Dr Gerhard Kerstiens
         Honorary Senior Research Fellow
 

Lancaster Environment Centre
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YQ
United Kingdom  

E-mail: g.kerstiens@lancaster.ac.uk 
  
 

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Degrees and appointments
 

1985, Dipl.-Biol., Technische Universität München
1988, Dr. rer. nat., Technische Universität München
 
 

1984-1989  Research Assistant/Associate,

                   Technische Universität München

1991-1995  Visiting Research Fellow/Research Fellow,

                   Lancaster University

1996-2003  Senior Research Fellow,

                   Lancaster University

2003-          Honorary Senior Research Fellow,

                   Lancaster University

Research interests
 

Plant ecophysiology and whole-plant physiology, in particular:

        The abstracts (below) provide some more detailed information.

Publications

• Selected publications 1986-1994

• Kerstiens, G. (1995) Cuticular water permeance of European trees and shrubs grown in polluted and unpolluted atmospheres, and its relation to stomatal response to humidity in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). New Phytologist 129, 495-504. Abstract

• Kerstiens, G., Townend, J., Heath, J. and Mansfield, T.A. (1995) Effects of water and nutrient availability on physiological responses of woody species to elevated CO2. Forestry 68, 303-315. Abstract

• Kerstiens, G. (1996) Barrier properties of the cuticle to water, solutes and pest and pathogen penetration in leaves grown in polluted atmospheres. In: M. Yunus and M. Iqbal (eds) Plant Growth and Air Pollution, pp. 167-178. John Wiley & Sons. Conclusions

• Kerstiens, G. (1996) Signalling across the divide: a wider perspective of cuticular structure-function relationships. Trends in Plant Science 1, 125-129. Abstract

• Kerstiens, G. (1996) Diffusion of water vapour and gases across cuticles and through stomatal pores presumed closed. In: G. Kerstiens (ed.) Plant Cuticles - an Integrated Functional Approach, pp. 121-134. BIOS Scientific Publishers. Info on book

• Kerstiens, G. (1996) Cuticular water permeability and its physiological significance. Journal of Experimental Botany 47, 1813-1832. Abstract

• Heath, J. and Kerstiens, G. (1997) Effects of elevated CO2 on leaf gas exchange in beech and oak at two levels of nutrient supply: consequences for the sensitivity to drought in beech. Plant, Cell and Environment 20, 57-67. Abstract

• Heath, J., Kerstiens, G. and Tyree, M.T. (1997) Stem hydraulic conductance of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) grown in elevated CO2. Journal of Experimental Botany 48, 1487-1489. Abstract

• Kerstiens, G. (1997) In vivo manipulation of cuticular water permeance and its effect on stomatal response to humidity. New Phytologist 137, 473-480. Abstract

• Kerstiens, G. (1998) Shade-tolerance as a predictor of responses to elevated CO2 in trees. Physiologia Plantarum 102, 472-480. Abstract

• Kerstiens, G. (1998) Stomatal response to leaf-to-air humidity gradient: a comparison of models. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 23, 439-442. Abstract

• Kerstiens, G. (2001) Plant Cuticle. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Nature Publishing Group. www.els.net

• Kerstiens, G. (2001) Meta-analysis of the interaction between shade-tolerance, light environment and growth response of woody species to elevated CO2. Acta Oecologica 22, 61-69. Abstract

• Kerstiens, G. and Possell, M. (2001) Is competence for isoprene emission related to the mode of phloem loading? New Phytologist 152, 365-374. Article

• Kerstiens, G., Tych, W., Robinson, M.F. and Mansfield, T.A. (2002) Sodium-related partial stomatal closure and salt tolerance of Aster tripolium. New Phytologist 153, 509-515. Abstract

• Barber, J.L., Thomas, G.O., Kerstiens, G. and Jones, K.C. (2002) Air-side and plant-side resistances influence the uptake of airborne PCBs by evergreen plants. Environmental Science & Technology 36, 3224-3229. Abstract

• Barber, J.L., Kurt, P.B., Thomas, G.O., Kerstiens, G. and Jones, K.C. (2002) An investigation into the importance of the stomatal pathway in the exchange of PCBs between air and plants. Environmental Science & Technology 36, 4282-4287. Abstract

• Barber, J.L., Thomas, G.O., Kerstiens, G. and Jones, K.C. (2003) Study of plant-air transfer of PCBs from an evergreen shrub: Implications for mechanisms and modeling. Environmental Science & Technology 37, 3838-3844. Abstract

• Barber, J.L., Thomas, G.O., Bailey, R., Kerstiens, G. and Jones, K.C. (2004) Exchange of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) between air and a mixed pasture sward. Environmental Science & Technology 38, 3892-3900. Abstract

• Barber, J.L., Thomas, G.O., Kerstiens, G. and Jones, K.C. (2004) Current issues and uncertainties in the measurement and modelling of air-vegetation exchange and within-plant processing of POPs. Environmental Pollution 128, 99-138. Abstract

• Ayres, E., Heath, J., Possell, M., Black, H.I.J., Kerstiens, G. and Bardgett, R.D. (2004) Tree physiological responses to above-ground herbivory directly modify below-ground processes of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling. Ecology Letters 7, 469-479. Abstract

• Possell, M., Heath, J., Hewitt, C.N., Ayres, E. and Kerstiens, G. (2004) Interactive effects of elevated CO2 and soil fertility on isoprene emissions from Quercus robur. Global Change Biology 10, 1835-1843. Abstract

• Saxe, H., Kerstiens, G. (2005) Climate change reverses the competitive balance of ash and beech seedlings under simulated forest conditions. Plant Biology 7, 375-386. Abstract

• Heath, J., Ayres, E., Possell, M., Bardgett, R.D., Black, H.I.J., Grant, H., Ineson, P., Kerstiens, G. (2005) Rising atmospheric CO2 reduces sequestration of root-derived soil carbon. Science 309, 1711-1713. Abstract  Open or download full paper

• Richardson, A., Franke, R., Kerstiens, G., Jarvis, M., Schreiber, L., Fricke, W. (2005) Cuticular wax deposition in growing barley (Hordeum vulgare) leaves commences in relation to the point of emergence of epidermal cells from the sheaths of older leaves. Planta 222, 472-483. Abstract  

• Kerstiens, G. (2006) Water transport in plant cuticles: an update. Journal of Experimental Botany 57, 2493-2499.  Abstract   Download full paper
  

  
   

• Kerstiens, G. (2006) Parameterisation, comparison and validation of models quantifying relative change of cuticular permeability with physicochemical properties of diffusants. Journal of Experimental Botany 57, 2525-2533.  Abstract   Download full paper

• Kerstiens, G., Schreiber, L., Lendzian, K.J. (2006) Quantification of cuticular permeability in genetically modified plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 57, 2547-2552.  Abstract   Download full paper 

• Richardson, A., Wojciechowski, T., Franke, R., Schreiber, L., Kerstiens, G., Jarvis, M., Fricke, W. (2007) Cuticular permeance in relation to wax and cutin development along the growing barley (Hordeum vulgare) leaf. Planta 225, 1471–1481. Abstract
  

  
  
   

• Richardson, A., Boscari, A., Schreiber, L., Kerstiens, G., Jarvis, M., Herzyk, P., Fricke, W. (2007) Cloning and expression analysis of candidate genes involved in wax deposition along the growing barley (Hordeum vulgare) leaf. Planta 226, 1459–1473. Abstract

• Kerstiens, G. (2010) Plant Cuticle (v.2). In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons. www.els.net

Last updated on 19 February 2010 by GK.

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