Associated Departments

Forestry and Natural Resources

Scholars@UK

Trait plasticity and adaptive strategies of vascular epiphytes to a large-scale experimental reduction of fog immersion in a tropical montane cloud forest

Anders, E. M., Gotsch, S. G., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Metcalfe, D. B., Bartholomew, D. C., Horwath, A. B., Espinoza, B., Galiano, D. & Asbjornsen, H., May 2025, In: American Journal of Botany. 112, 5, e70042.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Evaporation and condensation dynamics within saturated epiphyte communities in a Quercus virginiana forest (coastal Georgia, USA)

Raffai, A., Gotsch, S. G., Moore, A. F. P., Buck, C. S. & Van Stan, J. T., Feb 15 2025, In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 361, 110329.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Drought response strategies of vascular epiphytes in isolated pasture trees in a Costa Rican tropical montane landscape

Vaughan, D., Williams, C. B., Nadkarni, N., Dawson, T. E., Draguljic, D., Næsborg, R. R. & Gotsch, S. G., Oct 2024, In: American Journal of Botany. 111, 10, e16423.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Do plants matter? Determining what drives variation in urban rain garden performance

Dudrick, R., Hoffman, M., Antoine, J., Austin, K., Bedoya, L., Clark, S., Dean, H., Medina, A. & Gotsch, S. G., Apr 2024, In: Ecological Engineering. 201, 107208.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Shower thoughts: why scientists should spend more time in the rain

Van Stan, J. T., Allen, S. T., Aubrey, D. P., Carter Berry, Z., Biddick, M., Coenders-Gerrits, M. A. M. J., Giordani, P., Gotsch, S. G., Gutmann, E. D., Kuzyakov, Y., Magyar, D., Mella, V. S. A., Mueller, K. E., Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., Porada, P., Rosenfeld, C. E., Simmons, J., Sridhar, K. R., Stubbins, A. & Swanson, T., Jun 1 2023, In: BioScience. 73, 6, p. 441-452 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Drought decreases water storage capacity of two arboreal epiphytes with differing ecohydrological traits

Moore, A. F. P., Antoine, J., Bedoya, L. I., Medina, A., Buck, C. S., Van Stan, J. T. & Gotsch, S. G., Oct 10 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 894, 164791.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate

Ostertag, R., Restrepo, C., Dalling, J. W., Martin, P. H., Abiem, I., Aiba, S. I., Alvarez-Dávila, E., Aragón, R., Ataroff, M., Chapman, H., Cueva-Agila, A. Y., Fadrique, B., Fernández, R. D., González, G., Gotsch, S. G., Häger, A., Homeier, J., Iñiguez-Armijos, C., Llambí, L. D. & Moore, G. W. & 8 others, Næsborg, R. R., Poma López, L. N., Pompeu, P. V., Powell, J. R., Ramírez Correa, J. A., Scharnagl, K., Tobón, C. & Williams, C. B., Mar 2022, In: Biotropica. 54, 2, p. 309-326 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant-water relations research: A review

Asbjornsen, H., Goldsmith, G. R., Alvarado-Barrientos, M. S., Rebel, K., Van Osch, F. P., Rietkerk, M., Chen, J., Gotsch, S., Tobón, C., Geissert, D. R., Gómez-Tagle, A., Vache, K. & Dawson, T. E., Mar 2011, In: Journal of Plant Ecology. 4, 1-2, p. 3-22 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Leaf traits and water relations of 12 evergreen species in Costa Rican wet and dry forests: Patterns of intra-specific variation across forests and seasons

Gotsch, S. G., Powers, J. S. & Lerdau, M. T., 2010, In: Plant Ecology. 211, 1, p. 133-146 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Evaluating the effectiveness of urban trees to mitigate storm water runoff via transpiration and stemflow

Gotsch, S. G., Draguljić, D. & Williams, C. J., Feb 1 2018, In: Urban Ecosystems. 21, 1, p. 183-195 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Vascular epiphytes show low physiological resistance and high recovery capacity to episodic, short-term drought in Monteverde, Costa Rica

