July 15, 2009 -- Work from the lab has been appearing all over the place, including:

• Ambrose, A.R., S.C. Sillett, & T.E Dawson. 2009. Effects of tree height on branch hydraulics, leaf structure and gas exchange in California redwoods. Plant, Cell and Environment. (Cover Article!) 

• Simonin, K.A., L.A. Santiago, & T.E. Dawson. 2009. Fog interception by Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) crowns decouples physiology from soil water deficit. Plant, Cell and Environment.

• Kahmen, A., K. Simonin, K. Tu, G.R. Goldsmith, & T.E. Dawson. In Press. The influence of species and growing conditions on the 18-O enrichment of leaf water and its impact on "effective path length." New Phytologist. 
  

• Limm, E.B., K.A. Simonin, A.G. Bothman, & T.E. Dawson. In Press. Foliar water uptake: a common strategy for plants of the redwood forest. Oecologia. 

April 16, 2009 -- Dr. Bettina Engelbrecht from SFSU & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute visited the lab and gave a talk in the IB Departmental seminar series on "Drought shapes tree distribution in tropical forests - consequences of climate change for biodiversity"

March 25, 2009 -- A recent article in the East Bay Express highlighted Todd Dawson's research on the effects of climate change on giant sequoias. Read the full article online

December 6, 2005 -- Jung-Eun Lee, Rafael Oliveira, Todd Dawson, and Inez Fung publish a paper in PNAS, "Root functioning modifies seasonal climate", indicating that deep-rooted plants have much greater impact on climate than previously thought... Read more