| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die‐off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene | Ecosphere | 2015 | 1,739 |
| 2 | Connecting people and ideas from around the world: global innovation platforms for next‐generation ecology and beyond | Ecosphere | 2015 | 1,488 |
| 3 | How adaptable are narwhal? A comparison of foraging patterns among the world's three narwhal populations | Ecosphere | 2013 | 836 |
| 4 | Using null models to disentangle variation in community dissimilarity from variation in α-diversity | Ecosphere | 2011 | 698 |
| 5 | Climate change and disruptions to global fire activity | Ecosphere | 2012 | 650 |
| 6 | A global perspective on wetland salinization: ecological consequences of a growing threat to freshwater wetlands | Ecosphere | 2015 | 583 |
| 7 | Grasslands—more important for ecosystem services than you might think | Ecosphere | 2019 | 476 |
| 8 | Direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil microbial and soil microbial‐plant interactions: What lies ahead? | Ecosphere | 2015 | 433 |
| 9 | Guidelines for a graph‐theoretic implementation of structural equation modeling | Ecosphere | 2012 | 419 |
| 10 | Microplastic in surface waters of urban rivers: concentration, sources, and associated bacterial assemblages | Ecosphere | 2016 | 379 |
| 11 | Advances in restoration ecology: rising to the challenges of the coming decades | Ecosphere | 2015 | 361 |
| 12 | Understanding the drivers of Southeast Asian biodiversity loss | Ecosphere | 2017 | 335 |
| 13 | Positive feedback between microclimate and shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan desert | Ecosphere | 2010 | 290 |
| 14 | Both topography and climate affected forest and woodland burn severity in two regions of the western US, 1984 to 2006 | Ecosphere | 2011 | 282 |
| 15 | Geographical and environmental factors driving the increase in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis | Ecosphere | 2012 | 255 |
| 16 | Disturbance interactions: characterization, prediction, and the potential for cascading effects | Ecosphere | 2015 | 253 |
| 17 | A suite of prey traits determine predator and nutrient enrichment effects in a tri‐trophic food chain | Ecosphere | 2013 | 250 |
| 18 | Embracing variability in amino acid δ15N fractionation: mechanisms, implications, and applications for trophic ecology | Ecosphere | 2016 | 249 |
| 19 | Biological carryover effects: linking common concepts and mechanisms in ecology and evolution | Ecosphere | 2014 | 247 |
| 20 | Analysis of abrupt transitions in ecological systems | Ecosphere | 2011 | 239 |
| 21 | Emerging opportunities and challenges in phenology: a review | Ecosphere | 2016 | 225 |
| 22 | The fire frequency‐severity relationship and the legacy of fire suppression in California forests | Ecosphere | 2015 | 206 |
| 23 | Noninvasive unmanned aerial vehicle provides estimates of the energetic cost of reproduction in humpback whales | Ecosphere | 2016 | 202 |
| 24 | Cyanobacteria as biological drivers of lake nitrogen and phosphorus cycling | Ecosphere | 2015 | 198 |
| 25 | Habitat-specific distinctions in estuarine denitrification affect both ecosystem function and services | Ecosphere | 2011 | 188 |
| 26 | Environmental literacy, ecological literacy, ecoliteracy: What do we mean and how did we get here? | Ecosphere | 2013 | 188 |
| 27 | Impacts of fire exclusion and recent managed fire on forest structure in old growth Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests | Ecosphere | 2011 | 186 |
| 28 | Process‐based models are required to manage ecological systems in a changing world | Ecosphere | 2013 | 182 |
| 29 | Viewing forests through the lens of complex systems science | Ecosphere | 2014 | 182 |
| 30 | Does functional redundancy affect ecological stability and resilience? A review and meta‐analysis | Ecosphere | 2020 | 179 |
| 31 | How do small savanna trees avoid stem mortality by fire? The roles of stem diameter, height and bark thickness | Ecosphere | 2011 | 174 |
| 32 | Occupancy in continuous habitat | Ecosphere | 2012 | 174 |
| 33 | Assumptions, challenges, and future directions in cumulative impact analysis | Ecosphere | 2013 | 168 |
| 34 | Innovation in rangeland monitoring: annual, 30 m, plant functional type percent cover maps for U.S. rangelands, 1984–2017 | Ecosphere | 2018 | 165 |
| 35 | Effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function of alpine grasslands in Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: a synthesis | Ecosphere | 2017 | 163 |
| 36 | Impacts of fisheries bycatch on marine turtle populations worldwide: toward conservation and research priorities | Ecosphere | 2013 | 162 |
| 37 | Relationships for estimating N2 fixation in legumes: incidence for N balance of legume‐based cropping systems in Europe | Ecosphere | 2015 | 155 |
| 38 | Earth Stewardship: science for action to sustain the human-earth system | Ecosphere | 2011 | 154 |
| 39 | U.S. federal fire and forest policy: emphasizing resilience in dry forests | Ecosphere | 2016 | 154 |
| 40 | Wind erosion and dust from US drylands: a review of causes, consequences, and solutions in a changing world | Ecosphere | 2019 | 151 |
| 41 | Modern departures in fire severity and area vary by forest type, Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades, California, USA | Ecosphere | 2013 | 150 |
| 42 | Contemporary patterns of fire extent and severity in forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA (1985–2010) | Ecosphere | 2017 | 150 |
| 43 | Using ocean models to predict spatial and temporal variation in marine carbon isotopes | Ecosphere | 2017 | 149 |
| 44 | Toward rigorous use of expert knowledge in ecological research | Ecosphere | 2013 | 146 |
| 45 | Shifting with climate? Evidence for recent changes in tree species distribution at high latitudes | Ecosphere | 2014 | 145 |
| 46 | Epidemiological modeling of invasion in heterogeneous landscapes: spread of sudden oak death in California (1990–2030) | Ecosphere | 2011 | 140 |
| 47 | Seasonal dynamics of soil respiration and N mineralization in chronically warmed and fertilized soils | Ecosphere | 2011 | 137 |
| 48 | Disturbance interactions can impact resilience mechanisms of forests | Ecosphere | 2011 | 136 |
| 49 | Crop rotational diversity increases disease suppressive capacity of soil microbiomes | Ecosphere | 2018 | 134 |
| 50 | The influence of artificial light on stream and riparian ecosystems: questions, challenges, and perspectives | Ecosphere | 2011 | 133 |
