| Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling: a review and synthesis of studies examining diversity–function relationships UN Nielsen, E Ayres, DH Wall, RD Bardgett European Journal of Soil Science 62 (1), 105-116, 2011 | 648 | 2011 |
| Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests E Ayres, H Steltzer, BL Simmons, RT Simpson, JM Steinweg, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41 (3), 606-610, 2009 | 586 | 2009 |
| Diversity and distribution of Victoria Land biota BJ Adams, RD Bardgett, E Ayres, DH Wall, J Aislabie, S Bamforth, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38 (10), 3003-3018, 2006 | 368 | 2006 |
| Soil biota accelerate decomposition in high‐elevation forests by specializing in the breakdown of litter produced by the plant species above them E Ayres, H Steltzer, S Berg, DH Wall Journal of Ecology 97 (5), 901-912, 2009 | 261 | 2009 |
| Global‐scale patterns of assemblage structure of soil nematodes in relation to climate and ecosystem properties UN Nielsen, E Ayres, DH Wall, G Li, RD Bardgett, T Wu, JR Garey Global Ecology and Biogeography 23 (9), 968-978, 2014 | 229 | 2014 |
| Molecular study of worldwide distribution and diversity of soil animals T Wu, E Ayres, RD Bardgett, DH Wall, JR Garey Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (43), 17720-17725, 2011 | 220 | 2011 |
| Rising atmospheric CO2 reduces sequestration of root-derived soil carbon J Heath, E Ayres, M Possell, RD Bardgett, HIJ Black, H Grant, P Ineson, ... Science 309 (5741), 1711-1713, 2005 | 211 | 2005 |
| Do plant species encourage soil biota that specialise in the rapid decomposition of their litter? E Ayres, KM Dromph, RD Bardgett Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38 (1), 183-186, 2006 | 198 | 2006 |
| Tree species traits influence soil physical, chemical, and biological properties in high elevation forests E Ayres, H Steltzer, S Berg, MD Wallenstein, BL Simmons, DH Wall PloS one 4 (6), e5964, 2009 | 166 | 2009 |
| Litter chemistry changes more rapidly when decomposed at home but converges during decomposition–transformation MD Wallenstein, ML Haddix, E Ayres, H Steltzer, KA Magrini-Bair, EA Paul Soil Biology and Biochemistry 57, 311-319, 2013 | 138 | 2013 |
| Direct uptake of soil nitrogen by mosses E Ayres, R Van der Wal, M Sommerkorn, RD Bardgett Biology letters 2 (2), 286-288, 2006 | 127 | 2006 |
| Biological consequences of earlier snowmelt from desert dust deposition in alpine landscapes H Steltzer, C Landry, TH Painter, J Anderson, E Ayres Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (28), 11629-11634, 2009 | 120 | 2009 |
| Long-term experimental warming reduces soil nematode populations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica BL Simmons, DH Wall, BJ Adams, E Ayres, JE Barrett, RA Virginia Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41 (10), 2052-2060, 2009 | 113 | 2009 |
| Tree physiological responses to above‐ground herbivory directly modify below‐ground processes of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling E Ayres, J Heath, M Possell, HIJ Black, G Kerstiens, RD Bardgett Ecology Letters 7 (6), 469-479, 2004 | 97 | 2004 |
| The influence of below‐ground herbivory and defoliation of a legume on nitrogen transfer to neighbouring plants E Ayres, KM Dromph, R Cook, N Ostle, RD Bardgett Functional Ecology 21 (2), 256-263, 2007 | 96 | 2007 |
| Towards long-term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe’s terrestrial ecosystems: a review D Franz, M Acosta, N Altimir, N Arriga, D Arrouays, M Aubinet, M Aurela, ... International Agrophysics 32 (4), 439-455, 2018 | 78 | 2018 |
| Molecular profiling of soil animal diversity in natural ecosystems: Incongruence of molecular and morphological results T Wu, E Ayres, G Li, RD Bardgett, DH Wall, JR Garey Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41 (4), 849-857, 2009 | 75 | 2009 |
| Spatial variation in soil properties among North American ecosystems and guidelines for sampling designs H Loescher, E Ayres, P Duffy, H Luo, M Brunke Plos one 9 (1), e83216, 2014 | 70 | 2014 |
| Decomposition of aspen leaf litter results in unique metabolomes when decomposed under different tree species MD Wallenstein, AM Hess, MR Lewis, H Steltzer, E Ayres Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42 (3), 484-490, 2010 | 68 | 2010 |
| From NEON field sites to data portal: a community resource for surface–atmosphere research comes online S Metzger, E Ayres, D Durden, C Florian, R Lee, C Lunch, H Luo, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 100 (11), 2305-2325, 2019 | 59 | 2019 |
