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Peer-reviewed publications

Mander L. & Williams H.T.P. (2024) The robustness of some Carboniferous fossil leaf venation networks to simulated damage. Royal Society Open Science, 11, 240086. See professional commentary in Science: Intricate leaf veins may be an ancient protection against insects.  

Swaby E.J., Coe A.L., Ansorge J., Caswell B.A., Hayward S.A.L., Mander L., Stevens L.G. & McArdle A. (2024) The fossil insect assemblage associated with the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) oceanic anoxic event from Alderton Hill, Gloucestershire, UK. Plos One, 19, e0299551. 

Leslie A.B. & Mander L. (2023) Quantifying the complexity of plant reproductive structures reveals a history of morphological and functional integration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290, 20231810.

Wei C., Jardine P.E., Mao L., Mander L., Li M., Gosling W.D. & Hoorn C. (2023) Grass pollen surface ornamentation is diverse across the phylogeny: evidence from northern South America and the global literature. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. Early View.

Brown K., Bunting J.M., Carvalho F., de Bello F., Mander L., Marcisz K., Mottl O., Reitalu T. & Svenning J-C. (2023) Trait-based approaches as ecological time machines: Developing tools for reconstructing long-term variation in ecosystems. Functional Ecology, 37, 2552–2569.

Mander L., Jaramillo C. & Oboh-Ikuenobe F. (2023) Descriptive systematics of Upper Paleocene–Lower Eocene pollen and spores from the northern Niger Delta, south-eastern Nigeria. Palynology, 47, 2200525.

Hollaar T.P., Baker S.J., Hesselbo S.P., Deconinck J-F., Mander L., Ruhl M. & Belcher C.M. (2021) Wildfire activity enhanced during phases of maximum orbital eccentricity and precessional forcing in the Early Jurassic. Communications Earth and Environment, 2, 247.

Hang H., Bauer M., Mio W. & Mander L. (2021) Geometric and topological approaches to shape variation in Ginkgo leaves. Royal Society Open Science, 8, 210978. Paper also available at bioRxiv: 2020.10.23.352476

Leslie A.B., Simpson C. & Mander L. (2021) Reproductive innovations and pulsed rise in plant complexity. Science, 373, 1368–1372.

Mander L., Parins-Fukuchi, C., Dick, C.W., Punyasena S.W. & Jaramillo C. (2020) Phylogenetic and ecological correlates of pollen morphological diversity in a Neotropical rainforest. Biotropica, 53, 74–85. 

Mander L. & McElwain J.C. (2019) Toarcian land vegetation loss. Nature Geoscience, 12, 405–406.

Mander L. (2018) The latitudinal distribution of morphological diversity among Holocene angiosperm pollen grains from eastern North America and the Neotropics. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58, 1170–1178.

Sigwart J.D., Bennett K.D., Edie S., Mander L., Okamura B., Padian K., Wheeler Q., Winston J. & Norine Yeung N. (2018) Measuring Biodiversity and Extinction – Present and Past. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58, 1111–1117.

Mander L., & Punyasena S.W. (2018) Fossil pollen and spores in paleoecology. In: D.A. Croft, S.W. Simpson, & D.F. Su (eds.) Methods in Paleoecology: Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments & Ecological Communities. Springer (Vertebrate Paleobiology & Paleoanthropology Series), Dordrecht.   

Vakulenko S.A., Sudakov I. & Mander L. (2018) The influence of environmental forcing on biodiversity and extinction in a resource competition model. Chaos, 28, 031101.

Sivaguru M., Urban M.A., Fried G., Wesseln C.J., Mander L. & Punyasena S.W. (2018) Comparative performance of Airyscan and Structured Illumination Super-Resolution Microscopy in the study of the surface texture and 3D shape of pollen. Microscopy Research and Technique, 81, 101–114.

Sudakov I., Essa A., Mander L., Gong M., & Kariyawasam T. (2017) The geometry of large Arctic tundra lakes observed in historical maps and satellite images. Remote Sensing, 9, 1072.

Mander L., Dekker S.C., Li M., Mio W., Punyasena S.W. & Lenton T.M. (2017) A morphometric analysis of vegetation patterns in dryland ecosystems. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 160443.

Mander L. (2016) A combinatorial approach to angiosperm pollen morphology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283, 20162033.

