Publications

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-2025-

Felton, A.J., J.B. Fisher, K. Hufkens, A.J. Purdy, S.A. Spawn-Lee, L.F. Duloisy, & G.R. Goldsmith. 2025. Global estimates of the storage and transit time of water through vegetation. Nature Water

-2024-

E. W. Patterson, V. Skiba, A. Wolf, M. L. Griffiths, D. McGee, T. N. Bùi, M. X. Trần, T. H. Đinh, Q. Đỗ-Trọng, G. R. Goldsmith, V. Ersek & K. R. Johnson 
2024. Local hydroclimate alters interpretation of speleothem δ18O records. Nature Communications 15, 9064

Ávila-Lovera, E., O.M. Vargas, J.L. Funk, K.M. Kay, and Goldsmith, G.R. 2024. Climate and shared evolutionary history drive trait variation among species of Neotropical understory monocots. Ecosphere 15:6 e4880.

Goldsmith, G.R., M.L. Aiken, H.M. Camarillo-Abad, K. Diki, D.L. Gardner, M. Stipčić, & J.F. Espeleta. 2024. Overcoming the barriers to teaching teamwork to undergraduates in STEM. CBE Life Science Education 23:2 1-10

-2023-

Burt, E.I., G.R. Goldsmith, R.M. Cruz de Hoyos, A.J. Ccahuana Quispe, & A.J. West. 2023. The seasonal origins and ages of water provisioning streams and trees in a tropical montane cloud forest. Hydrology and Earth Systems Science 27: 4173-4186

Valverdi, N., P. Guzman-Delgado, C. Acosta, G.R. Dauber, K. Cooper G.R. Goldsmith & E. Ávila-Lovera. 2023. Is green stem photosynthesis in avocado related to plant hydraulics? Acta Horticulturae 1372: 129-136.

Valverdi, N., C. Acosta, G.R. Dauber, G.R. Goldsmith & E. Ávila-Lovera. 2023. A comparison of methods for excluding light from stems to evaluate stem photosynthesis. Applications in Plant Sciences e11542.

Doughty, C.E., J.M. Keany, B.C. Wiebe, C. Rey-Sanchez, K.R. Carter, K.B. Middleby, A.W. Cheesman, M.L. Goulden, H.R. da Rocha, S.D. Miller, Y. Malhi, S. Fauset, E. Gloor, M. Slot, I. Oliveras Menor, K.Y. Crous, G.R. Goldsmith & J.B. Fisher 2023. Tropical forests are approaching critical temperature thresholds. Nature (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06391-z

Wright, K.T., J.R. Johnson, G. Serrato Marks, D. McGee, T. Bhattacharya, G.R. Goldsmith, C.R. Tabor, J-L. Lacaille-Muzquiz, G. Lum & L. Beramendi-Orosco. 2023. Dynamic and thermodynamic influences on precipitation in Northeast Mexico on orbital to millennial timescales. Nature Communications 14, 2279.

Felton, A. & G.R. Goldsmith. 2023. Timing and magnitude of drought impacts on carbon uptake across a grassland biome. Global Change Biology 29: 2790-2803.

Ávila‐Lovera, E., K. Winter, & G.R. Goldsmith. 2023. Evidence for phylogenetic signal and correlated evolution in plant–water relation traits. New Phytologist 237 (2), 392-407

-2022-
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Diao, H., P. Schuler, G.R. Goldsmith, R.T.W. Siegwolf, M. Saurer, & M.M. Lehman. 2022. On uncertainties in the plant water isotopic composition following extraction by cryogenic vacuum distillation. Hydrology and Earth Systems Science 26, 5835–5847, 2022

Harenčár, J., E. Ávila-Lovera†, G.R. Goldsmith, G.F. Chen, & K.M. Kay. 2022. Flexible drought deciduousness in a neotropical understory herb. American Journal of Botany 109:8 1262-1272.

