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Holbrook, N

• Catovsky, S., Holbrook, N. M., Bazzaz, F. A. 2002. Coupling whole-tree transpiration and canopy photosynthesis in coniferous and broad-leaved tree species. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32: 295-309.
• Cavender-Bares, J., Holbrook, N. M. 2001. Hydraulic properties and freezing-induced cavitation in sympatric evergreen and deciduous oaks with contrasting habitats. Plant, Cell and Environment 24: 1243-1256.
• Choat, B., Lahr*, E., Melcher, P. J., Zwieniecki, M. A., Holbrook, N. M. 2005. The spatial pattern of air seeding thresholds in mature sugar maple trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 28: 1082-1089.
• Davidson, E. A., Holbrook, N. M. 2009. Is temporal variation of soil respiration linked to the phenology of photosynthesis?. In: Noorments, A., Phenology of Ecosystem processes, Springer, New York.
• Feild, T. S., Lee, D. W., Holbrook, N. M. 2001. Why leaves turn red in autumn: the role of anthocyanins in senescing leaves of red-osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera). Plant Physiology 127: 566-574.
• Gersony, J. T., Hochberg, U., Rockwell, F. E., Park, M., Gauthier, P. P. G., Holbrook, N. M. 2020. Leaf Carbon Export and Nonstructural Carbohydrates in Relation to Diurnal Water Dynamics in Mature Oak Trees. Plant Physiology 183: 1612-1621.
• Hao, G., Wheeler, J. K., Holbrook, N. M., Goldstein, G. 2013. Investigating xylem embolism formation, refilling and water storage in tree trunks using frequency domain reflectometry. Journal of Experimental Biology 64: 2321-2332.
• Holbrook, N. M., Zwieniecki, M. A. 1999. Embolism repair and xylem tension: do we need a miracle?. Plant Physiology 120: 7-10.
• Holbrook, N. M., Zwieniecki, M. A. 2005. Vascular Transport in Plants. Academic Press, .
• Holbrook, N. M., Zwieniecki, M. A., Melcher, P. J. 2002. The dynamics of "dead" wood: maintenance of water transport through plant stems. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 492-496.
• Lee, D. W., O’Keefe, J. F., Holbrook, N. M., Field, T. S. 2003. Pigment dynamics and autumn leaf senescence in a New England deciduous forest, eastern U.S.A.. Ecological Research 18: 677-694.
• Melcher, P. J., Zwieniecki, M. A., Holbrook, N. M. 2003. Vulnerability of xylem vessels to cavitation in Acer saccharum (Marsh.): scaling from individual vessels to whole branches. Plant Physiology 131: 1775-1780.
• Sack, L., Cowan*, P. D., Holbrook, N. M. 2003. The major veins of mesomorphic leaves revisited: tests for conductive overload in Acer saccharum (Aceraceae) and Quercus rubra (Fagaceae). American Journal of Botany 90: 32-39.
• Sack, L., Cowan*, P. D., Jaikumar, N. S., Holbrook, N. M. 2003. The 'hydrology' of leaves: coordination of structure and function in temperate woody species. Plant, Cell and Environment 26: 1343-1356.
• Sack, L., Dietrich*, E. M., Streeter*, C. M., Sánchez-Gómez, D., Holbrook, N. M. 2008. Leaf palmate venation and vascular redundancy confer tolerance of hydraulic disruption. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 1567-1572.
• Sack, L., Melcher, P. J., Zwieniecki, M. A., Holbrook, N. M. 2002. The hydraulic conductance of the angiosperm leaf lamina: a comparison of three measurement methods. Journal of Experimental Biology 53: 2177-2184.
• Sack, L., Streeter*, C. M., Holbrook, N. M. 2004. Hydraulic analysis of water flow through leaves of sugar maple and red oak. Plant Physiology 134: 1824.
• Sevanto, S., Holbrook, N. M., Zwieniecki, M. A., Mikkelsen, T. N., Munger, J. W., Wofsy, S. C. 2005. Diurnal pattern in water tension of tree stems begins before bud break and does not cease with leaf fall. Proceedings of The 90th Annual Meeting of The Ecological Society of America (ESA) and IX International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL). Montreal, Canada.
• Sevanto, S., Hölttä, T., Riikonen, A., Nikinmaa, E., Mikkelsen, T. N., Munger, W. J., Wofsy, S. C., Vesala, T., Holbrook, N. M. 2006. Information on sugar and water circulation patterns of trees by diurnal diameter variation detection. Proceedings of the 1st iLEAPS Science Conference. Boulder, Colorado, USA.
• Spicer, R., Holbrook, N. M. 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.
• Wheeler, J. K., Huggett, B. A., Tofte, A. N., Rockwell, F. E., Holbrook, N. M. 2013. Cutting xylem under tension or supersaturated with gas can generate PLC and the appearance of rapid recovery from embolism. Plant, Cell and Environment 36: 1938-1949.
• Zwieniecki, M. A., Holbrook, N. M. 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.
• Zwieniecki, M. A., Hutrya, L., Thompson, M. V., Holbrook, N. M. 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 and Cell Environment 23: 407-414.
• Zwieniecki, M. A., Melcher, P. J., Holbrook, N. M. 2001. Hydraulic properties of individual xylem vessels of Fraxinus americana. Journal of Experimental Botany 52: 257-264.
• Zwieniecki, M. A., Melcher, P. J., Holbrook, N. M. 2001. Hydrogel control of xylem hydraulic resistance. Science 291: 1059-1062.