| Increasing precipitation event size increases aboveground net primary productivity in a semi-arid grassland JL Heisler-White, AK Knapp, EF Kelly Oecologia 158, 129-140, 2008 | 528 | 2008 |
| The impact of climate on the biogeochemical functioning of volcanic soils OA Chadwick, RT Gavenda, EF Kelly, K Ziegler, CG Olson, WC Elliott, ... Chemical Geology 202 (3-4), 195-223, 2003 | 479 | 2003 |
| Contingent productivity responses to more extreme rainfall regimes across a grassland biome JL Heisler‐White, JM Blair, EF Kelly, K Harmoney, AK Knapp Global Change Biology 15 (12), 2894-2904, 2009 | 446 | 2009 |
| The effect of plants on mineral weathering EF Kelly, OA Chadwick, TE Hilinski Biogeochemistry 42, 21-53, 1998 | 363 | 1998 |
| Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally KS Ramirez, JW Leff, A Barberán, ST Bates, J Betley, TW Crowther, ... Proceedings of the royal society B: biological sciences 281 (1795), 20141988, 2014 | 357 | 2014 |
| Soil organic carbon and water retention after conversion of grasslands to pine plantations in the Ecuadorian Andes KA Farley, EF Kelly, RGM Hofstede Ecosystems 7, 729-739, 2004 | 340 | 2004 |
| Biologic cycling of silica across a grassland bioclimosequence SW Blecker, RL McCulley, OA Chadwick, EF Kelly Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20 (3), 2006 | 333 | 2006 |
| Oxygen isotopic composition of soil water: quantifying evaporation and transpiration JCC Hsieh, OA Chadwick, EF Kelly, SM Savin Geoderma 82 (1-3), 269-293, 1998 | 325 | 1998 |
| Natural variations of δ30Si ratios during progressive basalt weathering, Hawaiian Islands K Ziegler, OA Chadwick, MA Brzezinski, EF Kelly Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69 (19), 4597-4610, 2005 | 324 | 2005 |
| Carbon isotope systematics of monoaromatic hydrocarbons: vaporization and adsorption experiments RR Harrington, SR Poulson, JI Drever, PJS Colberg, EF Kelly Organic Geochemistry 30 (8), 765-775, 1999 | 218 | 1999 |
| Soil structural and other physical properties ET Elliott, JW Heil, EF Kelly, HC Monger Standard soil methods for long-term ecological research, 74-85, 1999 | 215 | 1999 |
| Effects of cultivation on soils in northern Great Plains rangeland R Aguilar, EF Kelly, RD Heil Soil Science Society of America Journal 52 (4), 1081-1085, 1988 | 214 | 1988 |
| Stable isotope ratios of carbon in phytoliths as a quantitative method of monitoring vegetation and climate change EF Kelly, RG Amundson, BD Marino, MJ Deniro Quaternary Research 35 (2), 222-233, 1991 | 207 | 1991 |
| The stable carbon isotope composition of soil organic carbon and pedogenic carbonates along a bioclimatic gradient in the Palouse region, Washington State, USA BA Stevenson, EF Kelly, EV McDonald, AJ Busacca Geoderma 124 (1-2), 37-47, 2005 | 182 | 2005 |
| Assessing the extraction and quantification of amorphous silica in soils of forest and grassland ecosystems L Saccone, DJ Conley, E Koning, D Sauer, M Sommer, D Kaczorek, ... European Journal of Soil Science 58 (6), 1446-1459, 2007 | 181 | 2007 |
| Effects of afforestation of a páramo grassland on soil nutrient status KA Farley, EF Kelly Forest Ecology and Management 195 (3), 281-290, 2004 | 181 | 2004 |
| Biodiversity in the dark DH Wall, RD Bardgett, E Kelly Nature Geoscience 3 (5), 297-298, 2010 | 177 | 2010 |
| Effects of slash-and-burn management on soil aggregate organic C and N in a tropical deciduous forest F Garcı́a-Oliva, RL Sanford Jr, E Kelly Geoderma 88 (1-2), 1-12, 1999 | 138 | 1999 |
| Carbon dioxide consumption during soil development OA Chadwick, EF Kelly, DM Merritts, RG Amundson Biogeochemistry 24, 115-127, 1994 | 124 | 1994 |
| Regional patterns in carbon cycling across the Great Plains of North America RL McCulley, IC Burke, JA Nelson, WK Lauenroth, AK Knapp, EF Kelly Ecosystems 8, 106-121, 2005 | 118 | 2005 |
