Darren R. Sandquist

Associate Professor of Biological Science, Ph.D., University of Utah

Email:  dsandquist@fullerton.edu

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Research Interests:

I am interested in the mechanisms by which plant maintain favorable carbon-gain and water-use in the face of spatial and temporal variability of their environment, such as that caused by disturbance, invasion and natural heterogeneity.  Understanding these mechanisms, and their responses to change, allows us to also determine their role in ecosystem processes.  Much of my work takes place in ecosystems that are considered threatened (e.g., California coastal sage scrub) and sensitive to global change (e.g., Mojave desert).

Selected Publications:

English, N. B., D. L. Dettman, D. R. Sandquist and D. G. Williams. 2007.  Past climate changes and ecophysiological responses recorded in the isotope ratios of saguaro cactus spines. Oecologia, in press.

Sandquist, D. R. and S. Cordell.  2007.  Functional diversity of carbon gain, water use and leaf allocation traits in trees of a threatened lowland dry forest in Hawaii.  American Journal of Botany, 94:1459-1469.

Ehleringer, J. R. and D. R. Sandquist.  2006. Ecophysiological Constraints on Plant Responses in a Restoration Setting.  In Foundations of Restoration Ecology.  Eds.  D. Falk and J. Zedler.  Academic Press.

Sandquist, D. R., and J. R. Ehleringer.  2003.  Carbon isotope discrimination differences within and between contrasting populations of Encelia farinosa raised under common-environment conditions. Oecologia,  134: 463-470.

Sandquist, D. R., and J. R. Ehleringer. 1997.  Intraspecific variation of leaf pubescence and drought response in Encelia farinosa.  Genetic differentiation associated with contrasting desert environments. The New Phytologist, 135: 635-644.