S. Mambelli

Flowers are leakier than leaves but cheaper to build

The paper compares the physiological costs of flowers and leaves across species, finding flowers have higher water loss but lower carbon investment.

Routes to Roots: Direct Evidence of Water Transport by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to Host Plants

The paper directly tracks and quantifies water transport by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to host plants using isotopically-labeled water and a fluorescent dye in a greenhouse experiment.

Using oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes to track the migratory movement of Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus) along Western Flyways of North America

This study uses hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes in feathers to track the natal origins of Sharp-shinned Hawks migrating along two flyways in North America, finding overlap in breeding origins but differing predictive power between isotope types.