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Publications
 
2009
 
Coomes DA, Sack L. 2009. Response to "Comment on Coomes et al. 2008, 'Scaling of xylem vessels and veins
    within the leaves of oak species' by CA Price and BJ Enquist". Biology Letters. pdf  
 
Dunbar-Co S, Sporck MJ, Sack L. 2009. Leaf trait diversification and design in seven rare taxa of the Hawaiian
  Plantago radiation. International Journal of Plant Sciences 170: 61-75. pdf
 
Kagawa AK, Sack L, Duarte K, James S. 2009. Hawaiian native forest conserves water relative to timber plantation:
  species and stand traits influence water use. Ecological Applications, in press.
 
 
2008
 
Arcand N, Kagawa AK, Sack L, Giambelluca TW. 2008. Scaling of frond form in Hawaiian tree fern
  Cibotium glaucum: compliance with global trends, and application for field estimation.  Biotropica 40,
  686-691. pdf; Supplementary Material (Word doc)
 
Coomes DA, Heathcote S, Godfrey ER, Shepherd JJ, Sack L.  2008.  Scaling of xylem vessels and veins within the
    leaves of oak species.  Biology Letters 4, 302-306. pdf; Supplementary Material (Word doc)
 
Hoof J, Sack L, Webb DT, Nilsen ET.  2008.  Contrasting structure and function of pubescent and glabrous
  varieties of Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha at high elevation. Biotropica 40, 113-118. pdf
 
Pratt RB, Jacobsen AL, North GB, Sack L, Schenk HJ. 2008. Plant hydraulics: new discoveries in the pipeline.
    Meeting Report. New Phytologist 179, 590-593. pdf
 
Quero JL, Villar R, Marañón T, Zamora R, Vega D, Sack L. 2008. Relating leaf photosynthetic rate to
    whole plant growth: drought and shade effects on seedlings of four Quercus species.  
    Functional Plant Biology 35,725-737. pdf; Supplementary Material (pdf)
 
Sack L, Dietrich EM, Streeter CM, Sánchez-Gómez D, Holbrook NM.  2008.  Leaf palmate venation and vascular
  redundancy confer tolerance of hydraulic disruption. Proceedings of the National Academy of
  Sciences USA 105, 1567-1572. pdf; Supporting Information Online
 
Scoffoni C, Pou A, Aasamaa K, Sack L. 2008. The rapid light response of leaf hydraulic conductance: new evidence
  from two experimental methods. Plant, Cell & Environment 13, 1803-1812. pdf
 
 
2007
 
Cavender-Bares J, Sack L, Savage J. 2007. Atmospheric and soil drought reduce nocturnal conductance in
    live oaks.  Tree Physiology 27, 611-620. pdf
 
Choat B, Sack L, Holbrook NM. 2007. Diversity of hydraulic traits in nine Cordia species growing in
    tropical forests with contrasting precipitation. New Phytologist 175, 686-698. pdf
 
Cornwell WK, Bhaskar R, Sack L, Cordell S, Lunch C. 2007. Adjustment of structure and function
    of Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha at high versus low precipitation. Functional Ecology
    21, 1063-1071. pdf
 
Martin RE, Asner GP, Sack L. 2007. Genetic variation in leaf pigment, optical and photosynthetic function
    among diverse phenotypes of Metrosideros polymorpha grown in a common garden. Oecologia 151, 387-400. pdf
 
Royer DL, Sack L, Wilf P, Lusk CH, Jordan GJ, Niinemets Ü, Wright IJ, Westoby M, Cariglino B, Coley PD,
    Cutter AD, Johnson KR, Labandeira CC, Moles AT, Palmer MB, Valladares F. 2007.
    Fossil leaf economics quantified: calibration, Eocene case study, and implications. Paleobiology 33,
    574-589. pdf
 
 
2006
 
Niinemets Ü, Sack L. 2006. Structural determinants of leaf light harvesting capacity and photosynthetic
    potentials. Progress in Botany, Vol 67. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 385-419.  pdf
 
Sack L, Frole K. 2006. Leaf structural diversity is related to hydraulic capacity in tropical rainforest trees.
  Ecology 87, 483-491.  pdf; Appendices online  
 
Sack L, Holbrook NM. 2006. Leaf hydraulics. Annual Review of Plant Biology 57, 361-381.  pdf
 
Sack L, Melcher PJ, Liu WH, Middleton E, Pardee T. 2006. How strong is intra-canopy leaf plasticity in temperate
  deciduous trees? American Journal of Botany 93, 829-839. pdf
 
 
2005
 
Nakahashi C, Frole K, Sack L. 2005. Bacterial leaf nodule symbiosis in Ardisia (Myrsinaceae): does it contribute
    to seedling growth capacity? Plant Biology 7, 495-500. pdf  
 
Orians CM, Smith SDP, Sack L. 2005. How are leaves plumbed inside a branch? Differences in leaf-to-leaf
  hydraulic sectoriality among six temperate tree species. Journal of Experimental Botany 56, 2267-2273. pdf
 
