

Winter, Klaus
Fellowship Advisor
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staff
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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article
- Holtum, Joseph A. M., Hancock, Lillian P., Edwards, Erika J., and Winter, Klaus. 2021. "CAM photosynthesis in desert blooming Cistanthe of the Atacama, Chile." Functional Plant Biology https://doi.org/10.1071/FP20305 2021
- Winter, Klaus and Smith, J. Andrew C. 2021. "CAM photosynthesis: the acid test." New Phytologist, Hoboken; New Jersey: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17790. 2021
- Leverett, Alistair, Hurtado Castano, Natalia, Ferguson, Kate, Winter, Klaus, and Borland, Anne M. 2021. "Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) supersedes the turgor loss point (TLP) as an important adaptation across a precipitation gradient, in the genus Clusia." Functional Plant Biology https://doi.org/10.1071/FP20268 2021
- Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton, Virgo, Aurelio, Ceballos, Jorge, and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2021. "Does the C-4 plant Trianthema portulacastrum (Aizoaceae) exhibit weakly expressed crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)? (vol 48, pg 655, 2021)." Functional Plant Biology, 1315. 48, (12), Clayton; Australia: CSIRO Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP20247_CO. 2021
- Gamisch, Alexander, Winter, Klaus, Fischer, Gunter A., and Comes, Hans Peter. 2021. "Evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) as an escape from ecological niche conservatism in Malagasy Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae)." New Phytologist https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17437 2021
- De Guzman, Mark E., Acosta-Rangel, Aleyda, Winter, Klaus, Meinzer, Frederick C., Bonal, Damien, and Santiago, Louis S. 2021. "Hydraulic traits of Neotropical canopy liana and tree species across a broad range of wood density: implications for predicting drought mortality with models." Tree physiology 41 (1):24-34. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa106 2021
- Slot, Martijn, Cala, Daniela, Aranda, Jorge, Virgo, Aurelio, Michaletz, Sean T., and Winter, Klaus. 2021. "Leaf heat tolerance of 147 tropical forest species varies with elevation and leaf functional traits, but not with phylogeny." Plant Cell and Environment https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14060 2021
- Mejia-Chang, Monica, Reyes-Garcia, Casandra, Seibt, Ulli, Royles, Jessica, Meyer, Moritz T., Jones, Glyn D., Winter, Klaus, Arnedo, Miguel, and Griffiths, Howard. 2021. "Leaf water delta O-18 reflects water vapour exchange and uptake by C-3 and CAM epiphytic bromeliads in Panama." Functional Plant Biology https://doi.org/10.1071/FP21087 2021
- Slot, Martijn, Rifai, Sami W., and Winter, Klaus. 2021. "Photosynthetic plasticity of a tropical tree species, Tabebuia rosea, in response to elevated temperature and [CO2]." Plant Cell and Environment https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14049 2021
- Winter, Klaus, Virgo, Aurelio, Garcia, Milton, Aranda, Jorge, and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2020. "Constitutive and facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in Cuban oregano, Coleus amboinicus (Lamiaceae)." Functional Plant Biology https://doi.org/10.1071/FP20127 2020
- Vogado, Nara O., Winter, Klaus, Ubierna, Nerea, Farquhar, Graham D., and Cernusak, Lucas A. 2020. "Directional change in leaf dry matter δ13C during leaf development is widespread in C3 plants." Annals of Botany 126 (6):981-990. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa114 2020
- Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton, Virgo, Aurelio, Ceballos, Jorge, and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2020. "Does the C-4 plant Trianthema portulacastrum (Aizoaceae) exhibit weakly expressed crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)?." Functional Plant Biology https://doi.org/10.1071/FP20247 2020
- Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton, Virgo, Aurelio, and Smith, J. A. 2020. "Low-level CAM photosynthesis in a succulent-leaved member of the Urticaceae, Pilea peperomioides." Functional Plant Biology https://doi.org/10.1071/FP20151 2020
- Torres-Morales, Germ, Lasso, Eloisa, Silvera, Katia, Turner, Benjamin L., and Winter, Klaus. 2020. "Occurrence of crassulacean acid metabolism in Colombian orchids determined by leaf carbon isotope ratios." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (4):431-477. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa027 2020
