (106)
Repeated evolution of net venation and fleshy fruits among monocots in shaded habitats confirms a priori predictions: evidence from an ndhF phylogeny (2005) (105)
Outcrossing Versus Ecological Constraints in the Evolution of Dioecy (1982) (104)
Polyphyly and convergent morphological evolution in Commelinales and Commelinidae: evidence from rbcL sequence data. (1999) (102)
Vegetation differentiation in the patterned landscape of the central Everglades: importance of local and landscape drivers (2008) (98)
Historical biogeography and the origin of stomatal distributions in Banksia and Dryandra (Proteaceae) based on their cpDNA phylogeny. (2002) (97)
Geographic cohesion, chromosomal evolution, parallel adaptive radiations, and consequent floral adaptations in Calochortus (Calochortaceae): evidence from a cpDNA phylogeny (2003) (95)
Determinants of maximum tree height in Eucalyptus species along a rainfall gradient in Victoria, Australia (2014) (93)
Phylogenetic Relationships of Monocots Based on the Highly Informative Plastid Gene ndhF (2006) (92)
Consistency, characters, and the likelihood of correct phylogenetic inference. (1997) (92)
Light-induced plasticity in leaf hydraulics, venation, anatomy, and gas exchange in ecologically diverse Hawaiian lobeliads. (2015) (86)
Plastid phylogenomics and molecular evolution of Alismatales (2016) (82)
Internal leaf structure: a three-dimensional perspective. (1986) (77)
Tracking lags in historical plant species’ shifts in relation to regional climate change (2017) (76)
Phylogeny, divergence times, and historical biogeography of New World Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). (2012) (75)
Constraints on tree seedling establishment in montane grasslands of the Valles Caldera, New Mexico. (2008) (74)
Recent and Historic Drivers of Landscape Change in the Everglades Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaic (2011) (72)
Adaptive radiation of photosynthetic physiology in the Hawaiian lobeliads: dynamic photosynthetic responses (2008) (69)
Leaf phenology in relation to canopy closure in southern Appalachian trees. (2008) (66)
Phylogeny, Genome Size, and Chromosome Evolution of Asparagales (2006) (65)
Biomechanical constraints on self-thinning in plant populations (1986) (62)
Reticulate evolution on a global scale: a nuclear phylogeny for New World Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). (2012) (59)
Absorptive Trichomes in Brocchinia reducta (Bromeliaceae) and Their Evolutionary and Systematic Significance (1985) (58)
Phylogenetic Relationships in the Commelinaceae: II. A Cladistic Analysis of rbcL Sequences and Morphology (2009) (56)
Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of the monocot order Liliales: out of Australia and through Antarctica (2016) (55)
Biogeography of the cosmopolitan sedges (Cyperaceae) and the area‐richness correlation in plants (2016) (54)
The pace of plant community change is accelerating in remnant prairies (2016) (53)
Unraveling reticulate evolution in North American Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) (2012) (52)
New evidence on the origin of carnivorous plants (2014) (50)
Challenges and Opportunities of the Optimality Approach in Plant Ecology (2002) (46)
Convergent evolution of an ant-plant mutualism across plant families, continents and time (2007) (45)
Evolution of carnivory in angiosperms (2018) (42)
Gradient analysis of reversed treelines and grasslands of the Valles Caldera, New Mexico (2007) (39)
Collection and storage of land plant samples for macromolecular comparisons. (1993) (35)
Plant hydraulics as a central hub integrating plant and ecosystem function: meeting report for 'Emerging Frontiers in Plant Hydraulics' (Washington, DC, May 2015). (2016) (35)
STAGGERED FLOWERING IN THE DIPTEROCARPACEAE (1988) (34)
Holocene dynamics of the Florida Everglades with respect to climate, dustfall, and tropical storms (2013) (34)
Evolution of geographical place and niche space: Patterns of diversification in the North American sedge (Cyperaceae) flora. (2016) (30)
