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Jennifer A. Rudgers publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jennifer A. Rudgers sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 175 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Jennifer A. Rudgers D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jennifer A. Rudgers sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jennifer A. Rudgers is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States and specializes in research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research focuses primarily on the dynamics of ecological systems, with significant attention to plant and fungal interactions, mycorrhizal fungi, and plant pathogens. Topics well represented in their publications include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant and Fungal Interactions, Plant and Animal Studies, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Jennifer A. Rudgers has published extensively in various scientific journals. The most frequent venues of their work include:

  • Journal of Ecology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Ecology
  • Ecology Letters
  • Mycologia

Their recent notable papers are:

  • Climate Disruption of Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2020, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Divergent responses of primary production to increasing precipitation variability in global drylands, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Press-pulse interactions and long-term community dynamics in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland, 2020, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Experimental drought re-ordered assemblages of root-associated fungi across North American grasslands, 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • Heat and desiccation tolerances predict bee abundance under climate change, 2024, Nature

Collaborations appear frequently with researchers such as Scott L. Collins, Joshua S. Lynn, Michael Mann, Yiqi Luo, and Melanie R. Kazenel.

Best Publications

  • Direct and ecological costs of resistance to herbivory

    Sharon Y. Strauss;Jennifer A. Rudgers;Jennifer A. Lau;Rebecca E. Irwin

  • How context dependent are species interactions

    Scott A. Chamberlain;Judith L. Bronstein;Jennifer A. Rudgers

  • Fungal symbionts alter plant responses to global change

    Stephanie N. Kivlin;Sarah M. Emery;Jennifer A. Rudgers

  • A multiscale, hierarchical model of pulse dynamics in arid-land ecosystems

    Scott L. Collins;Jayne Belnap;N. B. Grimm;J. A. Rudgers

  • Balancing multiple mutualists: asymmetric interactions among plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and fungal endophytes

    Keenan M. L. Mack;Jennifer A. Rudgers

  • Invasive Plants can Inhibit Native Tree Seedlings: Testing Potential Allelopathic Mechanisms

    Samuel P. Orr;Jennifer A. Rudgers;Keith Clay

  • Biochar and microbial signaling: production conditions determine effects on microbial communication

    Caroline A. Masiello;Ye Chen;Xiaodong Gao;Shirley Liu

  • Herbivores cause a rapid increase in hereditary symbiosis and alter plant community composition

    Keith Clay;Jenny Holah;Jennifer A. Rudgers

  • Endophytic fungi alter relationships between diversity and ecosystem properties

    Jennifer A. Rudgers;Jennifer M. Koslow;Keith Clay

  • Symbiosis lost: imperfect vertical transmission of fungal endophytes in grasses.

    Michelle E. Afkhami;Jennifer A. Rudgers

  • Enemies of herbivores can shape plant traits: Selection in a facultative ant-plant mutualism

    Jennifer A. Rudgers

  • A selection mosaic in the facultative mutualism between ants and wild cotton.

    Jennifer A. Rudgers;Sharon Y. Strauss

  • Endophyte symbiosis benefits a rare grass under low water availability

    S. Kannadan;J. A. Rudgers

  • Connecting plant–microbial interactions above and belowground: a fungal endophyte affects decomposition

    Alisha Lemons;Keith Clay;Jennifer A. Rudgers

  • Forest succession suppressed by an introduced plant-fungal symbiosis.

    Jennifer A. Rudgers;Jennifer A. Rudgers;Jenny Holah;Samuel P. Orr;Keith Clay

  • Incorporating the process of vertical transmission into understanding of host–symbiont dynamics

    Pedro Emilio Gundel;J A Rudgers;Claudio Marco Ghersa

  • Nitrogen, biochar, and mycorrhizae: Alteration of the symbiosis and oxidation of the char surface

    Chase LeCroy;Caroline A. Masiello;Jennifer A. Rudgers;William C. Hockaday

  • Endophyte symbiosis with tall fescue: how strong are the impacts on communities and ecosystems?

    Jennifer A. Rudgers;Keith Clay

  • Non-native grass alters growth of native tree species via leaf and soil microbes

    Jennifer A. Rudgers;Jennifer A. Rudgers;Samuel Orr

  • Climate Disruption of Plant-Microbe Interactions

    Jennifer A. Rudgers;Michelle E. Afkhami;Lukas Bell-Dereske;Y. Anny Chung

  • EXTRAFLORAL NECTAR AS A RESOURCE MEDIATING MULTISPECIES INTERACTIONS

    Jennifer A. Rudgers;Mark C. Gardener

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Clay
Keith Clay Tulane University
Kenneth D. Whitney
Kenneth D. Whitney University of New Mexico
Scott L. Collins
Scott L. Collins University of New Mexico
Robert L. Sinsabaugh
Robert L. Sinsabaugh University of New Mexico
Marcy E. Litvak
Marcy E. Litvak University of New Mexico
Pedro E. Gundel
Pedro E. Gundel University of Talca
Caroline A. Masiello
Caroline A. Masiello Rice University
Ari Jumpponen
Ari Jumpponen Kansas State University
William T. Pockman
William T. Pockman University of New Mexico
Carolyn A. Young
Carolyn A. Young North Carolina State University

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