Publications
2009
Li Y, Sperry JS, Shao M. (2009) Hydraulic conductance and vulnerability to cavitation in corn (Zea mays) genotypes of differing drought resistance. Environmental and Experimental Botany 66: 341-346. PDF
Christman MA, Sperry JS, Adler FR. (2009) Testing the "rare pit" hypothesis in three species of Acer. New Phytologist 182: 664–674. PDF
2008
Taneda H, Sperry JS. (2008) A case-study of water transport in co-occurring ring- versus diffuse-porous trees: contrasts in water-status, conducting capacity, cavitation and vessel refilling. Tree Physiology 28: 1641-1651. PDF
McDowell N, Pockman W, Allen C, Breshears D, Cobb N, Kolb T, Sperry JS, West A, Williams D, Yepez E. Tansley Review. 2008. Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought. Why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought? New Phytologist 178: 719-739. PDF
Sperry JS, Meinzer FC, McCulloh KA. (2008) Safety and efficiency conflicts in hydraulic architecture: scaling from tissues to trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 31: 632-645. PDF
Bush SE, Pataki DE, Hultine KR, West AG, Sperry JS, Ehleringer JR. (2008) Wood anatomy constrains stomatal responses to atmospheric vapor pressure deficit in irrigated, urban trees. Oecologia 156: 13-20. PDF
Li YY, Sperry JS, Taneda H, Bush SE, Hacke UG. (2008) Evaluation of centrifugal methods for measureing xylem cavitation in conifers, diffuse- and ring-porous angiosperms. New Phytologist 177: 558-568. PDF
West AG, Hultin KR, Sperry JS, Bush SE, Ehleringer JR. (2008) Transpiration and hydraulic strategies in a pinon-juniper woodland. Ecological Applications 18: 911-927. PDF
2007
Sperry JS, Hacke UG, Feild TS, Sano Y, Sikkema EH. (2007) Hydraulic consequences of vessel evolution in angiosperms. International Journal of Plant Sciences 168: 1127-1139. PDF
Hacke UG, Sperry JS, Feild TS, Sano Y, Sikkema EH, Pittermann J. (2007) Water transport in vesselless angiosperms: conducting efficiency and cavitation safety. International Journal of Plant Sciences 168: 1113-1126. PDF
Pratt RB, Jacobsen AL, Golgotiu KA, Sperry JS, Ewers FW, Davis SD. (2007). Life history type and water stress tolerance in nine California chaparral species (Rhamnaceae). Ecological Monographs 77: 239-253. PDF
2006
Sperry JS, Hacke UG, Pittermann J. (2006) Size and function in conifer tracheids and angiosperm vessels. American Journal of Botany 93: 1490-1500. PDF
Pittermann J, Sperry JS, Wheeler JK, Hacke UG, Sikkema E. (2006) Mechanical reinforcement against tracheid implosion compromises the hydraulic efficiency of conifer xylem. Plant, Cell and Environment 29: 1618-1628. PDF
Pittermann J, Sperry JS, Hacke UG, Wheeler JK, Sikkema E. (2006) Inter-tracheid pitting and the hydraulic efficiency of conifer wood: the role of tracheid allometry and cavitation protection. American Journal of Botany 93: 1265-1273. PDF
Pittermann J, Sperry JS. (2006) Analysis of freeze-thaw embolism in conifers. The interaction between cavitation pressure and tracheid size. Plant Physiology 140: 374-382. PDF
Addington RN, Donovan LA, Mitchell RJ, Vose JM , Pecot SD, Jack SB, Hacke UG, Sperry JS, Oren R. (2006) Adjustments in hydraulic architecture of Pinus palustris maintain similar stomatal conductance in xeric and mesic habitats. Plant, Cell and Environment 29: 535-545. PDF
Hacke UG, Sperry JS, Wheeler JK, Castro L. (2006)
Scaling of angiosperm xylem structure with safety and efficiency. Tree Physiology 26: 689-701. PDF
