Standout Papers

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  1. A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (2003)
    J. H. C. Cornelissen, Sandra Lavorel et al. Australian Journal of Botany
  2. The world‐wide ‘fast–slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto (2014)
    Peter B. Reich Journal of Ecology
  3. The Influence of Functional Diversity and Composition on Ecosystem Processes (1997)
    David Tilman, David A. Wedin et al. Science
  4. Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships (2005)
    Ian J. Wright, Peter B. Reich et al. New Phytologist
  5. Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta‐analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control (2011)
    Hendrik Poorter, Karl J. Niklas et al. New Phytologist
  6. From tropics to tundra: Global convergence in plant functioning (1997)
    Peter B. Reich, Michael B. Walters et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  7. Diversity and Productivity in a Long-Term Grassland Experiment (2001)
    David Tilman, Peter B. Reich et al. Science
  8. Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems (2016)
    Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Fernando T. Maestre et al. Nature Communications
  9. Global patterns of plant leaf N and P in relation to temperature and latitude (2004)
    Peter B. Reich, Jacek Oleksyn Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  10. Biodiversity and ecosystem stability in a decade-long grassland experiment (2006)
    David Tilman, Peter B. Reich et al. Nature
  11. Leaf Life‐Span in Relation to Leaf, Plant, and Stand Characteristics among Diverse Ecosystems (1992)
    Peter B. Reich, Michael B. Walters et al. Ecological Monographs
  12. High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services (2011)
    Forest Isbell, Vincent Calcagno et al. Nature
  13. GENERALITY OF LEAF TRAIT RELATIONSHIPS: A TEST ACROSS SIX BIOMES (1999)
    Peter B. Reich, David S. Ellsworth et al. Ecology
  14. The Evolution of Plant Functional Variation: Traits, Spectra, and Strategies (2003)
    Peter B. Reich, Ian J. Wright et al. International Journal of Plant Sciences
  15. Biodiversity as a barrier to ecological invasion (2002)
    Theodore A. Kennedy, Shahid Naeem et al. Nature
  16. A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility (2008)
    Jenny Ordóñez, Peter M. van Bodegom et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography
  17. Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade‐off in tropical trees (2010)
    S. Joseph Wright‬, Kaoru Kitajima et al. Ecology
  18. Nitrogen limitation constrains sustainability of ecosystem response to CO2 (2006)
    Peter B. Reich, Sarah E. Hobbie et al. Nature
  19. Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability (2009)
    Joseph M. Craine, Andrew J. Elmore et al. New Phytologist
  20. Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate (2005)
    Ian J. Wright, Peter B. Reich et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography
  21. Strategy shifts in leaf physiology, structure and nutrient content between species of high‐ and low‐rainfall and high‐ and low‐nutrient habitats (2001)
    Ian J. Wright, Peter B. Reich et al. Functional Ecology
  22. Effects of plant species richness on invasion dynamics, disease outbreaks, insect abundances and diversity (1999)
    Johannes M. H. Knops, David Tilman et al. Ecology Letters
  23. Canopy structure and vertical patterns of photosynthesis and related leaf traits in a deciduous forest (1993)
    David S. Ellsworth, Peter B. Reich Oecologia
  24. Global climatic drivers of leaf size (2017)
    Ian J. Wright, Ning Dong et al. Science
  25. Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades (2012)
    Peter B. Reich, David Tilman et al. Science
  26. Linking litter calcium, earthworms and soil properties: a common garden test with 14 tree species (2005)
    Peter B. Reich, Jacek Oleksyn et al. Ecology Letters
  27. Forest productivity increases with evenness, species richness and trait variation: a global meta‐analysis (2012)
    Yu Zhang, Han Y. H. Chen et al. Journal of Ecology
  28. Anthropogenic environmental changes affect ecosystem stability via biodiversity (2015)
    Yann Hautier, David Tilman et al. Science
  29. Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production (2018)
    Huiying Liu, Zhaorong Mi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  30. Leaf lifespan as a determinant of leaf structure and function among 23 amazonian tree species (1991)
    Peter B. Reich, Christopher Uhl et al. Oecologia
  31. Nutrient enrichment, biodiversity loss, and consequent declines in ecosystem productivity (2013)
    Forest Isbell, Peter B. Reich et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  32. Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality (2021)
    Liping Qiu, Qian Zhang et al. The ISME Journal
  33. The emergence and promise of functional biogeography (2014)
    Cyrille Violle, Peter B. Reich et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  34. Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern (2010)
    Stefan A. Schnitzer, John N. Klironomos et al. Ecology
  35. Biogeography and variability of eleven mineral elements in plant leaves across gradients of climate, soil and plant functional type in China (2011)
    Wenxuan Han, Jingyun Fang et al. Ecology Letters
  36. A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO2 (2021)
    César Terrer, Richard P. Phillips et al. Nature
  37. Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses (2019)
    Brian S. Steidinger, Thomas W. Crowther et al. Nature
  38. Biodiversity impacts ecosystem productivity as much as resources, disturbance, or herbivory (2012)
    David Tilman, Peter B. Reich et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  39. Fire frequency drives decadal changes in soil carbon and nitrogen and ecosystem productivity (2017)
    Adam F. A. Pellegrini, Anders Ahlström et al. Nature
  40. Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology (2016)
    Bill Shipley, Francesco de Bello et al. Oecologia
  41. Global Leaf Trait Relationships: Mass, Area, and the Leaf Economics Spectrum (2013)
    Jeanne L. D. Osnas, Jeremy W. Lichstein et al. Science
  42. Effects of climate warming on photosynthesis in boreal tree species depend on soil moisture (2018)
    Peter B. Reich, Kerrie M. Sendall et al. Nature
  43. Spatial complementarity in tree crowns explains overyielding in species mixtures (2017)
    Laura Williams, Alain Paquette et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution
  44. Climate change effects on plant-soil feedbacks and consequences for biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems (2019)
    Francisco I. Pugnaire, José A. Morillo et al. Science Advances
  45. It is elemental: soil nutrient stoichiometry drives bacterial diversity (2016)
    Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Peter B. Reich et al. Environmental Microbiology
  46. Species Richness and the Temporal Stability of Biomass Production: A New Analysis of Recent Biodiversity Experiments (2013)
    Kevin Gross, Bradley J. Cardinale et al. The American Naturalist
  47. Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance (2018)
    John E. Drake, Mark G. Tjoelker et al. Global Change Biology
  48. Evidence, causes, and consequences of declining nitrogen availability in terrestrial ecosystems (2022)
    Rachel Mason, Joseph M. Craine et al. Science
  49. Biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning despite environmental change (2021)
    Pubin Hong, Bernhard Schmid et al. Ecology Letters
  50. Tree diversity increases decadal forest soil carbon and nitrogen accrual (2023)
    Xinli Chen, Anthony R. Taylor et al. Nature
  51. Even modest climate change may lead to major transitions in boreal forests (2022)
    Peter B. Reich, Raimundo Bermúdez et al. Nature

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Works of Peter B. Reich being referenced

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta‐analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control
2011 Standout
Different photosynthesis-nitrogen relations in deciduous hardwood and evergreen coniferous tree species
1995
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Josep Peñuelas 31619 17184 29382 1.4k 82.5k
Peter M. Vitousek 21148 23132 18540 343 79.9k
Harold A. Mooney 28714 20417 16601 329 64.0k
David A. Wardle 13340 24743 16548 400 59.6k
Robert B. Jackson 32458 15591 16792 434 80.3k
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Pierre Legendre 14612 29093 9385 391 69.1k
Gregory P. Asner 28412 15668 8048 586 62.2k

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