Leaf form and photosynthetic physiology of Dryopteris species distributed along light gradients in eastern North America (2014) (30)
Plant Canopies: Their Growth, Form and Function (1991) (30)
Carbon and sediment accumulation in the Everglades (USA) during the past 4000 years: rates, drivers, and sources of error (2012) (29)
Distribution of black spruce versus eastern larch along peatland gradients: relationship to relative stature, growth rate, and shade tolerance (1996) (29)
Economy of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. (1986) (29)
Optimal Central‐Place Foragers: A Comparison with Null Hypotheses (1983) (27)
Spatial genetic structure in four understory Psychotria species (Rubiaceae) and implications for tropical forest diversity. (2014) (23)
Population genetics and phylogeography of endangered Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea and relatives: arctic‐alpine disjuncts in eastern North America (2004) (22)
Causes of ecological gradients in leaf margin entirety: Evaluating the roles of biomechanics, hydraulics, vein geometry, and bud packing. (2017) (21)
Giant lobelias exemplify convergent evolution (2010) (21)
Common-garden studies on adaptive radiation of photosynthetic physiology among Hawaiian lobeliads (2014) (20)
Early Events in Monocot Evolution: Contrasting patterns of support among plastid genes and genomes for major clades of the monocotyledons (2013) (17)
Adaptive Radiation, Dispersal, and Diversification of the Hawaiian Lobeliads (2000) (17)
Phylogeny, Floral Evolution, and Inter-Island Dispersal in Hawaiian Clermontia (Campanulaceae) Based on ISSR Variation and Plastid Spacer Sequences (2013) (17)
Merger of the Endemic Hawaiian Genera Cyanea and Rollandia (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) (1993) (15)
A Caution against Grazing (1999) (15)
Nutritional determinants of diet in three Turacos in a tropical montane forest (1997) (15)
Paramagnetic cellulose DNA isolation improves DNA yield and quality among diverse plant taxa1 (2014) (15)
The rise and fall of plant species: a population biologist's perspective (2001) (14)
Inbreeding, low genetic diversity, and spatial genetic structure in the endemic Hawaiian lobeliads Clermontiafauriei and Cyaneapilosa ssp. longipedunculata (2016) (14)
The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizae and light on Wisconsin (USA) sand savanna understories 1 (2005) (14)
Identifying highly restorable savanna remnants (1998) (13)
Spatial phylogenetics reveals evolutionary constraints on the assembly of a large regional flora. (2018) (13)
Why are plants carnivorous? Cost/benefit analysis, whole-plant growth, and the context-specific advantages of botanical carnivory (2018) (13)
Photoprotection of PSII in Hawaiian lobeliads from diverse light environments. (2008) (12)
Relative Roles of Soil Moisture, Nutrient Supply, Depth, and Mechanical Impedance in Determining Composition and Structure of Wisconsin Prairies (2015) (12)
The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizae and light on Wisconsin (USA) sand savanna understories 2. Plant competition (2005) (11)
Systematics and evolution of small genera of carnivorous plants (2018) (10)
Convergent Evolution, Adaptive Radiation, and Species Diversification in Plants (2016) (9)
A new carnivorous plant lineage (Triantha) with a unique sticky-inflorescence trap (2021) (7)
Mistletoes and their eucalypt hosts differ in the response of leaf functional traits to climatic moisture supply (2021) (7)
Divergence and isolation of cryptic sympatric taxa within the annual legume Amphicarpaea bracteata (2016) (7)
A New World of plants (2017) (7)
Belowground costs: hydraulic conductance. (1986) (6)
Fine-scale environmental heterogeneity and spatial niche partitioning among spring-flowering forest herbs. (2021) (6)
Tropical intercontinental disjunctions (2004) (6)
Plant distribution, stature, rarity, and diversity in a patterned calcareous fen: tests of geochemical and leaf-height models. (2019) (5)
