| Toward an ecological classification of soil bacteria N Fierer, MA Bradford, RB Jackson Ecology 88 (6), 1354-1364, 2007 | 2581 | 2007 |
| The influence of soil properties on the structure of bacterial and fungal communities across land-use types CL Lauber, MS Strickland, MA Bradford, N Fierer Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40 (9), 2407-2415, 2008 | 1270 | 2008 |
| Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates–synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward RT Conant, MG Ryan, GI Ċgren, HE Birge, EA Davidson, PE Eliasson, ... Global Change Biology 17 (11), 3392-3404, 2011 | 1014 | 2011 |
| Soil-carbon response to warming dependent on microbial physiology SD Allison, MD Wallenstein, MA Bradford Nature Geoscience 3 (5), 336-340, 2010 | 1010 | 2010 |
| Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradients N Fierer, CL Lauber, KS Ramirez, J Zaneveld, MA Bradford, R Knight The ISME journal 6 (5), 1007-1017, 2012 | 990 | 2012 |
| Global patterns in belowground communities N Fierer, MS Strickland, D Liptzin, MA Bradford, CC Cleveland Ecology letters 12 (11), 1238-1249, 2009 | 839 | 2009 |
| Testing the functional significance of microbial community composition MS Strickland, C Lauber, N Fierer, MA Bradford Ecology 90 (2), 441-451, 2009 | 636 | 2009 |
| Thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration to elevated temperature MA Bradford, CA Davies, SD Frey, TR Maddox, JM Melillo, JE Mohan, ... Ecology letters 11 (12), 1316-1327, 2008 | 624 | 2008 |
| Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming TW Crowther, KEO Todd-Brown, CW Rowe, WR Wieder, JC Carey, ... Nature 540 (7631), 104-108, 2016 | 533 | 2016 |
| Mapping tree density at a global scale TW Crowther, HB Glick, KR Covey, C Bettigole, DS Maynard, SM Thomas, ... Nature 525 (7568), 201-205, 2015 | 480 | 2015 |
| Consistent effects of nitrogen fertilization on soil bacterial communities in contrasting systems KS Ramirez, CL Lauber, R Knight, MA Bradford, N Fierer Ecology 91 (12), 3463-3470, 2010 | 412 | 2010 |
| Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate‐dependent DH Wall, MA Bradford, MG ST. JOHN, JA Trofymow, V Behan‐Pelletier, ... Global Change Biology 14 (11), 2661-2677, 2008 | 396 | 2008 |
| Microbiota, fauna, and mesh size interactions in litter decomposition MA Bradford, GM Tordoff, T Eggers, TH Jones, JE Newington Oikos 99 (2), 317-323, 2002 | 365 | 2002 |
| Differential growth responses of soil bacterial taxa to carbon substrates of varying chemical recalcitrance KC Goldfarb, U Karaoz, CA Hanson, CA Santee, MA Bradford, ... Frontiers in microbiology 2, 94, 2011 | 356 | 2011 |
| Impacts of soil faunal community composition on model grassland ecosystems MA Bradford, TH Jones, RD Bardgett, HIJ Black, B Boag, M Bonkowski, ... Science 298 (5593), 615-618, 2002 | 306 | 2002 |
| Managing uncertainty in soil carbon feedbacks to climate change MA Bradford, WR Wieder, GB Bonan, N Fierer, PA Raymond, ... Nature Climate Change 6 (8), 751-758, 2016 | 278 | 2016 |
| Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics MS Strickland, E Osburn, C Lauber, N Fierer, MA Bradford Functional Ecology 23 (3), 627-636, 2009 | 261 | 2009 |
| Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition MA Bradford, B Berg, DS Maynard, WR Wieder, SA Wood Journal of Ecology 104 (1), 229-238, 2016 | 253 | 2016 |
| Empirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground–belowground ecology WH Van der Putten, RD Bardgett, PC De Ruiter, WHG Hol, KM Meyer, ... Oecologia 161 (1), 1-14, 2009 | 238 | 2009 |
| Integrating microbial ecology into ecosystem models: challenges and priorities KK Treseder, TC Balser, MA Bradford, EL Brodie, EA Dubinsky, VT Eviner, ... Biogeochemistry 109 (1), 7-18, 2012 | 226 | 2012 |
Noah FiererProfessor, University of Colorado at BoulderVerified email at colorado.edu
