Jean Christophe Domec | Scholars@Duke

Jean Christophe Domec
Visiting Professorin the Nicholas School of the Environment

Bordeaux Sciences Agro in FRANCE (primary appointment)

Discovery of knowledge in Plant water relations, ecosystem ecology and ecohydrology, with special focus on: - Long-distance water transport under future climate; - Drought tolerance and avoidance; - Patterns of changes in structural and functional traits within individual plants. My goal as a researcher is to improve the fundamental science understanding of how plants and terrestrial ecosystems respond to climate changes, and to provide tree breeders with policy-relevant information. I have carried out research on interactions between soil water and plant water use in contrasting ecosystems, in cooperation with scientists at Bordeaux Sciences Agro in FRANCE (primary appointment), Duke University, Oregon State University, and the USDA Forest Service, Southern Global Change Program, recently renamed EFETAC (Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center).

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Visiting Professorin the Nicholas School of the Environment, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2014

Contact Information

Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
LSRC A308, Durham, NC 27708
jc.domec@duke.edu (919) 613-8000

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Oregon State University 2002
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - France (Country)
- Research
  - North Carolina (State or Province)
  - United States of America (Country)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Hacke UG, Lachenbruch B, Pittermann J, Stefan M, Domec JC, Schulte PJ. The hydraulic architecture of conifers. In: Functional and Ecological Xylem Anatomy. 2015 Jan 1. p. 39-75. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Sun G, Noormets A, Gavazzi MJ, McNulty SG, Chen J, Domec J-C, King JS, Amatya DM, Skaggs RW. Energy and water balance of two contrasting loblolly pine plantations on the lower coastal plain of North Carolina, USA. 2010 Mar:1299-1310. Full Text
  - Domec JC, Gartner BL, SAF . Effects of change in Douglas-fir bordered pit structure and functioning on tree hydraulics. 2001:351-356. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Liu X, Sun G, Mitra B, Noormets A, Gavazzi MJ, Domec J-C, Hallema DW, Li J, Fang Y, King JS, McNulty SG. Drought and thinning have limited impacts on evapotranspiration in a managed pine plantation on the southeastern United States coastal plain(Accepted). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2018 Nov;262:14-23. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Schwantes AM, Parolari AJ, Swenson JJ, Johnson DM, Domec J-C, Jackson RB, Pelak N, Porporato A. Accounting for landscape heterogeneity improves spatial predictions of tree vulnerability to drought.(Accepted) The New Phytologist. 2018 Oct;220(1):132-146. PubMed Central PMCID: 29974958. Full Text
  - Huang C-W, Domec J-C, Palmroth S, Pockman WT, Litvak ME, Katul GG. Transport in a coordinated soil-root-xylem-phloem leaf system. Advances in Water Resources. 2018 Sep;119:1-16. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Colombo R, Celesti M, Bianchi R, Campbell PKE, Cogliati S, Cook BD, Corp LA, Damm A, Domec J-C, Guanter L, Julitta T, Middleton EM, Noormets A, Panigada C, Pinto F, Rascher U, Rossini M, Schickling A. Variability of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence according to stand age-related processes in a managed loblolly pine forest. Global Change Biology. 2018 Jul;24(7):2980-2996. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Seyednasrollah B, Swenson JJ, Domec J-C, Clark JS. Leaf phenology paradox: Why warming matters most where it is already warm. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2018 May;209:446-455. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Johnson DM, Berry ZC, Baker KV, Smith DD, McCulloh KA, Domec J-C. Leaf hydraulic parameters are more plastic in species that experience a wider range of leaf water potentials. Oliveira R, editor. Functional Ecology. 