Holbrook Lab publications
2012
- Bucci, S.J., F.G. Scholz, P.I. Campanello, L. Montti, M. Jimenez-Castillo, F.A. Rockwell, L. La Manna, P. Guerra, P.L. Bernal, O. Troncoso, J. Enricci, N.M. Holbrook and G. Goldstein. 2012 Hydraulic differences along the water transport system of South American Nothofagus species: do leaves protect the stem functionality? Tree Physiology 32, 880-893. PDF
- Cohen, S. J. Wheeler and N.M. Holbrook. 2012 The radial and azimuthal (or tangential) distribution of sap velocity in tree stems - why and can we predict it? Proceedings of the VIIIth International Workshop on Sap Flow. Eds. L. Sebastiani et al., Acta Hort 95, IHSH.
- Gilbert, M.E., A. Pou, M.A. Zwieniecki and N.M. Holbrook. 2012 On measuring the response of mesophyll conductance to carbon dioxide with the variable J method. Journal of Experimental Botany 63,413-425. PDF
- Jensen, K.H., D.L. Mullendore, N.M. Holbrook, T. Bohr, M. Knoblauch and H. Bruus. 2012 Modeling the hydrodynamics of phloem sieve plates. Frontiers of Plant Biophysics and Modeling 3, Article 151. PDF
- Lee, J., N.M. Holbrook and M.A. Zwieniecki 2012 Ion induced changes in the structure of bordered pit membranes. Frontiers in Plant Science.doi: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00055. PDF
- Melcher, P.J., N.M. Holbrook, M.J. Burns, M.A. Zwieniecki, A.R. Cobb, T.J. Brodribb, B. Choat and L. Sack. 2012 Measurements of stem xylem hydraulic conductivity in the laboratory and field. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3, 685-694.
- Sevanto, S., N.M. Holbrook and M.C. Ball. 2012 Freeze/thaw-induced embolism: probability of critical bubble formation depends on speed of ice formation. Frontiers in Plant Biophysics and Modeling 3, Article 107. PDF
2011
- Gilbert, M.E., A. Pou, M.A. Zwieniecki and N.M. Holbrook. 2012 On measuring the response of mesophyll conductance to carbon dioxide with the variable J method. Journal of Experimental Botany 63,413-425. PDF
- Gilbert, M.E., M.A. Zwieniecki and N.M. Holbrook. 2011 Independent variation in photosynthetic capacity and stomatal conductance leads to differences in intrinsic water use efficiency in 11 soybean genotypes before and during mild drought. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, 2875-2887. PDF
- Gilbert, M.E., N.M. Holbrook, M.A. Zwieniecki, W. Sadok and T.R. Sinclair. 2011 Field confirmation of genetic variation in soybean transpiration response to vapor pressure deficit and photosynthetic compensation. Field Crops Research 124, 85-92. PDF
- Hao, G-Y., G. Goldstein, L. Sack, N.M. Holbrook, Z.H. Liu, Y. Wang, R.D. Harrison, Z.H. Su and K.F. Cao. 2011 Ecology of hemiepiphyism in fig species is based on evolutionary correlation of hydraulics and carbon economy. Ecology 92, 2117-2130. PDF
- Jensen, K.H., J. Lee, T. Bohr, H. Bruus, N.M. Holbrook and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2011 Optimality of the Münch mechanism for translocation of sugars in plants. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 8, 1155-1165. PDF
- Leigh, A., M.A. Zwieniecki, F.E. Rockwell, C.K. Boyce, A.B. Nicotra and N.M. Holbrook. 2011 Structural and hydraulic correlates of heterophylly in Ginkgo biloba. New Phytologist 189, 459-470. PDF
- Rockwell, F.E., N.M. Holbrook and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2011 Hydraulic conductivity of red oak (Quercus rubra L.) leaf tissue does not respond to light. Plant, Cell and Environment 34, 565-579. PDF
- Sevanto, S., T. Hölttä and N.M. Holbrook. 2011 Effects of the hydraulic coupling between xylem and phloem on diurnal phloem diameter variation. Plant, Cell and Environment 34, 690-703. PDF
2010
- Cedeño, L.F., N.M. Holbrook, O.J. Rocha, N. Vásquez and M.V. Gutiérrez-Soto. 2010 Phenology, lignotubers, and water relations of Cochlospermum vitifolium, a pioneer tropical dry forest tree in Costa Rica. Biotropica 42, 104-111. PDF
