Barb Gartner

Please send an e-mail if you would like any reprints. I have personal pdfs of most publications, but not all can be placed on this page.

barb.lachenbruch@oregonstate.edu

Publications

Domec, J.-C. B. Lachenbruch, F. C. Meinzer, D. R. Woodruff, J. M. Warren, and K. A. McCulloh. 2008. Maximum height in a conifer is associated with conflicting requirements for xylem design. Proc. National Academy of Sciences (accepted).

Woodruff, D. R., F.C. Meinzer, and B. Lachenbruch. 2008. Height-related trends in leaf xylem anatomy and hydraulic characteristics in a tall conifer: safety versus efficiency in foliar water transport. New Phytologist (in press).

Taylor, M. A. J. R. Brooks, B. Lachenbruch, J. J. Morrell, and S. Voelker. 2008. Correlation of carbon isotope ratios in the cellulose and wood extractives of Douglas-fir? Dendrochronologia (in press).

Domec, J-C., F. C. Meinzer,B. Lachenbruch, and J. Housset. 2007. Dynamic variation in sapwood specific conductivity in six woody species: impact on the efficiency of the water transport system in living trees. Tree Physiology 27:1389-1400.

Dunham, S. M., B. Lachenbruch, and L. M. Ganio. 2007. Bayesian analysis of Douglas-fir hydraulic architecture at multiple scales. Trees 21: 65-78.

J. L. Parke, E. Oh, S. Voelker, E. M. Hansen, G. Buckles, and B. Lachenbruch. 2007. Phytophthora ramorum colonizes tanoak xylem and is associated with reduced stem water transport. Phytopathology 97: 1558-1567.

McCulloh, K. A., K. Winter, F. C. Meinzer, M. Garcia, J. Aranda, and B. Lachenbruch. 2007. A comparison of daily water use estimates using constant heat sap-flow probes and gravimetric measurements in pot grown saplings. Tree Physiology 27: 1355-1360.

Peterson, M. G., H. R. Dietterich, and B. Lachenbruch. 2007. Do Douglas-fir branches and roots have juvenile wood? Wood and Fiber Science 39: 651-660.

Silva, J. A., B. L. Gartner, and J. J. Morrell. 2007. Towards the development of accelerated methods for assessing the durability of wood plastic composites. Journal of Testing and Evaluation 35: 203-210.

Taylor, A. M., J. R. Brooks, B. Lachenbruch, and J. J. Morrell. 2007. Radial patterns of carbon isotopes in the xylem extractives and cellulose of Douglas-fir. Tree Physiology 27: 921-927.

Woodruff, D. R., K. A. McCulloh, J. M. Warren, F. C. Meinzer, and B. Lachenbruch. 2007. Impacts of tree height on leaf hydraulic architecture and stomatal control in Douglas-fir. Plant Cell and Environment 30:559-569.

DeBell, D. S., C. A. Harrington, B. L. Gartner, and R. Singleton. 2006. Time and distance to clear wood in pruned red alder saplings. In Red alder – a state of knowledge, R. L. Deal and C. A. Harrington, eds. General Technical Report PNW-GTR 669. USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. 150 p.

Domec, J.-C., B. Lachenbruch, and F. C. Meinzer. 2006. 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 93: 1588-1600.

Domec, J.-C., F. C. Meinzer, B. L. Gartner, and D. Woodruff. 2006. Transpiration–induced axial and radial tension gradients in trunks of Douglas-fir trees. Tree Physiology 26: 275-284.

Gartner, B. L. and G. R. Johnson. 2006. Is long primary growth associated with stem sinuosity in Douglas-fir? Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 2351-2356.

Johnson, G. R. and B. L. Gartner. 2006. Genetic variation in basic density and MOE of coastal Douglas-fir. Tree Genetics Genomes 3: 25-33.

Marshall, H. D., G. E. Murphy, and B. Lachenbruch. 2006. Effects of bark thickness estimates on optimal log merchandising. Forest Products Journal 56(11/12):87-92.

