| 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 | 394 | 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 | 336 | 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, 247-263, 2006 | 202 | 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 | 194 | 2016 |
| Summary for policymakers of the assessment report on land degradation and restoration of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services R Pandit, R Scholes, L Montanarella, A Brainich, N Barger, B ten Brink, ... The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 2018 | 187* | 2018 |
| 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 | 186 | 2019 |
| 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 | 174 | 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 | 146 | 2011 |
| 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 | 145 | 2020 |
| Declines in pinyon pine cone production associated with regional warming MD Redmond, F Forcella, NN Barger Ecosphere 3 (12), 1-14, 2012 | 133 | 2012 |
| 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 | 114 | 2019 |
| 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 | 112 | 2017 |
| Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts N Shackelford, GB Paterno, DE Winkler, TE Erickson, EA Leger, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (9), 1283-1290, 2021 | 106 | 2021 |
| What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community B Weber, J Belnap, B Büdel, AJ Antoninka, NN Barger, VB Chaudhary, ... Biological Reviews 97 (5), 1768-1785, 2022 | 101 | 2022 |
| 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 | 99 | 2017 |
| 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 | 89 | 2004 |
| 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 | 87 | 2019 |
| 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 | 81 | 2010 |
| Are Namibian “fairy circles” the consequence of self-organizing spatial vegetation patterning? MD Cramer, NN Barger PloS one 8 (8), e70876, 2013 | 78 | 2013 |
| NO gas loss from biologically crusted soils in Canyonlands National Park, Utah NN Barger, J Belnap, DS Ojima, A Mosier Biogeochemistry 75, 373-391, 2005 | 76 | 2005 |
