| The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science EJ Edwards, CP Osborne, CAE Strömberg, SA Smith, ... science 328 (5978), 587-591, 2010 | 1006 | 2010 |
| The origin of the savanna biome DJ Beerling, CP Osborne Global change biology 12 (11), 2023-2031, 2006 | 464 | 2006 |
| New grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins Grass Phylogeny Working Group II New Phytologist 193 (2), 304-312, 2012 | 440 | 2012 |
| Nature's green revolution: the remarkable evolutionary rise of C4 plants CP Osborne, DJ Beerling Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 361 …, 2006 | 310 | 2006 |
| How can we make plants grow faster? A source–sink perspective on growth rate AC White, A Rogers, M Rees, CP Osborne Journal of Experimental Botany 67 (1), 31-45, 2016 | 286 | 2016 |
| Evolution of leaf-form in land plants linked to atmospheric CO2 decline in the Late Palaeozoic era DJ Beerling, CP Osborne, WG Chaloner Nature 410 (6826), 352-354, 2001 | 281 | 2001 |
| Is stimulation of leaf photosynthesis by elevated carbon dioxide concentration maintained in the long term? A test with Lolium perenne grown for 10 years at two nitrogen … EA Ainsworth, PA Davey, GJ Hymus, CP Osborne, A Rogers, H Blum, ... Plant, Cell & Environment 26 (5), 705-714, 2003 | 256 | 2003 |
| Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in grasses PA Christin, CP Osborne, DS Chatelet, JT Columbus, G Besnard, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (4), 1381-1386, 2013 | 252 | 2013 |
| Ecophysiological traits in C3 and C4 grasses: a phylogenetically controlled screening experiment SH Taylor, SP Hulme, M Rees, BS Ripley, F Ian Woodward, CP Osborne New Phytologist 185 (3), 780-791, 2010 | 247 | 2010 |
| Atmosphere, ecology and evolution: what drove the Miocene expansion of C4 grasslands? CP Osborne Journal of Ecology 96 (1), 35-45, 2008 | 246 | 2008 |
| Comment on “The global tree restoration potential” JW Veldman, JC Aleman, ST Alvarado, TM Anderson, S Archibald, ... Science 366 (6463), eaay7976, 2019 | 232 | 2019 |
| Olive phenology as a sensitive indicator of future climatic warming in the Mediterranean CP Osborne, I Chuine, D Viner, FI Woodward Plant, Cell & Environment 23 (7), 701-710, 2000 | 231 | 2000 |
| Evolution of C4 plants: a new hypothesis for an interaction of CO2 and water relations mediated by plant hydraulics CP Osborne, L Sack Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 367 …, 2012 | 219 | 2012 |
| Plant domestication through an ecological lens R Milla, CP Osborne, MM Turcotte, C Violle Trends in ecology & evolution 30 (8), 463-469, 2015 | 217 | 2015 |
| Global grass (P oaceae) success underpinned by traits facilitating colonization, persistence and habitat transformation HP Linder, CER Lehmann, S Archibald, CP Osborne, DM Richardson Biological Reviews 93 (2), 1125-1144, 2018 | 212 | 2018 |
| Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system S Archibald, CER Lehmann, CM Belcher, WJ Bond, RA Bradstock, ... Environmental Research Letters 13 (3), 033003, 2018 | 208 | 2018 |
| Ecological selection pressures for C4 photosynthesis in the grasses CP Osborne, RP Freckleton Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1663), 1753-1760, 2009 | 202 | 2009 |
| Drought constraints on C4 photosynthesis: stomatal and metabolic limitations in C3 and C4 subspecies of Alloteropsis semialata BS Ripley, ME Gilbert, DG Ibrahim, CP Osborne Journal of experimental botany 58 (6), 1351-1363, 2007 | 200 | 2007 |
| Stomatal responses of the ‘living fossil’Ginkgo biloba L. to changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations DJ Beerling, JC McElwain, CP Osborne Journal of Experimental Botany 49 (326), 1603-1607, 1998 | 198 | 1998 |
| Photosynthetic pathway and ecological adaptation explain stomatal trait diversity amongst grasses SH Taylor, PJ Franks, SP Hulme, E Spriggs, PA Christin, EJ Edwards, ... New Phytologist 193 (2), 387-396, 2012 | 194 | 2012 |
