Commentary
Keating, R.C. 2009. Manual of Leaf Architecture (Book Review). Systematic Botany 34: 825.
Cressler, W.L. III. 2009. Manual of Leaf Architecture (Book Review). Choice Reviews Online, American Library Association, November 2009 issue, article 47-1416.
Hadly, E. Faculty of 1000 Recommendation (on Crisp et al. 2009), Faculty of 1000 Biology, 27 April 2009.
Clarke, A. 2008. Faculty of 1000 Recommendation (on Wilf 2008), Faculty of 1000 Biology, 20 May 2008.
DeLucia, E.H., C.L. Casteel, P.D. Nabity, B.F. O’Neill. 2008. Insects take a bigger bite out of plants in a warmer, higher carbon dioxide world. PNAS 105: 1781-1782. (Commentary on Currano et al. 2008).
Nasty, brutish, and short. Editors' Choice, Science 318: 1218 (for Royer et al. 2007).
Crafting the pieces of the diversity jigsaw puzzle. R.L. Kitching, 2006, Science 313: 1055-1057 (Perspective on Wilf et al. 2006).
Turning over
a new leaf. Editor's Choice, Science September 10, 2004 (for Wilf and Johnson 2004).
Refuting refugia?
by Sandra Knapp and James Mallet. Science April 4, 2003 (Perspective
on Wilf et al. 2003).
Leaving their mark. by Linda Rowan. Editors' Choice, Science, March 1, 2002 (for Labandeira et al. 2002).
Hungry herbivores seek a warmer world.
by Dr. Phyllis D. Coley, Science, June 25, 1999 (Perspective on Wilf and Labandeira 1999).
Journal highlights, reporting, and interviews
New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a warmer past. Science Daily (press release from American Journal of Botany), November 10, 2009.
Fósiles confirman que la Patagonia fue un vergel. By Bruno Geller, Argenpress / Agencia CYTA, December 28, 2009.
Post-human Earth: How the planet will recover from us. By Bob Holmes, New Scientist issue 2729, September 30, 2009.
World’s biggest snake lived in 1st “modern” rain forest. By Ker Than, National Geographic News, October 13, 2009.
Evidence found of neotropical rainforest. UPI, October 13, 2009.
Prehistoric titanic-snake jungles laughed at global warming. By Lewis Page, The Register, October 13, 2009.
El primer bosque húmedo neotropical fue el hogar de la titanoboa. OTR/PRESS, Europapress (Spain), October 13, 2009.
Where in the world is Peter Wilf? By Jen Golding, statecollege.com, September 29, 2009.
Mega-Einschlag hatte kaum Auswirkungen auf Europa (Mega-impact had little impact on Europe). Spiegel Online (chs/AP), October 29, 2009.
Mass extinction event spared Europe (mostly). By Michael Reilly, Discovery Channel News/msnbc.com, September 23, 2009.
Plants on death row in changing world. By Deborah Smith, Sydney Morning Herald, February 19, 2009.
Plants are nature’s niche conservatives. By Kate McDonald, Australian Life Scientist, February 16, 2009.
Las raíces no sirven para huir. By Emilio de Benito, El País (Spain), February 16, 2009.
Bones are not the only fossils. By Olivia Judson, New York Times, March 4, 2008.
Meridian’s Red Hot fossil spot. By Jennifer Jacob, The Meridian Star, Feb. 10, 2008,
Ancient global warming gave bugs the munchies. By John Roach, National Geographic News, February 11, 2008.
Insects ravaged more plants in ancient hot period. By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, February 12, 2008.
Warming could trigger food frenzy by insects. By Andrea Thompson, LiveScience/msnbc.com, Feb. 11, 2008.
Insect explosion 'a threat to food crops'. By Steve Connor, The Independent, February 12, 2008.
Study observes_insects_to_explain climate change . By Samantha Van Vynck, Penn State Daily Collegian, February 26, 2008.
Massasukupuutosta toipuminen on hidasta. By Suvi Viranta-Kovanen, Suomen Luonto (Finland), December, 2006.
Warm swarms. By Anna Barnett, Nature Reports Climate Change, 21 February 2008.
The land that insects forgot. By Erik Ness, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, October 2006, p. 397.
