| Linkages between microbial and hydrologic processes in arid and semiarid watersheds J Belnap, JR Welter, NB Grimm, N Barger, JA Ludwig Ecology 86 (2), 298-307, 2005 | 355 | 2005 |
| Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: a synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance NN Barger, SR Archer, JL Campbell, C Huang, JA Morton, AK Knapp Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 116 (G4), 2011 | 267 | 2011 |
| Impacts of biological soil crust disturbance and composition on C and N loss from water erosion NN Barger, JE Herrick, J Van Zee, J Belnap Biogeochemistry 77 (2), 247-263, 2006 | 189 | 2006 |
| Patterns and controls on nitrogen cycling of biological soil crusts NN Barger, B Weber, F Garcia-Pichel, E Zaady, J Belnap Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands, 257-285, 2016 | 137 | 2016 |
| Extraction of chlorophyll a from biological soil crusts: a comparison of solvents for spectrophotometric determination SC Castle, CD Morrison, NN Barger Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43 (4), 853-856, 2011 | 133 | 2011 |
| Ecophysiological traits associated with the competitive ability of invasive Australian acacias TL Morris, KJ Esler, NN Barger, SM Jacobs, MD Cramer Diversity and Distributions 17 (5), 898-910, 2011 | 112 | 2011 |
| Declines in pinyon pine cone production associated with regional warming MD Redmond, F Forcella, NN Barger Ecosphere 3 (12), 1-14, 2012 | 104 | 2012 |
| Wind erosion and dust from US drylands: a review of causes, consequences, and solutions in a changing world MC Duniway, AA Pfennigwerth, SE Fick, TW Nauman, J Belnap, ... Ecosphere 10 (3), e02650, 2019 | 101 | 2019 |
| IPBES (2018): Summary for policymakers of the assessment report on land degradation and restoration of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and … RJ Scholes, L Montanarella, E Brainich, N Barger, B Ten Brink, M Cantele, ... Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 2018 | 95* | 2018 |
| Changes in plant functional groups, litter quality, and soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization with sheep grazing in an Inner Mongolian grassland NN Barger, DS Ojima, J Belnap, W Shiping, W Yanfen, Z Chen Journal of Range management 57 (6), 613-619, 2004 | 84 | 2004 |
| Microbial nursery production of high-quality biological soil crust biomass for restoration of degraded dryland soils S Velasco Ayuso, A Giraldo Silva, C Nelson, NN Barger, F Garcia-Pichel Applied and environmental microbiology 83 (3), e02179-16, 2017 | 82 | 2017 |
| Biological soil crust and disturbance controls on surface hydrology in a semi‐arid ecosystem AM Faist, JE Herrick, J Belnap, JW Van Zee, NN Barger Ecosphere 8 (3), e01691, 2017 | 81 | 2017 |
| Regional aboveground live carbon losses due to drought-induced tree dieback in piñon–juniper ecosystems C Huang, GP Asner, NN Barger, JC Neff, ML Floyd Remote Sensing of Environment 114 (7), 1471-1479, 2010 | 75 | 2010 |
| NO gas loss from biologically crusted soils in Canyonlands National Park, Utah NN Barger, J Belnap, DS Ojima, A Mosier Biogeochemistry 75 (3), 373-391, 2005 | 73 | 2005 |
| Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: A meta‐analysis CA Havrilla, VB Chaudhary, S Ferrenberg, AJ Antoninka, J Belnap, ... Journal of Ecology 107 (6), 2789-2807, 2019 | 72 | 2019 |
| Impacts of disturbance on the terrestrial carbon budget of North America ES Kasischke, BD Amiro, NN Barger, NHF French, SJ Goetz, G Grosse, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 118 (1), 303-316, 2013 | 67 | 2013 |
| Constraints to colonization and growth of the African grass, Melinis minutiflora, in a Venezuelan savanna NN Barger, CM D'antonio, T Ghneim, E Cuevas Plant Ecology 167 (1), 31-43, 2003 | 67 | 2003 |
| Are Namibian “fairy circles” the consequence of self-organizing spatial vegetation patterning? MD Cramer, NN Barger PloS one 8 (8), e70876, 2013 | 64 | 2013 |
| Nursing biocrusts: isolation, cultivation, and fitness test of indigenous cyanobacteria A Giraldo‐Silva, C Nelson, NN Barger, F Garcia‐Pichel Restoration Ecology 27 (4), 793-803, 2019 | 62 | 2019 |
| The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands DJ Eldridge, S Reed, SK Travers, MA Bowker, FT Maestre, J Ding, ... Global Change Biology 26 (10), 6003-6014, 2020 | 61 | 2020 |
