2026 Eric L. Kruger: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	45	2869	2667	708	630	104	7106

Overview

Eric L. Kruger is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The research topics that Kruger has contributed to include:

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Remote Sensing in Agriculture
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Plant and animal studies
Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Kruger's recent papers cover a range of ecological and environmental science themes. Notable publications include:

"Foliar functional traits from imaging spectroscopy across biomes in eastern North America" (2020) published in New Phytologist
"Connecting Land-Atmosphere Interactions to Surface Heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19" (2020) published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
"Leaf spectroscopy reveals divergent inter- and intra-species foliar trait covariation and trait-environment relationships across NEON domains" (2022) published in New Phytologist
"Trait plasticity and trade-offs shape intra-specific variation in competitive response in a foundation tree species" (2020) published in New Phytologist
"Growth-defense trade-offs shape population genetic composition in an iconic forest tree species" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist has frequently published in several scholarly venues, including:

New Phytologist
Journal of Physical Therapy Education
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Remote Sensing of Environment
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in Kruger's research include:

Philip A. Townsend (8 publications)
Zhihui Wang (4 publications)
Richard L. Lindroth (4 publications)
Adam Chlus (3 publications)
Ting Zheng (3 publications)

Best Publications

Growth, biomass distribution and CO2 exchange of northern hardwood seedlings in high and low light: relationships with successional status and shade tolerance.

M. B. Walters;E. L. Kruger;P. B. Reich

349
Citations
Tropospheric O3 moderates responses of temperate hardwood forests to elevated CO2: a synthesis of molecular to ecosystem results from the Aspen FACE project

D. F. Karnosky;D. R. Zak;K. S. Pregitzer;K. S. Pregitzer;C. S. Awmack

331
Citations
Acclimation and adaptation components of the temperature dependence of plant photosynthesis at the global scale

Dushan P. Kumarathunge;Belinda E. Medlyn;John E. Drake;Mark G. Tjoelker

323
Citations
Leaf optical properties reflect variation in photosynthetic metabolism and its sensitivity to temperature

Shawn P. Serbin;Dylan N. Dillaway;Eric L. Kruger;Philip A. Townsend

306
Citations
Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment.

Nicholas G. Smith;Nicholas G. Smith;Trevor F. Keenan;Trevor F. Keenan;I. Colin Prentice;Han Wang

264
Citations
Fire affects ecophysiology and community dynamics of central Wisconsin oak forest regeneration

Peter B. Reich;Marc D. Abrams;Marc D. Abrams;David S. Ellsworth;Eric L. Kruger

260
Citations
Relative growth rate in relation to physiological and morphological traits for northern hardwood tree seedlings: species, light environment and ontogenetic considerations.

M. B. Walters;E. L. Kruger;P. B. Reich

253
Citations
Research note: Can decreased transpiration limit plant nitrogen acquisition in elevated CO2?

Evan P. McDonald;John E. Erickson;Eric L. Kruger

214
Citations
Growth responses of Populus tremuloides clones to interacting elevated carbon dioxide and tropospheric ozone

J. G. Isebrands;E. P. McDonald;E. Kruger;G. Hendrey

213
Citations
Effects of diversity of tree species and size on forest basal area growth, recruitment, and mortality

Jingjing Liang;Joseph Buongiorno;Robert A. Monserud;Eric L. Kruger

211
Citations
Water stress and Sphaeropsissapinea as a latent pathogen of red pine seedlings.

G. R. Stanosz;J. T. Blodgett;D. R. Smith;E. L. Kruger

204
Citations
Foliar functional traits from imaging spectroscopy across biomes in eastern North America.

Zhihui Wang;Adam Chlus;Ryan Geygan;Zhiwei Ye

191
Citations
Remotely estimating photosynthetic capacity, and its response to temperature, in vegetation canopies using imaging spectroscopy

Shawn P. Serbin;Aditya Singh;Ankur R. Desai;Sean G. Dubois

183
Citations
Competition- and resource-mediated tradeoffs between growth and defensive chemistry in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides).

Jack R. Donaldson;Eric L. Kruger;Richard L. Lindroth

164
Citations
Effects of biotic and abiotic stress on induced accumulation of terpenes and phenolics in red pines inoculated with bark beetle-vectored fungus

Kier D. Klepzig;Eric L. Kruger;Eugene B. Smalley;Kenneth F. Raffa

159
Citations
Foliar morphology and canopy nitrogen as predictors of light-use efficiency in terrestrial vegetation

D. Scott Green;John E. Erickson;Eric L. Kruger

155
Citations
Reexamining the empirical relation between plant growth and leaf photosynthesis

Eric L. Kruger;John C. Volin

155
Citations
From the Arctic to the tropics: multibiome prediction of leaf mass per area using leaf reflectance

Shawn P. Serbin;Jin Wu;Jin Wu;Kim S. Ely;Eric L. Kruger

144
Citations
Trade-offs in seedling survival, growth, and physiology among hardwood species of contrasting successional status along a light-availability gradient

Christopher M. Kaelke;Eric L. Kruger;Peter B. Reich

129
Citations
Variation in tolerance to herbivory is mediated by differences in biomass allocation in aspen

M. T. Stevens;E. L. Kruger;R. L. Lindroth

126
Citations
Thermal acclimation of photosynthesis: a comparison of boreal and temperate tree species along a latitudinal transect

Dylan N. Dillaway;Dylan N. Dillaway;Eric L. Kruger

123
Citations
Competitive status influences tree-growth responses to elevated CO2 and O3 in aggrading aspen stands

E. P. McDonald;E. L. Kruger;D. E. Riemenschneider;J. G. Isebrands

115
Citations