Insectes et plantes: chacun pour soi. By Philippe Pajot, Pour la Science, “Actualités” feature, October 2006.
Turning over an old leaf. By Stacy Tibbetts,
Research
Penn
State
feature story, Sept. 5, 2006.
Fossils suggest chaotic recovery from mass extinction. By Andrea Thompson, Live Science, Sept. 1, 2006.
Leaves leave more questions than answers about post-destruction biodiversity. By Eric Jackson, The
Panama
News, August 6-19, 2006.
Leaves with pointy edges explained. by Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News, February 17, 2006.
52 millones de años de pura variedad. By Ramiro Velásquez Gómez, El Colombiano, Medellin, Colombia, August 12, 2005.
Floral diversity preserved in fossils. By Cathy Lundmark, 2005, Bioscience 55: 544 (“BioBrief” on Wilf et al. 2005, Am. Nat.).
Ancient Roots of South American plant-insect ecodiversity. PNAS 102: 8789 (“In this Issue” highlight on Wilf et al. 2005, PNAS).
Importante hallazgo cientifico en la Patagonia: hallan en el Sur sitios con fósiles de flora únicos en el mundo. Clarin, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 27, 2005.
Paleobotany Highlights. by Dr. Brian Axsmith, Geotimes, July, 2004.
Trove of leaf fossils raises new questions about ancient plant life. by Byron
Spice, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 7, 2003.
Estudos
atacam teoria sobre biodiversidade (Studies attack biodiversity theory).
Folha de Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 4, 2003.
La
diversidad vegetal americana no es reciente (The diversity of American
vegetation is not recent). La Nacion, Argentina, April 4, 2003.
La
diversidad de vegetación en América del Sur existe desde hace
52 millones de años (The diversity of South American vegetation
has existed for 52 million years). El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia, April
11, 2003.
Plants got
roots. Geological Society UK, News, April 8, 2003.
Wyoming fossils
change theories about extinction. by Dan
Whipple, Casper Star-Tribune, March 16, 2003.
Report:
Climate change didn't kill dinosaurs. by Dan Lewerenz, AP, January 16,
2003.
Asteroid theory
gains ground. by Katy Human, Daily Camera, January 16, 2003.
Paleobotany
Highlights. by
Drs. Melanie Devore and Kathleen Pigg, Geotimes, July
2002.
Old leaves reveal
a bug's life. by Jim Erickson, Rocky Mountain News, February 22, 2002.
Prehistoric bugs
also fell victim to impact. Cosmiverse Science News, February 25, 2002.
Global climate
change: a glance in the rear view mirror. by Dr. Matt Huber, Geotimes,
December 2001.
Ancient insect-plant
relationship persists through time. Smithsonian National Museum
of Natural History Highlight, October, 2000.
Chewed leaves
reveal ancient relationship. by Elizabeth Pennisi, Science
News of the Week.
Biting
beetle gives away secrets. by Jonathan Amos, BBC News Online,
July 16, 2000.
Beetle bites reveal
ancient alliance. by Michael Milstein, Discovery.com News,July
18, 2000.
Beetle bites.
Natural History 109 (9):79, November, 2000
Warmer climate
spurred ancient plant pests. by Richard Monastersky, Science News,
June 26, 1999.
Warming
climate made a buzz. by Liese Greensfelder, ScienceNOW,
June25, 1999 (login/subscription required).
All Things Considered.
Interview with John Nielsen, National Public Radio June 24,
1999 (Real Audio sound file).
Warm
times mean more bugs: Fossils show insects thrive in heat. by Susan
Conova, ABCNEWS.com, June 25, 1999.
What likes it hot?
Plants and bugs: Study takes a new look at climate's effects. By
Mark Jaffe, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25, 1999.
Hotter Climate Is
Linked to Insect Attacks. By Lee Siegel, Salt Lake City Tribune,
June 25, 1999.
Insects, plants,
and climate change. Interview with Rob Sivak, Voice of America
Radio, June 25, 1999.
Nibbling
insects signal global warming. BBC News Online, June 24, 1999.
Global
warming 55 million years ago caused migration to North America. By
Byron Spice, Pittburgh Post-Gazette, February 8, 1999.
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