Tropical Plant Ecophysiology and Functional Ecology Lab

PUBLICATIONS

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Melcher, P.J., F.C. Meinzer, D.E. Young and G. Goldstein (1998) Measuring high tension in plants. In: P.B. Benett, I. Dmchenko and R.E. Marquis (eds) High Pressure Biology and Medicine. University of Rochester Press, N.Y., pp. 93-101.

Goldstein, G., F.C. Meinzer and J.L. Andrade (2000) Economia de agua en bosques lluviosos tropicales: disponibilidad y regulacion del flujo en arboles del dosel. In: M. Guariguata and G. Kattan (eds.) Ecologia de bosques Lluviosos Neotropicales. IICA, Costa Rica (in press).

Goldstein, G., F.C. Meinzer, L.da S.L. Sternberg, P. Jackson, J. Cavelier, and N. Holbrook (1996) Evaluating aspects of water economy and photosynthetic performance with stable isotopes from water and organic matter. In: S. Mulkey, R. Chazdon, and R. Chazdon (eds.) Tropical Forest Plant Ecophysiology. Chapman and Hall, N.Y., pp. 114-138.

Meinzer, F.C., and G. Goldstein (1996) Scaling up from leaves to whole plants for photosynthetic gas exchange. In: S. Mulkey, R. Chazdon, and R. Chazdon (eds.) Tropical Forest Plant Ecophysiology. Chapman and Hall, N.Y., pp. 244-267.

Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, and D.A. Grantz (1993) Carbon isotope discrimination and gas exchange in coffee during adjustment to different soil moisture regimes, In: Ehleringer J, Hall A.I., Farquhar G.D. (eds.) Stable Isotopes and Plant Carbon-Water relations. Academic Press, San Diego  pp. 327-345.

Jackson, P., F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein, N. Holbrook., and F. Rada (1993) Environmental and physiological influences on carbon isotope composition of gap and understory plants in a lowland tropical forest. In: Ehleringer J., Hall A.I., Farquhar G.D. (eds.) Stable Isotopes and Plant Carbon-Water relations. Academic Press, San Diego  pp. 131-153.

Nobel, P.S., and G. Goldstein (1992) Desiccation and freezing phenomena for plants with large water capacitance-Cacti and Espeletias. In: Somero et al. (eds.) Water and Life. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 239-257.

Cavelier, J., and G. Goldstein (1989) Leaf anatomy and water relations in tropical elfin cloud forest tree species. In: Kreb K.H., Richter H. and Hinckley T.M. (eds.) Structural and Functional Responses to Environmental Stresses. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 243-253.

Goldstein, G., F. Rada, M. Canales, and A. Azocar (1990) Relaciones hidricas e intercambio de gases en especies of sabanas Americanas. In: G. Sarmiento (ed.) Proceedings of the IUBS Symposium on the Ecology and Management of South American Savannas.

Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, and F. Rada (1994) Paramo microclimate and leaf thermal balance of Andean giant rosette plants. In: Rundel P., Smith A.P., and Meinzer F (eds.) Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 45-59.

Meinzer, F., G. Goldstein, and P. Rundel (1994) Comparative water relations of tropical alpine plants. In: Rundel P, Smith A.P., and Meinzer F.C. (eds.) Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 61-76.

Goldstein, G. F. Meinzer, and F. Rada (1994) Environmental Biology of a tropical treeline species Polylepis sericea . In: Rundel P., Smith A.P., and Meinzer F.C. (eds.) Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 129-149.

Goldstein, G., and G. Sarmiento (1986) Water relations of trees and grasses and their consequences for the structure of savanna vegetation. In: Walker B. (ed.) Determinants of Tropical Savannas, Proceedings of the IUBS/SCZ workshop, Harare, Zimbabwe, IUBS Monograph Series No. 3, IRL. Press, Oxford, pp. 13-38.

Mares, M.A., J. Morello, and G. Goldstein (1985) the Monte desert and other subtropical semi-arid biomes of Argentina, with comments on their relation to North America arid areas. In: Evenari M., Noy-Meir I., and Goodall D.W. (eds.) Hot Desert and Arid Shrublands. Elsevier, Amsterdam-Oxford-New York, pp. 203-237.

