Steven A. Kannenberg

2.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Steven A. Kannenberg is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven A. Kannenberg has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 16 papers in Atmospheric Science and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Steven A. Kannenberg's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (26 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (15 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (5 papers). Steven A. Kannenberg is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (26 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (15 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (5 papers). Steven A. Kannenberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and China. Steven A. Kannenberg's co-authors include William R. L. Anderegg, Richard P. Phillips, Christopher R. Schwalm, Kimberly A. Novick, Alan K. Knapp, Justin T. Maxwell, Matthew A. Sturchio, Avery W. Driscoll, D. J. Moore and Mallory L. Barnes and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Steven A. Kannenberg

34 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ghosts of the past: how drought legacy effects shape forest functioning and carbon cycling

2020 233 citations Steven A. Kannenberg, Christopher R. Schwalm et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems

2023 124 citations Yang Li, Wen Zhang et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Dominant role of soil moisture in mediating carbon and water fluxes in dryland ecosystems

2024 103 citations Steven A. Kannenberg, William R. L. Anderegg et al. profile →

Peers

Steven A. Kannenberg

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Kim Naudts Germany

Émilie Joetzjer France

Z. Carter Berry United States

Anthony R. Ambrose United States

Alessio Collalti Italy

Kerrie M. Sendall United States

Markus Schmidt Germany

Mallory L. Barnes United States

Aude Valade France

Michael Cai United States

Kim Naudts Germany

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273 ×0.5

356 ×0.8

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210 ×0.9

217 ×1.1

ECOLO

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven A. Kannenberg

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lawrence, David M., Danica Lombardozzi, Matthew A. Sturchio, et al.. (2026). Assessing the Impact of Agrivoltaics on Water, Energy, and Carbon Cycles Using the Community Land Model Version 5. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 18(2).

Massoud, Elias, Nathan Collier, Yaoping Wang, et al.. (2025). Benchmarking soil moisture and its relationship to ecohydrologic variables in Earth System Models.

Zhang, Yao, Josep Peñuelas, Steven A. Kannenberg, et al.. (2025). Drought legacies delay spring green-up in northern ecosystems. Nature Climate Change. 15(4). 444–451. 9 indexed citations

Brzostek, Edward, et al.. (2025). Building trust and efficacy in forest carbon programs: lessons from stakeholder engagement in Central Appalachia. BioScience. 75(10). 865–880. 1 indexed citations

Maxwell, Justin T., Steven A. Kannenberg, Grant L. Harley, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric effects of hydroclimate extremes on eastern US tree growth: Implications on current demographic shifts and climate variability. Global Change Biology. 30(8). e17474–e17474. 2 indexed citations

Du, Jinyang, John S. Kimball, Jessica Guo, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Satellite Monitoring of Dryland Vegetation Water Potential Through Multi‐Source Sensor Fusion. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(21). 3 indexed citations

Sturchio, Matthew A., et al.. (2024). Solar arrays create novel environments that uniquely alter plant responses. Plants People Planet. 6(6). 1522–1533. 16 indexed citations

Hogan, J. Aaron, Jeremy W. Lichstein, Eileen H. Helmer, et al.. (2024). Anthromes and forest carbon responses to global change. Plants People Planet. 7(4). 1027–1042. 2 indexed citations

Knapp, Alan K., et al.. (2023). Field experiments have enhanced our understanding of drought impacts on terrestrial ecosystems—But where do we go from here?. Functional Ecology. 38(1). 76–97. 41 indexed citations

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Yu, Yang, et al.. (2023). Compensatory response of ecosystem carbon-water cycling following severe drought in Southwestern China. The Science of The Total Environment. 899. 165718–165718. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Yang, Wen Zhang, Christopher R. Schwalm, et al.. (2023). Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems. Nature Climate Change. 13(2). 182–188. 124 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kannenberg, Steven A., Antoine Cabon, Flurin Babst, et al.. (2022). Drought-induced decoupling between carbon uptake and tree growth impacts forest carbon turnover time. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 322. 108996–108996. 32 indexed citations

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Kannenberg, Steven A., Mallory L. Barnes, D. R. Bowling, et al.. (2022). Quantifying the drivers of ecosystem fluxes and water potential across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum in an arid woodland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 329. 109269–109269. 29 indexed citations

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Fiorella, Richard P., Steven A. Kannenberg, William R. L. Anderegg, Russell K. Monson, & James R. Ehleringer. (2022). Heterogeneous isotope effects decouple conifer leaf and branch sugar δ18O and δ13C. Oecologia. 198(2). 357–370. 4 indexed citations

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Kannenberg, Steven A., Avery W. Driscoll, Paul Szejner, William R. L. Anderegg, & James R. Ehleringer. (2021). Rapid increases in shrubland and forest intrinsic water-use efficiency during an ongoing megadrought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(52). 51 indexed citations

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Driscoll, Avery W., Steven A. Kannenberg, & James R. Ehleringer. (2021). Long‐term nitrogen isotope dynamics in Encelia farinosa reflect plant demographics and climate. New Phytologist. 232(3). 1226–1237. 8 indexed citations

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Kannenberg, Steven A., Christopher R. Schwalm, & William R. L. Anderegg. (2020). Ghosts of the past: how drought legacy effects shape forest functioning and carbon cycling. Ecology Letters. 23(5). 891–901. 233 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kannenberg, Steven A., Kimberly A. Novick, & Richard P. Phillips. (2019). Anisohydric behavior linked to persistent hydraulic damage and delayed drought recovery across seven North American tree species. New Phytologist. 222(4). 1862–1872. 64 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Justin T., Grant L. Harley, K. Yi, et al.. (2019). Higher CO₂ Concentrations and Lower Acidic Deposition Have Not Changed Drought Response in Tree Growth But Do Influence iWUE in Hardwood Trees in the Midwestern United States. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(12). 3798–3813. 22 indexed citations

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Kannenberg, Steven A. & Richard P. Phillips. (2016). Soil microbial communities buffer physiological responses to drought stress in three hardwood species. Oecologia. 183(3). 631–641. 31 indexed citations

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