| Crown and basal area relationships of open-grown southern pines for modeling competition and growth WR Smith, RM Farrar Jr, PA Murphy, JL Yeiser, RS Meldahl, JS Kush Canadian Journal of Forest Research 22 (3), 341-347, 1992 | 106 | 1992 |
| Assessment of sustainable livelihoods of different farmers in hilly red soil erosion areas of southern China C Wang, Y Zhang, Y Yang, Q Yang, J Kush, Y Xu, L Xu Ecological Indicators 64, 123-131, 2016 | 102 | 2016 |
| Basal area growth of individual trees: a model derived from a regional longleaf pine growth study HE Quicke, RS Meldahl, JS Kush Forest science 40 (3), 528-542, 1994 | 89 | 1994 |
| Spatial and temporal patterns of global burned area in response to anthropogenic and environmental factors: Reconstructing global fire history for the 20th and early 21st centuries J Yang, H Tian, B Tao, W Ren, J Kush, Y Liu, Y Wang Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 119 (3), 249-263, 2014 | 83 | 2014 |
| Hurricane Katrina winds damaged longleaf pine less than loblolly pine KH Johnsen, JR Butnor, JS Kush, RC Schmidtling, CD Nelson Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 33 (4), 178-181, 2009 | 79 | 2009 |
| Remnant old-growth longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) savannas and forests of the southeastern USA: Status and threats J Moragan III, JS Kush Natural Areas Journal, 24 (2): 141-149, 2004 | 74 | 2004 |
| Decadal changes in fire frequencies shift tree communities and functional traits AFA Pellegrini, T Refsland, C Averill, C Terrer, AC Staver, DG Brockway, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (4), 504-512, 2021 | 73 | 2021 |
| Dendrochronological investigations of climate and competitive effects on longleaf pine growth. RS Meldahl, N Pederson, JS Kush, JMIII Varner | 68 | 1999 |
| Understory plant community response after 23 years of hardwood control treatments in natural long leaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests JS Kush, RS Meldahl, WD Boyer Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29 (7), 1047-1054, 1999 | 68 | 1999 |
| Contrasting sapling bark allocation of five southeastern USA hardwood tree species in a fire prone ecosystem DH Hammond, JM Varner, JS Kush, Z Fan Ecosphere 6 (7), 1-13, 2015 | 63 | 2015 |
| Effects of soil-applied lead on seedling growth and ectomycorrhizal colonization of loblolly pine AH Chappelka, JS Kush, GB Runion, S Meier, WD Kelley Environmental pollution 72 (4), 307-316, 1991 | 61 | 1991 |
| A restoration success: longleaf pine seedlings established in a fire-suppressed, old-growth stand JS Kush, RS Meldahl, C Avery Ecological Restoration 22 (1), 6-10, 2004 | 59 | 2004 |
| Spatial and temporal trends of the shortleaf pine resource in the eastern United States CM Oswalt, J Kush, RJ Barlow, JC Gilbert Proc. of the Shortleaf pine conference: East meets West, 33-37, 2012 | 57 | 2012 |
| Two centuries of fire in a southwestern Virginia Pinus pungens community EK Sutherland, H Grissino-Mayer, CA Woodhouse, WW Covington, ... Proceedings of the IUFRO Conference on Inventory and Management in the …, 1995 | 53 | 1995 |
| Structural characteristics of frequently-burned old-growth longleaf pine stands in the mountains of Alabama JM Varner III, JS Kush, RS Meldahl Castanea, 211-221, 2003 | 44 | 2003 |
| Ecological restoration of an old-growth longleaf pine stand utilizing prescribed fire JM Varner, JS Kush, RS Meldahl Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference Proceedings 21 (21), 6-2, 2000 | 44 | 2000 |
| Understory plant community response to season of burn in natural longleaf pine forests JS Kush, RS Meldahl, WD Boyer In: Moser, W. Keith; Moser, Cynthia E., eds. Fire and forest ecology …, 2000 | 40 | 2000 |
| Structure and composition of historical longleaf pine ecosystems in Mississippi, USA BB Hanberry, K Coursey, JS Kush Human Ecology 46, 241-248, 2018 | 39 | 2018 |
| Longleaf Pine: A Sustainable Approach for Increasing Terrestrial Carbon in the Southern United Stat es JS Kush, RS Meldahl, CK McMahon, WD Boyer Environmental Management 33, S139-S147, 2004 | 36 | 2004 |
| Composition of a virgin stand of longleaf pine in south Alabama JS Kush, RS Meldahl Castanea, 56-63, 2000 | 35 | 2000 |
