Gotsch S.G., Williams C.B., Bicaba R.*, Cruz-de Hoyos R., Darby A.*, Davidson K*. Dix M.*, Duarte V*, Glunk A*., Green L*., Ferguson B*., Muñoz-Elizondo K. Murray J.G.*, Picado-Fallas I.*, Reese Nӕsborg R, Dawson T.E, Nadkarni N. (2022). Trade-offs between succulent and non-succulent epiphytes underlie variation in drought tolerance and avoidance. Oecologia. doi:10.1007/s00442-022-05140-9 (pdf)
Ferguson, B.N.*, Gotsch S.G., Williams C.B., Wilson H.*, Barnes, C.N.*, Dawson T.E., Nadkarni N.M. (2022) Variation in cloud immersion, not precipitation, drives vascular epiphyte leaf trait plasticity and water relations during an extreme drought in a tropical montane region. American Journal of Botany. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1833 (pdf)
R. Ostertag, C. Restrepo, J.W. Dalling, P.H. Martin, I. Abiem, S. Aiba, E. Alvarez-Dávila, R. Aragón, M. Ataroff, H. Chapman, A. Cueva-Agila, B. Fadrique, R. Fernandez, G. González, S. G. Gotsch, A. Häger, J. Homeier, C. A. Armijos, L.D. Llambí, G. W. Moore, R. R. Naesborg, L. N. P. López, P. V. Pompeu, J. R. Powell, J. A. R. Correa, K. Scharnagl, C. Tobón, C. B. Williams. (2022). Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate. Biotropica. 54(2): 309-326 (pdf)
Williams C., Murray J.G*., Glunk A*., Dawson T., Nadkarni N., Gotsch S.G. (2020). Vascular epiphyte responses to experimental drought: Implications for community turnover in a Costa Rican cloud forest. Functional Ecology. 34(8):1537-1550 (pdf)
Amici A.A., Nadkarni N., Williams C., Gotsch S.G. (2019). Differences in epiphyte biomass and community composition along landscape and within-crown gradients. Biotropica. doi: 10.1111/btp.12725. (pdf)
Hargis H*., Gotsch S.G., Porada P., Moore G., Ferguson B*., Van Stan J. (2019). Arboreal epiphytes: How often are the biggest “buckets” in the canopy empty? Geosciences, 9, 342; doi:10.3390/geosciences9080342.(pdf)
Berry Z.C., Emery, N.C., Gotsch S.G., Goldsmith, G.R. (2019). Foliar water uptake: processes, pathways, and integration into plant water budgets. Plant, Cell & Environment,42:410–423. (pdf).
Gotsch, S.G., Dawson, T. and Draguljić, D (2018). Variation in the resilience of cloud forest epiphytes to severe drought. New Phytologist, 219: 900-913. (pdf).
Gotsch S.G., Draguljić, D., Williams, C. (2018). Evaluating the effectiveness of street trees to mitigate storm water runoff. Urban Ecosystems (2018) 21:183–195 (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., Davidson, K*., Murray, J.G.*, Duarte, V.J.*, Draguljić, D (2017). Canopy epiphyte abundance estimates predict canopy vapor pressure deficit across an elevational gradient in a tropical montane cloud forest region. American Journal of Botany, 104(12): 1790-1801. Cover Photo: Gotsch (pdf).
Darby, A.*, Draguljić, D., Glunk, A.*, Gotsch, S.G. (2016). Habitat Moisture in an Important Driver of Patterns of Sap Flow and Water Balance in Tropical Montane Cloud Forest Epiphytes. Oecologia. 182(2), 357-371. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., Asbjornsen, H., Goldsmith, G. (2016). Plant carbon and water relations of tropical montane cloud forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 32(5):402-420. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., Nadkarni, N., Amici, A. (2016). The functional significance of epiphytes and arboreal soils in tropical montane cloud forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 32(5):455-468 (pdf).
Berry, Z.C., Gotsch, S.G., Holwerda, F., Muñoz-Villers, L., Dawson, T., Asbjornsen, H.A. (2016). Slope position influences vegetation-atmosphere interactions in a tropical montane cloud forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (221):207-218. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., Nadkarni, N., Darby, A.*, Glunk, A.*, Dix, M.*, Davidson, K*., Dawson, T. (2015). Life in the Treetops: Ecophysiological Strategies of Canopy Epiphytes in a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest. Ecological Monographs. 85(3) 393-412. (pdf) Cover Photo: Gotsch
Barrientos, M.S., Holwerda, F., Geissert, D.R., Muñoz-Villers, L.E., Gotsch S.G., Asbjornsen, H., Dawson, T.E. (2015). Preceding fog enhances nighttime transpiration in a seasonal tropical montane cloud forest environment. Trees-Structure and Function. 29(1): 259-274. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., Crausbay, S.D., Giambelluca, T.W., Weintraub, A.E., Longman, R., Asbjornsen, A., Hotchkiss, S.C., Dawson, T.E. (2014). Water relations and micro-climate around the upper limit of cloud forest in Maui, Hawai'i. Tree Physiology. 34(7): 766-777 (pdf) Cover Photo: Gotsch
Gotsch, S.G., Asbjornsen, H., Weintraub, A.E., Holwerda, F., Goldsmith, G.R., Dawson, T.E. (2014). Foggy days and dry nights determine crown-level water balance in a seasonal tropical montane cloud forest. Plant, Cell and Environment 37(1): 261-272. (pdf) Cover Photo: Gotsch
Hoffmann, W.A., Geiger, E. L., Gotsch, S. G., Rossatto, D.R., Silva, L.C.R, Lau, O.L., Haridasan, M., Franco, A.C. (2012). Ecological thresholds at the savanna-forest boundary: How plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes. Ecology Letters. 15(7): 759-768.
