Area of research
Global and Planetary Change · Nature and Landscape Conservation
Research interest
Research interests include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies, and Plant responses to water stress.
Simplification of woody plant trait networks among communities along a climatic aridity gradient
Pinpointing the causal influences of stomatal anatomy and behavior on minimum, operational, and maximum leaf surface conductance
Relationships of stomatal morphology to the environment across plant communities
Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity
The dynamic multi‐functionality of leaf water transport outside the xylem
The ecosystem wilting point defines drought response and recovery of a <scp> <i>Quercus‐Carya</i> </scp> forest
Thresholds for persistent leaf photochemical damage predict plant drought resilience in a tropical rainforest
Ghosts of dry seasons past: Legacy of severe drought enhances mangrove salinity tolerance through coordinated cellular osmotic and elastic adjustments
Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress
Leaf water potential measurements using the pressure chamber: Synthetic testing of assumptions towards best practices for precision and accuracy
Leaf trait network architecture shifts with species‐richness and climate across forests at continental scale
Predicting ecosystem productivity based on plant community traits
Thermal sensitivity across forest vertical profiles: patterns, mechanisms, and ecological implications
Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world
Leaf habit affects the distribution of drought sensitivity but not water transport efficiency in the tropics
Forest fluxes and mortality response to drought: model description (ORCHIDEE-CAN-NHA r7236) and evaluation at the Caxiuanã drought experiment
Contrasting adaptation and optimization of stomatal traits across communities at continental scale
Testing the association of relative growth rate and adaptation to climate across natural ecotypes of <i>Arabidopsis</i>
Detecting forest response to droughts with global observations of vegetation water content
Hydraulically‐vulnerable trees survive on deep‐water access during droughts in a tropical forest
Developmental and biophysical determinants of grass leaf size worldwide
Leaf turgor loss point shapes local and regional distributions of evergreen but not deciduous tropical trees
Plant Trait Networks: Improved Resolution of the Dimensionality of Adaptation
Global root traits (GRooT) database
Tree height and leaf drought tolerance traits shape growth responses across droughts in a temperate broadleaf forest
Prediction of leaf water potential and relative water content using terahertz radiation spectroscopy
Climatic sensitivity of species’ vegetative and reproductive phenology in a Hawaiian montane wet forest
A stomatal safety-efficiency trade-off constrains responses to leaf dehydration
Thresholds for leaf damage due to dehydration: declines of hydraulic function, stomatal conductance and cellular integrity precede those for photochemistry
Anatomical constraints to nonstomatal diffusion conductance and photosynthesis in lycophytes and bryophytes
Collaborative Research: Frontiers in Xylem/Phloem Integration: The Influence of Transport Physiology on Photosynthesis, Growth and Drought Responses from Leaves to Ecosystems
Collaborative Research: MRA: Scaling from Traits to Forest Ecosystem Fluxes and Responses to Climate Change, from Stand to Continent
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSE LEAF "HAIRSTYLES": INTEGRATIVE QUANTIFICATION OF ANATOMY, FUNCTION, EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY OF TRICHOMES
Functional and Genetic Basis of Leaf Venation: Testing and Expanding Theory and Core Knowledge with Arabidopsis Vein Mutants and Ecotypes
Collaborative Research: Meeting: Vascular Transport in Plants - Research Frontiers and Priorities (Washington, DC March 2015)
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Mechanisms for the decline of leaf hydraulic conductance with dehydration, and plant and environment level impacts
Collaborative Research: The Evolution of Leaf Form in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)
CAREER: The coordination of leaf hydraulics, structure and gas exchange
CAREER: The coordination of leaf hydraulics, structure and gas exchange