Postdoctoral Fellow
I work at the crossroads of plant ecology, physiology, and evolutionary biology. I am interested in determining suites of plant functional traits (ecological, morphological, and physiological) and how these suites allow species to grow in different environments. I especially enjoy examining these suites in a phylogenetic context and view that such analyses are extremely important if we are to properly examine community-level relationships. In the last few years, I have been examining the ability of xylem sapwood to supply water to different parts of the plant body, with a current focus on tradeoffs between xylem safety and efficiency.
My Project Page: http://www.phylodiversity.net/azanne/Zanne.html
Hydraulic efficiency and safety: do tradeoffs have an evolutionary basis in the rosids
PI(s): | Amy Zanne |
Start Date: | 1-May-2007 |
End Date: | 30-Apr-2008 |
Keywords: | physiology, phylogenetics, morphology, community ecology |
I work at the crossroads of plant ecology, physiology, and evolutionary biology. I am interested in determining suites of plant functional traits (ecological, morphological, and physiological) and how these suites allow species to grow in different environments. I especially enjoy examining these suites in a phylogenetic context and view that such analyses are extremely important if we are to properly examine community-level relationships. In the last few years, I have been examining the ability of xylem sapwood to supply water to different parts of the plant body, with a current focus on tradeoffs between xylem safety and efficiency.
My Project Page: http://www.phylodiversity.net/azanne/Zanne.html
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Publications- Angiosperm wood structure: Global patterns in vessel anatomy and their relation to wood density and potential conductivity Zanne, A.E., M. Westoby, D.S. Falster, D.D. Ackerly, S.R. Loarie, S.E.J. Arnold, and D.A. Coomes. 2010. Angiosperm wood structure: Global patterns in vessel anatomy and their relation to wood density and potential conductivity. American Journal of Botany 97: 207-215.
- Global Patterns In Plant Height Moles, A.T., D.I. Warton, L. Warman, et al. (2009). Global Patterns In Plant Height. Journal Of Ecology 97(5): 923-932.
- Global meta-analysis of wood decomposition rates: the role of wood traits Weedon, J., W. Cornwell, H. Cornelissen, A.E. Zanne, C. Wirth, and D. Coomes (2009). Global meta-analysis of wood decomposition rates: the role of wood traits. Ecology Letters 12(1): 45-56.
- Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed? Cornwell, W.K., J.H.C. Cornelissen, S.D. Allison, P. Eggleton, C. Preston, F. Scarff, J.T. Weedon, C. Wirth, and A.E. Zanne (2009). Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed? Global Change Biology 15(10): 2431 - 2449.
- Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum Chave, J., D. Coomes, S. Jansen, S. L. Lewis, N. G. Swenson, and A. E. Zanne (2009). Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12(4): 351-366.
- A 10-Year Evaluation Of The Functional Basis For Regeneration Habitat Preference Of Trees In An African Evergreen Forest Chapman, C.A., K. Kitajima, A.E. Zanne, et al. (2008). A 10-Year Evaluation Of The Functional Basis For Regeneration Habitat Preference Of Trees In An African Evergreen Forest. Forest Ecology And Management 255(11): 3790-3796.
- Comparative methods in R hackathon O'Meara, B., M. Alfaro, C. Bell, et al. (2008). Comparative methods in R hackathon. Nature Precedings.