C. Kevin Boyce, Assistant Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences and the College

Publications

Boyce, C. K. In press. The evolutionary history of roots and leaves. in N. M. Holbrook & M. A. Zweiniecki, eds. Vascular transport in plants. Elsevier Sciences/Academic Press.

Boyce, C. K. 2005. Patterns of segregation and convergence in the evolution of fern and seed plant leaf morphologies. Paleobiology 31:117-140.

Zwieniecki, M. A., C. K. Boyce, and N. M. Holbrook. 2004. Functional design space of single veined leaves: role of tissue hydraulic properties in constraining leaf size and shape. Annals of Botany 94:507-513.

Boyce, C. K., M. A. Zwieniecki, G. D. Cody, C. Jacobsen, S. Wirick, A. H. Knoll, N. M. Holbrook. 2004. Evolution of xylem lignification and hydrogel transport regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101: 17555-17558.

Zwieniecki, M. A., C. K. Boyce, and N. M. Holbrook. 2004. Hydraulic limitations imposed by crown placement determine final size and shape of Quercus rubra L. leaves. Plant, Cell & Environment 27:357-365.

Boyce, C. K., G. D. Cody, M. L. Fogel, R.M. Hazen, C. M. O’D. Alexander, and A. H. Knoll. 2003. Chemical evidence for cell wall lignification and the evolution of tracheids in Early Devonian plants. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: 691-702.

Zweiniecki, M. A., P. J. Melcher, C. K. Boyce, L. Sack, and N. M. Holbrook. 2002. Hydraulic architecture of leaf venation in Laurus nobilis L. Plant, Cell & Environment 25: 1445-1450.

Boyce, C. K., G. D. Cody, M. Feser, C. Jacobsen, A. H. Knoll, and S. Wirick. 2002. Preservation of cell wall chemistry and microstructure in plant fossils as old as 400 million years: detection by carbon X-ray absorption spectromicroscopy. Geology 30: 1039-1042.

Boyce, C. K. and A. H. Knoll. 2002. Evolution of developmental potential and the multiple independent origins of leaves in Paleozoic vascular plants. Paleobiology 28: 70-100.

Boyce, C. K., A. H. Knoll, and R. 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: 5970-5974.