The Effects of Climate Change on Decomposition Processes in Grassland and Coniferous Forests

The Nature and Properties of Soils

1952 • 6,349 citations

Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems

1979 • 4,436 citations

Analysis of Factors Controlling Soil Organic Matter Levels in Great Plains Grasslands

1987 • 3,730 citations

Ecology of Coarse Woody Debris in Temperate Ecosystems

1986 • 3,687 citations

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

1963 • 3,579 citations

Nitrogen and Lignin Control of Hardwood Leaf Litter Decomposition Dynamics

1982 • 2,616 citations

Communities and Ecosystems.

1970 • 2,544 citations

Soil carbon pools and world life zones

1982 • 2,250 citations

Observational Contrains on the Global Atmospheric Co ₂ Budget

1990 • 2,123 citations

Cloud-Radiative Forcing and Climate: Results from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

1989 • 1,788 citations

Earthworms, their ecology and relationships with soils and land use

1985 • 1,755 citations

Biogeochemical aspects of atmospheric methane

1988 • 1,589 citations

An atlas of past and present pollen maps for Europe, 0-13,000 years ago

1983 • 1,557 citations

Macroclimate and Lignin Control of Litter Decomposition Rates

1978 • 1,413 citations

Estimates of gross and net fluxes of carbon between the biosphere and the atmosphere from biomass burning

1980 • 1,399 citations

Tropical secondary forests

1990 • 1,323 citations

THE TURNOVER OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER IN SOME OF THE ROTHAMSTED CLASSICAL EXPERIMENTS

1977 • 1,156 citations

Sensitivity of a global climate model to an increase of CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere

1980 • 1,028 citations

Carbon Balance in Terrestrial Detritus

1977 • 1,020 citations

Production, Turnover, and Nutrient Dynamics of Above- and Belowground Detritus of World Forests

1986 • 960 citations

The Storage and Production of Organic Matter in Tropical Forests and Their Role in the Global Carbon Cycle

1982 • 869 citations

Effects on Carbon Storage of Conversion of Old-Growth Forests to Young Forests

1990 • 816 citations

Belowground Carbon Allocation in Forest Ecosystems: Global Trends

1989 • 798 citations

Plant decomposition and soil respiration in terrestrial ecosystems

1977 • 792 citations

Influence of nitrogen fertilization on methane uptake in temperate forest soils

1989 • 783 citations

Relationships between soil respiration and soil moisture

2008 • 758 citations

Microclimate: The Biological Environment.

1976 • 717 citations

Influence of climate, soil moisture, and succession on forest carbon and nitrogen cycles

1986 • 717 citations

The Direct Effects of Increase in the Global Atmospheric CO2 Concentration on Natural and Commercial Temperate Trees and Forests

2004 • 668 citations

Climatic change and the broad-scale distribution of terrestrial ecosystem complexes

1985 • 621 citations

The Biota and the World Carbon Budget

1978 • 597 citations

Forest Litter Decomposition in Relation to Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Litter Quality

1985 • 593 citations

The Greenhouse Effect: Science and Policy

1989 • 582 citations

Changes in Forest Floor Organic Matter and Nutrient Content Following Clear Cutting in Northern Hardwoods

1981 • 496 citations

Nutrient cycling in relation to decomposition and organic-matter quality in taiga ecosystems

1983 • 472 citations

Productivity and nutrient cycling in taiga forest ecosystems

1983 • 430 citations

Effect of habitat and substrate quality on Douglas fir litter decomposition in western Oregon

1977 • 409 citations

Patterns of Change in the Carbon Balance of Organic Soil-Wetlands of the Temperate Zone

1986 • 397 citations

Consumption of atmospheric methane by tundra soils

1990 • 367 citations

Decomposition rate and chemical changes of Scots pine needle litter. II. Influence of chemical composition.

1980 • 356 citations

ORGANIC CARBON DYNAMICS IN GRASSLAND SOILS. 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SIMULATION

1981 • 354 citations

Remote sensing of canopy chemistry and nitrogen cycling in temperate forest ecosystems

1988 • 348 citations

Arctic tundra: A source or sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide in a changing environment?

