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Karl J. Niklas

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American botanist

United StatesScientistsBorn 1948 · age 78
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Karl Joseph Niklas is an American botanist and paleobotanist who is a Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus in the field of Plant Biology at the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University. His work focuses on plant biomechanics, allometry and functional morphology.

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2018Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
1984Guggenheim Fellowship

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Karl Joseph Niklas is an American botanist and paleobotanist who is a Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus in the field of Plant Biology at the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University. His work focuses on plant biomechanics, allometry and functional morphology. His research in plant evolutionary biology has included studies on early land plant diversification patterns and morphospaces.

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United States
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Born 1948 · age 78
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