Kurt S. Pregitzer

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

  M. Luke McCormack;Ian A. Dickie;David M. Eissenstat;Timothy J. Fahey

  1418
  Citations

• FINE ROOT ARCHITECTURE OF NINE NORTH AMERICAN TREES

  Kurt S. Pregitzer;Jared L. DeForest;Andrew J. Burton;Michael F. Allen

  1328
  Citations

• Forest response to elevated CO2 is conserved across a broad range of productivity.

  Richard J. Norby;Evan H. DeLucia;Birgit Gielen;Carlo Calfapietra

  1201
  Citations

• Carbon cycling and storage in world forests: biome patterns related to forest age.

  Kurt S. Pregitzer;Eugénie S. Euskirchen

  1192
  Citations

• Compositional and functional shifts in microbial communities due to soil warming

  Gregory P. Zogg;Donald R. Zak;David B. Ringelberg;David C. White

  1008
  Citations

• Elevated atmospheric CO2 and feedback between carbon and nitrogen cycles

  Donald R. Zak;Kurt S. Pregitzer;Peter S. Curtis;James A. Teeri

  863
  Citations

• Responses of tree fine roots to temperature

  Kurt S. Pregitzer;John S. King;Andrew J. Burton;Shannon E. Brown

  723
  Citations

• Elevated atmospheric CO2, fine roots and the response of soil microorganisms: a review and hypothesis

  Donald R. Zak;Kurt S. Pregitzer;John S. King;William E. Holmes

  652
  Citations

• THE DEMOGRAPHY OF FINE ROOTS IN A NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST

  Ronald L. Hendrick;Kurt S. Pregitzer

  579
  Citations

• The dynamics of fine root length, biomass, and nitrogen content in two northern hardwood ecosystems

  Ronald L. Hendrick;Kurt S. Pregitzer

  549
  Citations

• Simulated chronic nitrogen deposition increases carbon storage in Northern Temperate forests

  Kurt S. Pregitzer;Andrew J. Burton;Donald R. Zak;Alan F. Talhelm

  539
  Citations

• Variation in sugar maple root respiration with root diameter and soil depth

  Kurt S. Pregitzer;Michele J. Laskowski;Andrew J. Burton;Veronica C. Lessard

  538
  Citations

• Scaling of respiration to nitrogen in leaves, stems and roots of higher land plants

  Peter Bernard Reich;Mark G Tjoelker;Kurt S Pregitzer;Ian J Wright

  533
  Citations

• Relationships between fine root dynamics and nitrogen availability in Michigan northern hardwood forests.

  A. J. Burton;K. S. Pregitzer;R. L. Hendrick

  507
  Citations

• The demography of fine roots in response to patches of water and nitrogen

  Kurt S. Pregitzer;Ronald L. Hendrick;Robert Fogel

  471
  Citations

• Atmospheric Nitrate Deposition, Microbial Community Composition, and Enzyme Activity in Northern Hardwood Forests

  Jared L. DeForest;Donald R. Zak;Kurt S. Pregitzer;Andrew J. Burton

  448
  Citations

• Forest carbon management in the United States: 1600-2100

  Richard A. Birdsey;Kurt Pregitzer;Alan Lucier

  434
  Citations

• Patterns of fine root mortality in two sugar maple forests

  Ronald L. Hendrick;Kurt S. Pregitzer

  416
  Citations

• Atmospheric CO2, soil nitrogen and turnover of fine roots

  Kurt S. Pregitzer;Donald R. Zak;Peter S. Curtis;Mark E. Kubiske

  410
  Citations

• THE VERNAL DAM: PLANT-MICROBE COMPETITION FOR NITROGEN IN NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS'

  Donald R. Zak;Peter M. Groffman;Kurt S. Pregitzer;Soren Christensen

  394
  Citations