1982 • 338 citations

The flux of carbon from terrestrial ecosystems to the atmosphere in 1980 due to changes in land use: geographic distribution of the global flux

1987 • 327 citations

Litter decomposition: measuring relative contributions of organic matter and nitrogen to forest soils

1980 • 314 citations

Causes of Fire Effects in Tallgrass Prairie

1988 • 309 citations

STUDIES ON THE DECOMPOSITION OF PLANT MATERIAL IN SOIL. V. THE EFFECTS OF PLANT COVER AND SOIL TYPE ON THE LOSS OF CARBON FROM¹⁴C LABELLED RYEGRASS DECOMPOSING UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS

1977 • 304 citations

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Reservoir Changes

1978 • 289 citations

A Simulation Model for Decomposition in Grasslands

1977 • 260 citations

The interdependent effects of soil temperature and water content on soil respiration rate and plant root decomposition in arid grassland soils

1975 • 257 citations

Microbial respiration and substrate weight loss—I

1977 • 252 citations

A methane flux time series for tundra environments

1988 • 245 citations

Changes in organic chemical components of needle litter during decomposition. Long-term decomposition in a Scots pine forest. I

1982 • 241 citations

CALCULATION OF SOIL RESPIRATION AND ACTIVITY FROM CO2 PROFILES IN THE SOIL

1972 • 240 citations

Fungal and arboreal biomass in a western Oregon Douglas-fir ecosystem: distribution patterns and turnover

1979 • 233 citations

Thermal conductivity and diffusivity of soils as related to moisture tension and other physical properties

1965 • 227 citations

Taiga Ecosystems in Interior Alaska

1983 • 226 citations

APPLICABILITY OF THE CARBON-DATING METHOD OF ANALYSIS TO SOIL HUMUS STUDIES

1967 • 221 citations

The effect of parent material and soil development on nutrient cycling in temperate ecosystems

1988 • 215 citations

Climatic Changes on a Yearly to Millennial Basis

1984 • 214 citations

Leaf-litter production and soil organic matter dynamics along a nitrogen-availability gradient in Southern Wisconsin (U.S.A.)

1983 • 202 citations

The pedogenic effects of different species and vegetation types and the implications of succession

1985 • 197 citations

The dynamic greenhouse: Feedback processes that may influence future concentrations of atmospheric trace gases and climatic change

1989 • 193 citations

Decomposition Dynamics of Fine Roots in Forested Ecosystems

1984 • 190 citations

THE USE OF TRACERS TO DETERMINE THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF ORGANIC MATTER

1978 • 174 citations

A simulation study for the global carbon cycle, including man's impact on the biosphere

1984 • 171 citations

Lignin and holocellulose relations during long-term decomposition of some forest litters. Long-term decomposition in a Scots pine forest. IV

1984 • 161 citations

Theoretical Analysis of the Long‐Term Dynamics of Carbon and Nitrogen in Soils

1987 • 160 citations

Abiotic Controls of Soil Respiration Beneath an Eighteen-Year-Old Pinus Radiata Stand in South-Eastern Australia

1988 • 157 citations

The sensitivity of some high-latitude boreal forests to climatic parameters

1990 • 153 citations

Fire and the Forest History of the North Cascade Range

1987 • 148 citations

Woody Litter Decomposition Following Clear‐Cutting

1982 • 146 citations

Organic Matter Leaching as a Component of Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur Cycles in a Forest, Grassland, and Gleyed Soil

1987 • 144 citations

A CO2-climate sensitivity study with a mathematical model of the global climate

1979 • 137 citations

Scenario for a warm, high-CO2 world

1980 • 135 citations

Cotton strip assay : an index of decomposition in soils

1988 • 130 citations

Modeling Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Global Carbon Cycle With Shifts in Carbon Storage Capacity by Land‐Use Change

1984 • 129 citations

A methane ftux transect along the trans-Alaska pipeline haul road

1990 • 124 citations

Regional variation in rate of mass loss of Pinus sylvestris needle litter in Swedish pine forests as influenced by climate and litter quality

1986 • 124 citations

Organic matter and nitrogen content of the forest floor in even-aged northern hardwoods

1984 • 120 citations

Leaf-litter decomposition in the Picea/tsuga forests of Olympic National Park, Washington, U.S.A.