​Cooley, S.S., J.B. Fisher, & G.R. Goldsmith. 2022. Convergence in water use efficiency within plant functional types across contrasting climates. ​Nature Plants 8 (4), 341-345

​Goldsmith, G.R., S.T. Allen, S. Braun, R.T.W. Siegwolf, & J.W. Kirchner. 2022. Climatic influences on summer use of winter precipitation by trees. Geophysical Research Letters 49: e2022GL098323 49, e2022GL098323

​Berry, Z.C., J. Larue, & G.R. Goldsmith. 2022 Quantifying and manipulating the angles of light in experimental measurements of plant gas exchange. Plant Cell and Environment, 

Andrini, H.J., S.L. Au Hoy, A.M. Okhovat, J. Lockman, & G.R. Goldsmith. 2022. Functional seizures: the patient’s perspective of a diagnostic and treatment odyssey. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 17, 100509.

​Ávila-Lovera, E., G.R. Goldsmith, K.M. Kay, & J.L. Funk. 2022. Above-and below-ground functional trait coordination in the Neotropical understory genus Costus. AoB Plants, 14(1), plab073.

-2021-
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Goldsmith, G.R., B.M.G. Gormally, R.M. Green, A.W. Harrison, B.A. Hoover, K.W. Quides, Z. Thammavongsy, S.R. Welles, B. Zhang & K.M. Gray. 2021. Facilitating constructive discussions of socio-scientific issues. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 22:e00153-21, 

​Hsu, J.L. & G.R. Goldsmith. 2021. Instructor strategies to alleviate stress and anxiety among college and university STEM students. CBE-Life Sciences Education 20:es1 1-13.

-2020-
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Goldsmith, G.R., L.A. Cernusak, J.D. Marshall, A. Barbeta, & M.M. Lehmann. Stable isotopes of water for inferring plant function. In: Halbritter et al. (2020) The handbook for standardised field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate-change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx). Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 22–37.

Goldsmith, G.R., Z.C. Berry, & M.M. Lehmann. Water use efficiency. In: Halbritter et al. (2020) The handbook for standardised field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate-change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx). Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 22–37.

Lehmann, M.M., G.R. Goldsmith, Mirande-Ney, C., Weight R.B., Schönbeck, A. Kahmen, A. Gessler, R.T.W. Siegwolf, & M. Saurer. 2020. The transfer of 18O water vapour signal into leaf water and assimilates varies among plant species and growth forms. Plant Cell and Environment 43: 510-523.

​Berry, Z.C. & G.R. Goldsmith. 2020. Diffuse light and leaf wetting differentially affect tropical leaf photosynthesis. New Phytologist.  225: 143-153.

-2019-
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​Cernusak, L.A., G.R. Goldsmith, M.A. Arend, & R.T.W. Siegwolf. 2019. Effect of vapor pressure deficit on gas exchange in wild-type and abscisic acid-insensitive plants. Plant Physiology 181: 1573-1586. 

​Allen, S.T., J. von Freyberg, M. Weiler, G.R. Goldsmith & J.W. Kirchner. 2019. The seasonal origins of streamwater in Switzerland. Geophysical Research Letters 46: 1-28. 

Aguirre-Gutiérrez, C.A., F. Holwerda, G.R. Goldsmith, J. Delgado, E. Yepez, N. Carbajal, M. Escoto-Rodriguez, & J.T. Arredondo. 2019. The importance of dew in the water balance of a continental semiarid grassland. Journal of Arid Environments. 168:26-35. 

​Allen, S.T., S. Jasechko, W.R. Berghuijs, J.M. Welker, G.R. Goldsmith & J.W. Kirchner. 2019. Global sinusoidal seasonality in precipitation isotopes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences  23: 3423-3436. 

​Yu, K., G.R. Goldsmith, Y. Wang & W.R.L. Anderegg. 2019 Phylogenetic and biogeographic controls of plant nighttime stomatal control. New Phytologist 222:1778--1788.

Allen, S.T., J.W. Kirchner, S. Braun, R.T.W. Siegwolf, & G.R. Goldsmith. 2019. Seasonal origins of water used by trees. Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences 23:
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​Berry, Z.C., N.C. Emery, S.G. Gotsch, & G.R Goldsmith. 2019. Foliar water uptake: processes, pathways, and integration into plant water budgets.  Plant, Cell and Environment 42: 410-423.

