Standout Papers

Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems 1992 2026 2003 2014 6.3k
  1. Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems (1997)
    Peter M. Vitousek, Harold A. Mooney et al. Science
  2. HUMAN ALTERATION OF THE GLOBAL NITROGEN CYCLE: SOURCES AND CONSEQUENCES (1997)
    Peter M. Vitousek, John D. Aber et al. Ecological Applications
  3. Significant Acidification in Major Chinese Croplands (2010)
    Jingheng Guo, Xu Liu et al. Science
  4. Consequences of changing biodiversity (2000)
    F. Stuart Chapin, Erika S. Zavaleta et al. Nature
  5. Biological Invasions by Exotic Grasses, the Grass/Fire Cycle, and Global Change (1992)
    Carla M. D’Antonio, Peter M. Vitousek Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
  6. Terrestrial ecosystem production: A process model based on global satellite and surface data (1993)
    Christopher Potter, James T. Randerson et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  7. Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China (2013)
    Xuejun Liu, Ying Zhang et al. Nature
  8. Terrestrial phosphorus limitation: mechanisms, implications, and nitrogen–phosphorus interactions (2010)
    Peter M. Vitousek, Stephen Porder et al. Ecological Applications
  9. Biological invasions as global environmental change (1996)
    Peter M. Vitousek, Carla M. D’Antonio et al. American Scientist
  10. INTRODUCED SPECIES: A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF HUMAN-CAUSED GLOBAL CHANGE (1997)
    Peter M. Vitousek, Carla M. D’Antonio et al. New Zealand Journal of Ecology
  11. The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century (2013)
    D. Fowler, Mhairi Coyle et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  12. Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology (2011)
    F. Stuart Chapin, Pamela A. Matson et al. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B))
  13. Beyond Global Warming: Ecology and Global Change (1994)
    Peter M. Vitousek Ecology
  14. Mineral control of soil organic carbon storage and turnover (1997)
    Margaret Torn, Susan Trumbore et al. Nature
  15. NUTRIENT CYCLING IN MOIST TROPICAL FOREST (1986)
    Peter M. Vitousek, Robert L. Sanford Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
  16. Nutrient Cycling and Nutrient Use Efficiency (1982)
    Peter M. Vitousek The American Naturalist
  17. Litterfall, Nutrient Cycling, and Nutrient Limitation in Tropical Forests (1984)
    Peter M. Vitousek Ecology
  18. Nutrient Imbalances in Agricultural Development (2009)
    Peter M. Vitousek, Rosamond L. Naylor et al. Science
  19. The Effects of Plant Composition and Diversity on Ecosystem Processes (1997)
    David U. Hooper, Peter M. Vitousek Science
  20. Responses of extracellular enzymes to simple and complex nutrient inputs (2004)
    Steven Allison, Peter M. Vitousek Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  21. Changing sources of nutrients during four million years of ecosystem development (1999)
    Oliver A. Chadwick, Louis A. Derry et al. Nature
  22. The role of polyphenols in terrestrial ecosystem nutrient cycling (2000)
    Stephan Hättenschwiler, Peter M. Vitousek et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  23. Human Appropriation of the Products of Photosynthesis (1986)
    Peter M. Vitousek, Paul R. Ehrlich et al. BioScience
  24. Biological Invasion by Myrica Faya in Hawai'i: Plant Demography, Nitrogen Fixation, Ecosystem Effects (1989)
    Peter M. Vitousek, Lawrence R. Walker Ecological Monographs
  25. Nitrogen in Agriculture: Balancing the Cost of an Essential Resource (2009)
    G. Philip Robertson, Peter M. Vitousek Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  26. Ecosystem Succession and Nutrient Retention: A Hypothesis (1975)
    Peter M. Vitousek, William A. Reiners BioScience
  27. Changes in Soil Phosphorus Fractions and Ecosystem Dynamics across a Long Chronosequence in Hawaii (1995)
    Timothy E. Crews, Kanehiro Kitayama et al. Ecology
  28. Biological Invasions and Ecosystem Processes: Towards an Integration of Population Biology and Ecosystem Studies (1990)
    Peter M. Vitousek Oikos
  29. Regulation of soil phosphatase and chitinase activityby N and P availability (2000)
    Lydia Olander, Peter M. Vitousek Biogeochemistry
  30. Resource-use efficiency and plant invasion in low-resource systems (2007)
    Jennifer L. Funk, Peter M. Vitousek Nature
  31. Towards an ecological understanding of biological nitrogen fixation (2002)
    Peter M. Vitousek, K.G. Cassman et al. Biogeochemistry
  32. Biological Invasion by Myrica faya Alters Ecosystem Development in Hawaii (1987)
    Peter M. Vitousek, Lawrence R. Walker et al. Science
  33. A unifying framework for dinitrogen fixation in the terrestrial biosphere (2008)
    Benjamin Z. Houlton, Ying‐Ping Wang et al. Nature
  34. Integrated soil–crop system management for food security (2011)
    Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  35. Effects of Soil Resources on Plant Invasion and Community Structure in Californian Serpentine Grassland (1990)
    Laura Huenneke, Steven P. Hamburg et al. Ecology
  36. The Nature of Nutrient Limitation in Plant Communities (1986)
    F. Stuart Chapin, Peter M. Vitousek et al. The American Naturalist
  37. A Comparative Analysis of Potential Nitrification and Nitrate Mobility in Forest Ecosystems (1982)
    Peter M. Vitousek, James R. Gosz et al. Ecological Monographs
  38. EFFECTS OF PLANT COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY ON NUTRIENT CYCLING (1998)
    David U. Hooper, Peter M. Vitousek Ecological Monographs
  39. Nutrient limitation and soil development: Experimental test of a biogeochemical theory (1997)
    Peter M. Vitousek et al. Biogeochemistry
  40. Policy distortions, farm size, and the overuse of agricultural chemicals in China (2018)
    Yiyun Wu, Xin Tang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  41. Biological nitrogen fixation: rates, patterns and ecological controls in terrestrial ecosystems (2013)
    Peter M. Vitousek, Duncan N. L. Menge et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  42. Integrated reactive nitrogen budgets and future trends in China (2015)
    Baojing Gu, Xiaotang Ju et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  43. Exploring global changes in agricultural ammonia emissions and their contribution to nitrogen deposition since 1980 (2022)
    Lei Liu, Wen Xu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  44. Nitrogen deposition accelerates soil carbon sequestration in tropical forests (2021)
    X. L. Lu, Peter M. Vitousek et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Works of Peter M. Vitousek being referenced

Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Peter M. Vitousek 29702 26230 23132 343 79.9k
Robert B. Jackson 22240 23361 15591 434 80.3k
F. Stuart Chapin 32457 13319 28994 485 96.2k
David Tilman 43714 15088 47463 292 119.4k
Josep Peñuelas 28185 14354 17184 1.4k 82.5k
David A. Wardle 22453 15978 24743 400 59.6k
Richard D. Bardgett 22251 24789 13421 341 53.8k
Jerry M. Melillo 18013 16894 9334 287 49.0k
Peter B. Reich 24526 18558 48298 753 96.3k
Harold A. Mooney 20517 7019 20417 329 64.0k
Yiqi Luo 17397 22113 7729 572 46.5k

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