| Rangelands at equilibrium and non-equilibrium: recent developments in the debate S Vetter Journal of Arid Environments 62 (2), 321-341, 2005 | 650 | 2005 |
| Drought, change and resilience in South Africa's arid and semi-arid rangelands S Vetter South African Journal of Science 105 (1), 29-33, 2009 | 195 | 2009 |
| In search of optimal stocking regimes in semi-arid grazing lands: one size does not fit all BM Campbell, IJ Gordon, MK Luckert, L Petheram, S Vetter Ecological Economics 60 (1), 75-85, 2006 | 151 | 2006 |
| From local landscapes to international policy: contributions of the biocultural paradigm to global sustainability J Merçon, S Vetter, M Tengö, M Cocks, P Balvanera, JA Rosell, ... Global Sustainability 2, e7, 2019 | 135 | 2019 |
| Development and sustainable management of rangeland commons–aligning policy with the realities of South Africa's rural landscape S Vetter African journal of range & forage science 30 (1-2), 1-9, 2013 | 130 | 2013 |
| ‘God is my forest’ – Xhosa cultural values provide untapped opportunities for conservation M Cocks, T Dold, S Vetter South African Journal of Science 108 (5/6), 2012 | 100 | 2012 |
| Ekhayeni: Rural–Urban Migration, Belonging and Landscapes of Home in South Africa A Njwambe, M Cocks, S Vetter Journal of Southern African Studies 45 (2), 413-431, 2019 | 82 | 2019 |
| Effects of land tenure, geology and topography on vegetation and soils of two grassland types in South Africa S Vetter, WM Goqwana, WJ Bond, WW Trollope African Journal of Range and Forage Science 23 (1), 13-27, 2006 | 74 | 2006 |
| Ways of belonging: Meanings of “nature” among Xhosa-speaking township residents in South Africa M Cocks, J Alexander, L Mogano, S Vetter Journal of Ethnobiology 36 (4), 820-841, 2016 | 71 | 2016 |
| From universal to local: perspectives on cultural landscape heritage in South Africa M Cocks, S Vetter, KF Wiersum International Journal of Heritage Studies 24 (1), 35-52, 2018 | 70 | 2018 |
| Effect of drought on communal livestock farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa S Vetter, VL Goodall, R Alcock African Journal of Range & Forage Science 37 (1), 93-106, 2020 | 66 | 2020 |
| Revisiting the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems in dynamic social-ecological systems: Implications for stewardship and development VA Masterson, S Vetter, T Chaigneau, TM Daw, O Selomane, M Hamann, ... Global Sustainability 2, e8, 2019 | 62 | 2019 |
| God is my forest ML Cocks, T Dold, S Vetter Xhosa cultural values provide untapped opportunities for conservation. South …, 2012 | 57 | 2012 |
| Changing predictors of spatial and temporal variability in stocking rates in a severely degraded communal rangeland S Vetter, WJ Bond Land Degradation & Development 23 (2), 190-199, 2012 | 53 | 2012 |
| Herbivore population regulation and resource heterogeneity in a stochastic environment GP Hempson, AW Illius, HH Hendricks, WJ Bond, S Vetter Ecology 96 (8), 2170-2180, 2015 | 49 | 2015 |
| With power comes responsibility–a rangelands perspective on forest landscape restoration S Vetter Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4, 549483, 2020 | 40 | 2020 |
| What are the cost of land degradation to communal livestock farmers in South Africa: the case of the Herschel District, Eastern Cape S Vetter | 34 | 2003 |
| Grazing into the future: Policy making for South African communal rangelands P Scogings, T De Bruyn, S Vetter Development Southern Africa 16 (3), 403-414, 1999 | 32 | 1999 |
| Soil erosion in the Herschel district of South Africa: changes over time, physical correlates and land users' perceptions S Vetter African Journal of Range and Forage Science 24 (2), 77-86, 2007 | 26 | 2007 |
| Viability of alien and native seed banks after slash and burn: Effects of soil moisture, depth of burial and fuel load M Behenna, S Vetter, S Fourie South African Journal of Botany 74 (3), 454-462, 2008 | 22 | 2008 |