Winter, Klaus

Fellowship Advisor Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staff

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Winter, Klaus

Fellowship Advisor Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staff

Plant Physiology; plant physiological ecology; photosynthesis and photoinhibition; crassulacean acid metabolism; plant responses to elevated CO2.

Positions

Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 1998 -

Background And Education

Education And Training

Dipl. rer. nat., Darmstadt
Ph.D., Wurzburg

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

Publications

Selected Publications

Article
- Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton, and Virgo, Aurelio. 2025. "Heat-induced F₀-fluorescence rise is not an indicator of severe tissue necrosis in thermotolerance assays of young and mature leaves of a tropical tree species, Calophyllum inophyllum." Photosynthetica, https://doi.org/10.32615/ps.2025.004. 2025
- Winter, Klaus. 2024. "Are tropical forests approaching critical temperature thresholds?" Plant Biology, 26, (4) 495–498. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13638. 2024
- Vencl, Fredric V., Bartram, Stefan, Winter, Klaus, Boland, Wilhelm, and Srygley, Robert B. 2024. "Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on the performance of a diet specialized neotropical herbivore and its host plant." Biotropica, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13371. 2024
- Winter, Klaus, Krüger Nuñez, C. R., Slot, Martijn, and Virgo, Aurelio. 2024. "In thermotolerance tests of tropical tree leaves, the chlorophyll fluorescence parameter F_v / F_m measured soon after heat exposure is not a reliable predictor of tissue necrosis." Plant Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13732. 2024
- Carter, Kelsey R., Cavaleri, Molly A., Atkin, Owen K., Bahar, Nur H. A., Cheesman, Alex W., Choury, Zineb, Crous, Kristine Y., Doughty, Christopher E., Dusenge, Mirindi E., Ely, Kim S., Evans, John R., Fonseca Da Silva, Jéssica, Mau, Alida C., Medlyn, Belinda E., Meir, Patrick, Norby, Richard J., Read, Jennifer, Reed, Sasha C., Reich, Peter B., Rogers, Alistair, Serbin, Shawn P., Slot, Martijn, Schwartz, Elsa C., Tribuzy, Edgard S., Uddling, Johan et al. 2024. "Photosynthetic responses to temperature across the tropics: a meta-analytic approach." Annals of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae206. 2024
- Winter, Klaus and Holtum, Joseph A. M. 2024. "Shifting photosynthesis between the fast and slow lane: Facultative CAM and water-deficit stress." Journal of Plant Physiology, 294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2024.154185. 2024
- Ávila-Lovera, Eleinis and Winter, Klaus. 2024. "Variation in stem bark conductance to water vapor in Neotropical plant species." Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1278803. 2024
- Winter, Klaus. 2023. "Brief reflections on 50 years as a plant ecophysiologist." Annals of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad020. 2023
- Leverett, Alistair, Hartzell, Samantha, Winter, Klaus, Garcia, Milton, Aranda, Jorge, Virgo, Aurelio, Smith, Abigail, Focht, Paulina, Rasmussen‐Arda, Adam, Willats, William G. T., Cowan‐Turner, Daniel, and Borland, Anne M. 2023. "Dissecting succulence: Crassulacean acid metabolism and hydraulic capacitance are independent adaptations in Clusia leaves." Plant, Cell & Environment, 46, (5) 1472–1488. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14539. 2023
- Ávila‐Lovera, Eleinis, Winter, Klaus, and Goldsmith, Gregory R. 2023. "Evidence for phylogenetic signal and correlated evolution in plant–water relation traits." New Phytologist, 237, (2) 392–407. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18565. 2023
- Luján, Manuel, Leverett, Alistair, and Winter, Klaus. 2023. "Forty years of research into crassulacean acid metabolism in the genus Clusia : anatomy, ecophysiology and evolution." Annals of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad039. 2023
- Leverett, Alistair, Ferguson, Kate, Winter, Klaus, and Borland, Anne M. 2023. "Leaf vein density correlates with Crassulacean acid metabolism, but not hydraulic capacitance, in the genus Clusia." Annals of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad035. 2023
- Blonder, Benjamin Wong, Aparecido, Luiza Maria Teophilo, Hultine, Kevin R., Lombardozzi, Danica, Michaletz, Sean T., Posch, Bradley C., Slot, Martijn, and Winter, Klaus. 2023. "Plant water use theory should incorporate hypotheses about extreme environments, population ecology, and community ecology." New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18800. 2023
- Gilman, Ian S., Smith, J. Andrew C., Holtum, Joseph A. M., Sage, Rowan F., Silvera, Katia, Winter, Klaus, and Edwards, Erika J. 2023. "The CAM lineages of planet Earth." Annals of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad135. 2023
- 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
- 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, 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, 48, (12) 1315. 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 C₃plants." 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, 26, (1) 119–188. 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
- 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
- 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
Chapter
- Slot, Martijn and Winter, Klaus. 2016. "The Effects of Rising Temperature on the Ecophysiology of Tropical Forest Trees." In Tropical Tree Physiology. Goldstein, Guillermo and Santiago, Louis S., editors. 385–412. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 6 in Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27422-5_18. 2016
- 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). Luttge, Ulrich, editor. 95–116. Berlin: 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. Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., Herre, Edward Allen, Jackson, Jeremy B. C., and Santos-Granero, Fernando, editors. 58–68. Panama: Editora Nova Art. 2007
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 Panama: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_stri/10088/30581. 2017
Webpage
- Holtum, Joseph, Winter, Klaus, and Osmond, Barry. 2017. 2.2.8-Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). Jan 1, 2017 Australian Society of Plant Scientists, New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists, and New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science. 2017

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