2018 Apr;32(4):894-903. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Johnson DM, Domec J-C, Carter Berry Z, Schwantes AM, McCulloh KA, Woodruff DR, Wayne Polley H, Wortemann R, Swenson JJ, Scott Mackay D, McDowell NG, Jackson RB. Co-occurring woody species have diverse hydraulic strategies and mortality rates during an extreme drought. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2018 Mar;41(3):576-588. PubMed Central PMCID: 29314069. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Charrier G, Delzon S, Domec J-C, Zhang L, Delmas CEL, Merlin I, Corso D, King A, Ojeda H, Ollat N, Prieto JA, Scholach T, Skinner P, van Leeuwen C, Gambetta GA. Drought will not leave your glass empty: Low risk of hydraulic failure revealed by long-term drought observations in world’s top wine regions. Science Advances. 2018 Jan;4(1):eaao6969-eaao6969. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Miao G, Noormets A, Domec J-C, Fuentes M, Trettin CC, Sun G, McNulty SG, King JS. Hydrology and microtopography control carbon dynamics in wetlands: Implications in partitioning ecosystem respiration in a coastal plain forested wetland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2017 Dec;247:343-355. Full Text
  - Schwantes AM, Swenson JJ, González-Roglich M, Johnson DM, Domec J-C, Jackson RB. Measuring canopy loss and climatic thresholds from an extreme drought along a fivefold precipitation gradient across Texas. Global Change Biology. 2017 Dec;23(12):5120-5135. PubMed Central PMCID: 28649768. Full Text
  - Manoli G, Huang C-W, Bonetti S, Domec J-C, Marani M, Katul G. Competition for light and water in a coupled soil-plant system. Advances in Water Resources. 2017 Oct;108:216-230. Full Text
  - Martineau E, Domec J-C, Bosc A, Dannoura M, Gibon Y, Bénard C, Jordan-Meille L. The role of potassium on maize leaf carbon exportation under drought condition. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 2017 Oct;39(10). Full Text
  - Ward EJ, Domec J-C, King J, Sun G, McNulty S, Noormets A. TRACC: an open source software for processing sap flux data from thermal dissipation probes. Trees. 2017 Oct;31(5):1737-1742. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Ashley E, Fischer M, Noormets A, Boone J, Williamson JC, King JS. Productivity, Biomass Partitioning, and Energy Yield of Low-Input Short-Rotation American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.) Grown on Marginal Land: Effects of Planting Density and Simulated Drought. Bioenergy Research. 2017 Sep;10(3):903-914. Full Text
  - Larter M, Pfautsch S, Domec J-C, Trueba S, Nagalingum N, Delzon S. Aridity drove the evolution of extreme embolism resistance and the radiation of conifer genus Callitris. The New Phytologist. 2017 Jul;215(1):97-112. PubMed Central PMCID: 28378882. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Smith DD, McCulloh KA. A synthesis of the effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment on plant hydraulics: implications for whole-plant water use efficiency and resistance to drought. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2017 Jun;40(6):921-937. PubMed Central PMCID: 27739596. (Review) Full Text
  - Fischer M, Kelley AM, Ward EJ, Boone JD, Ashley EM, Domec J-C, Williamson JC, King JS. A critical analysis of species selection and high vs. low-input silviculture on establishment success and early productivity of model short-rotation wood-energy cropping systems. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2017 Mar;98:214-227. Full Text
  - Huang C-W, Domec J-C, Ward EJ, Duman T, Manoli G, Parolari AJ, Katul GG. The effect of plant water storage on water fluxes within the coupled soil-plant system. The New Phytologist. 2017 Feb;213(3):1093-1106. PubMed Central PMCID: 27870064. Full Text
  - Martineau E, Domec J-C, Bosc A, Denoroy P, Fandino VA, Lavres J, Jordan-Meille L. The effects of potassium nutrition on water use in field-grown maize ( Zea mays L.). Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2017 Feb;134:62-71. Full Text