- Tiwari, Rakesh, Gloor, Emanuel, Cruz, Wesley Jonatar A. da, Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes, Marimon‐Junior, Ben Hur, Reis, Simone M., Souza, Igor Araújo de, Krause, Heinrich G., Slot, Martijn, Winter, Klaus, Ashley, David, Béu, Raiane G., Borges, Camila S., Cunha, Maura Da, Fauset, Sophie, Ferreira, Laura D. S., Gonçalves, Maélly Dállet A., Lopes, Thaynara T., Marques, Eduardo Q., Mendonça, Natalia G., Mendonça, Natana G., Noleto, Pedro T., Oliveira, Carla Heloísa L. de, Oliveira, Milene A., Pireda, Saulo et al. 2020. "Photosynthetic quantum efficiency in south-eastern Amazonian trees may be already affected by climate change." Plant, Cell & Environment https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13770 2020
- De Sedas, Alejandro, Turner, Benjamin L., Winter, Klaus, and Lopez, Omar R. 2020. "Salinity responses of inland and coastal neotropical trees species." Plant Ecology 221:695-708. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-020-01043-y 2020
- Hernández, Georgia G., Winter, Klaus, and Slot, Martijn. 2020. "Similar temperature dependence of photosynthetic parameters in sun and shade leaves of three tropical tree species." Tree physiology 40 (5):637-651. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa015 2020
- Kattge, Jens, Bönisch, Gerhard, Díaz, Sandra, Lavorel, Sandra, Prentice, Iain Colin, Leadley, Paul, Tautenhahn, Susanne, Werner, Gijsbert D. A., Aakala, Tuomas, Abedi, Mehdi, Acosta, Alicia T. R., Adamidis, George C., Adamson, Kairi, Aiba, Masahiro, Albert, Cé, Alcántara, Julio M., C, Carolina Alcázar, Aleixo, Izabela, Ali, Hamada, Amiaud, Bernard, Ammer, Christian, Amoroso, Mariano M., Anand, Madhur, Anderson, Carolyn, Anten, Niels et al. 2020. "TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access." Global Change Biology, 119–188. 26, (1), Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904. 2020
- Zemunik, Graham, Winter, Klaus, and Turner, Benjamin L. 2020. "Toxic effects of soil manganese on tropical trees." Plant and Soil 453 (1):343-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04603-3 2020
- Palma, Ana C., Winter, Klaus, Aranda, Jorge, Dalling, James W., Cheesman, Alexander W., Turner, Benjamin L., and Cernusak, Lucas A. 2020. "Why are tropical conifers disadvantaged in fertile soils? Comparison of Podocarpus guatemalensis with an angiosperm pioneer, Ficus insipida." Tree physiology 40 (6):810-821. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa027 2020
- Heyduk, Karolina, Hwang, Michelle, Albert, Victor, Silvera, Katia, Lan, Tianying, Farr, Kimberly, Chang, Tien-Hao, Chan, Ming-Tsair, Winter, Klaus, and Leebens-Mack, Jim. 2019. "Altered Gene Regulatory Networks Are Associated With the Transition From C3 to Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Erycina (Oncidiinae: Orchidaceae)." Frontiers in Plant Science 9:1-15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.02000 2019
- Winter, Klaus. 2019. "Ecophysiology of constitutive and facultative CAM photosynthesis." Journal of experimental botany 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz002 2019
- Piperno, Dolores R., Holst, Irene, Moreno, Jorge Enrique, and Winter, Klaus. 2019. "Experimenting with domestication: Understanding macro- and micro-phenotypes and developmental plasticity in teosinte in its ancestral pleistocene and early holocene environments." Journal of Archaeological Science 108:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2019.05.006 2019
- Winter, Klaus, Sage, Rowan F., Edwards, Erika J., Virgo, Aurelio, and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2019. "Facultative Crassulacean Acid in a C3 - C4 Intermediate." Journal of experimental botany 70 (22):6571-6579. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz085 2019
- Terrer, Cé, Jackson, Robert B., Prentice, I. C., Keenan, Trevor F., Kaiser, Christina, Vicca, Sara, Fisher, Joshua B., Reich, Peter B., Stocker, Benjamin D., Hungate, Bruce A., Peñuelas, Josep, McCallum, Ian, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Cernusak, Lucas A., Talhelm, Alan F., Sundert, Kevin Van, Piao, Shilong, Newton, Paul C. D., Hovenden, Mark J., Blumenthal, Dana M., Liu, Yi Y., Müller, Christoph, Winter, Klaus, Field, Christopher B., Viechtbauer, Wolfgang et al. 2019. "Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO 2 fertilization of global plant biomass." Nature Climate Change 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0545-2 2019
- Nasto, Megan K., Winter, Klaus, Turner, Benjamin L., and Cleveland, Cory C. 2019. "Nutrient acquisition strategies augment growth in tropical N2 fixing trees in nutrient poor soil and under elevated CO2." Ecology 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2646 2019
- Slot, Martijn, Krause, G. H., Krause, Barbara, Hernández, Georgia G., and Winter, Klaus. 2019. "Photosynthetic heat tolerance of shade and sun leaves of three tropical tree species." Photosynthesis Research 141 (1):119-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-018-0563-3 2019
- De Sedas, Alejandro, González, Yisett, Winter, Klaus, and López, Omar R. 2019. "Seedling responses to salinity of 26 Neotropical tree species." AoB PLANTS 11 (6):https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plz062 2019