Meinzer, F., and G. Goldstein (1985) Adaptations for water and thermal balance in Andean giant rosette plants. In: Givnish T.J. (ed.) On the Economy of Plant Form and Function. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 381-411.

Solbrig, O.T., M. Barbour, J. Cross, G. Goldstein, Ch. Lowe, and J. Morello. The strategies and community patterns of plants. In: Orians G. and Solbrig O (eds.) Convergent Evolution in Warm Desert Ecosystems. Dowed, Hutchinson and Rosh, Pp. 67-106.      

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Stratton, L.C., and G. Goldstein (2001) Carbon uptake, growth and resource use efficiency in one invasive and six native Hawaiian dry forest trees. Tree Physiology 21: 1327-1334

Durand, L.Z., and G. Goldstein (2001) Growth, leaf characteristics, and spore production in native and invasive tree ferns in Hawaii. American Fern Journal 91: 25-31

Meinzer, F.C., M.J. Clearwater, and G. Goldstein (2002) Water transport in trees: current perspectives, new insights and some controversies. Environmental and Experimental Botany 45: 239-262.

Durand L.Z., and G. Goldstein (2001) Photosynthesis, photoinhibition and nitrogen use efficiency in native and invasive tree ferns in Hawaii. Oecologia 126:345-354

Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, and J.L. Andrade (2000) Regulation of water flux through tropical forest canopy trees: Do universal rules apply? Tree Physiology 21: 19-26

Cordell S.G., G. Goldstein, P.J. Melcher, and F.C. Meinzer (2000) Photosynthetic and freezing avoidance in Metrosideros polymorpha at treeline in Hawaii. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 32: 381-387

            Melcher, P.J., G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, T.J. Jones, N.M. Holbrook, and C.X. Huang (2000) Water relations of coastal and estuarine Rhizophora mangle : the dynamics of embolism formation and repair. Oecologia 126: 182-192

Scowcroft P.W., F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein, P.J. Melcher, and J. Jeffrey (2000) Moderating night radiative cooling reduces frost damage to Metrosideros polymorpha seedlings used for forest restoration in Hawaii. Restoration Ecology 8:161-169

Melcher, P.J., S. Cordell, T. Jones, P.W. Scowcroft, W. Neimczura, T.W. Giambelluca, and G. Goldstein (2000) Supercooling capacity increases from sea level to treeline in the Hawaiian tree species Metrosideros polymorpha . Int. J. Plant Sci. 161: 369-379

Clearwater, M.J. F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein, J.L. Andrade and N.M. Holbrook (1999) Potential errors in measurement of non-uniform sap flow using heat dissipation probes. Tree Physiology 19: 681-687

Steele, O.C., K.C. Ewel, and G. Goldstein (1999) The importance of propagule predation in a forest of non-indigenous mangrove trees. Wetlands 19: 705-708

Santiago, L.S., G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, J. Fownes and D. Mueller-Dombois (2000) Transpiration and forest structure in relation to soil waterlogging in a Hawaiian montane cloud forest. Tree Physiology 20:673-681

Tausend, P.C., G. Goldstein, and F.C. Meinzer (2000) Water utilization, plant hydraulic conductivity and xylem vulnerability in three contrasting coffee ( Coffea arabica ) cultivars. Tree Physiology 20:159-168

Tausend, P.C., F.C. Meinzer, and G. Goldstein (2000) Control of transpiration in three coffee cultivars: The role of hydraulic and crown architecture: Trees 14:181-190

Santiago, L.S., T.S. Lau, P.J. Melcher, O.C. Steele, and G. Goldstein (2000) Morphological and physiological responses of three populations of Hawaiian Hibiscus tiliaceus to light and substrate salinity. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161:14-20

Baruch, Z. and G. Goldstein (1999) Leaf construction cost, nutrient concentration and net CO 2 assimilation of native and invasive species in Hawaii. Oecologia 121:183-192

Baruch, Z., R.P. Pattison, and G. Goldstein (2000) Responses to light and water availability of four invasive Melastomataceae in the Hawaiian islands Int. J. of Plant Sci. 161:107-118

