Department of Biology, University of Utah

phone number: 1-801-581-3545

fax number: 1-801-581-4665

Education

PhD: Department of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, 2004

MS: Department of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, 2001

BS: Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho, 1997

Research Interests
My interests focus on whole plant water transport and its influence on local, regional, and global patterns of carbon and water cycling. Specifically, my research addresses the physiological controls over long distance water transport through woody plants, including xylem function and anatomy, the allocation and function of plant roots, and leaf physiology and morphology.

Current Projects

Evaluating diocy impacts on water fluxes.

Dominant riparian tree responses to surface water removal.

Modeling hydraulic redistribution in a warm desert phreatophyte.

Publications

Hultine, K.R., Koepke, D.F., Pockman, W.T., Fravolini, A., Sperry, J.S., and Williams, D.G. (2005). Influence of soil texture on hydraulic properties and water relations of a dominant warm-desert phreatophyte. Tree Physiology In Press

Fravolini, A., Hultine, K.R., Brugnoli, E., Gazal, R., English, B., and Williams, D.G. (2005) Precipitation pulse use by an invasive woody legume: the role of soil texture and pulse size. Oecologia In Press (pdf download)

Huxman T.E., Wilcox B.P., Scott R., Snyder K., Breshears D., Small E.E, Hultine K., Pockman W.T., and Jackson R.B. (2005) Woody plant encroachment and the water cycle: an ecohydrological framework. Ecology 86, 308-319

Williams D.G., Cable W., Hultine K., Hoedjes, J.C.B., Yepez E.A., Simonneaux V., Er-Raki S., Boulet G., de Bruin H.A.R., Chebouni A., and Timoul F. (2004) Components of evapotranspiration in an olive orchard determined by eddy covariance, sap flow, and stable isotope techniques. Agricultural and Forest Meterology 125, 241-258

Hultine K.R., Scott R.L., Cable W.L., and Williams D.G. (2004) Hydraulic redistribution by a dominant, warm-desert phreatophyte: seasonal patterns and response to precipitation pulses. Functional Ecology 18, 530-538 (pdf download)

Hultine K.R., Williams D.W., Burgess S.S.O., and Keefer T.O. (2003) Contrasting Patterns of hydraulic redistribution by three desert phreatophytes. Oecologia 135, 167-175 (pdf download)

Hultine K.R., Cable W.L., Burgess S.S.O., and Williams D.G. (2003) Hydraulic redistribution by deep roots of a Chihuahuan Desert phreatophyte. Tree Physiology 23, 353-360 (pdf download)

Hultine K.R. and Marshall J.D. (2001) A comparison of three methods for determining the stomatal density of pine needles. Journal of Experimental Botany 52, 359-363 (pdf download)

Hultine K.R. and Marshall J.D. (2000) Altitude trends in conifer leaf morphology and stable carbon isotope composition. Oecologia 123, 32-40 (pdf download)

McDowell S.C.L., McDowell N.G., Marshall J.D., and Hultine K.R. (2000) Carbon and nitrogen allocation to male and female reproduction in Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca, Pinaceae). American Journal of Botany 87, 539-546

BOOK CHAPTERS

Goodrich D.C., Williams D., Unkrich C L., Scott R.L., Hultine K.R., Pool D., Coes A.L., Hogan J.F., and Millar S. (2004) Ephemeral channel recharge and evapotranspiration from near-channel vegetation. In, Groundwater Recharge in a Desert Environment: the Southwestern United States, eds. F.M. Phillips, J.F. Hogan, and B. Scanlon, Water Science and Application series, Washington DC, American Geophysical Union