Porada P., Lenton T.M., Pohl A., Weber B., Mander L., Donnadieu Y., Beer C., Pöschl U. & Kleidon A. (2016) High potential for weathering and climate effects of non-vascular vegetation in the Late Ordovician. Nature Communications, 7, 12113.

Mander L. & Punyasena, S.W. (2015) Grass pollen surface ornamentation: a review of morphotypes and taxonomic utility. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 35, 121–124.

Looy C.V., Stevenson R.A., Van Hoof T.B. & Mander L. (2014) Evidence for coal forest refugia in the seasonally dry Pennsylvanian tropical lowlands of the Illinois Basin, USA. PeerJ, 2, e630.

Mander L., Rodriguez J., Mueller P.G., Jackson S.T. & Punyasena S.W. (2014) Identifying the pollen of an extinct spruce species in the Late Quaternary sediments of the Tunica Hills region, south-eastern United States. Journal of Quaternary Science, 29, 711–721.

Mander L. & Punyasena S.W. (2014) On the taxonomic resolution of pollen and spore records of Earth’s vegetation. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 175, 931–945.

Mander L., Baker S., Belcher C.M., Haselhorst D.S., Rodriguez J., Thorn J.L., Tiwari S., Urrego D.H., Wesseln C.J. & Punyasena S.W. (2014) The accuracy and consistency of grass pollen identification by human analysts using electron micrographs of surface ornamentation. Applications in Plant Sciences, 2, 1400031.

Kürschner W.M., Mander L. & McElwain J.C. (2014) A gymnosperm affinity for Ricciisporites tuberculatus Lundblad: implications for vegetation and environmental reconstructions in the Late Triassic. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 94, 295–305.

Mander L., Li M., Mio W., Fowlkes C.C. & Punyasena, S.W. (2013) Classification of grass pollen through the quantitative analysis of surface ornamentation and texture. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, 280, 20131905.

Kürschner W.M., Batenburg S.J. & Mander L. (2013) Aberrant Classopollis pollen reveals evidence for unreduced (2n) pollen in the conifer family Cheirolepidiaceae during the Triassic–Jurassic transition. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, 280, 20131708.

Mander L., Kürschner W.M. & McElwain J.C. (2013) Palynostratigraphy and vegetation history of the Triassic–Jurassic transition in East Greenland. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 170, 37–46.

Mander L., Wesseln C.J., McElwain J.C. & Punyasena S.W. (2012) Tracking taphonomic regimes using chemical and mechanical damage of pollen and spores: an example from the Triassic–Jurassic mass extinction. PLoS ONE, 7, e49153.

Sivaguru M., Mander L., Fried G. & Punyasena S.W. (2012) Capturing the shape and surface texture of pollen: a comparison of microscopy techniques. PLoS ONE, 7, e39129.

Mander L., Collinson M.E., Chaloner W.G., Brain A.P.R. & Long D.G. (2012) The ultrastructure and botanical affinity of the problematic mid-Mesozoic palynomorph Ricciisporites tuberculatus Lundblad. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 173, 429–440.

Belcher C.M. & Mander L. (2012) Catastrophe: Extraterrestrial impacts, massive volcanism and the biosphere. In: A. Henderson-Sellers & K. McGuffie (eds) The Future of the World’s Climate, pp. 463­–485, Elsevier, Amsterdam, (ISBN 9780123869173).

Mander L. (2011) Taxonomic resolution of the Triassic–Jurassic sporomorph record in East Greenland. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 30, 107–118.

Mander L., Kürschner W.M. & McElwain J.C. (2010) An explanation for conflicting records of Triassic–Jurassic plant diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 107, 15351–15356.  

Belcher C.M., Mander L., Rein G., Jervis F.X., Haworth M., Hesselbo S.P., Glasspool I.J. & McElwain J.C. (2010) Increased fire activity at the Triassic/Jurassic boundary in Greenland due to climate-driven floral change. Nature Geoscience, 3, 426–429.

Mander L. & Twitchett R.J. (2008) Quality of the Triassic–Jurassic bivalve fossil record in northwest Europe. Palaeontology, 51, 1213–1223.

Radley J.D., Twitchett R.J., Mander L. & Cope J.C.W. (2008) Discussion on palaeoecology of the Late Triassic extinction event in the SW UK. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 165, 988–992.  

Mander L., Twitchett R.J. & Benton M.J. (2008) Palaeoecology of the Late Triassic extinction event in the SW UK. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 165, 319–332.