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Loretta C. Johnson is affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist has contributed notably to topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant and Animal Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Reciprocal transplant gardens as gold standard to detect local adaptation in grassland species: New opportunities moving into the 21st century (2021, Journal of Ecology)
  • Adaptive genetic potential and plasticity of trait variation in the foundation prairie grass Andropogon gerardii across the US Great Plains' climate gradient: Implications for climate change and restoration (2020, Evolutionary Applications)
  • Bacterial but Not Fungal Rhizosphere Community Composition Differ among Perennial Grass Ecotypes under Abiotic Environmental Stress (2022, Microbiology Spectrum)
  • Pseudomonas cultivated from Andropogon gerardii rhizosphere show functional potential for promoting plant host growth and drought resilience (2022, BMC Genomics)
  • The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains (2023, Applied Vegetation Science)

Loretta C. Johnson frequently collaborates with several researchers including Matthew Galliart, Sara G. Baer, Ari Jumpponen, Sonny T. M. Lee, and Soumyadev Sarkar.

Their work has been published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Evolutionary Applications

Best Publications

  • The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie

    Alan K. Knapp;John M. Blair;John M. Briggs;Scott L. Collins

  • Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra

    Robert B. McKane;Loretta C. Johnson;Gaius R. Shaver;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie Bison increase habitat heterogeneity and alter a broad array of plant, community, and ecosystem processes

    A. K. Knapp;J. M. Blair;J. M. Briggs;S. L. Collins;S. L. Collins

  • Nitrogen limitation in dryland ecosystems: Responses to geographical and temporal variation in precipitation

    David U. Hooper;Loretta Johnson

  • FIRE AND GRAZING REGULATE BELOWGROUND PROCESSES IN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE

    Loretta C. Johnson;John R. Matchett

  • Assessing the rate, mechanisms, and consequences of the conversion of tallgrass prairie to Juniperus virginiana forest

    John M. Briggs;Greg A. Hoch;Loretta C. Johnson

  • Species-controlled Sphagnum decay on a South Swedish raised bog

    Loretta C. Johnson;Antoni W. H. Damman

  • 15N natural abundances and N use by tundra plants.

    K. Nadelhoffer;G. Shaver;B. Fry;A. Giblin

  • BIOMASS AND CO2 FLUX IN WET SEDGE TUNDRAS: RESPONSES TO NUTRIENTS, TEMPERATURE, AND LIGHT

    G. R. Shaver;L. C. Johnson;D. H. Cades;G. Murray

  • ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON A GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG LEAF AND ROOT TRAITS OF GRASSES

    Joseph M. Craine;William G. Lee;William J. Bond;Richard J. Williams

  • PREDICTING GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS

    Mathew Williams;Edward B. Rastetter;David N. Fernandes;Michael L. Goulden

  • Ecological genomics: understanding gene and genome function in the natural environment.

    M C Ungerer;L C Johnson;M A Herman

  • VEGETATION-MEDIATED CHANGES IN MICROCLIMATE REDUCE SOIL RESPIRATION AS WOODLANDS EXPAND INTO GRASSLANDS

    Dixie L. Smith;Loretta Johnson

  • PLANT CARBON–NUTRIENT INTERACTIONS CONTROL CO2 EXCHANGE IN ALASKAN WET SEDGE TUNDRA ECOSYSTEMS

    Loretta C. Johnson;Gaius R. Shaver;Deb H. Cades;Edward Rastetter

  • Effects of drainage and temperature on carbon balance of tussock tundra micrososms.

    L. C. Johnson;G. R. Shaver;A. E. Giblin;K. J. Nadelhoffer

  • Assessing changes in biomass, productivity, and C and N stores following Juniperus virginiana forest expansion into tallgrass prairie

    Mark D. Norris;John M. Blair;Loretta C. Johnson;Robert B. McKane

  • Nitrogen enrichment causes minimal changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization but shifts community composition—evidence from rDNA data

    Ari Jumpponen;Justin Trowbridge;Keerthi Mandyam;Loretta Johnson

  • Sphagnum macrostructure as an indicator of decay and compaction in peat cores from an ombrotrophic South Swedish peat-bog

    Loretta C. Johnson;Antoni W. H. Damman;Nils Malmer

  • Nitrogen limitation in dryland ecosystems: Responses to geographical and temporal variation in precipitation

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  • Pulse-labeling studies of carbon cycling in Arctic tundra ecosystems: The contribution of photosynthates to methane emission

    J. Y. King;J. Y. King;W. S. Reeburgh;K. K. Thieler;G. W. Kling

  • Microarray challenges in ecology

    Jan E. Kammenga;Michael A. Herman;N. Joop Ouborg;Loretta Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sara G. Baer
Sara G. Baer University of Kansas
Knute J. Nadelhoffer
Knute J. Nadelhoffer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Donghai Wang
Donghai Wang Kansas State University
David J. Gibson
David J. Gibson Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Anne E. Giblin
Anne E. Giblin Marine Biological Laboratory
Zhijian Pei
Zhijian Pei Texas A&M University
John M. Blair
John M. Blair Kansas State University
Gaius R. Shaver
Gaius R. Shaver Marine Biological Laboratory
Ari Jumpponen
Ari Jumpponen Kansas State University
Edward B. Rastetter
Edward B. Rastetter Marine Biological Laboratory

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