Standout Papers

Global Consequences of Land Use 2001 2026 2009 2017 9.0k
  1. Global Consequences of Land Use (2005)
    Jonathan A. Foley, Ruth DeFries et al. Science
  2. Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems (2001)
    Marten Scheffer, Stephen R. Carpenter et al. Nature
  3. Yield Trends Are Insufficient to Double Global Crop Production by 2050 (2013)
    D. K. Ray, Nathaniel D. Mueller et al. PLoS ONE
  4. Impact of regional climate change on human health (2005)
    Jonathan A. Patz, Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum et al. Nature
  5. Closing yield gaps through nutrient and water management (2012)
    Nathaniel D. Mueller, James Gerber et al. Nature
  6. Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to CO2 and climate change: results from six dynamic global vegetation models (2001)
    Wolfgang Crämer, Alberte Bondeau et al. Global Change Biology
  7. Estimating historical changes in global land cover: Croplands from 1700 to 1992 (1999)
    Navin Ramankutty, Jonathan A. Foley Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  8. Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture (2012)
    Verena Seufert, Navin Ramankutty et al. Nature
  9. Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000 (2008)
    Navin Ramankutty, Amato T. Evan et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  10. Farming the planet: 2. Geographic distribution of crop areas, yields, physiological types, and net primary production in the year 2000 (2008)
    Chad Monfreda, Navin Ramankutty et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  11. Tropical forests were the primary sources of new agricultural land in the 1980s and 1990s (2010)
    Holly K. Gibbs, Frédéric Achard et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  12. Beneficial Biofuels—The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma (2009)
    David Tilman, Robert H. Socolow et al. Science
  13. Monitoring and estimating tropical forest carbon stocks: making REDD a reality (2007)
    Holly Gibbs, Sandra Brown et al. Environmental Research Letters
  14. Recent patterns of crop yield growth and stagnation (2012)
    D. K. Ray, Navin Ramankutty et al. Nature Communications
  15. An integrated biosphere model of land surface processes, terrestrial carbon balance, and vegetation dynamics (1996)
    Jonathan A. Foley, I. Colin Prentice et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  16. Crop planting dates: an analysis of global patterns (2010)
    William J. Sacks, Delphine Deryng et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography
  17. Ecological Forecasts: An Emerging Imperative (2001)
    James S. Clark, S. R. Carpenter et al. Science
  18. Land-use choices: balancing human needs and ecosystem function (2004)
    Ruth DeFries, Jonathan A. Foley et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  19. Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO2, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models (2001)
    A. D. McGuire, Stephen Sitch et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  20. Testing the performance of a dynamic global ecosystem model: Water balance, carbon balance, and vegetation structure (2000)
    Christopher J. Kucharik, Jonathan A. Foley et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  21. Geographic distribution of major crops across the world (2004)
    Navin Ramankutty, Jonathan A. Foley et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  22. Mind the gap: how do climate and agricultural management explain the ‘yield gap’ of croplands around the world? (2010)
    Rachel Licker, Matt Johnston et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography
  23. Redefining agricultural yields: from tonnes to people nourished per hectare (2013)
    E. S. Cassidy, Paul West et al. Environmental Research Letters

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Jonathan A. Foley 23386 6069 12939 7881 130 47.5k
Navin Ramankutty 23412 6043 13507 9454 153 47.3k
Pamela A. Matson 12028 3253 11182 7755 209 37.9k
William H. Schlesinger 15046 6500 14733 8356 246 42.2k
Jerry M. Melillo 20279 8297 18013 7697 287 49.0k
Eric A. Davidson 16366 6109 13758 6455 267 44.2k
Christopher B. Field 37581 13026 21370 16436 334 74.2k
Gordon B. Bonan 26713 13574 9265 4291 176 39.3k
Osvaldo E. Sala 14875 3486 13966 5827 195 34.2k
Ruth DeFries 28779 7771 15944 2788 233 44.9k
Harold A. Mooney 28714 6195 20517 16601 329 64.0k

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