| Terrestrial phosphorus limitation: mechanisms, implications, and nitrogen–phosphorus interactions PM Vitousek, S Porder, BZ Houlton, OA Chadwick Ecological applications 20 (1), 5-15, 2010 | 2738 | 2010 |
| A unifying framework for dinitrogen fixation in the terrestrial biosphere BZ Houlton, YP Wang, PM Vitousek, CB Field Nature 454 (7202), 327-330, 2008 | 875 | 2008 |
| Nitrogen inputs accelerate phosphorus cycling rates across a wide variety of terrestrial ecosystems AR Marklein, BZ Houlton New Phytologist 193 (3), 696-704, 2012 | 818 | 2012 |
| Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan‐tropical analysis CC Cleveland, AR Townsend, P Taylor, S Alvarez‐Clare, ... Ecology letters 14 (9), 939-947, 2011 | 529 | 2011 |
| Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature M Lynas, BZ Houlton, S Perry Environmental Research Letters 16 (11), 114005, 2021 | 353 | 2021 |
| Isotopic evidence for large gaseous nitrogen losses from tropical rainforests BZ Houlton, DM Sigman, LO Hedin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (23), 8745-8750, 2006 | 352 | 2006 |
| Patterns of new versus recycled primary production in the terrestrial biosphere CC Cleveland, BZ Houlton, WK Smith, AR Marklein, SC Reed, W Parton, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (31), 12733-12737, 2013 | 345 | 2013 |
| A climate-driven switch in plant nitrogen acquisition within tropical forest communities BZ Houlton, DM Sigman, EAG Schuur, LO Hedin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (21), 8902-8906, 2007 | 307 | 2007 |
| A model of biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus including symbiotic nitrogen fixation and phosphatase production YP Wang, BZ Houlton, CB Field Global Biogeochemical Cycles 21 (1), 2007 | 304 | 2007 |
| Multi‐element regulation of the tropical forest carbon cycle AR Townsend, CC Cleveland, BZ Houlton, CB Alden, JWC White Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9 (1), 9-17, 2011 | 297 | 2011 |
| Responses and feedbacks of coupled biogeochemical cycles to climate change: examples from terrestrial ecosystems AC Finzi, AT Austin, EE Cleland, SD Frey, BZ Houlton, MD Wallenstein Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9 (1), 61-67, 2011 | 286 | 2011 |
| Grasslands may be more reliable carbon sinks than forests in California P Dass, BZ Houlton, Y Wang, D Warlind Environmental Research Letters 13 (7), 074027, 2018 | 281 | 2018 |
| Triple oxygen isotope analysis of nitrate using the denitrifier method and thermal decomposition of N2O J Kaiser, MG Hastings, BZ Houlton, T Röckmann, DM Sigman Analytical Chemistry 79 (2), 599-607, 2007 | 259 | 2007 |
| Soil microbial nitrogen fluxes in California M Almaraz, E Bai, C Wang, J Trousdell, S Conley, I Faloona, BZ Houlton Science advances 4 (1), eaao3477, 2018 | 236* | 2018 |
| Convergent evidence for widespread rock nitrogen sources in Earth’s surface environment BZ Houlton, SL Morford, RA Dahlgren Science 360 (6384), 58-62, 2018 | 232 | 2018 |
| Microbial carbon use efficiency promotes global soil carbon storage F Tao, Y Huang, BA Hungate, S Manzoni, SD Frey, MWI Schmidt, ... Nature 618 (7967), 981-985, 2023 | 226 | 2023 |
| Increased forest ecosystem carbon and nitrogen storage from nitrogen rich bedrock SL Morford, BZ Houlton, RA Dahlgren Nature 477 (7362), 78-81, 2011 | 218 | 2011 |
| Microbial denitrification dominates nitrate losses from forest ecosystems Y Fang, K Koba, A Makabe, C Takahashi, W Zhu, T Hayashi, AA Hokari, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (5), 1470-1474, 2015 | 217 | 2015 |
| Imprint of denitrifying bacteria on the global terrestrial biosphere BZ Houlton, E Bai Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (51), 21713-21716, 2009 | 213 | 2009 |
| Nitrogen constraints on terrestrial carbon uptake: Implications for the global carbon‐climate feedback YP Wang, BZ Houlton Geophysical Research Letters 36 (24), 2009 | 182 | 2009 |
