The Ecology of Leaf Life Spans

Plant Strategies and Vegetation Processes

1979 • 5,383 citations

Energy Storage and the Balance of Producers and Decomposers in Ecological Systems

1963 • 3,579 citations

Quantitative Plant Ecology.

1965 • 2,486 citations

Plant Apparency and Chemical Defense

1976 • 2,317 citations

Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America

1951 • 1,948 citations

Vegetation of the Great Smoky Mountains

1956 • 1,875 citations

Flowering Plants. Evolution above the Species Level

1975 • 1,451 citations

Macroclimate and Lignin Control of Litter Decomposition Rates

1978 • 1,413 citations

The tropical rain forest

1952 • 1,291 citations

Litter Production in Forests of the World

1964 • 1,018 citations

Fire in the Virgin Forests of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Minnesota

1973 • 1,015 citations

Products, requirements and efficiency of biosynthesis a quantitative approach

1974 • 913 citations

Control of Forest Growth and Distribution on Wet Tropical Mountains: with Special Reference to Mineral Nutrition

1977 • 661 citations

Optimal Leaf Size in Relation to Environment

1972 • 650 citations

Ecological Strategies of Xylem Evolution.

1976 • 612 citations

Evergreen Coniferous Forests of the Pacific Northwest

1979 • 588 citations

Production and mineral cycling in terrestrial vegetation

1967 • 558 citations

Coping with herbivory: Photosynthetic capacity and resource allocation in two semiarid Agropyron bunchgrasses

1981 • 556 citations

Early cretaceous fossil evidence for angiosperm evolution

1977 • 490 citations

Temperature parameters of humid to mesic forests of eastern Asia and relation to forests of other regions of the Northern Hemisphere and Australasia

1979 • 477 citations

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION OF MEDITERRANEAN-CLIMATE EVERGREEN SCLEROPHYLL SHRUBS

1970 • 416 citations

Seasonal Movement of Nutrients in Plants of Differing Growth Form in an Alaskan Tundra Ecosystem: Implications for Herbivory

1980 • 393 citations

Photosynthetic rates in relation to nitrogen recycling as an adaptation to nutrient deficiency in peat bog plants

1972 • 381 citations

An Ecological Significance of Evergreenness

1966 • 379 citations

A Cost-Income Model of Leaves and Roots with Special Reference to Arid and Semiarid Areas

1977 • 343 citations

THE CLIMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF ANGIOSPERM LEAVES

1916 • 315 citations

Relation between Mesophyll Surface Area, Photosynthetic Rate, and Illumination Level during Development for Leaves of Plectranthus parviflorus Henckel

1975 • 295 citations

Quantitative Ecology and the Woodland Ecosystem Concept

1962 • 277 citations

Soil Phosphate and the Delimitation of Plant Communities in Eastern Australia

1954 • 266 citations

The Classification of Tropical American Vegetation‐Types

1955 • 260 citations

Effects of leaf age and plant life history patterns on herbivory

1980 • 253 citations

Defense and Dynamics in Plant-Herbivore Systems

1981 • 245 citations

Environmental and Evolutionary Constraints on the Photosynthetic Characteristics of Higher Plants

1979 • 243 citations

Net photosynthesis, root respiration, and regrowth of Bouteloua gracilis following simulated grazing

1979 • 227 citations

Photosynthetic Systems of Mediterranean-Climate Shrubs and Trees of California and Chile

1970 • 209 citations

A Nutritional Interpretation of Sclerophylly Based on Differences in the Chemical Composition of Sclerophyllous and Mesophytic Leaves

1961 • 205 citations

Tree Ring Evidence for Chronic Insect Suppression of Productivity in Subalpine Eucalyptus

1978 • 162 citations

Okologie der Pflanzen.

1975 • 161 citations

Spacial distribution of photosynthetic capacity and performance in a mountain spruce forest of northern Germany

1977 • 158 citations

Leaching and decomposition of water-soluble organic substancesfrom different types of leaf and needle litter

1963 • 148 citations

ORIGIN OF DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN HABITS IN TEMPERATE FORESTS

1966 • 148 citations

Optimal Leaf Form

1975 • 144 citations

First-Year Breakdown of Leaf Litter in Southern Appalachian Forests

1961 • 143 citations

Aboveground biomass allocation, leaf growth, and photosynthesis patterns in tundra plant forms in arctic Alaska

1976 • 143 citations

Fruit Flags: Two Hypotheses

1982 • 139 citations

Chemical Analyses of Plant Tissues from the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem in New Hampshire

1970 • 137 citations

Seasonal patterns of the CO₂ exchange characteristics of understory plants from a deciduous forest

1976 • 136 citations

THE AREA OF THE INTERNAL EXPOSED SURFACE OF DICOTYLEDON LEAVES

1936 • 134 citations

Spacial distribution of photosynthetic capacity and performance in a mountain spruce forest of Northern Germany

1977 • 134 citations

Photosynthesis in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) (Bong.) Carr.). I. General Characteristics

1971 • 132 citations

Assimilation Rates of Some Woodland Herbs in Ontario

1967 • 131 citations

Leaf Elongation in Relation to Leaf Water Potential in Soybean

1977 • 129 citations

Ontogeny of Photosynthetic Performance in Fragaria virginiana under Changing Light Regimes

1979 • 128 citations

Freezing of Xylem Sap Without Cavitation

1967 • 127 citations

Decomposition of Coniferous Leaf Litter

1974 • 121 citations

RELATION BETWEEN LIGHT INTENSITY AND RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF LOBLOLLY PINE AND CERTAIN HARDWOODS

