Winter, Klaus
Fellowship Advisor
Staff of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Positions
- Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 1998 -
Plant Physiology; plant physiological ecology; photosynthesis and photoinhibition; crassulacean acid metabolism; plant responses to elevated CO2.
Background And Education
awards and honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2018
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2018
Research And Grants
co-principal investigator on
- Nitrogen cycling and tropicl forest ecology in a warmer world awarded by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards
- Phenotypic and Productivity Characteristics of the Wild Progenitors of a Neotropical Cucurbita and Phaseolus in Experimental Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Environments awarded by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards
Publications
selected publications
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- CAM photosynthesis in desert blooming Cistanthe of the Atacama, Chile 2021
- Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) supersedes the turgor loss point (TLP) as an important adaptation across a precipitation gradient, in the genus Clusia 2021
- Evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) as an escape from ecological niche conservatism in Malagasy Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) 2021
- Hydraulic traits of Neotropical canopy liana and tree species across a broad range of wood density: implications for predicting drought mortality with models 2021
- Leaf heat tolerance of 147 tropical forest species varies with elevation and leaf functional traits, but not with phylogeny 2021
- Leaf water delta O-18 reflects water vapour exchange and uptake by C-3 and CAM epiphytic bromeliads in Panama 2021
- Photosynthetic plasticity of a tropical tree species, Tabebuia rosea, in response to elevated temperature and [CO2] 2021
- Constitutive and facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in Cuban oregano, Coleus amboinicus (Lamiaceae) 2020
- Directional change in leaf dry matter δ13C during leaf development is widespread in C3 plants 2020
- Does the C-4 plant Trianthema portulacastrum (Aizoaceae) exhibit weakly expressed crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)? 2020
- Low-level CAM photosynthesis in a succulent-leaved member of the Urticaceae, Pilea peperomioides 2020
- Occurrence of crassulacean acid metabolism in Colombian orchids determined by leaf carbon isotope ratios 2020
- Photosynthetic quantum efficiency in south-eastern Amazonian trees may be already affected by climate change 2020
- Salinity responses of inland and coastal neotropical trees species 2020
- Similar temperature dependence of photosynthetic parameters in sun and shade leaves of three tropical tree species 2020
- TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access 2020
- Toxic effects of soil manganese on tropical trees 2020
- Why are tropical conifers disadvantaged in fertile soils? Comparison of Podocarpus guatemalensis with an angiosperm pioneer, Ficus insipida 2020
- Altered Gene Regulatory Networks Are Associated With the Transition From C3 to Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Erycina (Oncidiinae: Orchidaceae) 2019
- Ecophysiology of constitutive and facultative CAM photosynthesis 2019
- Experimenting with domestication: Understanding macro- and micro-phenotypes and developmental plasticity in teosinte in its ancestral pleistocene and early holocene environments 2019
- Facultative Crassulacean Acid in a C3 - C4 Intermediate 2019
- Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO 2 fertilization of global plant biomass 2019
- Nutrient acquisition strategies augment growth in tropical N2 fixing trees in nutrient poor soil and under elevated CO2 2019
- Photosynthetic heat tolerance of shade and sun leaves of three tropical tree species 2019
- Seedling responses to salinity of 26 Neotropical tree species 2019
- Species-specific effects of phosphorus addition on tropical tree seedling response to elevated CO2 2019
- Clusia guabalensis (Clusiaceae), a new hemiepiphyte species with floral resins from the Atlantic wet forest in Panama 2018
- Crassulacean acid metabolism in the Basellaceae (Caryophyllales) 2018
- High tolerance of tropical sapling growth and gas exchange to moderate warming 2018
- Operating at the very low end of the crassulacean acid metabolism spectrum: Sesuvium portulacastrum (Aizoaceae) 2018
- Rising CO2 accelerates phosphorus and molybdenum limitation of N2-fixation in young tropical trees 2018
