Publications

(peer reviewed)

Salvi, AM, DD Smith, MA Adams, KA McCulloh, TJ Givnish. 2021. Mesophyll photosynthetic sensitivity to leaf water potential in Eucalyptus: a new dimension of plant adaptation to native moisture supply. New Phytologist. In press.

Richards, JH, JJ Henn, QM Sorenson, M Adams, DD Smith, KA McCulloh, and TJ Givnish. 2021. Mistletoes and their eucalypt hosts differ in the response of leaf functional traits to climatic moisture supply. Oecologia. In press 10.1007/s00442-021-04867-1

Olson M, T Anfodillo, S Gleason, and KA McCulloh. 2021. Tansley Review: Tip-to-base xylem conduit widening as an adaptation: causes, consequences, and empirical priorities. New Phytologist. 229: 1877–1893. 10.1111/nph.16961

O’Keefe, K and KA McCulloh. 2021. Do invasive jumping worms impact sugar maple (Acer saccharum) functioning during a novel invasion of a temperate forest? Biological Invasions. 23: 129-141. doi:10.1007/s10530-020-02360-z

Gagne, M, DD Smith, and KA McCulloh. 2020. Limited physiological acclimation to short-term heatwave stress in two boreal tree species. Tree Physiology. 40: 1680-1696. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpaa102

O’Keefe, K, DM Bell, KA McCulloh, and JB Nippert. 2020. Bridging the flux gap: sap flow measurements reveal species-specific patterns of water-use in a tallgrass prairie. JGR Biogeosciences. 125: e2019JG005446. Doi: 10.1029/2019JG005446

Hart, J, K O’Keefe, SP Augustine, and KA McCulloh. 2020. Physiological responses of germinant Pinus palustris and P. taeda seedlings to water stress and the significance of the grass-stage. Forest Ecology and Management. 458: 117647. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117647

Kattge, J., et al. (I am one of hundreds of alphabetically listed authors). 2020. TRY plant database—enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology. 26:119-188. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14904

McCulloh, KA, J-C Domec, DM Johnson, DD Smith, FC Meinzer. 2019. A dynamic yet vulnerable pipeline: Integration and coordination of hydraulic traits across whole plants. Plant, Cell & Environment. 42: 2789-2807. doi: 10.1111/pce.13607

O’Keefe, K, J Nippert, and KA McCulloh. 2019. Plant water uptake along a diversity gradient: Evidence for complementarity in hydrological niches? Oikos. 128:1748-1760. doi: 10.1111/oik.06529

Fu, X, FC Meinzer, DR Woodruff, Y Liu, DD ^#Smith, KA McCulloh, and A Howard. 2019. Coordination and trade-offs between leaf and stem hydraulic traits and stomatal regulation along a spectrum of isohydry to anisohydry. Plant, Cell & Environment. 42: 2245-2258. DOI: 10.1111/pce.13543

Krieg, CP, JE Watkins, and KA McCulloh. 2019. A new protocol for psychometric pressure-volume curves of fern gametophytes. Applications in Plant Sciences. 7:e01248. doi:10.1002/aps3.1248

Li, F, KA McCulloh, S Sun, and W Bao. 2018. Linking leaf hydraulic properties, maximum photosynthetic rates, and leaf lifespan in xerophytic species: global hypotheses reconsidered. American Journal of Botany. 101: 1858-1868. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1185

Gleason, S, C Blackman, S Gleason, KA McCulloh, T Ocheltree, and M Westoby. 2018. Vessel scaling in evergreen angiosperm leaves conforms with Murray’s law and area-filling assumptions: implications for plant size, leaf size, and cold tolerance. New Phytologist. 218: 1360-1370. doi: 10.1111/nph.15116

Johnson, D, J-C Domec, ZC Berry, A Schwantes, DR Woodruff, KA McCulloh, R Wortemann, J Swenson, S Mackay, N McDowell, and R Jackson. 2018. Co-occurring woody species have diverse hydraulic strategies and mortality rates during an extreme drought. Plant, Cell & Environment. 41: 576-588. DOI: 10.1111/pce.13121

Roddy, AR, KA Simonin, KA McCulloh, CR Brodersen, TE Dawson. 2018 Water relations of Calycanthus flowers: hydraulic conductance, capacitance, and embolism resistance. Plant, Cell and Environment. DOI: 10.1111/pce.13205

