Dr Kathryn Hill
Research Associate
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences
I research plant ecophysiology; the relationship between plant anatomy and function and plant environment. Ecophysiology is a wonderful science as we can work on plants form anywhere growing at any time. I have researched plant function 65 million years ago in environments that are now extinct from Earth and the same species across a range of environments in present day.
This work enables me to think about what climatic pressures were forcing plants to function in a specific way in the past and present, thus I can use these data to create paleo-climate proxies. This information is also valuable for modelling species survival with future climate change projections.
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Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2011 - 2015 University of Adelaide Australia Ph.D. -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country — Research Fellow The University of Adelaide Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2019 Hill, K., Hill, R., & Watling, J. (2019). Pinnule and stomatal size and stomatal density of living and fossil Bowenia and Eobowenia specimens give insight into physiology during Cretaceous and Eocene paleoclimates. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 180(4), 323-336.
2019 Hill, K., Barr, C., Tibby, J., Hill, R., & Watling, J. (2019). A comparison of stomatal traits between contemporary and fossil leaves of Melaleuca quinquenervia: Do they reflect climate variation?. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 271.
2018 Hill, K. (2018). The vegetation history of South Australia. Swainsona, 30, 9-16. 2018 Baruch, Z., Jones, A., Hill, K., McInerney, F., Blyth, C., Caddy-Retalic, S., . . . Breed, M. (2018). Functional acclimation across microgeographic scales in Dodonaea viscosa. AoB Plants, 10(3), ply029-1-ply029-15.
2018 Hill, R. S., Hill, K. E., Carpenter, R. J., & Jordan, G. (2018). New macrofossils of the australian cycad Bowenia and their significance in reconstructing the past morphological range of the genus. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 180(2), 128-140.
Scopus22017 Baruch, Z., Christmas, M., Breed, M., Guerin, G., Caddy-Retalic, S., McDonald, J., . . . Lowe, A. (2017). Leaf trait associations with environmental variation in the wide-ranging shrub Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (Sapindaceae). Austral Ecology, 42(5), 553-561.
Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC12016 Hill, R., Beer, Y., Hill, K., Maciunas, E., Tarran, M., & Wainman, C. (2016). Evolution of the eucalypts - an interpretation from the macrofossil record. Australian Journal of Botany, 64(8), 600-608.
Scopus13 WoS15 Europe PMC22015 Hill, K., Guerin, G., Hill, R., & Watling, J. (2015). Temperature influences stomatal density and maximum potential water loss through stomata of Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima along a latitude gradient in southern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 62(8), 657-665.
Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC52014 Hill, K., Hill, R., & Watling, J. (2014). Do CO2, temperature, rainfall and elevation influence stomatal traits and leaf width in Melaleuca lanceolata across southern Australia?. Australian Journal of Botany, 62(8), 666-673.
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Datasets
Year Citation 2016 Baruch, Z., Christmas, M., Breed, M. F., Guerin, G. R., Caddy-Retalic, S., McDonald, J., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2016). Leaf trait associations with environmental variation in the wide-ranging shrub Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (Sapindaceae) Part 1: Latitude.
2016 Baruch, Z., Christmas, M., Breed, M. F., Guerin, G. R., Caddy-Retalic, S., McDonald, J. T., . . . Lowe, A. J. (2016). Leaf trait associations with environmental variation in the wide-ranging shrub Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (Sapindaceae) Part 2: Elevation.
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Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2019 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Addressing bias in use of stick-nest rat middens for paleo-ecology reconstruction The University of Adelaide — Honours — Annie Kraehe 2018 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Environmental stressors such as light, water and temperature affect leaf physiomorphology. Can we reconstruct palaeoclimates from leaf fossils compared to their nearest living relative grown under controlled conditions? The University of Adelaide — Honours Full Time George Batzios
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Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2018 - ongoing Webmaster International Organisation of Palaeobotany Australia
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