Hultine KR, Koepke DF, Pockman WT, Fravolini A, Sperry JS, Williams DG. (2006)
Influence of soil texture on hydraulic properties and water relations of a dominant warm-desert phreatophyte. Tree Physiology 26:313–323. PDF
2005
Stiller V, Sperry JS, Lafitte R. (2005) Embolized conduits of rice (Oryza sativa, Poaceae) refill despite negative xylem pressure. American Journal of Botany 92: 1970-1974. PDF
Pittermann J, Sperry JS, Hacke UG, Wheeler JK, Sikkema E. (2005) Torus-margo pits help conifers compete with angiosperms. Science 310: 1924. PDF
Wheeler JK, Sperry JS, Hacke UG, Huang, N. (2005) Inter-vessel pitting and cavitation in woody Rosaceae and other vesseled plants: a basis for a safety vs. efficiency trade-off in xylem transport. Plant Cell and Environment 28: 800-812. PDF
Sperry JS, Hacke UG, Wheeler JK. (2005) Comparative analysis of end wall resistance in xylem conduits. Plant, Cell and Environment 28: 456-465. PDF
McCulloh KA, Sperry JS. (2005) The evaluation of Murray’s law in Psilotum nudum (Psilotaceae), an analogue of ancestral vascular plants. American Journal of Botany 92: 985-989. PDF
McCulloh KA, Sperry JS. (2005) Patterns in hydraulic architecture and their implications for transport efficiency. Tree Physiology 25: 257-267. PDF
McCulloh KA, Sperry JS. (2005) Murray’s law and the vascular architecture of plants. In: Ecology and Biomechanics: a Mechanical Approach to the Ecology of Animals and Plants (A. Herrel, T Speck, N. Rowe eds.) CRC Press.
Hacke UG, Sperry JS, Pittermann J A. (2005) Efficiency vs. safety trade-offs for water conduction in angiosperm vessels vs. gymnosperm tracheids. In: Holbrook N.M., Zwieniecki M., eds., Vascular Transport in Plants. Elsevier Inc. Amsterdam, pp 333-353.
Hacke UG, Sperry JS. (2005) Water transport in plants. In: Molecular Plant Physiology (ed. R. Sharma). Haworth Press, New York.
2004
Sperry JS, Hacke UG. (2004) Analysis of circular bordered pit function I. Angiosperm vessels with homogenous pit membranes. American Journal of Botany 91: 369-385. PDF
Hacke UG, Sperry JS, Pittermann J. (2004) Analysis of circular bordered pit function II. Gymnosperm tracheids with torus-margo pit membranes. American Journal of Botany 91: 386-400. PDF
McCulloh KA, Sperry JS, Adler FR. (2004) Murray’s law and the hydraulic vs. mechanic functioning of wood. Functional Ecology 18:257-257. PDF
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, 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)
The Cohesion-Tension Theory. New Phytologist 163: 451-452. PDF
Sperry JS. (2004)
Coordinating stomatal and xylem functioning – an evolutionary perspective. New Phytologist 162: 568–570. PDF
2003
Sperry JS, Stiller V, Hacke UG. (2003) Xylem hydraulics and the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum: opportunities and unresolved issues. Agronomy Journal 95: 1362-1370. PDF
Hacke UG, Sperry JS. (2003) Limits of xylem refilling under negative pressure in Laurus nobilis and Acer negundo. Plant, Cell and Environment 26: 303-311. PDF
Sperry JS. (2003) Evolution of water transport and xylem structure. International Journal of Plant Science 164: S115-S127 Suppl. PDF
McCulloh KA, Sperry JS, Adler FR. (2003) Water transport in plants obeys Murray's law. Nature 421: 939-942. PDF
Pittermann J, Sperry J. (2003)
Tracheid diameter is the key trait determining the extent of freezing-induced embolism in conifers.