Tree diversity in relation to tree height: alternative perspectives. (2017) (4)
The Adaptive Geometry of Trees Revisited (2020) (4)
Molecular evolution and adaptive radiation atop tepuis in Brocchinia (Bromeliaceae: Pitcairnioideae) (1997) (4)
Spatial scales of genetic structure and gene flow in Calochortus albus (Liliaceae) (2013) (3)
Nature green in leaf and tendril. (1992) (3)
Obtaining and Storing Land Plant Samples for Macromolecular Comparisons (1993) (3)
Phylotranscriptomic Analyses of Mycoheterotrophic Monocots Show a Continuum of Convergent Evolutionary Changes in Expressed Nuclear Genes From Three Independent Nonphotosynthetic Lineages (2022) (2)
Adaptive associations among life history, reproductive traits, environment, and origin in the Wisconsin angiosperm flora. (2020) (2)
Mesophyll photosynthetic sensitivity to leaf water potential in Eucalyptus: a new dimension of plant adaptation to native moisture supply. (2021) (2)
Evolution of Form and Function (1980) (2)
Asymmetrical pegs in square holes? Functional and phylogenetic determinants of plant community assembly in temperate forest understories (2020) (2)
Phylogenomic resolution of order- and family-level monocot relationships using 602 single-copy nuclear genes and 1375 BUSCO genes (2022) (2)
The golden bough. (1994) (1)
photosynthetic physiology among Hawaiian lobeliads Common-garden studies on adaptive radiation of (2014) (1)
Peat Accumulation in the Everglades (USA) during the Past 4000 Years: Rates, Drivers, and Sources of Error (2012) (1)
Leaf NPK stoichiometry, δ15 N, and apparent nutrient limitation of co-occurring carnivorous vs. noncarnivorous plants. (2022) (1)
Functional traits mediate individualistic species‐environment distributions at broad spatial scales while fine‐scale species associations remain unpredictable (2022) (1)
Hydroscapes, hydroscape plasticity, and relationships to functional traits and mesophyll photosynthetic sensitivity to leaf water potential in Eucalyptus species. (2022) (1)
From plant to planet. (1993) (1)
Cedar Swamp Ecology. (1972) (0)
Referees used in 1999 (2000) (0)
Erratum (2021) (0)
This Book is a Must for Plant Community Ecologists (1983) (0)
Turning to the dark side (2022) (0)
Leafy Canopies Plant Canopies: Their Growth, Form and Function G. Russell B. Marshall P. G. Jarvis (1991) (0)
Unraveling reticulate evolution in North American Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) (2012) (0)
Effect of high light, heat and carbon dioxide deficiency on photoinhibition of Mimosa pigra L. leaves (2013) (0)
Inbreeding, low genetic diversity, and spatial genetic structure in the endemic Hawaiian lobeliads Clermontiafauriei and Cyaneapilosa ssp. longipedunculata (2015) (0)
Molecules and Radiations@@@Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation (1999) (0)
Chloroplast Genome Evolution in Lobelia 4 15 to extracting phylogenetic information from chloroplast (1999) (0)
Comment on "Donders, T.H. 2014. Middle Holocene humidity increase in Florida: climate or sea-level? Quaternary Science Reviews 103:170-174." (2015) (0)
The Roots of Modern Approaches to Macroevolution (1989) (0)
Original papers Fire adaptation in Neblinaria cellae (Theaceae), a high-elevation rosette shrub endemic to a wet equatorial tepui (1986) (0)
Evolution of the monocot chloroplast inverted repeat I. Evolution of the ORF2280 deletion (1995) (0)
Plasticity and spatial variation in growth rates and hydraulic and photosynthetic traits in ten Eucalyptus species adapted to different moisture availability (2019) (0)
Cladogramly Dull versus Cladogramly Interesting@@@Origins of Algae and Their Plastids@@@Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation (1998) (0)

This paper list is powered by the following services:

Other Resources About Thomas J. Givnish

en.wikipedia.org

What Schools Are Affiliated With Thomas J. Givnish?

Thomas J. Givnish is affiliated with the following schools: