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| Practicing interdisciplinarity S Lélé, RB Norgaard BioScience 55 (11), 967-975, 2005 | 597 | 2005 |
| Ecosystem services: origins, contributions, pitfalls, and alternatives S Lele, O Springate-Baginski, R Lakerveld, D Deb, P Dash Conservation and Society 11 (4), 343, 2013 | 477 | 2013 |
| Beyond exclusion: alternative approaches to biodiversity conservation in the developing tropics S Lele, P Wilshusen, D Brockington, R Seidler, K Bawa Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2 (1-2), 94-100, 2010 | 405 | 2010 |
| Sustainability and the scientist’s burden S Lélé, RB Norgaard Conservation Biology 10 (2), 354-365, 1996 | 386 | 1996 |
| Diverse values of nature for sustainability U Pascual, P Balvanera, CB Anderson, R Chaplin-Kramer, M Christie, ... Nature 620 (7975), 813-823, 2023 | 363 | 2023 |
| Biodiversity and the challenge of pluralism U Pascual, WM Adams, S Díaz, S Lele, GM Mace, E Turnhout Nature Sustainability 4 (7), 567-572, 2021 | 338 | 2021 |
| Erratum to “Jatropha plantations for biodiesel in Tamil Nadu, India: Viability, livelihood trade-offs, and latent conflict”[Ecol. Econ. 70 (2010) 189–195] P Ariza-Montobbio, S Lele Ecological Economics 72, 193, 2011 | 258* | 2011 |
| Jatropha plantations for biodiesel in Tamil Nadu, India: Viability, livelihood trade-offs, and latent conflict P Ariza-Montobbio, S Lele Ecological Economics 70 (2), 189-195, 2010 | 258 | 2010 |
| The political ecology of Jatropha plantations for biodiesel in Tamil Nadu, India P Ariza-Montobbio, S Lele, G Kallis, J Martinez-Alier The Journal of Peasant Studies 37 (4), 875-897, 2010 | 245 | 2010 |
| Plural valuation of nature for equity and sustainability: Insights from the Global South N Zafra-Calvo, P Balvanera, U Pascual, J Merçon, B Martín-López, ... Global Environmental Change 63, 102115, 2020 | 192 | 2020 |
| Watershed services of tropical forests: from hydrology to economic valuation to integrated analysis S Lele Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 1 (2), 148-155, 2009 | 150 | 2009 |
| The groundwater recharge response and hydrologic services of tropical humid forest ecosystems to use and reforestation: Support for the “infiltration-evapotranspiration trade … J Krishnaswamy, M Bonell, B Venkatesh, BK Purandara, KN Rakesh, ... Journal of Hydrology 498, 191-209, 2013 | 142 | 2013 |
| The social distribution of provisioning forest ecosystem services: Evidence and insights from Odisha, India RP Lakerveld, S Lele, TA Crane, KPJ Fortuin, O Springate-Baginski Ecosystem Services 14, 56-66, 2015 | 132 | 2015 |
| Beyond paradise–meeting the challenges in tropical biology in the 21st century KS Bawa, WJ Kress, NM Nadkarni, S Lele Biotropica 36 (4), 437-446, 2004 | 128 | 2004 |
| Tropical ecosystems into the 21st century KS Bawa, WJ Kress, NM Nadkarni, S Lele, PH Raven, DH Janzen, ... Science 306 (5694), 227, 2004 | 125 | 2004 |
| India and climate change: Evolving ideas and increasing policy engagement NK Dubash, R Khosla, U Kelkar, S Lele Annual Review of Environment and Resources 43 (1), 395-424, 2018 | 111 | 2018 |
| Use your power for good: plural valuation of nature–the Oaxaca statement S Jacobs, N Zafra-Calvo, D Gonzalez-Jimenez, L Guibrunet, ... Global Sustainability 3, e8, 2020 | 104 | 2020 |
| Resilience, sustainability, and environmentalism S Lele Environment and Development Economics 2, 1-7, 1998 | 103 | 1998 |
| How social considerations improve the equity and effectiveness of ecosystem restoration S Löfqvist, F Kleinschroth, A Bey, A de Bremond, R DeFries, J Dong, ... BioScience 73 (2), 134-148, 2023 | 100 | 2023 |
W. John KressDistinguished Scientist and Curator Emeritus, Department of Botany, National Museum of NaturalZweryfikowany adres z si.edu