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Climate, Leaf Litter Chemistry and Leaf Litter Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A T... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1.3k
  1. Climate, Leaf Litter Chemistry and Leaf Litter Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Triangular Relationship (1997)
    Rien Aerts Oikos
  2. Nutrient Resorption from Senescing Leaves of Perennials: Are there General Patterns? (1996)
    Rien Aerts Journal of Ecology
  3. 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
  4. Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes (2014)
    I. Tanya Handa, Rien Aerts et al. Nature
  5. Carbon respiration from subsurface peat accelerated by climate warming in the subarctic (2009)
    Ellen Dorrepaal, Sylvia Toet et al. Nature
  6. Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora (2009)
    Grégoire T. Freschet, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen et al. Journal of Ecology
  7. Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient (2012)
    Marika Makkonen, Matty P. Berg et al. Ecology Letters
  8. Methane Feedbacks to the Global Climate System in a Warmer World (2018)
    Joshua Dean, Jack J. Middelburg et al. Reviews of Geophysics

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1 by Nobel laureates 39 from Science/Nature 146 standout
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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rien Aerts 8753 6024 3669 7344 205 20.1k
Frank Berendse 8309 6327 2182 6916 217 18.8k
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen 6437 6112 2638 9358 230 19.6k
Timothy J. Fahey 6039 4308 2900 5163 304 17.8k
Stephen C. Hart 7088 3265 1969 4467 203 17.3k
Knute J. Nadelhoffer 9291 4160 4820 4630 141 21.6k
Jeffrey S. Dukes 6002 5026 1486 5744 130 15.7k
Gaius R. Shaver 9138 4382 10602 4031 165 21.0k
Joseph M. Craine 4979 4058 1646 4685 111 13.8k
William K. Lauenroth 9146 3305 2277 9604 238 19.7k
Jacek Oleksyn 3236 7392 2356 8994 145 17.7k

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