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Peter J. Franks

The University of Sydney · AU
Area of research
Global and Planetary Change · Plant Science
Research interest
Research interests include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, and Plant responses to water stress.
h-index
39
citations
8,236
works
73
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Revisiting the relationship between stomatal size and speed across species – a meta‐analysis
New Phytologist 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Warming triggers stomatal opening by enhancement of photosynthesis and ensuing guard cell <scp>CO<sub>2</sub></scp> sensing, whereas higher temperatures induce a photosynthesis‐uncoupled response
New Phytologist 2024cited by 31position: middledoi
Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO <sub>2</sub>
Science 2023cited by 183position: middledoi
Molecular evidence for adaptive evolution of drought tolerance in wild cereals
New Phytologist 2022cited by 49position: middledoi
Evolution of rapid blue‐light response linked to explosive diversification of ferns in angiosperm forests
New Phytologist 2020cited by 65position: middledoi
Evolution of chloroplast retrograde signaling facilitates green plant adaptation to land
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2019cited by 197position: middledoi
Comparing optimal and empirical stomatal conductance models for application in Earth system models
Global Change Biology 2018cited by 116position: firstdoi
Marine Host-Pathogen Dynamics: Influences of Global Climate Change
Oceanography 2018cited by 65position: lastdoi
Evolutionary Conservation of ABA Signaling for Stomatal Closure
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017cited by 236position: middledoi
Stomatal Function across Temporal and Spatial Scales: Deep-Time Trends, Land-Atmosphere Coupling and Global Models
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017cited by 163position: firstdoi
Molecular Evolution of Grass Stomata
Trends in Plant Science 2016cited by 263position: middledoi
No evidence of general CO<sub>2</sub> insensitivity in ferns: one stomatal control mechanism for all land plants?
New Phytologist 2016cited by 53position: firstdoi
Increasing water‐use efficiency directly through genetic manipulation of stomatal density
New Phytologist 2015cited by 402position: firstdoi
New constraints on atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> concentration for the Phanerozoic
Geophysical Research Letters 2014cited by 241position: firstdoi
Increasing leaf hydraulic conductance with transpiration rate minimizes the water potential drawdown from stem to leaf
Journal of Experimental Botany 2014cited by 72position: lastdoi
Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric <scp>CO</scp><sub>2</sub> concentration: from the geological past to the next century
New Phytologist 2013cited by 399position: firstdoi
Passive and active stomatal control: either or both?
New Phytologist 2013cited by 59position: firstdoi
Smaller, faster stomata: scaling of stomatal size, rate of response, and stomatal conductance
Journal of Experimental Botany 2012cited by 680position: lastdoi
Genetic manipulation of stomatal density influences stomatal size, plant growth and tolerance to restricted water supply across a growth carbon dioxide gradient
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2012cited by 376position: middledoi
Physiological framework for adaptation of stomata to CO <sub>2</sub> from glacial to future concentrations
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2012cited by 121position: firstdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Joseph A. Berry · Carnegie Institution for Science4 papers (2013–2018)Zhong‐Hua Chen · Australian Wine Research Institute4 papers (2016–2022)Guang Chen · Guangdong Academy of Sciences4 papers (2016–2022)Eviatar Nevo · Carmel (Israel)4 papers (2016–2022)Michael R. Blatt · University of Glasgow3 papers (2016–2020)David J. Beerling · University of Sheffield3 papers (2012–2014)Margaret M. Barbour · University of Waikato3 papers (2013–2014)Fei Dai · Guangzhou Electronic Technology (China)3 papers (2016–2020)Dawei Xue · Northwestern University2 papers (2017–2020)Julie E. Gray · University of Sheffield2 papers (2012–2015)Danica Lombardozzi · Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté2 papers (2017–2018)D. Blaine Marchant · University of Missouri–St. Louis2 papers (2017–2020)Yizhou Wang · Henan University of Science and Technology2 papers (2016–2017)Emily B. Sessa · New York Botanical Garden2 papers (2017–2020)Timothy Doheny‐Adams · University of Sheffield2 papers (2012–2015)Shengguan Cai · Zhejiang University2 papers (2017–2020)Zoe J. Britton‐Harper · The University of Sydney2 papers (2015–2016)Feibo Wu · Zhejiang University2 papers (2020–2022)Yuanyuan Wang · Northeast Agricultural University2 papers (2017–2022)Guoping Zhang · Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences2 papers (2016–2017)