| Soil invertebrates and ecosystem services P Lavelle, T Decaëns, M Aubert, S Barot, M Blouin, F Bureau, P Margerie, ... European journal of soil biology 42, S3-S15, 2006 | 1968 | 2006 |
| The values of soil animals for conservation biology T Decaëns, JJ Jiménez, C Gioia, GJ Measey, P Lavelle European Journal of Soil Biology 42, S23-S38, 2006 | 572 | 2006 |
| Macroecological patterns in soil communities T Decaëns Global Ecology and Biogeography 19 (3), 287-302, 2010 | 525 | 2010 |
| Global distribution of earthworm diversity HRP Phillips, CA Guerra, MLC Bartz, MJI Briones, GG Brown, ... Science 366, 480–485, 2019 | 419 | 2019 |
| Impact of land management on soil macrofauna in the Oriental Llanos of Colombia T Decaëns, PM Lavelle, JJ Jiménez Jaén, G Escobar, G Rippstein European Journal of Soil Biology 30 (4), 157-168, 1994 | 278* | 1994 |
| Ecosystem engineers in a self-organized soil: a review of concepts and future research questions P Lavelle, A Spain, M Blouin, G Brown, T Decaëns, M Grimaldi, ... Soil Science 181 (3/4), 91-109, 2016 | 260 | 2016 |
| Current use of and future needs for soil invertebrate functional traits in community ecology B Pey, J Nahmani, A Auclerc, Y Capowiez, D Cluzeau, J Cortet, ... Basic and Applied Ecology 15 (3), 194-206, 2014 | 225 | 2014 |
| Species-level para- and polyphyly in DNA barcode gene trees: Strong operational bias in European Lepidoptera M Mutanen, SM Kivelä, RA Vos, C Doorenweerd, S Ratnasingham, ... Systematic Biology 65, 1024–1040, 2016 | 216 | 2016 |
| Effects of tropical endogeic earthworms on soil erosion E Blanchart, A Albrecht, G Brown, T Decaens, A Duboisset, P Lavelle, ... Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 104 (2), 303-315, 2004 | 205 | 2004 |
| DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity in Lumbricus terrestris L., 1758 (Clitellata): resurrection of L. herculeus (Savigny, 1826) SW James, D Porco, T Decaëns, B Richard, R Rougerie, C Erséus PloS one 5 (12), e15629, 2010 | 190 | 2010 |
| Soil macrofaunal communities in permanent pastures derived from tropical forest or savanna T Decaëns, JJ Jiménez, E Barros, A Chauvel, E Blanchart, C Fragoso, ... Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 103 (2), 301-312, 2004 | 175 | 2004 |
| Earthworm communities of tropical agroecosystems: origin, structure and influence of management practices C Fragoso, P Lavelle, E Blanchart, BK Senapati, JJ Jimenez, MA Martinez, ... Earthworm management in tropical agroecosystems, 27-55, 1999 | 171 | 1999 |
| Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in ageing earthworm casts in grasslands of the eastern plains of Colombia T Decaëns, AF Rangel, N Asakawa, RJ Thomas Biology and Fertility of Soils 30, 20-28, 1999 | 153 | 1999 |
| Assembly rules within earthworm communities in North-Western France—a regional analysis T Decaëns, P Margerie, M Aubert, M Hedde, F Bureau Applied Soil Ecology 39 (3), 321-335, 2008 | 146 | 2008 |
| Toward an integrative understanding of soil biodiversity MP Thakur, HRP Phillips, U Brose, FT De Vries, P Lavelle, M Loreau, ... Biological Reviews 95, 350–364, 2020 | 142 | 2020 |
| Ecology of earthworm species with large environmental tolerance and/or extended distributions I Barois, P Lavelle, M Brossard, J Tondoh, MA Martinez, JP Rossi, ... Earthworm management in tropical agroecosystems 3, 57-84, 1999 | 141 | 1999 |
| Biodiversity inventories in high gear: DNA barcoding facilitates a rapid biotic survey of a temperate nature reserve AC Telfer, MR Young, J Quinn, K Perez, CN Sobel, JE Sones, ... Biodiversity data journal, e6313, 2015 | 130 | 2015 |
| Earthworm communities under an agricultural intensification gradient in Colombia T Decaëns, JJ Jiménez Plant and Soil 240, 133-143, 2002 | 127 | 2002 |
| Biological invasions in soil: DNA barcoding as a monitoring tool in a multiple taxa survey targeting European earthworms and springtails in North America D Porco, T Decaëns, L Deharveng, SW James, D Skarżyński, C Erséus, ... Biological Invasions 15, 899-910, 2013 | 126 | 2013 |
| Earthworms as a resource in tropical agroecosystems. P Lavelle, I Barois, E Blanchart, G Brown, L Brussaard, T Decaëns, ... Nature and Resources 34 (1), 26-41, 1998 | 123* | 1998 |
Patrick LavelleUniversité Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6Verified email at ird.fr