John S. Sperry
Impact in
- Global and Planetary Change top 0.01%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.02%
- Forest ecology and management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Papers in
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- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 119
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- Plant responses to water stress 40
- Co-authors
- Uwe G. Hacke (26 shared papers)Melvin T. Tyree (12 shared papers)William T. Pockman (13 shared papers)Katherine A. McCulloh (12 shared papers)Jarmila Pittermann (10 shared papers)Nate G. McDowell (4 shared papers)Ram Oren (6 shared papers)Stephen D. Davis (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- Plant Cell & Environment (23 papers)New Phytologist (20 papers)American Journal of Botany (12 papers)Tree Physiology (10 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (8 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesAustraliaSpain
In The Last Decade
John S. Sperry
141 papers receiving 33.1k citations
John S. Sperry's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 155
- Global and Planetary Change 27.2k
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 10.1k
- Atmospheric Science 13.5k
- Plant Science 14.7k
- Soil Science 2.4k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought? Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 3426 |
| 2 | Plant responses to rising vapor pressure deficit Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 1364 |
| 3 | Trends in wood density and structure are linked to prevention of xylem implosion by negative pressure Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 1254 |
| 4 | Vulnerability of Xylem to Cavitation and Embolism Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 1245 |
| 5 | Survey and synthesis of intra‐ and interspecific variation in stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 995 |
| 6 | A method for measuring hydraulic conductivity and embolism in xylem Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 920 |
| 7 | Water deficits and hydraulic limits to leaf water supply Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 725 |
| 8 | Do Woody Plants Operate Near the Point of Catastrophic Xylem Dysfunction Caused by Dynamic Water Stress? Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 708 |
| 9 | Functional and ecological xylem anatomy Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 687 |
| 10 | Mechanism of Water Stress-Induced Xylem Embolism Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 599 |
| 11 | Limitation of plant water use by rhizosphere and xylem conductance: results from a model Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 592 |
| 12 | Scaling of angiosperm xylem structure with safety and efficiency Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 591 |
| 13 | Xylem Embolism in Ring‐Porous, Diffuse‐Porous, and Coniferous Trees of Northern Utah and Interior Alaska Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 589 |
| 14 | The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and Functions F Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 562 |
| 15 | The roles of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 554 |
| 16 | Size and function in conifer tracheids and angiosperm vessels Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 534 |
| 17 | 2000 | 491 | |
| 18 | Inter‐vessel pitting and cavitation in woody Rosaceae and other vesselled plants: a basis for a safety versus efficiency trade‐off in xylem transport Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 490 |
| 19 | 2000 | 487 | |
| 20 | 2000 | 484 |
About John S. Sperry
John S. Sperry is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Mechanical Engineering, having authored 142 papers that have together received 34.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (119 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (57 papers), Plant responses to water stress (40 papers), Tree Root and Stability Studies (27 papers), Forest ecology and management (24 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (12 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers) and Irrigation Practices and Water Management (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (27.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (10.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (13.5k citations), Plant Science (14.7k citations) and Soil Science (2.4k citations). John S. Sperry has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Uwe G. Hacke, Melvin T. Tyree, William T. Pockman, Katherine A. McCulloh, Jarmila Pittermann, Nate G. McDowell, Ram Oren, Stephen D. Davis, J. R. Donnelly and J. Comstock. Their work appears in journals such as Plant Cell & Environment, New Phytologist, American Journal of Botany, Tree Physiology and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.
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