John S. Sperry
Publications by Year
Research Areas
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring climate responses, Plant responses to water stress, Forest ecology and management, Tree Root and Stability Studies
Most-Cited Works
- → Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?(2008)4,315 cited
- → Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought(2012)2,643 cited
- → Plant responses to rising vapor pressure deficit(2020)1,944 cited
- → Trends in wood density and structure are linked to prevention of xylem implosion by negative pressure(2001)1,564 cited
- → Vulnerability of Xylem to Cavitation and Embolism(1989)1,556 cited
- → Survey and synthesis of intra‐ and interspecific variation in stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit(1999)1,218 cited
- → A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality(2017)1,095 cited
- → A method for measuring hydraulic conductivity and embolism in xylem(1988)1,086 cited
- → Water deficits and hydraulic limits to leaf water supply(2002)907 cited
- → Do Woody Plants Operate Near the Point of Catastrophic Xylem Dysfunction Caused by Dynamic Water Stress?(1988)844 cited