Meinzer, F. C., J. R. Brooks, J.-C. Domec, B. L. Gartner, J. M. Warren, D. R. Woodruff, K. Bible, and D. C. Shaw. 2006. Dynamics of water transport and storage in conifers studied with deuterium and heat tracing techniques. Plant, Cell and Environment 29: 105-114.

Renninger, H. and B. L. Gartner. 2006. No correlation between latewood formation and leader growth in Douglas-fir saplings. IAWA J. 183-192.

Renninger, H. R., B. L. Gartner and F. C. Meinzer. 2006. Effects of release from suppression on wood functional characteristics in young Douglas-fir and western hemlock. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 2038-2046.

Taylor, A. M., B. L. Gartner, and J. J. Morrell. 2006. Wester redcedar extractives: Is there a role for the silviculturist? Forest Products Journal 56: 58-63.

Taylor, A. M., B. L. Gartner, J. J. Morrell, and K. Tsunoda. 2006. Effects of heartwood extractive fractions of Thuja plicata and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis on wood degradation by termites or fungi. Journal of Wood Science 52: 147-153.

Domec, J.-C., M. L. Pruyn, and B. L. Gartner. 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. 128:1103-1113. (pdf)

Gartner, B. L. 2005. Assessing wood characteristics and wood quality in intensively managed plantations. Journal of Forestry, March: 75-77.

Gartner, B. L. and F. C. Meinzer. 2005. Structure-function relationships in sapwood water transport and storage. Invited chapter; in M. Zwieniecki and N. M. Holbrook, eds. Vascular Transport in Plants. Elsevier/Academic Press, Oxford. p. 307-331.

Gartner, B. L., J. M. Robbins, and M. Newton. 2005. Effects of pruning on wood density and tracheid length in young Douglas-fir. Wood and Fiber Science 37: 304-312. (pdf) (© SWST)

Grotta, A. T., B.L. Gartner, S. R. Radosevich, and M. Huso. Influence of red alder competition on cambial phenology and latewood formation in Douglas-fir. IAWA J. 26:309-324 (pdf)

Grotta, A. T., R. J. Leichti, B. L. Gartner, and G. R. Johnson. 2005. Effect of growth ring orientation and placement of earlywood and latewood on MOE and MOR of very-small clear Douglas-fir beams. Wood and Fiber Science 37: 207-212. (pdf) (© SWST)

Johnson, G. R., A. Grotta, B. L. Gartner, and G. Downes. 2005. Impact of the foliar pathogen Swiss needle cast on wood quality of Douglas-fir. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 35:331-339. (pdf) (© NRC Press)

Maton, C. and B. L. Gartner. 2005. Do gymnosperm needles pull water through the xylem produced in the same year as the needle? American Journal of Botany 92: 123-13. (pdf)

Olszyk, D., M. Apple, B. L. Gartner, R. Spicer, C. Wise, E. Buckner, A. Benson-Scott, and D. Tingey. 2005. Xeromorphy increases in shoots of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco seedlings with exposure to elevated temperature but not elevated CO2. Trees: Structure and Function. 19:552-553. (pdf)

Pruyn, M. L., M.E. Harmon and B. L. Gartner. 2005. Storage versus substrate limitation to bole respiratory potential in two coniferous tree species of contrasting sapwood width. Journal of Experimental Botany 56:2637-2649. (pdf)

DeBell, D. S., R. Singleton, B. L. Gartner, and D. D. Marshall. 2004. Wood density of young-growth western hemlock: relation to ring age, radial growth, stand density, and site quality. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34: 2433-2442. (pdf) (© NRC Press)

Gartner, B. L., J. R. Moore, and B. A. Gardiner. 2004. Gas in stems: abundance and potential consequences for tree biomechanics. Tree Physiology 24: 1239-1250.

