| Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils P Smith, MF Cotrufo, C Rumpel, K Paustian, PJ Kuikman, JA Elliott, ... Soil 1 (2), 665-685, 2015 | 431 | 2015 |
| Vulnerability of land systems to fire: Interactions among humans, climate, the atmosphere, and ecosystems S Lavorel, MD Flannigan, EF Lambin, MC Scholes Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 12, 33-53, 2007 | 282 | 2007 |
| Beyond climate-smart agriculture: toward safe operating spaces for global food systems H Neufeldt, M Jahn, BM Campbell, JR Beddington, F DeClerck, ... Agriculture & Food Security 2, 1-6, 2013 | 280 | 2013 |
| The importance of nutrient hot-spots in the conservation and management of large wild mammalian herbivores in semi-arid savannas CC Grant, MC Scholes Biological Conservation 130 (3), 426-437, 2006 | 225 | 2006 |
| Fuel biomass and combustion factors associated with fires in savanna ecosystems of South Africa and Zambia RW Shea, BW Shea, JB Kauffman, DE Ward, CI Haskins, MC Scholes Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 101 (D19), 23551-23568, 1996 | 214 | 1996 |
| Semivolatile behavior of dicarboxylic acids and other polar organic species at a rural background site (Nylsvley, RSA) A Limbeck, H Puxbaum, L Otter, MC Scholes Atmospheric Environment 35 (10), 1853-1862, 2001 | 187 | 2001 |
| NO and N2O emissions from savanna soils following the first simulated rains of the season MC Scholes, R Martin, RJ Scholes, D Parsons, E Winstead Nutrient cycling in Agroecosystems 48, 115-122, 1997 | 177 | 1997 |
| Biogenic and pyrogenic emissions from Africa and their impact on the global atmosphere M Scholes, MO Andreae Ambio, 23-29, 2000 | 166 | 2000 |
| Input control of organic matter dynamics MC Scholes, D Powlson, G Tian Geoderma 79 (1-4), 25-47, 1997 | 135 | 1997 |
| Biogenic hydrocarbon emissions from southern African savannas A Guenther, L Otter, P Zimmerman, J Greenberg, R Scholes, M Scholes Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 101 (D20), 25859-25865, 1996 | 128 | 1996 |
| Biogenic soil emissions of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from savannas in South Africa: The impact of wetting and burning JS Levine, EL Winstead, DAB Parsons, MC Scholes, RJ Scholes, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 101 (D19), 23689-23697, 1996 | 125 | 1996 |
| DNA bar-coding reveals source and patterns of Thaumastocoris peregrinus invasions in South Africa and South America RL Nadel, B Slippers, MC Scholes, SA Lawson, AE Noack, CF Wilcken, ... Biological Invasions 12, 1067-1077, 2010 | 112 | 2010 |
| Stable carbon isotope ratios from archaeological charcoal as palaeoenvironmental indicators G Hall, S Woodborne, M Scholes Chemical Geology 247 (3-4), 384-400, 2008 | 111 | 2008 |
| Controls on annual emissions of nitric oxide from soils of the Colorado shortgrass steppe RE Martin, MC Scholes, AR Mosier, DS Ojima, EA Holland, WJ Parton Global Biogeochemical Cycles 12 (1), 81-91, 1998 | 103 | 1998 |
| Nutrient vectors and riparian processing: a review with special reference to African semiarid savanna ecosystems SM Jacobs, JS Bechtold, HC Biggs, NB Grimm, S Lorentz, ME McClain, ... Ecosystems 10, 1231-1249, 2007 | 95 | 2007 |
| The contribution of aerosol-and water-borne nutrients to the functioning of the Okavango Delta ecosystem, Botswana PD Garstang, M.*, Ellery, WN**, McCarthy, TS***, Scholes, MC, Scholes, RJ ... South African Journal of Science 94 (5), 223-229, 1998 | 92 | 1998 |
| Biogenic NO emissions from savanna soils as a function of fire regime, soil type, soil nitrogen, and water status DAB Parsons, MC Scholes, RJ Scholes, JS Levine Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 101 (D19), 23683-23688, 1996 | 91 | 1996 |
| Coppice harvesting of fuelwood species on a South African common: utilizing scientific and indigenous knowledge in community based natural resource management SA Kaschula, WE Twine, MC Scholes Human Ecology 33, 387-418, 2005 | 90 | 2005 |
| 17 Effects of pines on soil properties and processes MC Scholes, TE Nowicki Ecology and biogeography of Pinus, 341, 2000 | 90 | 2000 |
| The distribution of sweetveld and sourveld in South Africa's grassland biome in relation to environmental factors WN Ellery, RJ Scholes, MC Scholes African Journal of Range & Forage Science 12 (1), 38-45, 1995 | 86 | 1995 |
