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Nancy Grulke publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nancy Grulke sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 87 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Nancy Grulke D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nancy Grulke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nancy Grulke is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on global and planetary change. Their work spans several subfields, notably environmental engineering, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and plant science.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas related to forest and plant health, including plant water relations and carbon dynamics, fire effects on ecosystems, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, forest ecology and management, remote sensing in agriculture, hydrology and drought analysis, and tree-ring climate responses.

They have contributed to publications in multiple venues. The most frequent publication venues include Forest Ecology and Management, Remote Sensing, Climate, Weed Science, and Forests.

Frequent coauthors in their work are Craig Bienz, Kellie A. Uyeda, Charlie Schrader-Patton, Andrew G. Merschel, and Kate Hrinkevich.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Nancy Grulke include:

  • Quantitative and qualitative approaches to assess tree vigor and stand health in dry pine forests, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Pre-Emptive Detection of Mature Pine Drought Stress Using Multispectral Aerial Imagery, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Assessment of Ponderosa Pine Vigor Using Four-Band Aerial Imagery in South Central Oregon: Crown Objects to Landscapes, 2021, Forests
  • Plant life span and persistence of soil seedbanks predict the emergence of herbicide resistance in noxious weeds, 2022, Weed Science
  • Assessing Tree Water Balance after Forest Thinning Treatments Using Thermal and Multispectral Imaging, 2024, Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Recent change of Arctic tundra ecosystems from a net carbon dioxide sink to a source

    Walter C. Oechel;Steven J. Hastings;George Vourlitis;Mitchell Jenkins

  • Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: ecosystem services, green solutions, and misconceptions

    Diane E. Pataki;Margaret M. Carreiro;Jennifer Cherrier;Nancy E. Grulke

  • Transient nature of CO 2 fertilization in Arctic tundra

    Walter C. Oechel;Sid Cowles;Nancy Grulke;Steven J. Hastings

  • Ozone effects on plants in natural ecosystems.

    Nancy E. Grulke;R. L. Heath

  • Carbon balance in tussock tundra under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2.

    N. E. Grulke;G. H. Riechers;W. C. Oechel;U. Hjelm

  • Does living in elevated CO2 ameliorate tree response to ozone? A review on stomatal responses.

    Elena Paoletti;Nancy E. Grulke

  • Ozone exposure and stomatal sluggishness in different plant physiognomic classes.

    Elena Paoletti;Nancy E. Grulke

  • Defense and avoidance of ozone under global change.

    Michael Tausz;Nancy E. Grulke;Gerhard Wieser

  • Ozone exposure and nitrogen deposition lowers root biomass of ponderosa pine in the San Bernardino Mountains, California

    Nancy Grulke;C.P. Andersen;M.E. Fenn;P.R. Miller

  • Changes in gas exchange characteristics during the life span of giant sequoia: implications for response to current and future concentrations of atmospheric ozone

    N. E. Grulke;P. R. Miller

  • Summer-time distribution of air pollutants in Sequoia National Park, California.

    Andrzej Bytnerowicz;Michael Tausz;Rocio Alonso;Rocio Alonso;David Jones

  • Global topics and novel approaches in the study of air pollution, climate change and forest ecosystems

    Pierre Sicard;Algirdas Augustaitis;Salim Belyazid;Carlo Calfapietra

  • DO 3 SE modelling of soil moisture to determine ozone flux to forest trees

    P. Buker;T. Morrissey;A. Briolat;R. Falk

  • Deciduous conifers : High N deposition and O3 exposure effects on growth and biomass allocation in ponderosa pine

    Nancy Grulke;L. Balduman

  • Adaptation of forest ecosystems to air pollution and climate change: a global assessment on research priorities

    Y. Serengil;A. Augustaitis;Andrzej Bytnerowicz;Nancy Grulke

  • Changes in physiological attributes of ponderosa pine from seedling to mature tree

    Nancy E. Grulke;William A. Retzlaff

  • Stomata open at night in pole-sized and mature ponderosa pine: implications for O3 exposure metrics

    Nancy Grulke;R. Alonso;T. Nguyen;C. Cascio

  • Impacts of air pollution and climate change on forest ecosystems--emerging research needs.

    Elena Paoletti;Andrzej Bytnerowicz;Chris Andersen;Algirdas Augustaitis

  • Physiological Responses of Ponderosa Pine to Gradients of Environmental Stressors

    N. E. Grulke

  • Comparison of calculated and measured foliar O3 flux in crop and forest species

    Nancy Grulke;E. Paoletti;R.L. Heath

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena Paoletti
Elena Paoletti National Research Council (CNR)
Andrzej Bytnerowicz
Andrzej Bytnerowicz US Forest Service
Michael Tausz
Michael Tausz University of Melbourne
Rainer Matyssek
Rainer Matyssek Technical University of Munich
Mark E. Fenn
Mark E. Fenn US Forest Service
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
Gerhard Wieser
Gerhard Wieser University of Innsbruck
Haiganoush K. Preisler
Haiganoush K. Preisler US Forest Service
Marcus Schaub
Marcus Schaub Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
John S. King
John S. King North Carolina State University

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