R. Brandon Pratt

Best Publications

• Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

  Brendan Choat;Steven Jansen;Tim J. Brodribb;Hervé Cochard;Hervé Cochard

  2863
  Citations

• Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species

  Sean M. Gleason;Sean M. Gleason;Mark Westoby;Steven Jansen;Brendan Choat

  744
  Citations

• Do xylem fibers affect vessel cavitation resistance

  Anna L. Jacobsen;Frank W. Ewers;R. Brandon Pratt;William A. Paddock

  540
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• Relationships among xylem transport, biomechanics and storage in stems and roots of nine Rhamnaceae species of the California chaparral.

  R. B. Pratt;A. L. Jacobsen;F. W. Ewers;S. D. Davis

  410
  Citations

• CAVITATION RESISTANCE AMONG 26 CHAPARRAL SPECIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  Anna L. Jacobsen;R. Brandon Pratt;Frank W. Ewers;Stephen D. Davis

  296
  Citations

• Towards understanding resprouting at the global scale

  Juli García Pausas;R. Brandon Pratt;Jon E. Keeley;Jon E. Keeley;Anna L. Jacobsen

  295
  Citations

• Xylem density, biomechanics and anatomical traits correlate with water stress in 17 evergreen shrub species of the Mediterranean-type climate region of South Africa

  Anna L. Jacobsen;Lize Agenbag;Karen J. Esler;R. Brandon Pratt

  243
  Citations

• Conflicting demands on angiosperm xylem: Tradeoffs among storage, transport and biomechanics.

  R. Brandon Pratt;Anna L. Jacobsen

  211
  Citations

• Mortality of resprouting chaparral shrubs after a fire and during a record drought: physiological mechanisms and demographic consequences

  R. Brandon Pratt;Anna L. Jacobsen;Aaron R. Ramirez;Anjel M. Helms

  174
  Citations

• Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality

  Enric Batllori;Francisco Lloret;Tuomas Aakala;William R. L. Anderegg

  173
  Citations

• Cavitation resistance and seasonal hydraulics differ among three arid Californian plant communities

  Anna L. Jacobsen;R. Brandon Pratt;Stephen D. Davis;Frank W. Ewers

  165
  Citations

• A global analysis of xylem vessel length in woody plants

  Anna L. Jacobsen;R. Brandon Pratt;Michael F. Tobin;Uwe G. Hacke

  160
  Citations

• Comparative community physiology: nonconvergence in water relations among three semi-arid shrub communities.

  Anna L. Jacobsen;R. Brandon Pratt;Stephen D. Davis;Frank W. Ewers

  136
  Citations

• The cohesion-tension theory

  Guillermo Angeles;Barbara Bond;John S. Boyer;Tim Brodribb

  126
  Citations

• Chaparral Shrub Hydraulic Traits, Size, and Life History Types Relate to Species Mortality during California’s Historic Drought of 2014

  Martin D. Venturas;Martin D. Venturas;Evan D. MacKinnon;Hannah L. Dario;Anna L. Jacobsen

  121
  Citations

• The standard centrifuge method accurately measures vulnerability curves of long-vesselled olive stems

  Uwe G. Hacke;Martin D. Venturas;Evan D. MacKinnon;Anna L. Jacobsen

  119
  Citations

• No evidence for an open vessel effect in centrifuge-based vulnerability curves of a long-vesselled liana (Vitis vinifera)

  Anna L. Jacobsen;R. Brandon Pratt

  117
  Citations

• Xylem function of arid-land shrubs from California, USA: an ecological and evolutionary analysis

  U. G. Hacke;A. L. Jacobsen;R. B. Pratt

  104
  Citations

• Linkage between water stress tolerance and life history type in seedlings of nine chaparral species (Rhamnaceae)

  R. B. Pratt;A. L. Jacobsen;R. Mohla;F. W. Ewers

  99
  Citations

• LIFE HISTORY TYPE AND WATER STRESS TOLERANCE IN NINE CALIFORNIA CHAPARRAL SPECIES (RHAMNACEAE)

  R. B. Pratt;A. L. Jacobsen;K. A. Golgotiu;J. S. Sperry

  96
  Citations

• Excising stem samples underwater at native tension does not induce xylem cavitation

  Martin D. Venturas;Evan D. Mackinnon;Anna L. Jacobsen;R. Brandon Pratt

  87
  Citations

• Extensive drought-associated plant mortality as an agent of type-conversion in chaparral shrublands

  Anna L. Jacobsen;R. Brandon Pratt

  71
  Citations

• Direct comparison of four methods to construct xylem vulnerability curves: Differences among techniques are linked to vessel network characteristics.

  Martin D. Venturas;R. Brandon Pratt;Anna L. Jacobsen;Viridiana Castro

  49
  Citations

• Wood structure and function change with maturity: Age of the vascular cambium is associated with xylem changes in current-year growth.

  F. Daniela Rodriguez‐Zaccaro;Jessica Valdovinos‐Ayala;Marta I. Percolla;Martin D. Venturas;Martin D. Venturas

  47
  Citations

• Functional lifespans of xylem vessels: Development, hydraulic function, and post-function of vessels in several species of woody plants.

  Anna L. Jacobsen;Jessica Valdovinos‐Ayala;R. Brandon Pratt

  47
  Citations

• Identifying which conduits are moving water in woody plants: a new HRCT-based method

  R Brandon Pratt;Anna L Jacobsen

  41
  Citations

• Geographic And Seasonal Variation In Chaparral Vulnerability To Cavitation

  Anna L. Jacobsen;R. Brandon Pratt;Stephen D. Davis;Michael F. Tobin

  40
  Citations

• Water stress tolerance of shrubs in Mediterranean-type climate regions: Convergence of fynbos and succulent karoo communities with California shrub communities.

  Anna L. Jacobsen;Karen J. Esler;R. Brandon Pratt;Frank W. Ewers

  34
  Citations