J. Renée Brooks

Plant Physiologist

Voice: 541-754-4684
Email: brooks.reneej@epa.gov

Education:

B.S., Univ. of Georgia, Athens; Forest Hydrology, 1984
M.S., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Tree Physiology, 1987
Ph.D., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Tree Physiology, 1993

Previous Positions:

1996-1999 Assistant Professor, University of South Florida, Department of Biology
1993-1996 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Utah, Department of Biology

Research Interests and Skills:

Whole plant ecology
Forest biology and canopy physiology
Structure and function of biological systems in watersheds
Stable isotope ecology

Keywords:

Scientific Disciplines: Forestry, Ecosystems Ecology, Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology
Stressors-Physical: Climate, Land Use, Temperature, Hydrology, Habitat Modification

Professional Societies:

Ecological Society of America

Appointments / Honors:

Editorial Review Board, Tree Physiology, 2001-Present
Professor (courtesy) Dept. of Biology Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, 1999-Present
Professor (courtesy) Dept. of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1999-Present
Science Lead, Integrated Stable Isotope Research Facility (ISIRF), Western Ecology Division
Editor for special issue of Tree Physiology, IUFRO Canopy Processes International Meeting July 2000
Reviewer for Tree Physiology, Canadian J. of Forest Research, Oecologia, Trees, Annals of Forest Science
NSF Advisory Panel for Instrument Development for Biological Research, 1999-2000

Selected Publications:

Taylor, A.M., J.R. Brooks, B.L. Gartner and J.J. Morrell. 2007. Radial patterns of carbon isotopes in the xylem extractives and cellulose of Douglas-fir. Tree Physiology. 27:921-927.
Warren, J.M., J.R. Brooks, F.C. Meinzer, J.C. Domec and R. Coulombe 2007. Hydraulic redistribution of soil water in two old-growth coniferous forests: quantifying patterns and controls. New Phytologist. 173:753-765.
Meinzer, F. C., J. M. Warren, and J. R. Brooks. 2007 Partitioning of soil water resources in an old-growth Douglas-fir/western hemlock forest. Tree Physiology. 27:871-880.
Crow, S.E., C. Swanston, K. Lajtha, J.R. Brooks and H. Kierstead. 2007. Density fractionation of forest soils: methodological questions and interpretation of incubation results and turnover time in an ecosystem context. Biogeochemistry. 85:69-90.
Marshall, J.D., J.R. Brooks and K. Lajtha (2007). Sources of variation in the stable isotopic composition of plants. In Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science Eds. R. Mitchener and K. Lajtha. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford pp. 22-60.
Bond B.J., Brooks J.R. & Meinzer F.C. (2007) How trees influence the hydrological cycle in forest ecosystems. In: Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future (eds P.J. Wood, D.M. Hannah, & J.P. Sadler), John Wiley & Sons Ltd. pp. 7-35.
Brooks, J.R., F.C. Meinzer, J.M. Warren, J.C. Domec and R. Coulombe. 2006. Hydraulic redistribution in a Douglas-fir forest: lessons from system manipulations. Plant, Cell and Environment 29:138-150.
Meinzer F.C., Brooks J.R., Domec J.C., Gartner B.L., Warren J.M., Bible K. & Shaw D.C. 2006. Dynamics of water transport and storage in conifers studied with deuterium and heat tracing techniques. Plant, Cell and Environment 29:105-114.
Compton, J.E., C.P. Andersen, J.R. Brooks, R.M. Church, W.E. Hogsett, D.L. Phillips, M.G. Johnson, M.A. Cairns, P.G. Rygiewicz, B.C. McComb, C.D. Shaff and S. Klein. 2006. Ecological and water quality consequences of nutrient additions for salmon restoration in the Oregon Coast Range. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 4:18-26.
Wigington, P.J., J.L. Ebersole, M.E. Colvin, B. Miller, B. Hansen, H. Lavigne, D. White, J.P. Baker, R.M. Church, S.G. Leibowitz, J.R. Brooks, M.A. Cairns and J.E. Compton 2006. Coho Salmon Dependent on Intermittent Streams. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4:513-518.
Warren, J.M., F.C. Meinzer, J.R. Brooks and J.C. Domec 2005. Vertical stratification of soil water storage and release dynamics in Pacific Northwest coniferous forests. Agric. For. Meteorol. 130:39-58.
Foster, T. E. and J. R. Brooks. 2005. Functional groups based on leaf physiology: Are they spatially and temporally robust? Oecologia 144:337-352.
Meinzer, F.C., J.R. Brooks, S.J. Bucci, G.H. Goldstein, F.G. Scholz and J.M. Warren. 2004. Converging patterns of uptake and hydraulic redistribution of soil water in contrasting woody vegetation types. Tree Physiology. 24:919-928.
Domec, J.C., J.M. Warren, F.C. Meinzer, J.R. Brooks and R. Coulombe. 2004. Native root xylem embolism and stomatal closure in stands of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine: mitigation by hydraulic redistribution. Oecologia. 141:7-16.
Schulte, P.J. and J.R. Brooks 2003. Branch junctions and the flow of water through xylem in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine stems. J. Exp. Bot. 54:1597-1605.
Anastasiou, C. and Brooks, J. R**. 2003. Physiological and morphological responses of planted Spartina patens to abiotic factors at a west central Florida estuarine restoration site. Wetlands 23:845-859.
Ford, C. R. and Brooks, J. R. 2003. Hydrological and climatic responses of Pinus elliottii var. densa in mesic pine flatwoods Florida, USA. Ann. For. Sci. 60:385-392.
Brooks, J.R., Schulte, P.J, Bond, B.J., Coulombe, R., Hinckley, T.M., McDowell, N., and Phillips N. 2003. Does foliage on the same branch compete for the same water? Experiments on Douglas-fir trees. Trees. 17:101-108.
McDowell, N.G., J.R. Brooks, S.A. Fitzgerald and B.J. Bond. 2003. Carbon isotope discrimination and growth response of old Pinus ponderosa trees to stand density reductions. Plant Cell Environ. 26:631-644.
Ernst, K. and Brooks, J.R. 2003. Prolonged flooding decreased stem density, tree size and shifted composition towards clonal species in a central Florida hardwood swamp. For. Ecol. & Mgmt. 173:261-279.
Schulte, P.J. and J.R. Brooks 2003. Branch junctions and the flow of water through xylem in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine stems. J. Exp. Bot. 54:1597-1605.
Brooks, J.R., F.C. Meinzer, R. Coulombe, and J.R. Gregg. 2002. Hydraulic redistribution of soil water during summer drought in two contrasting Pacific Northwest coniferous forests. Tree Physiol. 22:1107-1117.