Johnson, D, Berry, ZC, Baker, K, Smith, D, McCulloh, KA, Domec, J-C. Leaf hydraulic parameters are more plastic in species that experience a wider range of leaf water potentials. 2018. Functional Ecology. 32:894-903

Meinzer FC, DD Smith, DR Woodruff, DE Marias, KA McCulloh, AR Howard, AL Magedman. 2017. Stomatal kinetics and photosynthetic gas exchange along a continuum of iso- to anisohydric regulation of plant water status. Plant, Cell and Environment. 40:1618-1628

Marias, DE, FC Meinzer, DR Woodruff, KA McCulloh. 2017. Thermotolerance and heat stress responses of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine seedling populations from contrasting climates. Tree Physiology. 37: 301-315.

Domec, JC, DD Smith, KA McCulloh. 2017. Atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment effects on plant hydraulics: Implications for plant water use efficiency and resistance to drought. Plant, Cell & Environment. 40:921-937.

Meinzer, FC, DR Woodruff, D Marias, D Smith, KA McCulloh, A Howard. 2016. Mapping “hydroscapes” along the iso- to anisohydric continuum of stomatal regulation of plant water status. Ecology Letters. 19:1343-1352

Johnson, DM, R Wortemann, KA McCulloh, L Jordan-Meille, E Ward, JM Warren, S Palmroth, and J-C Domec. 2016. A test of the hydraulic vulnerability segmentation hypothesis in angiosperm and conifer tree species. Tree Physiology. 36:983-993.

McCulloh, K, J Petitmermet, A Stefanski, K Rice, R Montgomery, R Roy, and P Reich. 2016. Is it getting hot in here? Hydraulic responses of six species to five years of warming. Global Change Biology. 22:4124-4133.

Chmura, DJ, M Guzicka, KA McCulloh, and R Zytkowiak. 2016. Limited variation found among Norway spruce half-sib families in physiological response to drought and resistance to embolism. Tree Physiology. 36:252-266.

Gleason, SM, Westoby, M, Jansen, S, Choat, B, Hacke, U, Pratt, RB, Bhaskar, R, Brodribb, TJ, Bucci, SJ, Cao, K-F, Cochard, H, Delzon, S, Domec, J-C, Fan, Z-X, Feild, TS, Jacobsen, AL, Johnson, DM, Lens, F, Maherali, H, Martínez-Vilalta, J, Mayr, S, McCulloh, KA, Mencuccini, M, Mitchell, P, Morris, H, Nardini, A, Pittermann, J, Plavcová, L, Schreiber, SG, Sperry, JS, Wright, IJ, Zanne, AE. Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world’s woody plant species. 2016. New Phytologist. 209:123-136.

Gaines, KP, JK Wubbels, FC Meinzer, KA McCulloh, DR Woodruff, W Chen, TS Adams, H Lin, and DM Eissenstat. 2016. Reliance on shallow soil water in a mixed-hardwood forest in central Pennsylvania. Tree Physiology. 36:444-458.

Kerr, K, FC Meinzer, KA McCulloh, DR Woodruff, and D Marias. 2015. Expression of functional traits during seedling establishment in two populations of Pinus ponderosa from contrasting climates. Tree Physiology. 35:535-548.

McCulloh, KA, DM Johnson, J Petitmermet, B McNellis, FC Meinzer, and B Lachenbruch. 2015. A comparison of the hydraulic architecture of co-occurring trees and shrubs. Tree Physiology. 35: 723-731.

McCulloh, KA, and FC Meinzer. 2015. Further evidence that some plants can lose and regain hydraulic function daily. Tree Physiology. 35: 691-693.

Falster, DS et al. 2015. BAAD: a biomass and allometry database for woody plants. Ecology. 96:1445.

Lachenbruch, B, and KA McCulloh. 2014. Traits, properties, and performance: how woody plants combine hydraulic and mechanical functions in a cell, tissue, or whole plant. New Phytologist. Tansley Review. 204: 747-764

Meinzer, F. C., Woodruff, D. R., Marias, D. E., McCulloh, K. A. and Sevanto, S. 2014. Dynamics of leaf water relations components in co-occurring iso- and anisohydric conifer species. Plant, Cell & Environment. doi: 10.1111/pce.12327

McCulloh, KA, DM Johnson, FC Meinzer, and DR Woodruff. 2014. The dynamic pipeline: Hydraulic capacitance and xylem hydraulic safety in four tall conifer species. Plant, Cell & Environment. 37: 1171-1183. doi: 10.1111/pce.12225

Zimmer, K, A Treu, and KA McCulloh. 2014. Anatomical differences in the structural elements of fluid passage of Scots pine sapwood with contrasting treatability. Wood Science and Technology. 48: 435-447.

