Jennifer A. Rudgers

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
156 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Jennifer A. Rudgers is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer A. Rudgers has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 89 papers in Plant Science and 48 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Jennifer A. Rudgers's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (63 papers), Plant and fungal interactions (59 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (48 papers). Jennifer A. Rudgers is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (63 papers), Plant and fungal interactions (59 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (48 papers). Jennifer A. Rudgers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and China. Jennifer A. Rudgers's co-authors include Keith Clay, Sharon Y. Strauss, Rebecca E. Irwin, Jennifer A. Lau, Scott Chamberlain, Sarah M. Emery, Judith L. Bronstein, Stephanie N. Kivlin, Michelle E. Afkhami and Samuel P. Orr and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer A. Rudgers

150 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Direct and ecological costs of resistance to herbivory

2002 685 citations Jennifer A. Rudgers et al. profile →
How context dependent are species interactions?

2014 474 citations Jennifer A. Rudgers et al. Ecology Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jennifer A. Rudgers United States	44	4.0k	3.4k	1.6k	1.2k	1.1k	156	6.6k
Alan C. Gange United Kingdom	53	3.1k 0.8×	5.2k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	169	8.2k
Catherine A. Gehring United States	43	2.3k 0.6×	4.4k 1.3×	3.4k 2.2×	651 0.5×	1.7k 1.6×	134	7.9k
Marc‐André Selosse France	54	4.6k 1.2×	6.8k 2.0×	1.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	674 0.6×	193	9.3k
Kabir Peay United States	43	2.4k 0.6×	6.2k 1.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.6×	1.8k 1.7×	98	8.5k
Frédéric Mèdail France	35	2.6k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	2.3k 1.4×	263 0.2×	1.3k 1.2×	131	6.5k
Jennifer A. Schweitzer United States	40	3.0k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	3.6k 2.2×	282 0.2×	2.4k 2.1×	105	7.5k
Ken Oyama Mexico	37	2.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	290 0.2×	957 0.9×	236	4.7k
Christoph Scheidegger Switzerland	45	4.6k 1.1×	4.5k 1.3×	680 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	696 0.6×	223	6.2k
Ian A. Dickie New Zealand	46	2.1k 0.5×	5.2k 1.5×	3.1k 2.0×	844 0.7×	1.8k 1.6×	129	8.3k
Jeff R. Powell Australia	42	1.1k 0.3×	4.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	571 0.5×	1.9k 1.7×	168	6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer A. Rudgers

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Ohlert, Timothy, et al.. (2025). The role of dominant species in community organization and aboveground production in semiarid grasslands. Ecology. 106(8). 1–10. 2 indexed citations

Classen, Aimée T., David W. Inouye, Patrick O. Sorensen, et al.. (2025). Nutrient limitation shapes functional traits of mycorrhizal fungi and phosphorus-cycling bacteria across an elevation gradient. mSystems. 11(1). e0052325–e0052325.

Afkhami, Michelle E., Aimée T. Classen, Damian J. Hernandez, et al.. (2025). Unraveling complexity in climate change effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions. New Phytologist. 249(1). 93–113. 1 indexed citations

Baur, Lauren E., et al.. (2024). Sensitivity of root production to long‐term aridity under environmental perturbations in Chihuahuan Desert ecosystems. Journal of Ecology. 112(7). 1487–1500. 3 indexed citations

Whitney, Kenneth D., et al.. (2024). Microbial symbionts buffer hosts from the demographic costs of environmental stochasticity. Ecology Letters. 27(5). e14438–e14438. 2 indexed citations

Wright, Karen W., et al.. (2024). Heat and desiccation tolerances predict bee abundance under climate change. Nature. 628(8007). 342–348. 23 indexed citations

Rudgers, Jennifer A., Lauren E. Baur, Scott L. Collins, et al.. (2023). Infrastructure to factorially manipulate the mean and variance of precipitation in the field. Ecosphere. 14(7). 5 indexed citations

Wu, Shuqi, et al.. (2023). Soil nematode assemblages respond to interacting environmental changes. Oecologia. 202(3). 481–495. 6 indexed citations

Li, Junqin, Tao Zhang, Bo Meng, et al.. (2023). Disruption of fungal hyphae suppressed litter-derived C retention in soil and N translocation to plants under drought-stressed temperate grassland. Geoderma. 432. 116396–116396. 14 indexed citations

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Lynn, Joshua S., et al.. (2022). Herbivory damage but not plant disease under experimental warming is dependent on weather for three subalpine grass species. Journal of Ecology. 111(3). 617–630.

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Rudgers, Jennifer A., Ari Jumpponen, José Herrera, et al.. (2022). Darksidea phi, sp. nov., a dark septate root-associated fungus in foundation grasses in North American Great Plains. Mycologia. 114(2). 254–269. 7 indexed citations

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Lynn, Joshua S., Tom E. X. Miller, & Jennifer A. Rudgers. (2021). Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of alpine plants. Ecology Letters. 24(9). 1930–1942. 11 indexed citations

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Ernest, S. K. Morgan, et al.. (2021). Declines in rodent abundance and diversity track regional climate variability in North American drylands. Global Change Biology. 27(17). 4005–4023. 14 indexed citations

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Jumpponen, Ari, Andrea Porras‐Alfaro, José Herrera, et al.. (2020). Experimental drought re‐ordered assemblages of root‐associated fungi across North American grasslands. Journal of Ecology. 109(2). 776–792. 28 indexed citations

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Rudgers, Jennifer A., et al.. (2020). Riparian plant species differ in sensitivity to both the mean and variance in groundwater stores. Journal of Plant Ecology. 13(5). 621–632. 5 indexed citations

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Barrios‐García, M. Noelia, Mariano A. Rodríguez‐Cabal, Jennifer A. Rudgers, & Gregory M. Crutsinger. (2016). Soil fertilization does not alter plant architectural effects on arthropod communities. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtw087–rtw087. 7 indexed citations

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Barnes, Rebecca T., et al.. (2011). Changes in water, carbon, and nitrogen fluxes with the addition of biochar to soils: lessons learned from laboratory and greenhouse experiments. AGUFM. 2011.

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Crawford, Kerri M., John M. Land, & Jennifer A. Rudgers. (2010). Fungal endophytes of native grasses decrease insect herbivore preference and performance. Oecologia. 164(2). 431–444. 74 indexed citations

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Rudgers, Jennifer A., et al.. (2010). Do the costs and benefits of fungal endophyte symbiosis vary with light availability?. New Phytologist. 188(3). 824–834. 26 indexed citations

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Masiello, Caroline A., et al.. (2008). Phytotoxicity and Plant Productivity Analysis of Tar-Enriched Biochars. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 7 indexed citations

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