Standout Papers

Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecos... 2002 2026 2010 2018 959
  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 INVASION PARADOX: RECONCILING PATTERN AND PROCESS IN SPECIES INVASIONS (2007)
    Jason D. Fridley, John J. Stachowicz et al. Ecology
  5. Assessing the Response of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Potential Changes in Precipitation (2003)
    Jake F. Weltzin, Michael E. Loik et al. BioScience
  6. Dominant species maintain ecosystem function with non‐random species loss (2003)
    Melinda D. Smith, Alan K. Knapp Ecology Letters
  7. An ecological perspective on extreme climatic events: a synthetic definition and framework to guide future research (2011)
    Melinda D. Smith Journal of Ecology
  8. Resistance and resilience of a grassland ecosystem to climate extremes (2014)
    David L. Hoover, Alan K. Knapp et al. Ecology
  9. Reconciling inconsistencies in precipitation–productivity relationships: implications for climate change (2016)
    Alan K. Knapp, Philippe Ciais et al. New Phytologist
  10. 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

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Melinda D. Smith 8102 8147 6231 194 17.0k
William K. Lauenroth 9604 8983 9146 238 19.7k
Ariel E. Lugo 7477 7168 6805 160 16.6k
Katharine N. Suding 9207 4854 6252 189 16.0k
Scott L. Collins 12470 9359 10679 311 23.2k
David A. Coomes 11283 8374 5731 239 18.7k
Juli G. Pausas 12806 13511 6472 233 21.9k
Johannes M. H. Knops 8563 4281 7461 156 17.7k
Oliver L. Phillips 11161 10854 6323 213 23.2k
Andy Hector 13431 7798 8633 103 24.6k
Robin L. Chazdon 12750 10978 6983 218 24.2k

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