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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
56
Citations
13592
World Ranking
1508
National Ranking
119

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Botany

His primary areas of investigation include Ecology, Primary production, Botany, Photosynthesis and Climate change. His Nutrient cycle, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere and Wood production study in the realm of Ecology connects with subjects such as Maximization and Entropy production. His Primary production study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Pinus radiata.

His Respiration, Canopy and Leaf area index study, which is part of a larger body of work in Botany, is frequently linked to Projection, bridging the gap between disciplines. His work carried out in the field of Photosynthesis brings together such families of science as Productivity, Seasonality, Soil nutrients and Young forest. His Climate change study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Deciduous, Liquidambar styraciflua, Ecosystem, FluxNet and Stand development.

His most cited work include:

  • Progressive Nitrogen Limitation of Ecosystem Responses to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (956 citations)
  • Does conversion of forest to agricultural land change soil carbon and nitrogen? a review of the literature (683 citations)
  • CO2 enhancement of forest productivity constrained by limited nitrogen availability (629 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Ecology, Botany, Agronomy, Photosynthesis and Primary production are his primary areas of study. His study in Botany is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Biophysics and Animal science. His research in Agronomy intersects with topics in Soil water, Nutrient and Water content.

The Photosynthesis study combines topics in areas such as Canopy, Acclimatization, Carbon dioxide and Boreal. His Primary production research incorporates themes from Productivity, Picea abies and Terrestrial ecosystem. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Carbon sequestration, Root system and Pinus radiata.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Ecology (33.33%)
  • Botany (29.49%)
  • Agronomy (32.05%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2007-2018)?

  • Botany (29.49%)
  • Photosynthesis (26.92%)
  • Agronomy (32.05%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Photosynthesis, Agronomy, Eucalyptus saligna and Deciduous. His work deals with themes such as Canopy and Leaf area index, which intersect with Photosynthesis. His work is dedicated to discovering how Agronomy, Carbon sequestration are connected with Woody plant and Evergreen and other disciplines.

The various areas that Ross E. McMurtrie examines in his Deciduous study include Liquidambar styraciflua and Ecosystem. The concepts of his Liquidambar styraciflua study are interwoven with issues in Primary production and Soil water. His research investigates the connection with Primary production and areas like Climate change which intersect with concerns in Cycling.

Between 2007 and 2018, his most popular works were:

  • CO2 enhancement of forest productivity constrained by limited nitrogen availability (629 citations)
  • Modeling carbon allocation in trees: a search for principles. (175 citations)
  • Why is plant-growth response to elevated CO2 amplified when water is limiting, but reduced when nitrogen is limiting? A growth-optimisation hypothesis (113 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Botany

Ross E. McMurtrie focuses on Deciduous, Ecology, Climate change, Liquidambar styraciflua and Ecosystem. His research integrates issues of Photosynthesis and Agronomy in his study of Deciduous. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Ecophysiology, Carbon dioxide and Stomatal conductance.

Ross E. McMurtrie is involved in the study of Ecology that focuses on Vegetation in particular. He interconnects Primary production, FluxNet, Stand development and Cycling in the investigation of issues within Climate change. He works mostly in the field of Liquidambar styraciflua, limiting it down to concerns involving Biomass and, occasionally, Evergreen and Soil water.

Best Publications

  • Progressive Nitrogen Limitation of Ecosystem Responses to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    Yiqi Luo;Bo Su;William S. Currie;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • Does conversion of forest to agricultural land change soil carbon and nitrogen? a review of the literature

    Danuse Murty;Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Ross E. Mcmurtrie;Heather Mcgilvray

  • CO2 enhancement of forest productivity constrained by limited nitrogen availability

    Richard J Norby;Jeffrey M Warren;Colleen M Iversen;Belinda E Medlyn

  • Aboveground net primary production decline with stand age: potential causes

    Stith T. Gower;Ross E. McMurtrie;Danuse Murty

  • Foliage, fine-root, woody-tissue and stand respiration in Pinus radiata in relation to nitrogen status.