- Thompson, Jennifer B., Slot, Martijn, Dalling, James W., Winter, Klaus, Turner, Benjamin L., and Zalamea, Paul-Camilo. 2019. "Species-specific effects of phosphorus addition on tropical tree seedling response to elevated CO2." Functional Ecology 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13421 2019
- Luján, Manuel, Aranda, Jorge, Virgo, Aurelio, and Winter, Klaus. 2018. "Clusia guabalensis (Clusiaceae), a new hemiepiphyte species with floral resins from the Atlantic wet forest in Panama." Brittonia 70 (4):412-417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-018-9538-0 2018
- Holtum, Joseph A. M., Hancock, Lillian P., Edwards, Erika J., and Winter, Klaus. 2018. "Crassulacean acid metabolism in the Basellaceae (Caryophyllales)." Plant Biology 20 (3):409-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.12698 2018
- Slot, Martijn and Winter, Klaus. 2018. "High tolerance of tropical sapling growth and gas exchange to moderate warming." Functional Ecology 32 (3):599-611. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13001 2018
- Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton, Virgo, Aurelio, and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2018. "Operating at the very low end of the crassulacean acid metabolism spectrum: Sesuvium portulacastrum (Aizoaceae)." Journal of experimental botany 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery431 2018
- Trierweiler, Annette M., Winter, Klaus, and Hedin, Lars O. 2018. "Rising CO2 accelerates phosphorus and molybdenum limitation of N2-fixation in young tropical trees." Plant and Soil 429 (1):363-373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3685-7 2018
- Slot, Martijn and Winter, Klaus. 2017. "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." New Phytologist 214 (3):1103-1117. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14469 2017
- Schneider, Gerald F., Cheesman, Alexander W., Winter, Klaus, Turner, Benjamin L., Sitch, Stephen, and Kursar, Thomas. 2017. "Current ambient concentrations of ozone in Panama modulate the leaf chemistry of the tropical tree Ficus insipida." Chemosphere 172:363-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.109 2017
- Holtum, Joseph A. M., Hancock, Lillian P., Edwards, Erika J., and Winter, Klaus. 2017. "Facultative CAM photosynthesis (crassulacean acid metabolism) in four species of Calandrinia, ephemeral succulents of arid Australia." Photosynthesis Research 134 (1):17-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-017-0359-x 2017
- Winter, Klaus and Holtum, J. A. M. 2017. "Facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in four small C(subscript)3 and C(subscript)4 leaf-succulents." Australian Journal of Botany 65:103-108. 2017
- Slot, Martijn and Winter, Klaus. 2017. "In situ temperature relationships of biochemical and stomatal controls of photosynthesis in four lowland tropical tree species." Plant, Cell and Environment 40 (12):3055-3068. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13071 2017
- Norby, Richard J., Gu, Lianhong, Haworth, Ivan C., Jensen, Anna M., Turner, Benjamin L., Walker, Anthony P., Warren, Jeffrey M., Weston, David J., Xu, Chonggang, and Winter, Klaus. 2017. "Informing models through empirical relationships between foliar phosphorus, nitrogen and photosynthesis across diverse woody species in tropical forests of Panama." New Phytologist 215 (4):1425-1437. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14319 2017
- Turner, Benjamin L., Zalamea, Paul-Camilo, Condit, Richard S., Winter, Klaus, Wright, S. Joseph, and Dalling, James W. 2017. "No evidence that boron influences tree species distributions in lowland tropical forests of Panama." New Phytologist 214 (1):108-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14322 2017
- Holtum, Joseph A. M., Hancock, Lillian P., Edwards, Erika J., and Winter, Klaus. 2017. "Optional use of CAM photosynthesis in two C4 species, Portulaca cyclophylla and Portulaca digyna." Journal of Plant Physiology 214:91-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2017.01.010 2017
- Slot, Martijn and Winter, Klaus. 2017. "Photosynthetic acclimation to warming in tropical forest tree seedlings." Journal of experimental botany 68 (9):2275-2284. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx071 2017
- Yang, Xiaohan, Hu, Rongbin, Yin, Hengfu, Jenkins, Jerry, Shu, Shengqiang, Tang, Haibao, Liu, Degao, Weighill, Deborah A., Cheol Yim, Won, Ha, Jungmin, Heyduk, Karolina, Goodstein, David M., Guo, Hao-Bo, Moseley, Robert C., Fitzek, Elisabeth, Jawdy, Sara, Zhang, Zhihao, Xie, Meng, Hartwell, James, Grimwood, Jane, Abraham, Paul E., Mewalal, Ritesh, Beltrán, Juan D., Boxall, Susanna F., Dever, Louisa V. et al. 2017. "The Kalanchoë genome provides insights into convergent evolution and building blocks of crassulacean acid metabolism." Nature Communications 8 (1):https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01491-7 2017
