For a full list of lab publications see Google Scholar
Selected Journal Articles
Ellsworth DS, Crous KY, De Kauwe MG, Verryckt LT, Goll D, Zaehle S, Bloomfield KJ, Ciais P, Cernusak LA, Domingues TF, Dusenge ME, Garcia S, Guerrieri R, Ishida FY, Janssens IA, Kenzo T, Ichie T, Medlyn BE, Meir P, Norby RJ, Reich PB, Rowland L, Santiago LS, Sun Y, Uddling J, Walker AP, Weerasinghe KWLK, van de Weg MJ, Zhang Y-B, Zhang J-L, Wright IJ (2022) Convergence in phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in forests around the world. Nature Communications 13:5005. [Link] |
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Fedick SL, Santiago LS (2021) Large variation in availability of Maya food plant sources during ancient droughts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119:e2115657118. [Link] |
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Meunier F, Verbeeck H, Cowdery B, Schnitzer SA, Smith-Martin CM, Powers JS, Xu X, Slot M, De Deurwaerder HPT, Detto M, Bonal D, Longo M, Santiago LS, Dietze M (2021) Unraveling the relative role of light and water competition between lianas and trees in tropical forests: A vegetation model analysis. Journal of Ecology 109:519-540. [Link] |
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Martínez-Vilalta J, Santiago LS, Poyatos R, Badiella L, de Cáceres M, Aranda I, Delzon S, Vilagrosa A, Mencuccini M (2021) Towards a statistically robust determination of minimum water potential and hydraulic risk in plants. New Phytologist 232:404-417. [Link] |
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Ávila-Lovera E, Haro R, Ezcurra E, Santiago LS (2019) Costs and benefits of photosynthetic stems in desert species from southern California. Functional Plant Biology 46:175-186 [Link] |
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Vitoria AP, Avila-Lovera E, Vieira TD, do Couto-Santos APL, Pereira TJ, Funch LS, Freitas L, de Miranda LDP, Rodrigues P, Rezende CE, Santiago LS (2018) Isotopic composition of leaf carbon (delta C-13) and nitrogen (delta N-15) of deciduous and evergreen understorey trees in two tropical Brazilian Atlantic forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 34:145-156 [Link] |
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Santiago LS, De Guzman ME, Baraloto C, Vogenberg J, Brodie M, Hérault B, Fortunel C, Bonal D (2018) Coordination and trade-offs among hydraulic safety, efficiency and drought avoidance traits in Amazonian rainforest canopy tree species. New Phytologist 218:1015-1024 [Link] |
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Pivovaroff AL, Cook VMW, Santiago LS (2018) Stomatal behaviour and stem xylem traits are coordinated for woody plant species under exceptional drought conditions. Plant, Cell & Environment 41:2617-2626 [Link] |
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Cornwell WK, Wright IJ, Turner J, Maire V, Barbour MM, Cernusak LA, Dawson T, Ellsworth D, Farquhar GD, Griffiths H, Keitel C, Knohl A, Reich PB, Williams DG, Bhaskar R, Cornelissen JHC, Richards A, Schmidt S, Valladares F, Körner C, Schulze E-D, Buchmann N, Santiago LS (2018) Climate and soils together regulate photosynthetic carbon isotope discrimination within C3 plants worldwide. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27:1056-1067 [Link] |
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Acosta-Rangel A, Avila-Lovera E, De Guzman ME, Torres L, Haro R, Arpaia ML, Focht E, Santiago LS (2018) Evaluation of leaf carbon isotopes and functional traits in avocado reveals water-use efficient cultivars. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 263:60-66 [Link] |
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Ávila-Lovera E, Zerpa AJ, Santiago LS (2017) Stem photosynthesis and hydraulics are coordinated in desert plant species. New Phytologist 216:1119-1129 [Link] |
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Goldstein G, Santiago LS (eds) (2016) Tropical Tree Physiology. Springer, Switzerland [Link] |
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Vitoria AP, Vieira TdO, Camargo PdB, Santiago LS (2016) Using leaf δ13C and photosynthetic parameters to understand acclimation to irradiance and leaf age effects during tropical forest regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management 379:50-60 [Link] |
