Publications

Sapes G, Schroeder L, Scott A, Clark I, Juzwik J, Montgomery R, Guzman-Q JA, Cavender-Bares J. 2024. Mechanistic links between physiology and spectral reflectance enable pre-visual detection of oak wilt and drought stress. PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2316164121

McDowell N, Sapes G, Adams H, Allen C, Anderegg, W, Breshears D, Brodribb T, Choat B, Cochard H, De Caceres-Ainsa M, DeKauwe M, Grossiord C, Hammond W, Hartman H, Hoch G, Kahmen A, Klein T, Körner C, MacKay S, Mantova M, Martinez-Vilalta J, Medlyn B, Mencuccini M, Nardini A, Olivera R, Pivovaroff A, Sala A, Tissue D, Torres-Ruiz JM, Trowbridge A, Trugman A, Wiley E, Xu C. 2022. A predictive framework for understanding woody plant mortality under drought and warming. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00272-1

Sapes G, Lapadat C, Schweiger A, Juzwik J, Montgomery R, Gholizadeh H, Townsend P, Gamon J, Cavender-Bares J. 2022. Canopy spectral reflectance detects oak wilt at the landscape scale using phylogenetic discrimination. Remote Sensing of Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.112961

Sapes G & Sala A. Relative water content consistently predicts drought mortality risk in Pinus ponderosa populations with different morphology, physiology, and times to death. Plant, Cell, and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14149

Sapes G, Demaree P, Lekberg Y, Sala A. 2020. Plant carbohydrate depletion impairs water relations and spreads via ectomycorrhizal networks. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17134

Holmlund H, Davis S, Ewers F, Aguirre N, Sapes G, Sala A, Pittermann J. 2020. Positive root pressure is critical for whole-plant desiccation recovery in two species of terrestrial resurrection ferns. Journal of Experimental Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz472

Sapes G, Roskilly B, Dobrowski S, Maneta M, Anderegg W, Martinez-Vilalta J, Sala A. Plant water content integrates hydraulics and carbon depletion to predict drought-induced seedling mortality. Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz062

Martinez-Vilalta J, Anderegg W, Sapes G, Sala A. 2018. Greater focus on water pools may improve our ability to understand and anticipate drought-induced mortality in plants. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15644

Simeone C, Maneta M, Holden Z, Sapes G, Sala A, Dobrowski S. 2018. Coupled ecohydrology and plant hydraulics modeling predicts ponderosa pine seedling mortality and lower tree line in the U.S. Northern Rocky Mountains. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15499

Pérez-Navarro MA, Sapes G, Batllori E, Serra-Diaz JM, Esteve MA, Lloret F. 2018. Climatic suitability derived from species distribution models correlates with plant population responses to an extreme drought episode. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0254-0.

Lloret F, Sapes G, Rosas T, Galiano L, Saura-Mas S, Sala A, Martínez-Vilalta J. 2018. Non-structural carbohydrates dynamics associated to drought-induced die-off in woody species of a shrubland community. Annals of Botany mcy039. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy039.

Sapes G, Serra-Diaz J, Lloret F. 2017. Species climatic niche explains drought-induced die-off in a Mediterranean woody community. Ecosphere 8(5):e01833. e0183310.1002/ecs2.1833.

Ryan M, Sapes G, Sala A, Hood S. 2015. Tree Physiology and Bark Beetles. New Phytologist. 205 (3), 955-957. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13256

Journal Publications

Publications in early state of preparation

Castillo R, Sapes G, Mallen N, John G, Zare A, Hammond WM. A novel and high-throughput method to determine pressure-volume curves and turgor loss point using plant spectral reflectance. Submitted to New Phytologist.

Song Y, Sapes G, Chang S, Chowdhry R, Mejia T, Hampton A, Kucharski S, Sazzad S, Zhang Y, Tillman B, Resende M, Koppal S, Wilson C, Gerber S, Zare A, Hammond W. Plant-soil hydraulic connections as mechanisms of drought tolerance and rapid recovery. In prep.

