Title	Publication Date	Language	Citations
Soil carbon stocks and land use change: a meta analysis	2002/04/01	English	2,547
On the separation of net ecosystem exchange into assimilation and ecosystem respiration: review and improved algorithm	2005/07/25	English	2,446
Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model	2003/02/01	English	2,162
European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern	2006/08/21	English	2,036
The Microbial Efficiency‐Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?	2013/02/05	English	1,831
Soil carbon sequestration and land‐use change: processes and potential	2000/03/01	English	1,706
TRY – a global database of plant traits	2011/06/21	English	1,696
Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores	2002/01/01	English	1,620
Assessing the eddy covariance technique for evaluating carbon dioxide exchange rates of ecosystems: past, present and future	2003/04/01	English	1,590
Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees	2014/06/21	English	1,574
Impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms: quantifying sensitivities and interaction with warming	2013/04/03	English	1,497
Soil water content and temperature as independent or confounded factors controlling soil respiration in a temperate mixed hardwood forest	1998/02/01	English	1,365
Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to CO2 and climate change: results from six dynamic global vegetation models	2001/04/01	English	1,334
Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems	2018/01/31	English	1,157
Validation of species–climate impact models under climate change	2005/07/19	English	1,071
Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance	2012/03/13	English	1,024
Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates - synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward	2011/08/02	English	1,006
The distributions of a wide range of taxonomic groups are expanding polewards	2006/03/01	English	1,001
Measurements of carbon sequestration by long‐term eddy covariance: methods and a critical evaluation of accuracy	1996/06/01	English	995
Critical analysis of root : shoot ratios in terrestrial biomes	2005/11/21	English	979
Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to temperature and precipitation change: a meta‐analysis of experimental manipulation	2011/01/04	English	946
Terrestrial ecosystems and the carbon cycle	1995/02/01	English	936
The evidence for shrub expansion in Northern Alaska and the Pan‐Arctic	2006/03/24	English	929
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access	2019/12/31	English	925
A global assessment of invasive plant impacts on resident species, communities and ecosystems: the interaction of impact measures, invading species' traits and environment	2012/02/06	English	913
On the variability of respiration in terrestrial ecosystems: moving beyond Q10	2005/12/08	English	909
Plant phenology and global climate change: Current progresses and challenges	2019/04/01	English	887
Impact of tropical land-use change on soil organic carbon stocks - a meta-analysis	2010/11/02	English	885
Influences of species, latitudes and methodologies on estimates of phenological response to global warming	2007/08/14	English	869
Evaluation of the terrestrial carbon cycle, future plant geography and climate‐carbon cycle feedbacks using five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs)	2008/08/06	English	858