Phloem and xylem physiology

• Thompson, M. V. 2006, in press. Phloem: the long and the short of it. Trends in Plant Science. (Abstract)
• Thompson, M. V., and M. A. Zwieniecki. 2005. The role of potassium in long distance transport, In N. M. Holbrook and M. A. Zwieniecki [eds.] , Vascular Transport in Plants. Elsevier/AP co-imprint, Oxford, pp. 221-240. (Abstract)
• Thompson, M. V. 2005. Scaling phloem transport: elasticity and pressure-concentration waves. Journal of Theoretical Biology 236: 229-241. (Abstract) (DOI) (Supplemental Material)
• Thompson, M. V., and N. M. Holbrook. 2004. Scaling phloem transport: information transmission. Plant, Cell & Environment 27: 509-519. (Abstract) (DOI)
• Thompson, M. V., and N. M. Holbrook. 2003. Scaling phloem transport: water potential equilibrium and osmoregulatory flow. Plant, Cell & Environment 26: 1561-1577. (Abstract) (DOI)
• Thompson, M. V., and N. M. Holbrook. 2003. Application of a single-solute non-steady-state phloem model to the study of long-distance assimilate transport. Journal of Theoretical Biology 220: 419-455. (Abstract) (DOI)
• Zwieniecki, M. A., M. V. Thompson and N. M. Holbrook. 2003. Understanding the hydraulics of porous pipes: tradeoffs between water uptake and root length utilization. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 21: 315-323. (Abstract) (DOI)
• Zwieniecki, M. A., L. Hutyra, M. V. Thompson, and N. M. Holbrook. 2000. Dynamic changes in petiole specific conductivity in red maple (Acer rubrum L.), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) and northern fox grape (Vitis labrusca L.). Plant, Cell and Environment 23: 407-414. (Abstract) (DOI)

Growth and development

• Thompson, M. V., and N. M. Holbrook. 2004. Root-gel interactions and the root waving behavior of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 135: 1822-1837. (Abstract) (DOI)

• Thompson, M. V., B. Palma, J. T. Knowles, and N. M. Holbrook. 2003. Climate and perennial plant distribution in Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar, Atacama desert, Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 76: 235-254. (Abstract) (WEB)
• Thompson, M. V., and P. M. Vitousek. 1997. Asymbiotic nitrogen fixation and litter decomposition on a long soil-age gradient in Hawaiian montane rain forest. Biotropica 29:134-144. (Abstract)

• Thompson, M. V., and J. T. Randerson. (1999) Pulse response functions of terrestrial carbon models: method and application. Global Change Biol. 5: 371-394. (Abstract) (DOI)
• Randerson, J. T., M. V. Thompson, and C. B. Field. 1999. Linking 13C-based estimates of land and ocean sinks with predictions of carbon storage from CO2 fertilization of plant growth. Tellus 51B: 668-678. (Abstract) (DOI)
• Fung, I. Y., C. B. Field, J. A. Berry, M. V. Thompson, J. T. Randerson, C. M. Malmström, P. M. Vitousek, G. J. Collatz, P. J. Sellers, D. A. Randall, A. S. Denning, F. Badeck, and J. John. (1997) Carbon 13 exchanges between the atmosphere and biosphere. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 11: 507-533. (WEB)
• Malmström, C. M., M. V. Thompson, G. P. Juday, S. O. Los, J. T. Randerson, and C. B. Field. (1997) Interannual variation in global-scale net primary production: testing model estimates. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 11: 367-392. (WEB)
• Randerson, J. T., M. V. Thompson, T. J. Conway, I. Y. Fung, and C. B. Field. (1997) The contribution of terrestrial sources and sinks to trends in the seasonal cycle of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 11: 535-560. (Abstract)
• Thompson, M. V., J. T. Randerson, C. M. Malmström, and C. B. Field. (1996) Change in net primary production and heterotrophic respiration: how much is necessary to sustain the terrestrial carbon sink? Global Biogeochem. Cycles 10: 711-726. (Abstract)
• Field, C. B., Y. Luo, C. M. Malmström, J. T. Randerson, A. Ruimy, and M. V. Thompson. (1996) VEMAP: model shootout at the sub-continental corral. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11: 313-314. (DOI)
• Randerson, J. T., M. V. Thompson, C. M. Malmström, C. B. Field, and I. Y. Fung. (1996) Substrate limitations for heterotrophs: implications for models that estimate the seasonal cycles of atmospheric CO2. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 10: 585-602. (Abstract)