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Sack L, Ball MC, Brodersen C, Davis SD, Des Marais DL, Donovan LA, Givnish TJ, Hacke UG, Huxman TE, Jansen S, Jacobsen AL, Johnson D, Koch GW, Maurel C, McCulloh KA, McDowell NG, McElrone AJ, Meinzer FC, Melcher PJ, North G, Pellegrini M, Pockman WT, Pratt RB, Sala A, Santiago LS, Savage JA, Scoffoni C, Sevanto S, Sperry JS, Tyreman SD, Way D, Holbrook NM (in press) Plant hydraulics as a central hub integrating plant and ecosystem function: meeting report for “Emerging Frontiers in Plant Hydraulics” (Washington, DC, May 2015). Plant, Cell & Environment 39:2085-2094 [Link] |
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Pivovaroff AL, Pasquini SC, De Guzman ME, Alstad KP, Stemke J, Santiago LS (2015) Multiple strategies for drought survival among woody plant species at a desert-chaparral ecotone. Functional Ecology 30:517-526 [Link] |
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Maire V, Wright IJ, Prentice C, Batjes NH, Bhaskar R, Bodegom Pv, Cornwell WK, Ellsworth DS, Niinemets Ü, Ordoñez J, Reich PB, Santiago LS (2015) Global soil and climate effects on leaf photosynthetic traits and rates. Global Ecology and Biogeography 6:706-717 [Link]
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Pivovaroff AL, Sack L, Santiago LS (2014) Coordination of stem and leaf hydraulic conductance in southern California shrubs: A test of the hydraulic segmentation hypothesis. New Phytologist 203:842:850 [Link]
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Pouzoulet J, Pivovaroff AL, Santiago LS, Rolshausen PE (2014) Can vessel dimension explain tolerance toward fungal vascular wilt diseases in woody plants? Lessons from Dutch elm disease and esca disease in grapevine. Frontiers in Plant Science 5:article 253 [Link] |
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Shen Y, Santiago LS, Ma L, Lin GJ, Lian JY, Cao HL, Ye WH (2013) Forest dynamics of a subtropical monsoon forest in Dinghushan, China: recruitment, mortality and the pace of community change. Journal of Tropical Ecology 29:131-145 [Link] |
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Santiago LS, Wright SJ, Harms KE, Yavitt JB, Korine C, Garcia MN, Turner BL (2012) Tropical tree seedling growth responses to nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium addition. Journal of Ecology 100:309-316 [Link] |
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Wright SJ, Yavitt JB, Wurzburger N, Turner BL, Tanner EVJ, Sayer EJ, Santiago LS, Kaspari M, Hedin LO, Harms KE, Garcia MN, Corre MD (2011) Potassium, phosphorus, or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth, or litter production in a lowland tropical forest. Ecology 92:1616–1625 [Link] |
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Onoda Y, Westoby M, Adler PB, Choong AMF, Clissold FJ, Cornelissen JHC, Díaz S, Dominy NJ, Elgart A, Enrico L, Fine PVA, Howard JJ, Jalili A, Kitajima K, Kurokawa H, McArthur C, Lucas PW, Markesteijn L, Pérez-Harguindeguy N, Poorter L, Richards L, Santiago LS, Sosinski EE, Van Bael SA, Warton DI, Wright IJ, Joseph Wright S, Yamashita N (2011) Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties. Ecology Letters 14:301-312 [Link] |
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Sack L, Cornwell WK, Santiago LS, Barbour MM, Choat B, Evans JR, Nicotra AB (2010) A unique web resource for physiology, ecology and the environmental sciences: PrometheusWiki. Functional Plant Biology 37:687-693 [Link] |
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Simonin KA, Santiago LS, Dawson TE (2009) Fog interception by Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) crowns decouples physiology from soil water deficit. Plant, Cell & Environment 32:882-892 [Link] |
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Silvera K, Santiago LS, Cushman JC, Winter K (2009) Crassulacean acid metabolism and epiphytism linked to adaptive radiations in the Orchidaceae. Plant Physiology 149:1838-1847 [Link] |
