2022

 

Leslie, A.B., Benson, R.B.J. 2022. Molecular and fossil congruence in the evolution of Podocarpaceae (Coniferales) reproductive morphology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 1058746.

 

Leslie, A.B. 2022. How many ways can you build a conifer cone? A commentary on ‘Origin and evolution of Podocarpaceae seed cones’. Annals of Botany 130: i-iii.

 

Leslie, A.B., Bonacorsi, N.K. 2022. Understanding the appearance of heterospory and derived plant reproductive strategies in the Devonian. Paleobiology 48: 496-512.

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2021

 

Bonacorsi, N.K., Gensel, P. G., Hueber, F. M., Leslie, A.B. 2021. Omniastrobus , gen. nov, an Emsian plant with implications for the evolution of heterospory in the Early Devonian. International Journal of Plant Sciences 182: 198-209.

 

Garrouste, R., Munzinger, J., Leslie, A. B., Fisher, J., Folcher, N., Locatelli, E., Foy, W., Chaillon, T., Cantrill, D. J., Maurizot, P., Cluzel, D., Lowry, P. P., Crane, P. R., Bahain, J.-J., Voinchet, P., Jourdain, H., Grandcolas, P., Nel, A. 2021. New fossil discoveries reveal the diversity of past terrestrial ecosystems in New Caledonia. Scientific Reports 11: 18388.

 

Herrera, F., Shi, G., Bickner, M.A., Ichinnorov, N., Leslie, A.B., Crane, P.R., Herendeen, P.S. 2021. Early Cretaceous abietoid Pinaceae from Mongolia and the history of seed scale shedding. American Journal of Botany 108: 1483-1499.

 

Leslie, A. B., Simpson, C., Mander, L. 2021. Reproductive innovations and pulsed rise in plant complexity. Science 373: 1368-1372.

 

Sundaram, M. and Leslie, A.B. 2021. The influence of climate and paleoclimate on distributions of global conifer clades depends on geographic range size. Journal of Biogeography 48: 2286-2297.  

 

Swarup, K., Contreras, D., Leslie, A. B. 2021. Serotiny and the evolution of seed cone size in Cupressaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 182: 9-18.

 

2020

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Bonacorsi, N.K., Gensel, P. G., Hueber, F. M., Wellman, C. H., Leslie, A.B. 2020. A novel reproductive strategy in an Early Devonian plant. Current Biology 30: R388-389.

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2019

 

Bonacorsi, N.K. and Leslie, A.B. 2019. Sporangium position, branching architecture, and the evolution of reproductive morphology in Devonian plants. International Journal of Plant Sciences 180: 493-503.

 

Bonacorsi, N.K. and Leslie, A.B. 2019. Functional diversity and convergence in the evolution of plant reproductive structures. Annals of Botany 123: 145-152.

 

Diefendorf, A.F., Leslie, A.B., Wing, S.L. 2019. A phylogenetic analysis of conifer diterpenoids and their carbon isotopes for chemotaxonomic applications. Organic Geochemistry 127: 50-58.

 

Leslie, A.B. and Losada, J.M. 2019. Reproductive ontogeny and the evolution of morphological diversity in conifers and other plants. Integrative and Comparative Biology 59: 548-558. 

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Losada, J.M., Blanco-Moure, N, Leslie, A.B. 2019. Not all “pine cones” flex: functional trade-offs and the evolution of seed release mechanisms. New Phytologist 222: 396-406.

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Sundaram, M., Donoghue, M.J., Farjon, A., Filer, D., Mathews, S., Jetz, W., Leslie, A.B. 2019. Accumulation over evolutionary time as a major cause of biodiversity hotspots in conifers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 286: 20191887

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2018

 

Leslie, A.B., Beaulieu, J.M., Holman, G., Campbell, C.S., Mei, W., Raubeson, L.R., Mathews, S. 2018. An overview of extant conifer evolution from the perspective of the fossil record. American Journal of Botany 105: 1-14.
 

Losada, J.M. and Leslie, A.B. 2018. Why are the seed cones of conifers so diverse at pollination? Annals of Botany 121: 1319-1331.

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Perret, D.L., Leslie, A.B., Sax, D.F. 2018. Naturalized distributions show that climatic disequilibrium is structured by niche size in pines (Pinus L.). Global Ecology and Biogeography DOI: 10.1111/geb.12862.

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Shi, G., Li, H., Leslie, A.B., Zhou, Z. 2018. Araucaria bract-scale complex and associated foliage from the early-middle Eocene of Antarctica and their implications for Gondwanan biogeography. Historical Biology DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1472255.

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2017

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Saladin, B., Leslie, A.B., Wuest, R.O., Litsios, G., Conti, E., Salamin, N., Zimmermann, N.E. in press. Fossils matter: improved estimates of divergence times in Pinus reveal older diversification. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 95.

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Leslie, A.B., Beaulieu, J.M., Mathews, S. 2017. Variation in seed size is structured by dispersal syndrome and cone morphology in conifers and other non-flowering seed plants. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/nph.14456.