- Watkins Jr., J.E., N.M. Holbrook and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2010 Hydraulic properties of fern sporophytes: consequences for ecological and evolutionary diversification. American Journal of Botany 97, 2007-2019. PDF
2009
- Damari-Weissler, H., S. Rachamilevitch, R. Aloni, M.A. German, S. Cohen, M.A. Zwieniecki, N.M. Holbrook and D. Granot. 2009 LeFRK2 is required for phloem and xylem differentiation and the transport of both sugar and water. Planta 230, 795-805. PDF
- Saha, S., N.M. Holbrook, L. Montti, G. Goldstein and G.K. Cardinot. 2009 Water relations of Chusquea ramosissima and Merostachys claussenii in Iguazu National Park, Argentina. Plant Physiology 149, 1992-1999. PDF
- Sudderth, E.A., F.J. Espinosa-Garcia and N.M. Holbrook. 2009 Geographic distributions and physiological characteristics of co-existing Flaveria species in south-central Mexico. Flora 204, 89-98. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A. and N.M. Holbrook. 2009 Confronting Maxwell's demon: biophysics of xylem embolism repair. Trends in Plant Science 14, 530-534. PDF
2008
- Gorska, A., Q. Ye, N.M. Holbrook and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2008 Nitrate control of root hydraulic properties in plants: translating local information to whole plant response. Plant Physiology 148, 1159-1167. PDF
- Gorska, A., A. Zwieniecka, N.M. Holbrook and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2008 Nitrate induction of root hydraulic conductivity in maize is not correlated with aquaporin expression. Planta 228, 989-998. PDF
- Gutiérrez-Soto, M.V., A. Pacheco and N.M. Holbrook. 2008 Leaf age and the timing of leaf abscission in two tropical dry forest trees. Trees 22, 393-401. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M. and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2008 Transporting water to the tops of trees. Physics Today 61, 76-77. PDF
- Noblin, X., L. Mahadevan, I.A. Coomaraswamy, D.A. Weitz, N.M. Holbrook and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2008 Optimal vein density in artificial and real leaves. Proceedings of the National Association of Science 105, 9140-9144. PDF
- Sack, L., E.M. Dietrich, C.M. Streeter, D. Sánchez-Gómez and N.M. Holbrook. 2008 Leaf palmate venation and vascular redundancy confer tolerance of hydraulic disruption. Proceedings of the National Association of Science 105, 1567-1572. PDF
- Sevanto, S., E. Nikinmaa, A. Riikonen, M. Daley, J. C. Pettijohn, T.N. Mikkelsen, N. Phillips and N.M. Holbrook. 2008 Linking xylem diameter variations with sap flow measurements. Plant Soil 305, 77-90. PDF
- Sinclair, T.R., M.A. Zwieniecki and N.M. Holbrook. 2008 Low leaf hydraulic conductance associated with drought tolerance in soybean. Physiologia Plantarum 132, 446-451. PDF
- Wilson, J.P., A.H. Knoll, N.M. Holbrook and C.R. Marshall. 2008 Modeling fluid flow in Medullosa, an anatomically unusual Carboniferous seed plant. Paleobiology 34, 472-493. PDF
- Ye, Q., N.M. Holbrook and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2008 Cell-to-cell pathway dominates xylem-epidermis hydraulic connection in Tradescantia fluminensis (Vell. Conc.) leaves. Planta 227, 1311-1319. PDF
2007
- Brodribb, T.J. and N.M. Holbrook. 2007 Forced depression of leaf hydraulic conductance in situ: effects on the leaf gas exchange of forest trees. Functional Ecology 21, 705-712. PDF
- Choat, B., L. Sack and N.M. Holbrook. 2007 Diversity of hydraulic traits in nine Cordia species growing in tropical forests with contrasting precipitation. New Phytologist 175, 686-698. PDF
