| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The ODD protocol: A review and first update | Ecological Modelling | 2010 | 1,913 |
| 2 | The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi – recent updates and future perspectives | New Phytologist | 2010 | 1,563 |
| 3 | Measuring beta diversity for presence-absence data | Journal of Animal Ecology | 2003 | 1,322 |
| 4 | Selective influence of plant species on microbial diversity in the rhizosphere | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1998 | 1,001 |
| 5 | An arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus accelerates decomposition and acquires nitrogen directly from organic material | Nature | 2001 | 945 |
| 6 | UNITE: a database providing web‐based methods for the molecular identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi | New Phytologist | 2005 | 912 |
| 7 | Microbial degradation of organophosphorus compounds | FEMS Microbiology Reviews | 2006 | 880 |
| 8 | Rhizosphere carbon flow in trees, in comparison with annual plants: the importance of root exudation and its impact on microbial activity and nutrient availability | Applied Soil Ecology | 1997 | 845 |
| 9 | Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2010 | 826 |
| 10 | The role of ecological theory in microbial ecology | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2007 | 796 |
| 11 | Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future | Journal of Ecology | 2008 | 788 |
| 12 | Determination of ammonium in Kjeldahl digests of crops by an automated procedure | Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture | 1971 | 718 |
| 13 | Agent-based land-use models: a review of applications | Landscape Ecology | 2007 | 689 |
| 14 | Effect of inulin on the human gut microbiota: stimulation ofBifidobacterium adolescentisandFaecalibacterium prausnitzii | British Journal of Nutrition | 2009 | 675 |
| 15 | A Rapid Microtiter Plate Method To Measure Carbon Dioxide Evolved from Carbon Substrate Amendments so as To Determine the Physiological Profiles of Soil Microbial Communities by Using Whole Soil | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2003 | 633 |
| 16 | Moving beyond heterogeneity and process complexity: A new vision for watershed hydrology | Water Resources Research | 2007 | 613 |
| 17 | OBSERVATIONS ON THE DETERMINATION OF TOTAL ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS IN SOILS | Journal of Soil Science | 1955 | 606 |
| 18 | Is there a future for sequential chemical extraction? | Analyst, The | 2008 | 523 |
| 19 | Key concepts in a framework for analysing visual landscape character | Landscape Research | 2006 | 489 |
| 20 | Rhizodeposition shapes rhizosphere microbial community structure in organic soil | New Phytologist | 2007 | 472 |
| 21 | The imprint of the geographical, evolutionary and ecological context on species-area relationships | Ecology Letters | 2006 | 470 |
| 22 | Diversity and ecology of soil fungal communities: increased understanding through the application of molecular techniques | Environmental Microbiology | 2004 | 466 |
| 23 | ‘Green On Green’: Public perceptions of wind power in Scotland and Ireland | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management | 2005 | 460 |
| 24 | Regression analysis of spatial data | Ecology Letters | 2010 | 455 |
| 25 | A PHOSPHATE SORPTION INDEX FOR SOILS | Journal of Soil Science | 1971 | 452 |
| 26 | Bacterial diversity promotes community stability and functional resilience after perturbation | Environmental Microbiology | 2005 | 429 |
| 27 | Unravelling rhizosphere–microbial interactions: opportunities and limitations | Trends in Microbiology | 2004 | 426 |
| 28 | Population resequencing reveals local adaptation of Arabidopsis lyrata to serpentine soils | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 423 |
| 29 | Accounting for variability in soil microbial communities of temperate upland grassland ecosystems | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2001 | 415 |
| 30 | Nitrogen storage and remobilization by trees: ecophysiological relevance in a changing world | Tree Physiology | 2010 | 407 |
| 31 | The podzolization process. A review | Geoderma | 2000 | 402 |
| 32 | The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK | Journal of Applied Ecology | 2006 | 395 |
| 33 | Microbial Biomass and Community Structure in a Sequence of Soils with Increasing Fertility and Changing Land Use | Microbial Ecology | 2000 | 382 |
| 34 | The origin and formation of clay minerals in soils: past, present and future perspectives | Clay Minerals | 1999 | 363 |
| 35 | Weathering of the primary rock-forming minerals: processes, products and rates | Clay Minerals | 2004 | 363 |
| 36 | Application of a modified BCR sequential extraction (three-step) procedure for the determination of extractable trace metal contents in a sewage sludge amended soil reference material (CRM 483), complemented by a three-year stability study of acetic acid and EDTA extractable metal content | Journal of Environmental Monitoring | 2000 | 356 |
| 37 | Winter climate change in alpine tundra: plant responses to changes in snow depth and snowmelt timing | Climatic Change | 2009 | 353 |
| 38 | Modelling the nutritional ecology of ungulate herbivores: evolution of body size and competitive interactions | Oecologia | 1992 | 347 |
| 39 | Injecting social psychology theory into conceptualisations of agricultural agency: Towards a post-productivist farmer self-identity? | Journal of Rural Studies | 2006 | 344 |
| 40 | Importance: an overlooked concept in plant interaction research | Journal of Ecology | 2008 | 344 |
| 41 | A review of water quality concerns in livestock farming areas | Science of the Total Environment | 2000 | 343 |
| 42 | Reconceptualising the ‘behavioural approach’ in agricultural studies: a socio-psychological perspective | Journal of Rural Studies | 2004 | 342 |
| 43 | Quantification of effects of season and nitrogen supply on tree below‐ground carbon transfer to ectomycorrhizal fungi and other soil organisms in a boreal pine forest | New Phytologist | 2010 | 340 |
| 44 | Organophosphorus-degrading bacteria: ecology and industrial applications | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2009 | 338 |
| 45 | Assessing shifts in microbial community structure across a range of grasslands of differing management intensity using CLPP, PLFA and community DNA techniques | Applied Soil Ecology | 2004 | 331 |
| 46 | REVIEW: The management of wild large herbivores to meet economic, conservation and environmental objectives | Journal of Applied Ecology | 2004 | 328 |
| 47 | Use of rhizosphere carbon sources in sole carbon source tests to discriminate soil microbial communities | Journal of Microbiological Methods | 1997 | 325 |
| 48 | Analysis of aggregation, a worked example: numbers of ticks on red grouse chicks | Parasitology | 2001 | 325 |
| 49 | Developing and applying a framework to evaluate participatory research for sustainability | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 320 |
| 50 | Effect of fencing and grazing on a Kobresia-dominated meadow in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau | Plant and Soil | 2009 | 319 |