  - Lin W, Noormets A, King JS, Sun G, McNulty S, Domec J-C, Cernusak L. An extractive removal step optimized for a high-throughput α-cellulose extraction method for δ13C and δ18O stable isotope ratio analysis in conifer tree rings. Tree Physiology. 2017 Jan;37(1):142-150. PubMed Central PMCID: 28173589. Full Text
  - Thomas RQ, Brooks EB, Jersild AL, Ward EJ, Wynne RH, Albaugh TJ, Dinon-Aldridge H, Burkhart HE, Domec J-C, Fox TR, Gonzalez-Benecke CA, Martin TA, Noormets A, Sampson DA, Teskey RO. Leveraging 35 years of <i>Pinus taeda</i> research in the southeastern US to constrain forest carbon cycle predictions: regional data assimilation using ecosystem experiments. Biogeosciences. 2017;14(14):3525-3547. Full Text
  - Tor-Ngern P, Oren R, Oishi AC, Uebelherr JM, Palmroth S, Tarvainen L, Ottosson-Löfvenius M, Linder S, Domec J-C, Näsholm T. Ecophysiological variation of transpiration of pine forests: synthesis of new and published results. Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America. 2017 Jan;27(1):118-133. PubMed Central PMCID: 28052502. Full Text
  - Charrier G, Torres-Ruiz JM, Badel E, Burlett R, Choat B, Cochard H, Delmas CEL, Domec J-C, Jansen S, King A, Lenoir N, Martin-StPaul N, Gambetta GA, Delzon S. Evidence for Hydraulic Vulnerability Segmentation and Lack of Xylem Refilling under Tension. Plant Physiology. 2016 Nov;172(3):1657-1668. PubMed Central PMCID: 27613852. Full Text
  - Johnson DM, Wortemann R, McCulloh KA, Jordan-Meille L, Ward E, Warren JM, Palmroth S, Domec J-C. A test of the hydraulic vulnerability segmentation hypothesis in angiosperm and conifer tree species. Tree Physiology. 2016 Aug;36(8):983-993. PubMed Central PMCID: 27146334. Full Text
  - Manoli G, Domec J-C, Novick K, Oishi AC, Noormets A, Marani M, Katul G. Soil-plant-atmosphere conditions regulating convective cloud formation above southeastern US pine plantations. Global Change Biology. 2016 Jun;22(6):2238-2254. PubMed Central PMCID: 26762609. Full Text
  - Yao Y, Liang S, Li X, Liu S, Chen J, Zhang X, Jia K, Jiang B, Xie X, Munier S, Liu M, Yu J, Lindroth A, Varlagin A, Raschi A, Noormets A, Pio C, Wohlfahrt G, Sun G, Domec J-C, Montagnani L, Lund M, Eddy M, Blanken PD, Grünwald T, Wolf S, Magliulo V. Assessment and simulation of global terrestrial latent heat flux by synthesis of CMIP5 climate models and surface eddy covariance observations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2016 Jun;223:151-167. Full Text
  - Fang Y, Sun G, Caldwell P, McNulty SG, Noormets A, Domec J-C, King J, Zhang Z, Zhang X, Lin G, Zhou G, Xiao J, Chen J. Monthly land cover-specific evapotranspiration models derived from global eddy flux measurements and remote sensing data. Ecohydrology. 2016 Mar;9(2):248-266. Full Text
  - McDowell NG, Williams AP, Xu C, Pockman WT, Dickman LT, Sevanto S, Pangle R, Limousin J, Plaut J, Mackay DS, Ogee J, Domec JC, Allen CD, Fisher RA, Jiang X, Muss JD, Breshears DD, Rauscher SA, Koven C. Multi-scale predictions of massive conifer mortality due to chronic temperature rise. Nature Climate Change. 2016 Mar;6(3):295-300. Full Text
  - Judd LA, Jackson BE, Fonteno WC, Domec JC. Measuring root hydraulic parameters of container-grown herbaceous and woody plants using the hydraulic conductance flow meter. Hortscience. 2016 Feb 1;51(2):192-196.
  - Voelker SL, Brooks JR, Meinzer FC, Anderson R, Bader MK-F, Battipaglia G, Becklin KM, Beerling D, Bert D, Betancourt JL, Dawson TE, Domec J-C, Guyette RP, Körner C, Leavitt SW, Linder S, Marshall JD, Mildner M, Ogée J, Panyushkina I, Plumpton HJ, Pregitzer KS, Saurer M, Smith AR, Siegwolf RTW, Stambaugh MC, Talhelm AF, Tardif JC, Van de Water PK, Ward JK, Wingate L. A dynamic leaf gas-exchange strategy is conserved in woody plants under changing ambient CO2 : evidence from carbon isotope discrimination in paleo and CO2 enrichment studies. Global Change Biology. 2016 Feb;22(2):889-902. PubMed Central PMCID: 26391334. Full Text
