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Noel Michele Holbrook

Noel Michele Holbrook [1]
Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry
Professor of Biology

 Office: Bio Labs 3119
 Assistant: Wendy Heywood [7] (617) 495-2470
 Email: holbrook@oeb.harvard.edu
 [8] Web:  http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/holbrook/ [9]
Research Interests:

Long-distance transport physiology in plants; root physiology, including interactions between uptake and growth; water relations associated with flowering and flower production; biomechanics of growth and development; factors controlling uptake and movement of water in tropical trees.

Environmental Courses:

OEB 52: Biology of Plants
OEB 212r: Advanced Topics in Plant Physiology
OEB 339: Whole-Plant Physiology

Related Publications:

Diversity of hydraulic traits in nine Cordia species growing in tropical rainforests with contrasting precipitation. (2007)
Leaf hydraulic design: insights from rehydration kinetics. (2007)
Dynamic changes in root hydraulic properties in response to nitrate availability. (2007)
Forced depression of leaf hydraulic conductance in situ: effects on the leaf gas exchange of forest trees. (2007)
The role of freezing in setting the latitudinal limits of mangrove forests. (2007)

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