- In situ temperature response of photosynthesis of 42 tree and liana species in the canopy of two Panamanian lowland tropical forests with contrasting rainfall regimes 2017
- Current ambient concentrations of ozone in Panama modulate the leaf chemistry of the tropical tree Ficus insipida 2017
- Facultative CAM photosynthesis (crassulacean acid metabolism) in four species of Calandrinia, ephemeral succulents of arid Australia 2017
- Facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in four small C(subscript)3 and C(subscript)4 leaf-succulents 2017
- In situ temperature relationships of biochemical and stomatal controls of photosynthesis in four lowland tropical tree species 2017
- Informing models through empirical relationships between foliar phosphorus, nitrogen and photosynthesis across diverse woody species in tropical forests of Panama 2017
- No evidence that boron influences tree species distributions in lowland tropical forests of Panama 2017
- Optional use of CAM photosynthesis in two C4 species, Portulaca cyclophylla and Portulaca digyna 2017
- Photosynthetic acclimation to warming in tropical forest tree seedlings 2017
- The Kalanchoë genome provides insights into convergent evolution and building blocks of crassulacean acid metabolism 2017
- The Potential Role of Genetic Assimilation during Maize Domestication 2017
- Australia lacks stem succulents but is it depauperate in plants with crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)? 2016
- Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization on whole-plant respiration and thermal acclimation of tropical tree seedlings 2016
- Protection by light against heat stress in leaves of tropical CAM plants containing high acid levels. 2016
- Reversible Burst of Transcriptional Changes During Induction of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) in Talinum triangulare 2016
- Seedling growth responses to phosphorus reflect adult distribution patterns of tropical trees 2016
- Temperature responses of CO(subscript)2 exchange in three tropical tree species 2016
- The effects of CO2 and nutrient fertilisation on the growth and temperature response of the mangrove Avicennia germinans 2016
- Two tropical conifers show strong growth and water-use efficiency responses to altered CO2 concentration 2016
- A roadmap for research on crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to enhance sustainable food and bioenergy production in a hotter, drier world 2015
- Crassulacean acid metabolism: a continuous or discrete trait? 2015
- Cryptic crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in Jatropha curcas 2015
- Light-stimulated heat tolerance in leaves of two neotropical tree species, Ficus insipida and Calophyllum longifolium 2015
- No evidence that elevated CO2 gives tropical lianas an advantage over tropical trees 2015
- Photosynthetic pathways in Bromeliaceae: phylogenetic and ecological significance of CAM and C3 based on carbon isotope ratios for 1893 species 2015
- Teosinte before domestication: Experimental study of growth and phenotypic variability in Late Pleistocene and early Holocene environments 2015
- The effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations on the performance of the mangrove Avicennia germinans over a range of salinities 2015
- Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae 2014
- Asymmetrical effects of mesophyll conductance on fundamental photosynthetic parameters and their relationships estimated from leaf gas exchange measurements 2014
- Facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants: powerful tools for unravelling the functional elements of CAM photosynthesis 2014
- Limited photosynthetic plasticity in the leaf-succulent CAM plant Agave angustifolia grown at different temperatures 2014
- Multiple isoforms of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in the Orchidaceae (subtribe Oncidiinae): implications for the evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism 2014
- Nocturnal versus diurnal CO2 uptake: how flexible is Agave angustifolia? 2014
- Pervasive effects of a dominant foliar endophytic fungus on host genetic and phenotypic expression in a tropical tree 2014
- Reproductive phenology and physiological traits in the red mangrove hybrid complex (Rhizophora mangle and R. racemosa) across a natural gradient of nutrients and salinity 2014
- Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration of tropical trees and lianas: response to experimental canopy warming, and consequences for tropical forest carbon balance 2014
- Trait-based scaling of temperature-dependent foliar respiration in a species-rich tropical forest canopy 2014
- Artefacts of the pot environment on soil nutrient availability: implications for the interpretation of ecological studies 2013
