D. R. LeCain

1.8k total citations
29 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

D. R. LeCain is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, D. R. LeCain has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Plant Science, 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in D. R. LeCain's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (16 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers). D. R. LeCain is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (16 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers). D. R. LeCain collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Italy. D. R. LeCain's co-authors include J. A. Morgan, A. R. Mosier, D. G. Milchunas, Elise Pendall, Jennifer Y. King, Jack A. Morgan, Jim A. Nelson, Yolima Carrillo, Feike A. Dijkstra and Gregory S. McMaster and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Global Change Biology and Ecology Letters.

In The Last Decade

D. R. LeCain

29 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers

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Julie L. Whitbeck United States
L. Scott-Denton United States
Therese N. Charlet United States
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All Works

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Carrillo, Yolima, Feike A. Dijkstra, D. R. LeCain, Dana M. Blumenthal, & Elise Pendall. (2018). Elevated CO2 and warming cause interactive effects on soil carbon and shifts in carbon use by bacteria. Ecology Letters. 21(11). 1639–1648. 33 indexed citations
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Dijkstra, Feike A., Yolima Carrillo, Dana M. Blumenthal, et al.. (2018). Elevated CO2 and water addition enhance nitrogen turnover in grassland plants with implications for temporal stability. Ecology Letters. 21(5). 674–682. 24 indexed citations
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Carrillo, Yolima, Feike A. Dijkstra, D. R. LeCain, & Elise Pendall. (2015). Mediation of soil C decomposition by arbuscular mycorrizhal fungi in grass rhizospheres under elevated CO2. Biogeochemistry. 127(1). 45–55. 22 indexed citations
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Carrillo, Yolima, Feike A. Dijkstra, D. R. LeCain, et al.. (2014). Disentangling root responses to climate change in a semiarid grassland. Oecologia. 175(2). 699–711. 44 indexed citations
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Steltzer, Heidi, M. J. Trlica, Gregory S. McMaster, et al.. (2014). Elevated CO2 further lengthens growing season under warming conditions. Nature. 510(7504). 259–262. 159 indexed citations
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Carrillo, Yolima, Feike A. Dijkstra, Elise Pendall, D. R. LeCain, & Colin Tucker. (2014). Plant rhizosphere influence on microbial C metabolism: the role of elevated CO2, N availability and root stoichiometry. Biogeochemistry. 117(2-3). 229–240. 54 indexed citations
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Cotrufo, M. Francesca, Giorgio Alberti, I. Inglima, et al.. (2011). Decreased summer drought affects plant productivity and soil carbon dynamics in a Mediterranean woodland. Biogeosciences. 8(9). 2729–2739. 50 indexed citations
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Parton, William J., Jack A. Morgan, David P. Smith, et al.. (2011). Impact of precipitation dynamics on net ecosystem productivity. Global Change Biology. 18(3). 915–927. 139 indexed citations
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Chimner, Rodney A., J. M. Welker, J. A. Morgan, D. R. LeCain, & J. D. Reeder. (2010). Experimental manipulations of winter snow and summer rain influence ecosystem carbon cycling in a mixed‐grass prairie, Wyoming, USA. Ecohydrology. 3(3). 284–293. 49 indexed citations
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Milchunas, D. G., A. R. Mosier, J. A. Morgan, et al.. (2005). Elevated CO2 and defoliation effects on a shortgrass steppe: Forage quality versus quantity for ruminants. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 111(1-4). 166–184. 73 indexed citations
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Milchunas, D. G., A. R. Mosier, J. A. Morgan, et al.. (2005). Root production and tissue quality in a shortgrass steppe exposed to elevated CO2: Using a new ingrowth method. Plant and Soil. 268(1). 111–122. 56 indexed citations
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King, Jennifer Y., A. R. Mosier, J. A. Morgan, et al.. (2004). Plant Nitrogen Dynamics in Shortgrass Steppe under Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Ecosystems. 7(2). 28 indexed citations
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Ferretti, D. F., Elise Pendall, J. A. Morgan, et al.. (2003). Partitioning evapotranspiration fluxes from a Colorado grassland using stable isotopes: Seasonal variations and ecosystem implications of elevated atmospheric CO2. Plant and Soil. 254(2). 291–303. 118 indexed citations
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Mosier, A. R., J. A. Morgan, Jennifer Y. King, D. R. LeCain, & D. G. Milchunas. (2002). Soil-atmosphere exchange of CH4, CO2, NOx, and N2O in the Colorado shortgrass steppe under elevated CO2. Plant and Soil. 240(2). 201–211. 109 indexed citations
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McMaster, Gregory S., et al.. (1999). Elevated CO2 increases wheat cer, leaf and tiller development, and shoot and root growth. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 183(2). 119–128. 21 indexed citations
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Morgan, J. A., D. R. LeCain, John J. Read, H. W. Hunt, & W. G. Knight. (1998). Photosynthetic pathway and ontogeny affect water relations and the impact of CO 2 on Bouteloua gracilis (C 4 ) and Pascopyrum smithii (C 3 ). Oecologia. 114(4). 483–493. 43 indexed citations
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Zerbi, G., J. A. Morgan, & D. R. LeCain. (1991). Gas Exchange and Water Relations in Water and Salinity Stressed Wheat Lines. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 166(1). 1–7. 4 indexed citations
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LeCain, D. R., J. A. Morgan, & G. Zerbi. (1989). Leaf Anatomy and Gas Exchange in Nearly Isogenic Semidwarf and Tall Winter Wheat. Crop Science. 29(5). 1246–1251. 46 indexed citations
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LeCain, D. R., Kurt A. Schekel, & Robert L. Wample. (1986). Growth-retarding Effects of Paclobutrazol on Weeping Fig. HortScience. 21(5). 1150–1152. 13 indexed citations

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