Title	Publication Date	Language	Citations
Fluctuating resources in plant communities: a general theory of invasibility	2000/06/01	English	2,271
The world‐wide ‘fast–slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto	2014/02/19	English	2,097
Benefits of plant diversity to ecosystems: immediate, filter and founder effects	1998/12/01	English	1,795
A Test of a Modified Line Intersect Method of Estimating Root Length	1975/11/01		1,473
Evolution of Increased Competitive Ability in Invasive Nonindigenous Plants: A Hypothesis	1995/10/01		1,259
Pattern and Process in the Plant Community	1947/12/01		1,150
The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life‐history traits of the Northwest European flora	2008/10/15	English	1,088
Plant–soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges	2013/02/22	English	1,038
Species and Area	1921/09/01		970
Refining the stress‐gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities	2009/02/11	English	959
Rooting depths, lateral root spreads and below‐ground/above‐ground allometries of plants in water‐limited ecosystems	2002/05/19	English	930
The Exchange of Dissolved Substances Between Mud and Water in Lakes	1941/08/01		902
Is the change of plant–plant interactions with abiotic stress predictable? A meta‐analysis of field results in arid environments	2005/06/15	English	873
The effects of air‐borne nitrogen pollutants on species diversity in natural and semi‐natural European vegetation	1998/10/01	English	818
Nutrient Resorption from Senescing Leaves of Perennials: Are there General Patterns?	1996/08/01		794
Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future	2007/09/06	English	787
The use of chronosequences in studies of ecological succession and soil development	2010/06/11	English	777
Pollen Representation of Vegetation in Quaternary Sediments: Theory and Method in Patchy Vegetation	1994/12/01		762
Incorporating the Soil Community into Plant Population Dynamics: The Utility of the Feedback Approach	1997/10/01		760
Carbon limitation in trees	2003/01/31	English	730
Fire, resprouting and variability: a recipe for grass–tree coexistence in savanna	2000/04/01	English	715
Impact of invasive plants on the species richness, diversity and composition of invaded communities	2009/04/08	English	705
Some Ecological Consequences of a Computer Model of Forest Growth	1972/11/01		696
Seedling survival and seed size: a synthesis of the literature	2004/05/13	English	660
Relative Growth-Rate: Its Range and Adaptive Significance in a Local Flora	1975/07/01		658
How general are positive relationships between plant population size, fitness and genetic variation?	2006/06/15	English	651
Comparative Phenological Studies of Trees in Tropical Wet and Dry Forests in the Lowlands of Costa Rica	1974/11/01		633
Quantitative estimation of phenotypic plasticity: bridging the gap between the evolutionary concept and its ecological applications	2006/09/14	English	610
Habitat associations of trees and shrubs in a 50‐ha neotropical forest plot	2001/12/01	English	595
A Comparative Study of Germination Characteristics in a Local Flora	1981/11/01		584