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Current position
Research Fellow
Career outline
Postdoctoral Fellow 2005-2008; Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis
Laboratory of Dr Mark Matthews
Postdoctoral Fellow 2003-2005; Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Laboratory of Dr Michele Holbrook
Ph.D. 2003; Hydraulic architecture and seasonal water-use in dry rainforest trees of contrasting leaf phenology. Supervisors: Dr Joe Holtum (James Cook University), Jon Luly (James Cook University), Professor Marilyn Ball (RSBS).
B.Sc. (Hons) Class H1 1997; Plant Biology, James Cook University
Research Interests:
• Structure and function of xylem
• Links between functional traits and phenology in tropical trees
• Plasticity and adaptive variation in functional traits across environmental gradients
• Water economy of grape berries during ripening
Selected Publications
Choat B, Cobb AR, Jansen S. (2008). Structure and function of bordered pits: new discoveries and impacts on whole-plant hydraulic function. New Phytologist 177: 608-625
Jansen S, Sano Y, Choat B, Rabaey D, Lens F, Dute RR. (2007). Pit membranes in tracheary elements of Rosaceae and related families: New records of tori and pseudotori. American Journal of Botany 94:503-514
Cobb AR, Choat B, Holbrook NM. (2007). Dynamics of freeze-thaw embolism in Smilax rotundifolia (Smilacaceae). American Journal of Botany 94: 640-649
Choat B, Sack L, Holbrook NM. (2007). Diversity of hydraulic traits in nine Cordia species growing in tropical forests with contrasting precipitation. New Phytologist 175: 686-698
Stuart SA, Choat B, Martin KC, Holbrook NM, Ball MC. (2007). The role of freezing in setting the latitudinal limits of mangrove forests New Phytologist 173: 576-583
Choat B, Brodie TW, Cobb AR, Zwieniecki MA, Holbrook NM. (2006). Direct measurements of intervessel pit membrane hydraulic resistance in two angiosperm tree species. American Journal of Botany 93: 993-1000
Choat B, Ball MC, Luly JG, Donnelly C, Holtum JAM. (2006). Seasonal patterns of leaf gas exchange and water relations in dry rainforest trees of contrasting leaf phenology. Tree Physiology 26: 657-664
Lovelock CE, Ball MC, Choat B, Holbrook NM, Feller IC. (2006). Physiological processes with patterns in mangrove forest structure: Phosphorus deficiency limits canopy development, hydraulic conductivity and photosynthetic carbon gain in dwarf Rhizophora mangle. Plant, Cell and Environment 29: 793-802
Choat B, Lahr E, Melcher PJ, Zwieniecki MA, Holbrook NM. (2005). The spatial pattern of air seeding thresholds in mature sugar maple trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 28: 1082–1089
Choat B, Ball MC, Luly JG, Holtum JAM. (2005). Hydraulic architecture of deciduous and evergreen dry rainforest tree species from north-eastern Australia. Trees – Structure and Function 19: 305–311
Choat B, Jansen S, Zwieniecki MA, Smets E, Holbrook NM. (2004). Changes in pit membrane porosity due to deflection and stretching: the role of vestured pits. Journal of Experimental Botany 55: 1569 - 1575
Jansen S, Choat B, Vinckier S, Lens F, Schols P, Smets E. (2004). Intervascular pit membranes with a torus in the wood of Ulmus (Ulmaceae) and related genera. New Phytologist 163: 51-59
Choat B, Ball M, Luly J, Holtum J. (2003). Pit membrane porosity and water stress induced cavitation in four co-existing dry rainforest tree species. Plant Physiology 131: 41-48
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