  - Gleason SM, Westoby M, Jansen S, Choat B, Hacke UG, 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 PJ, 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. The New Phytologist. 2016 Jan;209(1):123-136. PubMed Central PMCID: 26378984. Full Text
  - Will R, Fox T, Akers M, Domec J-C, González-Benecke C, Jokela E, Kane M, Laviner M, Lokuta G, Markewitz D, McGuire M, Meek C, Noormets A, Samuelson L, Seiler J, Strahm B, Teskey R, Vogel J, Ward E, West J, Wilson D, Martin T. A Range-Wide Experiment to Investigate Nutrient and Soil Moisture Interactions in Loblolly Pine Plantations. Forests. 2015 Dec;6(12):2014-2028. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Domec J-C, King JS, Ward E, Christopher Oishi A, Palmroth S, Radecki A, Bell DM, Miao G, Gavazzi M, Johnson DM, McNulty SG, Sun G, Noormets A. Conversion of natural forests to managed forest plantations decreases tree resistance to prolonged droughts. Forest Ecology and Management. 2015 Nov;355:58-71. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Noormets A, Epron D, Domec JC, McNulty SG, Fox T, Sun G, King JS. Effects of forest management on productivity and carbon sequestration: A review and hypothesis. Forest Ecology and Management. 2015 Nov;355:124-140. Full Text
  - Tian S, Youssef MA, Sun G, Chescheir GM, Noormets A, Amatya DM, Skaggs RW, King JS, McNulty S, Gavazzi M, Miao G, Domec J-C. Testing DRAINMOD-FOREST for predicting evapotranspiration in a mid-rotation pine plantation. Forest Ecology and Management. 2015 Nov;355:37-47. Full Text
  - Ward EJ, Domec J-C, Laviner MA, Fox TR, Sun G, McNulty S, King J, Noormets A. Fertilization intensifies drought stress: Water use and stomatal conductance of Pinus taeda in a midrotation fertilization and throughfall reduction experiment. Forest Ecology and Management. 2015 Nov;355:72-82. Full Text
  - Attia Z, Domec J-C, Oren R, Way DA, Moshelion M. Growth and physiological responses of isohydric and anisohydric poplars to drought. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2015 Jul;66(14):4373-4381. PubMed Central PMCID: 25954045. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Reinhardt K, Germino MJ, Kueppers LM, Domec J-C, Mitton J. Linking carbon and water relations to drought-induced mortality in Pinus flexilis seedlings. Tree Physiology. 2015 Jul;35(7):771-782. PubMed Central PMCID: 26116925. Full Text
  - Falster DS, Duursma RA, Ishihara MI, Barneche DR, FitzJohn RG, Vårhammar A, Aiba M, Ando M, Anten N, Aspinwall MJ, Baltzer JL, Baraloto C, Battaglia M, Battles JJ, Bond-Lamberty B, van Breugel M, Camac J, Claveau Y, Coll L, Dannoura M, Delagrange S, Domec J-C, Fatemi F, Feng W, Gargaglione V, Goto Y, Hagihara A, Hall JS, Hamilton S, Harja D, Hiura T, Holdaway R, Hutley LS, Ichie T, Jokela EJ, Kantola A, Kelly JWG, Kenzo T, King D, Kloeppel BD, Kohyama T, Komiyama A, Laclau J-P, Lusk CH, Maguire DA, le Maire G, Mäkelä A, Markesteijn L, Marshall J, McCulloh K, Miyata I, Mokany K, Mori S, Myster RW, Nagano M, Naidu SL, Nouvellon Y, O'Grady AP, O'Hara KL, Ohtsuka T, Osada N, Osunkoya OO, Peri PL, Petritan AM, Poorter L, Portsmuth A, Potvin C, Ransijn J, Reid D, Ribeiro SC, Roberts SD, Rodríguez R, Saldaña-Acosta A, Santa-Regina I, Sasa K, Selaya NG, Sillett SC, Sterck F, Takagi K, Tange T, Tanouchi H, Tissue D, Umehara T, Utsugi H, Vadeboncoeur MA, Valladares F, Vanninen P, Wang JR, Wenk E, Williams R, de Aquino Ximenes F, Yamaba A, Yamada T, Yamakura T, Yanai RD, York RA. BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants. Ecology. 2015 May;96(5):1445-1445. Full Text
  - Bonetti S, Manoli G, Domec J-C, Putti M, Marani M, Katul GG. The influence of water table depth and the free atmospheric state on convective rainfall predisposition. Water Resources Research. 2015 Apr;51(4):2283-2297. Full Text
  - Bonetti S, Manoli G, Domec JC, Putti M, Marani M, Katul GG. The influence of water table depth and the free atmospheric state on convective rainfall predisposition. Water Resources Research. 2015 Apr 1;51(4):2283-2297. Full Text