- Lorant, Anne, Perdersen, Sarah, Holst, Irene, Hufford, Matthew B., Winter, Klaus, Piperno, Dolores R., and Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey. 2017. "The Potential Role of Genetic Assimilation during Maize Domestication." PLoS One 12 (9):e0184202. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184202 2017
- Holtum, Joseph A. M., Hancock, Lillian P., Edwards, Erika J., Crisp, Michael D., Crayn, Darren M., Sage, Rowan, and Winter, Klaus. 2016. "Australia lacks stem succulents but is it depauperate in plants with crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)?." Current Opinion in Plant Biology 31:109-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2016.03.018 2016
- Fahey, Catherine, Winter, Klaus, Slot, Martijn, and Kitajima, Kaoru. 2016. "Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization on whole-plant respiration and thermal acclimation of tropical tree seedlings." Ecology and Evolution 6 (3):859-870. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1952 2016
- Krause, G. Heinrich, Winter, Klaus, Krause, Barbara, and Virgo, Aurelio. 2016. "Protection by light against heat stress in leaves of tropical CAM plants containing high acid levels.." Functional Plant Biology 43:1061-1069. 2016
- Brilhaus, Dominik, Bräutigam, Andrea, Mettler-Altmann, Tabea, Winter, Klaus, and Weber, Andreas P. M. 2016. "Reversible Burst of Transcriptional Changes During Induction of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) in Talinum triangulare." Plant Physiology 170:102-122. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.01076 2016
- Zalamea, Paul-Camilo, Turner, Benjamin L., Winter, Klaus, Jones, F. Andrew, Sarmiento, Carolina, and Dalling, James W. 2016. "Seedling growth responses to phosphorus reflect adult distribution patterns of tropical trees." New Phytologist 212 (2):400-408. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14045 2016
- Slot, Martijn, Garcia, Milton N., and Winter, Klaus. 2016. "Temperature responses of CO(subscript)2 exchange in three tropical tree species." Functional Plant Biology 43:468-478. 2016
- Slot, Martijn and Winter, Klaus. 2016. "The Effects of Rising Temperature on the Ecophysiology of Tropical Forest Trees." in Tropical Tree Physiology, edited by Goldstein, Guillermo and Santiago, Louis S., 385-412. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27422-5_18 2016
- Reef, Ruth, Slot, Martijn, Motro, Uzi, Motro, Michal, Motro, Yoav, Adame, Maria F., Garcia, Milton, Aranda, Jorge, Lovelock, Catherine E., and Winter, Klaus. 2016. "The effects of CO2 and nutrient fertilisation on the growth and temperature response of the mangrove Avicennia germinans." Photosynthesis Research 129 (2):159-170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-016-0278-2 2016
- Dalling, James W., Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Aranda, Jorge, Garcia, Milton N., Virgo, Aurelio, Cheesman, Alexander W., Baresch, Andres, Jaramillo, Carlos A., and Turner, Benjamin L. 2016. "Two tropical conifers show strong growth and water-use efficiency responses to altered CO2 concentration." Annals of Botany 1113-1125. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw162 2016
- Yang, Xiaohan, Cushman, John C., Borland, Anne M., Edwards, Erika J., Wullschleger, Stan D., Tuskan, Gerald A., Owen, Nick A., Griffiths, Howard, Smith, J. A., De Paoli, Henrique C., Weston, David J., Cottingham, Robert, Hartwell, James, Davis, Sarah C., Silvera, Katia, Ming, Ray, Schlauch, Karen, Abraham, Paul, Stewart, J. R., Guo, Hao-Bo, Albion, Rebecca, Ha, Jungmin, Lim, Sung Don, Wone, Bernard W. M., Yim, Won Cheol et al. 2015. "A roadmap for research on crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to enhance sustainable food and bioenergy production in a hotter, drier world." New Phytologist 207 (3):491-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13393 2015
- Winter, Klaus, Holtum, Joseph A. M., and Smith, J. A. 2015. "Crassulacean acid metabolism: a continuous or discrete trait?." New Phytologist 208 (1):73-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13446 2015
- Winter, Klaus and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2015. "Cryptic crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in Jatropha curcas." Functional Plant Biology 42 (8):711-717. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP15021 2015
- Krause, G. Heinrich, Winter, Klaus, Krause, Barbara, and Virgo, Aurelio. 2015. "Light-stimulated heat tolerance in leaves of two neotropical tree species, Ficus insipida and Calophyllum longifolium." Functional Plant Biology 42:42-51. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP14095 2015
- Marvin, David C., Winter, Klaus, Burnham, Robyn J., and Schnitzer, Stefan A. 2015. "No evidence that elevated CO2 gives tropical lianas an advantage over tropical trees." Global Change Biology 21 (5):2055-2069. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12820 2015