- Cobb, A.R., B. Choat and N.M. Holbrook. 2007 Dynamics of freeze-thaw embolism in Smilax rotundifolia (Smilacaceae). American Journal of Botany 94, 640-649. PDF
- Gloser, V., M.A. Zwieniecki, C.M. Orians and N.M. Holbrook. 2007 Dynamic changes in root hydraulic properties in response to nitrate availability. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 2409-2415. PDF
- Rojas-Jiménez, K., N.M. Holbrook and M.V. Gutiérrez-Soto. 2007 Dry-season leaf flushing of Enterolobium cyclocarpum (ear-pod tree): above- and belowground phenology and water relations. Tree Physiology 27, 1561-1568. PDF
- Spicer, R. and N.M. Holbrook. 2007 Parenchyma cell respiration and survival in secondary xylem: does metabolic activity decline with cell age? Plant, Cell and Environment 30, 934-943. PDF
- Stuart, S.A., B. Choat, K.C. Martin, N.M. Holbrook and M.C. Ball. 2007 The role of freezing in setting the latitudinal limits of mangrove forests. New Phytologist 173, 576-583. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A., T.J. Brodribb and N.M. Holbrook. 2007 Hydraulic design of leaves: insights from rehydration kinetics. Plant, Cell and Environment 30, 910-921. PDF
2006
- Brodribb, T.J. and N.M. Holbrook. 2006 Declining hydraulic efficiency as transpiring leaves desiccate: two types of response. Plant, Cell and Environment 29, 2205-2215. PDF
- Chapotin, SM., J.H. Razanameharizaka and N.M. Holbrook. 2006 A biomechanical perspective on the role of large stem volume and high water content in boabab trees (Adansonia spp.; Bombacaceae). American Journal of Botany 93, 1251-1264. PDF
- Chapotin, SM., J.H. Razanameharizaka and N.M. Holbrook. 2006 Baobab trees (Adansonia) in Madagascar use stored water to flush new leaves but not to support stomatal opening before the rainy season. New Phytologist 169, 549-559. PDF
- Chapotin, SM., J.H. Razanameharizaka and N.M. Holbrook. 2006 Water relations of baobab trees (Adansonia spp. L.) druing the rainy season: does stem water buffer daily water deficits? Plant, Cell and Environment 29, 1021-1032. PDF
- Choat, B., T.W. Brodie, A.R. Cobb, M.A. Zwieniecki and N.M. Holbrook. 2006 Direct measurements of intervessel pit membrane hydraulic resistance in two angiosperm tree species. American Journal of Botany 93, 993-1000. PDF
- Lovelock, C.E., M.C. Ball, B. Choat, B.M.J. Engelbrecht, N.M. Holbrook and I.C. Feller. 2006 Linking physiological processes with mangrove forest structure: phosphorous deficiency limits canopy development, hydraulic conductivity and photosynthetic carbon gain in dwarf Rhizophora mangle. Plant, Cell and Environment 29, 793-802. PDF
- Sack, L. and N.M. Holbrook. 2006 Leaf hydraulics. Annual Review of Plant Biology 57, 361-381. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A., H.A. Stone, A. Leigh, C.K. Boyce and N.M. Holbrook. 2006 Hydraulic design of pine needles: one-dimensional optimization for single-vein leaves. Plant, Cell and Environment 29, 803-809. PDF
2005
- Brodribb, T.J. and N.M. Holbrook. 2005 Leaf physiology does not predict leaf habit; examples from tropical dry forest. Trees 19, 290-295. PDF
- Brodribb, T.J. and N.M. Holbrook. 2005 Water stress deforms tracheids peripheral to the leaf vein of a tropical conifer. Plant Physiology 137, 1139-1146. PDF
- Brodribb, T.J., N.M. Holbrook and R.S. Hill. 2005 Seedling growth in conifers and angiosperms: impacts of contrasting xylem structure. Australian Journal of Botany 53, 749-755. PDF
- Brodribb, T.J., N.M. Holbrook, M.A. Zwieniecki and B. Palma. 2005 Leaf hydraulic capacity in ferns, conifers and angiosperms: impacts on photosynthetic maxima. New Phytologist 165, 839-846. PDF
- Choat, B., E.C. Lahr, P.J. Melcher, M.A. Zwieniecki and N.M. Holbrook. 2005 The spatial pattern of air seeding thresholds in mature sugar maple trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 28, 1082-1089. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M. and A.C. Franco. 2005 From wet to dry: tropical trees in relation to water availability. Trees 19, 280-281. PDF