  - Wilkinson S, Ogée J, Domec J-C, Rayment M, Wingate L. Biophysical modelling of intra-ring variations in tracheid features and wood density of Pinus pinaster trees exposed to seasonal droughts. Tree Physiology. 2015 Mar 12;35(3):305-318. PubMed Central PMCID: 25769337. Full Text
  - Tor-ngern P, Oren R, Ward EJ, Palmroth S, McCarthy HR, Domec J-C. Increases in atmospheric CO2 have little influence on transpiration of a temperate forest canopy. The New Phytologist. 2015 Jan;205(2):518-525. PubMed Central PMCID: 25346045. Full Text
  - Johnson DM, Sherrard ME, Domec J-C, Jackson RB. Role of aquaporin activity in regulating deep and shallow root hydraulic conductance during extreme drought. Trees. 2014 Oct;28(5):1323-1331. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Stout AT, Davis AA, Domec J-C, Yang C, Shi R, King JS. Growth under field conditions affects lignin content and productivity in transgenic Populus trichocarpa with altered lignin biosynthesis. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2014 Sep;68:228-239. Full Text
  - Bouche PS, Larter M, Domec J-C, Burlett R, Gasson P, Jansen S, Delzon S. A broad survey of hydraulic and mechanical safety in the xylem of conifers. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2014 Aug;65(15):4419-4431. PubMed Central PMCID: 24916072. Full Text
  - Albaugh JM, Domec J-C, Maier CA, Sucre EB, Leggett ZH, King JS. Gas exchange and stand-level estimates of water use and gross primary productivity in an experimental pine and switchgrass intercrop forestry system on the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, U.S.A. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2014 Jul;192-193:27-40. Full Text
  - Battie-Laclau P, Laclau J-P, Domec J-C, Christina M, Bouillet J-P, de Cassia Piccolo M, de Moraes Gonçalves JL, e Moreira RM, Krusche AV, Bouvet J-M, Nouvellon Y. Effects of potassium and sodium supply on drought-adaptive mechanisms in Eucalyptus grandis plantations. The New Phytologist. 2014 Jul;203(2):401-413. PubMed Central PMCID: 24725318. Full Text
  - Manoli G, Bonetti S, Domec J-C, Putti M, Katul G, Marani M. Tree root systems competing for soil moisture in a 3D soil–plant model. Advances in Water Resources. 2014 Apr;66:32-42. Full Text
  - Johnson DM, Brodersen CR, Reed M, Domec J-C, Jackson RB. Contrasting hydraulic architecture and function in deep and shallow roots of tree species from a semi-arid habitat. Annals of Botany. 2014 Mar;113(4):617-627. PubMed Central PMCID: 24363350. Full Text
  - Battie-Laclau P, Laclau J-P, Domec J-C, Christina M, Bouillet J-P, Piccolo MDC, Gonçalves JLDM, Moreira RME, Krusche AV, Bouvet J-M, Nouvellon Y. Effects of potassium and sodium supply on drought-adaptive mechanisms in Eucalyptus grandis plantations. New Phytologist. 2014.
  - Johnson DM, Sherrard ME, Domec JC, Jackson RB. Role of aquaporin activity in regulating deep and shallow root hydraulic conductance during extreme drought. Trees Structure and Function. 2014 Jan 1;28(5):1323-1331. Full Text
  - Miao G, Noormets A, Domec J-C, Trettin CC, McNulty SG, Sun G, King JS. The effect of water table fluctuation on soil respiration in a lower coastal plain forested wetland in the southeastern U.S. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2013 Dec;118(4):1748-1762. Full Text
  - McDowell NG, Fisher RA, Xu C, Domec JC, Hölttä T, Mackay DS, Sperry JS, Boutz A, Dickman L, Gehres N, Limousin JM, Macalady A, Martínez-Vilalta J, Mencuccini M, Plaut JA, Ogée J, Pangle RE, Rasse DP, Ryan MG, Sevanto S, Waring RH, Williams AP, Yepez EA, Pockman WT. Evaluating theories of drought-induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel-experiment framework. The New Phytologist. 2013 Oct;200(2):304-321. PubMed Central PMCID: 24004027. (Review) Full Text
  - Meinzer FC, Domec JC, Johnson DM, McCulloh KA, Woodruff DR. The dynamic pipeline: Homeostatic mechanisms that maintain the integrity of xylem water transport from roots to leaves. Acta Horticulturae. 2013 Jul 23;991:125-132.
