| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Ecologically meaningful transformations for ordination of species data | Oecologia | 2001 | 4,191 |
| 2 | Photosynthesis and nitrogen relationships in leaves of C3 plants | Oecologia | 1989 | 2,873 |
| 3 | A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes | Oecologia | 1996 | 2,353 |
| 4 | Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests | Oecologia | 2005 | 2,346 |
| 5 | Effects of fire on properties of forest soils: a review | Oecologia | 2005 | 2,058 |
| 6 | Getting to the fat of the matter: models, methods and assumptions for dealing with lipids in stable isotope analyses | Oecologia | 2007 | 1,997 |
| 7 | A meta-analysis of the response of soil respiration, net nitrogen mineralization, and aboveground plant growth to experimental ecosystem warming | Oecologia | 2001 | 1,877 |
| 8 | Source partitioning using stable isotopes: coping with too many sources | Oecologia | 2003 | 1,670 |
| 9 | The maturity index: an ecological measure of environmental disturbance based on nematode species composition | Oecologia | 1990 | 1,609 |
| 10 | Determination of the sedimentary microbial biomass by extractible lipid phosphate | Oecologia | 1979 | 1,521 |
| 11 | Maximum rooting depth of vegetation types at the global scale | Oecologia | 1996 | 1,505 |
| 12 | Hidden treatments in ecological experiments: re-evaluating the ecosystem function of biodiversity | Oecologia | 1997 | 1,493 |
| 13 | Fractionation and turnover of stable carbon isotopes in animal tissues: Implications for ?13C analysis of diet | Oecologia | 1983 | 1,488 |
| 14 | Tracing origins and migration of wildlife using stable isotopes: a review | Oecologia | 1999 | 1,417 |
| 15 | Evolutionary steps of ecophysiological adaptation and diversification of ruminants: a comparative view of their digestive system | Oecologia | 1989 | 1,392 |
| 16 | Sources of variation in consumer-diet ?15N enrichment: a meta-analysis | Oecologia | 2003 | 1,305 |
| 17 | Quantitative measurement of food selection | Oecologia | 1974 | 1,288 |
| 18 | Intertidal community structure | Oecologia | 1974 | 1,280 |
| 19 | Bee foraging ranges and their relationship to body size | Oecologia | 2007 | 1,269 |
| 20 | Trends in wood density and structure are linked to prevention of xylem implosion by negative pressure | Oecologia | 2001 | 1,257 |
| 21 | C 4 photosynthesis, atmospheric CO 2 , and climate | Oecologia | 1997 | 1,232 |
| 22 | A meta-analysis of elevated CO 2 effects on woody plant mass, form, and physiology | Oecologia | 1998 | 1,187 |
| 23 | Root biomass allocation in the world's upland forests | Oecologia | 1997 | 1,153 |
| 24 | Plant diversity in tropical forests: a review of mechanisms of species coexistence | Oecologia | 2002 | 1,152 |
| 25 | Water pulses and biogeochemical cycles in arid and semiarid ecosystems | Oecologia | 2004 | 1,119 |
| 26 | A re-assessment of high elevation treeline positions and their explanation | Oecologia | 1998 | 1,101 |
| 27 | The dry weight estimate of biomass in a selection of Cladocera, Copepoda and Rotifera from the plankton, periphyton and benthos of continental waters | Oecologia | 1975 | 1,087 |
| 28 | Uncertainty in source partitioning using stable isotopes | Oecologia | 2001 | 1,053 |
| 29 | The photochemical reflectance index: an optical indicator of photosynthetic radiation use efficiency across species, functional types, and nutrient levels | Oecologia | 1997 | 1,008 |
| 30 | The abundance of invertebrate herbivores in relation to the availability of nitrogen in stressed food plants | Oecologia | 1984 | 951 |
| 31 | Precipitation pulses and carbon fluxes in semiarid and arid ecosystems | Oecologia | 2004 | 942 |
| 32 | The measure of order and disorder in the distribution of species in fragmented habitat | Oecologia | 1993 | 891 |
| 33 | Similarity indices, sample size and diversity | Oecologia | 1981 | 890 |
| 34 | Leaf area ratio and net assimilation rate of 24 wild species differing in relative growth rate | Oecologia | 1990 | 880 |
| 35 | Phenotypic and genetic differentiation between native and introduced plant populations | Oecologia | 2005 | 875 |
| 36 | The checkerboard score and species distributions | Oecologia | 1990 | 867 |
| 37 | Global application of stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes to wildlife forensics | Oecologia | 2005 | 862 |
| 38 | Community assembly: when should history matter? | Oecologia | 2003 | 857 |
| 39 | Mechanisms determining the degree of size asymmetry in competition among plants | Oecologia | 1998 | 840 |
| 40 | Hydraulic lift: consequences of water efflux from the roots of plants | Oecologia | 1998 | 836 |
| 41 | Carbon isotope fractionation between diet and bioapatite in ungulate mammals and implications for ecological and paleoecological studies | Oecologia | 1999 | 829 |
| 42 | Allocating leaf nitrogen for the maximization of carbon gain: Leaf age as a control on the allocation program | Oecologia | 1983 | 802 |
| 43 | How well do multivariate data sets match? The advantages of a Procrustean superimposition approach over the Mantel test | Oecologia | 2001 | 801 |
| 44 | Patterns in decomposition rates among photosynthetic organisms: the importance of detritus C:N:P content | Oecologia | 1993 | 800 |
| 45 | Relative importance of photosynthetic traits and allocation patterns as correlates of seedling shade tolerance of 13 tropical trees | Oecologia | 1994 | 778 |
| 46 | Hierarchy of responses to resource pulses in arid and semi-arid ecosystems | Oecologia | 2004 | 772 |
| 47 | Babel, or the ecological stability discussions: an inventory and analysis of terminology and a guide for avoiding confusion | Oecologia | 1997 | 759 |
| 48 | Analyzing insect movement as a correlated random walk | Oecologia | 1983 | 713 |
| 49 | Climatic patterns and the distribution of C4 grasses in North America | Oecologia | 1976 | 711 |
| 50 | Relationships between body size and some life history parameters | Oecologia | 1978 | 709 |