Clark D, Vargas G, Menezes-Silva P, Farnese F, Sapes G, Chavarria M, Kenworthy K, Hammond W. Accurate calculation of plant thermal limits in high-throughput phenotyping systems. In prep.

Conference presentations

Song Y, Sapes G, Chang S, Chowdhry R, Mejia T, Hampton A, Kucharski S, Sazzad S, Zhang Y, Koppal S, Zare A, Gerber S, Wilson C, Hammond W. 2023. Plant-soil hydraulic connections as mechanisms of drought tolerance and rapid recovery. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting. Poster.

Song Y, Castillo R, Noelke R, Hogan S, Chavarria M, Sapes G, Kenworthy K, Hammond W. 2023. Bahiagrass genotypes show wide variation in anatomical and physiological traits related to drought tolerance. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting. Poster.

Heintzelman C, Clark D, Gernica-Diaz C, Pitts J, John G, Sapes G, Hammond WM. 2023. Future of coffee: heatwave and drought responses of Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora. ESA meeting. Poster.

Sapes G, Castillo R, Song Y, Mallen N, Hammond WM. 2023. Don’t look up(scale): Peanut spectral reflectance enables sub-organ water mapping across species. ESA meeting. Oral presentation.

Goke A, Kleimann J, Sapes G, Lekberg Y, Koide R, Sala A. 2023. Non-structural carbohydrate depletion impairs forest tree water relations in the field. ESA meeting. Oral presentation.

Castillo R, Sapes G, Mallen N, John G, Zare A, Hammond WM. 2023. HYPER-PHYS: HYPERspectral Plant HYdration Status. ESA meeting. Oral presentation.

Sapes G, Schroeder L, Guzman-Q JA, Lapadat C, Clark I, Scott A, Juzwik J, Montgomery R, Cavender-Bares J. 2023. Mechanistic links between physiology and spectra enable pre-visual detection and distinction of Oak Wilt and drought. ESA meeting. Oral presentation.

Torres E, Sapes G, Clark D, Hentzelman C, Song Y, Resende M, Hammond W. 2023. Beyond Air Thermal Limits (BATL) Box: a new tool to measure plant thermotolerance. Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster.

Sapes G, Díaz S, Clark D, Torres E, Song Y, Chavarria M, Sala A, Hammond W. 2022. Undersaturation artifacts cause severe overestimation of relative water content. Xylem International Conference 5. Poster.

Sapes G, Schweiger A, Guzmán Q J, Scott A, Clark I, Juzwik J, Montgomery R, Cavender-Bares J. 2022. Previsual spectral detection of vascular damage in Quercus rubra caused by oak wilt and drought. Gordon Research Conference: Multiscale Plant Vascular Biology. Poster.

Sapes G, Lapadat C, Schweiger A, Juzwik J, Montgomery R, Gholizadeh H, Townsend P, Gamon J, Cavender-Bares J. 2021. Canopy spectral reflectance detects oak wilt decline at landscape scale using phylogenetic discrimination. ESA meeting. Oral presentation.

Sapes G, Lapadat C, Schweiger A, Juzwik J, Montgomery R, Gholizadeh H, Townsend P, Gamon J, Cavender-Bares J. 2020. Canopy spectral reflectance detects oak wilt decline at landscape scale using phylogenetic discrimination. UMISC meeting. Oral presentation.

Sapes G, Schroeder L, Juzwik J, Montgomery R, Cavender-Bares J. 2020. Spectral reflectance models predict oak wilt and drought physiological decline in red oaks. ESA meeting. Oral presentation.

Sapes G, Demaree P, Lekberg Y, Sala A. 2019. Depletion of non-structural carbohydrate pools in the absence of drought increases plant vulnerability to drought. ESA meeting. Oral presentation.

