Faculty
Louis Santiago
Assistant Professor of Physiological Ecology (Ph.D., 2003, University of Florida)
Office: 3113 Batchelor Hall
Phone: (951) 827-4951
Fax: (951) 827-4437
Email: louis.santiago@ucr.edu
Santiago Lab Website
Research Interests
- Environmental Physiology
- Ecosystem Science
- Evolutionary Physiology
- Stable Isotopes
- Tropical Biology
Selected Publications
Santiago LS (2010) Can growth form classification predict litter nutrient dynamics and decomposition rates in lowland wet forest? Biotropica 42:72-79
Santiago LS (2007) Extending the leaf economics spectrum to decomposition: Evidence from a tropical forest. Ecology 88:1126-1131
Santiago LS, Wright SJ (2007) Leaf functional traits of tropical forest plants in relation to growth form. Functional Ecology 21:19-27
Santiago LS, Goldstein G, Meinzer FC, Fisher JB, Machado K, Woodruff D, Jones T (2004) Leaf photosynthetic traits scale with hydraulic conductivity and wood density in Panamanian forest canopy trees. Oecologia 140:543-550
Santiago LS, Goldstein G, Meinzer FC, Fownes J, Mueller-Dombois D (2000) Transpiration and forest structure in relation to soil waterlogging in a Hawaiian montane cloud forest. Tree Physiology 20:673-681