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Taylor Feild

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Research Interests

Evolutionary ecophysiology of plants

Research in the lab focuses on the evolution of ecophysiological mechanisms, primarily on the water relations and photosynthetic functions, in relation to structure in plants.  Most projects in the lab undertake a whole plant outlook in understanding the evolution of plant function through time. Currently, a major focus in the lab is on understanding the early diversification of flowering plants from an ecophysiological perspective.  Here we are investigating the early evolutionary diversification of xylem hydraulic mechanisms, leaf gas-exchange performance, flower water relations, and root biology.  For a more detailed look at the projects on-going in the lab, please see our lab web page.

Education

  • 2001- Ph.D., Harvard University

Selected Publications

  • Feild TS (2008) Regeneration ecology of early angiosperm seeds and seedlings: integrating inferences from extant basal lineages and fossils.  In Leck MA, Parker VT, Simpson RL (eds).  Seedling ecology and Evolution.  Cambridge University Press.
  • Brodribb T, Feild TS (2008) The evolutionary significance of flat-leaves in the conifer, Pinus krempfii in Vietnamese rainforest New Phytologist 178:201-209.
    Feild TS, Balun L (2008) Photosynthetic and xylem hydraulic function in Gnetum (Gnetales). New Phytologist 177:665-675.
  • Brodribb TJ, Feild TS, Jordan GJ (2007) Leaf maximum photosynthetic rate and venation are linked by hydraulics. Plant Physiology 144:1890-1898.
  • Hacke UG, Sperry JS, Feild TS, Sano Y, Sikkema EH, Pittermann J (2007) Water transport in vesselless angiosperms: conducting efficiency and cavitation safety.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 168:1113-1126.
  • Sperry JS, Hacke UW, Feild TS, Yano Y, Sikkema EH (2007) Hydraulic consequences of vessel evolution in angiosperms.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 168:1127-1139.
  • Feild TS, Arens NC The ecophysiology of early angiosperms.  Plant, Cell, & Environment 30:291-309.
Taylor Feild

Contact Information

Taylor Feild
Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
569 Dabney Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-1610

Phone: (865) 974-6041
Fax: (865) 974-6042
Email: tfeild@utk.edu