Grotta, A. T., B. L. Gartner, and S. R. Radosevich. 2004. Influence of species proportion and timing of establishment on stem quality in mixed red alder/Douglas-fir plantations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34: 863-873. (pdf) (© NRC Press)

Gartner, B. 2003. Teaching wood anatomy – tips to make your classes more lively and engaging. IAWA J. 24: 452-455. (pdf)

Bouffier, L. A., B. L. Gartner, and J.-C. Domec. 2003. Wood density and hydraulic properties of ponderosa pine from the Willamette Valley vs. the Cascade mountains. Wood and Fiber Science 35: 217-233. (pdf) (© SWST)

Cherubini, P., B. L. Gartner, R. Tognetti, O. U. Bräker, W. Schoch and J. L. Innes. 2003. Identification, measurement and interpretation of tree rings in woody species from Mediterranean climates. Biological Reviews 78: 119-148. (pdf) (Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press)

Domec, J. C. and B. L. Gartner. 2003. Relationship between growth rates and xylem hydraulic characteristics in young, mature, and old-growth Ponderosa pine trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 26: 471-483. (pdf) (© 2003, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)

Gartner, B. L., J. Roy, and R. Huc. 2003. Effects of tension wood on specific conductivity and vulnerability to embolism of Quercus ilex seedlings grown at two atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Tree Physiology 23: 387-395.

Johnson, G. R., B. L. Gartner, A. Kanaskie, and D. Maguire. 2003. Influence of Bravo fungicide applications on wood density and moisture content of Swiss-needle cast infected Douglas-fir trees. Forest Ecology and Management 186: 339-348.

Morrell, J. J., A. Paillard, D. Gnoblei, B. L. Gartner, M. R. Milota, and R. G. Rhatigan. 2003. Variations in longitudinal permeability of coastal western hemlock. Wood and Fiber Science 35: 397-400. (pdf) (© SWST)

Pruyn, M. L. M. E. Harmon, and B. L. Gartner. 2003. Stem respiratory potential in six softwood and four hardwood tree species in the central Cascades of Oregon. Oecologia 137: 10-21. (pdf) (© Springer-Verlag)

Singleton, R., D. S. DeBell, and B. L. Gartner. 2003. Effect of extraction on wood density of western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (RAF.) SARG.). Wood and Fiber Science 35: 363-369. (pdf) (© SWST)

Singleton, R., D. S. DeBell, D. D. Marshall, and B. L. Gartner. 2003. Eccentricity and fluting in young-growth western hemlock in Oregon. Western Journal of Forestry 18: 1-8.

Taylor, A. M., B. L. Gartner, and J. J. Morrell. 2003. Co-incident variations in growth rate and heartwood extractive concentration in Douglas-fir. Forest Ecology and Management 186: 257-260.

DeBell, D. S., R. Singleton, C. A. Harrington, and B. L. Gartner. 2002. Wood density and fiber length in young Populus stems: relation to clone, age, growth rate, and pruning. Wood and Fiber Science 34: 529-539. (pdf) (© SWST)

Domec, J. C. and B. L. Gartner. 2002. Age- and position-related changes in hydraulic versus mechanical dysfunction of xylem: inferring the design criteria for Douglas-fir wood structure. Tree Physiology 22: 91-104.

Domec, J. C. and B. L. Gartner. 2002. How do water transport and water storage differ in coniferous earlywood and latewood? Journal of Experimental Botany 53: 2369-2379.

Gartner, B. L., R. Aloni, R. Funada, A. N. Lichtfuss-Gautier, and F. A. Roig. 2002. Clues for dendrochronology from studies of wood structure and function. Dendrochronologia 20: 53-61.

Gartner, B. L., E. M. North, G. R. Johnson, and R. Singleton. 2002. Effects of live crown on vertical patterns of wood density and growth in Douglas-fir. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32: 439-447. (pdf) (© NRC Press)

Gartner, B. L. 2002. Sapwood and inner bark quantities in relation to leaf area and wood density in Douglas-fir. IAWA Journal 23: 267-285. (pdf) (© IAWA)

Pruyn, M. L., B. L. Gartner, and M. E. Harmon. 2002. Within-stem variation of respiration in Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir) trees. New Phytologist 154: 359-372. (pdf) (© 2002, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)

