E.M. Friis, K. Raunsgaard Pedersen and Peter R. Crane. 2006. Cretaceous angiosperm flowers: Innovation and evolution in plant reproduction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 232 (2-4): 251-293 MAR abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Peter Crane and Ann Kinzig. 2005. Nature in the metropolis. Science 308 (5726): 1225-1225 MAY 27 abstract | pdf format

Andrew P. Dobson, Andrew Balmford, Peter R. Crane, Rhys E. Green, and Georgina M. Mace. 2005. Establishing indicators for biodiversity - Response. Science 308(5723): 792-792. full text article | pdf format article

E. Nic Lughadha, J. Baillie, W. Barthlott, N.A. Brummitt, M.R. Cheek, Aljos Farjon, R. Govaerts, K.A. Hardwick, C. Hilton-Taylor, T.R. Meagher, J. Moat, J. Mutke, A.J. Paton, L.J. Pleasants, Vincent Savolainen, G.E. Schatz, P. Smith, I. Turner, P. Wyse-Jackson, and Peter R. Crane. 2005. Measuring the fate of plant diversity: towards a foundation for future monitoring and opportunities for urgent action. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences 360(1454): 359-372. abstract (full text article and pdf available from the Royal Society at this link)

Frances Claxton, Hannah Banks, Bente B. Klitgaard and Peter R. Crane. 2005. Pollen morphology of families Quillajaceae and Surianaceae (Fabales). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 133(3-4): 221-233. abstract (full text article and pdf available from Science Direct at this link)

F. Forest, Vincent Savolainen, Mark W. Chase, Richard Lupia, A. Bruneau, and Peter R. Crane. 2005. Teasing apart molecular-versus fossil-based error estimates when dating phylogenetic trees: A case study in the birch family (Betulaceae). Systematic Botany 30(1): 118-133. (not available online)

Else Marie Friis, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, and Peter R. Crane. 2005. When Earth started blooming: insights from the fossil record. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 8(1): 5-12. abstract (full text article and pdf available from Science Direct at this link)

Rhys E. Green, Andrew Balmford, Peter R. Crane, Georgina M. Mace, John D. Reynolds, and R. Kerry Turner. 2005. A framework for improved monitoring of biodiversity: Responses to the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Conservation Biology 19(1): 56-65. abstract | full text article | pdf format article

Steven R. Manchester, Kathleen B. Pigg, and Peter R. Crane. 2004. Palaeocarpinus dakotensis sp.n. (Betulaceae: Coryloideae) and associated staminate catkins, pollen, and leaves from the Paleocene of North Dakota. International Journal of Plant Sciences 165(6): 1135-1148. abstract | full text article | pdf format article

Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Mark W. Chase, Peter K. Endress, and Peter R. Crane. 2004. The diversification of flowering plants. In Assembling The Tree of Life (J. Cracraft and M. Donoghue, eds.).

Else Marie Friis, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, and Peter R. Crane. 2004. Araceae from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal: evidence on the emergence of monocotyledons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101(47): 16565-16570. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Peter R. Crane, Patrick S. Herendeen, and Else Marie Friis. 2004. Fossils and plant phylogeny. American Journal of Botany 91(10): 1683-1699. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Peter R. Crane. 2004. Documenting plant diversity: unfinished business. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 359(1444): 735-737 abstract (full text and pdf available from the Royal Society at this link)

Hugh G. Dickinson, Simon J. Hiscock, and Peter R. Crane. 2003. Mechanisms regulating gene flow in flowering plants - Introduction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 358(1434): 989-990. abstract (pdf available from the Royal Society at this link)

Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Vincent Savolainen, Peter R. Crane, and Timothy G. Barraclough. 2002. Rate heterogeneity among lineages of tracheophytes: Integration of molecular and fossil data and evidence for molecular living fossils. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99(7): 4430-4435. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format | supplemental materials

Else Marie Friis, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, and Peter R. Crane. 2001. Fossil evidence of water lilies (Nymphaeales) in the Early Cretaceous. Nature 410(6826): 357-360. first page | full text article | article in pdf format

Else Marie Friis, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, and Peter R. Crane 2000. Reproductive structure and organization of basal angiosperms from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian or Aptian) of Western Portugal. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161(S6): 169-182. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Richard Lupia, Scott Lidgard, and Peter R. Crane. 1999. Comparing palynological abundance and diversity: implications for biotic replacement during the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation. Paleobiology 25(3): 305-340. article at JSTOR

Susana Magallon, Peter R. Crane, and Patrick S. Herendeen. 1999. Phylogenetic pattern, diversity, and diversification of eudicots. Annals of the Missouri Botanic Garden 86(2): 297-372. abstract | article at JSTOR

Else Marie Friis, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, and Peter R. Crane. 1999. Early angiosperm diversification: the diversity of pollen associated with angiosperm reproductive structures in Early Cretaceous floras from Portugal. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 86(2): 259-296. abstract | article at JSTOR

Paul Kenrick, and Peter R. Crane. 1997. The origin and early evolution of plants on land. Nature 389(6646):33-39. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Paul Kenrick, and Peter R. Crane. 1997. The origin and early diversification of land plants: a cladistic study. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Patrick S. Herendeen, Peter R. Crane, and Andrew N. Drinnan. 1995. Fagaceous flowers, fruits, and cupules from the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of central Georgia, USA. International Journal of Plant Sciences 156(1): 93-116. article at JSTOR