| Fire and the development of oak forests MD Abrams BioScience 42 (5), 346-353, 1992 | 1672 | 1992 |
| The demise of fire and “mesophication” of forests in the eastern United States GJ Nowacki, MD Abrams BioScience 58 (2), 123-138, 2008 | 1545 | 2008 |
| The red maple paradox MD Abrams BioScience 48 (5), 355-364, 1998 | 899 | 1998 |
| Adaptations and responses to drought in Quercus species of North America MD Abrams Tree physiology 7 (1-2-3-4), 227-238, 1990 | 747 | 1990 |
| Radial‐growth averaging criteria for reconstructing disturbance histories from presettlement‐origin oaks GJ Nowacki, MD Abrams Ecological monographs 67 (2), 225-249, 1997 | 714 | 1997 |
| Where has all the white oak gone? MD Abrams BioScience 53 (10), 927-939, 2003 | 624 | 2003 |
| Historical variation in fire, oak recruitment, and post-logging accelerated succession in central Pennsylvania MD Abrams, GJ Nowacki Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 19-28, 1992 | 380 | 1992 |
| Variation in radial growth responses to drought among species, site, and canopy strata DA Orwig, MD Abrams Trees 11, 474-484, 1997 | 367 | 1997 |
| Leaf structural characteristics of 31 hardwood and conifer tree species in central Wisconsin: influence of light regime and shade-tolerance rank MD Abrams, ME Kubiske Forest Ecology and Management 31 (4), 245-253, 1990 | 359 | 1990 |
| Native Americans as active and passive promoters of mast and fruit trees in the eastern USA MD Abrams, GJ Nowacki The Holocene 18 (7), 1123-1137, 2008 | 319 | 2008 |
| Dendroecological analysis of successional dynamics for a presettlement-origin white-pine-mixed-oak forest in the southern Appalachians, USA MD Abrams, DA Orwig, TE Demeo Journal of Ecology, 123-133, 1995 | 263 | 1995 |
| Successional replacement of old-growth white oak by mixed mesophytic hardwoods in southwestern Pennsylvania MD Abrams, JA Downs Canadian Journal of Forest Research 20 (12), 1864-1870, 1990 | 257 | 1990 |
| Fire affects ecophysiology and community dynamics of central Wisconsin oak forest regeneration PB Reich, MD Abrams, DS Ellsworth, EL Kruger, TJ Tabone Ecology 71 (6), 2179-2190, 1990 | 253 | 1990 |
| Use of boundary‐line growth patterns as a basis for dendroecological release criteria BA Black, MD Abrams Ecological applications 13 (6), 1733-1749, 2003 | 238 | 2003 |
| A ten‐year record of aboveground biomass in a Kansas tallgrass prairie: effects of fire and topographic position MD Abrams, AK Knapp, LC Hulbert American Journal of Botany 73 (10), 1509-1515, 1986 | 235 | 1986 |
| Is climate an important driver of post‐European vegetation change in the Eastern United States? GJ Nowacki, MD Abrams Global Change Biology 21 (1), 314-334, 2015 | 233 | 2015 |
| A 400-year history of fire and oak recruitment in an old-growth oak forest in western Maryland, USA DL Shumway, MD Abrams, CM Ruffner Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31 (8), 1437-1443, 2001 | 228 | 2001 |
| Gas exchange, leaf structure and nitrogen in contrasting successional tree species growing in open and understory sites during a drought MD Abrams, SA Mostoller Tree physiology 15 (6), 361-370, 1995 | 228 | 1995 |
| Disturbance-mediated accelerated succession in two Michigan forest types MD Abrams, ML Scott Forest Science 35 (1), 42-49, 1989 | 228 | 1989 |
| Relating wet and dry year ecophysiology to leaf structure in contrasting temperate tree species MD Abrams, ME Kubiske, SA Mostoller Ecology 75 (1), 123-133, 1994 | 213 | 1994 |
