Louis S Santiago

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Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Coordinated changes in photosynthesis, water relations and leaf nutritional traits of canopy trees along a precipitation gradient in lowland tropical forest
    Louis S Santiago
    Department of Botany, University of Florida, P O Box 118526, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
    Oecologia 139:495-502. 2004
  2. ncbi Leaf photosynthetic traits scale with hydraulic conductivity and wood density in Panamanian forest canopy trees
    L S Santiago
    Department of Botany, University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, FL, USA
    Oecologia 140:543-50. 2004
  3. ncbi Nighttime transpiration in woody plants from contrasting ecosystems
    Todd E Dawson
    Department of Integrative Biology, Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    Tree Physiol 27:561-75. 2007
  4. ncbi Fog interception by Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) crowns decouples physiology from soil water deficit
    Kevin A Simonin
    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 3140, USA
    Plant Cell Environ 32:882-92. 2009
  5. ncbi A comparison of sap flow measurements and potometry in two tropical lowland tree species with contrasting wood properties
    Marco V Gutiérrez
    Universidad de Costa Rica, Estación Experimental Fabio Baudrit, Alajuela, Costa Rica
    Rev Biol Trop 54:73-81. 2006
  6. ncbi Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide
    William K Cornwell
    Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Department of Systems Ecology, Institute of Ecological Science, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Ecol Lett 11:1065-71. 2008

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Publications6

  1. ncbi Coordinated changes in photosynthesis, water relations and leaf nutritional traits of canopy trees along a precipitation gradient in lowland tropical forest
    Louis S Santiago
    Department of Botany, University of Florida, P O Box 118526, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
    Oecologia 139:495-502. 2004
    ..Overall, our study links coordinated change in leaf functional traits that affect productivity and nutrient cycling to seasonality in lowland tropical forests...
  2. ncbi Leaf photosynthetic traits scale with hydraulic conductivity and wood density in Panamanian forest canopy trees
    L S Santiago
    Department of Botany, University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, FL, USA
    Oecologia 140:543-50. 2004
    ..Our results indicate that understanding tree hydraulic architecture provides added insights to comparisons of leaf level measurements among species, and links photosynthetic allocation patterns with branch hydraulic processes...
  3. ncbi Nighttime transpiration in woody plants from contrasting ecosystems
    Todd E Dawson
    Department of Integrative Biology, Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    Tree Physiol 27:561-75. 2007
    ..We discuss the methodological, ecophysiological, and theoretical implications of the occurrence of E(n) or g(n) for investigations at a variety of scales...
  4. ncbi Fog interception by Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) crowns decouples physiology from soil water deficit
    Kevin A Simonin
    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 3140, USA
    Plant Cell Environ 32:882-92. 2009
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  5. ncbi A comparison of sap flow measurements and potometry in two tropical lowland tree species with contrasting wood properties
    Marco V Gutiérrez
    Universidad de Costa Rica, Estación Experimental Fabio Baudrit, Alajuela, Costa Rica
    Rev Biol Trop 54:73-81. 2006
    ..This resulted in the failure of the current version of the HDT to measure nocturnal water uptake, an important component of the water budget of at least one of the two species examined...
  6. ncbi Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide
    William K Cornwell
    Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Department of Systems Ecology, Institute of Ecological Science, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Ecol Lett 11:1065-71. 2008
    ..This connection between plant strategies and decomposability is crucial for both understanding vegetation-soil feedbacks, and for improving forecasts of the global carbon cycle...