- Crayn, Darren M., Winter, Klaus, Schulte, Katharina, and Smith, J. Andrew C. 2015. "Photosynthetic pathways in Bromeliaceae: phylogenetic and ecological significance of CAM and C3 based on carbon isotope ratios for 1893 species." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 178 (2):169-221. https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12275 2015
- Piperno, Dolores R., Holst, Irene, Winter, Klaus, and McMillan, William Owen. 2015. "Teosinte before domestication: Experimental study of growth and phenotypic variability in Late Pleistocene and early Holocene environments." Quaternary International 363:65-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.049 2015
- Reef, Ruth, Winter, Klaus, Morales, Jorge, Adame, Maria Fernanda, Reef, Dana L., and Lovelock, Catherine E. 2015. "The effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations on the performance of the mangrove Avicennia germinans over a range of salinities." Physiologia Plantarum 154 (3):358-368. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12289 2015
- Givnish, Thomas J., Barfuss, Michael H. J., Ee, Benjamin Van, Riina, Ricarda, Schulte, Katharina, Horres, Ralf, Gonsiska, Philip A., Jabaily, Rachel S., Crayn, Darren M., Smith, J. A., Winter, Klaus, Brown, Gregory K., Evans, Timothy M., Holst, Bruce K., Luther, Harry, Till, Walter, Zizka, Georg, Berry, Paul E., and Sytsma, Kenneth J. 2014. "Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 71:55-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.10.010 2014
- Sun, Ying, Gu, Lianhong, Dickinson, Robert E., Pallardy, Stephen G., Baker, John, Cao, Yonghui, Damatta, Fá, Dong, Xuejun, Ellsworth, David, Van Goethem, Davina, Jensen, Anna M., Law, Beverly E., Loos, Rodolfo, Martins, Samuel C. Vitor, Norby, Richard J., Warren, Jeffrey, Weston, David, and Winter, Klaus. 2014. "Asymmetrical effects of mesophyll conductance on fundamental photosynthetic parameters and their relationships estimated from leaf gas exchange measurements." Plant, Cell and Environment 37 (4):978-994. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12213 2014
- Winter, Klaus and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2014. "Facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants: powerful tools for unravelling the functional elements of CAM photosynthesis." Journal of Experimental Botany 65 (13):3425-3441. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eru063 2014
- Holtum, Joseph A. M. and Winter, Klaus. 2014. "Limited photosynthetic plasticity in the leaf-succulent CAM plant Agave angustifolia grown at different temperatures." Functional Plant Biology 41:843-849. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP13284 2014
- Silvera, Katia, Winter, Klaus, Rodriguez, B. Leticia, Albion, Rebecca L., and Cushman, John C. 2014. "Multiple isoforms of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in the Orchidaceae (subtribe Oncidiinae): implications for the evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism." Journal of Experimental Botany 65 (13):3623-3636. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eru234 2014
- Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton N., and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2014. "Nocturnal versus diurnal CO2 uptake: how flexible is Agave angustifolia?." Journal of experimental botany 65 (13):3695-3703. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eru097 2014
- Mejía, Luis C., Herre, Edward Allen, Sparks, Jed P., Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton N., Van Bael, Sunshine A., Stitt, Joseph, Shi, Zi, Zhang, Yufan, Guiltinan, Mark J., and Maximova, Siela N. 2014. "Pervasive effects of a dominant foliar endophytic fungus on host genetic and phenotypic expression in a tropical tree." Frontiers in Microbiology 5:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00479 2014
- Ceron-Souza, Ivania, Turner, Benjamin L., Winter, Klaus, Medina, Ernesto, Bermingham, Eldredge, and Feliner, Gonzalo N. 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." Plant Ecology 215 (5):481-493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-014-0315-1 2014
- Slot, Martijn, Rey-Sanchez, Camilo, Gerber, Stefan, Lichstein, Jeremy W., Winter, Klaus, and Kitajima, Kaoru. 2014. "Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration of tropical trees and lianas: response to experimental canopy warming, and consequences for tropical forest carbon balance." Global Change Biology 20 (9):2915-2926. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12563 2014
- Slot, Martijn, Rey-Sanchez, Camilo, Winter, Klaus, and Kitajima, Kaoru. 2014. "Trait-based scaling of temperature-dependent foliar respiration in a species-rich tropical forest canopy." Functional Ecology 28 (5):1074-1086. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12263 2014
- Dalling, James W., Winter, Klaus, Andersen, K. M., and Turner, Benjamin L. 2013. "Artefacts of the pot environment on soil nutrient availability: implications for the interpretation of ecological studies." Plant Ecology 214 (2):329-338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-013-0172-3 2013