  - Domec J-C, Rivera LN, King JS, Peszlen I, Hain F, Smith B, Frampton J. Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) infestation affects water and carbon relations of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana). The New Phytologist. 2013 Jul;199(2):452-463. PubMed Central PMCID: 23560452. Full Text
  - Tramontini S, van Leeuwen C, Domec J-C, Destrac-Irvine A, Basteau C, Vitali M, Mosbach-Schulz O, Lovisolo C. Impact of soil texture and water availability on the hydraulic control of plant and grape-berry development. Plant and Soil. 2013 Jul;368(1-2):215-230. Full Text
  - Johnson DM, Domec J-C, Woodruff DR, McCulloh KA, Meinzer FC. Contrasting hydraulic strategies in two tropical lianas and their host trees. American Journal of Botany. 2013 Feb;100(2):374-383. PubMed Central PMCID: 23328691. Full Text
  - Ward EJ, Oren R, Bell DM, Clark JS, McCarthy HR, Kim H-S, Domec J-C. The effects of elevated CO2 and nitrogen fertilization on stomatal conductance estimated from 11 years of scaled sap flux measurements at Duke FACE. Tree Physiology. 2013 Feb;33(2):135-151. PubMed Central PMCID: 23243030. Full Text
  - Way DA, Domec J-C, Jackson RB. Elevated growth temperatures alter hydraulic characteristics in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) seedlings: implications for tree drought tolerance. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2013 Jan;36(1):103-115. PubMed Central PMCID: 22690910. Full Text
  - Albaugh JM, Sucre EB, Leggett ZH, Domec J-C, King JS. Evaluation of intercropped switchgrass establishment under a range of experimental site preparation treatments in a forested setting on the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, U.S.A. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2012 Nov;46:673-682. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Sun G, Noormets A, Gavazzi MJ, Treasure EA, Cohen E, Swenson JJ, McNulty SG, King JS. A Comparison of Three Methods to Estimate Evapotranspiration in Two Contrasting Loblolly Pine Plantations: Age-Related Changes in Water Use and Drought Sensitivity of Evapotranspiration Components. Forest Science. 2012 Oct 23;58(5):497-512. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Noormets A, McNulty SG, Domec J-C, Gavazzi M, Sun G, King JS. The role of harvest residue in rotation cycle carbon balance in loblolly pine plantations. Respiration partitioning approach. Global Change Biology. 2012 Oct;18(10):3186-3201. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Ogée J, Noormets A, Jouangy J, Gavazzi M, Treasure E, Sun G, McNulty SG, King JS. Interactive effects of nocturnal transpiration and climate change on the root hydraulic redistribution and carbon and water budgets of southern United States pine plantations. Tree Physiology. 2012 Jun;32(6):707-723. PubMed Central PMCID: 22467712. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Johnson DM. Does homeostasis or disturbance of homeostasis in minimum leaf water potential explain the isohydric versus anisohydric behavior of Vitis vinifera L. cultivars?. Tree Physiology. 2012 Mar 15;32(3):245-248. PubMed Central PMCID: 22427373. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Lachenbruch B, Pruyn ML, Spicer R. Effects of age-related increases in sapwood area, leaf area, and xylem conductivity on height-related hydraulic costs in two contrasting coniferous species. Annals of Forest Science. 2012 Jan;69(1):17-27. Full Text
  - McCulloh KA, Johnson DM, Meinzer FC, Voelker SL, Lachenbruch B, Domec J-C. Hydraulic architecture of two species differing in wood density: opposing strategies in co-occurring tropical pioneer trees. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2012 Jan;35(1):116-125. PubMed Central PMCID: 21895699. Full Text
  - McCulloh KA, Meinzer FC, Sperry JS, Lachenbruch B, Voelker SL, Woodruff DR, Domec J-C. Comparative hydraulic architecture of tropical tree species representing a range of successional stages and wood density. Oecologia. 2011 Sep;167(1):27-37. PubMed Central PMCID: 21445684. Full Text
  - Domec J-C. Let's not forget the critical role of surface tension in xylem water relations. Tree Physiology. 2011 Apr;31(4):359-360. PubMed Central PMCID: 21551355. Full Text
  - Aspinwall MJ, King JS, Domec J-C, McKeand SE, Isik F. Genetic effects on transpiration, canopy conductance, stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit, and cavitation resistance in loblolly pine. Wei X, Sun G, Vose J, Otsuki K, Zhang Z, editors. Ecohydrology. 2011 Mar;4(2):168-182. Full Text