Hoffmann, W.A., Jaconis,S.Y*, Geiger, E.L., Gotsch, S.G., Franco, A.C. (2012). Fuels or microclimate? Understanding the drivers of fire feedbacks at savanna-forest boundaries. Austral Ecology, 37:634-643. (pdf)
Geiger, E. L., Gotsch, S. G., Vale, G.D., Haridasan, M., and Franco, A.C., Hoffmann, W.A. (2011). Distinct roles of savanna and forest tree species in regeneration following fire suppression in a Brazilian savanna. Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 312–321. (pdf)
Asbjornsen, H, Goldsmith, G.R., Alvarado-Barrientos, M.S., Rebel, K. , Van Osch, F.P., Rietkerk, M.G., Chen, J., Gotsch, S.G. Tobón-Marin, C., Geissert, D.R., Gómez-Tagle, A. , Vache, K , Dawson, T.E. (2011). Ecohydrological Advances and Applications in Plant Water Relations Research: A Review. Journal of Plant Ecology. 4(3): 192-192. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., E.L. Geiger, G. Goldstein, F.E. Meinzer, A.C. Franco, W.A. Hoffmann. (2010). Allocation to leaf area and sapwood area affect water relations of co-occurring savanna and forest trees. Oecologia 163:291–301. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., J.S. Powers and M.T. Lerdau. (2010). Variation in leaf traits of 12 evergreen species that grow in Costa Rican wet and dry forests: shifting leaf-trait networks and novel leaf-trait relationships. Plant Ecology 211(1):133-146. (pdf)
Hoffmann, W.A., Adasme, R*., Haridasan, M., Pereira, M.A.B*., Geiger, E.L., Carvalho, M.T*., Gotsch, S.G., Franco, A.F. (2009). Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of alternate stable states at Brazilian savanna-forest boundaries under frequent fire. Ecology. 90:1326-1337. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G*., and A.M. Ellison. (1998). Seed germination of the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. Northeastern Naturalist, volume 5 number 2 pp. 175-182. (pdf)
* indicates undergraduate student co-author
Ferguson, B.N.*, Gotsch S.G., Williams C.B., Wilson H.*, Barnes, C.N.*, Dawson T.E., Nadkarni N.M. (2022) Variation in cloud immersion, not precipitation, drives vascular epiphyte leaf trait plasticity and water relations during an extreme drought in a tropical montane region. American Journal of Botany. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1833 (pdf)
R. Ostertag, C. Restrepo, J.W. Dalling, P.H. Martin, I. Abiem, S. Aiba, E. Alvarez-Dávila, R. Aragón, M. Ataroff, H. Chapman, A. Cueva-Agila, B. Fadrique, R. Fernandez, G. González, S. G. Gotsch, A. Häger, J. Homeier, C. A. Armijos, L.D. Llambí, G. W. Moore, R. R. Naesborg, L. N. P. López, P. V. Pompeu, J. R. Powell, J. A. R. Correa, K. Scharnagl, C. Tobón, C. B. Williams. (2022). Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate. Biotropica. 54(2): 309-326 (pdf)
Williams C., Murray J.G*., Glunk A*., Dawson T., Nadkarni N., Gotsch S.G. (2020). Vascular epiphyte responses to experimental drought: Implications for community turnover in a Costa Rican cloud forest. Functional Ecology. 34(8):1537-1550 (pdf)
Amici A.A., Nadkarni N., Williams C., Gotsch S.G. (2019). Differences in epiphyte biomass and community composition along landscape and within-crown gradients. Biotropica. doi: 10.1111/btp.12725. (pdf)
Hargis H*., Gotsch S.G., Porada P., Moore G., Ferguson B*., Van Stan J. (2019). Arboreal epiphytes: How often are the biggest “buckets” in the canopy empty? Geosciences, 9, 342; doi:10.3390/geosciences9080342.(pdf)
Berry Z.C., Emery, N.C., Gotsch S.G., Goldsmith, G.R. (2019). Foliar water uptake: processes, pathways, and integration into plant water budgets. Plant, Cell & Environment,42:410–423. (pdf).
Gotsch, S.G., Dawson, T. and Draguljić, D (2018). Variation in the resilience of cloud forest epiphytes to severe drought. New Phytologist, 219: 900-913. (pdf).