 
​G.R Goldsmith, S.T. Allen, S. Braun, N. Engbersen, C. Romero González-Quijano, J.W. Kirchner, & R.T.W. Siegwolf. 2019. Spatial variation in throughfall, soil and plant water isotopes in a temperate forest.  Ecohydrology 12: e2059

​-2018-

 
​Doughty, C.E., P.E. Santos-Andrade, A. Shenkin, G.R. Goldsmith, L.P. Bentley, B. Blonder, S. Díaz, N. Salinas, B. Enquist, R.E. Martin, G.P. Asner & Y. Malhi. 2018. Tropical forest leaves may darken in response to climate change. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1918-1924.

Dawson, T.E. & G.R Goldsmith. 2018. The value of wet leaves. New Phytologist 219: 1156-1169.

​Allen, S.T., J.W. Kirchner, & G.R. Goldsmith. 2018. Predicting spatial patterns in precipitation isotope (18-O and 2-H) seasonality using sinusoidal isoscapes. Geophysical Research Letters 45: 4859-4868. 

Goldsmith, G.R. 2018. What's in a name? Science 359: 1472. 

​Lehmann, M.M., G.R. Goldsmith, L. Schmid, A. Gessler, M. Saurer & R.T.W. Siegwolf. 2018. The effect of 18O-labelled water vapour on the oxygen isotope ratio of water and assimilates in plants at high humidity. New Phytologist 217: 105-116

​Doughty, C.E., G.R. Goldsmith, D.B. Metcalfe, N. Raab, C.A.J. Girardin, F.F. Amezquita, L. Durand, W. Huaraca Huasco, J.E. Silva-Espejo, A. Araujo-Murakami, M.C. da Costa, A.C.L. da Costa, W. Rocha, D. Galbraith, P. Meir & Y. Malhi. ​2017. What controls variations in carbon use efficiency in tropical forests? Biotropica  50: 16-25.

​Blonder, B., N. Salinas, L.P. Bentley, A. Shenkin, P.O. Chambi Porroa, Y. Valdez Tejeira, T.E. Boza Espinoza, G.R. Goldsmith, L. Enrico, R. Martin, G.P. Asner, S. Diaz, B.J. Enquist, & Y. Malhi. 2018. Structural and defensive roles of angiosperm leaf venation network reticulation across an Andes-Amazon elevation gradient. Journal of Ecology 106: 1683-1699. 

​-2017-
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Doughty, C.E., P.E. Andrade-Santos, G.R. Goldsmith, B. Blonder, A. Shenkin, L.P. Bentley, C. Chavana-Bryant, W. Huaraca-Huasco, S. Diaz, N. Salinas, B.J. Enquist, R. Martin, G.P. Asner & Y. Malhi 2017. Can leaf spectroscopy predict leaf and forest traits a Peruvian tropical forest gradient? Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122: 1-14. 

​Enquist B., L.P. Bentley, A. Shenkin, B. Maitner, V. Savage, S. Michaletz, B. Blonder, V. Buzzard, T. Espinoza, W. Farfan-Rios, C. Doughty, G.R. Goldsmith, R. Martin, N. Salinas, M. Silman, S. Diaz, G. Asner, & Y. Malhi. 2017. Assessing trait-based scaling theory in tropical forests spanning a broad temperature gradient. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26:1357-1373. 

​Goldsmith, G.R., M.M. Lehmann, L.A. Cernusak, M. Arend, & R.T.W. Siegwolf. 2017. Inferring foliar water uptake using stable isotopes of water. Oecologia 184: 763-766.

​Blonder, B., N. Salinas, L.P. Bentley, A. Shenkin, P.O. Chambi Porroa, Y. Valdez Tejeira, C. Violle, N.M. Fyllas, G.R. Goldsmith, R.E. Martin, G.P. Asner, S. Diaz, B.J. Enquist, & Y. Malhi. 2017. Predicting trait-environment relationships for venation networks along an Andes-Amazon elevation gradient. Ecology doi: 10.1002/ecy.1747

​Malhi, Y., C.A.J. Girardin, G.R. Goldsmith, C.E. Doughty, N. Salinas, D.B. Metcalfe, W. Huaraca Huasco, J.E. Silva-Espejo, J. del Aguilla-Pasquell, F.F. Amezquita, L.E.O.C. Aragao, R. Guerrieri, F. Yoko Ishida, N. Bahar, W. Farfan-Rios, O.L. Phillips, P. Meir & M. Silman. 2017. The variation of productivity and its allocation along a tropical elevation gradient: a whole carbon budget perspective. New Phytologist 214: 1019-1024. (PDF)

