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Selected Publications
  • North, G. B., F. H. Lynch, F. D. R. Maharaj, C. A. Phillips, and W. T. Woodside. 2013. Leaf hydraulic conductance for a tank bromeliad: axial and radial pathways for moving and conserving water. Frontiers in Plant Science DOI: 10.33389/fpls.2013.00078.
  • Pratt, R. B., A.L. Jacobsen, J. Hernandez, F. W. Ewers, G. B. North, and S. D. Davis. 2012. Allocation tradeoffs among chaparral shrub seedlings with different life history types (Rhamnaceae). American Journal of Botany DOI:10.3732/ajb.1200193.
  • Garrett, T. Y., C-V. Huynh, and G. B. North. 2010. Root contraction helps protect the "living rock" cactus Ariocarpus fissuratus from lethal high temperatures when growing in rocky soil. American Journal of Botany 97: 1951-1960.
  • Pratt, R. B., G. B. North, A. L. Jacobsen, F. W. Ewers, and S.D. Davis. 2009. Xylem root and shoot hydraulics is linked to life history type in chaparral seedlings (Rhamnaceae). Functional Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01613.x 
  • Bobich, E. G. and G. B. North. 2009 Structural implications of succulence: architecture, anatomy, and mechanics of photosynthetic stem succulents, pachycauls, and leaf succulents. In Biophysical Plant Ecology: A Tribute to Park S. Nobel, UNAM Press.
  • Pratt, R. B., A. L. Jacobsen, G. B. North, L. Sack and H.J. Schenk. 2008. Plant hydraulics: new discoveries in the pipeline (meeting report). New Phytologist 179: 590-593.
  • North, G. B., E. K. Brinton and T. Y. Garrett. 2008. Contractile roots in succulent monocots: convergence, divergence and adaptation to limited rainfall. Plant, Cell and Environment 31: 1179-1189
  • North, G. B. and E. A. Baker. 2007. Water uptake by older roots: evidence from desert succulents. HortScience 42: 1103-1107.
  • North, G. B. and C.A. Peterson. 2005. Water flow in roots: structural and regulatory features. In Vascular Transport in Plants (eds. N.M. Holbrook and M. A. Zwieniecki), Academic Press/Elsevier Science (in the Physiological Ecology series).
  • North, G. B. 2004. A long drink of water: how xylem changes with depth. New Phytologist 163: 447-449.
  • North, G. B., P. Martre, and P. S. Nobel. 2004. Aquaporins account for variations in hydraulic conductance for metabolically active root regions of Agave deserti in wet, dry, and rewetted soil. Plant, Cell and Environment  27: 219-228.
  • Martre, P., G. B. North, E. G. Bobich, and P. S. Nobel. 2002. Root deployment and shoot growth for two desert species in response to soil rockiness. American Journal of Botany  89: 1933-1939.
  • Martre, P., R. Morillon, F. Barrieu, G. B. North, P.S. Nobel, and M. J. Chrispeels. 2002. Plasma membrane aquaporins play a significant role during recovery from water deficit. Plant Physiology 130: 2101-2110.
  • Martre, P., G. B. North, and P. S. Nobel. 2001. Hydraulic conductance and mercury-sensitive water transport for roots of Opuntia acanthocarpa in relation to soil drying and rewetting. Plant Physiology 126: 352-362.
  • North, G. B. and P. S. Nobel. 2000. Heterogeneity in water availability alters cellular development and hydraulic conductivity along roots of a desert succulent. Annals of Botany 85: 247-255.
  • North, G. B. and P.S. Nobel. 1998. Water uptake and structural plasticity along roots of a desert succulent during prolonged drought. Plant, Cell and Environment  21: 705-713..
  • Dubrovsky, J. G., G. B. North, and P.S. Nobel. 1998. Root growth, developmental changes in the apex, and hydraulic conductivity for Opuntia ficus-indica during drought. New Phytologist 138: 75-82.
  • North, G. B. and P. S. Nobel. 1997. Root-soil contact for the desert succulent Agave deserti Engelm. in wet and drying soil. New Phytologist 135: 21-29.
  • North, G. B. and P. S. Nobel. 1996. Radial hydraulic conductivity of individual root tissues of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller as soil moisture varies. Annals of Botany 77: 133-142.
  • Nobel, P. S. and G. B. North. 1996. Features of roots of CAM plants. In Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. Biochemistry, Ecophysiology and Evolution (K. Winter and J.A.C. Smith, eds.). Ecological Studies 114. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • North, G.B. and P. S. Nobel. 1995. Hydraulic conductivity of concentric root tissues of Agave deserti Englem. under wet and drying conditions. New Phytologist 130: 47-57..
  • North, G. B., T. L. Moore, and P. S. Nobel. 1994. Cladode development for Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae) under current and doubled CO2 concentrations. American Journal of Botany 82: 159-166.
  • Nobel, P. S., J. L. Andrade, N. Wang, and G. B. North. 1994. Water potentials for developing cladodes and fruits of a succulent plant, including xylem-versus-phloem implications for water movement. Journal of Experimental Botany 45:1801-1807.
  • North, G. B. and P. S. Nobel. 1994. Changes in root hydraulic conductivity for two tropical epiphytic cacti as soil moisture varies. American Journal of Botany 81: 46-53.
  • North, G. B. and P. S. Nobel. 1991. Changes in hydraulic conductivity and anatomy caused by drying and rewetting roots of Agave deserti (Agavaceae). American Journal of Botany 78: 906-915.
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