Pattison, R.R., G. Goldstein and A. Ares (1998) Growth, biomass allocation and photosynthesis of invasive and native Hawaiian rainforest species. Oecologia 117: 449-459

Melcher, P.J., F.C. Meinzer, D.E. Yount, G. Goldstein and U. Zimmermann (1998) Comparative measurements of xylem pressure in transpiring and non-transpiring leaves by means of the pressure chamber and the xylem probe. Journal of Experimental Botany 49: 1575-1760

Cordell, S., G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, and P. Vitousek (2000) Morphological versus physiological adjustment to removal of nutrient limitation in Metrosideros polymorpha forests in Hawaii. Tree Phys. 21: 43-50

Cordell, S., G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, and P. Vitousek (2000) Regulation of leaf life-span and nutrient-use efficiency of Metrosideros polymorpha in N- and P-limited Hawaiian forests. Oecologia: 127: 198-206

Cordell, S., and G. Goldstein (1999) Light distribution and photosynthesis of Metrosideros polymorpha forests at both ends of a substrate age gradient in Hawaii. Sylvania 20:350-356

Cordell, S., G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer (1999) Allocation of nitrogen and carbon in leaves of Metrosideros polymorpha regulates carboxylation capacity and d 13 C along an altitudinal gradient. Functional Ecology 13:811-818

Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, A.C. Franco, M. Bustamante, E. Igler, P. Jackson, L. Caldas, P.W. Rundel (1999) Atmospheric and hydraulic limitations on transpiration in Brazilian Cerrado woody species. Functional Ecology 13:273-282

Zhu, J., D.P. Bartholomew, and G. Goldstein (2000) Photosynthetic gas exchange and water relations during drought in a Crassulacean acid metabolism species, Ananas comosus , grown under ambient and elevated CO2 and three day/night temperatures. Acta Hort. (submitted)

Jackson, P.C., F.C. Meinzer, M. Bustamante, G. Goldstein, A. Franco, P.W. Rundel, L. Caldas, E. Igler and F. Causin (1999) Partitioning of soil water among trees in a Brazilian cerrado ecosystem. Tree Physiology 19:717-724

Bucci, S., C. Naves, G. Cardinot, G. Nardoto, M. Bustamante, A.C. Franco, F.C. Meinzer and G. Goldstein (2002) Soil water availability and regulation of whole-plant water use in four woody species of Brazilian savannas with contrasting tree density. Trees (in review)

Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, J.L. Andrade and N.M. Holbrook (1999) Partitioning of soil water among canopy trees in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Oecologia 121:293-301

Zhu, J., G. Goldstein, and D.P. Bartholomew (1999) Gas exchange and carbon isotope composition of Ananas comosus in response to elevated CO 2 and temperature. Plant Cell and Env. 22:999-1007

Stratton, L., G. Goldstein and F.C. Meinzer (2000) Temporal and spatial partitioning of water resources among eight woody species in a Hawaiian dry forest. Oecologia 124: 309-317

Stratton, L., G. Goldstein and F.C. Meinzer (2000) Stem water storage capacity and efficiency of water transport: their functional significance in a Hawaiian dry forest. Plant Cell and Env. 23:99-106

Asner, G. and G. Goldstein (1997) Correlating biomechanical properties of Hawaiian canopy trees with hurricane damage. Biotropica 29:145-150

Cordell S., G. Goldstein, D. Mueller-Dombois, D. Webb and P.M. Vitousek (1997) Physiological and morphological variation in Metrosideros polymorpha , a dominant Hawaiian tree species, along an altitudinal gradient: the role of phenotypic plasticity. Oecologia 113: 188-196

Goldstein, G., J.L. Andrade, F.C. Meinzer, N.M. Holbrook, J. Cavelier, P. Jackson and A. Celis (1997) Stem water storage and diurnal patterns of water use in tropical forest canopy trees. Plant Cell and Env. 21: 397-406

Andrade J.L., F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein, N.M. Holbrook, J. Cavelier, P. Jackson, and K. Silvera (1997) Regulation of water flux through trunks, branches, and leaves in trees of a lowland tropical forest. Oecologia 115:463-471