- Sack, L., M.T. Tyree and N.M. Holbrook. 2005 Leaf hydraulic architecture correlates with regeneration irradiance in tropical rainforest trees. New Phytologist 167, 403-413. PDF
- Silk, W.K. and N.M. Holbrook. 2005 The importance of frictional interactions in maintaining the stability of the twining habit. American Journal of Botany 92, 1820-1826. PDF
- Spicer, R. and N.M. Holbrook. 2005 Within-stem oxygen concentration and sap flow in four temperate tree species: does long-lived xylem parenchyma experience hypoxia? Plant, Cell and Environment 28, 192-201. PDF
2004
- Bloom, A.J., M.A. Zwieniecki, J.B. Passioura, L.B. Randall, N.M. Holbrook and D.A. St. Clair. 2004 Water relations under root chilling in a sensitive and tolerant tomato species. Plant, Cell and Environment 27, 971-979. PDF
- Brodribb, T.J. and N.M. Holbrook. 2004 Diurnal depression of leaf hydraulic conductance in a tropical tree species. Plant, Cell and Environment 27, 820-827. PDF
- Brodribb, T.J. and N.M. Holbrook. 2004 Stomatal protection against hydraulic failure: a comparison of coexisting ferns and angiosperms. New Phytologist 162, 663-670. PDF
- Reich, A., N.M. Holbrook and J.J. Ewel. 2004 Developmental and physiological correlates of leaf size in Hyeronima alchorneoides (Euphorbiaceae). American Journal of Botany 91, 582-589. PDF
- Sack, L., C.M. Streeter and N.M. Holbrook. 2004 Hydraulic analysis of water flow through leaves of sugar maple and red oak. Plant Physiology 134, 1824-1833. PDF
- Thompson, M.V. and N.M. Holbrook. 2004 Root-gel interactions and the root waving behavior of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 135, 1822-1837. PDF
- Thompson, M.V. and N.M. Holbrook. 2004 Scaling phloem transport: information transmission. Plant, Cell and Environment 27, 509-519. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A., C.K. Boyce and N.M. Holbrook. 2004 Functional design space of single-veined leaves: role of tissue hydraulic properties in constraining leaf size and shape. Annals of Botany 94, 507-513. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A., C.K. Boyce and N.M. Holbrook. 2004 Hydraulic limitations imposed by crown placement determine final size and shape of Quercus rubra L. leaves. Plant, Cell and Environment 27, 357-365. PDF
2003
- Brodribb, T.J. and N.M. Holbrook. 2003 Changes in leaf hydraulic conductance during leaf shedding in seasonally dry tropical forest. New Phytologist 158, 295-303. PDF
- Brodribb, T.J. and N.M. Holbrook. 2003 Stomatal closure during leaf dehydration, correlation with other leaf physiological traits. Plant Physiology 132: 2166-2173. PDF
- Brodribb, T.J., N.M. Holbrook, E.J. Edwards and M.V. Gutierrez. 2003 Relations between stomatal closure, leaf turgor and xylem vulnerability in eight tropical dry forest trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 26, 443-450. PDF
- Chapotin, S.M., N.M. Holbrook, S.R. Morse and M.V. Gutierrez. 2003 Water relations of tropical dry forest flowers: pathways for water entry and the role of extracellular polysaccharides. Plant, Cell and Environment 26, 623-630. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M. and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2003 Plant biology - Water gate. Nature 425, 361. PDF
- Melcher, P.J., M.A. Zwieniecki and N.M. Holbrook. 2003 Vulnerability of xylem vessels to cavitation in sugar maple. Scaling from individual vessels to whole branches. Plant Physiology 131, 1775-1780. PDF
- Sack, L., P.D. Cowan and N.M. Holbrook. 2003 The major veins of mesomorphic leaves, revisited: texts for conductive overload in Acer saccharum (Aceraceae) and Quercus rubra (Fagaceae). American Journal of Botany 90, 32-39. PDF