  - Aspinwall MJ, King JS, McKeand SE, Domec J-C. Leaf-level gas-exchange uniformity and photosynthetic capacity among loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) genotypes of contrasting inherent genetic variation. Tree Physiology. 2011 Jan;31(1):78-91. PubMed Central PMCID: 21389004. Full Text
  - Sun G, Caldwell P, Noormets A, McNulty SG, Cohen E, Moore Myers J, Domec J-C, Treasure E, Mu Q, Xiao J, John R, Chen J. Upscaling key ecosystem functions across the conterminous United States by a water-centric ecosystem model. Journal of Geophysical Research. 2011;116. Full Text
  - Swenson JJ, Carter CE, Domec J-C, Delgado CI. Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon: global prices, deforestation, and mercury imports. Plos One. 2011 Jan;6(4):e18875-null. PubMed Central PMCID: 21526143. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Domec J-C, Schäfer K, Oren R, Kim HS, McCarthy HR. Variable conductivity and embolism in roots and branches of four contrasting tree species and their impacts on whole-plant hydraulic performance under future atmospheric CO₂ concentration. Tree Physiology. 2010 Aug;30(8):1001-1015. PubMed Central PMCID: 20566583. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, King JS, Noormets A, Treasure E, Gavazzi MJ, Sun G, McNulty SG. Hydraulic redistribution of soil water by roots affects whole-stand evapotranspiration and net ecosystem carbon exchange. The New Phytologist. 2010 Jul;187(1):171-183. PubMed Central PMCID: 20406402. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Noormets A, Sun G, McNulty SG, Gavazzi MJ, Chen J, Domec J-C, King JS, Amatya DM, Skaggs RW. Energy and water balance of two contrasting loblolly pine plantations on the lower coastal plain of North Carolina, USA (vol 259, pg 1299, 2010). Forest Ecology and Management. 2010 Jun 15;260(1):169-169. Full Text Link to Item
  - NOORMETS A, GAVAZZI MJ, MCNULTY SG, DOMEC J-C, SUN G, KING JS, CHEN J. Response of carbon fluxes to drought in a coastal plain loblolly pine forest. Global Change Biology. 2010 Jan;16(1):272-287. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Palmroth S, Ward E, Maier CA, Thérézien M, Oren R. Acclimation of leaf hydraulic conductance and stomatal conductance of Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) to long-term growth in elevated CO(2) (free-air CO(2) enrichment) and N-fertilization. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2009 Nov;32(11):1500-1512. PubMed Central PMCID: 19558405. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Noormets A, King JS, Sun G, McNulty SG, Gavazzi MJ, Boggs JL, Treasure EA. Decoupling the influence of leaf and root hydraulic conductances on stomatal conductance and its sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit as soil dries in a drained loblolly pine plantation. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2009 Aug;32(8):980-991. PubMed Central PMCID: 19344336. Full Text
  - Meinzer FC, Domec J-C, Lachenbruch B, Warren JM. Safety Factors for Xylem Failure by Implosion and Air-Seeding Within Roots, Trunks and Branches of Young and Old Conifer Trees. Iawa Journal. 2009 Jan 1;30(2):101-120. Full Text
  - Meinzer FC, Campanello PI, Domec J-C, Genoveva Gatti M, Goldstein G, Villalobos-Vega R, Woodruff DR. Constraints on physiological function associated with branch architecture and wood density in tropical forest trees. Tree Physiology. 2008 Nov;28(11):1609-1617. PubMed Central PMCID: 18765366. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Pruyn ML. Bole girdling affects metabolic properties and root, trunk and branch hydraulics of young ponderosa pine trees. Tree Physiology. 2008 Oct;28(10):1493-1504. PubMed Central PMCID: 18708331. Full Text
  - Scholz FG, Bucci SJ, Goldstein G, Moreira MZ, Meinzer FC, Domec J-C, Villalobos-Vega R, Franco AC, Miralles-Wilhelm F. Biophysical and life-history determinants of hydraulic lift in Neotropical savanna trees. Functional Ecology. 2008 Oct;22(5):773-786. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Lachenbruch B, Meinzer FC, Woodruff DR, Warren JM, McCulloh KA. Maximum height in a conifer is associated with conflicting requirements for xylem design. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008 Aug 11;105(33):12069-12074. PubMed Central PMCID: 18695232. Full Text
  - Meinzer FC, Woodruff DR, Domec J-C, Goldstein G, Campanello PI, Gatti MG, Villalobos-Vega R. Coordination of leaf and stem water transport properties in tropical forest trees. Oecologia. 2008 May;156(1):31-41. PubMed Central PMCID: 18253753. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Meinzer FC, Lachenbruch B, Housset J. Dynamic variation in sapwood specific conductivity in six woody species. Tree Physiology. 2007 Oct;27(10):1389-1400. PubMed Central PMCID: 17669729. Full Text