Smith, D, JS Sperry, BJ Enquist, V Savage, KA McCulloh and LP Bentley. 2014. Deviation from symmetrically self-similar branching in trees predicts altered hydraulics, mechanics, light interception and metabolic scaling. New Phytologist. 201: 217-229.

Meinzer, FC, J-C Domec, DM Johnson, KA McCulloh, and DR Woodruff. 2013. The dynamic pipeline: homeostatic mechanisms that maintain the integrity of xylem water transport from roots to leaves. Acta Horticulturae. 991: 1235-131.

Meinzer, FC, DR Woodruff, DM Eissenstat, HS Lin, TS Adams, KA McCulloh. 2013. Above- and belowground controls on water use by trees of different wood types in an eastern United States deciduous forest. Tree Physiology. 33: 345-356.

Johnson, DM, J-C Domec, DR Woodruff, KA McCulloh, FC Meinzer. 2013. Contrasting hydraulic strategies in two tropical lianas and their host trees. American Journal of Botany. 100(2):1-10.

Renninger, HJ, KA McCulloh, N Phillips. 2013. A comparison of the hydraulic efficiency of a palm species Iriartea deltoidea with other wood types. Tree Physiology. 33:152-160.

Barnard, D, B Lachenbruch, KA McCulloh, P Kitin, and FC Meinzer. 2013. Do ray cells provide a pathway for radial water movement in the stems of conifer trees? American Journal of Botany. 100: 322-331.

Price, CA, JS Weitz, V Savage, J Stegen, A Clarke, DA Coomes, PS Dodds, R Etienne, AJ Kerkhoff, KA McCulloh, KJ Niklas, H Olff, NG Swenson. 2012. Testing the metabolic theory of ecology. Ecology Letters.15:1465-1474

Johnson, DM, KM McCulloh, DR Woodruff, and FC Meinzer. 2012. Hydraulic safety margins and embolism reversal in stems and leaves: why are conifers and angiosperms so different? Invited review for Plant Science. 195: 48-53

Crivellaro, A, KA McCulloh, A Jones, and B Lachenbruch. 2012. Anatomy and mechanical and hydraulic needs of woody climbers contrasted with subshrubs on the island of Cyprus. IAWA Journal. 33:355-373

Sperry, JS, DD Smith, VM Savage, BJ Enquist, KA McCulloh, PB Reich, LP Bentley, E von Allmen. 2012. A species-level model for metabolic scaling in trees I. Exploring boundaries to scaling space within and across species. Functional Ecology. 26: 1054-1065

McCulloh, K, DM Johnson, FC Meinzer, SL Voelker, B Lachenbruch, and J-C Domec. 2012. Hydraulic architecture of two species differing in wood density: opposing strategies in co-occurring tropical pioneer species. Plant, Cell and Environment. 35:116-125. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02421.x

Johnson, DM, K McCulloh, FC Meinzer, and DR Woodruff. 2012. Evidence for xylem embolism as a primary factor in dehydration-induced declines in leaf hydraulic conductance. Plant, Cell and Environment. 35: 760-769. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02449.x

Johnson, DM, K McCulloh, FC Meinzer, DR Woodruff, and DM Eissenstat. 2011. Hydraulic patterns and safety margins, from stem to stomata, in three US tree species. Tree Physiology. 31: 659-668.

McCulloh, K, F Meinzer, J Sperry, B Lachenbruch, SL Voelker, DR Woodruff, and J-C Domec. 2011. Comparative hydraulic architecture of tropical tree species representing a range of successional stages and wood density. Oecologia. 167: 27-37. DOI 10.1007/s00442-011-1973-5

McCulloh, K, DM Johnson, FC Meinzer, and B Lachenbruch. 2011. An annual pattern of native embolism in upper branches of four tall conifer species. American Journal of Botany. 98(6): 1007-1015.

Barnard, D, Meinzer, FC, Lachenbruch, B, McCulloh, KA, Johnson, DM, and Woodruff, DR. 2011. Climate-related trends in sapwood biophysical properties in two conifers: avoidance of hydraulic dysfunction through coordinated adjustments in xylem efficiency, safety and capacitance. Plant, Cell and Environment. 34 (4): 643-654.

