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D-Index
45
Citations
7106
World Ranking
2869
National Ranking
708

Eric L. Kruger publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric L. Kruger sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 104 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Eric L. Kruger D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric L. Kruger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

    Zhihui Wang;Adam Chlus;Ryan Geygan;Zhiwei Ye

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Reexamining the empirical relation between plant growth and leaf photosynthesis

    Eric L. Kruger;John C. Volin

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip A. Townsend
Philip A. Townsend University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brent E. Ewers
Brent E. Ewers University of Wyoming
Richard L. Lindroth
Richard L. Lindroth University of Wisconsin–Madison
Shawn P. Serbin
Shawn P. Serbin Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Ankur R. Desai
Ankur R. Desai University of Wisconsin–Madison
J. G. Isebrands
J. G. Isebrands US Forest Service
David F. Karnosky
David F. Karnosky Michigan Technological University
Alistair Rogers
Alistair Rogers Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kurt S. Pregitzer
Kurt S. Pregitzer University of Idaho

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