| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems | Ecology Letters | 2007 | 3,460 |
| 2 | The Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel | Nature | 2012 | 1,756 |
| 3 | Alternative states and positive feedbacks in restoration ecology | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 2004 | 1,316 |
| 4 | Models of Parasite Virulence | Quarterly Review of Biology | 1996 | 1,191 |
| 5 | Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2019 | 1,138 |
| 6 | Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems | Nature Ecology and Evolution | 2018 | 912 |
| 7 | The Arabidopsis lyrata genome sequence and the basis of rapid genome size change | Nature Genetics | 2011 | 814 |
| 8 | The Molecular Diversity of Adaptive Convergence | Science | 2012 | 688 |
| 9 | Microbiomes in light of traits: A phylogenetic perspective | Science | 2015 | 652 |
| 10 | Global Patterns of Bacterial Beta-Diversity in Seafloor and Seawater Ecosystems | PLoS ONE | 2011 | 525 |
| 11 | Grassland species loss resulting from reduced niche dimension | Nature | 2007 | 481 |
| 12 | Defining trait-based microbial strategies with consequences for soil carbon cycling under climate change | ISME Journal | 2020 | 470 |
| 13 | A stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) model for the North Water food web: implications for evaluating trophodynamics and the flow of energy and contaminants | Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography | 2002 | 419 |
| 14 | A New Approach for Using Genome Scans to Detect Recent Positive Selection in the Human Genome | PLoS Biology | 2007 | 413 |
| 15 | The Capsella rubella genome and the genomic consequences of rapid mating system evolution | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 374 |
| 16 | Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations | Science | 2017 | 353 |
| 17 | Positive selection on the H3 hemagglutinin gene of human influenza virus A | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 1999 | 344 |
| 18 | Multilocus Analysis of Nucleotide Variation of Oryza sativa and Its Wild Relatives: Severe Bottleneck during Domestication of Rice | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 2007 | 329 |
| 19 | Contiguous and accuratede novoassembly of metazoan genomes with modest long read coverage | Nucleic Acids Research | 2016 | 329 |
| 20 | Mechanisms of tolerance to herbivore damage:what do we know? | Evolutionary Ecology | 2000 | 323 |
| 21 | The Power of Association Studies to Detect the Contribution of Candidate Genetic Loci to Variation in Complex Traits | Genome Research | 1999 | 322 |
| 22 | The power of association studies to detect the contribution of candidate genetic loci to variation in complex traits | Genome Research | 1999 | 302 |
| 23 | The evolutionary consequences of biological invasions | Molecular Ecology | 2008 | 289 |
| 24 | Conservation of oceanic island floras: Present and future global challenges | Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics | 2010 | 288 |
| 25 | Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2 | New Phytologist | 2021 | 286 |
| 26 | Patterns of Positive Selection in the Complete NBS-LRR Gene Family of Arabidopsis thaliana | Genome Research | 2002 | 278 |
| 27 | Asymmetrical crossing barriers in angiosperms | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 2001 | 271 |
| 28 | Striking Similarities in the Genomic Distribution of Tandemly Arrayed Genes in Arabidopsis and Rice | PLoS Computational Biology | 2006 | 265 |
| 29 | Effects of dispersal and selection on stochastic assembly in microbial communities | ISME Journal | 2017 | 256 |
| 30 | Soil microbes and their response to experimental warming over time: A meta-analysis of field studies | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2017 | 234 |
| 31 | Hemiplasy: A New Term in the Lexicon of Phylogenetics | Systematic Biology | 2008 | 230 |
| 32 | The population genetics of structural variants in grapevine domestication | Nature Plants | 2019 | 229 |
| 33 | Olive domestication and diversification in the Mediterranean Basin | New Phytologist | 2015 | 227 |
| 34 | EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION TO TEMPERATURE. I. FITNESS RESPONSES OF ESCHERICHIA COLI TO CHANGES IN ITS THERMAL ENVIRONMENT | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 1992 | 225 |
| 35 | Recombination: an underappreciated factor in the evolution of plant genomes | Nature Reviews Genetics | 2007 | 223 |
| 36 | Body-Methylated Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana Are Functionally Important and Evolve Slowly | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 2012 | 222 |
| 37 | DIVERGENCE OF MEIOTIC DRIVE‐SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AS AN EXPLANATION FOR SEX‐BIASED HYBRID STERILITY AND INVIABILITY | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 1991 | 221 |
| 38 | The extent of mycorrhizal colonization of roots and its influence on plant growth and phosphorus content | Plant and Soil | 2013 | 216 |
| 39 | Temperature sensitivity of soil enzyme kinetics underN‐fertilization in two temperate forests | Global Change Biology | 2012 | 215 |
| 40 | Post-Eocene climate change, niche conservatism, and the latitudinal diversity gradient of New World birds | Journal of Biogeography | 2006 | 205 |
| 41 | Oxygen- and capacity-limited thermal tolerance: blurring ecology and physiology | Journal of Experimental Biology | 2018 | 204 |
| 42 | Genetic dissection of a model complex trait using the Drosophila Synthetic Population Resource | Genome Research | 2012 | 199 |
| 43 | Microdiversity of extracellular enzyme genes among sequenced prokaryotic genomes | ISME Journal | 2013 | 188 |
| 44 | Modeling Effects of Environmental Change on Wolf Population Dynamics, Trait Evolution, and Life History | Science | 2011 | 185 |
| 45 | A framework for representing microbial decomposition in coupled climate models | Biogeochemistry | 2012 | 184 |
| 46 | EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION TO TEMPERATURE II. THERMAL NICHES OF EXPERIMENTAL LINES OF ESCHERICHIA COLI | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 1993 | 180 |
| 47 | Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene | Nature Ecology and Evolution | 2019 | 175 |
| 48 | Testing the functional significance of microbial composition in natural communities | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 2007 | 173 |
| 49 | A meta-analysis of soil microbial biomass responses to forest disturbances | Frontiers in Microbiology | 2013 | 173 |
| 50 | Demography and its effects on genomic variation in crop domestication | Nature Plants | 2018 | 173 |
