| Transformation of the nitrogen cycle: recent trends, questions, and potential solutions JN Galloway, AR Townsend, JW Erisman, M Bekunda, Z Cai, JR Freney, ... Science 320 (5878), 889-892, 2008 | 7449 | 2008 |
| Nitrogen cycles: past, present, and future JN Galloway, FJ Dentener, DG Capone, EW Boyer, RW Howarth, ... Biogeochemistry 70, 153-226, 2004 | 6535 | 2004 |
| Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: Natural and human influences RW Howarth, G Billen, D Swaney, A Townsend, N Jaworski, K Lajtha, ... Nitrogen cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean and its watersheds, 75-139, 1996 | 2145 | 1996 |
| Nutrient imbalances in agricultural development PM Vitousek, R Naylor, T Crews, MB David, LE Drinkwater, E Holland, ... Science 324 (5934), 1519-1520, 2009 | 1619 | 2009 |
| Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils DS Schimel, BH Braswell, EA Holland, R McKeown, DS Ojima, TH Painter, ... Global biogeochemical cycles 8 (3), 279-293, 1994 | 1379 | 1994 |
| Global patterns of terrestrial biological nitrogen (N2) fixation in natural ecosystems CC Cleveland, AR Townsend, DS Schimel, H Fisher, RW Howarth, ... Global biogeochemical cycles 13 (2), 623-645, 1999 | 1185 | 1999 |
| Variable effects of nitrogen additions on the stability and turnover of soil carbon JC Neff, AR Townsend, G Gleixner, SJ Lehman, J Turnbull, WD Bowman Nature 419 (6910), 915-917, 2002 | 1020 | 2002 |
| Ecology for a crowded planet M Palmer, E Bernhardt, E Chornesky, S Collins, A Dobson, C Duke, ... Science 304 (5675), 1251-1252, 2004 | 1002* | 2004 |
| Nitrogen stable isotopic composition of leaves and soil: tropical versus temperate forests LA Martinelli, MC Piccolo, AR Townsend, PM Vitousek, E Cuevas, ... Biogeochemistry 46, 45-65, 1999 | 803 | 1999 |
| Functional ecology of free-living nitrogen fixation: a contemporary perspective SC Reed, CC Cleveland, AR Townsend Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics 42 (1), 489-512, 2011 | 709 | 2011 |
| The globalization of N deposition: ecosystem consequences in tropical environments PA Matson, WH McDOWELL, AR Townsend, PM Vitousek Biogeochemistry 46, 67-83, 1999 | 656 | 1999 |
| Human health effects of a changing global nitrogen cycle AR Townsend, RW Howarth, FA Bazzaz, MS Booth, CC Cleveland, ... Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1 (5), 240-246, 2003 | 639 | 2003 |
| Controls over foliar N: P ratios in tropical rain forests AR Townsend, CC Cleveland, GP Asner, MMC Bustamante Ecology 88 (1), 107-118, 2007 | 576 | 2007 |
| Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan‐tropical analysis CC Cleveland, AR Townsend, P Taylor, S Alvarez‐Clare, ... Ecology letters 14 (9), 939-947, 2011 | 535 | 2011 |
| Nutrient additions to a tropical rain forest drive substantial soil carbon dioxide losses to the atmosphere CC Cleveland, AR Townsend Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (27), 10316-10321, 2006 | 533 | 2006 |
| Spatial and temporal patterns in terrestrial carbon storage due to deposition of fossil fuel nitrogen AR Townsend, BH Braswell, EA Holland, JE Penner Ecological applications 6 (3), 806-814, 1996 | 532 | 1996 |
| Phosphorus limitation of microbial processes in moist tropical forests: evidence from short-term laboratory incubations and field studies CC Cleveland, AR Townsend, SK Schmidt Ecosystems 5 (7), 0680-0691, 2002 | 530 | 2002 |
| Global patterns in the biogeography of bacterial taxa DR Nemergut, EK Costello, M Hamady, C Lozupone, L Jiang, SK Schmidt, ... Environmental microbiology 13 (1), 135-144, 2011 | 485 | 2011 |
| Increases in soil respiration following labile carbon additions linked to rapid shifts in soil microbial community composition CC Cleveland, DR Nemergut, SK Schmidt, AR Townsend Biogeochemistry 82, 229-240, 2007 | 484 | 2007 |
| Changes in assembly processes in soil bacterial communities following a wildfire disturbance S Ferrenberg, SP O’Neill, JE Knelman, B Todd, S Duggan, D Bradley, ... The ISME journal 7 (6), 1102-1111, 2013 | 445 | 2013 |