- Sack, L. P.D. Cowan, N. Jaikumar and N.M. Holbrook. 2003 The 'hydrology' of leaves: co-ordination of structure and function in temperate woody species. Plant, Cell and Environment 26, 1343-1356. PDF
- Thompson, M.V. and N.M. Holbrook. 2003 Application of a single-solute non-steady-state phloem model to the study of long-distance assimilate transport. Journal of Theoretical Biology 220, 419-455. PDF
- Thompson, M.V. and N.M. Holbrook. 2003 Scaling phloem transport: water potential equilibrium and osmoregulatory flow. Plant, Cell and Environment 26, 1561-1577. PDF
- Thompson, M.V., B. Palma, J.T. Knowles and N.M. Holbrook. 2003 Multi-annual climate in Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar, Atacama Desert, Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 76, 235-254. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A., C.M. Orians, P.J. Melcher and N.M. Holbrook. 2003 Ionic control of lateral exchange of water between vascular bundles in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany 54, 1399-1405. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A., M.V. Thompson and N.M. Holbrook. 2003 Understanding the hydraulics of porous pipes: tradeoffs between water uptake and root length utilization. Journal of Plant Growth Regulators 21, 315-323. PDF
2002
- Brodribb, T.J., N.M. Holbrook and M.V. Gutierrez. 2002 Hydraulic and photosynthetic co-ordination in seasonally dry tropical forest trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 25, 1435-1444. PDF
- Catovsky, S., N.M. Holbrook and F.A. Bazzaz. 2002 Coupling whole-tree transpiration and canopy photosynthesis in coniferous and broad-leaved tree species. Canadian Journal of Forest Science 32, 295-309. PDF
- Feild, T.S., T.J. Brodribb and N.M. Holbrook. 2002 Hardly a relict: freezing and the evolution of vesselless wood in Winteraceae. Evolution 56, 464-478. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M., V.R. Sashidhar, R.A. James and R. Munns. 2002 Stomatal control in tomato with ABA-deficient roots: response of grafted plants to soil drying. Journal of Experimental Botany 53, 1503-1514. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M., M.A. Zwieniecki and P.J. Melcher. 2002 The dynamics of "dead wood": maintenance of water transport through plant stems. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42, 492-496. PDF
- Sack, L., P.J. Melcher, M.A. Zwieniecki and N.M. Holbrook. 2002 The hydraulic conductance of the angiosperm leaf lamina: a comparison of three measurement methods. Journal of Experimental Botany 53, 2177-2184. PDF
- Timmins, G.S., N.M. Holbrook and T.S. Feild. 2002 Le rouge et le noir: are anthocyanins plant melanins? Advances in Botanical Research 37, 18-35. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A., P.J. Melcher, C.K. Boyce, L. Sack and N.M. Holbrook. 2002 Hydraulic architechture of leaf venation in Laurus nobilis L. Plant, Cell and Environment 25, 1445-1450. PDF
2001
- Cavender-Bares, J. and N.M. Holbrook. 2001 Hydraulic properties and freezing-induced cavitation in sympatric evergreen and deciduous oaks with contrasting habitats. Plant, Cell and Environment 24, 1243-1256. PDF
- Feild, T.S., D.W. Lee and N.M. Holbrook. 2001 Why leaves turn red in autumn: The role of anthocyanins in senescing leaves of red-osier dogwood. Plant Physiology 127, 566-574. PDF
- Feild, T.S., T. Brodribb, T. Jaffree and N.M. Holbrook. 2001 Acclimation of leaf anatomy, photosynthetic light use, and xylem hydraulics to light in Amborella trichopoda (Amborellaceae). International Journal of Plant Science 162, 999-1008. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M., E.T. Ahrens, M.J. Burns and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2001 In vivo observation of cavitation and embolism repair using magnetic resonance imaging. Plant Physiology 126, 27-31. PDF
