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Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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96
Citations
36242
World Ranking
196
National Ranking
21

Environmental Sciences

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103
Citations
42164
World Ranking
312
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

John Grace is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their work includes significant contributions in subfields such as Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Key topics of interest in Grace's research cover plant responses to elevated CO2, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, plant and animal studies, forest insect ecology and management, and air quality and health impacts.

Grace has published in several scientific venues, with a notable presence in Atmosphere, Forests, Tree Physiology, Environmental Pollution, and Plant Cell & Environment.

  • Temporal Changes in Ozone Concentrations and Their Impact on Vegetation (2021, Atmosphere)
  • Combined Effect of Altitude, Season and Light on the Accumulation of Extractable Terpenes in Norway Spruce Needles (2021, Forests)
  • The Influence of Ozone on Net Ecosystem Production of a Ryegrass-Clover Mixture under Field Conditions (2021, Atmosphere)
  • The effect of elevated CO2 on photosynthesis is modulated by nitrogen supply and reduced water availability in Picea abies (2023, Tree Physiology)
  • Drought shifts ozone deposition pathways in spruce forest from stomatal to non-stomatal flux (2025, Environmental Pollution)

Frequent co-authors in Grace's work include Otmar Urban, Stanislav Juráň, Kojo Kwakye Ofori-Amanfo, Karel Klem, and Barbora Veselá.

Best Publications

  • Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks.

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Ernst Detlef Schulze;Annett Börner;Alexander Knohl

  • Reduction of forest soil respiration in response to nitrogen deposition

    I.A. Janssens;W. Dieleman;S. Luyssaert;J.-A. Subke

  • The human footprint in the carbon cycle of temperate and boreal forests

    Federico Magnani;Maurizio Mencuccini;Marco Borghetti;Paul Berbigier

  • Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forests: evidence from long-term plots

    Oliver L. Phillips;Yadvinder Malhi;Niro Higuchi;William F. Laurance

  • CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;I. Inglima;M. Jung;A. D. Richardson

  • Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere

    John Moncrieff;J. M. Massheder;Yadvinder Malhi;Patrick Meir

  • Tropical forests and atmospheric carbon dioxide

    Yadvinder Malhi;John Grace

  • Global nitrogen deposition and carbon sinks

    Dave S. Reay;Frank Dentener;Pete Smith;John Grace

  • Productivity and carbon fluxes of tropical savannas

    John Grace;José San José;Patrick Meir;Heloisa S. Miranda

  • Impacts of climate change on the tree line.

    John Grace;Frank Berninger;Laszlo Nagy

  • Physico-chemical screening of phosphate-removing substrates for use in constructed wetland systems

    A. Drizo;C.A. Frost;J. Grace;K.A. Smith

  • Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation

    Lucy Rowland;A.C.L. da Costa;David R. Galbraith;R.S. Oliveira

  • Carbon Dioxide Uptake by an Undisturbed Tropical Rain Forest in Southwest Amazonia, 1992 to 1993

    John Grace;Jon Lloyd;John McIntyre;Antonio C. Miranda

  • Carbon dioxide transfer over a Central Amazonian rain forest

    Yadvinder Malhi;Antonio D. Nobre;John Grace;Bart Kruijt

  • Drought sensitivity of Amazonian carbon balance revealed by atmospheric measurements

    L. V. Gatti;M. Gloor;J. B. Miller;C. E. Doughty

  • Primary productivity of planet earth: biological determinants and physical constraints in terrestrial and aquatic habitats

    Richard J. Geider;Evan H. Delucia;Paul G. Falkowski;Adrien C. Finzi

  • Importance of methane and nitrous oxide for Europe's terrestrial greenhouse-gas balance

    E. D. Schulze;S. Luyssaert;S. Luyssaert;P. Ciais;A. Freibauer

  • Climate influences the leaf area/sapwood area ratio in Scots pine.

    Maurizio Mencuccini;Maurizio Mencuccini;John Grace

  • Seasonality in CO2 and H2O flux at an eastern Amazonian rain forest

    F. E. Carswell;F. E. Carswell;A. L. Costa;M. Palheta;M. Palheta;Y. Malhi

  • The response of Pinus sylvestris to drought: stomatal control of transpiration and hydraulic conductance.