  - Warren JM, Meinzer FC, Brooks JR, Domec J-C, Coulombe R. Hydraulic redistribution of soil water in two old-growth coniferous forests: quantifying patterns and controls. The New Phytologist. 2007 Jan;173(4):753-765. PubMed Central PMCID: 17286824. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Lachenbruch B, Meinzer FC. Bordered pit structure and function determine spatial patterns of air-seeding thresholds in xylem of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii; Pinaceae) trees. American Journal of Botany.. 2006 Nov;93(11):1588-1600. PubMed Central PMCID: 21642104. Full Text
  - Domec JC, Meinzer FC, Gartner BL, Woodruff D. Transpiration-induced axial and radial tension gradients in trunks of Douglas-fir trees. Tree Physiology. 2006 Mar;26(3):275-284. PubMed Central PMCID: 16356900. Full Text
  - Brooks JR, Meinzer FC, Warren JM, Domec J-C, Coulombe R. Hydraulic redistribution in a Douglas-fir forest: lessons from system manipulations. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2006 Jan;29(1):138-150. PubMed Central PMCID: 17086760. Full Text
  - Domec JC, Scholz FG, Bucci SJ, Meinzer FC, Goldstein G, Villalobos-Vega R. Diurnal and seasonal variation in root xylem embolism in neotropical savanna woody species: impact on stomatal control of plant water status. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2006 Jan;29(1):26-35. PubMed Central PMCID: 17086750. Full Text
  - Meinzer FC, Brooks JR, Domec JC, Gartner BL, Warren JM, Woodruff DR, Bible K, Shaw DC. Dynamics of water transport and storage in conifers studied with deuterium and heat tracing techniques. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2006 Jan;29(1):105-114. PubMed Central PMCID: 17086757. Full Text
  - DOMEC J-C, PRUYN ML, GARTNER BL. Axial and radial profiles in conductivities, water storage and native embolism in trunks of young and old-growth ponderosa pine trees. Plant, Cell and Environment. 2005 Sep;28(9):1103-1113. Full Text
  - Warren JM, Meinzer FC, Brooks JR, Domec JC. Vertical stratification of soil water storage and release dynamics in Pacific Northwest coniferous forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2005 May;130(1-2):39-58. Full Text
  - The Cohesion-Tension Theory. New Phytologist. 2004 Sep;163(3):451-452. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Warren JM, Meinzer FC, Brooks JR, Coulombe R. Native root xylem embolism and stomatal closure in stands of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine: mitigation by hydraulic redistribution. Oecologia. 2004 Sep;141(1):7-16. PubMed Central PMCID: 15338263. Full Text
  - Bouffier LA, Gartner BL, Domec JC. Wood density and hydraulic properties of ponderosa pine from the Willamette Valley vs. the Cascade Mountains. Wood and Fiber Science. 2003 Apr;35(2):217-233. Link to Item
  - Brooks JR, Schulte PJ, Bond BJ, Coulombe R, Domec JC, Hinckley TM, McDowell N, Phillips N. Does foliage on the same branch compete for the same water? Experiments on Douglas-fir trees. Trees Structure and Function. 2003 Mar;17(2):101-108. Full Text Link to Item
  - DOMEC J-C, GARTNER BL. Relationship between growth rates and xylem hydraulic characteristics in young, mature and old-growth ponderosa pine trees. Plant, Cell and Environment. 2003 Mar;26(3):471-483. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Gartner BL. How do water transport and water storage differ in coniferous earlywood and latewood?. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2002 Dec;53(379):2369-2379. PubMed Central PMCID: 12432029. Full Text
  - Domec JC, Gartner BL. Age- and position-related changes in hydraulic versus mechanical dysfunction of xylem: inferring the design criteria for Douglas-fir wood structure. Tree Physiology. 2002 Feb;22(2-3):91-104. PubMed Central PMCID: 11830406. Full Text
  - Domec J-C, Gartner BL. Cavitation and water storage capacity in bole xylem segments of mature and young Douglas-fir trees. Trees. 2001 May;15(4):204-214. Full Text
  - Loustau D, Domec J-C, Bosc A. Interpreting the variations in xylem sap flux density within the trunk of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.): application of a model for calculating water flows at tree and stand levels. Annales Des Sciences Forestières. 1998;55(1-2):29-46. Full Text
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