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Escapa, I. and Leslie, A.B. 2017. A new Cheirolepidaceae from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): reconciling the fossil records of impression and permineralized fossils. American Journal of Botany 104: 322-334.

 

Shi, G., Herrera, F., Herendeen, P.S, Leslie, A.B., Ichinnorov, N., Takahashi, M., Crane, P.R. 2017. Leaves of Podozamites and Pseudotorellia from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia: stomatal patterns and implications for relationships. Journal of Systematic Paleontology DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2016.1274343.

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Herrera, F., Shi, G., Knopf, P., Leslie, A.B., Ichinnorov, N., Takahashi, M., Crane, P.R., Herendeen, P.S. 2017. Cupressaceae conifers from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. International Journal of Plant Sciences 178: 19-41.

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2016

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Herrera, F., Leslie, A.B., Shi, G., Knopf, P., Ichinnorov, N., Takahashi, M., Crane, P.R., Herendeen, P.S. 2016. New fossil Pinaceae from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Botany 94: 885-915.

 

Condamine, F.L., Leslie, A.B., Antonelli, A. 2016. Ancient islands acted as refugia and pumps for conifer diversity. Cladistics. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12155.

 

Shi, G., Leslie, A.B., Herendeen, P.S., Herrera, F., Ichinnorov, N., Takahashi, M., Knopf, P. and Crane, P.R., 2016. Early Cretaceous Umkomasia from Mongolia: implications for homology of corystosperm cupules. New Phytologist 210: 1418-1429.

 

2015

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Herrera, F., Shi, G., Leslie, A.B., Ichinnorov, N., Takahashi, M., Knopf, P., Crane, P.R., Herendeen, P.S. 2015. A new Voltzian seed cone from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia and its implications for the evolution of ancient conifers. International Journal of Plant Sciences 176: 791-809.

 

Diefendorf, A.F., Leslie, A.B., Wing, S.L. 2015. Leaf wax composition and carbon isotopes vary among major conifer groups. Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta 170: 145-156.

 

Leslie, A.B., Beaulieu, J.M., Crane, P.R., Knopf, P., and Donoghue, M.J. 2015. Trait integration and macroevolutionary patterns in the pollination biology of conifers.

Evolution 69: 1573-1583.

 

2014

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Shi, G., Leslie, A.B., Herendeen, P.S., Ichinnorov, N., Takahashi, M., Knopf, P., Crane, P.R. 2014. Whole-plant reconstruction and phylogenetic relationships of Elatides zhoui sp. nov. (Cupressaceae) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. International Journal of Plant Sciences 175: 911-930.

 

Leslie, A.B., Beaulieu, J.M., Crane, P.R., and Donoghue, M.J. 2014. Cone size is related to branching architecture in conifers. New Phytologist 203: 1119-1127.

 

Crane, P.R. and Leslie, A.B. 2014. Major Events in the Evolution of Land Plants.  In: The Princeton Guide to Evolution, J. Losos (Ed.), Princeton University Press, Princeton, USA, pp. 143-151.

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2013

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Leslie, A.B., Glasspool, I., Herendeen, P.S., Ichinnorov, N., Knopf, P., Takahashi, M., Crane, P.R. 2013. Pinaceae-like reproductive morphology in Schizolepidopsis canicularis, sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of Mongolia. American Journal of Botany 100: 2426-2436.

 

Leslie, A.B., Beaulieu, J.M., Crane, P.R., and Donoghue, M.J. 2013. Explaining the distribution of breeding and dispersal syndromes in conifers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 280: 20131812.

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2012

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Leslie, A.B., Beaulieu, J.M., Rai, H.S., Crane, P.R., Donoghue, M.J., and Mathews, S. 2012. Hemisphere-scale differences in conifer evolutionary dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 1617-1622.

 

Leslie, A.B. 2012. Branching habit and the allocation of reproductive resources in conifers. Annals of Botany 110: 915-921.

 

Leslie, A.B. and Boyce, C.K. 2012. Function, constraint, and the evolution of angiosperm reproductive innovations. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173: 640-648.

 

Boyce, C.K. and Leslie, A.B. 2012. The paleontological context of angiosperm vegetative evolution. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173: 561-568.

 

2011

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Leslie, A.B. 2011. Predation and protection in the macroevolutionary history of conifer cones. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 278: 3003-3008.

 

Leslie, A.B. 2011. Shifting functional roles and the evolution of conifer pollen-producing and seed-producing cones. Paleobiology 37: 587-602.

 

2010

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Leslie, A.B. 2010. Flotation preferentially selects saccate pollen during conifer pollination. New Phytologist 188: 273-279.

 

Leslie, A.B., and Pfefferkorn, H.W. 2010. Fossil floras from the Emma Fiord Formation (Visean, Mississippian) of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and their paleoenvironmental context.  Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 159: 195-203.

 

2009

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Leslie, A.B., Herendeen, P.S., and Crane, P.R. 2009. Upatoia barnardii gen. et sp. nov., an araucarian pollen cone with in situ pollen from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Georgia, USA. Grana 48: 128-135.

 

2008

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Leslie, A.B. 2008. Interpreting the function of saccate pollen in ancient conifers and other seed plants. International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 1038-1045.

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