Lintz HE, B McCune, A Gray and K McCulloh. 2011. Quantifying ecological thresholds from response surfaces. Ecological Modelling. 222:427-436.

Meinzer, FC, KA McCulloh, B Lachenbruch, D Woodruff, and DM Johnson. 2010. The blind men and the elephant: The impact of context and scale in evaluating conflicts between plant hydraulic safety and efficiency. Oecologia. 164: 287-296.

McCulloh, K, J Sperry, B Lachenbruch, F Meinzer, P Reich, and S Voelker. 2010. Moving water well: comparing hydraulic efficiency in twigs and trunks of coniferous, ring-porous, and diffuse-porous saplings from temperate and tropical forests. New Phytologist. 186:439-450. (Tansley Medal Finalist).

Woodruff, D, FC Meinzer, and K McCulloh. 2010. Height-related trends in stomatal sensitivity to leaf-to-air vapour pressure deficit in a tall conifer. Journal of Experimental Botany. 61(1) 203-210.

McCulloh, K, JS Sperry, F Meinzer, B Lachenbruch, and C Atala.  2009. Murray’s law, the “Yarrum” optimum, and the hydraulic architecture of compound leaves. New Phytologist. 184: 234-244.

Meinzer, FC, DM Johnson, B Lachenbruch, KA McCulloh, and DR Woodruff. 2009. Xylem hydraulic safety margins in woody plants: coordination of stomatal control of xylem tension with hydraulic capacitance. Functional Ecology. 23: 922-930.

Johnson D, D Woodruff, K McCulloh, and F Meinzer. 2009. Leaf hydraulic conductance, measured in situ, declines and recovers daily: leaf hydraulics, water potential and stomatal conductance in four temperate and three tropical tree species. Tree Physiology. 29: 879-887

Johnson, D, F Meinzer, D Woodruff, and K McCulloh. 2009. Leaf xylem embolism, detected acoustically and by cryo-SEM, corresponds to decreases in leaf hydraulic conductance in four evergreen species. Plant, Cell and Environment. 32 (7): 828-836

Domec, J-C, B Lachenbruch, F Meinzer, D Woodruff, J Warren, and K McCulloh. 2008. Maximum height in a conifer is associated with conflicting requirements for xylem design. PNAS. 105:12069-12074

Sperry, J, F Meinzer, K McCulloh. 2008. Safety and efficiency conflicts in hydraulic architecture: scaling from tissues to trees. Plant, Cell and Environment (invited review). 31: 632-645

McCulloh, K. K Winter, F Meinzer, M Garcia, J Aranda, and B Lachenbruch. 2007. A comparison of daily water use estimates derived from constant-heat sap-flow probe values and gravimetric measurements in pot-grown saplings. Tree Physiology. 27:1355-1360.

Woodruff, D, K McCulloh, J Warren, F Meinzer, and B Lachenbruch. 2007. Impacts of tree height on leaf hydraulic architecture and stomatal control in Douglas-fir. Plant, Cell and Environment. 30(5): 559-569

McCulloh, K, and J Sperry.  2005. The evaluation of Murray’s law in Psilotum nudum (Psilotaceae), an analogue of ancestral vascular plants.  American Journal of Botany. 92(6): 985-989.

McCulloh, K, and J Sperry.  2005. Patterns in hydraulic architecture and their implications for transport efficiency. Tree Physiology. 25:257-267.

McCulloh, K, J Sperry, and F Adler. 2004. Murray’s law and the hydraulic versus mechanical functioning of wood.  Functional Ecology.  18: 931-938.

McCulloh, K, J Sperry, and F Adler. 2003. Water transport in plants obeys Murray’s law. Nature. 421, 939-942.

Hacke, U, V Stiller, J Sperry, J Pittermann, and K McCulloh. 2001. Cavitation Fatigue. Embolism and Refilling Cycles Can Weaken the Cavitation Resistance of Xylem. Plant Physiology. 125, 779-786.

Hacke, U, J Sperry, W Pockman, S Davis, and K McCulloh. 2001. Trends in wood density and structure are linked to prevention of xylem implosion by negative pressure. Oecologia. 126, 457-461.

Loudon, C and K McCulloh. 1999. Application of the Hagen-Poiseulle equation to fluid feeding through short tubes. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 92 (1), 153-158.

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BOOK CHAPTERS (peer reviewed, except *)

INVITED COMMENTARIES (peer reviewed)

BOOK REVIEW