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Kurt S. Pregitzer
Researcher at University of Idaho
Publications - 239
Citations - 25627
Kurt S. Pregitzer is an academic researcher from University of Idaho. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soil respiration & Plant litter. The author has an hindex of 84, co-authored 239 publications receiving 24033 citations. Previous affiliations of Kurt S. Pregitzer include International Paper & University of Georgia.
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Forest response to elevated CO2 is conserved across a broad range of productivity.
Richard J. Norby,Evan H. DeLucia,Birgit Gielen,Carlo Calfapietra,Christian P. Giardina,John S. King,Joanne Ledford,Heather R. McCarthy,David J. P. Moore,Reinhart Ceulemans,Paolo De Angelis,Adrien C. Finzi,David F. Karnosky,Mark E. Kubiske,Martin Lukac,Kurt S. Pregitzer,Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza,William H. Schlesinger,Ram Oren +18 more
TL;DR: The surprising consistency of response across diverse sites provides a benchmark to evaluate predictions of ecosystem and global models and allows us to focus on unresolved questions about carbon partitioning and retention, and spatial variation in NPP response caused by availability of other growth limiting resources.
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Carbon cycling and storage in world forests: biome patterns related to forest age.
TL;DR: In this paper, a synthesis of the distribution of carbon (C) pools and fluxes in different forested ecosystems by age class for tropical, temperate, and boreal forest biomes is presented.
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Fine root architecture of nine north american trees
Kurt S. Pregitzer,Jared L. DeForest,Andrew J. Burton,Michael F. Allen,Roger W. Ruess,Ronald L. Hendrick +5 more
TL;DR: These findings run contrary to the common idea that all roots of a given size class function the same way and that a common size class for fine roots works well for all species.
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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,Christopher W. Fernandez,Dali Guo,Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari,Erik A. Hobbie,Colleen M. Iversen,Robert B. Jackson,Jaana Leppälammi-Kujansuu,Richard J. Norby,Richard P. Phillips,Kurt S. Pregitzer,Seth G. Pritchard,Boris Rewald,Marcin Zadworny +16 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated how order-based and functional classification frameworks improve the understanding of dynamic root processes in ecosystems dominated by perennial plants.
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Compositional and functional shifts in microbial communities due to soil warming
Gregory P. Zogg,Donald R. Zak,David B. Ringelberg,David C. White,Neil W. MacDonald,Kurt S. Pregitzer +5 more
TL;DR: Substrate pools for microbial respiration and the abundance of PLFA and LPS-OHFA biomarkers for Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria differed significantly among temperature treatments, providing evidence for a shift in the function and composition of microbial communities related to soil warming.