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Overview

Daniel R. LeCain is a researcher affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with significant contributions in the study of plant water relations, carbon dynamics, and vegetation ecology.

The main fields of study covered in their research include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad areas, their subfields of study encompass global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and atmospheric science.

LeCain's research addresses key topics such as:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses

Their recent scholarly output includes a publication titled Identification of suites of traits that explains drought resistance and phenological patterns of plants in a semi-arid grassland community, published in 2020 in the journal Oecologia. This paper has attracted citations within the ecological research community, reflecting its engagement with topics of drought resistance and plant phenology in grassland ecosystems.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Troy W. Ocheltree
  • Karolin Mueller
  • K.A. Chesus
  • Julie A. Kray
  • Dana M. Blumenthal

Published work primarily appears in the journal Oecologia, reflecting a focus on ecological research venues.

Best Publications

  • C4 grasses prosper as carbon dioxide eliminates desiccation in warmed semi-arid grassland.

    Jack A. Morgan;Daniel R. LeCain;Elise Pendall;Dana M. Blumenthal

  • Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments

    Kevin R. Wilcox;Zheng Shi;Laureano A. Gherardi;Nathan P. Lemoine

  • Carbon dioxide enrichment alters plant community structure and accelerates shrub growth in the shortgrass steppe

    Jack A. Morgan;Daniel G. Milchunas;Daniel R. LeCain;Mark West

  • Climate change alters stoichiometry of phosphorus and nitrogen in a semiarid grassland

    Feike A. Dijkstra;Elise Pendall;Jack A. Morgan;Dana M. Blumenthal

  • Elevated CO2 enhances water relations and productivity and affects gas exchange in C3 and C4 grasses of the Colorado shortgrass steppe.

    Jack A. Morgan;Daniel R. Lecain;Arvin R. Mosier;Daniel G. Milchunas

  • CO2 ENHANCES PRODUCTIVITY, ALTERS SPECIES COMPOSITION, AND REDUCES DIGESTIBILITY OF SHORTGRASS STEPPE VEGETATION

    Jack A. Morgan;Arvin R. Mosier;Daniel G. Milchunas;Daniel R. LeCain

  • Response of organic and inorganic carbon and nitrogen to long-term grazing of the shortgrass steppe.

    Jean D. Reeder;Gerald E. Schuman;Jack A. Morgan;Daniel R. LeCain

  • Elevated CO2 further lengthens growing season under warming conditions.

    Melissa Reyes-Fox;Heidi Steltzer;M. J. Trlica;Gregory S. McMaster

  • Impact of precipitation dynamics on net ecosystem productivity

    William Parton;Jack Morgan;David Smith;Stephen Del Grosso

  • Carbon exchange and species composition of grazed pastures and exclosures in the shortgrass steppe of Colorado

    Daniel R LeCain;Jack A Morgan;Gerald E Schuman;Jean D Reeder

  • Partitioning evapotranspiration fluxes from a Colorado grassland using stable isotopes: Seasonal variations and ecosystem implications of elevated atmospheric CO2

    D. F. Ferretti;E. Pendall;J. A. Morgan;J. A. Nelson

  • Gas exchange, carbon isotope discrimination, and productivity in winter wheat

    Jack A. Morgan;Daniel R. LeCain;Thomas N. McCaig;James S. Quick;James S. Quick

  • Soil-atmosphere exchange of CH4, CO2, NOx, and N2O in the Colorado shortgrass steppe under elevated CO2

    A.R. Mosier;J.A. Morgan;J.Y. King;D. LeCain

  • Elevated CO2 increases soil moisture and enhances plant water relations in a long-term field study in semi-arid shortgrass steppe of Colorado

    Jim A. Nelson;Jack A. Morgan;Daniel R. LeCain;Arvin R. Mosier

  • Carbon exchange rates in grazed and ungrazed pastures of Wyoming.

    Daniel R. Lecain;Jack A. Morgan;Gerald E. Schuman;Jean D. Reeder

  • Climate change reduces the net sink of CH4 and N2O in a semiarid grassland.

    Feike A. Dijkstra;Jack A. Morgan;Ronald F. Follett;Daniel R. LeCain

  • Elevated atmospheric CO2 effects and soil water feedbacks on soil respiration components in a Colorado grassland

    Elise Pendall;S. Del Grosso;J. Y. King;D. R. LeCain

  • Leaf Gas Exchange and Related Leaf Traits among 15 Winter Wheat Genotypes

    Jack A. Morgan;Daniel R. LeCain

  • Elevated CO2 and defoliation effects on a shortgrass steppe: Forage quality versus quantity for ruminants

    D.G. Milchunas;A.R. Mosier;J.A. Morgan;D.R. LeCain

  • Long-term exposure to elevated CO2 enhances plant community stability by suppressing dominant plant species in a mixed-grass prairie

    Tamara Jane Zelikova;Dana M. Blumenthal;David G. Williams;Lara Souza

  • Growth, gas exchange, leaf nitrogen and carbohydrate concentrations in NAD-ME and NADP-ME C4 grasses grown in elevated CO2

    Daniel R. LeCain;Jack A. Morgan

  • Soil and plant water relations determine photosynthetic responses of C3 and C4 grasses in a semi-arid ecosystem under elevated CO2.

    Daniel R. Lecain;Jack A. Morgan;Arvin R. Mosier;Jim A. Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack A. Morgan
Jack A. Morgan Agricultural Research Service
Elise Pendall
Elise Pendall Western Sydney University
Dana M. Blumenthal
Dana M. Blumenthal Agricultural Research Service
Feike A. Dijkstra
Feike A. Dijkstra University of Sydney
Arvin R. Mosier
Arvin R. Mosier University of Melbourne
Daniel G. Milchunas
Daniel G. Milchunas Colorado State University
David G. Williams
David G. Williams University of Wyoming
Franco Miglietta
Franco Miglietta National Research Council (CNR)
Bruce A. Kimball
Bruce A. Kimball Agricultural Research Service
Ronald F. Follett
Ronald F. Follett Agricultural Research Service

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