Tree Physiology 23: 907–914. PDF
Stiller V, Lafitte HR, Sperry JS. (2003) Hydraulic Properties of Rice and the Response of Gas Exchange to Water Stress. Plant Physiology 132: 1698-1706. PDF
Hacke UG, Stiller V, Sperry JS. (2003)
Cavitation fatigue – the weakening of cavitation resistance of xylem and its reversibility. In: Advances in Plant Physiology, Vol. 6 (ed. A. Hemantaranjan). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, pp. 225-234.
2002
Sperry JS, Hacke UG. (2002) Desert shrub water relations with respect to soil characteristics and plant functional type. Functional Ecology 16: 367-378. PDF
Sperry JS, Hacke UG, Oren R, Comstock JP. (2002) Water deficits and hydraulic limits to leaf water supply. Plant, Cell and Environment 25: 251-263. PDF
Sperry JS, Stiller V, Hacke UG. (2002) Soil water uptake and water transport through root systems. In: Plant Roots: The Hidden Half (eds. Y. Waisel, A. Eshel, U. Kafkafi), 3rd ed. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, pp. 663-681.
Davis SD, Ewers FW, Sperry JS, Portwood KA, Crocker MC, Adams GC. (2002) Shoot dieback during prolonged drought in Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae) chaparral of California: A possible case of hydraulic failure. American Journal of Botany 89: 820-828. PDF
Stiller V, Sperry JS. (2002) Cavitation fatigue and its reversal in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Journal of Experimental Botany 53 (371): 1155-1161. PDF
2001
Oren R, Sperry JS, Ewers BE, Pataki DE, Phillips N, Megonigal JP. (2001) Sensitivity of mean canopy stomatal conductance to vapor pressure deficit in a flooded Taxodium distichum L. Forest: hydraulic and non-hydraulic effects. Oecologia 126: 21-29. PDF
Hacke UG, Sperry JS, Pockman WT, Davis SD, McCulloh K. (2001) Trends in wood density and structure are linked to prevention of xylem implosion by negative pressure. Oecologia 126: 457-461. PDF
Hacke UG, Stiller V, Sperry JS, Pittermann J, McCulloh K. (2001) Cavitation fatigue: embolism and refilling cycles can weaken the cavitation resistance of xylem. Plant Physiology 125: 779-786. PDF
Hubbard RM, Ryan MG, Stiller V, Sperry JS. (2001) Stomatal conductance and photosynthesis vary linearly with plant hydraulic conductance in ponderosa pine. Plant Cell and Environment 24: 113-121. PDF
Hacke UG, Sperry JS. (2001) Functional and ecological xylem anatomy. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 4: 97-115. PDF
Sperry JS, Robson DG. (2001) Xylem cavitation and freezing in conifers. In: Conifer Cold Hardiness, eds. S. Colombo and F. Bigras. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 121-136
2000
Jackson RB, Sperry JS, and Dawson TE. (2000) Root water uptake and transport: scaling physiological processes for global predictions. Invited review. Trends in Plant Science 5 (11): 482-488. PDF
Ewers BE, Oren R, and Sperry JS. (2000) Influence of nutrient versus water supply on hydraulic architecture and water balance in Pinus taeda. Plant Cell and Environment 23: 1055-1066. PDF
Sperry JS. Hydraulic constraints on plant gas exchange (2000) Agricultural and Forest Meterology 104 (1): 13-23. PDF
Hacke UG., Sperry JS, Ewers BE, Ellsworth DS, Schäfer KVR, Oren R (2000) Influence of soil porosity on water use in Pinus taeda. Oecologia 124: 495–505. PDF
Hacke UG, Sperry JS, Pittermann J. (2000) Drought experience and cavitation resistance in six shrubs from the Great Basin, Utah. Basic and Applied Ecology 1: 31-41. PDF
Pockman WT, Sperry JS. (2000) Vulnerability to cavitation and the distribution of Sonoran Desert vegetation. American Journal of Botany 87: 1287-1299. PDF