- Cheesman, Alexander W. and Winter, Klaus. 2013. "Elevated night-time temperatures increase growth in seedlings of two tropical pioneer tree species." New Phytologist 197:1185-1192. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12098 2013
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Ubierna, Nerea, Winter, Klaus, Holtum, Joseph A. M., Marshall, John D., and Farquhar, Graham D. 2013. "Environmental and physiological determinants of carbon isotope discrimination in terrestrial plants." New Phytologist 200 (4):950-965. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12423 2013
- Cheesman, Alexander W. and Winter, Klaus. 2013. "Growth response and acclimation of CO2 exchange characteristics to elevated temperatures in tropical tree seedlings." Journal of Experimental Botany 64 (12):3817-3828. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ert211 2013
- Beltrán, J. D., Lasso, E., Madriñán, S., Virgo, Aurelio, and Winter, Klaus. 2013. "Juvenile tank-bromeliads lacking tanks: do they engage in CAM photosynthesis?." Photosynthetica 51 (1):55-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-012-0077-8 2013
- Nottingham, Andrew T., Turner, Benjamin L., Winter, Klaus, Chamberlain, Paul M., Stott, Andrew, and Tanner, Edmund V. J. 2013. "Root and arbuscular mycorrhizal mycelial interactions with soil microorganisms in lowland tropical forest." FEMS microbiology ecology 85 (1):37-50. https://doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12096 2013
- Krause, G. Heinrich, Cheesman, Alexander W., Winter, Klaus, Krause, Barbara, and Virgo, Aurelio. 2013. "Thermal tolerance, net CO2 exchange and growth of a tropical tree species, Ficus insipida, cultivated at elevated daytime and nighttime temperatures." Journal of Plant Physiology 170 (9):822-827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2013.01.005 2013
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Dalling, James W., Holtum, Joseph A. M., Jaramillo, Carlos A., Korner, Christian, Leakey, Andrew A. B., Norby, Richard J., Poulter, Benjamin, Turner, Benjamin L., and Wright, S. Joseph. 2013. "Tropical forest responses to increasing atmospheric CO2: current knowledge and opportunities for future research." Functional Plant Biology 40 (6):531-551. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP12309 2013
- Krause, G. H., Winter, Klaus, Matsubara, Shizue, Krause, Barbara, Jahns, Peter, Virgo, Aurelio, Aranda, Jorge, and Garcia, Milton N. 2012. "Photosynthesis, photoprotection, and growth of shade-tolerant tropical tree seedlings under full sunlight." Photosynthesis Research 113 (1-3):273-285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-012-9731-z 2012
- Krause, G. H., Winter, Klaus, Matsubara, Shizue, Krause, Barbara, Jahns, Peter, Virgo, Aurelio, Aranda, Jorge, and García, Milton. 2012. "Photosynthesis, photoprotection, and growth of shade-tolerant tropical tree seedlings under full sunlight." Photosynthesis Research 113 (1-3):273-285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-012-9731-z 2012
- Baresch, Andres, Smith, J. Andrew C., Winter, Klaus, Lucia Valerio, Ana, and Jaramillo, Carlos A. 2011. "Karatophyllum Bromelioides Ld Gomez Revisited: a Probable Fossil Cam Bromeliad." American Journal of Botany 98 (11):1905-1908. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1100261 2011
- Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton N., and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2011. "Drought-stress-induced up-regulation of CAM in seedlings of a tropical cactus, Opuntia elatior, operating predominantly in the C3 mode." Journal of experimental botany 62 (11):4037-4042. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/err106 2011
- Winter, Klaus and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2011. "Induction and reversal of crassulacean acid metabolism in Calandrinia polyandra: effects of soil moisture and nutrients." Functional Plant Biology 38 (7):576-582. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP11028 2011
- West-Eberhard, Mary Jane, Smith, J. Andrew C., and Winter, Klaus. 2011. "Photosynthesis, Reorganized." Science 332 (6027):311-312. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1205336 2011
- Givnish, Thomas J., Barfuss, Michael H. J., Van Ee, Benjamin, Riina, Ricarda, Schulte, Katharina, Horres, Ralf, Gonsiska, Philip A., Jabaily, Rachel S., Crayn, Darren M., Smith, J. Andrew C., Winter, Klaus, Brown, Gregory K., Evans, Timothy M., Holst, Bruce K., Luther, Harry, Till, Walter, Zizka, Georg, Berry, Paul E., and Sytsma, Kenneth J. 2011. "Phylogeny, Adaptive Radiation, and Historical Biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an Eight-Locus Plastid Phylogeny." American Journal of Botany 98 (5):872-895. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000059 2011
