Publications

Non peer-reviewed publications

  1. *Courter, J. and D. Swarthout (2003) The physiological response of Frasir fir seedlings to drought-related stress in weedy and non-weedy field locations in Michigan. Michigan Christmas Tree Journal 50(2):4-5.
  2. Swarthout, Debbie. 2006. "Stomata." Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Daniel Robert Taub. (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). http://www.eoearth.org/article/Stomata>

Peer-reviewed Journals

  1. Swarthout, D., *Harper, E., *Judd, S., *Gonthier, D., *Stowe, T. and Bultman, T. Water-use efficiency and photosynthesis in endophytic and non endopohytic Lolium arundinaceum grasses under drought stress. (in Review)
  2. Verburg, P., J.A. Arnone III, D. Obrist, D.E. Schorran, R.D. Evans, D. Le Roux-Swarthout, D.W. Johnson, Y. Luo, J.S. Coleman. (2004) Net ecosystem carbon exchange in two experimental grassland ecosystems. Global Change Biology 10: 498-508.
  3. Terwilliger, V.J., Kitajima, K., Le Roux-Swarthout, D.J., Mulkey, S. and Wright, S.J. (2001).  Intrinsic waterd-use efficiency and heterotrophic investment in leaf growth of two Neotropical pioneer tree species as estimated from d13C values. New Phytologist 152: 267-281.
  4. Terwilliger, V.J., Kitajima, K., Le Roux-Swarthout, D.J., Mulkey, S. and Wright, S.J. (2001).  Influences of heterotrophic and autotrophic resource use on carbon and hydrogen isotopic compositions of tropical tree leaves.  Stable Isotopes in Health and Environmental Studies 37:133-160.
  5. Le Roux-Swarthout, D., Terwilliger, V., Martin, C.E. (2001) Deviation between d13C and leaf intercellular CO2 concentrations in Salix interior cuttings developing under low light.  International Journal of Plant Science 162(5): 1017-1024.
  6. Le Roux-Swarthout, D., Terwilliger, V., Christianson, M.C., Martin, C.E. and Madhavan, S.  (2001) Carbon isotopic ratios of atmospheric CO2 affect the d13C values of heterotrophic growth in Nicotiana tabacum. Plant Science, 160:563-570.
  7. Le Roux-Swarthout, D., Terwilliger, V., Christianson, M., Martin, C and Madhavan, S. (2000) Carbon isotope discrimination correlates with a range of ratios of phosphoenolpyruvate to total carboxylase activities found in two C3 species. Journal of Plant Physiology, 157:489-493.
  8. Le Roux, D., Stock, W.D., Bond, W.J. and Maphanga, D. (1996)  Dry mass allocation, water-use efficiency and d13C in clones of Eucalyptus grandis, Eucalyptus grandis X camaldulensis and Eucalyptus grandis X nitens under two irrigation regimes.  Tree Physiology 16:497-502.
  9. February, Ed., C., Stock, W.D., Bond, W.J. and Le Roux, D.J. (1995)  Relationship between water availability and selected vessel characteristics in Eucalyptus grandis and two hybrids. IAWA Journal 16(3):269-276.
  10. Stock, W.D., Le Roux, D. and van der Heyden, F. (1993)  Regrowth and Tannin Production in Woody Succulent Karoo Shrubs in Response to Simulated Browsing. Oecologia 96(4):562-568. 
  11. Olbrich, B., Le Roux, D., Poulter, A.G., Bond, W.J. and Stock, W.D. (1993)  Variation in water-use efficiency and d13C levels in Eucalyptus grandis clones.  Journal of Hydrology 150:615-633.
  12. Stock, W.D., Bond, W.J. and Le Roux, D. (1993)  Isotopic evidence from soil carbon to reconstruct vegetation history in the south western cape province, South Africa.  South African Journal of Science 89:153-154.
  13. Bond, W.J., Le Roux, D. and Erntzen, R. (1990)  Fire intensity and regeneration on myrmecochorous Proteaceae.  South African Journal of Botany 56(3): 326-330.

* publication with students in my lab