Sack L, Tyree MT, Holbrook NM. 2005. Leaf hydraulic architecture correlates with regeneration irradiance
  in tropical rainforest trees. New Phytologist 167, 403-413. pdf
 
Sack L,Tyree MT. 2005. Leaf hydraulics and its implications in plant structure and function. In Vascular

 

Transport in Plants. eds NM Holbrook and MA Zwieniecki. Elsevier/Academic Press, Oxford, 93-114.  pdf
 
Tyree MT, Nardini A, Salleo S, Sack L, El Omari B. 2005. The dependence of leaf hydraulic conductance on
irradiance during HPFM measurements: any role for stomatal response? Journal of Experimental Botany
56, 737-744. pdf

2004
       
 
Angeles G, Bond B, Boyer JS, Brodribb T, Brooks JR, Burns MJ, Cavender-Bares J, Clearwater M, Cochard H,
Comstock J, Davis SD, Domec J-C, Donovan L, Ewers F, Gartner B, Hacke U, Hinckley T, Holbrook NM, The      
Jones HG, Kavanagh K, Law B, López-Portillo J, Lovisolo C, Martin T, Martínez-Vilalta J, Mayr S, Meinzer      
FC, Melcher P, Mencuccini M, Mulkey S, Nardini A, Neufeld HS, Passioura J, Pockman WT, Pratt RB, Rambal      
S, Richter H, Sack L, Salleo S, Schubert A, Schulte P, Sparks JP, Sperry J, Teskey R, Tyree M. 2004. Letter:      
The cohesion-tension theory. New Phytologist 163, 451-452. pdf
     
   
Sack L. 2004. Responses of temperate woody seedlings to shade and drought: do trade-offs limit potential
  niche differentiation? Oikos 107, 110-127. pdf
       
 
Sack L, Streeter CM, Holbrook NM. 2004. Hydraulic analysis of water flow through leaves of sugar maple and
red oak. Plant Physiology 134, 1824-1833. pdf

       
 

2003

   

Sack L, Cowan PD, Holbrook NM. 2003. The major veins of mesomorphic leaves revisited: testing for conductive

    overload in Acer saccharum (Aceraceae) and Quercus rubra (Fagaceae). American Journal of Botany 90:  
32-39. pdf
 
   
   
Sack L, Cowan PD, Jaikumar NJ, Holbrook NM. 2003. The ‘hydrology’ of leaves: coordination of structure and
function in temperate woody species. Plant, Cell & Environment 26, 1343-1356. pdf
       
 
Sack L, Dechmann D. 2003. Design of paradise. Review of ‘A Magic Web’ by EG Leigh and C Ziegler. Nature 424,
132. pdf
       
 
Sack L, Grubb, PJ. 2003. Crossovers in seedling relative growth rates between low and high irradiance:
  analyses and ecological potential. Functional Ecology 17, 281-287. pdf
       
Sack L, Grubb PJ, Marañón T. 2003. The functional morphology of juvenile plants tolerant of strong summer
drought in shaded forest understories in southern Spain. Plant Ecology 168, 139-163. pdf

       
2002
       
Sack L, Grubb PJ. 2002. The combined impacts of deep shade and drought on the growth and biomass
allocation of shade tolerant woody seedlings. Oecologia 131: 175-185. pdf
       
Sack L, Marañón T, Grubb, PJ. 2002. Global allocation rules for patterns of biomass partitioning. Science 296:
1923a. pdf
       
Sack L, Melcher PJ, Zwieniecki MA, Holbrook NM. 2002. The hydraulic conductance of the angiosperm leaf
lamina: a comparison of three measurement methods. Journal of Experimental Botany 53: 2177-2184. pdf
 
Zwieniecki MA, Melcher PJ, Boyce CK, Sack L, Holbrook NM. 2002. The hydraulic architecture of the leaf venation
in Laurus nobilis L. Plant, Cell & Environment 25: 1445-1450. pdf

       

2001

       

Sack L, Grubb PJ. 2001. Why do species of woody seedlings change rank in relative growth rate between low

and high irradiance? Functional Ecology 15: 145-154. pdf

       

1994

 

Sack L, Zeyl C, Bell G, Sharbel T, Reboud X, Bernhardt T, Koelewyn H. 1994. Isolation of four new strains of

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Chlorophyta) from soil samples. Journal of Phycology 30, 770-773. pdf
   
Recommendations / Commentaries
 
   
Evan DeLucia. 2008. On Sack et al. (2008) PNAS article. Faculty of 1000 Biology. link  
 
Peter Reich. 2008. On Choat et al. (2007) New Phytologist article. Faculty of 1000 Biology. link
 
Guy Riddihough. 2007. Editor's Choice, on Royer et al. (2007) Paleobiology article. Science 318: 1219. pdf
       
In the News !
   
 
"What is Leaf Hydraulics?", Lawren Sack interview, ThinkTech Hawaii, Hawaii Public Radio, 7 June 2006.
   
"UH Teacher to Study Leaf Hydraulics", Pacific Business News, 22 May 2006.  
   
"Water in Peril", Malamalama, May 2005, beginning on p. 11.