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| Greening of the Earth and its drivers Z Zhu, S Piao, RB Myneni, M Huang, Z Zeng, JG Canadell, P Ciais, ... Nature climate change 6 (8), 791-795, 2016 | 2365 | 2016 |
| Three decades of global methane sources and sinks S Kirschke, P Bousquet, P Ciais, M Saunois, JG Canadell, ... Nature geoscience 6 (10), 813-823, 2013 | 2310 | 2013 |
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| Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle B Poulter, D Frank, P Ciais, RB Myneni, N Andela, J Bi, G Broquet, ... Nature 509 (7502), 600-603, 2014 | 1384 | 2014 |
| Human-induced nitrogen–phosphorus imbalances alter natural and managed ecosystems across the globe J Peñuelas, B Poulter, J Sardans, P Ciais, M Van Der Velde, L Bopp, ... Nature communications 4 (1), 2934, 2013 | 1367 | 2013 |
| The global methane budget: 2000–2012 M Saunois, P Bousquet, B Poulter, A Peregon, P Ciais, JG Canadell, ... Earth System Science Data Discussions 2016, 1-79, 2016 | 1151 | 2016 |
| Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world NG McDowell, CD Allen, K Anderson-Teixeira, BH Aukema, ... Science 368 (6494), eaaz9463, 2020 | 1003 | 2020 |
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| Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models for their response to climate variability and to CO2 trends S Piao, S Sitch, P Ciais, P Friedlingstein, P Peylin, X Wang, A Ahlström, ... Global change biology 19 (7), 2117-2132, 2013 | 777 | 2013 |
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philippe CiaisLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Université Paris SaclayVerified email at cea.fr