​Goldsmith, G.R., L.P. Bentley, A. Shenkin, N. Salinas-Revilla, B. Blonder, R.E. Martin, R. Castro-Ccossco, P. Chambi-Porroa, S. Diaz, B.J. Enquist, G.P. Asner, & Y. Malhi. 2017. Variation in leaf wettability traits along a tropical montane elevation gradient. New Phytologist 214: 989-1001. (PDF)

​-2016-
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Gotsch, S.G., H. Asbjornsen, & G.R. Goldsmith. 2016. The plant water and carbon fluxes of tropical montane cloud forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 32: 404-420. (PDF)

deVries, M.S., B.C. Stock, J.H. Christy, G.R. Goldsmith & T.E. Dawson. 2016. Specialized morphology corresponds to a generalist diet: linking form and function in smashing mantis shrimp crustaceans. Oecologia 182: 429-442. (PDF)


Feakins, S.J., L.P. Bentley, N. Salinas, A. Shenkin, B. Blonder, G.R. Goldsmith, C. Ponton, L.J. Arvin, M. Sin Wu, T. Peters, A.J. West, R.E. Martin, B.J. Enquist, G.P. Asner, & Y. Malhi. 2016. Plant leaf wax biomarkers capture gradients in hydrogen isotopes of precipitation from the Andes and Amazon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 182: 155-172.

Goldsmith, G.R. 2016. If a tree falls in the forest... Science 351: 822. 

Goldsmith, G.R., N. Morueta-Holme, B. Sandel, E.D. Fitz, S.D. Fitz, B. Boyle, N. Casler, K. Engemann, P.M. Jørgensen, N.J.B. Kraft, B. McGill, R.K. Peet, W.H. Piel, N. Spencer, J.-C. Svenning, B.M. Thiers, C. Violle, S.K. Wiser & B.J. Enquist. 2016. Plant-O-Matic: A dynamic and mobile guide to all plants of the Americas. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 7:960-965.  (PDF)

-2015-

​Harvey, M.S., P.C. Lopes, G.R. Goldsmith, A. Halajian, M.J. Hillyer & J.A. Huey. 2015. A novel symbiotic relationship between sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius) and a new cheliferid pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpiones : Cheliferidae) in southern Africa. Invertebrate Systematics​ 29: 444-456.  

​Goldsmith, G.R. 2015. The field guide, rebooted. Science 349: 594.

Malhi, Y. C.E. Doughty, G.R. Goldsmith, D.B. Metcalfe, C.A.J. Girardin, T.R. Marthews, J. del Aguila-Pasquel, L.E.O.C. Aragão, A. Araujo-Murakami, P. Brando, A.C.L. da Costa, J.E. Silva-Espejo, F.F. Amézquita, D.R. Galbraith, C.A. Quesada, W. Rocha, N. Salinas-Revilla, D. Silvério, P. Meir & O.L. Phillips. 2015. The linkages between photosynthesis, productivity, growth and biomass in lowland Amazonian forests. Global Change Biology 21: 2283 - 2295. (PDF)

-2014-

-Goldsmith, G.R., A.D. Fulton, C.D. Witherill & J.F. Espeleta. 2014. Improving the efficacy of web-based educational outreach in ecology. Ecosphere 5: art131 (PDF)

-Goldsmith, G.R. 2014. Before the Kardashian Index. Science 346: 308. (PDF).    <Letter to the Editor> 

  
-Malhi, Y., T.A. Gardner, G.R. Goldsmith, M.R. Silman & P. Zelazowski. 2014. Tropical forests in the Anthropocene. Annual Review in Environment and Resources 39: 125-159. (PDF)

-Anderegg, W.L. & G.R. Goldsmith. 2014. Public interest in climate change over the past decade and the effects of the 'climategate' media event. Environmental Research Letters 9, 054005. (PDF)

