Peter Wilf 
EESI Associate
Peter Wilf
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1998
Contact Information:
Department of Geosciences
509 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-6721
email: pdw3@psu.edu
Dept. website: http://www.geosc.psu.edu/%7Epwilf/
Current Research Interests:
Paleobotany; paleoecology; evolution, diversification,
and extinction of flowering plants and plant-insect interactions; use of
fossils as paleoclimate indicators; stratigraphy of continental sequences.
Major field projects in Western Interior U.S. and Patagonia, Argentina.
Selected Publications:
Sarzetti, L.C., C.C. Labandeira, J. Muzón, P. Wilf, N.R. Cúneo, K.R. Johnson, J.F. Genise. 2009. Odonatan endophytic oviposition from the Eocene of Patagonia: the ichnogenus Paleoovoidus and implications for behavioral stasis. Journal of Paleontology, v. 83, p. 431-447. [pdf]
Royer, D.L., R.M. Kooyman, S.A. Little, P. Wilf. 2009. Ecology of leaf teeth: A multi-site analysis from Australian subtropical rainforest. American Journal of Botany, v. 96, p. 738-750. [pdf] [supplemental Appendix S1] [supplemental Appendix S2]
Ellis, B., D. Daly, L.J. Hickey, K.R. Johnson, J. Mitchell, P. Wilf, S.L. Wing. 2009. Manual of Leaf Architecture. Cornell University Press, 190 p.
Crisp, M., M. Arroyo, L. Cook, M.A. Gandolfo, G. Jordan, M. McGlone, P. Weston, M. Westoby, P. Wilf, H.P. Linder. 2009. Phylogenetic habitat conservatism on a global scale. Nature, v. 458, p. 754-756. [pdf] [supplemental data pdf]
Bennington, J.B., et al. (32 authors). 2009. Critical issues of scale in paleoecology. Palaios (Spotlight), v. 24, p. 1-4. [pdf]
Wilf, P., 2008. Fossil angiosperm leaves: paleobotany’s difficult children prove themselves. Paleontological Society Papers, v. 14, p. 319-333. [pdf]
Royer D.L., J.C. McElwain, J.M. Adams, P. Wilf. 2008. Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate within Acer rubrum and Quercus kelloggii. New Phytologist, v. 179, p. 808-817. [pdf] [supplemental information]
Wilf, P. 2008. Insect-damaged fossil leaves record food web response to ancient climate change and extinction. New Phytologist (Tansley Review), v. 178, p. 486-502. [pdf]
Currano, E.D., P. Wilf, S.L. Wing, C.C. Labandeira, E.C. Lovelock, D.L. Royer, 2008. Sharply increased insect herbivory during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. PNAS, v. 105, p. 1960-1964. [pdf][supplemental data]