Gotsch S.G., Draguljić, D., Williams, C. (2018). Evaluating the effectiveness of street trees to mitigate storm water runoff. Urban Ecosystems (2018) 21:183–195 (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., Davidson, K*., Murray, J.G.*, Duarte, V.J.*, Draguljić, D (2017). Canopy epiphyte abundance estimates predict canopy vapor pressure deficit across an elevational gradient in a tropical montane cloud forest region. American Journal of Botany, 104(12): 1790-1801. Cover Photo: Gotsch (pdf).
Darby, A.*, Draguljić, D., Glunk, A.*, Gotsch, S.G. (2016). Habitat Moisture in an Important Driver of Patterns of Sap Flow and Water Balance in Tropical Montane Cloud Forest Epiphytes. Oecologia. 182(2), 357-371. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., Asbjornsen, H., Goldsmith, G. (2016). Plant carbon and water relations of tropical montane cloud forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 32(5):402-420. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., Nadkarni, N., Amici, A. (2016). The functional significance of epiphytes and arboreal soils in tropical montane cloud forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 32(5):455-468 (pdf).
Berry, Z.C., Gotsch, S.G., Holwerda, F., Muñoz-Villers, L., Dawson, T., Asbjornsen, H.A. (2016). Slope position influences vegetation-atmosphere interactions in a tropical montane cloud forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (221):207-218. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., Nadkarni, N., Darby, A.*, Glunk, A.*, Dix, M.*, Davidson, K*., Dawson, T. (2015). Life in the Treetops: Ecophysiological Strategies of Canopy Epiphytes in a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest. Ecological Monographs. 85(3) 393-412. (pdf) Cover Photo: Gotsch
Barrientos, M.S., Holwerda, F., Geissert, D.R., Muñoz-Villers, L.E., Gotsch S.G., Asbjornsen, H., Dawson, T.E. (2015). Preceding fog enhances nighttime transpiration in a seasonal tropical montane cloud forest environment. Trees-Structure and Function. 29(1): 259-274. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., Crausbay, S.D., Giambelluca, T.W., Weintraub, A.E., Longman, R., Asbjornsen, A., Hotchkiss, S.C., Dawson, T.E. (2014). Water relations and micro-climate around the upper limit of cloud forest in Maui, Hawai'i. Tree Physiology. 34(7): 766-777 (pdf) Cover Photo: Gotsch
Gotsch, S.G., Asbjornsen, H., Weintraub, A.E., Holwerda, F., Goldsmith, G.R., Dawson, T.E. (2014). Foggy days and dry nights determine crown-level water balance in a seasonal tropical montane cloud forest. Plant, Cell and Environment 37(1): 261-272. (pdf) Cover Photo: Gotsch
Hoffmann, W.A., Geiger, E. L., Gotsch, S. G., Rossatto, D.R., Silva, L.C.R, Lau, O.L., Haridasan, M., Franco, A.C. (2012). Ecological thresholds at the savanna-forest boundary: How plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes. Ecology Letters. 15(7): 759-768.
Hoffmann, W.A., Jaconis,S.Y*, Geiger, E.L., Gotsch, S.G., Franco, A.C. (2012). Fuels or microclimate? Understanding the drivers of fire feedbacks at savanna-forest boundaries. Austral Ecology, 37:634-643. (pdf)
Geiger, E. L., Gotsch, S. G., Vale, G.D., Haridasan, M., and Franco, A.C., Hoffmann, W.A. (2011). Distinct roles of savanna and forest tree species in regeneration following fire suppression in a Brazilian savanna. Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 312–321. (pdf)
Asbjornsen, H, Goldsmith, G.R., Alvarado-Barrientos, M.S., Rebel, K. , Van Osch, F.P., Rietkerk, M.G., Chen, J., Gotsch, S.G. Tobón-Marin, C., Geissert, D.R., Gómez-Tagle, A. , Vache, K , Dawson, T.E. (2011). Ecohydrological Advances and Applications in Plant Water Relations Research: A Review. Journal of Plant Ecology. 4(3): 192-192. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., E.L. Geiger, G. Goldstein, F.E. Meinzer, A.C. Franco, W.A. Hoffmann. (2010). Allocation to leaf area and sapwood area affect water relations of co-occurring savanna and forest trees. Oecologia 163:291–301. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G., J.S. Powers and M.T. Lerdau. (2010). Variation in leaf traits of 12 evergreen species that grow in Costa Rican wet and dry forests: shifting leaf-trait networks and novel leaf-trait relationships. Plant Ecology 211(1):133-146. (pdf)
Hoffmann, W.A., Adasme, R*., Haridasan, M., Pereira, M.A.B*., Geiger, E.L., Carvalho, M.T*., Gotsch, S.G., Franco, A.F. (2009). Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of alternate stable states at Brazilian savanna-forest boundaries under frequent fire. Ecology. 90:1326-1337. (pdf)
Gotsch, S.G*., and A.M. Ellison. (1998). Seed germination of the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. Northeastern Naturalist, volume 5 number 2 pp. 175-182. (pdf)
* indicates undergraduate student co-author