-Oerter, E., K. Finstad, J. Schaefer, G.R. Goldsmith, T.E. Dawson & R. Amundson. 2014. Oxygen isotope fractionation effects in soil water via interaction with base cations adsorbed to phyllosilicate clay minerals. Journal of Hydrology 515: 1-9. (PDF)

- Gotsch, S.G., H. Asbjornsen, F. Holwerda, G.R. Goldsmith, A.E. Weintraub, & T.E. Dawson. 2014. Foggy days and dry nights determine crown-level water balance in a seasonal tropical montane cloud forest. Plant, Cell and Environment 37: 261-272. (PDF Forthcoming)

-2013-

- Goldsmith, G.R. 2013. Changing directions: the atmosphere-plant-soil continuum. New Phytologist 199: 4-6.  (PDF)

- Goldsmith, G.R., N.J. Matzke, & T.E. Dawson. 2013. The incidence and implications of clouds for cloud forest plants. Ecology Letters 16: 307-314.  (PDF)

-2012-

- Goldsmith, G.R., L.E Muñoz-Villers, F. Holwerda, J.J. McDonnell, H. Asbjornsen, & T.E. Dawson. 2012. Stable isotopes reveal linkages among ecohydrological processes in a seasonally dry tropical montane cloud forest. Ecohydrology 5: 779-790.  (PDF)

-2011-

​- West, A.G., G.R. Goldsmith, I. Matimati, & T.E. Dawson. 2011. Spectral analysis software improves confidence in plant and soil water stable isotope analyses performed by isotope infrared spectroscopy (IRIS) Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 25: 2258-2274.   (PDF)

- Goldsmith, G.R., L.S. Comita, & S.C. Chua. 2011. Evidence for arrested succession within a tropical secondary forest fragment in Singapore. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 323-326.  (PDF) 

- Asbjornsen, H., G.R. Goldsmith, M.S. Alvarado-Barrientos, K. Rebel, F.P. Van Osch, M. Rietkerk, J. Chen, S. Gotsch, C. Tobon, D.R. Geissert, A. Gomez-Tagle, K. Vache, & T.E. Dawson. 2011. Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant-water relations research: a review. Journal of Plant Ecology 4: 3-22.  (PDF)

-2010-

- Douhovnikoff, V., G.R. Goldsmith, K.D. Tape, C. Huang, N. Sur, & M.S. Bret-Harte. 2010. Clonal diversity in an expanding community of arctic Salix spp. and a model for recruitment modes of arctic plants. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 42: 406-411.  (PDF)

- West, A.G., G.R. Goldsmith, P.D. Brooks, & T.E. Dawson. 2010. Discrepancies between cavity ring-down spectroscopy and isotope ratio mass spectroscopy for the stable isotope analysis of plant and soil waters. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 24: 1948-1954.   (PDF)

-Before 2010-
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- Kahmen, A., K. Simonin, K. Tu, G.R. Goldsmith, & T.E. Dawson. 2009. The influence of species and growing conditions on the 18-O enrichment of leaf water and its impact on “effective path length.” New Phytologist 184: 619-630.  (PDF)

- Comita, L.S., G.R. Goldsmith, & S.P. Hubbell. 2009. Intensive research activity alters short-term seedling dynamics in a tropical forest. Ecological Research 24: 225-230.  (PDF)

- Bret-Harte, M.S., M.C. Mack, G.R. Goldsmith, D.B. Sloan, Z. Biesinger, G.R. Shaver, & F.S. Chapin III. 2008. Functional types do not predict response to species removal and fertilization in arctic tussock tundra. Journal of Ecology 96: 713-726.  (PDF)

- Comita, L.S. & G.R. Goldsmith. 2008. Impact of research trails on seedling dynamics in a tropical forest. Biotropica 40: 251-254.  (PDF) 

- Goldsmith, G.R. & R.A. Zahawi. 2007. The function of stilt roots in the growth strategy of Socratea exorrhiza at two neotropical sites. Revista de Biología Tropical 55: 787-793 .  (PDF)

- Goldsmith, G.R., L.S. Comita, L.L. Morefield, R. Condit & S.P. Hubbell. 2006. Long-term research impacts on seedling community structure and composition in a permanent forest plot. Forest Ecology and Management 234: 34-39.  (PDF)