1990 • 118 citations

Successional changes in nitrogen availability as a potential factor contributing to spruce declines in boreal North America

1987 • 116 citations

Interaction of Temperature, Moisture, and Soil Chemistry in Controlling Nutrient Cycling and Ecosystem Development in the Taiga of Alaska

1986 • 108 citations

Decomposition of organic materials from hill soils and pastures

1970 • 107 citations

Sensitivity and response time of natural systems to climatic change in the late quaternary

1984 • 106 citations

Nitrogen Immobilization in Decomposing Needle Litter at Variable Carbon: Nitrogen Ratios

1983 • 106 citations

Natural Disturbance and Nitrogen Mineralization: Wave‐Form Dieback of Mountain Hemlock in the Oregon Cascades

1984 • 103 citations

A Study of the Rates of Decomposition of Organic Matter

1978 • 102 citations

Carbon Budget of the Southeastern U.S. Biota: Analysis of Historical Change in Trend from Source to Sink

1980 • 100 citations

The Control of Nitrogen Turn-Over in Forest Litter

1982 • 98 citations

Decomposition of logging residues in Douglas-fir, western hemlock, Pacific silver fir, and ponderosa pine ecosystems

1985 • 98 citations

Organic Carbon in Montana Soils as Related to Clay Content and Climate

1986 • 94 citations

Temporal variation of litter decomposition in relation to simulated soil climate. Long-term decomposition in a Scots pine forest. V

1985 • 93 citations

Microfloral and faunal interactions in natural and agro-ecosystems

1986 • 91 citations

Seasonal transfers of assimilated 14C in grassland: Plant production and turnover, soil and plant respiration

1977 • 90 citations

Sensitivity of boreal forests to possible climatic warming

1985 • 90 citations

Active organic matter distribution in the surface 15 cm of undisturbed and cultivated soil

1989 • 89 citations

Apparent controls of mass loss rate of leaf litter on a regional scale

1990 • 87 citations

Implications of a Global Climatic Warming for Agriculture: A Review and Appraisal

1988 • 82 citations

Disappearance of Plant Material Under a Winter Snow Cover

1970 • 80 citations

Effects and importance of indigenous earthworms on decomposition and nutrient cycling in coastal forest ecosystems

1986 • 71 citations

Response to comment: Climatic change and the broad-scale distribution of terrestrial ecosystem complexes

1985 • 65 citations

How Fast Can Trees Migrate?

1989 • 62 citations

Production of methane and ethylene in organic horizons of spruce forest soils

1990 • 60 citations

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Deforestation in Southeast Asia

1986 • 57 citations

Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling in Agro-Ecosystems

1986 • 52 citations

A Field Study of the Effect of Depth on Methane Production in Peatland Waters: Equipment and Preliminary Results

1988 • 48 citations

Relationships between cellulose decomposition, Jenny's k, forest-floor nitrogen, and soil temperature in Alaskan taiga forests

1983 • 44 citations

RADIOCARBON ENRICHMENT OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER FRACTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND SOILS

1977 • 43 citations

Natural Regeneration of Trees and Tall Shrubs on Forest Sites in Interior Alaska

1986 • 41 citations

Respiration Rates in the Forest Floor of Birch and Aspen Stands in Interior Alaska

1971 • 40 citations

Biomass and productivity of white spruce stands in interior Alaska

1983 • 31 citations

A BIOSEQUENCE OF SOILS OF THE ROUGH FESCUE PRAIRIE – POPLAR TRANSITION IN SOUTHWESTERN ALBERTA

1966 • 31 citations

Measurement of seasonal variations in the oxygen uptake of various litter layers of an oak forest

1974 • 30 citations

Effects of Afforestation with Pinus contorta on Nutrient Content, Acidity and Exchangeable Cations in Peat

1978 • 29 citations

CONTROLS ON THE DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN SUBARCTIC SPRUCE-LICHEN WOODLAND SOILS

1981 • 28 citations

The Use of Radiocarbon to Measure the Effects of Earthworms On Soil Development

1980 • 25 citations

Planetary Periodicities and Terrestrial Climate Stress

1984 • 24 citations

Microbial activity in a podzol.

1963 • 21 citations

Organic matter turnover by earthworms

1983 • 18 citations

Decomposition and nutrient release in even-aged plantations

1979 • 17 citations

SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF CRYIC ORGANIC SOILS IN NORTHERN MANITOBA

1972 • 16 citations

Global Warming Continues in 1989

1990 • 15 citations

Composition and soil–environment analysis of prairies on Walpole Island, southwestern Ontario

1987 • 10 citations

Climatic variation and trends in the boreal forest region of Western Canada

1986 • 9 citations

Comment on ?climatic change and the broad-scale distribution of terrestrial ecosystem complexes? by Emanuel, Shugart, and Stevenson

1985 • 8 citations

Man made carbon dioxide and climate change

1986 • 2 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations