| Rainfall variability, carbon cycling, and plant species diversity in a mesic grassland AK Knapp, PA Fay, JM Blair, SL Collins, MD Smith, JD Carlisle, ... Science 298 (5601), 2202-2205, 2002 | 1335 | 2002 |
| Modulation of diversity by grazing and mowing in native tallgrass prairie SL Collins, AK Knapp, JM Briggs, JM Blair, EM Steinauer Science 280 (5364), 745-747, 1998 | 1276 | 1998 |
| Functional-and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization KN Suding, SL Collins, L Gough, C Clark, EE Cleland, KL Gross, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (12), 4387-4392, 2005 | 1189 | 2005 |
| Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative JS Clark, SR Carpenter, M Barber, S Collins, A Dobson, JA Foley, ... science 293 (5530), 657-660, 2001 | 1161 | 2001 |
| The keystone role of bison in North American tallgrass prairie: Bison increase habitat heterogeneity and alter a broad array of plant, community, and ecosystem processes AK Knapp, JM Blair, JM Briggs, SL Collins, DC Hartnett, LC Johnson, ... BioScience 49 (1), 39-50, 1999 | 1114 | 1999 |
| Species diversity enhances ecosystem functioning through interspecific facilitation BJ Cardinale, MA Palmer, SL Collins Nature 415 (6870), 426-429, 2002 | 1059 | 2002 |
| Ecology for a crowded planet M Palmer, E Bernhardt, E Chornesky, S Collins, A Dobson, C Duke, ... Science 304 (5675), 1251-1252, 2004 | 987* | 2004 |
| Models, mechanisms and pathways of succession STA Pickett, SL Collins, JJ Armesto The botanical review 53, 335-371, 1987 | 983 | 1987 |
| An integrated conceptual framework for long‐term social–ecological research SL Collins, SR Carpenter, SM Swinton, DE Orenstein, DL Childers, ... Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9 (6), 351-357, 2011 | 819 | 2011 |
| The ecological concept of disturbance and its expression at various hierarchical levels STA Pickett, J Kolasa, JJ Armesto, SL Collins Oikos, 129-136, 1989 | 797 | 1989 |
| Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness PB Adler, EW Seabloom, ET Borer, H Hillebrand, Y Hautier, A Hector, ... science 333 (6050), 1750-1753, 2011 | 678 | 2011 |
| A framework for assessing ecosystem dynamics in response to chronic resource alterations induced by global change MD Smith, AK Knapp, SL Collins Ecology 90 (12), 3279-3289, 2009 | 653 | 2009 |
| Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs AK Knapp, JM Briggs, SL Collins, SR Archer, MS BRET‐HARTE, ... Global change biology 14 (3), 615-623, 2008 | 639 | 2008 |
| Fertilization effects on species density and primary productivity in herbaceous plant communities L Gough, CW Osenberg, KL Gross, SL Collins Oikos 89 (3), 428-439, 2000 | 631 | 2000 |
| Interaction of disturbances in tallgrass prairie: a field experiment SL Collins Ecology 68 (5), 1243-1250, 1987 | 618 | 1987 |
| Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas Z Ratajczak, JB Nippert, SL Collins Ecology 93 (4), 697-703, 2012 | 575 | 2012 |
| Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland PA Fay, JD Carlisle, AK Knapp, JM Blair, SL Collins Oecologia 137, 245-251, 2003 | 565 | 2003 |
| Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients PA Fay, SM Prober, WS Harpole, JMH Knops, JD Bakker, ET Borer, ... Nature Plants 1 (7), 15080, 2015 | 541 | 2015 |
| Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands Y Hautier, EW Seabloom, ET Borer, PB Adler, WS Harpole, H Hillebrand, ... Nature 508 (7497), 521-525, 2014 | 525 | 2014 |
| Grassland dynamics: long-term ecological research in tallgrass prairie AK Knapp, JM Briggs, DC Hartnett, SL Collins Oxford University Press, 1998 | 501 | 1998 |
