World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
73
Citations
29082
World Ranking
1160
National Ranking
429

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

Jeffrey S. Dukes is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental and biological sciences, focusing heavily on ecological impacts related to climate and environmental change.

Their recent publications include:

  • Adjusting the lens of invasion biology to focus on the impacts of climate-driven range shifts, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Global environmental changes more frequently offset than intensify detrimental effects of biological invasions, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Increasing the spatial and temporal impact of ecological research: A roadmap for integrating a novel terrestrial process into an Earth system model, 2021, Global Change Biology

Dukes frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Scott X. Chang
  • Evelyn M. Beaury
  • Dana M. Blumenthal
  • Montserrat Vilà
  • Sara Vicca

Their work is commonly published in venues such as:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • New Phytologist

Main fields of study for Dukes include Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these fields, their subfields of special interest are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Climate variability and models
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Jeffrey S. Dukes has received recognition from scientific societies including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020 and a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Does global change increase the success of biological invaders

    Jeffrey S. Dukes;Harold A. Mooney

  • Mechanisms underlying the impacts of exotic plant invasions

    Jonathan M Levine;Montserrat Vilà;Carla M D'Antonio;Jeffrey S Dukes

  • Five Potential Consequences of Climate Change for Invasive Species

    Jessica J. Hellmann;James E. Byers;Britta G. Bierwagen;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • Progressive Nitrogen Limitation of Ecosystem Responses to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    Yiqi Luo;Bo Su;William S. Currie;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities

    Regan Early;Bethany A. Bradley;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Joshua J. Lawler

  • Plant invasion across space and time: factors affecting nonindigenous species success during four stages of invasion.

    Kathleen A. Theoharides;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • Nitrogen and Climate Change

    Bruce A. Hungate;Jeffrey S. Dukes;M. Rebecca Shaw;Yiqi Luo

  • Responses of insect pests, pathogens, and invasive plant species to climate change in the forests of northeastern North America: What can

    Jeffrey S. DukesJ.S. Dukes;Jennifer PontiusJ. Pontius;David OrwigD. Orwig;Jeffrey R. GarnasJ.R. Garnas

  • Will Extreme Climatic Events Facilitate Biological Invasions

    Jeffrey M Diez;Carla M D'Antonio;Jeffrey S Dukes;Edwin D Grosholz

  • Plant respiration and photosynthesis in global‐scale models: incorporating acclimation to temperature and CO2

    Nicholas G Smith;Jeffrey S Dukes

  • Effects of soil moisture on the temperature sensitivity of heterotrophic respiration vary seasonally in an old-field climate change experiment

    Vidya Suseela;Richard T. Conant;Richard T. Conant;Matthew D. Wallenstein;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

    Jian Song;Jian Song;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Alan K. Knapp

  • Temperature response of soil respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming

    Joanna C. Carey;Jianwu Tang;Pamela H. Templer;Kevin D. Kroeger

  • A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models

    Alistair Rogers;Belinda E. Medlyn;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Gordon Bonan

  • Simple additive effects are rare: a quantitative review of plant biomass and soil process responses to combined manipulations of CO2 and temperature.

    Wouter I. J. Dieleman;Wouter I. J. Dieleman;Sara Vicca;Feike A. Dijkstra;Frank Hagedorn

  • Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

    Owen K. Atkin;Keith J. Bloomfield;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Mark G. Tjoelker

  • Biodiversity and invasibility in grassland microcosms

    Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • Responses of grassland production to single and multiple global environmental changes.

    Jeffrey S Dukes;Nona R Chiariello;Elsa E Cleland;Lisa A Moore

  • Overyielding among plant functional groups in a long‐term experiment

    David U. Hooper;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • Poised to prosper? A cross-system comparison of climate change effects on native and non-native species performance.

    Cascade J. B. Sorte;Ines Ibáñez;Dana M. Blumenthal;Nicole A. Molinari

  • factors affecting nonindigenous species success during four stages of invasion

    Kathleen A. Theoharides;Jeffrey S. Dukes

Frequent Co-Authors

Claus Beier
Claus Beier University of Copenhagen
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Klaus Steenberg Larsen
Klaus Steenberg Larsen University of Copenhagen
Lindsey E. Rustad
Lindsey E. Rustad US Forest Service
Marc Estiarte
Marc Estiarte Spanish National Research Council
Inger Kappel Schmidt
Inger Kappel Schmidt University of Copenhagen
Dana M. Blumenthal
Dana M. Blumenthal Agricultural Research Service
Christopher B. Field
Christopher B. Field Stanford University
Cascade J. B. Sorte
Cascade J. B. Sorte University of California, Irvine

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Pursuing Ecology and Evolution can open doors to a range of careers, from conservation research to environmental consulting. However, related online degrees can expand your professional path even further. For those interested in human development or mental health alongside ecological subjects, consider exploring child psychology masters programs. These programs offer insights into behavioral science that can be invaluable for outreach or education roles in conservation.

If your interest lies in community work or guiding individuals through life’s challenges, earning an online master's degree in counseling can complement your studies in ecology, especially when addressing public health or environmental justice issues.

Students seeking a clinical perspective may benefit from online clinical psychology programs, which aid in understanding mental health and environmental impacts on well-being.

For those pursuing broad, flexible careers in advocacy or social support, many turn to online schools for human services. These degrees equip graduates to contribute meaningfully to communities, from local conservation projects to global sustainability initiatives.

Best Scientists Citing Jeffrey S. Dukes

Trending Scientists