1944 • 117 citations

Biological Decomposition of Some Types of Litter From North American Forests

1930 • 116 citations

EFFECT OF AGE OF LEAVES UPON THE RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN SOME CONIFERS

1952 • 114 citations

The longevity of plants

1938 • 108 citations

WATER SUPPLY AND LEAF SHEDDING

1976 • 102 citations

Autecology of Kobresia bellardii: Why Winter Snow Accumulation Limits Local Distribution

1979 • 97 citations

The Use of Water and Minerals by Evergreen and Deciduous Shrubs in Okefenokee Swamp

1977 • 95 citations

Environmental limitations of photosynthesis on a California evergreen shrub

1975 • 90 citations

Physiological Ecology of Abscission

1973 • 89 citations

Contribution of overwintering leaves to the growth of three broad-leaved, evergreen shrubs belonging to the Ericaceae family

1978 • 86 citations

RATES OF EVOLUTION IN CONIFERS (PINACEAE)

1976 • 85 citations

Wintertime Photosynthesis of Bristlecone Pine (Pinus Aristata) In the White Mountains of California

1967 • 83 citations

Seasonal Variations of the Photosynthetic Efficiency of Evergreen Conifers

1959 • 83 citations

Studies of the Decomposition Rates of Tree Litter

1963 • 75 citations

Canopy Structure and Environmental Interactions

1979 • 73 citations

A Quantitative Description of the Vegetative Phenology of Herbs in a Northern Hardwood Forest

1978 • 70 citations

The Past and Present Vegetation of High Point State Park, New Jersey

1953 • 67 citations

Nutrient cycling in a Carex lacustris wetland

1977 • 60 citations

Mineral and Nitrogen Content of the Leaves of Some Forest Trees at Different Times in the Growing Season

1932 • 54 citations

Phosphorus Conservation by Evergreenness of Mountain Laurel

1976 • 54 citations

Longevity of Individual Leaves in a Tropical Rainforest Under-story*

1979 • 53 citations

Some essential nutrient elements in forest plants as related to species, plant part, season and location

1976 • 51 citations

Competitive Exploitation of Soil Water by Five Eastern North American Tree Species

1977 • 49 citations

Environmental control of crassulacean acid metabolism in Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. Fil. in its range of natural distribution in the Namib desert

1976 • 47 citations

Vegetation of New Jersey.

1974 • 45 citations

Phenodynamics of Production in a Mesic Deciduous Forest

1974 • 45 citations

FOREST SOIL STUDIES

1939 • 43 citations

Apparent changes in the diversity of fossil plants a preliminary assessment.

1980 • 42 citations

Mineral content of native plants of Wisconsin.

1964 • 40 citations

The Amount and Mineral Nutrient Content of Freshly Fallen Leaf Litter in the Hardwood Forests of Central New York¹

1941 • 39 citations

Winter-Season Photosynthesis and Respiration by Twigs and Seedlings of Deciduous and Evergreen Trees

1971 • 37 citations

Variation in Foliage Composition and Diameter Growth of Yellow Birch with Season, Soil, and Tree Size

1965 • 37 citations

The leaf anatomy of beech, Fagus grandifolia

1975 • 34 citations

Photosynthesis and Dry Matter Production of Trees at High Altitudes

1964 • 34 citations

The leaf anatomy of hemlock, Tsuga canadensis

1974 • 33 citations

Photosynthesis and photorespiration during the ontogeny of the bean plant

1974 • 33 citations

Environmental Stresses and Inherent Limitations Affecting CO2 Exchange in Evergreen Sclerophylls in Mediterranean Climates

1975 • 31 citations

Effects of Abscisic Acid on Growth and Dormancy of Two Races of Red Maple

1973 • 31 citations

Herbivore Pressure on Two Types of Tropical Forests

1975 • 30 citations

Carbon and Nitrogen Partitioning in the Whole Plant — A Thesis Based on Empirical Modeling

1981 • 30 citations

Leaf structure and function in evergreen trees and shrubs of Japanese warm temperate rain forest I. The structure of the lamina

1975 • 29 citations

Temperature and Aging Effects on Leaf Membranes of a Cold Hardy Perennial, Fragaria virginiana

1981 • 29 citations

Drought-Stress Effects on Leaf Carbon Balance

1979 • 25 citations

Water movement in woody stems during freezing

1971 • 24 citations

Amount and Mineral Nutrient Content of Freshly Fallen Needle Litter of Some Northeastern Conifers

1944 • 22 citations

The Carbon Economy of Rubus chamaemorus L. II. Respiration

1978 • 20 citations

Leaf Decomposition and Loss of 45 Ca from Deciduous and Evergreen Trees

1971 • 19 citations

COMPOSITION OF THE LEAF LITTER OF FOREST TREES

1937 • 18 citations

Dark Respiration of Related Evergreen and Deciduous Mediterranean Plants During Induced Drought

1969 • 17 citations

Blade Tissue Organization of Foliage Leaves of Some Carolina Shrub-Bog Species as Compared with Their Appalachian Mountain Affinities

1956 • 16 citations

Acidity, antacid buffering and nutrient content of forest litter in relation to humus and soil

1934 • 14 citations

An ecological analysis of the distribution of broad-leaved evergreen trees,based on the dry matter production.

1961 • 13 citations

Field Measurements of Photosynthesis and Leaf Growth Rates of Three Alpine Plant Species

1974 • 13 citations

The Biological Significance of Death in Plants

1978 • 10 citations

DISTRIBUTION OF VOLATILE MATTER, LIME, AND NITROGEN AMONG LITTER, DUFF, AND LEAFMOLD UNDER DIFFERENT FOREST TYPES

1933 • 8 citations

A Blade Tissue Study of Forty-seven Speices and Varieties of Aceraceae

1967 • 7 citations

Phosphorus Economy in Seedlings of Pinus Densiflora and Larix leptolepis

1968 • 4 citations