Huang C W, Litvak M E, Katul G G, Sevanto S, Anderegg W, Sala A, Sapes G, Duman T, Pockman W. 2018. The responses of coordinated xylem-phloem-photosynthetic machinery system to varying environmental conditions. AGU meeting. Oral presentation.

Maneta M, Simeone C, Holden Z, Sala A, Sapes G, Dobrowski S. 2018. Drought-induced Ponderosa pine seedling mortality controls the extent of the lower tree line in the U.S. Northern Rocky Mountains. AGU meeting. Poster.

Sapes G, Simeone C, Demaree P, Roskilly B, Dobrowski S, Maneta M, Holden Z, Lekberg Y, Sala A. 2018. From seedlings to forest distributions: Understanding the importance of water and carbon under drought. Mountain Climate Conference: Invited early career talk. Oral presentation.

Sapes G, Demaree P, Lekberg Y, Sala A. 2018. Depletion of non-structural carbohydrate pools in the absence of drought increases plant vulnerability to drought. Gordon Research Conference: Multiscale Plant Vascular Biology. Poster.

Sapes G, Demaree P,Lekberg Y, Sala A. 2018. Depletion of non-structural carbohydrate pools in the absence of drought increases plant vulnerability to drought. Gordon Research Conference Seminar: Multiscale Plant Vascular Biology. Oral presentation.

Sapes G, Roskilly B, Dobrowski S, Maneta M, Sala A. 2018. Plant water content is the best predictor of drought-induced mortality. Reforestation and Stand Improvement Workshop. Oral presentation.

Simeone C, Maneta M, Holden Z, Dobrowski S, Sapes G, Sala A. 2017. An examination of drought-induced hydraulic stress in conifer forests using a coupled ecohydrologic model. Montana American Water Resources Associate Conference. Poster.

Simeone C, Dobrowski S, Holden Z, Sapes G, Sala A, Maneta M. 2017. An Examination of Drought-Induced Hydraulic Stress in Conifer Forests Using a Coupled Ecohydrologic Model. AGU meeting. Oral presentation.

Maneta M, Simeone C, Dobrowski S, Holden Z, Sapes G, Sala A, Begueria S. 2017. Insight into the hydraulics and resilience of Ponderosa pine seedlings using a mechanistic ecohydrologic model. AGU meeting. Poster.

Sapes G, Roskilly B, Dobrowski S, Maneta M, Sala A. 2017. Plant water content is the best predictor of drought-induced mortality. AGU meeting. Oral presentation.

Sapes G, Roskilly B, Dobrowski S, Sala A. 2017. Plant water content is the best predictor of drought-induced mortality. ESA meeting. Oral presentation.

Sapes G, Roskilly B, Dobrowski S, Sala A. 2017. Why do plants die under drought? IoE All-Hands meeting. Oral presentation.

Lloret F, Sapes G, Perez M A, Batllori E. 2016. Species climatic niches explain population-level responses in plant communities: the case of drought-induced vegetation die-off. Community ecology for the 21st century: From genes to ecosystems. Oral presentation.

Lloret F, Sapes G, Batllori E. 2016. Assessing population-level responses in plant communities affected by drought-induced die-off through species bioclimatic niches.CLIMMANI/INTERFACE workshop. After the extreme: Measuring and modeling impacts on terrestrial ecosystems when thresholds are exceeded. Poster.

Lloret F, Sapes G, Perez M A, Batllori E. 2015. Assessing plant community responses to global change through species bioclimatic niches. Ecological European Federation (EEF/SITE) Congress: Ecology at the interface. Oral presentation.

Sapes G, Serra-Diaz J, Lloret F. 2014. Species bioclimatic niche explains drought-induced die-off in a Mediterranean woody community. Society of American Forestry Symposium. Poster presentation.

Outreach publications

Sapes G. 2016. La caza como herramienta de protección de la naturaleza. La Vanguardia Natural.

Sapes G. 2016. ¿Cómo y cuánto afectará Trump a los esfuerzos contra el cambio climático? La Vanguardia Natural.