| How" virgin" is virgin rainforest? KJ Willis, L Gillson, TM Brncic Science 304 (5669), 402-403, 2004 | 424 | 2004 |
| Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology AWR Seddon, AW Mackay, AG Baker, HJB Birks, E Breman, CE Buck, ... Journal of Ecology 102 (1), 256-267, 2014 | 264 | 2014 |
| Rangeland ecology in a changing world L Gillson, MT Hoffman science 315 (5808), 53-54, 2007 | 229 | 2007 |
| Accommodating climate change contingencies in conservation strategy L Gillson, TP Dawson, S Jack, MA McGeoch Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28 (3), 135-142, 2013 | 204 | 2013 |
| Evidence of hierarchical patch dynamics in an East African savanna? L Gillson Landscape Ecology 19, 883-894, 2004 | 166 | 2004 |
| Drought, climate change and vegetation response in the succulent karoo, South Africa MT Hoffman, PJ Carrick, L Gillson, AG West South African Journal of Science 105 (1), 54-60, 2009 | 151 | 2009 |
| Interconnected place-based social–ecological research can inform global sustainability P Balvanera, R Calderón-Contreras, AJ Castro, MR Felipe-Lucia, ... Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 29, 1-7, 2017 | 150 | 2017 |
| Testing the sensitivity of charcoal as an indicator of fire events in savanna environments: quantitative predictions of fire proximity, area and intensity KI Duffin, L Gillson, KJ Willis The Holocene 18 (2), 279-291, 2008 | 144 | 2008 |
| Demything “wilderness”: implications for protected area designation and management M Kalamandeen, L Gillson Biodiversity and Conservation 16, 165-182, 2007 | 123 | 2007 |
| Testing non-equilibrium theories in savannas: 1400 years of vegetation change in Tsavo National Park, Kenya L Gillson Ecological Complexity 1 (4), 281-298, 2004 | 121 | 2004 |
| ‘As Earth's testimonies tell’: wilderness conservation in a changing world L Gillson, KJ Willis Ecology Letters 7 (10), 990-998, 2004 | 120 | 2004 |
| From myopia to clarity: sharpening the focus of ecosystem management through the lens of palaeoecology L Gillson, R Marchant Trends in Ecology & Evolution 29 (6), 317-325, 2014 | 117 | 2014 |
| How does spatial heterogeneity influence resilience to climatic changes? Ecological dynamics in southeast Madagascar M Virah-Sawmy, L Gillson, KJ Willis Ecological Monographs 79 (4), 557-574, 2009 | 112 | 2009 |
| Evidence for drought and forest declines during the recent megafaunal extinctions in Madagascar M Virah‐Sawmy, KJ Willis, L Gillson Journal of Biogeography 37 (3), 506-519, 2010 | 110 | 2010 |
| Providing baselines for biodiversity measurement KJ Willis, L Gillson, TM Brncic, BL Figueroa-Rangel Trends in Ecology & Evolution 20 (3), 107-108, 2005 | 102 | 2005 |
| Thresholds of potential concern as benchmarks in the management of African savannahs L Gillson, KI Duffin Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 362 …, 2007 | 100 | 2007 |
| Finding common ground between adaptive management and evidence-based approaches to biodiversity conservation L Gillson, H Biggs, IPJ Smit, M Virah-Sawmy, K Rogers Trends in Ecology & Evolution 34 (1), 31-44, 2019 | 94 | 2019 |
| Pan evaporation and wind run decline in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa (1974–2005): implications for vegetation responses to climate change MT Hoffman, MD Cramer, L Gillson, M Wallace Climatic Change 109 (3), 437-452, 2011 | 92 | 2011 |
| Threshold response of Madagascar's littoral forest to sea‐level rise M Virah‐Sawmy, KJ Willis, L Gillson Global Ecology and Biogeography 18 (1), 98-110, 2009 | 88 | 2009 |
| Spreading like wildfire: The rising threat of extraordinary landscape fires A Sullivan, E Baker, T Kurvits, A Popescu, AK Paulson, ... United Nations Environment Programme, 2022 | 82* | 2022 |
M. Timm HoffmanLeslie Hill Chair of Plant Conservation, University of Cape TownVerified email at uct.ac.za
