| The global spectrum of plant form and function Nature 529, 167–171, 2016 | 2567 | 2016 |
| TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access J Kattge, G Bönisch, S Díaz, S Lavorel, IC Prentice, P Leadley, ... Global change biology 26 (1), 119-188, 2020 | 1343 | 2020 |
| The Evolutionary Strategies that Shape Ecosystems J Philip Grime, Simon Pierce Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 | 533* | 2012 |
| A global method for calculating plant CSR ecological strategies applied across biomes world‐wide S Pierce, D Negreiros, BEL Cerabolini, J Kattge, S Díaz, M Kleyer, ... Functional ecology 31 (2), 444-457, 2017 | 492 | 2017 |
| Allocating CSR plant functional types: the use of leaf economics and size traits to classify woody and herbaceous vascular plants S Pierce, G Brusa, I Vagge, BEL Cerabolini Functional Ecology 27 (4), 1002-1010, 2013 | 338 | 2013 |
| The global spectrum of plant form and function S Dıaz, J Kattge, JHC Cornelissen, IJ Wright, S Lavorel, S Dray, B Reu, ... Nature 529 (7585), 167-171, 2016 | 316 | 2016 |
| The functional basis of a primary succession resolved by CSR classification M Caccianiga, A Luzzaro, S Pierce, RM Ceriani, B Cerabolini Oikos 112 (1), 10-20, 2006 | 256 | 2006 |
| Stomatal vs. genome size in angiosperms: the somatic tail wagging the genomic dog? JG Hodgson, M Sharafi, A Jalili, S Díaz, G Montserrat-Martí, C Palmer, ... Annals of Botany 105 (4), 573-584, 2010 | 194 | 2010 |
| Can CSR classification be generally applied outside Britain? BEL Cerabolini, G Brusa, RM Ceriani, R De Andreis, A Luzzaro, S Pierce Plant Ecology 210, 253-261, 2010 | 153 | 2010 |
| Seed germination and conservation of endangered species from the Italian Alps: Physoplexis comosa and Primula glaucescens B Cerabolini, R De Andreis, RM Ceriani, S Pierce, B Raimondi Biological Conservation 117 (3), 351-356, 2004 | 146 | 2004 |
| Disturbance is the principal α‐scale filter determining niche differentiation, coexistence and biodiversity in an alpine community S Pierce, A Luzzaro, M Caccianiga, RM Ceriani, B Cerabolini Journal of Ecology 95 (4), 698-706, 2007 | 144 | 2007 |
| Hydrophobic trichome layers and epicuticular wax powders in Bromeliaceae S Pierce, K Maxwell, H Griffiths, K Winter American Journal of Botany 88 (8), 1371-1389, 2001 | 140 | 2001 |
| Pladias database of the Czech flora and vegetation M Chytrý, J Danihelka, Z Kaplan, J Wild, D Holubová, P Novotný, ... Preslia 93 (1), 1-87, 2021 | 132 | 2021 |
| Ontogenetic shifts in plant ecological strategies RLC Dayrell, AJ Arruda, S Pierce, D Negreiros, PB Meyer, H Lambers, ... Functional Ecology 32 (12), 2730-2741, 2018 | 125 | 2018 |
| Combined use of leaf size and economics traits allows direct comparison of hydrophyte and terrestrial herbaceous adaptive strategies S Pierce, G Brusa, M Sartori, BEL Cerabolini Annals of Botany 109 (5), 1047-1053, 2012 | 115 | 2012 |
| Comment on ‘Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness’. Fridley JD, Grime JP, Huston MA, Pierce S, Smart SM, Thompson K, Börger L ... Science 335 (6075), 1441, 2012 | 100* | 2012 |
| The role of adaptive strategies in plant naturalization WY Guo, M van Kleunen, M Winter, P Weigelt, A Stein, S Pierce, J Pergl, ... Ecology letters 21 (9), 1380-1389, 2018 | 92 | 2018 |
| Carbon isotope ratio and the extent of daily CAM use by Bromeliaceae S Pierce, K Winter, H Griffiths New Phytologist 156 (1), 75-83, 2002 | 89 | 2002 |
| The role of CAM in high rainfall cloud forests: an in situ comparison of photosynthetic pathways in Bromeliaceae S Pierce, K Winter, H Griffiths Plant, Cell & Environment 25 (9), 1181-1189, 2002 | 79 | 2002 |
| From ancient genes to modern communities: the cellular stress response and the evolution of plant strategies S Pierce, A Vianelli, B Cerabolini Functional Ecology, 763-776, 2005 | 78 | 2005 |
