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Overview

Sari Palmroth is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and conducts research primarily in Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, and Ecology.

The main research topics addressed by Palmroth involve Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Forest Ecology and Management, Plant Responses to Elevated CO2, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Recent publications by Palmroth cover various aspects of plant and forest ecology. These include:

  • The response of coarse root biomass to long-term CO2 enrichment and nitrogen application in a maturing Pinus taeda stand with a large broadleaved component, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Extramatrical mycelial biomass is mediated by fine root mass and ectomycorrhizal fungal community composition across tree species, 2024, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Overlooked branch turnover creates a widespread bias in forest carbon accounting, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Increased leaf area index and efficiency drive enhanced production under elevated atmospheric CO2 in a pine-dominated stand showing no progressive nitrogen limitation, 2024, Global Change Biology
  • Similar response of canopy conductance to increasing vapor pressure deficit and decreasing soil conductivity with drought among five morphologically contrasting but co-occurring pine species, 2025, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Frequent coauthors connected with Palmroth's research include Ram Oren, Chris A. Maier, Jean-Christophe Domec, Dohyoung Kim, and Chainey A. Boroski.

Palmroth's research is published in several scientific venues frequently used in ecological and environmental sciences. These venues include Global Change Biology, SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

Best Publications

  • Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long‐term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2

    John E. Drake;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Kirsten S. Hofmockel;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • Observations of ultrafine aerosol particle formation and growth in boreal forest

    J. M. Mäkelä;P. Aalto;V. Jokinen;T. Pohja

  • A stomatal optimization theory to describe the effects of atmospheric CO2 on leaf photosynthesis and transpiration

    Gabriel Katul;Stefano Manzoni;Sari Palmroth;Ram Oren

  • Leaf stomatal responses to vapour pressure deficit under current and CO2‐enriched atmosphere explained by the economics of gas exchange

    Gabriel G. Katul;Sari Palmroth;Ram Oren

  • Optimizing stomatal conductance for maximum carbon gain under water stress: a meta-analysis across plant functional types and climates

    Stefano Manzoni;Giulia Vico;Gabriel Katul;Philip A. Fay

  • Hydraulic limits on maximum plant transpiration and the emergence of the safety–efficiency trade‐off

    Stefano Manzoni;Giulia Vico;Gabriel Katul;Sari Palmroth;Sari Palmroth

  • Long-term field measurements of atmosphere-surface interactions in boreal forest combining forest ecology, micrometeorology, aerosol physics and atmospheric chemistry

    Timo Vesala;Jyrki Haataja;Pasi Pekka Aalto;Nuria Altimir

  • Interannual Invariability of Forest Evapotranspiration and Its Consequence to Water Flow Downstream

    A. Christopher Oishi;Ram Oren;Kimberly A. Novick;Sari Palmroth

  • Acclimation of leaf hydraulic conductance and stomatal conductance of Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) to long-term growth in elevated CO2 (free-air CO2 enrichment) and N-fertilization

    Jean‐Christophe Domec;Jean‐Christophe Domec;Sari Palmroth;Eric Ward;Chris A. Maier

  • A test of the hydraulic vulnerability segmentation hypothesis in angiosperm and conifer tree species

    Daniel M. Johnson;Remi Wortemann;Katherine A. McCulloh;Lionel Jordan-Meille

  • Elevated CO2 affects photosynthetic responses in canopy pine and subcanopy deciduous trees over 10 years: a synthesis from Duke FACE

    David S Ellsworth;Richard Thomas;Kristine Y Crous;Sari Palmroth

  • Effects of stomatal delays on the economics of leaf gas exchange under intermittent light regimes.

    Giulia Vico;Stefano Manzoni;Sari Palmroth;Gabriel Katul

  • Aboveground sink strength in forests controls the allocation of carbon below ground and its (CO 2 )-induced enhancement

    Sari Palmroth;Ram Oren;Heather R. McCarthy;Kurt H. Johnsen

  • Physiological responses of Norway spruce (Picea abies) seedlings to drought stress

    Lubica Ditmarová;Daniel Kurjak;Sari Palmroth;Jaroslav Kmet

  • Contrasting responses to drought of forest floor CO 2 efflux in a Loblolly pine plantation and a nearby Oak-Hickory forest

    S. Palmroth;S. Palmroth;Chris A. Maier;Heather R. McCarthy;A. C. Oishi

  • Optimization of stomatal conductance for maximum carbon gain under dynamic soil moisture

    Stefano Manzoni;Stefano Manzoni;Giulia Vico;Sari Palmroth;Sari Palmroth;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato

  • The carbon bonus of organic nitrogen enhances nitrogen use efficiency of plants

    Oskar Franklin;Oskar Franklin;Camila Aguetoni Cambui;Linda Gruffman;Sari Palmroth

  • Short-term response of soil respiration to nitrogen fertilization in a subtropical evergreen forest

    Qiang Gao;Niles J. Hasselquist;Sari Palmroth;Zemei Zheng

  • Inter-annual variability of precipitation constrains the production response of boreal Pinus sylvestris to nitrogen fertilization

    Hyungwoo Lim;Ram Oren;Ram Oren;Sari Palmroth;Sari Palmroth;Pantana Tor-ngern

  • Structural adaptation rather than water conservation was observed in Scots pine over a range of wet to dry climates

    S. Palmroth;F. Berninger;E. Nikinmaa;J. Lloyd

  • Are ecosystem carbon inputs and outputs coupled at short time scales? A case study from adjacent pine and hardwood forests using impulse-response analysis.

    Paul C. Stoy;Paul C. Stoy;Sari Palmroth;A. Christopher Oishi;Mario B. S. Siqueira;Mario B. S. Siqueira

  • Leaf Stomatal Responses to Vapour Pressure Deficit Under Current and CO2- Enriched Atmosphere Explained by the Economics of gas Exchange

    S. Palmroth;G. G. Katul;R. Oren

Frequent Co-Authors

Ram Oren
Ram Oren Duke University
Gabriel G. Katul
Gabriel G. Katul Duke University
Jean-Christophe Domec
Jean-Christophe Domec Bordeaux Sciences Agro
Heather R. McCarthy
Heather R. McCarthy University of Oklahoma
Stefano Manzoni
Stefano Manzoni Stockholm University
Giulia Vico
Giulia Vico Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Torgny Näsholm
Torgny Näsholm Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Chris A. Maier
Chris A. Maier US Forest Service
Amilcare Porporato
Amilcare Porporato Princeton University
Pertti Hari
Pertti Hari University of Helsinki

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