Standout Papers

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  1. Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems (2008)
    Alan K. Knapp, Claus Beier et al. BioScience
  2. Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency (2004)
    Travis E. Huxman, Melinda D. Smith et al. Nature
  3. Rainfall Variability, Carbon Cycling, and Plant Species Diversity in a Mesic Grassland (2002)
    Alan K. Knapp, Philip A. Fay et al. Science
  4. The Importance of Land-Use Legacies to Ecology and Conservation (2003)
    David R. Foster, Frederick J. Swanson et al. BioScience
  5. Modulation of Diversity by Grazing and Mowing in Native Tallgrass Prairie (1998)
    Scott L. Collins, Alan K. Knapp et al. Science
  6. Assessing the Response of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Potential Changes in Precipitation (2003)
    Jake F. Weltzin, Michael E. Loik et al. BioScience
  7. Leaf optical properties in higher plants: linking spectral characteristics to stress and chlorophyll concentration (2001)
    Gregory A. Carter, Alan K. Knapp American Journal of Botany
  8. The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie (1999)
    Alan K. Knapp, John M. Blair et al. BioScience
  9. Dominant species maintain ecosystem function with non‐random species loss (2003)
    Melinda D. Smith, Alan K. Knapp Ecology Letters
  10. Detritus Accumulation Limits Productivity of Tallgrass Prairie (1986)
    Alan K. Knapp, Timothy R. Seastedt BioScience
  11. An Ecosystem in Transition: Causes and Consequences of the Conversion of Mesic Grassland to Shrubland (2005)
    John M. Briggs, Alan K. Knapp et al. BioScience
  12. Resistance and resilience of a grassland ecosystem to climate extremes (2014)
    David L. Hoover, Alan K. Knapp et al. Ecology
  13. Reconciling inconsistencies in precipitation–productivity relationships: implications for climate change (2016)
    Alan K. Knapp, Philippe Ciais et al. New Phytologist
  14. Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents (2018)
    Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso, Scott L. Collins et al. Global Change Biology
  15. Dominant role of soil moisture in mediating carbon and water fluxes in dryland ecosystems (2024)
    Steven A. Kannenberg, William R. L. Anderegg et al. Nature Geoscience
  16. Plant responses to changing rainfall frequency and intensity (2024)
    Andrew F. Feldman, Xue Feng et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

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The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alan K. Knapp 15096 11986 11086 297 28.0k
Osvaldo E. Sala 14875 14945 13966 195 34.2k
Scott L. Collins 9359 12470 10679 311 23.2k
Nina Buchmann 15051 9299 7831 339 28.5k
Yadvinder Malhi 19601 11427 9362 408 31.7k
William K. Lauenroth 8983 9604 9146 238 19.7k
Fernando T. Maestre 8300 11244 9550 323 29.7k
William J. Bond 16962 19169 11439 330 32.0k
Sarah E. Hobbie 7999 8558 11868 239 29.7k
Melinda D. Smith 8147 8102 6231 194 17.0k
James B. Grace 7686 12914 13600 197 27.5k

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