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Overview

Jennifer A. Schweitzer is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in the areas of nature and landscape conservation, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, and ecology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, including ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant and animal studies, plant parasitism and resistance, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, species distribution and climate change, fire effects on ecosystems, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Jennifer A. Schweitzer has published papers in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Communications Biology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Plant and Soil
  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers," 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • "Predicting Plant-Soil Feedback in the Field: Meta-Analysis Reveals That Competition and Environmental Stress Differentially Influence PSF," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "A global horizon scan for urban evolutionary ecology," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Climate-driven divergence in plant-microbiome interactions generates range-wide variation in bud break phenology," 2021, Communications Biology
  • "Sky Islands Are a Global Tool for Predicting the Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Climate Change," 2023, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

The researcher collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Joseph K. Bailey
  • Stephanie N. Kivlin
  • Ian M. Ware
  • Kendall K. Beals
  • Shannon L. J. Bayliss

Best Publications

  • Plant–soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges

    Wim H. van der Putten;Richard D. Bardgett;James D. Bever;T. Martijn Bezemer

  • A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems

    Thomas G. Whitham;Joseph K. Bailey;Joseph K. Bailey;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Stephen M. Shuster

  • The ecological importance of intraspecific variation

    Simone Des Roches;David M. Post;Nash E. Turley;Joseph K. Bailey

  • COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM GENETICS: A CONSEQUENCE OF THE EXTENDED PHENOTYPE

    Thomas G. Whitham;William P. Young;Gregory D. Martinsen;Catherine A. Gehring

  • Fire as a fundamental ecological process: research advances and frontiers

    Kendra K. McLauchlan;Philip E. Higuera;Jessica Miesel;Brendan M. Rogers

  • Plant-soil microorganism interactions: heritable relationship between plant genotype and associated soil microorganisms.

    Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Joseph K. Bailey;Dylan G. Fischer;Carri J. LeRoy

  • Genetically based trait in a dominant tree affects ecosystem processes

    Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Joseph K. Bailey;Gregory D. Martinsen;Stephen C. Hart

  • From genes to ecosystems: a synthesis of the effects of plant genetic factors across levels of organization

    Joseph K. Bailey;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Francisco Úbeda;Julia Koricheva

  • Extending Genomics to Natural Communities and Ecosystems

    Thomas G. Whitham;Stephen P. DiFazio;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Stephen M. Shuster

  • From Genes to Ecosystems: The Genetic Basis of Condensed Tannins and Their Role in Nutrient Regulation in a Populus Model System

    Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Michael D. Madritch;Joseph K. Bailey;Carri J. LeRoy

  • Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks—Theoretical models and perspectives

    Lynn Govaert;Lynn Govaert;Lynn Govaert;Emanuel A. Fronhofer;Sébastien Lion;Christophe Eizaguirre

  • Meta-analysis reveals evolution in invasive plant species but little support for Evolution of Increased Competitive Ability (EICA).

    Emmi Felker‐Quinn;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Joseph K. Bailey

  • BEAVERS AS MOLECULAR GENETICISTS: A GENETIC BASIS TO THE FORAGING OF AN ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER

    Joseph K. Bailey;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Brian J. Rehill;Richard L. Lindroth

  • Leaf litter mixtures alter microbial community development: mechanisms for non-additive effects in litter decomposition.

    Samantha K. Chapman;Gregory S. Newman;Stephen C. Hart;Jennifer A. Schweitzer

  • Host plant genetics affect hidden ecological players: links among Populus, condensed tannins, and fungal endophyte infection

    Joseph K Bailey;Ron Deckert;Ron Deckert;Jennifer A Schweitzer;Brian J Rehill;Brian J Rehill

  • The interaction of plant genotype and herbivory decelerate leaf litter decomposition and alter nutrient dynamics

    Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Joseph K. Bailey;Stephen C. Hart;Gina M. Wimp

  • A genetic similarity rule determines arthropod community structure.

    R. K. Bangert;R. J. Turek;B. Rehill;G. M. Wimp

  • Greater morphological plasticity of exotic honeysuckle species may make them better invaders than native species.

    Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Katherine C. Larson

  • Nonadditive effects of mixing cottonwood genotypes on litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics

    Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Joseph K. Bailey;Stephen C. Hart;Thomas G. Whitham

  • Salt cedar negatively affects biodiversity of aquatic Macroinvertebrates

    Joseph K. Bailey;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Thomas G. Whitham

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph K. Bailey
Joseph K. Bailey University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Thomas G. Whitham
Thomas G. Whitham Northern Arizona University
Stephen C. Hart
Stephen C. Hart University of California, Merced
Brad M. Potts
Brad M. Potts University of Tasmania
Richard L. Lindroth
Richard L. Lindroth University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephen M. Shuster
Stephen M. Shuster Northern Arizona University
Catherine A. Gehring
Catherine A. Gehring Northern Arizona University
Eric V. Lonsdorf
Eric V. Lonsdorf University of Minnesota
Aimée T. Classen
Aimée T. Classen University of Vermont
Andrew P. Hendry
Andrew P. Hendry McGill University

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