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William J. Baker

Researcher at Royal Botanic Gardens

Publications -  214
Citations -  9075

William J. Baker is an academic researcher from Royal Botanic Gardens. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arecaceae & Phylogenetic tree. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 200 publications receiving 6782 citations. Previous affiliations of William J. Baker include University of Tasmania & University of Reading.

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TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge, +754 more
- 01 Jan 2020 - 
TL;DR: The extent of the trait data compiled in TRY is evaluated and emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness are analyzed to conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements.
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Sympatric speciation in palms on an oceanic island

Vincent Savolainen, +10 more
- 11 May 2006 - 
TL;DR: A large dated phylogenetic tree shows that the two species of Howea, endemic to the remote Lord Howe Island, are sister taxa and diverged from each other well after the island was formed 6.9 million years ago.
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Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life.

Harris A. Lewin, +27 more
- 24 Apr 2018 - 
TL;DR: A perspective on the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a moonshot for biology that aims to sequence, catalog, and characterize the genomes of all of Earth’s eukaryotic biodiversity over a period of 10 years, is presented.
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Genera Palmarum: The evolution and classification of palms

John Dransfield, +5 more
TL;DR: In the new edition, genus treatments include complete descriptions, nomenclature, etymology and discussions of diversity, distribution, phylogeny, morphology, uses and ecology, as well as providing essential background information to the classification presented within the book.
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Origin and global diversification patterns of tropical rain forests: inferences from a complete genus-level phylogeny of palms.

Thomas L. P. Couvreur, +3 more
- 16 Jun 2011 - 
TL;DR: This work constructed the first complete genus-level dated phylogeny of a largely TRF-restricted plant family with a known history dating back to the Cretaceous, providing evidence that diversification of extant lineages of palms started during the mid-Cretaceous period about 100 million years ago.