| Visual soil assessment TG Shepherd, CW Ross, LR Basher, S Saggar horizons. mw & Landcare Research 1, 84, 2000 | 228 | 2000 |
| Botanical briefing fire, forest regeneration and links with early human habitation: evidence from New Zealand J Ogden, LES Basher, M McGLONE Annals of Botany 81 (6), 687-696, 1998 | 220 | 1998 |
| Suspended sediment yields from New Zealand rivers DM Hicks, U Shankar, AI McKerchar, L Basher, I Lynn, M Page, M Jessen Journal of Hydrology (New Zealand) 50 (1), 81-142, 2011 | 207 | 2011 |
| Measurement of river bank and cliff erosion from sequential LIDAR and historical aerial photography RC De Rose, LR Basher Geomorphology 126 (1-2), 132-147, 2011 | 155 | 2011 |
| Erosion processes and their control in New Zealand LR Basher Ecosystem services in New Zealand–conditions and trends 2013, 363-374, 2013 | 131 | 2013 |
| Is pedology dead and buried? LR Basher Soil Research 35 (5), 979-994, 1997 | 94 | 1997 |
| Integrated catchment management—interweaving social process and science knowledge A Fenemor, C Phillips, W Allen, RG Young, G Harmsworth, B Bowden, ... New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45 (3), 313-331, 2011 | 90 | 2011 |
| Soil-stratigraphic techniques in the study of soil and landform evolution across the Southern Alps, New Zealand PJ Tonkin, LR Basher Geomorphology 3 (3-4), 547-575, 1990 | 67 | 1990 |
| Characterization and quantification of suspended sediment sources to the Manawatu River, New Zealand SS Vale, IC Fuller, JN Procter, LR Basher, IE Smith Science of the Total Environment 543, 171-186, 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
| Factors predisposing short-tussock grasslands to Hieracium invasion in Marlborough, New Zealand AB Rose, LR Basher, SK Wiser, KH Platt, IH Lynn New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 121-140, 1998 | 65 | 1998 |
| Relationship between 137Cs in some undisturbed New Zealand soils and rainfall LR Basher, KM Matthews Soil Research 31 (5), 655-663, 1993 | 65 | 1993 |
| Development of a New Zealand SedNet model for assessment of catchment-wide soil-conservation works JR Dymond, A Herzig, L Basher, HD Betts, M Marden, CJ Phillips, ... Geomorphology 257, 85-93, 2016 | 64 | 2016 |
| Shallow landslides and vegetation at the catchment scale: A perspective C Phillips, T Hales, H Smith, L Basher Ecological Engineering 173, 106436, 2021 | 59 | 2021 |
| Erosion process contribution to sediment yield before and after the establishment of exotic forest: Waipaoa catchment, New Zealand M Marden, A Herzig, L Basher Geomorphology 226, 162-174, 2014 | 59 | 2014 |
| Surface erosion assessment using 137 Cs: examples from New Zealand LR Basher Acta geológica hispánica, 219-228, 2000 | 59 | 2000 |
| The deforestation of the upper Awatere catchment, Inland Kaikoura Range, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand MS McGlone, LR Basher New Zealand journal of ecology, 53-66, 1995 | 55 | 1995 |
| The Motueka and Riwaka catchments: a technical report summarising the present state of knowledge of the catchments, management issues and research needs for integrated … LR Basher Landcare Research, 2003 | 53 | 2003 |
| Geomorphology and forest management in New Zealand's erodible steeplands: An overview C Phillips, M Marden, LR Basher Geomorphology 307, 107-121, 2018 | 51 | 2018 |
| Surface erosion assessment in the South-Canterbury downlands, New Zealand using 137Cs distribution LR Basher, KM Matthews, L Zhi Soil Research 33 (5), 787-803, 1995 | 49 | 1995 |
| Frequency and impact of Holocene fire in eastern South Island, New Zealand GM Rogers, S Walker, LM Basher, WG Lee New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 129-142, 2007 | 45 | 2007 |