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  1. Testing the carbon starvation hypothesis using a late-successional neotropical tree species with green photosynthetic stems

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, June 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  2. Drought escape as an adaptive strategy across an aridity gradient in wild sunflower

    Article • May 2026, openRxiv

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  3. Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  4. Leaf Turgor Loss Does Not Coincide With Cell Plasmolysis in Drought‐Tolerant Chaparral Species

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, March 2025, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  5. Physiological Symptoms Induced by Drought Stress Outweigh Vascular Pathogen Infection in Walnut

    Article • Tree Physiology, March 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  6. Supporting inclusive scientific communities: Insights from the ATBC society survey

    Article • Biotropica, October 2024, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  7. Initial stomatal conductance increases photosynthetic induction of trees leaves more from sunlit than from shaded environments: a meta-analysis

    Article • Tree Physiology, October 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  8. Daily and seasonal changes of sap flow in Gamhong apple cultivar and estimate the tree-level transpiration using Penman-Monteith reference evapotranspiration

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, October 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  9. Drought stress influences foraging preference of a solitary bee on two wildflowers

    Article • Annals of Botany, March 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  10. The benefits of woody plant stem photosynthesis extend to hydraulic function and drought survival in Parkinsonia florida

    Article • Tree Physiology, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  11. Daily and Seasonal Changes of Sap Flow in Gamhong Apple Cultivar and Estimate the Tree-Level Transpiration Using Penman-Monteith Reference Evapotranspiration

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  12. Revealing genetic determinants of photosynthesis-related traits in citrus <i>via</i> genome-wide association studies

    Article • Fruit Research, January 2024, Maximum Academic Press

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  13. Effective rhizobia enhance legume growth during subsequent drought despite water costs associated with nitrogen fixation

    Article • Plant and Soil, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  14. Exploring the Phylogenetic Relationship among Citrus through Leaf Shape Traits: A Morphological Study on Citrus Leaves

    Article • Horticulturae, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  15. Biocrust carbon exchange varies with crust type and time on Chihuahuan Desert gypsum soils

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2023, Frontiers

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  16. Irrigated urban trees exhibit greater functional trait plasticity compared to natural stands

    Article • Biology Letters, January 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  17. Plant physiological indicators for optimizing conservation outcomes

    Article • Conservation Physiology, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  18. Time will tell: Towards high resolution temporal tree-ring isotope analyses

    Article • Tree Physiology, October 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  19. Convergence in phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in forests around the world

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  20. An expanded framework for wildland–urban interfaces and their management

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, June 2022, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  21. Large variation in availability of Maya food plant sources during ancient droughts

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  22. Stem functional traits, not just morphology, explain differentiation along the liana—tree continuum

    Article • Tree Physiology, September 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  23. Towards a statistically robust determination of minimum water potential and hydraulic risk in plants

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2021, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  24. Effects of temperature, soil moisture and light intensity on the temporal pattern of floral gene expression and flowering of avocado buds (Persea americana cv. Hass)

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, April 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  25. Species-specific performance and trade-off between growth and survival in the early-successional light-demanding group

    Article • Photosynthetica, March 2021, Institute of Experimental Botany

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  26. Unraveling the relative role of light and water competition between lianas and trees in tropical forests: A vegetation model analysis

    Article • Journal of Ecology, November 2020, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  27. Functional traits of leaves and photosynthetic stems of species from a sarcocaulescent scrub in the southern Baja California Peninsula

    Article • American Journal of Botany, October 2020, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  28. Shade tree species affect gas exchange and hydraulic conductivity of cacao cultivars in an agroforestry system

    Article • Tree Physiology, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  29. Hydraulic traits of Neotropical canopy liana and tree species across a broad range of wood density: implications for predicting drought mortality with models

    Article • Tree Physiology, August 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  30. Small biodiversity effects on leaf litter production of a seasonal heath vegetation

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, June 2020, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  31. Large hydraulic safety margins protect Neotropical canopy rainforest tree species against hydraulic failure during drought

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  32. Going underground: new approaches to assess dynamic root behaviour during drought

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2019, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  33. Physiological Responses of Onion Varieties to varying Photoperiod and Temperature Regimes

    Article • Agriculture, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  34. The physiological response of ‘Hass’ avocado to salinity as influenced by rootstock

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, October 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  35. Modeling of xylem vessel occlusion in grapevine

    Article • Tree Physiology, May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  36. Atlantic forest and leaf traits: an overview

    Article • Trees, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  37. Bayesian inference of hydraulic properties in and around a white fir using a process-based ecohydrologic model

    Article • Environmental Modelling & Software, May 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  38. Traits uncover quasi-neutral community assembly in a coastal heath vegetation

    Article • Journal of Plant Ecology, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  39. Costs and benefits of photosynthetic stems in desert species from southern California

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2019, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  40. X International Workshop on Sap Flow

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, November 2018, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  41. Climate and soils together regulate photosynthetic carbon isotope discrimination within C3 plants worldwide

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, September 2018, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  42. Stomatal behaviour and stem xylem traits are coordinated for woody plant species under exceptional drought conditions