- Melcher, P.J., G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, D.E. Yount, T.J. Jones, N.M. Holbrook and C.X. Huang. 2001 Water relations of coastal and estuarine Rhizophora mangle: The dynamics of embolism formation and repair. Oecologia 126, 182-192. PDF
- Scher, J.L., N.M. Holbrook and W.K. Silk. 2001 Temporal and spatial patterns of twining force and lignification in stems of lpomoea purpurea. Planta 213, 192-198. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A., P.J. Melcher and N.M. Holbrook. 2001 Hydrogel control of xylem hydraulic resistance in plants. Science 291, 1059-1062. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A., P.J. Melcher and N.M. Holbrook. 2001 Hydraulic properties of individual xylem vessels of Fraxinus americana. Journal of Experimental Botany 52, 257-264. PDF
2000
- Feild, T.S., M.A. Zwieniecki and N.M. Holborok. 2000 Winteraceae evolution: An ecophysiological perspective. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 87, 323-334. PDF
- Feild, T.S. and N.M. Holbrook. 2000 Xylem sap flow and stem hydraulics of the vesselless angiosperm Drimys granadensis (Winteraceae) in a Costa Rican elfin forest. Plant, Cell and Environment 23, 1067-1077. PDF
- Feild, T.S., M.A. Zwieniecki, T. Brodribb, T. Jaffré , M.J. Donoghue and N.M. Holbrook. 2000 Structure and function of tracheary elements in Amborella trichopoda. International Journal of Plant Science 161, 705-712. PDF
- Silk, W.K., N.M. Holbrook and C. Jessup. 2000 The forceful nature of twining vines. In: H.-C. Spatz and T. Speck (eds.), Plant Biomechanics, pp. 638-646. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart.
- Zwieniecki, M.A., L. Hutyra, M.V. Thompson and N.M. Holbrook. 2000 Dynamic changes in petiole specific conductivity in red maple (Acer rubrum L.), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) and northern fox grape (Vitis labrusca L.). Plant, Cell and Environment 23, 407-414. PDF
- Zwieniecki, M.A. and N.M. Holbrook. 2000 Bordered pit structure and vessel wall surface properties. Implications for embolism repair. Plant Physiology 123, 1015-1020. PDF
1999
- Clearwater, M.J., F.C. Meinzer, J.L. Andrade, G. Goldstein and N.M. Holbrook. 1999 Potential errors in measurement of nonuniform sap flow using heat dissipation probes. Tree Physiology 19, 681-688. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M. and M.A. Zwieniecki. 1999 Embolism repair and xylem tension: do we need a miracle? Plant Physiology 120, 7-10. PDF
- Meinzer, F.C., J.L. Andrade, G. Goldstein, N.M. Holbrook, J. Cavelier and S.J. Wright. 1999 Partitioning of soil water among canopy trees in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Oecologia 121, 293-301. PDF
1998
- Andrade, J.L., F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein, N.M. Holbrook, J. Cavelier, P. Jackson and K. Silvera. 1998 Regulation of water flux through trunks, branches, and leaves in trees of a lowland tropical forest. Oecologia 115, 463-471. PDF
- Feild, T.S., M.A. Zwieniecki, M.J. Donoghue and N.M. Holbrook. 1998 Stomatal plugs of Drimys winteri (Winteraceae) protect leaves from mist but not drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95, 14256-14259. PDF
- Goldstein, G., J.L. Andrade, F.C. Meinzer, N.M. Holbrook, J. Cavelier, P. Jackson and A. Celis. 1998 Stem water storage and diurnal patterns of water use in tropical forest canopy trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 21, 397-406. PDF
- Thompson, M.V., N.M. Holbrook and B. Palma. 1998 Water relations of Nolana flaccida in Parque Nacional Pan de AzĂșcar, Chile. Pharos: Arte, Ciencia y TechnologĂa 5, 5-26.
