Kurt S. Pregitzer

28.8k citations

229 papers · 21.9k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 78

Plant Science top 0.05%
Soil Science top 0.01%
Global and Planetary Change top 0.05%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.05%
Ecology top 0.1%

Co-authors: Donald R. Zak Andrew J. Burton Ronald L. Hendrick Mark E. Kubiske E. S. Euskirchen Peter S. Curtis William E. Holmes Jared L. DeForest
Topics: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (86 papers)Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (84 papers)Plant responses to elevated CO2 (78 papers)
Cited by: Soil Science Nature and Landscape Conservation Global and Planetary Change
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Partner nations: United States Canada Australia

In The Last Decade

Kurt S. Pregitzer

229 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below‐ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

2015 1.0k citations Kurt S. Pregitzer et al. New Phytologist profile →
FINE ROOT ARCHITECTURE OF NINE NORTH AMERICAN TREES

2002 818 citations Kurt S. Pregitzer, Andrew J. Burton et al. profile →
Forest response to elevated CO₂is conserved across a broad range of productivity

2005 786 citations Christian P. Giardina, John S. King et al. profile →
Carbon cycling and storage in world forests: biome patterns related to forest age

2004 776 citations Kurt S. Pregitzer, E. S. Euskirchen Global Change Biology profile →
Compositional and Functional Shifts in Microbial Communities Due to Soil Warming

1997 626 citations Donald R. Zak, Kurt S. Pregitzer et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kurt S. Pregitzer

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Chronic nitrogen deposition influences the chemical dynamics of leaf litter and fine roots during decomposition 2017 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Mengxue Xia,Alan F. Talhelm,Kurt S. Pregitzer	38
2	Elevated CO 2 and O 3 Alter Productivity and Carbon Storage in Northern Temperate Forests: Results from Aspen FACE 2013 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Alan F. Talhelm,Kurt S. Pregitzer,Mark E. Kubiske,(unknown),Courtney Campany,Andrew J. Burton	1
3	Chronic N deposition alters root respiration‐tissue N relationship in northern hardwood forests 2011 ·Global Change Biology ·Andrew J. Burton,(unknown),(unknown),Donald R. Zak,Kurt S. Pregitzer	103
4	Soil respiration, root biomass, and root turnover following long‐term exposure of northern forests to elevated atmospheric CO₂ and tropospheric O₃ 2008 ·New Phytologist ·Kurt S. Pregitzer,Andrew J. Burton,John S. King,Donald R. Zak	124
5	Sap flux in pure aspen and mixed aspen-birch forests exposed to elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone 2008 ·Tree Physiology ·Johan Uddling,Ron M. Teclaw,Mark E. Kubiske,Kurt S. Pregitzer,David S. Ellsworth	46
6	North American forests 2007 ·Annals of Emergency Medicine ·Richard A. Birdsey,Jennifer C. Jenkins,Mark Johnston,Elisabeth Huber‐Sannwald,B. D. Amiro,Ben de Jong,Jorge D. Etchevers,(unknown),Felipe García‐Oliva,Mark E. Harmon,Linda S. Heath,Vı́ctor J. Jaramillo,Kurt H. Johnsen,B. E. Law,E. Marín-Spiotta,Omar Masera,Ronald P. Neilson,Yude Pan,Kurt S. Pregitzer	19
7	Ecosystem assembly and terrestrial carbon balance under elevated CO2 2007 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Kate L. Bradley,Kurt S. Pregitzer	37
8	Soil respiration in northern forests exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone 2006 ·Oecologia ·Kurt S. Pregitzer,Wendy M. Loya,Mark E. Kubiske,Donald R. Zak	45
9	Carbon cycling and storage in world forests: biome patterns related to forest agebreakdown → 2004 ·Global Change Biology ·Kurt S. Pregitzer,E. S. Euskirchen	776
10	Soil Respiration along Environmental Gradients in Olympic National Park 2003 ·Ecosystems ·Evan S. Kane,Kurt S. Pregitzer,Andrew J. Burton	4
11	Field measurements of root respiration indicate little to no seasonal temperature acclimation for sugar maple and red pine 2003 ·Tree Physiology ·Andrew J. Burton,Kurt S. Pregitzer	76
12	Reduction of soil carbon formation by tropospheric ozone under increased carbon dioxide levels 2003 ·Nature ·Wendy M. Loya,Kurt S. Pregitzer,(unknown),John S. King,Christian P. Giardina	108
13	Fine root length, diameter, specific root length and nitrogen concentrations of nine tree species across four North American Biomes 2002 ·Center for Embedded Network Sensing ·Kurt S. Pregitzer,Ronald L. Hendrick	3
14	Growth and C allocation of Populus tremuloides genotypes in response to atmospheric CO₂ and soil N availability 1998 ·New Phytologist ·Mark E. Kubiske,Kurt S. Pregitzer,Donald R. Zak,Carl J. Mikan	82
15	Relationships among root branch order, carbon, and nitrogen in four temperate species 1997 ·Oecologia ·Kurt S. Pregitzer,Mark E. Kubiske,(unknown),Ronald L. Hendrick	174
16	Nitrate deposition in northern hardwood forests and the nitrogen metabolism of Acer saccharum marsh 1996 ·Oecologia ·David E. Rothstein,Donald R. Zak,Kurt S. Pregitzer	42
17	Fine root growth and demographic responses to nutrient patches in four old-field plant species 1993 ·Oecologia ·Katherine L. Gross,Andrew Peters,Kurt S. Pregitzer	105
18	Leaf Area and Foliar Biomass Relationships in Northern Hardwood Forests Located Along an 800 km Acid Deposition Gradient 1991 ·Forest Science ·Andrew J. Burton,Kurt S. Pregitzer,David D. Reed	73
19	Whole-tree carbon and nitrogen partitioning in young hybrid poplars 1990 ·Tree Physiology ·Kurt S. Pregitzer,Donald I. Dickmann,(unknown),Phu Van Nguyen	97
20	Landform-Mediated Differences in Successional Pathways Among Upland Forest Ecosystems in Northwestern Lower Michigan 1987 ·Forest Science ·George E. Host,Kurt S. Pregitzer,Carl W. Ramm,(unknown),David T. Cleland	86

About Kurt S. Pregitzer

Kurt S. Pregitzer is a scholar working on Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 229 papers that have together received 21.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (86 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (84 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (78 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (10.1k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (6.0k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (9.5k citations). Kurt S. Pregitzer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Donald R. Zak, Andrew J. Burton, Ronald L. Hendrick, Mark E. Kubiske, E. S. Euskirchen, Peter S. Curtis, William E. Holmes, Jared L. DeForest, John S. King and Gregory P. Zogg. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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