Most cited papers in Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
What are the most cited papers in Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies?
The most cited paper in Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies is "ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes ‐ application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts" (Monique Gardes, Thomas D. Bruns, 1993), with 10,561 citations. Next come "SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES AND INDICATOR SPECIES:THE NEED FOR A FLEXIBLE ASYMMETRICAL APPROACH" (7,453) and "Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems" (4,812).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 691 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes ‐ application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts Monique Gardes, Thomas D. Bruns · Molecular Ecology | Apr 1993 | 10,561 |
| 2 | SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES AND INDICATOR SPECIES:THE NEED FOR A FLEXIBLE ASYMMETRICAL APPROACH Marc Dufrêne, Pierre Legendre · Ecological Monographs | Aug 1997 | 7,453 |
| 3 | Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems Nick M. Haddad et al. · Science Advances | 6 Mar 2015 | 4,812 |
| 4 | FUNGuild: An open annotation tool for parsing fungal community datasets by ecological guild Nhu Nguyen, Zewei Song, Scott Thomas Bates et al. · Fungal ecology | 22 Jul 2015 | 4,678 |
| 5 | Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Richard D. Bardgett, Wim H. van der Putten · Nature | Nov 2014 | 4,064 |
| 6 | Partitioning the turnover and nestedness components of beta diversity Andrés Baselga · Global Ecology and Biogeography | Oct 2009 | 4,034 |
| 7 | Global diversity and geography of soil fungi Leho Tedersoo et al. · Science | 28 Nov 2014 | 3,776 |
| 8 | Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, John N. Klironomos, Margot Ursic et al. · Nature | Nov 1998 | 3,587 |
| 9 | Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum Jérôme Chave, David A. Coomes, Steven Jansen et al. · Ecology Letters | 20 Feb 2009 | 3,277 |
| 10 | Post-glacial re-colonization of European biota Godfrey M. Hewitt · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | Sep 1999 | 2,876 |
| 11 | Biotic homogenization: a few winners replacing many losers in the next mass extinction Michael L. McKinney, Julie L. Lockwood · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | Nov 1999 | 2,732 |
| 12 | Classifying drivers of global forest loss Philip G. Curtis, Christy M. Slay, Nancy L. Harris et al. · Science | 13 Sep 2018 | 2,373 |
| 13 | Mycorrhizal ecology and evolution: the past, the present, and the future Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Francis M Martin, Marc‐André Selosse et al. · New Phytologist | 2 Feb 2015 | 2,244 |
| 14 | Water relations, drought and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis Robert M. Augé · Mycorrhiza | 28 May 2001 | 2,222 |
| 15 | Phylogenetic distribution and evolution of mycorrhizas in land plants B. Wang, Yin Long Qiu · Mycorrhiza | 5 May 2006 | 1,944 |
| 16 | Loss of foundation species: consequences for the structure and dynamics of forested ecosystems Aaron M. Ellison, Michael S. Bank, Barton D. Clinton et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | Nov 2005 | 1,863 |
| 17 | Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using Douglas-fir forests as an example Jerry F. Franklin, Thomas A. Spies, Robert Van Pelt et al. · Forest Ecology and Management | 2002 | 1,798 |
| 18 | Mycorrhizas and soil structure Matthias C. Rillig, Daniel L. Mummey · New Phytologist | 31 May 2006 | 1,764 |
| 19 | Biodiversity and Litter Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems Stephan Hättenschwiler, Alexei V. Tiunov, Stefan Scheu · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics | 12 Aug 2005 | 1,678 |
| 20 | Mycorrhizas and nutrient cycling in ecosystems – a journey towards relevance? D. J. Read, Jesús Pérez‐Moreno · New Phytologist | Mar 2003 | 1,628 |
| 21 | Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest Karina E. Clemmensen, Adam Bahr, Otso Ovaskainen et al. · Science | 28 Mar 2013 | 1,577 |
| 22 | Predicting forest stand characteristics with airborne scanning laser using a practical two-stage procedure and field data Erik Næsset · Remote Sensing of Environment | Apr 2002 | 1,446 |
| 23 | Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution | 3 Feb 2020 | 1,442 |
| 24 | Edge Influence on Forest Structure and Composition in Fragmented Landscapes Karen A. Harper, S. Ellen Macdonald, Philip J. Burton et al. · Conservation Biology | Jun 2005 | 1,407 |