Meinzer, F.C., J.L. Andrade, G. Goldstein, N.M. Holbrook, J. Cavelier, and P. Jackson (1997) Control of transpiration from the upper canopy of a tropical forest: the role of stomatal, boundary layer and hydraulic architecture components. Plant Cell and Env. 20: 1242-1252

Zhu, J., D.P. Bartholomew, and G. Goldstein (1997) Effects of elevated CO 2 on the growth and physiological responses of pineapple, a species with Crassulacean Acid metabolism. J. Amer. Hort. Sci. 122: 233-237

Zhu, J., D.P. Bartholomew, and G. Goldstein (1997) Effects of temperature, CO 2 and water stress on leaf gas exchange and biomass accumulation of pineapple. Acta Hort. 425: 207-308

Alpha, C.G., D.R. Drake, and G. Goldstein (1996) Morphological and physiological responses of Scaevola sericea (Goodeniaceae) seedlings to salt spray and substrate salinity. Am. J. of Botany 83: 86-92

Goldstein, G., D.R. Drake, C. Alpha, P. Melcher, J. Heraux, and A. Azocar (1995) Growth and photosynthetic responses of Scaevola sericea , a Hawaiian coastal shrub, to substrate salinity and salt spray. Int. J. of Plant Science 157: 171-179

Goldstein, G., D.R. Drake, P. Melcher, T.W. Giambelluca, and J. Heraux (1996) Photosynthetic gas exchange and temperature-induced damage in seedlings of the tropical alpine species Argyroxiphium sandwicense . Oecologia 106: 298-307

Goldstein, G., and P.S. Nobel (1994) Water relations and low-temperature acclimation for cactus species varying in freezing tolerance. Plant Physiol. 104: 675-681

Zimmermann, Y., J.J. Zhu, F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein, H. Schneider, Z. Zimmermann, R. Benkert, F. Phurmer, P. Melcher, D. Webb, and A. Haase (1994) High molecular weight organic compounds in the xylem sap of mangroves: Implications for long distance water transport. Botanica Acta 107: 189-210

Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, P. Jackson, N.M. Holbrook, M.V. Gutierrez, and J. Cavelier (1995) Environmental and physiological regulation of transpiration in tropical forest gap species: The influence of boundary layer and hydraulic properties. Oecologia 101: 514-522

Jackson, P.C., J. Cavelier, G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, and N.M. Holbrook (1995) Partitioning of water resources among plants of a lowland tropical forest. Oecologia 101: 197-203

Melcher, P.J., G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, B. Minyard, T.W. Giambelluca, and L.L. Loope (1994) Determinants of thermal balance in the Hawaiian giant rosette plant, Argyroxiphium sandwicense . Oecologia 98: 412-418

Lipp, C.C., G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, and W. Neimczura (1994) Freezing tolerance and avoidance in high- elevation Hawaiian plants. Plant, Cell and Env. 17: 1035-44

Zimmermann, U., F. Meinzer, R. Benkert, J.J. Zhu, H. Schneider, G. Goldstein, E. Kuchenbroad, and A. Haase (1994) Xylem water transport: is the available evidence consistent with the cohesion theory? Plant Cell and Env. 17: 1169-1189

Kohorn, L.U., G. Goldstein and P.W. Rundel (1994) Morphological and isotopic indicators of growth environment: variability in d 13 C in Simmondsia chinensis , a dioecious desert shrub. Journal of Experimental Botany 45: 1817-1822

Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, H.S. Neufeld, D.A. Grantz, and G.M. Crisosto (1992) Hydraulic architecture of sugarcane in relation to patterns of water use during plant development. Plant Cell and Env. 15: 471-477

Squeo, F.A., F. Rada, A. Azocar, and G. Goldstein (1991) Freezing tolerance and avoidance in high tropical Andean plants: Is it equally represented in species with different plant height? Oecologia 86: 378-382

Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, N. Holbrook, P. Jackson, and J. Cavelier (1993) Stomatal and environmental control of transpiration in a lowland tropical forest tree. Plant Cell and Env. 16: 429-436