Pruyn, M. L., B. L. Gartner, and M. E. Harmon. 2002. Respiratory potential in sapwood of old versus young ponderosa pine trees in the Pacific Northwest. Tree Physiology 22: 105-116.(pdf)

Spicer, R. and B. L. Gartner. 2002. Compression wood has little impact on the water relations of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings despite a large effect on shoot hydraulic properties. New Phytologist 154: 633-640. (pdf) (© 2002)

Taylor, A. M., B. L. Gartner, and J. J. Morrell. 2002. Heartwood formation and natural durability -- a review. Wood and Fiber Science 34: 587-611. (pdf) (© SWST)

Wilson, B. F. and B. L. Gartner. 2002. Effects of phloem girdling in conifers on apical control of branches, growth allocation and air in wood. Tree Physiology 22: 347-353.

DeBell, D. S., C. Keyes, and B. L. Gartner. 2001. Wood density of Eucalyptus saligna grown in Hawaiian plantations: effects of silvicultural practices and relation to growth rate. Australian Forestry 64: 106-110.

Domec, J. C. and B. L. Gartner. 2001. Cavitation and water storage capacity in bole xylem segments of mature and young Douglas-fir trees. Trees 15: 204-214. (pdf) (© Springer-Verlag)

Gartner, B. L. 2001. Multitasking and tradeoffs in stems, and the costly dominion of domatia. Commentary on “Leaf-stem allometry, hollow stems, and the evolution of caulinary domatia in myrmecophytes” by C. Brouat and D. McKey. New Phytologist 151: 311-313. (pdf) (© 2001, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)

Spicer, R. and B. L. Gartner. 2001. The effects of cambial age and position within the stem on specific conductivity in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) sapwood. Trees 15: 222-229. (pdf) (© Springer-Verlag)

Gartner, B. L., D. C. Baker, and R. Spicer. 2000. Distribution and vitality of xylem rays in relation to tree leaf area in Douglas-fir. IAWA Journal 21: 389-401. (pdf) (© IAWA)

Spicer, R., R. Darbyshire, and B. L. Gartner. 2000. Sinuous stem growth in a Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) plantation: growth patterns wood quality effects. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30: 761-768. (pdf) (© NRC Press)

DeBell, J. D., J. J. Morrell, and B. L. Gartner. 1999. Within-stem variation in tropolone content and decay resistance of second-growth western redcedar. Forest Science 45: 101-107.

Gartner, B. L., J. J. Morrell, C. M. Freitag, and R. Spicer. 1999. Heartwood decay resistance by vertical and radial position in Douglas-fir trees from a young stand. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29: 1993-1996. pdf (© NRC Press)

Kavanagh, K. L., B. J. Bond, S. N. Aitken, B. L. Gartner, and S. Knowe. 1999. Root and shoot vulnerability to xylem cavitation in four populations of Douglas-fir seedlings. Tree Physiology 19: 31-37.

DeBell, J. D., B. L. Gartner, and D. S. DeBell. 1998. Fiber length in young Populus stems grown at extremely different rates. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28: 603-608. pdf (© NRC Press)

Morrell, J. J. and B. L. Gartner. 1998. Wood as a material. In A. Bruce and J. W. Palfreyman, eds., Forest Products Biotechnology, pp. 1-14. Taylor & Francis, London.Spicer, R. and B. L. Gartner. 1998. How does a gymnosperm branch (Pseudotsuga menziesii) assume the hydraulic status of a main stem when it takes over as leader? Plant Cell and Environment 21: 1063-1070. pdf (© 1998, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)

Spicer, R. and B. L. Gartner. 1998. Hydraulic properties of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) branches and branch halves with reference to compression wood. Tree Physiology 19: 777-784.

DeBell, J. D. and B. L. Gartner. 1997. Stem characteristics on the lower log of 35-year old western redcedar grown at several spacings. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 12: 9-15.

