| Quantitative effects of grazing on vegetation and soils over a global range of environments: Ecological Archives M063-001 DG Milchunas, WK Lauenroth Ecological monographs 63 (4), 327-366, 1993 | 2553 | 1993 |
| A generalized model of the effects of grazing by large herbivores on grassland community structure DG Milchunas, OE Sala, WK Lauenroth The American Naturalist 132 (1), 87-106, 1988 | 1994 | 1988 |
| Primary production of the central grassland region of the United States OE Sala, WJ Parton, LA Joyce, WK Lauenroth Ecology 69 (1), 40-45, 1988 | 1642 | 1988 |
| The effect of grazing on the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation P Adler, D Raff, W Lauenroth Oecologia 128, 465-479, 2001 | 1233 | 2001 |
| Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982–2006 MA White, KM de Beurs, K Didan, DW Inouye, AD Richardson, OP Jensen, ... Global change biology 15 (10), 2335-2359, 2009 | 1187 | 2009 |
| Long‐term forage production of North American shortgrass steppe WK Lauenroth, OE Sala Ecological applications 2 (4), 397-403, 1992 | 881 | 1992 |
| ANPP estimates from NDVI for the central grassland region of the United States JM Paruelo, HE Epstein, WK Lauenroth, IC Burke Ecology 78 (3), 953-958, 1997 | 801 | 1997 |
| Small rainfall events: an ecological role in semiarid regions OE Sala, WK Lauenroth Oecologia 53, 301-304, 1982 | 686 | 1982 |
| A multi-scale perspective of water pulses in dryland ecosystems: climatology and ecohydrology of the western USA ME Loik, DD Breshears, WK Lauenroth, J Belnap Oecologia 141, 269-281, 2004 | 674 | 2004 |
| Ecosystem consequences of changing biodiversity FS Chapin, OE Sala, IC Burke, JP Grime, DU Hooper, WK Lauenroth, ... Bioscience 48 (1), 45-52, 1998 | 491 | 1998 |
| No consistent effect of plant diversity on productivity MA Huston, LW Aarssen, MP Austin, BS Cade, JD Fridley, E Garnier, ... Science 289 (5483), 1255-1255, 2000 | 482 | 2000 |
| Resource partitioning between shrubs and grasses in the Patagonian steppe OE Sala, RA Golluscio, WK Lauenroth, A Soriano Oecologia 81, 501-505, 1989 | 479 | 1989 |
| The structure and function of ten western North American grasslands: I. Abiotic and vegetational characteristics PL Sims, JS Singh, WK Lauenroth The Journal of Ecology, 251-285, 1978 | 440 | 1978 |
| Soil organic matter recovery in semiarid grasslands: implications for the conservation reserve program IC Burke, WK Lauenroth, DP Coffin Ecological applications 5 (3), 793-801, 1995 | 431 | 1995 |
| Long‐term soil water dynamics in the shortgrass steppe OE Sala, WK Lauenroth, WJ Parton Ecology 73 (4), 1175-1181, 1992 | 429 | 1992 |
| Effects of grazing, topography, and precipitation on the structure of a semiarid grassland DG Milchunas, WK Lauenroth, PL Chapman, MK Kazempour Vegetatio 80, 11-23, 1989 | 424 | 1989 |
| Relative abundance of plant functional types in grasslands and shrublands of North America JM Paruelo, WK Lauenroth Ecological applications 6 (4), 1212-1224, 1996 | 420 | 1996 |
| Grassland primary production: North American grasslands in perspective WK Lauenroth Perspectives in grassland ecology: results and applications of the US/IBP …, 1979 | 419 | 1979 |
| Regional and temporal variation in net primary production and nitrogen mineralization in grasslands IC Burke, WK Lauenroth, WJ Parton Ecology 78 (5), 1330-1340, 1997 | 397 | 1997 |
| Grassland precipitation-use efficiency varies across a resource gradient JM Paruelo, WK Lauenroth, IC Burke, OE Sala Ecosystems 2, 64-68, 1999 | 392 | 1999 |