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Martinez, Carlos, Correa, Edwin, Aranda, Jorge, Garcia, Milton N., Jaramillo, Carlos A., and Turner, Benjamin L. 2011. "Responses of legume versus non-legume tropical tree seedlings to elevated [CO2]." Plant Physiology 157 (1):372-385. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.111.182436 2011
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, and Turner, Benjamin L. 2011. "Transpiration modulates phosphorus acquisition in tropical tree seedlings." Tree Physiology 31 (8):878-885. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpr077 2011
- Nottingham, Andrew T., Turner, Benjamin L., Winter, Klaus, van, der Heijden, and Tanner, Edmund V. J. 2010. "Arbuscular mycorrhizal mycelial respiration in a moist tropical forest." New Phytologist 186 (4):957-967. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03226.x 2010
- Holtum, Joseph A. M. and Winter, Klaus. 2010. "Elevated [CO2] and forest vegetation: more a water issue than a carbon issue?." Functional Plant Biology 37 (8):694-702. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP10001 2010
- Silvera, Katia, Neubig, Kurt M., Whitten, W. Mark, Williams, Norris H., Winter, Klaus, and Cushman, John C. 2010. "Evolution along the crassulacean acid metabolism continuum." Functional Plant Biology 37 (11):995-1010. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP10084 2010
- Krause, G. H., Winter, Klaus, Krause, Barbara, Jahns, Peter, Garcia, Milton N., Aranda, Jorge, and Virgo, Aurelio. 2010. "High-temperature tolerance of a tropical tree, Ficus insipida: Methodological reassessment and climate change considerations." Functional Plant Biology 37 (9):890-900. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP10034 2010
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, and Turner, Benjamin L. 2010. "Leaf nitrogen to phosphorus ratios of tropical trees: experimental assessment of physiological and environmental controls." New Phytologist 185 (3):770-779. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03106.x 2010
- Garrish, Valerie, Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, and Turner, Benjamin L. 2010. "Nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of plant biomass versus soil solution in a tropical pioneer tree, Ficus insipida." Journal of experimental botany 61 (13):3735-3748. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erq183 2010
- Silvera, Katia, Santiago, Louis S., Cushman, John C., and Winter, Klaus. 2010. "The incidence of crassulacean acid metabolism in Orchidaceae derived from carbon isotope ratios: a checklist of the flora of Panama and Costa Rica." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (2):194-222. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01058.x 2010
- Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton N., and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2009. "Canopy CO2 exchange of two neotropical tree species exhibiting constitutive and facultative CAM photosynthesis, Clusia rosea and Clusia cylindrica." Journal of Experimental Botany 60 (11):3167-3177. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erp149 2009
- Vargas-Soto, J., Andrade, Jose Luis, and Winter, Klaus. 2009. "Carbon isotope composition and mode of photosynthesis in Clusia species from Mexico." Photosynthetica 47 (1):33-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-009-0007-6 2009
- Silvera, Katia, Santiago, Louis S., Cushman, John C., and Winter, Klaus. 2009. "Crassulacean acid metabolism and epiphytism linked to adaptive radiations in the Orchidaceae." Plant Physiology 149 (4):1838-1847. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.108.132555 2009
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, and Turner, Benjamin L. 2009. "Physiological and isotopic (delta C-13 and delta O-18) responses of three tropical tree species to water and nutrient availability." Plant Cell and Environment 32 (10):1441-1455. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02010.x 2009
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, and Turner, Benjamin L. 2009. "Plant d15N correlates with the transpiration efficiency of nitrogen acquisition in tropical trees." Plant Physiology 151:1667-1676. 2009
- Matsubara, Shizue, Krause, G. Heinrich, Aranda, Jorge E., Virgo, Aurelio, Beisel, Kim G., Jahns, Peter, and Winter, Klaus. 2009. "Sun-shade patterns of leaf carotenoid composition in 86 species of neotropical forest plants." Functional Plant Biology 36 (1):20-36. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP08214 2009
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Aranda, Jorge E., Virgo, Aurelio, and Garcia, Milton N. 2009. "Transpiration efficiency over an annual cycle, leaf gas exchange and wood carbon isotope ratio of three tropical tree species." Tree Physiology 29 (9):1153-1161. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpp052 2009
