| Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests J Liang, TW Crowther, N Picard, S Wiser, M Zhou, G Alberti, ED Schulze, ... Science 354 (6309), aaf8957, 2016 | 1410 | 2016 |
| The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests A Paquette, C Messier Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (1), 170-180, 2011 | 984 | 2011 |
| The role of plantations in managing the world's forests in the Anthropocene A Paquette, C Messier Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8 (1), 27-34, 2010 | 640 | 2010 |
| The new green revolution: sustainable intensification of agriculture by intercropping MO Martin-Guay, A Paquette, J Dupras, D Rivest Science of the total environment 615, 767-772, 2018 | 545 | 2018 |
| Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth SC Cook-Patton, SM Leavitt, D Gibbs, NL Harris, K Lister, ... Nature 585 (7826), 545-550, 2020 | 510 | 2020 |
| Linking biodiversity and ecosystem services: current uncertainties and the necessary next steps P Balvanera, I Siddique, L Dee, A Paquette, F Isbell, A Gonzalez, J Byrnes, ... Bioscience 64 (1), 49-57, 2014 | 472 | 2014 |
| Spatial complementarity in tree crowns explains overyielding in species mixtures LJ Williams, A Paquette, J Cavender-Bares, C Messier, PB Reich Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (4), 0063, 2017 | 398 | 2017 |
| BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene M Dornelas, LH Antao, F Moyes, AE Bates, AE Magurran, D Adam, ... Global Ecology and Biogeography 27 (7), 760-786, 2018 | 395 | 2018 |
| Plantation forests, climate change and biodiversity SM Pawson, A Brin, EG Brockerhoff, D Lamb, TW Payn, A Paquette, ... Biodiversity and Conservation 22, 1203-1227, 2013 | 377 | 2013 |
| Leaf bacterial diversity mediates plant diversity and ecosystem function relationships I Laforest-Lapointe, A Paquette, C Messier, SW Kembel Nature 546 (7656), 145-147, 2017 | 366 | 2017 |
| Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context S Ratcliffe, C Wirth, T Jucker, F van Der Plas, M Scherer‐Lorenzen, ... Ecology letters 20 (11), 1414-1426, 2017 | 365 | 2017 |
| Diversity increases carbon storage and tree productivity in S panish forests P Ruiz‐Benito, L Gómez‐Aparicio, A Paquette, C Messier, J Kattge, ... Global Ecology and Biogeography 23 (3), 311-322, 2014 | 351 | 2014 |
| Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations K Verheyen, M Vanhellemont, H Auge, L Baeten, C Baraloto, N Barsoum, ... Ambio 45, 29-41, 2016 | 315 | 2016 |
| Early stage litter decomposition across biomes I Djukic, S Kepfer-Rojas, IK Schmidt, KS Larsen, C Beier, B Berg, ... Science of the total environment 628, 1369-1394, 2018 | 293 | 2018 |
| For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests! C Messier, J Bauhus, R Sousa‐Silva, H Auge, L Baeten, N Barsoum, ... Conservation Letters 15 (1), e12829, 2022 | 279 | 2022 |
| Functional identity is the main driver of diversity effects in young tree communities CM Tobner, A Paquette, D Gravel, PB Reich, LJ Williams, C Messier Ecology letters 19 (6), 638-647, 2016 | 242 | 2016 |
| Tropical tree diversity enhances light capture through crown plasticity and spatial and temporal niche differences J Sapijanskas, A Paquette, C Potvin, N Kunert, M Loreau Ecology 95 (9), 2479-2492, 2014 | 236 | 2014 |
| Traits to stay, traits to move: a review of functional traits to assess sensitivity and adaptive capacity of temperate and boreal trees to climate change I Aubin, AD Munson, F Cardou, PJ Burton, N Isabel, JH Pedlar, ... Environmental Reviews 24 (2), 164-186, 2016 | 234 | 2016 |
| Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia CM Zohner, L Mo, SS Renner, JC Svenning, Y Vitasse, BM Benito, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (22), 12192-12200, 2020 | 219 | 2020 |
| Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why CET Paine, L Amissah, H Auge, C Baraloto, M Baruffol, N Bourland, ... Journal of Ecology 103 (4), 978-989, 2015 | 209 | 2015 |
Christian MessierProfessor of forest ecology, UQO and UQAMVerified email at uqam.ca