- Zwieniecki, M.A. and N.M. Holbrook. 1998 Diurnal variation in xylem hydraulic conductivity in white ash (Fraxinus americana L.), red maple (Acer rubrum L.) and red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.). Plant, Cell and Environment 21, 1173-1180. PDF
1997
- Fredeen, A.L., J.T. Randerson, N.M. Holbrook and C.B. Feild. 1997 Elevated atmospheric CO2 increases water availability in a water-limited grassland ecosystem. Journal of American Water Resources Association 33, 1033-1039. PDF
- Meinzer, F.C., J.L. Andrade, G. Goldstein, N.M. Holbrook, J. Cavelier and P. Jackson. 1997 Control of transpiration from the upper canopy of a tropical forest: the role of stomatal, boundary layer and hydraulic architecture components. Plant, Cell and Environment 20, 1242-1252. PDF
1996
- Goldstein, G., F.C. Meinzer, L. Sternberg, P. Jackson, J. Cavelier and N.M. Holbrook. 1996 Evaluating aspects for water economy and photosynthetic performance with stable isotopes from water and organic matter. In: A.P. Smith, S.S. Mulkey and R.L. Chazdon (eds.), Tropical Forest Plant Ecophysiology, pp. 244-267. Chapman and Hall Publishing Co.
- Holbrook, N.M. and F.E. Putz. 1996 From epiphyte to tree: differences in leaf structure and leaf water relations associated with the transition in growth form in eight species of hemiepiphytes. Plant, Cell and Environment 19, 631-642. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M. and F.E. Putz. 1996 Water relations of epiphytic and terrestrially-rooted strangler figs in a Venezuelan palm savanna. Oecologia 106, 424-431. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M. and F.E. Putz. 1996 Physiology of tropical vines and hemiepiphytes: Plants that climb up and plants that climb down. In: A.P. Smith, S.S. Mulkey and R.L. Chazdon (eds.), Tropical Forest Plant Ecophysiology, pp. 363-394. Chapman and Hall Publishing Co.
1995
- Holbrook, N.M. 1995 Stem water storage. In: B.L. Gartner (ed.), Stems and Trunks in Plant Form and Function, pp. 151-174. Academic Press, San Diego.
- Holbrook, N.M., M.J. Burns and C.B. Field. 1995 Negative xylem pressures in plants: a test of the balancing pressure technique. Science 270, 1193-1194. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M. and C.P. Lund. 1995 Photosynthesis in forest canopies. In: M. Lowman and N. Nadkarni (eds.), Forest Canopies: Research on a Biological Frontier, pp. 411-430. Academic Press, San Diego.
- Holbrook, N.M., J.L. Whitbeck and H.A. Mooney. 1995 Drought responses of neotropical dry forest trees. In: S. Bullock, H.A. Mooney and E. Medina (eds.), Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest, pp. 243.276. Academic Press.
- Jackson, P.C., J. Cavelier, G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer and N.M. Holbrook. 1995 Partitioning of water resources among plants of a lowland tropical forest. Oecologia 101, 197-203. PDF
- Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, P. Jackson, N.M. Holbrook, M.V. Gutiérrez and J. Cavelier. 1995 Environmental and physiological regulation of transpiration in tropical forest gap species: the influence of boundary layer and hydraulic properties. Oecologia 101, 514-522. PDF
- Putz, F.E., G. Romano and N.M. Holbrook. 1995 Comparative phenology of epiphytic and tree-phase strangler figs in a Venezuelan palm savanna. Biotropica 27, 183-189. PDF
- Rich, P.M., N.M. Holbrook and N. Luttinger. 1995 Leaf development and crown geometry of two iriarteoid palms. American Journal of Botany 82, 328-336. PDF
1993
- Jackson, P., F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein, N.M. Holbrook, J. Cavelier and F. Rada. 1993 Environmental and physiological influences on carbon isotope composition of gap and understory plants in a lowland tropical forest. In: J.R. Ehleringer, A.E. Hall and G.D. Farquhar (eds.), Stable Isotopes and Plant Carbon-Water Relations, pp. 131-140. Academic Press.
- Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, N.M. Holbrook, P.C. Jackson and J. Cavelier. 1993 Stomatal and environmental control of transpiration in a lowland tropical forest tree. Plant, Cell and Environment 16, 429-436. PDF
1992
- Holbrook, N.M., M.J. Burns and T.R. Sinclair. 1992 Frequency and time-domain dielectric measurements of stem water content in the arborescent palm, Sabal palmetto. Journal of Experimental Botany 43, 111-119. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M. and T.R. Sinclair. 1992 Water balance in the arborescent palm, Sabal palmetto. I. Stem structure, tissue water release properties and leaf epidermal and conductance. Plant, Cell and Environment 15, 393-399. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M. and T.R. Sinclair. 1992 Water balance in the arborescent palm, Sabal palmetto. II. Transpiration and stem water storage. Plant, Cell and Environment 15, 401-409. PDF
- Lerdau, M.T., N.M. Holbrook, H.A. Mooney, P.M. Rich and J.L. Whitbeck. 1992 Seasonal patterns of acid fluctuation and resource storage in the arborescent cactus Opuntia excelsa in relation to light availability and size. Oecologia 92, 166-171. PDF
1991
- Holbrook, N.M. 1991 Small plants in high places: the conversation and biology of epiphytes. TREE 6, 314-315. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M., M.W. Denny and M.A.R. Koeh. 1991 Intertial "trees": consequences of aggregation on the mechanical and photosynthetic properties of sea-palms Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 146, 39-67. PDF
- Putz, F.E. and N.M. Holbrook. 1991 Biomechanical studies of vines. In: F.E. Putz and H.A. Mooney (eds.), The Biology of Climbing Plants, pp. 53-78. Cambridge University Press.
1990
- Titus, J.H., N.M. Holbrook and F.E. Putz. 1990 Seed germination and seedling distribution of Ficus pertusa and F. tuerckheimii: are strangler figs autotoxic? Biotropica 22, 425-428. PDF
1989
- Field, C.B. and N.M. Holbrook. 1989 Catastrophic xylem failure: tree life at the brink. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 4, 124-126. PDF
- Holbrook, N.M. and F.E. Putz. 1989 Influence of neighbours on tree form: effects of lateral shade and prevention of sway on the allometry of Liquidambar styraciflua (sweet gum). American Journal of Botany 76, 1740-1749. PDF
1988
- Putz, F.E. and N.M. Holbrook. 1988 Further observations on the dissolution of mutualism between Cecropia and its ants: The Malaysian case. Oikos 53, 121-125. PDF
- Putz, F.E. and N.M. Holbrook. 1988 Strangler fig rooting habits and nutrient relations in the llanos of Venezuela. American Journal of Botany 76, 781-788. PDF
- Putz, F.E. and N.M. Holbrook. 1988 Tropical rain-forest images: Jungles in western art, literature, and film. In: C. Padock and J.S. Denslow (eds.), People and the Rainforest, pp. 37-52. University of California Press.
1987
- Sperry, J.S., N.M. Holbrook, M.H. Zimmermann and M.T. Tyree. 1987 Spring filling of xylem vessels in wild grapevine. Plant Physiology 83, 414-417. PDF
- Ting, I.P., J. Hann, N.M. Holbrook, F.E. Putz, L. da S.L. Sternberg, D. Price and G. Goldstein. 1987 Photosynthesis in hemiepiphytic species of Clusia and Ficus. Oecologia 74, 339-346. PDF
1986
- Putz, F.E. and N.M. Holbrook. 1986 Notes on the natural history of hemiepiphytes. Selbyana 9, 61-69.
1985
- Holbrook, N.M., F.E. Putz and P. Chai. 1985 Above ground branching of the stilt-rooted palm, Eugeissona minor. Principes 29, 142-146.
- Putz, F.E. and N.M. Holbrook. 1985 Multiple branching at nodes of Symingtonia populnea (Hamamelidaceae). Gardens' Bulletin 37, 105-109.
- Roubik, D.W., N.M. Holbrook and G. Parra-V. 1985 Roles of nectar robbers in reproduction of the tropical treelet Quassia amara (Simaroubaceae). Oecologia 66, 161-167. PDF
1982
- Holbrook, N.M. and F.E. Putz. 1982 Vegetative seaward expansion of Sonneratia alba trees in a Malaysian mangrove forest. Malaysian Forester 45, 278-281.