| 25 | A survey of soils for aggregate stability and glomalin, a glycoprotein produced by hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Sewall Wright, A. Upadhyaya · Plant and Soil | 1998 | 1,377 |
| 26 | Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Luc Barbaro, Bastien Castagneyrol et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation | 4 Nov 2017 | 1,256 |
| 27 | Plantation forests and biodiversity: oxymoron or opportunity? Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Hervé Jactel, John A. Parrotta et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation | 8 Apr 2008 | 1,240 |
| 28 | Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests William Frederick Laurance, Miriam Goosem, Susan G. W. Laurance · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 11 Sep 2009 | 1,236 |
| 29 | Boreal forest health and global change Sylvie Gauthier, Pierre Y. Bernier, Timo Kuuluvainen et al. · Science | 20 Aug 2015 | 1,235 |
| 30 | The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems James E. M. Watson et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution | 24 Feb 2018 | 1,209 |
| 31 | The mycorrhizal‐associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon–nutrient couplings in temperate forests Richard P. Phillips, Edward Brzostek, Meghan G. Midgley · New Phytologist | 17 Apr 2013 | 1,189 |
| 32 | An arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus accelerates decomposition and acquires nitrogen directly from organic material Angela Hodge, Colin D. Campbell, ALASTAIR H. FITTER · Nature | Sep 2001 | 1,150 |
| 33 | Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage Colin Averill, Benjamin L. Turner, Adrien C. Finzi · Nature | 2014 | 1,133 |
| 34 | LiDAR remote sensing of forest structure Kevin S. Lim, Paul Treitz, Michael A. Wulder et al. · Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment | 19 Feb 2003 | 1,109 |
| 35 | TURBOVEG, a comprehensive data base management system for vegetation data S.M. Hennekens, J.H.J. Schaminée · Journal of Vegetation Science | 24 Feb 2001 | 1,092 |
| 36 | Ploughing up the wood-wide web? Thorunn Helgason, Tim J. Daniell, Rebecca Husband et al. · Nature | 30 Jul 1998 | 1,081 |
| 37 | Soil biota, ecosystem services and land productivity Edmundo Barrios · Ecological Economics | May 2007 | 1,077 |
| 38 | Arbuscular mycorrhizae, glomalin, and soil aggregation Matthias C. Rillig · Canadian Journal of Soil Science | Nov 2004 | 1,055 |
| 39 | Net transfer of carbon between ectomycorrhizal tree species in the field Suzanne W. Simard, David A. Perry, Melanie D. Jones et al. · Nature | 7 Aug 1997 | 1,052 |
| 40 | The forgotten stage of forest succession: early‐successional ecosystems on forest sites Mark E. Swanson, Jerry F. Franklin, Robert L. Beschta et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 2 Mar 2010 | 1,016 |
| 41 | Litter decomposition and organic matter turnover in northern forest soils Björn Berg · Forest Ecology and Management | Aug 2000 | 1,012 |
| 42 | Spatial separation of litter decomposition and mycorrhizal nitrogen uptake in a boreal forest Björn D. Lindahl, Katarina Ihrmark, Johanna B. Boberg et al. · New Phytologist | 15 Nov 2006 | 984 |
| 43 | Microbial necromass as the source of soil organic carbon in global ecosystems Baorong Wang, Shaoshan An, Chao Chu Liang et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 13 Sep 2021 | 982 |
| 44 | Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonising arable crops Tim J. Daniell, Rebecca Husband, ALASTAIR H. FITTER et al. · FEMS Microbiology Ecology | Jul 2001 | 981 |
| 45 | Indicators of Biodiversity for Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management David B. Lindenmayer, Chris R. Margules, Daniel B. Botkin · Conservation Biology | 15 Aug 2000 | 976 |
| 46 | Biodiversity Differences between Managed and Unmanaged Forests: Meta‐Analysis of Species Richness in Europe Yoan Paillet et al. · Conservation Biology | 15 Jan 2010 | 973 |
| 47 | Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses Elly Morriën et al. · Nature Communications | 8 Feb 2017 | 960 |
| 48 | Stoichiometric imbalances between terrestrial decomposer communities and their resources: mechanisms and implications of microbial adaptations to their resources Maria Mooshammer, Wolfgang Wanek, Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology | 2014 | 952 |
| 49 | Agroecology: the key role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in ecosystem services Silvio Gianinazzi, Armelle Gollotte, Marie-Noëlle Binet et al. · Mycorrhiza | 9 Aug 2010 | 942 |
| 50 | External hyphae of vesicular‐arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with Trifolium subterraneum L. Iver Jakobsen, Lynette K. Abbott, A. D. Robson · New Phytologist | Mar 1992 | 927 |
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