Meinzer, F.C., P.W. Rundel, G. Goldstein, and M.R. Sharifi (1992) Carbon isotope composition in relation to leaf gas exchange and environmental conditions in Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha populations. Oecologia 91: 305-311

Neufeld, H.S., D.A. Grantz, F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein, G.M. Crisosto, and C. Crisosto (1992) Genotypic variability in vulnerability of leaf xylem to cavitation in water stressed and well-irrigated sugarcane. Plant Physiol. 100: 1020-1028

Berry, W.I., G. Goldstein, T.W. Dreschel, R.M. Wheeler, J.C. Sager, and W.M. Knott (1992) Water relations, gas exchange, and nutrient response to a long term constant water deficit. Soil Science 154: 442-451

Goldstein, G., and P.S. Nobel (1991) changes in osmotic pressure during low-temperature acclimation of Opuntia ficus-indica . Plant Physiol. 97: 954-961

Goldstein, G., J.L. Andrade, and P.S. Nobel (1990) Differences in water relations parameters for the chlorenchyma and parenchyma of Opuntia ficus-indica under wet verus dry conditions. Aust. J. of Plant Physiol. 97: 954-961

Orozco, A., F. Rada, A. Azocar, and G. Goldstein (1990) How does a mistletoe affect the water, nitrogen and carbon balance of two mangrove species? Plant, Cell and Env. 13: 941-947

Goldstein, G., J.K.E. Ortega,A. Nerd, and P.S. Nobel (1990) Diel patterns of water potential components for the crassulacean acid metabolism plant Opuntia ficus-indica when well-watered or droughted. Plant Physiol. 95: 274-280

Meinzer, F., D.A. Grantz, G. Goldstein, and N.Z. Saliendra (1990) Leaf tissue water relations and maintenance of gas exchange in coffee cultivars grown in drying soil. Plant Physiol. 94:1781-1787

Meinzer, G., G. Goldstein and D.A. Grantz (1990) Carbon isotope discrimination in coffee genotypes grown under limited water supply. Plant Physiol. 92: 130-135

Montilla, M.L. A. Azocar, and G. Goldstein (1990) Efecto de la hemiparasita Phtirusa pyrifolia sobre el balance hidrico de dos hospedantes. Oecologia Plantarum 10: 379-396

Guralnick, L.J., R.L. Heath, G. Goldstein, and I.P. Ting (1992) Fluorescence quenching in the varied photosynthetic modes of Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq. Plant Physiol. 99: 1309-1313

Franco-Vizcaino, E., G. Goldstein, and I.P. Ting (1990) Photosynthesis in leaves and bark, and water relations of three Baja California stem succulents. Amer. J. Botany 77: 1272-1278

Goldstein, G., M.R. Sharifi, L.U. Kohorn, J.R.B. Lighton, L. Shultz, and P. Rundel (1991) Photosynthesis by inflated pods of a desert shrub Isomeris arborea . Oecologia 85: 396-402

Rada, F., G. Goldstein, A. Orozco, M. Montilla, O. Zabala, and A. Azocar (1988) Osmotic and turgor relations of three mangrove ecosystems species. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 16: 477-486

Goldstein, G., F. Rada, P. Rundel, A. Azocar, and A. Orozco (1990) Gas exchange and water relations of evergreen and deciduous tropical savanna trees. Ann. Sc. For. 46 suppl.: 448-453

Goldstein, G., F. Rada, M.J. Canales, and O. Zabala (1990) Leaf gas exchange of two giant caulescent rosette species. Oecologia Plantarum 10: 359-370

Goldstein, G., F. Rada, L. Sternberg, J.L. Burguera, M. Burguera, A. Orozco, M. Montilla, and O. Zabala (1989) gas exchange and water balance of a mistletoe species and its mangrove hosts. Oecologia 78: 176-183

Cavelier, J., and G. Goldstein (1989) Mist and fog interception in elfin cloud forests in Colombia and Venezuela. J. Tropical Ecology 5: 309-322

