| Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands FT Maestre, JL Quero, NJ Gotelli, A Escudero, V Ochoa, ... Science 335 (6065), 214-218, 2012 | 914 | 2012 |
| Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis DJ Eldridge, MA Bowker, FT Maestre, E Roger, JF Reynolds, WG Whitford Ecology letters 14 (7), 709-722, 2011 | 878 | 2011 |
| Resource limitation is a driver of local adaptation in mycorrhizal symbioses NC Johnson, GWT Wilson, MA Bowker, JA Wilson, RM Miller Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (5), 2093-2098, 2010 | 567 | 2010 |
| Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands M Delgado-Baquerizo, FT Maestre, A Gallardo, MA Bowker, ... Nature 502 (7473), 672-676, 2013 | 552 | 2013 |
| Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands FT Maestre, M Delgado-Baquerizo, TC Jeffries, DJ Eldridge, V Ochoa, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (51), 15684-15689, 2015 | 474 | 2015 |
| Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought FT De Vries, ME Liiri, L Bjřrnlund, MA Bowker, S Christensen, HM Setälä, ... Nature climate change 2 (4), 276-280, 2012 | 449 | 2012 |
| Biological soil crust rehabilitation in theory and practice: an underexploited opportunity MA Bowker Restoration Ecology 15 (1), 13-23, 2007 | 388 | 2007 |
| Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi‐arid Mediterranean grasslands FT Maestre, MA Bowker, MD Puche, M Belén Hinojosa, I Martínez, ... Ecology letters 12 (9), 930-941, 2009 | 306 | 2009 |
| Mycorrhizal phenotypes and the L aw of the M inimum NC Johnson, GWT Wilson, JA Wilson, RM Miller, MA Bowker New Phytologist 205 (4), 1473-1484, 2015 | 290 | 2015 |
| Mortality gradients within and among dominant plant populations as barometers of ecosystem change during extreme drought AR Gitlin, CM Sthultz, MA Bowker, S Stumpf, KL Paxton, K Kennedy, ... Conservation Biology 20 (5), 1477-1486, 2006 | 288 | 2006 |
| Ecology and functional roles of biological soil crusts in semi-arid ecosystems of Spain FT Maestre, MA Bowker, Y Cantón, AP Castillo-Monroy, J Cortina, ... Journal of arid environments 75 (12), 1282-1291, 2011 | 237 | 2011 |
| From patterns to causal understanding: structural equation modeling (SEM) in soil ecology N Eisenhauer, MA Bowker, JB Grace, JR Powell Pedobiologia 58 (2-3), 65-72, 2015 | 228 | 2015 |
| Structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems in a changing world FT Maestre, DJ Eldridge, S Soliveres, S Kéfi, M Delgado-Baquerizo, ... Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics 47, 215-237, 2016 | 217 | 2016 |
| Biological crusts as a model system for examining the biodiversity–ecosystem function relationship in soils MA Bowker, FT Maestre, C Escolar Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42 (3), 405-417, 2010 | 195 | 2010 |
| Untangling the biological contributions to soil stability in semiarid shrublands VB Chaudhary, MA Bowker, TE O'Dell, JB Grace, AE Redman, MC Rillig, ... Ecological Applications 19 (1), 110-122, 2009 | 186 | 2009 |
| Temporal Variation in Community Composition, Pigmentation, and Fv/Fm of Desert Cyanobacterial Soil Crusts MA Bowker, SC Reed, J Belnap, SL Phillips Microbial Ecology, 13-25, 2002 | 185 | 2002 |
| Species richness effects on ecosystem multifunctionality depend on evenness, composition and spatial pattern FT Maestre, AP Castillo‐Monroy, MA Bowker, R Ochoa‐Hueso Journal of Ecology 100 (2), 317-330, 2012 | 172 | 2012 |
| Correlates of biological soil crust abundance across a continuum of spatial scales: support for a hierarchical conceptual model MA Bowker, J Belnap, DW Davidson, H Goldstein Journal of Applied Ecology 43 (1), 152-163, 2006 | 164 | 2006 |
| Sex expression, skewed sex ratios, and microhabitat distribution in the dioecious desert moss Syntrichia caninervis (Pottiaceae) MA Bowker, LR Stark, DN McLetchie, BD Mishler American Journal of Botany 87 (4), 517-526, 2000 | 161 | 2000 |
| Evidence for micronutrient limitation of biological soil crusts: importance to arid‐lands restoration MA Bowker, J Belnap, DW Davidson, SL Phillips Ecological Applications 15 (6), 1941-1951, 2005 | 158 | 2005 |
