Dr. Uwe Hacke

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPlant Physiology,Evolution and Taxonomy of Plants and Fungi,Forestry
Keywordsaquaporins, plant water relations, wood anatomy, xylogenesis, tree physiology

Current contact address

CountryCanada
CityEdmonton
InstitutionUniversity of Alberta
InstituteDepartment of Renewable Resources

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter H. KlopferDepartment of Botany, Duke University, Durham
Prof. Dr. John SperryDepartment of Botany, Duke University, Durham
Prof. Dr. James EhleringerDepartment of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Prof. Dr. John SperryDepartment of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/1997

Program(s)

1996Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2002John S. Sperry, Uwe G. Hacke: Desert shrub water relations with respect to soil characteristics and plant functional type. In: Functional Ecology, 2002, 367-378
2001Uwe Hacke, V. Stiller, J. S. Sperry, J. Pittermann, K. McCulloh: Cavitation fatigue: embolism and refilling cycles can weaken the cavitation resistance of xylem. In: Plant Physiology, 2001, 779-786
2001Uwe Hacke, J. S. Sperry, W. T. Pockman, S. D. Davis, K. A. McCulloh: Trends in wood density and structure are linked to prevention of xylem implosion by negative pressure. In: Oecologia, 2001, 457-461
2000Uwe Hacke: Sap ascent in plants. In: M. Terazawa, Tree Sap II. Hokkaido University Press, 2000. 59-66