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Aranda, Jorge E., and Turner, Benjamin L. 2008. "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]." Plant Physiology 148 (1):642-659. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.108.123521 2008
- Matsubara, Shizue, Krause, G. Heinrich, Seltmann, Martin, Virgo, Aurelio, Kursar, Thomas A., Jahns, Peter, and Winter, Klaus. 2008. "Lutein epoxide cycle, light harvesting and photoprotection in species of the tropical tree genus Inga." Plant, Cell and Environment 31 (4):548-561. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01788.x 2008
- Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton N., and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2008. "On the Nature of Facultative and Constitutive CAM: Environmental and Developmental Control of CAM Expression During Early Growth of Clusia, Kalanchoe, and Opuntia." Journal of Experimental Botany 59 (7):1829-1840. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern080 2008
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Mejia-Chang, Monica, Winter, Klaus, and Griffiths, Howard. 2008. "Oxygen isotope composition of CAM and C(3)Clusia species: non-steady-state dynamics control leaf water O-18 enrichment in succulent leaves." Plant Cell and Environment 31 (11):1644-1662. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01868.x 2008
- Mcculloch, M., Winter, Klaus, Meinzer, Frederick C., Garcia, Milton N., Aranda, Jorge E., and Lachenbrunch, B. 2007. "A comparison of daily water use estimates derived from constant-heat sap-flow probe values and gravimetric measurements in pot-grown saplings." Tree Physiology 27 (9):1355-1360. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/27.9.1355 2007
- Holtum, Joseph A. M., Winter, Klaus, Weeks, Mark A., and Sexton, Timothy R. 2007. "Crassulacean acid metabolism in the ZZ plant, Zamioculcas zamiifolia (Araceae)." American Journal of Botany 94 (10):1670-1676. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.94.10.1670 2007
- Winter, Klaus and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2007. "Environment or development? Lifetime net CO2 exchange and control of the expression of crassulacean acid metabolism in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum." Plant Physiology 143 (1):98-107. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.106.088922 2007
- Krause, G. Heinrich, Jahns, Peter, Virgo, Aurelio, Garcia, Milton N., Aranda, Jorge E., Wellmann, Eckard, and Winter, Klaus. 2007. "Photoprotection, Photosynthesis and Growth of Tropical Tree Seedlings Under Near-Ambient and Strongly Reduced Solar Ultraviolet-B Radiation." Journal of Plant Physiology 164 (10):1311-1322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2006.09.004 2007
- Cernusak, Lucas A., Winter, Klaus, Aranda, Jorge E., Turner, Benjamin L., and Marshall, John D. 2007. "Transpiration efficiency of a tropical pioneer tree (Ficus insipida) in relation to soil fertility." Journal of Experimental Botany 58 (13):3549-3566. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erm201 2007
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chapter
- Gustafsson, Mats H. G., Winter, Klaus, and Bittrich, Volker. 2007. "Diversity, phylogeny and classification of Clusia." in Clusia. A Woody Neotropical Genus of Remarkable Plasticity and Diversity. (Ecological Studies 194), edited by Luttge, Ulrich., 95-116. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37243-1 2007
- Winter, Klaus and Smith, J. Andrew C. 2007. "Una introducci'on al metabolismo ácido de las crasuláceas. Principios químicos y diversidad ecológica." in Ecología y evolución en los trópicos, edited by Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., Herre, Edward Allen, Jackson, Jeremy B. C., and Santos-Granero, Fernando., 58-68. Editora Nova Art. 2007
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dataset
- Slot, Martijn and Winter, Klaus. 2017. [Dataset] "Photosynthesis data belonging to publication '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'." Distributed by Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_stri/10088/30581 2017
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webpage
- Holtum, Joseph, Winter, Klaus, and Osmond, Barry. 2017. "2.2.8-Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)." 2017. http://plantsinaction.science.uq.edu.au/content/228-crassulacean-acid-metabolism-cam. 2017
- Luján, Manuel, Oleas, Nora H., and Winter, Klaus. 2022. "Evolutionary history of CAM photosynthesis in Neotropical Clusia: insights from genomics, anatomy, physiology and climate." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boab075. 2022
- Pachon, P., Winter, Klaus, and Lasso, E. 2022. "Updating the occurrence of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in the genus Clusia through carbon isotope analysis of species from Colombia." Photosynthetica, 60, (2) 304–322. https://doi.org/10.32615/ps.2022.018. 2022
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Department