Comstock JP, Sperry JS. (2000) Tansley Review No.119. Theoretical considerations of optimal conduit length for water transport in vascular plants. New Phytologist 148: 195-218. PDF
1999
Oren R, Sperry JS, Katul CG, Pataki DE, Ewers BE, Phillips N, Schäfer, KVR. (1999) Survey and synthesis of intra- and interspecific variation in stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit. Plant Cell and Environment 22: 1515-1526. PDF
Stiller V, Sperry JS. (1999) Canny‘s compensation pressure theory fails a test. American Journal of Botany 86 (8): 1082 –1086. PDF
Davis SD, Sperry JS, Hacke UG. (1999) The relationship between xylem conduit diameter and cavitation caused by freezing. American Journal of Botany 86: 1367-1372. PDF
Kolb KJ, Sperry JS. (1999) Transport constraints on water use by the Great Basin shrub, Artemisia tridentata. Plant Cell and Environment 22: 925-935. PDF
Kolb KJ, Sperry JS. (1999) Differences in drought adaptation between subspecies of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). Ecology 80 (7): 2373-2384. PDF
1998
Sperry JS, Adler FR, Campbell GS, Comstock JC. (1998) Limitation of plant water use by rhizosphere and xylem conductances: results from a model. Plant Cell and Environment 21: 347-359. PDF
Linton MJ, Sperry JS, Williams DG. (1998) Limits to water transport in Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus edulis: implications for drought tolerance and regulation of transpiration. Functional Ecology 12: 906-911. PDF
1997
Pockman WT, Sperry JS. (1997) Freezing-induced xylem cavitation and the northern limit of Larrea tridentata. Oecologia 109: 19-27. PDF
Alder NN, Pockman WT, Sperry JS, Nuismer S. (1997) Use of centrifugal force in the study of xylem cavitation. Journal of Experimental Botany 48: 665-674. PDF
Sperry JS, Ikeda T. (1997) Xylem cavitation in roots and stems of Douglas-fir and white fir. Tree Physiology 17: 275-280. PDF
1996
Sperry JS, Saliendra NZ, Pockman WT, Cochard HE, Cruziat P, Davis, SD, Ewers FW, Tyree MT. (1996) New evidence for large negative xylem pressures and their measurement by the pressure chamber method. Plant Cell and Environment 19: 427-436. PDF
Blake TJ, Sperry JS, Tschaplinski T, Wang S. (1996) Water relations. In: Stettler R.F., Bradshaw H.D., Heilman P.E., Hinckley T.M, eds., Biology of Populus and its implications for management and conservation. Part II, Chapter 16. NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa. Pp. 401-442.
Kolb KJ, Sperry JS, Lamont B. (1996) A method for measuring xylem hydraulic conductance and embolism in entire root and shoot systems. Journal of Experimental Botany 47: 1805-1810. PDF
Alder NN, Sperry JS, Pockman WT. (1996) Root and stem xylem cavitation, stomatal conductance, and leaf turgor in Acer grandidentatum across a soil moisture gradient. Oecologia 105: 293-301. PDF
1995
Sperry JS. (1995) Hydraulic architecture of palms. Giornale Botanico Italiano 129: 482-490.
Pockman WT, Sperry JS, O'Leary JW. (1995) Evidence for sustained and significant negative pressure in xylem. Nature 378: 715-716. PDF
Saliendra NZ, Sperry JS, Comstock JP. (1995) Influence of leaf water status on stomatal responses to hydraulic conductance, atmospheric drought, and soil drought in Betula occidentalis. Planta 196: 357-366. Abstract
Sperry JS. (1995) Limitations of water transport and their consequences. In: Gartner, B. ed., Plant Stems: Physiology and Functional Morphology. Physiological Ecology Series, Academic Press. Pp. 105-120.
Pallardy SG, Cermak J, Ewers FW, Kaufmann MR, Parker B, Sperry JS. (1995) Water transport dynamics in trees and stands. In: Hinckley, T., Smith WK eds., Physiological Ecology of Coniferous Forests: Past and Future. Physiological Ecology Series, Academic Press.
