Frederick C. Meinzer

Professor (Courtesy)
Tree Physiology

FSL 314
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: FSL 314
• Phone: 541-758-7798
• Fax: 541-758-7760

• B.S., 1972, University of California, Irvine
• M.S., 1975, University of Washington, Seattle
• Ph.D., 1981, University of Washington, Seattle

Environmental plant physiology, physiological plant ecology, stress physiology, plant-water relations, photosynthetic gas exchange, stomatal physiology, stable isotopes in ecological research, micrometeorology.

• Hydraulic redistribution of soil water by tree roots, how water utilization scales with tree size within species and among different species, functional consequences of stem water storage, functional consequences of changes in tree hydraulic architecture during growth, characterizing physiological convergence among co-occurring species. The preceding research is being carried out at sites in the Pacific Northwest, Panama, and Brazil.

1. NSF Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology, "Comparative hydraulic architecture; an analysis of transport efficiency and mechanical constraints", 3/15/2006 - 3/14/2009, (co-PIs B. Lachenbruch, K. McCulloh), $420,000.
2. USDA CSREES, "Dynamic variation in xylem conductivity: mechanisms and consequences for water movement through sapwood", 12/1/2003 - 11/30/2006, (co-PI with B. Gartner), $140,000.
3. NSF Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology, "Functional Convergence and Constraints in Regulation of Transpiration and Carbon Assimilation in Tropical Forest Canopy Trees", 7/1/2000 - 6/30/2003, (co-PI G. Goldstein), $275,000.
4. NSF Ecosystems, "Water Economy of Neotropical Savanna Ecosystems: The Impact of Woody Plant Density, Hydraulic Lift and Changes in Land-us", 11/1/2000 - 10/31/2003, (co-PI G. Goldstein), $489,322.
5. NSF Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology, "Environmental and Physiological Regulation of Water Flux Through a Tropical Forest Ecosystem", 5/1/95 - 4/30/2000, (co-PI G. Goldstein), $375,000.

1. Warren, J.M., F.C. Meinzer, J.R. Brooks, J.C. Domec and R. Coulombe. 2007. Hydraulic redistribution of soil water in two old-growth coniferous forests: quantifying patterns and controls. New Phytologist 173: 753-765.
2. Woodruff, D.R., K.A. McCulloh, J.M. Warren, F.C. Meinzer and B. Lachenbruch. 2007. Impacts of tree height on leaf hydraulic architecture and stomatal control in Douglas-fir. Plant, Cell and Environment 30: 559-569.
3. Bond, B.J., F.C. Meinzer and J.R. Brooks. 2007. How trees influence the hydrological cycle in forest ecosystems. In: Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future. P.J. Wood, D.M. Hannah and J.P. Sadler, Editors. John Wiley & Sons (in press).
4. Meinzer, F.C., J.R. Brooks, J.C. Domec, B.L. Gartner, J.M. Warren, D.R. Woodruff, K. Bible and D.C. Shaw. 2006. Dynamics of water transport and storage in conifers studied with deuterium and heat tracing techniques. Plant, Cell and Environment 29: 105-114.
5. Bucci, S.J., F.G. Scholz, G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, A.C. Franco, P.I. Campanello, R. Villalobos-Vega, M. Bustamante and F. Miralles-Wilhelm. 2006. Nutrient availability constrains the hydraulic architecture and water relations of savanna trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 29: 2153-2167.
6. Meinzer, F.C., B.J. Bond, J.M. Warren and D.R. Woodruff. 2005. Does water use scale universally with tree size? Functional Ecology 19: 558-565.
7. Warren, J.M., F.C. Meinzer, J.R. Brooks and J.C. Domec. 2005. Vertical stratification of soil water storage and release dynamics in Pacific Northwest coniferous forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 130: 39-58.
8. Santiago, L.S., G. Goldstein, F.C. Meinzer, J.B. Fisher, K. Machado, D. Woodruff and T. Jones. 2004. Leaf photosynthetic traits scale with hydraulic conductivity and wood density in Panamanian forest canopy trees. Oecologia 140: 543-550.