    J. Irvine;M. P. Perks;F. Magnani;J. Grace

  • An international network to monitor the structure, composition and dynamics of Amazonian forests (RAINFOR)

    Y. Malhi;O.L. Phillips;J. Lloyd;T. Baker

  • The European carbon balance. Part 3: forests

    Sebsatiaan Luyssaert;Philippe Ciais;SL Piao;E-D Schulze

  • Age-related decline in stand productivity: the role of structural acclimation under hydraulic constraints

    F. Magnani;M. Mencuccini;J. Grace

  • Can we measure terrestrial photosynthesis from space directly, using spectral reflectance and fluorescence?

    J Grace;C Nichol;M Disney;P Lewis

  • Carbon sequestration and biodiversity of re-growing miombo woodlands in Mozambique

    M. Williams;C.M. Ryan;R.M. Rees;E. Sambane

  • Ecophysiological controls over the net ecosystem exchange of mountain spruce stand. Comparison of the response in direct vs. diffuse solar radiation

    Otmar Urban;Dalibor Janouš;Manuel Acosta;Radek Czerný

  • Respiration in the balance.

    John Grace;Mark Rayment

  • Seasonal variation in net carbon exchange and evapotranspiration in a Brazilian rain forest: a modelling analysis

    M. Williams;Y. Malhi;A. D. Nobre;E. B. Rastetter

  • Vegetation Effects on the Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric CO2 at Local and Regional Scales: Theoretical Aspects and a Comparison Between Rain Forest in Amazonia and a Boreal Forest in Siberia

    J Lloyd;B Kruijt;DY Hollinger;J Grace

  • Photosynthetic capacity in a central Amazonian rain forest.

    F. E. Carswell;P. Meir;E. V. Wandelli;L. C. M. Bonates

  • Biomechanical and hydraulic determinants of tree structure in Scots pine: anatomical characteristics.

    Maurizio Mencuccini;John Grace;Marco Fioravanti

  • Paired comparisons of carbon exchange between undisturbed and regenerating stands in four managed forests in Europe

    Andrew S. Kowalski;Denis Loustau;Paul Berbigier;Giovanni Manca

  • Hydraulic conductance, light interception and needle nutrient concentration in Scots pine stands and their relations with net primary productivity.

    Maurizio Mencuccini;Maurizio Mencuccini;John Grace

  • The influence of terrestrial ecosystems on climate

    Patrick Meir;Peter Cox;John Grace

  • Effect of drought on isoprene emission rates from leaves of Quercus virginiana Mill.

    E. Pegoraro;A. Rey;J. Greenberg;P. Harley

  • Vegetative propagation of Milicia excelsa by leafy stem cuttings: effects of auxin concentration, leaf area and rooting medium

    D.A. Ofori;A.C. Newton;R.R.B. Leakey;J. Grace

  • ABRASIVE DAMAGE BY WIND TO THE NEEDLE SURFACES OF PICEA-SITCHENSIS (BONG) CARR AND PINUS-SYLVESTRIS L

    P. R. van Gardingen;J. Grace;C. E. Jeffree

  • Biogeochemical cycling of carbon, water, energy, trace gases, and aerosols in Amazonia: The LBA-EUSTACH experiments : Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA)

    M. O. Andreae;P. Artaxo;C. Brandao;F. E. Carswell

  • Seasonality in CO2 and H2O flux at an eastern Amazonian rain forest : Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA)

    F. E. Carswell;A. L. Costa;M. Palheta;Y. Malhi

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Meir
Patrick Meir University of Edinburgh
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Maurizio Mencuccini
Maurizio Mencuccini Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
David S. Reay
David S. Reay University of Edinburgh
Paul G. Jarvis
Paul G. Jarvis University of Edinburgh
Yiping Zhang
Yiping Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
C. N. Hewitt
C. N. Hewitt Lancaster University
Keith Smith
Keith Smith University of Edinburgh
Marco Borghetti
Marco Borghetti University of Basilicata
John Moncrieff
John Moncrieff University of Edinburgh

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