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, August 2018, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  43. Evaluation of leaf carbon isotopes and functional traits in avocado reveals water-use efficient cultivars

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, August 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  44. Orchard establishment, precocity, and eco-physiological traits of several pomegranate cultivars

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, May 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  45. Isotopic composition of leaf carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) of deciduous and evergreen understorey trees in two tropical Brazilian Atlantic forests

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, March 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Angela Vitória, Professor Louis S. Santiago

  46. Coordination and trade-offs among hydraulic safety, efficiency and drought avoidance traits in Amazonian rainforest canopy tree species

    Article • New Phytologist, February 2018, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  47. Functional strategies of tropical dry forest plants in relation to growth form and isotopic composition

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, November 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  48. Stem photosynthesis and hydraulics are coordinated in desert plant species

    Article • New Phytologist, August 2017, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  49. High N, dry: Experimental nitrogen deposition exacerbates native shrub loss and nonnative plant invasion during extreme drought

    Article • Global Change Biology, April 2017, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  50. Reconciling seasonal hydraulic risk and plant water use through probabilistic soil–plant dynamics

    Article • Global Change Biology, February 2017, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  51. Using leaf δ13C and photosynthetic parameters to understand acclimation to irradiance and leaf age effects during tropical forest regeneration

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  52. Trade-offs between water transport capacity and drought resistance in neotropical canopy liana and tree species

    Article • Tree Physiology, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  53. Plant hydraulics as a central hub integrating plant and ecosystem function: meeting report for ‘Emerging Frontiers in Plant Hydraulics’ (Washington, DC, May 2015)

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, July 2016, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  54. Plant hydraulic responses to long-term dry season nitrogen deposition alter drought tolerance in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem

    Article • Oecologia, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  55. Tropical Tree Physiology

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  56. Is Photosynthesis Nutrient Limited in Tropical Trees?

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  57. Global‐scale environmental control of plant photosynthetic capacity

    Article • Ecological Applications, December 2015, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  58. Testing the ‘microbubble effect’ using the Cavitron technique to measure xylem water extraction curves

    Article • AoB Plants, August 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  59. Multiple strategies for drought survival among woody plant species

    Article • Functional Ecology, August 2015, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  60. Nutrient limitation of eco-physiological processes in tropical trees

    Article • Trees, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  61. Strong phylogenetic signals and phylogenetic niche conservatism in ecophysiological traits across divergent lineages of Magnoliaceae

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2015, Nature

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  62. Lianas always outperform tree seedlings regardless of soil nutrients: results from a long-term fertilization experiment

    Article • Ecology, July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  63. Global effects of soil and climate on leaf photosynthetic traits and rates

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, April 2015, Wiley

    Niels H. Batjes, Professor vincent maire, Professor Louis S. Santiago

  64. Extractable nitrogen and microbial community structure respond to grassland restoration regardless of historical context and soil composition

    Article • AoB Plants, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  65. Rapid recovery of photosynthesis and water relations following soil drying and re-watering is related to the adaptation of desert shrub Ephedra alata subsp. alenda (Ephedraceae) to arid environments

    Article • Environmental and Experimental Botany, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  66. Physiological implications of the liana growth form

    Article • October 2014, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  67. Stem, root, and older leaf N:P ratios are more responsive indicators of soil nutrient availability than new foliage

    Article • Ecology, August 2014, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  68. Determinants of change in subtropical tree diameter growth with ontogenetic stage

    Article • Oecologia, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  69. Can vessel dimension explain tolerance toward fungal vascular wilt diseases in woody plants? Lessons from Dutch elm disease and esca disease in grapevine

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, June 2014, Frontiers

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  70. Coordination of stem and leaf hydraulic conductance in southern California shrubs: a test of the hydraulic segmentation hypothesis

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2014, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  71. A Comparison of Sap Flow Measurements and Potometry in Two Tropical Lowland Tree Species with Contrasting Wood Properties

    Article • Revista de Biología Tropical, March 2014, Universidad de Costa Rica

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  72. Biogeomorphology of a Mojave Desert landscape — Configurations and feedbacks of abiotic and biotic land surfaces during landform evolution

    Article • Geomorphology, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  73. Nitric acid: Ozone's co-pollutant

    Article • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  74. PrometheusWiki Gold Leaf Protocol: gas exchange using LI-COR 6400

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2014, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  75. Biological soil crust community types differ in key ecological functions

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Jeffrey R. Johansen, Professor Louis S. Santiago

  76. Light use efficiency of California redwood forest understory plants along a moisture gradient

    Article • Oecologia, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  77. Ecological Role of Hybridization in Adaptive Radiations: A Case Study in theDubautia arborea–Dubautia ciliolata(Asteraceae) Complex

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, June 2013, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  78. Source water, phenology and growth of two tropical dry forest tree species growing on shallow karst soils

    Article • Trees, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  79. Exotic annuals reduce soil heterogeneity in coastal sage scrub soil chemical and biological characteristics

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  80. Forest dynamics of a subtropical monsoon forest in Dinghushan, China: recruitment, mortality and the pace of community change

