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R.D. Firn

Firn, R.D., and Clive G. Jones. 2009. “A Darwinian View of Metabolism: Molecular Properties Determine Fitness”. J. Exp. Bot. 60: 719-26. doi:10.1093/jxb/erp002.
Firn, R.D., and Clive G. Jones. 2006. “Do We Need a New Hypothesis to Explain Plant VOC Emissions?”. Trends Plant Sci. 11: 112-13. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Firn_Jones 2006_Owen_Response_TIPS_11_112-114.pdf.
Firn, R.D., and Clive G. Jones. 2006. “Response to Pichersky, Sharkey and Gershenzon: Correcting a Misconception about the Screening Hypothesis”. Trends Plant Sci. 11: 422. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Firn-Jones_2006_Response_TIPS_11_421-423.pdf.
Firn, R.D., and Clive G. Jones. 2004. “The Evolution of Plant Biochemistry and the Implications for Physiology”. In A. R. Hemsley and I. Poole (eds.). Evolution of Plant Physiology, 67-83. Proc. Symp. Bot. J. Linn. Soc., Academic Press, UK. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Firn_&_Jones_2004_Evolution_Bot_J_Linn_Soc_Sym_Proc_21_67-83.pdf.
Firn, R.D., and Clive G. Jones. 2003. “Natural Products - A Simple Model to Explain Chemical Diversity”. Royal Soc. Chem. Natural Products Reports 20: 382-91. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Firn_&_Jones_2003_Natural_RSC_Nat_Prod_Rep_20_382-391.pdf.
Firn, R.D., and Clive G. Jones. 2000. “The Evolution of Secondary Metabolism - a Unifying Model”. Mol. Microbiol. 37: 989-94. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Firn-Jones_2000.pdf.
Firn, R.D., and Clive G. Jones. 1999. “Secondary Metabolism and the Risks of Genetically Modified Organisms”. Nature 400: 13-14. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Firn_&_Jones_1999_Secondary_metabolism_Nature_400_13-14.pdf.
Firn, R.D., and Clive G. Jones. 1998. “Avenues of Discovery in Bioprospecting”. Nature 393: 617. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Firn_&_Jones_1998_Avenues_Nature_383_617.pdf.
Firn, R.D., and Clive G. Jones. 1996. “An Explanation of Secondary Product ‘redundancy’”. Recent Adv. Phytochem 30: 295-312.
Firn, R.D., and Clive G. Jones. 1995. “Plants May Talk, But Can They Hear?”. Trends Ecol. Evol. 10: 371.