    Michael G. Ryan;Robert M. Hubbard;Silvia Pongracic;R. J. Raison

  • The response of heterotrophic CO2 flux to soil warming

    Peter E. Eliasson;Ross E. McMurtrie;David A. Pepper;Monika Strömgren

  • Long-Term Response of Nutrient-Limited Forests to CO"2 Enrichment; Equilibrium Behavior of Plant-Soil Models.

    H. N. Comins;R. E. McMurtrie

  • Estimation of leaf area index in eucalypt forest using digital photography

    Craig Macfarlane;Megan Hoffman;Derek Eamus;Naomi Kerp

  • Modelling the yield of Pinus radiata on a site limited by water and nitrogen

    R.E. McMurtrie;D.A. Rook;F.M. Kelliher

  • Modeling carbon allocation in trees: a search for principles

    Oskar Franklin;Jacob Johansson;Jacob Johansson;Roderick C. Dewar;Ulf Dieckmann

  • Mathematical models of the photosynthetic response of tree stands to rising CO2 concentrations and temperatures

    R. E. McMURTRIE;Y.-P. Wang

  • State‐of‐the‐Art of Models of Production‐Decomposition Linkages in Conifer and Grassland Ecosystems

    Goran I. Agren;Ross E. McMurtrie;William J. Parton;John Pastor

  • Acclimation of the respiration/photosynthesis ratio to temperature: insights from a model

    Roderick C. Dewar;Belinda E. Medlyn;Ross. E. Mcmurtrie

  • Gene frequency clines in the presence of selection opposed by gene flow

    Robert M. May;John A. Endler;Ross E. McMurtrie

  • Climatic factors controlling the productivity of Norway spruce : A model-based analysis

    Johan Bergh;Ross E McMurtrie;Sune Linder

  • On the validation of models of forest CO2 exchange using eddy covariance data: some perils and pitfalls.

    Belinda E. Medlyn;Andrew P. Robinson;Robert Clement;Ross E. McMurtrie

  • A mechanistic analysis of light and carbon use efficiencies

    R. C. Dewar;B. E. Medlyn;R. E. McMurtrie

  • Why is plant-growth response to elevated CO2 amplified when water is limiting, but reduced when nitrogen is limiting? A growth-optimisation hypothesis

    Ross E. McMurtrie;Richard J. Norby;Belinda E. Medlyn;Roderick C. Dewar

  • Climatic factors controlling the productivity of pine stands: a model-based analysis

    Ross E. McMurtrie;Henry L. Gholz;Sune Linder;Stith T. Gower

  • A model of canopy photosynthesis and water use incorporating a mechanistic formulation of leaf CO2 exchange

    R.E. McMurtrie;R.E. McMurtrie;R. Leuning;W.A. Thompson;A.M. Wheeler

  • Whole-tree chambers for elevated atmospheric CO2 experimentation and tree scale flux measurements in south-eastern Australia: the Hawkesbury Forest Experiment.

    Craig V. M Barton;David S Ellsworth;Belinda E Medlyn;Remko A Duursma

  • Above- and Below-ground Growth of Forest Stands: a Carbon Budget Model

    R. Mcmurtrie;L. Wolf

Frequent Co-Authors

Belinda E. Medlyn
Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University
Sune Linder
Sune Linder Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Richard J. Norby
Richard J. Norby University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Derek Eamus
Derek Eamus University of Technology Sydney
David T. Tissue
David T. Tissue Western Sydney University
David S. Ellsworth
David S. Ellsworth Western Sydney University
Colleen M. Iversen
Colleen M. Iversen Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Remko A. Duursma
Remko A. Duursma Western Sydney University
Craig V. M. Barton
Craig V. M. Barton Western Sydney University
Miko U. F. Kirschbaum
Miko U. F. Kirschbaum Landcare Research

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