| The role of soil moisture in controlling water repellency: new evidence from forest soils in Portugal SH Doerr, AD Thomas Journal of Hydrology 231, 134-147, 2000 | 561 | 2000 |
| Extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacterial soil crusts: a review of their role in dryland soil processes DM Mager, AD Thomas Journal of Arid Environments 75 (2), 91-97, 2011 | 347 | 2011 |
| Combining analytical frameworks to assess livelihood vulnerability to climate change and analyse adaptation options MS Reed, G Podesta, I Fazey, N Geeson, R Hessel, K Hubacek, D Letson, ... Ecological Economics 94, 66-77, 2013 | 320 | 2013 |
| Aeolian processes and the biosphere S Ravi, P D'Odorico, DD Breshears, JP Field, AS Goudie, TE Huxman, J Li, ... Reviews of Geophysics 49 (3), 2011 | 315 | 2011 |
| Nutrient losses in eroded sediment after fire in eucalyptus and pine forests in the wet Mediterranean environment of northern Portugal AD Thomas, RPD Walsh, RA Shakesby Catena 36 (4), 283-302, 1999 | 178 | 1999 |
| Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands R Ochoa‐Hueso, DJ Eldridge, M Delgado‐Baquerizo, S Soliveres, ... Journal of Ecology 106 (1), 242-253, 2018 | 170 | 2018 |
| Global maps of soil temperature JJ Lembrechts, J van den Hoogen, J Aalto, MB Ashcroft, P De Frenne, ... Global change biology 28 (9), 3110-3144, 2022 | 169 | 2022 |
| Challenges and opportunities in linking carbon sequestration, livelihoods and ecosystem service provision in drylands LC Stringer, AJ Dougill, AD Thomas, DV Spracklen, S Chesterman, ... Environmental science & policy 19, 121-135, 2012 | 165 | 2012 |
| Nebkha dunes in the Molopo Basin, South Africa and Botswana: formation controls and their validity as indicators of soil degradation AJ Dougill, AD Thomas Journal of Arid Environments 50 (3), 413-428, 2002 | 153 | 2002 |
| SoilTemp: A global database of near‐surface temperature JJ Lembrechts, J Aalto, MB Ashcroft, P De Frenne, M Kopecký, J Lenoir, ... Global change biology 26 (11), 6616-6629, 2020 | 152 | 2020 |
| Spatial and temporal distribution of cyanobacterial soil crusts in the Kalahari: implications for soil surface properties AD Thomas, AJ Dougill Geomorphology 85 (1-2), 17-29, 2007 | 128 | 2007 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions from natural ecosystems and agricultural lands in sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis of available data and suggestions for further research K Dong-Gill, AD Thomas, D Pelster, TS Rosenstock, A Sanz-Cobena Biogeosciences 13 (16), 4789-4089, 2016 | 126 | 2016 |
| Kalahari sand soils: spatial heterogeneity, biological soil crusts and land degradation AJ Dougill, AD Thomas Land Degradation & Development 15 (3), 233-242, 2004 | 123 | 2004 |
| Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands FT Maestre, Y Le Bagousse-Pinguet, M Delgado-Baquerizo, DJ Eldridge, ... Science 378 (6622), 915-920, 2022 | 120 | 2022 |
| The use of reservoir sediments as environmental archives of catchment inputs and atmospheric pollution LA Shotbolt, AD Thomas, SM Hutchinson Progress in physical geography 29 (3), 337-361, 2005 | 111 | 2005 |
| Carbon dioxide fluxes from cyanobacteria crusted soils in the Kalahari AD Thomas, SR Hoon, PE Linton Applied soil ecology 39 (3), 254-263, 2008 | 106 | 2008 |
| Impact of grazing intensity on seasonal variations in soil organic carbon and soil CO2 efflux in two semiarid grasslands in southern Botswana AD Thomas Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 367 …, 2012 | 105 | 2012 |
| Soil respiration at five sites along the Kalahari Transect: effects of temperature, precipitation pulses and biological soil crust cover AD Thomas, SR Hoon, AJ Dougill Geoderma 167, 284-294, 2011 | 91 | 2011 |
| Distribution and characteristics of cyanobacterial soil crusts in the Molopo Basin, South Africa AD Thomas, AJ Dougill Journal of Arid Environments 64 (2), 270-283, 2006 | 86 | 2006 |
| Assessment of physical and hydrological properties of biological soil crusts using X-ray microtomography and modeling M Menon, Q Yuan, X Jia, AJ Dougill, SR Hoon, AD Thomas, RA Williams Journal of Hydrology 397 (1-2), 47-54, 2011 | 83 | 2011 |
