Nurse plants, tree saplings and grazing pressure: changes in facilitation along a biotic environmental gradient C Smit, C Vandenberghe, J Den Ouden, H Müller-Schärer Oecologia 152, 265-273, 2007 | 268 | 2007 |
Moving forward on facilitation research: response to changing environments and effects on the diversity, functioning and evolution of plant communities S Soliveres, C Smit, F Maestre Biological Reviews, 2014 | 266 | 2014 |
Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity SE Koerner, MD Smith, DE Burkepile, NP Hanan, ML Avolio, SL Collins, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 2 (12), 1925-1932, 2018 | 208 | 2018 |
Facilitation of Quercus ilex recruitment by shrubs in Mediterranean open woodlands C Smit, J den Ouden, M Díaz Journal of Vegetation Science 19 (2), 193-200, 2008 | 183 | 2008 |
Unpalatable plants facilitate tree sapling survival in wooded pastures C Smit, JAN Den Ouden, H Müller‐Schärer Journal of Applied ecology 43 (2), 305-312, 2006 | 170 | 2006 |
Inclusion of biotic stress (consumer pressure) alters predictions from the stress gradient hypothesis C Smit, M Rietkerk, MJ Wassen Journal of Ecology 97 (6), 1215-1219, 2009 | 167 | 2009 |
Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale E Valencia, F De Bello, T Galland, PB Adler, J Lepš, A E-Vojtkó, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (39), 24345-24351, 2020 | 147 | 2020 |
What cues do ungulates use to assess predation risk in dense temperate forests? D Kuijper, M Verwijmeren, M Churski, A Zbyryt, K Schmidt, C Smit Plos One, 2014 | 139 | 2014 |
Safe sites for tree regeneration in wooded pastures: A case of associational resistance? C Smit, D Béguin, A Buttler, H Müller‐Schärer Journal of Vegetation Science 16 (2), 209-214, 2005 | 96 | 2005 |
A review and meta-analysis of the enemy release hypothesis in plant – herbivorous insect systems K Meijer, M Schilthuizen, L Beukeboom, C Smit PeerJ, 2016 | 91 | 2016 |
Rewilding with large herbivores: the importance of grazing refuges for sapling establishment and wood-pasture fomation C Smit, JL Ruifrok, R van Klink, H Olff Biological Conservation, 2015 | 86 | 2015 |
Global-change effects on early-stage decomposition processes in tidal wetlands–implications from a global survey using standardized litter P Mueller, LM Schile-Beers, TJ Mozdzer, GL Chmura, T Dinter, ... Biogeosciences 15 (10), 3189-3202, 2018 | 82 | 2018 |
Keep the wolf from the door: How to conserve wolves in Europe's human-dominated landscapes? DPJ Kuijper, M Churski, A Trouwborst, M Heurich, C Smit, GIH Kerley, ... Biological Conservation 235, 102-111, 2019 | 76 | 2019 |
Effects of grazing management on biodiversity across trophic levels - The importance of livestock species and stocking density in salt marshes R van Klink, S Nolte, F Mandema, P Esselink, JP Bakker, C Smit Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2016 | 70 | 2016 |
Interspecific facilitation and critical transitions in arid ecosystems M Verwijmeren, M Rietkerk, MJ Wassen, C Smit Oikos, 2013 | 68 | 2013 |
Does the strength of facilitation by nurse shrubs depend on grazing resistance of tree saplings? C Vandenberghe, C Smit, M Pohl, A Buttler, F Freléchoux Basic and Applied Ecology 10 (5), 427-436, 2009 | 68 | 2009 |
Establishment limitation of holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (Desf.) Samp.) in a Mediterranean savanna–forest ecosystem C Smit, M Díaz, P Jansen Annals of Forest Science 66 (5), 1-7, 2009 | 67 | 2009 |
Safe for saplings; safe for seeds? C Smit, M Gusberti, H Müller-Schärer Forest Ecology and Management 237 (1-3), 471-477, 2006 | 63 | 2006 |
Herbivore species and density affect vegetation-structure patchiness in salt marshes S Nolte, P Esselink, C Smit, JP Bakker Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 2014 | 58 | 2014 |
Biotically driven vegetation mosaics in grazing ecosystems: the battle between bioturbation and biocompaction R Howison, H Olff, J van de Koppel, C Smit Ecological Monographs, 2017 | 57 | 2017 |