Samantha J. Worthy

The paper uses herbarium specimens to show that closely related wildflower species, despite occupying diverse annual climates, track similar seasonal climate conditions through phenological shifts and spatial refugia.

The paper uses herbarium specimens to reconstruct climate conditions and assess their impact on phenology and reproduction across a plant clade, finding precipitation onset and amount best predict phenology but weakly predict reproduction.

The study examines how delayed rain onset affects germination timing and fitness in ten wildflower species, finding species-specific responses to climate change.