- Elevated night-time temperatures increase growth in seedlings of two tropical pioneer tree species 2013
- Environmental and physiological determinants of carbon isotope discrimination in terrestrial plants 2013
- Growth response and acclimation of CO2 exchange characteristics to elevated temperatures in tropical tree seedlings 2013
- Juvenile tank-bromeliads lacking tanks: do they engage in CAM photosynthesis? 2013
- Root and arbuscular mycorrhizal mycelial interactions with soil microorganisms in lowland tropical forest 2013
- Thermal tolerance, net CO2 exchange and growth of a tropical tree species, Ficus insipida, cultivated at elevated daytime and nighttime temperatures 2013
- Tropical forest responses to increasing atmospheric CO2: current knowledge and opportunities for future research 2013
- Photosynthesis, photoprotection, and growth of shade-tolerant tropical tree seedlings under full sunlight 2012
- Photosynthesis, photoprotection, and growth of shade-tolerant tropical tree seedlings under full sunlight 2012
- Karatophyllum Bromelioides Ld Gomez Revisited: a Probable Fossil Cam Bromeliad 2011
- Drought-stress-induced up-regulation of CAM in seedlings of a tropical cactus, Opuntia elatior, operating predominantly in the C3 mode 2011
- Induction and reversal of crassulacean acid metabolism in Calandrinia polyandra: effects of soil moisture and nutrients 2011
- Photosynthesis, Reorganized 2011
- Phylogeny, Adaptive Radiation, and Historical Biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an Eight-Locus Plastid Phylogeny 2011
- Responses of legume versus non-legume tropical tree seedlings to elevated [CO2] 2011
- Transpiration modulates phosphorus acquisition in tropical tree seedlings 2011
- Arbuscular mycorrhizal mycelial respiration in a moist tropical forest 2010
- Elevated [CO2] and forest vegetation: more a water issue than a carbon issue? 2010
- Evolution along the crassulacean acid metabolism continuum 2010
- High-temperature tolerance of a tropical tree, Ficus insipida: Methodological reassessment and climate change considerations 2010
- Leaf nitrogen to phosphorus ratios of tropical trees: experimental assessment of physiological and environmental controls 2010
- Nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of plant biomass versus soil solution in a tropical pioneer tree, Ficus insipida 2010
- The incidence of crassulacean acid metabolism in Orchidaceae derived from carbon isotope ratios: a checklist of the flora of Panama and Costa Rica 2010
- Canopy CO2 exchange of two neotropical tree species exhibiting constitutive and facultative CAM photosynthesis, Clusia rosea and Clusia cylindrica 2009
- Carbon isotope composition and mode of photosynthesis in Clusia species from Mexico 2009
- Crassulacean acid metabolism and epiphytism linked to adaptive radiations in the Orchidaceae 2009
- Physiological and isotopic (delta C-13 and delta O-18) responses of three tropical tree species to water and nutrient availability 2009
- Plant d15N correlates with the transpiration efficiency of nitrogen acquisition in tropical trees 2009
- Sun-shade patterns of leaf carotenoid composition in 86 species of neotropical forest plants 2009
- Transpiration efficiency over an annual cycle, leaf gas exchange and wood carbon isotope ratio of three tropical tree species 2009
- Conifers, angiosperm trees and lianas: growth, whole-plant water and nitrogen use efficiency, and stable isotope composition (d13C and d18O) of seedlings grown in a tropical environment1 [W][OA] 2008
- Lutein epoxide cycle, light harvesting and photoprotection in species of the tropical tree genus Inga 2008
- On the Nature of Facultative and Constitutive CAM: Environmental and Developmental Control of CAM Expression During Early Growth of Clusia, Kalanchoe, and Opuntia 2008
- Oxygen isotope composition of CAM and C(3)Clusia species: non-steady-state dynamics control leaf water O-18 enrichment in succulent leaves 2008
- A comparison of daily water use estimates derived from constant-heat sap-flow probe values and gravimetric measurements in pot-grown saplings 2007
- Crassulacean acid metabolism in the ZZ plant, Zamioculcas zamiifolia (Araceae) 2007
- Environment or development? Lifetime net CO2 exchange and control of the expression of crassulacean acid metabolism in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 2007
- Photoprotection, Photosynthesis and Growth of Tropical Tree Seedlings Under Near-Ambient and Strongly Reduced Solar Ultraviolet-B Radiation 2007
- Transpiration efficiency of a tropical pioneer tree (Ficus insipida) in relation to soil fertility 2007
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