DeBell, J. D., J. J. Morrell, and B. L. Gartner. 1997. Tropolone content of increment cores as an indicator of decay resistance in western redcedar. Wood and Fiber Science 29: 364-369. pdf (© SWST)

Gartner, B. L. 1997. Trees have higher longitudinal growth strains in their stems than in their roots. International Journal of Plant Sciences 158: 418-423. pdf (© University of Chicago Press)

Gartner, B. L., H. Lei, and M. R. Milota. 1997. Variation in the anatomy and specific gravity of wood within and between trees of red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.). Wood and Fiber Science 29: 10-20. pdf (© SWST)

Lei, H., B. L. Gartner, and M. R. Milota. 1997. Effect of growth rate on the anatomy, specific gravity, and bending properties of wood from 7-year-old red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.). Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27: 80-85. pdf (© NRC Press)

Gartner, B. L. 1996. Does photosynthetic bark have a role in the production of core vs. outer wood? Wood and Fiber Science 28: 53-61. pdf (© SWST)

Lei, H., M. R. Milota, and B. L. Gartner. 1996. Between- and within-tree variation in the anatomy and specific gravity of wood in Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana Dougl.). IAWA Journal 17: 445-461. pdf (© IAWA)

Wilson, B. R. and B. L. Gartner. 1996. Lean in red alder (Alnus rubra): growth stress, tension wood and righting response. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26: 1951-1956. pdf (© NRC Press)

Gartner, B. L. 1995. Wind-shelters as safe sites for establishment of Lupinus arboreus, a coastal species. Madroño 42: 1-11. pdf

Gartner, B. L. (editor). 1995. Plant Stems: Physiology and Functional Morphology. Academic Press, San Diego. 440 pp.

Gartner, B. L. 1995. Patterns of xylem variation within a tree and their hydraulic and mechanical consequences. In B. L. Gartner, ed., Plant Stems: Physiology and Functional Morphology, pp. 125-149, Academic Press, San Diego.

Gartner, B. L. 1994. Root biomechanics and whole-plant allocation patterns: responses of tomato plants to stem flexure. Journal of Experimental Botany 45: 1647-1654.

Gartner, B. L., C. Wasser, E. Rodriguez, and W. L Epstein. 1993. Seasonal variation of urushiol content in poison oak. American Journal of Contact Dermatitis 4: 33-36.

Gartner, B. L. 1991. Structural stability and architecture of vines vs. shrubs of poison oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum. Ecology 72: 2005-2015. pdf (© Ecological Society of America)

Gartner, B. L. 1991. Relative growth rates of vines and shrubs of western poison oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum (Anacardiaceae). American Journal of Botany 10: 1345-1353. pdf (© BSA)

Gartner, B. L. 1991. Stem hydraulic properties of vines vs. shrubs of western poison oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum. Oecologia 87: 180-189. pdf (© Springer-Verlag)

Mooney, H. A. and B. L. Gartner. 1991. Reserve economy of vines. In F. E. Putz and H. A. Mooney, eds., Biology of Vines, pp. 161-179. Cambridge University Press.

Gartner, B. L., S. H. Bullock, H. A. Mooney, V. B. Brown, and J. L. Whitbeck. 1990. Water transport properties of vine and tree stems in a tropical deciduous forest. American Journal of Botany 77: 742-749. pdf (© BSA)

Gartner, B. L. 1989. Breakage and regrowth of Piper species in rain forest understory. Biotropica 21: 303-307. pdf

Gartner, B. L., F. S. Chapin, III, and G. R. Shaver. 1986. Reproduction of Eriophorum vaginatum by seed in Alaskan tussock tundra. Journal of Ecology 74: 1-18. pdf (© 1986, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)

Shaver, G. R., F. Chapin, III, and B. L. Gartner. 1986. Factors limiting seasonal growth and peak biomass accumulation in Eriophorum vaginatum in Alaskan tussock tundra. Journal of Ecology 74: 257-278. pdf (© 1986, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)

Gartner, B. L., F. S. Chapin, III, and G. R. Shaver. 1983. Demographic patterns of seedling establishment and growth of native graminoids in an Alaskan tundra disturbance. Journal of Applied Ecology 20: 965-980. pdf (© Ecological Society of America)

Barb Lachenbruch

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