1994
Sperry J, Saliendra NZ. (1994) Intra- and inter-plant variation in xylem cavitation in Betula occidentalis. Plant Cell and Environment 17: 1233-1241. PDF
Sperry JS, Nichols KL, Sullivan JEM, Eastlack SE. (1994) Xylem embolism in ring-porous, diffuse-porous, and coniferous trees of Northern Utah and Interior Alaska. Ecology 75: 1736-1752. PDF
1993
Sperry JS, Alder NN, Eastlack SE. (1993) The effect of reduced hydraulic conductance on stomatal conductance and xylem cavitation. Journal of Experimental Botany 44: 1075-1082. Abstract
Sperry JS, Pockman WP. (1993) Limitation of transpiration by hydraulic conductance and xylem cavitation in Betula occidentalis. Plant Cell Environ 16: 279-288. PDF
Sperry JS. (1993) Winter embolism and spring recovery in Betula cordifolia, Fagus grandifolia, Abies balsamifera, and Picea rubens. pp. 86-98 In: Water Transport in Plants Under Climatic Stress. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
1992
Sperry JS, Sullivan JEM. (1992) Xylem embolism in response to freeze-thaw cycles and water stress in ring-porous, diffuse-porous, and conifer species. Plant Physiology 100: 605-613. PDF
1991
Sperry JS, Perry A, Sullivan JEM. (1991) Pit membrane degradation and air-embolism formation in aging xylem vessels of Populus tremuloides. Journal of Experimental Botany 42: 1399-1406. Abstract
1990
Sperry JS, Tyree MT. (1990) Water-stress-induced xylem embolism in three species of conifers. Plant Cell and Environment 13: 427-436. PDF
1989
Tyree MT, Sperry JS. (1989) Vulnerability of xylem to cavitation and embolism. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology 40: 19-38. PDF
Tyree MT, Sperry JS. (1989) Characterization and propagation of acoustic emission signals in woody plants: towards an improved acoustic emission counter. Plant Cell and Environment 12: 371-382. PDF
1988
Sperry JS, Tyree MT. (1988) Mechanism of water-stress induced xylem embolism. Plant Physiology 88: 581-587. PDF
Tyree MT, Sperry JS. (1988) Do woody plants operate near the point of catastrophic xylem dysfunction caused by dynamic water stress? Answers from a model. Plant Physiology 88: 574-580. PDF
Sperry JS, Tyree MT, Donnelly JR. (1988) Vulnerability of xylem to embolism in a mangrove vs. an inland species of Rhizophoraceae. Physiologia Plantarum 74: 276-283. Abstract
Sperry JS, Donnelly JR, Tyree MT. (1988) Seasonal occurrence of xylem embolism in sugar maple (Acer saccharum). American Journal of Botany 75: 1212-1218. PDF
Sperry JS, Donnelly JR, Tyree MT. (1988) A method for measuring hydraulic conductivity and embolism in xylem. Plant Cell and Environment 11: 35-40. PDF
1987
Sperry JS, Holbrook NM, Zimmermann MH, Tyree MT. (1987) Spring filling of xylem vessels in wild grapevine. Plant Physiology 83: 414-417. PDF
1986
Sperry JS. (1986) Relationship of xylem embolism to xylem pressure potential, stomatal closure, and shoot morphology in the palm Rhapis excelsa. Plant Physiology 80: 110-116. PDF
1985
Sperry JS. (1985) Xylem embolism in the palm Rhapis excelsa. IAWA Bull. N.S. 6: 283-292. PDF
1983
Sperry JS. (1983) Observations on the structure and function of hydathodes in Blechnum lehmanii. American Fern Journal 73: 65-72. PDF
Zimmermann MH, Sperry JS. (1983) Anatomy of the palm Rhapis excelsa. IX. Xylem structure of the leaf insertion. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 64: 599-609. PDF
1982
Zimmermann MH, McCue KF, Sperry JS. (1982) Anatomy of the palm Rhapis excelsa. VIII. Vessel network and vessel-length distribution in the stem. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 63: 83-95. PDF
Sperry JS. (1982) Observations of reaction fibers in leaves of dicotyledons. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 63: 173-185. PDF