| The ecology of lianas and their role in forests SA Schnitzer, F Bongers Trends in Ecology & Evolution 17 (5), 223-230, 2002 | 1260 | 2002 |
| Negative plant–soil feedback predicts tree-species relative abundance in a tropical forest SA Mangan, SA Schnitzer, EA Herre, KML Mack, MC Valencia, ... Nature 466 (7307), 752-755, 2010 | 1125 | 2010 |
| Treefall gaps and the maintenance of species diversity in a tropical forest SA Schnitzer, WP Carson Ecology 82 (4), 913-919, 2001 | 862* | 2001 |
| Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern SA Schnitzer, JN Klironomos, J HilleRisLambers, LL Kinkel, PB Reich, ... Ecology 92 (2), 296-303, 2011 | 691 | 2011 |
| Increasing liana abundance and biomass in tropical forests: emerging patterns and putative mechanisms SA Schnitzer, F Bongers Ecology letters 14 (4), 397-406, 2011 | 616 | 2011 |
| A mechanistic explanation for global patterns of liana abundance and distribution SA Schnitzer The american naturalist 166 (2), 262-276, 2005 | 611 | 2005 |
| The impact of lianas on tree regeneration in tropical forest canopy gaps: evidence for an alternative pathway of gap‐phase regeneration SA Schnitzer, JW Dalling, WP Carson Journal of Ecology 88 (4), 655-666, 2000 | 592 | 2000 |
| Density and diversity of lianas along a chronosequence in a central Panamanian lowland forest SJ Dewalt, SA Schnitzer, JS Denslow Journal of Tropical Ecology 16 (1), 1-19, 2000 | 482 | 2000 |
| The impact of lianas on 10 years of tree growth and mortality on Barro Colorado Island, Panama LL Ingwell, S Joseph Wright, KK Becklund, SP Hubbell, SA Schnitzer Journal of Ecology 98 (4), 879-887, 2010 | 338 | 2010 |
| A Standard Protocol for Liana Censuses1 JJ Gerwing, SA Schnitzer, RJ Burnham, F Bongers, J Chave, SJ DeWalt, ... Biotropica: The Journal of Biology and Conservation 38 (2), 256-261, 2006 | 329 | 2006 |
| Lianas suppress tree regeneration and diversity in treefall gaps SA Schnitzer, WP Carson Ecology letters 13 (7), 849-857, 2010 | 321 | 2010 |
| Disentangling above‐and below‐ground competition between lianas and trees in a tropical forest SA Schnitzer, ME Kuzee, F Bongers Journal of Ecology 93 (6), 1115-1125, 2005 | 319 | 2005 |
| Censusing and Measuring Lianas: A Quantitative Comparison of the Common Methods1 SA Schnitzer, SJ DeWalt, J Chave Biotropica 38 (5), 581-591, 2006 | 222 | 2006 |
| Annual rainfall and seasonality predict pan‐tropical patterns of liana density and basal area SJ DeWalt, SA Schnitzer, J Chave, F Bongers, RJ Burnham, Z Cai, ... Biotropica 42 (3), 309-317, 2010 | 215 | 2010 |
| Liana abundance, diversity, and distribution on Barro Colorado Island, Panama SA Schnitzer, SA Mangan, JW Dalling, CA Baldeck, SP Hubbell, A Ledo, ... PloS one 7 (12), e52114, 2012 | 210 | 2012 |
| Lianas reduce carbon accumulation and storage in tropical forests GMF Van Der Heijden, JS Powers, SA Schnitzer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (43), 13267-13271, 2015 | 205 | 2015 |
| Science on the rise in developing countries M Holmgren, SA Schnitzer PLoS biology 2 (1), e1, 2004 | 194 | 2004 |
| The distribution of lianas and their change in abundance in temperate forests over the past 45 years RA Londré, SA Schnitzer Ecology 87 (12), 2973-2978, 2006 | 178 | 2006 |
| Spatially disjunct effects of co‐occurring competition and facilitation IA Dickie, SA Schnitzer, PB Reich, SE Hobbie Ecology letters 8 (11), 1191-1200, 2005 | 176 | 2005 |
| Living close to your neighbors: the importance of both competition and facilitation in plant communities A Wright, SA Schnitzer, PB Reich Ecology 95 (8), 2213-2223, 2014 | 175 | 2014 |