Williams, C. B., Murray, J. G., Glunk, A., Dawson, T. E., Nadkarni, N. M. & Gotsch, S. G., Aug 1 2020, In: Functional Ecology. 34, 8, p. 1537-1550 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Distinct roles of savanna and forest tree species in regeneration under fire suppression in a Brazilian savanna

Geiger, E. L., Gotsch, S. G., Damasco, G., Haridasan, M., Franco, A. C. & Hoffmann, W. A., Apr 2011, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 22, 2, p. 312-321 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Water relations and microclimate around the upper limit of a cloud forest in Maui, Hawai'i

Gotsch, S. G., Crausbay, S. D., Giambelluca, T. W., Weintraub, A. E., Longman, R. J., Asbjornsen, H., Hotchkiss, S. C. & Dawson, T. E., Jul 2014, In: Tree Physiology. 34, 7, p. 766-777 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Foggy days and dry nights determine crown-level water balance in a seasonal tropical montane cloud forest

Gotsch, S. G., Asbjornsen, H., Holwerda, F., Goldsmith, G. R., Weintraub, A. E. & Dawson, T. E., Jan 2014, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 37, 1, p. 261-272 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Vapor pressure deficit predicts epiphyte abundance across an elevational gradient in a tropical montane region

Gotsch, S. G., Davidson, K., Murray, J. G., Duarte, V. J. & Draguljić, D., Dec 2017, In: American Journal of Botany. 104, 12, p. 1790-1801 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of savanna-forest boundaries under frequent fire in central Brazil

Hoffmann, W. A., Adasme, R., Haridasan, M., De Carvalho, M. T., Geiger, E. L., Pereira, M. A. B., Gotsch, S. G. & Franco, A. C., May 2009, In: Ecology. 90, 5, p. 1326-1337 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Allocation to leaf area and sapwood area affects water relations of co-occurring savanna and forest trees

Gotsch, S. G., Geiger, E. L., Franco, A. C., Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F. C. & Hoffmann, W. A., Jun 2010, In: Oecologia. 163, 2, p. 291-301 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Nighttime transpiration in a seasonally dry tropical montane cloud forest environment

Alvarado-Barrientos, M. S., Holwerda, F., Geissert, D. R., Muñoz-Villers, L. E., Gotsch, S. G., Asbjornsen, H. & Dawson, T. E., Feb 2015, In: Trees - Structure and Function. 29, 1, p. 259-274 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Correction to: Allocation to leaf area and sapwood area affects water relations of co-occurring savanna and forest trees (Oecologia, (2010), 163, 2, (291-301), 10.1007/s00442-009-1543-2)

Gotsch, S. G., Geiger, E. L., Franco, A. C., Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F. C. & Hoffmann, W. A., Feb 13 2019, In: Oecologia. 189, 2, p. 563 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Plant carbon and water fluxes in tropical montane cloud forests

Gotsch, S. G., Asbjornsen, H. & Goldsmith, G. R., Sep 1 2016, In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. 32, 5, p. 404-420 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Collaborative Research: RUI: Will Climate Change Lead to System Shifts on Tropical Mountains? The Interplay of Epiphyte Losses on Host Tree Function, Microclimate, and Hydrology

Gotsch, S. (PI)

University of California Berkeley

4/1/25 → 8/31/25

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: RUI: Will Climate Change Lead to System Shifts on Tropical Mountains?: The Interplay of Epiphyte Losses on Host Tree Function, Microclimate, and Hydrology (Utah)

Gotsch, S. (PI)

University of Utah

4/6/22 → 8/31/25

Project: Research project

NSF (EAR): 1954538: Collaborative Research: RUI: Hydrology of the Vegetation on Vegetation: Comparison and Scaling of Rainfall Interception and Solute Alteration by Common Arboreal Epiphytes

Gotsch, S. (PI)

Franklin and Marshall College

1/1/23 → 5/31/24

Project: Research project

Collaborative Research: RUI: Will Climate Change Lead to System Shifts on Tropical Mountains?: The Interplay of Epiphyte Losses on Host Tree Function, Microclimate, and Hydrology

Gotsch, S. (PI)

Franklin and Marshall College

1/1/23 → 8/31/26

Project: Research project