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C. Kevin Boyce
 
C. Kevin Boyce    
Department of the Geophysical Sciences
University of Chicago
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C. Kevin Boyce. 2008. How green was Cooksonia? The importance of size in understanding the early evolution of physiology in the vascular plant lineage. Paleobiology 34(2):179-194 abstract | full text | article in pdf format

C. Kevin Boyce, Carol L. Hotton, Marilyn L. Fogel, George D. Cody, Robert M. Hazen, Andrew H. Knoll, and Francis M. Hueber. 2007. Devonian landscape heterogeneity recorded by a giant fungus. Geology 35(5): 399-402 abstract | full text | article in pdf format

C. Kevin Boyce. 2007. Mechanisms of laminar growth in morphologically convergent leaves and flower petals. International Journal of Plant Sciences 168(8): 1151-1156 abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Maciej A. Zwieniecki, Howard A. Stone, Andrea Leigh, C. Kevin Boyce, and N. Michele Holbrook. 2006. Hydraulic design of pine needles: one-dimensional optimization for single-vein leaves. Plant Cell and Environment 29 (5): 803-809 MAY abstract | full text | article in pdf format

C. Kevin Boyce. 2005. Patterns of segregation and convergence in the evolution of fern and seed plant leaf morphologies. Paleobiology 31(1): 117-140. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

C. Kevin Boyce, Maciej A. Zwieniecki, George D. Cody, Chris Jacobsen, Susan Wirick, Andrew H. Knoll, N. Michele Holbrook. 2004. Evolution of xylem lignification and hydrogel transport regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101(50): 17555-17558. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Maciej A. Zwieniecki, C. Kevin Boyce, and N. Michele Holbrook. 2004. Functional design space of single veined leaves: role of tissue hydraulic properties in constraining leaf size and shape. Annals of Botany 94(4): 507-513. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Maciej A. Zwieniecki, C. Kevin Boyce, and N. Michele Holbrook. 2004. Hydraulic limitations imposed by crown placement determine final size and shape of Quercus rubra L. leaves. Plant, Cell & Environment 27(3): 357-365. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

C. Kevin Boyce, George D. Cody, Marilyn L. Fogel, Robert M. Hazen, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, and Andrew H. Knoll. 2003. Chemical evidence for cell wall lignification and the evolution of tracheids in Early Devonian plants. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164(5): 691-702. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Maciej A. Zweiniecki, P. J. Melcher, C. Kevin Boyce, L. Sack, and N. Michele Holbrook. 2002. Hydraulic architecture of leaf venation in Laurus nobilis L. Plant, Cell & Environment 25(11): 1445-1450. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

C. Kevin Boyce, George D. Cody, Michael Feser, Chris Jacobsen, Andrew H. Knoll, Susan Wirick. 2002. Organic chemical differentiation within fossil plant cell walls detected with X-ray spectromicroscopy. Geology 30(11): 1039-1042. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format (pdf available from this link)

C. Kevin Boyce, and Andrew H. Knoll. 2002. Evolution of developmental potential and the multiple independent origins of leaves in Paleozoic vascular plants. Paleobiology 28(1): 70-100. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

C. Kevin Boyce, Andrew H. Knoll, and Robert M. Hazen. 2001. Nondestructive, in situ, cellular-scale mapping of elemental abundances including organic carbon in permineralized fossils. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 98(11): 5970-5974. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

 

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