| Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas WF Laurance, D Carolina Useche, J Rendeiro, M Kalka, CJA Bradshaw, ... Nature 489 (7415), 290-294, 2012 | 1435 | 2012 |
| Climatic impact of tropical lowland deforestation on nearby montane cloud forests RO Lawton, US Nair, RA Pielke Sr, RM Welch Science 294 (5542), 584-587, 2001 | 552 | 2001 |
| Natural disturbance and gap‐phase regeneration in a wind‐exposed tropical cloud forest RO Lawton, FE Putz Ecology 69 (3), 764-777, 1988 | 481 | 1988 |
| Impact of land use on Costa Rican tropical montane cloud forests: Sensitivity of orographic cloud formation to deforestation in the plains DK Ray, US Nair, RO Lawton, RM Welch, RA Pielke Sr Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 111 (D2), 2006 | 201 | 2006 |
| Wind stress and elfin stature in a montane rain forest tree: an adaptive explanation RO Lawton American Journal of Botany 69 (8), 1224-1230, 1982 | 191 | 1982 |
| The vegetation of the Monteverde cloud forest reserve. R Lawton, V Dryer Brenesia. San Jose, 101-116, 1980 | 179 | 1980 |
| Impact of land use on Costa Rican tropical montane cloud forests: Sensitivity of cumulus cloud field characteristics to lowland deforestation US Nair, RO Lawton, RM Welch, RA Pielke Sr Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 108 (D7), 2003 | 171 | 2003 |
| Ecological constraints on wood density in a tropical montane rain forest RO Lawton American Journal of Botany 71 (2), 261-267, 1984 | 125 | 1984 |
| Lupeol is the cytotoxic principle in the leaf extract of Dendropanax cf. querceti DM Moriarty, J Huang, CA Yancey, P Zhang, WN Setzer, RO Lawton, ... Planta Medica 64 (04), 370-372, 1998 | 83 | 1998 |
| Canopy gaps and light penetration into a wind-exposed tropical lower montane rain forest RO Lawton Canadian Journal of Forest Research 20 (5), 659-667, 1990 | 83 | 1990 |
| Heterochrony, deferred breeding, and avian sociality MF Lawton, RO Lawton Current Ornithology: Volume 3, 187-222, 1986 | 82 | 1986 |
| The ecology of hemiepiphytes in forest canopies. G Williams-Linera, RO Lawton | 72 | 1995 |
| Host preferences of Rhus radicans (Anacardiaceae) in a southern deciduous hardwood forest SM Talley, RO Lawton, WN Setzer Ecology 77 (4), 1271-1276, 1996 | 65 | 1996 |
| A phytochemical investigation of Alchornea latifolia WN Setzer, X Shen, RB Bates, JR Burns, KJ MCClure, P Zhang, ... Fitoterapia 71 (2), 195-198, 2000 | 64 | 2000 |
| Phytomedicinal potential of tropical cloudforest plants from Monteverde, Costa Rica MC Setzer, DM Moriarity, RO Lawton, WN Setzer, GA Gentry, WA Haber Revista de Biología Tropical 51 (3-4), 647-673, 2003 | 63 | 2003 |
| Habitat and host preferences of Ficus crassiuscula, a neotropical strangling fig of the lower-montane rain forest JD Daniels, RO Lawton The Journal of Ecology, 129-141, 1991 | 62 | 1991 |
| 0., and FE Putz. 1988. Natural disturbance and gap-phase regeneration in a wind-exposed tropical cloud forest R Lawton Ecology 69, 764-777, 0 | 49 | |
| Dry season clouds and rainfall in northern Central America: Implications for the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor DK Ray, RM Welch, RO Lawton, US Nair Global and Planetary Change 54 (1-2), 150-162, 2006 | 47 | 2006 |
| A cytotoxic diacetylene from Dendropanax arboreus WN Setzer, TJ Green, KW Whitaker, DM Moriarity, CA Yancey, RO Lawton, ... Planta Medica 61 (05), 470-471, 1995 | 46 | 1995 |
| Biogeography of tropical montane cloud forests. Part II: Mapping of orographic cloud immersion US Nair, S Asefi, RM Welch, DK Ray, RO Lawton, VS Manoharan, ... Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 47 (8), 2183-2197, 2008 | 43 | 2008 |
William SetzerProfessor of Chemistry, University of Alabama in HuntsvilleVerified email at chemistry.uah.edu