Joanne Ledford

2.6k citations

8 papers · 2.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 8

Co-authors: Richard J. Norby Elizabeth G. O’Neill Shiqiang Wan Jake F. Weltzin Nicole E. Miller‐Struttmann Colleen M. Iversen Kurt S. Pregitzer Adrien C. Finzi
Topics: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (7 papers)Plant responses to elevated CO2 (7 papers)Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (5 papers)
Cited by: Soil Science Global and Planetary Change Nature and Landscape Conservation
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences New Phytologist Global Change Biology
Partner nations: United States Belgium Italy

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Joanne Ledford

8 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Forest response to elevated CO₂is conserved across a broad range of productivity

2005 786 citations Richard J. Norby, Evan H. DeLucia et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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8 of 8 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	CO₂ enrichment increases carbon and nitrogen input from fine roots in a deciduous forest 2008 ·New Phytologist ·Colleen M. Iversen,Joanne Ledford,Richard J. Norby	135
2	Responses of soil respiration to elevated CO₂, air warming, and changing soil water availability in a model old‐field grassland 2007 ·Global Change Biology ·Shiqiang Wan,Richard J. Norby,Joanne Ledford,Jake F. Weltzin	288
3	Increases in nitrogen uptake rather than nitrogen-use efficiency support higher rates of temperate forest productivity under elevated CO ₂ 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Adrien C. Finzi,Richard J. Norby,Carlo Calfapietra,Anne Gallet‐Budynek,Birgit Gielen,William E. Holmes,Marcel R. Hoosbeek,Colleen M. Iversen,Robert B. Jackson,Mark E. Kubiske,Joanne Ledford,Marion Liberloo,Ram Oren,Andrea Polle,Seth G. Pritchard,Donald R. Zak,William H. Schlesinger,R. Ceulemans	310
4	Temperature‐independent diel variation in soil respiration observed from a temperate deciduous forest 2006 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown),Nelson T. Edwards,W. M. Post,Lianhong Gu,Joanne Ledford,Suzanne Lenhart	130
5	Forest response to elevated CO₂is conserved across a broad range of productivitybreakdown → 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Richard J. Norby,Evan H. DeLucia,Birgit Gielen,Carlo Calfapietra,Christian P. Giardina,John S. King,Joanne Ledford,Heather R. McCarthy,D. J. Moore,R. Ceulemans,Paolo De Angelis,Adrien C. Finzi,David F. Karnosky,Mark E. Kubiske,Martin Lukáč,Kurt S. Pregitzer,Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza,William H. Schlesinger,Ram Oren	786
6	CO₂ enrichment and warming of the atmosphere enhance both productivity and mortality of maple tree fine roots 2004 ·New Phytologist ·Shiqiang Wan,Richard J. Norby,Kurt S. Pregitzer,Joanne Ledford,Elizabeth G. O’Neill	94
7	Fine-root production dominates response of a deciduous forest to atmospheric CO ₂ enrichment 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Richard J. Norby,Joanne Ledford,(unknown),Nicole E. Miller‐Struttmann,Elizabeth G. O’Neill	325
8	Acute seasonal drought does not permanently alter mass loss and nitrogen dynamics during decomposition of red maple (Acer rubrumL.) litter 2002 ·Global Change Biology ·Elizabeth G. O’Neill,Dale W. Johnson,Joanne Ledford,D. E. Todd	33

About Joanne Ledford

Joanne Ledford is a scholar working on Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science, having authored 8 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (7 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (7 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (893 citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.4k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (401 citations). Joanne Ledford has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Richard J. Norby, Elizabeth G. O’Neill, Shiqiang Wan, Jake F. Weltzin, Nicole E. Miller‐Struttmann, Colleen M. Iversen, Kurt S. Pregitzer, Adrien C. Finzi, Ram Oren and Mark E. Kubiske. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, New Phytologist and Global Change Biology.

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