| Neotropical secondary forest succession: changes in structural and functional characteristics MR Guariguata, R Ostertag Forest ecology and management 148 (1), 185-206, 2001 | 1509 | 2001 |
| The potential for carbon sequestration through reforestation of abandoned tropical agricultural and pasture lands WL Silver, R Ostertag, AE Lugo Restoration ecology 8 (4), 394-407, 2000 | 636 | 2000 |
| CTFS‐ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change KJ Anderson‐Teixeira, SJ Davies, AC Bennett, EB Gonzalez‐Akre, ... Global change biology 21 (2), 528-549, 2015 | 388 | 2015 |
| Sucesión secundaria. Ecología y conservación de bosques neotropicales. MR Guariguata, RG Ostertag, GH Kattan Cartago (Costa Rica). LUR, 2002 | 295* | 2002 |
| Early stages of root and leaf decomposition in Hawaiian forests: effects of nutrient availability R Ostertag, SE Hobbie Oecologia 121 (4), 564-573, 1999 | 202 | 1999 |
| Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus availability on fine-root dynamics in Hawaiian montane forests R Ostertag Ecology 82 (2), 485-499, 2001 | 191 | 2001 |
| Hyperspectral remote sensing of canopy biodiversity in Hawaiian lowland rainforests KM Carlson, GP Asner, RF Hughes, R Ostertag, RE Martin Ecosystems 10 (4), 536-549, 2007 | 180 | 2007 |
| Soil organic matter dynamics during 80 years of reforestation of tropical pastures E MARIN‐SPIOTTA, WL Silver, CW Swanston, R Ostertag Global Change Biology 15 (6), 1584-1597, 2009 | 179 | 2009 |
| Long-term patterns in tropical reforestation: plant community composition and aboveground biomass accumulation E Marin-Spiotta, WL Silver, R Ostertag Ecological Applications 17 (3), 828-839, 2007 | 167 | 2007 |
| Carbon sequestration and plant community dynamics following reforestation of tropical pasture WL Silver, LM Kueppers, AE Lugo, R Ostertag, V Matzek Ecological Applications 14 (4), 1115-1127, 2004 | 166 | 2004 |
| Litter quality versus soil microbial community controls over decomposition: a quantitative analysis CC Cleveland, SC Reed, AB Keller, DR Nemergut, SP O’Neill, R Ostertag, ... Oecologia 174 (1), 283-294, 2014 | 162 | 2014 |
| Planting Seedlings in Tree Islands Versus Plantations as a Large‐Scale Tropical Forest Restoration Strategy KD Holl, RA Zahawi, RJ Cole, R Ostertag, S Cordell Restoration Ecology 19 (4), 470-479, 2011 | 160 | 2011 |
| Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale JA LaManna, SA Mangan, A Alonso, NA Bourg, WY Brockelman, ... Science 356 (6345), 1389-1392, 2017 | 151 | 2017 |
| Belowground effects of canopy gaps in a tropical wet forest R Ostertag Ecology 79 (4), 1294-1304, 1998 | 151 | 1998 |
| Litterfall and decomposition in relation to soil carbon pools along a secondary forest chronosequence in Puerto Rico R Ostertag, E Marín-Spiotta, WL Silver, J Schulten Ecosystems 11 (5), 701-714, 2008 | 146 | 2008 |
| Global importance of large‐diameter trees JA Lutz, TJ Furniss, DJ Johnson, SJ Davies, D Allen, A Alonso, ... Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018 | 144 | 2018 |
| Forest floor decomposition following hurricane litter inputs in several Puerto Rican forests R Ostertag, FN Scatena, WL Silver Ecosystems 6 (3), 261-273, 2003 | 138 | 2003 |
| Foliar nitrogen and phosphorus accumulation responses after fertilization: an example from nutrient-limited Hawaiian forests R Ostertag Plant and Soil 334 (1), 85-98, 2010 | 121 | 2010 |
| Factors Affecting Mortality and Resistance to Damage Following Hurricanes in a Rehabilitated Subtropical Moist Forest R Ostertag, WL Silver, AE Lugo Biotropica 37 (1), 16-24, 2005 | 110 | 2005 |
| Fertilization with nitrogen and phosphorus increases abundance of non-native species in Hawaiian montane forests R Ostertag, JH Verville Plant Ecology 162 (1), 77-90, 2002 | 100 | 2002 |