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, February 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  81. Tropical tree seedling growth responses to nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium addition

    Article • Journal of Ecology, October 2011, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  82. Nutrients limit photosynthesis in seedlings of a lowland tropical forest tree species

    Article • Oecologia, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  83. Potassium, phosphorus, or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth, or litter production in a lowland tropical forest

    Article • Ecology, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Emma J Sayer, Dr. Michael Kaspari, Professor Louis S. Santiago

  84. Plant water status and hydraulic conductance during flowering in the southern California coastal sage shrub Salvia mellifera (Lamiaceae)

    Article • American Journal of Botany, July 2011, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  85. Consequences of light absorptance in calculating electron transport rate of desert and succulent plants

    Article • Photosynthetica, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  86. Nonparametric Tests for Homogeneity of Species Assemblages: A Data Depth Approach

    Article • Biometrics, March 2011, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  87. Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

    Article • Ecology Letters, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Yusuke Onoda, Professor Nathaniel J Dominy, Professor Louis S. Santiago

  88. Oceanographic anomalies and sea-level rise drive mangroves inland in the Pacific coast of Mexico

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, January 2011, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  89. Water relations of evergreen and drought-deciduous trees along a seasonally dry tropical forest chronosequence

    Article • Oecologia, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  90. Environmental regulation of carbon isotope composition and crassulacean acid metabolism in three plant communities along a water availability gradient

    Article • Oecologia, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  91. The incidence of crassulacean acid metabolism in Orchidaceae derived from carbon isotope ratios: a checklist of the flora of Panama and Costa Rica

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, June 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  92. Carbon stable isotopic composition of soluble sugars in Tillandsia epiphytes varies in response to shifts in habitat

    Article • Oecologia, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  93. Hydraulic constraints on photosynthesis in subtropical evergreen broad leaf forest and pine woodland trees of the Florida Everglades

    Article • Trees, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  94. Compensatory growth responses to defoliation and light availability in two native Mexican woody plant species

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, January 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  95. A unique web resource for physiology, ecology and the environmental sciences:PrometheusWiki

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2010, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  96. Can Growth Form Classification Predict Litter Nutrient Dynamics and Decomposition Rates in Lowland Wet Forest?

    Article • Biotropica, December 2009, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  97. Belowground nitrogen dynamics in relation to hurricane damage along a tropical dry forest chronosequence

    Article • Biodegradation, November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  98. Fog interception bySequoia sempervirens(D. Don) crowns decouples physiology from soil water deficit

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, July 2009, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  99. Crassulacean Acid Metabolism and Epiphytism Linked to Adaptive Radiations in the Orchidaceae

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, February 2009, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  100. Correlated Evolution of Leaf Shape and Physiology in the WoodySonchusAlliance (Asteraceae: Sonchinae) in Macaronesia

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, January 2009, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  101. Why are non-photosynthetic tissues generally 13C enriched compared with leaves in C3 plants? Review and synthesis of current hypotheses

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2009, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  102. Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

    Article • Ecology Letters, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  103. EXTENDING THE LEAF ECONOMICS SPECTRUM TO DECOMPOSITION: EVIDENCE FROM A TROPICAL FOREST

    Article • Ecology, May 2007, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  104. Nighttime transpiration in woody plants from contrasting ecosystems

    Article • Tree Physiology, April 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  105. Leaf functional traits of tropical forest plants in relation to growth form

    Article • Functional Ecology, February 2007, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  106. A review of volatile analytical methods for determining the botanical origin of honey

    Article • Food Chemistry, January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  107. Nutrient cycling and plant–soil feedbacks along a precipitation gradient in lowland Panama

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, June 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  108. Distribution of crassulacean acid metabolism in orchids of Panama: evidence of selection for weak and strong modes

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2005, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  109. Leaf productivity along a precipitation gradient in lowland Panama: patterns from leaf to ecosystem

    Article • Trees, December 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  110. Leaf photosynthetic traits scale with hydraulic conductivity and wood density in Panamanian forest canopy trees

    Article • Oecologia, July 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  111. Coordinated changes in photosynthesis, water relations and leaf nutritional traits of canopy trees along a precipitation gradient in lowland tropical forest

    Article • Oecologia, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  112. A Test of Gas Exchange Measurements on Excised Canopy Branches of Ten Tropical Tree Species

    Article • Photosynthetica, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  113. Use of Coarse Woody Debris by the Plant Community of a Hawaiian Montane Cloud Forest1

    Article • Biotropica, December 2000, Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  114. Transpiration and forest structure in relation to soil waterlogging in a Hawaiian montane cloud forest

    Article • Tree Physiology, May 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  115. Use of Coarse Woody Debris by the Plant Community of a Hawaiian Montane Cloud Forest1

    Article • Biotropica, January 2000, Association for Tropical Biology

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  116. Morphological and Physiological Responses of Hawaiian Hibiscus tiliaceus Populations to Light and Salinity

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, January 2000, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Louis S. Santiago

  117. Article • Wiley

    Professor Louis S. Santiago