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Cernusak LA, Tscherkez G, Keitel C, Cornwell WK, Santiago LS, Knohl A, Barbour MM, Williams DG, Reich PB, Ellsworth DS, Dawson TE, Griffiths HG, Farquhar GD, Wright IJ (2009) Why are non-photosynthetic tissues generally 13C enriched compared to leaves in C3 plants? Review and synthesis of current hypotheses. Functional Plant Biology 36:199-213 [Link] |
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Cornwell WK, Cornelissen JHC, Amatangelo K, Dorrepaal E, Eviner VT, Godoy O, Hobbie SE, Hoorens B, Kurokawa H, Perez-Harguindeguy N, Quested HM, Santiago LS, Wardle DA, Wright IJ, Aerts R, Allison S, Bodegom Pv, Brovkin V, Chatain A, Callaghan T, Díaz S, Garnier E, Gurvich DE, Kazakou E, Klein JA, Read J, Reich PB, Soudzilovskaia NA, Vaieretti MV, Westoby M (2008) Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide. Ecology Letters, 11:1065-1071 [Link] |
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Santiago LS (2007) Extending the leaf economics spectrum to decomposition: Evidence from a tropical forest. Ecology, 88:1126-1131 [Link] |
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Dawson TE, Burgess SSO, Tu KP, Oliveira RS, Santiago LS, Fisher JB, Simonin KA, Ambrose AR (2007) Nighttime transpiration in woody plants from contrasting ecosystems. Tree Physiology, 27:561-575 [Link] |
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Santiago LS, Wright SJ (2007) Leaf functional traits of tropical forest plants in relation to growth form. Functional Ecology, 21:19-27 [Link] |
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Silvera K, Santiago LS, Winter K (2005) Distribution of crassulacean acid metabolism in orchids of Panama: evidence of selection for weak and strong modes. Functional Plant Biology, 32:397-407 [Link] |
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Santiago LS, Goldstein G, Meinzer FC, Fisher JB, Machado K, Woodruff D, Jones T (2004) Leaf photosynthetic traits scale with hydraulic conductivity and wood density in Panamanian forest canopy trees. Oecologia 140:543-550 [Link] |
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Santiago LS, Goldstein G, Meinzer FC, Fownes J, Mueller-Dombois D (2000) Transpiration and forest structure in relation to soil waterlogging in a Hawaiian montane cloud forest. Tree Physiology 20:673-681 [Link] |
Book Chapters
Santiago LS, Bonal D, De Guzman ME, Ávila-Lovera E (2016) Drought Survival Strategies of Tropical Trees. In: Goldstein G, Santiago LS (eds) Tropical Tree Physiology: adaptations and responses in a changing environment. Springer International, Switzerland, pp 243-258 |
Santiago LS, Goldstein G (2016) Is photosynthesis nutrient limited in tropical trees. In: Goldstein G, Santiago LS (eds) Tropical Tree Physiology: adaptations and responses in a changing environment. Springer International, Switzerland, pp 299-315 |
Campanello PI, Manzané E, Villagra M, Zhang Y-J, Panizza AM, di Francescantonio D, Rodriguez SA, Chen Y-J, Santiago LS, Goldstein G (2016) Carbon allocation and water relations of lianas versus trees. In: Goldstein G, Santiago LS (eds) Tropical Tree Physiology: adaptations and responses in a changing environment. Springer International, Switzerland, pp 103-124 |
Goldstein G, Santiago LS, Campanello PI, Avalos G, Zhang Y-J, Villagra M (2016) Facing shortage or excessive light: how tropical and subtropical trees adjust their photosynthetic behavior and life history traits to a dynamic forest environment. In: Goldstein G, Santiago LS (eds) Tropical Tree Physiology: adaptations and responses in a changing environment. Springer International, Switzerland, pp 319-336 |
Santiago LS, Pasquini SC, De Guzman ME (2015) Physiological implications of the liana growth form. In: Schnitzer SA, Bongers F, Burnham R, Putz FE (eds) Ecology of Lianas. John Wiley & Sons, Oxford, UK, pp 288-298
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Santiago LS, Jones T, Goldstein G (2010) Physiological variation in Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha across a range of habitats: from dry forests to cloud forests. In: Bruijnzeel LA, Scatena FN, Hamilton JG, (eds) Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Cambridge University Press |