Goldstein, G., F. Rada, A. Orozco, M. Montilla, O. Zabala, J. Cavelier y A. Azocar (1989) Mantenimiento de turgor en especies lenosas tropicales: un modelo basado en cambios estacionales de osmolaridad y elasticidad. In: E. Medina (ed.) Anales del IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Botanica, Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 27: 37-49

Azocar, A., F. Rada, and G. Goldstein (1987) Freezing tolerance in Draba chianophylla , a “miniature” caulescent rosette species. Oecologia 75: 156-160

Rada, F., G. Goldstein, and A. Azocar (1986) Supercooling along an altitudinal gradient in Espeletia schultzii , a caulescent giant rosette plant. J. Exp. Botany 188: 491-497

Ting, I.P., J. Hann, N. Holbrook, F.E. Putz, L. da S.L. Sternberg, D. Price, and G. Goldstein (1987) Photosynthesis in hemiepiphytic species of Clusia and Ficus . Oecologia 74: 339-346

Goldstein, G. L. Bribaker, and T. Hinckley (1985) Water relations of White spruce ( Picea glauca (Moench) voss) at treeline in north-central Alaska. Can. J. For. Res. 15: 1081-1087

Goldstein, G., G. Sarmiento, and F. Meinzer (1985) Patrones diarios y estacionales in las relaciones hidricas de arboles siempreverdes de la sabana tropical. Oecologia Plantarum 7: 107-119

Rada, F., G. Goldstein, A. Azocar, and F. meinzer (1985) Frost avoidance in Andean giant rosette plants. Plant, Cell and Env. 8: 501-507

Hinckley, T., G. Goldstein, F. Meinzer, and R. Teskey (1984) Environmental constraints at arctic, temperate-maritime and tropical treelines. In: H. Turner and W. Tranquillini (eds.) Establishment and tending of Sub-alpine Forest: Research and management. Proc. 3 rd . IUFRO Workship. Eidg. Anst. Forstl. Vesuchswes., Ber 270: 21-30

Goldstein, G. F. Rada, and A. Azocar (1985) Cold hardiness and supercooling along an altitudinal gradient in Andean giant rosette species. Oecologia 6: 147-152

Rada, F., G. Goldstein, A. Azocar, and F. Meinzer (1985) Daily and seasonal osmotic changes in a tropical treeline species. J. Exp. Botany 36: 989-1000

Sarmiento, G., Goldstein, and F. Meinzer (1985) Adaptive strategies of woody species in neotropical savannas. Biological Reviews 60: 315-355

Meinzer, F., G. Goldstein, and P. Rundel (1985) Morphological changes along an altitude gradient and their consequences for an Andean giant rosette plant. Oecologia 65: 278-282

Goldstein, G., F. Meinzer, and M. Monasterio (1985) Physiological and mechanical factors in relation to size-dependent mortality in an Andean giant rosette species. Oecologia Plantarum 6: 263-275

Meinzer, F., and G. Goldstein (1985) Some consequences of leaf pubescence in the Andean giant rosette Espeletia timotensis . Ecology 66: 512-520

Meinzer, F., G. Goldstein, and M. Jaimes (1984) The effect of atmospheric humidity on stomatal control of gas exchange in two tropical coniferous species. Can. J. Bot. 62: 591-595

Meinzer, F., V. Seymour, and G. Goldstein (1983) Water balance in developing leaves of four tropical savanna woody species. Oecologia 60: 237-243

Goldstein, G., F. Meinzer, and M. Monasterio (1984) the role of capacitance in the water balance of Andean giant rosette species. Plant Cell. and Env. 7: 179-186

Goldstein, G., and F. Meinzer (1983) Influences of insulating dead leaves and low temperatures on water balance in an Andean giant rosette plant. Plant Cell and Env. : 649-656

Gomez, I., I. Malvarez, J. Morello, G. albertella, and G. Goldstein (1973) Caracterizacion estructural de poblaciones de vinal Prosopis ruscifolia Gris. Revista de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INTA, Buenos Aires

Lowe, Ch., J. Morello, G. Goldstein, J. Cross, and R. Neumann (1973) analisis de la vegetacion de los desiertos subtropicales de Norte y Sudamerica (Monte-Sonora) Ecologia, Ed. Ciencia Nueva, Buenos Aires.