Brooks, J.R., N. Buchmann, S.L. Phillips, B. Ehleringer, R.D. Evans, M. Lott, L.A. Martinelli, W.T. Pockman, D.R. Sandquist, J.P. Sparks, L. Sperry, D.G. Williams and J.R. Ehleringer. 2002. Heavy and light beer: a carbon isotope approach to detecting C4 carbon in beers from different origins, styles and prices. J. Agric. Food Chem. 50:6413-6418.
Buchmann, N., Brooks, J.R., and Ehleringer, J.R. 2002. Predicting carbon isotope ratios of atmospheric CO2 within canopies. Func. Ecol. 16:49-57.
Ford, C.R. and J.R. Brooks. 2002. Detecting forest stress and decline in response to increasing river flow in southwest Florida, USA. For. Ecol. & Mgmt. 160:45-64.
Foster, T.E., and J.R. Brooks. 2001. Long-term trends in growth of Pinus palustris and Pinus elliottii along a hydrological gradient in central Florida. Can. J. Forest Res. 31:1661-1670.
Brooks, J.R., L.B. Flanagan, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1998. Responses of boreal conifers to climate fluctuations: indications from tree-ring widths and carbon isotope analyses. Can. J. For. Res. 28:524-533.
Buchmann, N., J.R. Brooks, L.B. Flanagan, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1998. Carbon isotope discrimination of terrestrial ecosystems. Pages 203-221 in H. Griffiths, D. Robinson and P. Van Gardingen, editors, Stable Isotopes and the Integration of Biological, Ecological and Geochemical Processes. BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd., Oxford.
Hinckley, T.M., D.G. Sprugel, J.R. Brooks, K.J. Brown, T.A. Martin, D.A. Roberts, W. Schaap, and D. Wang. 1998. Scaling and integration in trees. Pages 309-337 in D.L. Peterson and V. T. Parker editors. Ecological Scale: Theory and Applications. Columbia Univ. Press, New York.
Brooks, J.R., L. Flanagan, N. Buchman, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1997. Carbon isotope composition of boreal plants; functional grouping of life forms. Oecologia 110:301-311.
Brooks, J.R., L. Flanagan, G. Varney, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1997. Vertical gradients of photosynthetic gas exchange and refixation of respired CO2 within boreal forest canopies. Tree Physiol. 17:1-12.
Flanagan, L.B., J.R. Brooks, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1997. Photosynthesis and carbon isotope discrimination in boreal forest ecosystems: a comparison of functional characteristics in plants from three mature forest types. J. Geophysical Res. 102:28861-28869.
Flanagan, L.B., J.R. Brooks, G.T. Varney, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1997. Discrimination against C¹⁸O¹⁶O during photosynthesis and the oxygen ratio of respired CO2 in boreal forest ecosystems. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 11:83-98.
Flanagan, L.B., J.R. Brooks, G.T. Varney, S.C. Berry, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1996. Carbon isotope discrimination during photosynthesis and the isotopic ratio of respired CO2 in boreal forest ecosystems. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 10:629-640.
Brooks, J.R., T.M. Hinckley, and D.G. Sprugel. 1996. The effects of light acclimation during and after foliage expansion on photosynthesis of Abies amabilis within the canopy. Oecologia 107:21-32.
Buchmann, N., J.R. Brooks, K.D. Rapp, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1996. Carbon isotope composition of C4 grasses is influenced by light and water supply. Plant, Cell and Environment 19:392-402.
Kuuluvainen, T., D.G. Sprugel, and J.R. Brooks. 1996. Hydraulic architecture and structure of Abies lasiocarpa seedlings in three subalpine meadows of different moisture status in the eastern Olympic Mountains, Washington, USA. Arctic and Alpine Res. 28:60-64.
Sprugel, D.G., J.R. Brooks, and T.M Hinckley. 1996. Effect of light on shoot and needle morphology in Abies amabilis. Tree Physiol. 16:91-98.
Sprugel, D.G., M.G. Ryan, J.R. Brooks, Vogt, K., and T. Martin. 1995. Respiration from the organ level to the stand. Pages 255-299 in W.K. Smith and T.M. Hinckley editors. Resource Physiology of Conifers. Academic Press, San Diego.
Brooks, J.R., T.M. Hinckley, and D.G. Sprugel. 1994. Acclimation responses of mature Abies amabilis sun foliage to shading. Oecologia 100:316-324.
Hinckley, T.M., J.R. Brooks, J. Cermak, R. Ceulemans, J. Kucera, F.C. Meinzer, and D.A. Roberts. 1994. Water flux in a hybrid poplar stand. Tree Physiol. 14:1005-1018.
Brooks, J.R., T.M. Hinckley, E.D. Ford, and D.G. Sprugel. 1991. Foliage dark respiration in Abies amabilis (Dougl.) Forbes: variation within the canopy. Tree Physiol. 9:325-338

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