| Microbial stress‐response physiology and its implications for ecosystem function J Schimel, TC Balser, M Wallenstein Ecology 88 (6), 1386-1394, 2007 | 2544 | 2007 |
| Linking microbial community composition to function in a tropical soil MP Waldrop, TC Balser, MK Firestone Soil biology and biochemistry 32 (13), 1837-1846, 2000 | 846 | 2000 |
| Linking microbial community composition and soil processes in a California annual grassland and mixed-conifer forest TC Balser, MK Firestone Biogeochemistry 73, 395-415, 2005 | 580 | 2005 |
| Microbial production of recalcitrant organic matter in global soils: implications for productivity and climate policy C Liang, TC Balser Nature Reviews Microbiology 9 (1), 75-75, 2011 | 347 | 2011 |
| Soil feedbacks of plant diversity on soil microbial communities and subsequent plant growth J Bartelt-Ryser, J Joshi, B Schmid, H Brandl, T Balser Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 7 (1), 27-49, 2005 | 319 | 2005 |
| Integrating microbial ecology into ecosystem models: challenges and priorities KK Treseder, TC Balser, MA Bradford, EL Brodie, EA Dubinsky, VT Eviner, ... Biogeochemistry 109, 7-18, 2012 | 292 | 2012 |
| An Absorbing Markov Chain approach to understanding the microbial role in soil carbon stabilization C Liang, G Cheng, DL Wixon, TC Balser Biogeochemistry 106, 303-309, 2011 | 261 | 2011 |
| Microbial community structure varies across soil organic matter aggregate pools during tropical land cover change AP Smith, E Marín-Spiotta, MA De Graaff, TC Balser Soil Biology and Biochemistry 77, 292-303, 2014 | 250 | 2014 |
| Linking soil process and microbial ecology in freshwater wetland ecosystems JLM Gutknecht, RM Goodman, TC Balser Plant and Soil 289, 17-34, 2006 | 239 | 2006 |
| Variations in the soil microbial community composition of a tropical montane forest ecosystem: does tree species matter? M Ushio, R Wagai, TC Balser, K Kitayama Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40 (10), 2699-2702, 2008 | 222 | 2008 |
| Microbial community variation and its relationship with nitrogen mineralization in historically altered forests JM Fraterrigo, TC Balser, MG Turner Ecology 87 (3), 570-579, 2006 | 199 | 2006 |
| Microbial communities and their responses to simulated global change fluctuate greatly over multiple years JLM Gutknecht, CB Field, TC Balser Global Change Biology 18 (7), 2256-2269, 2012 | 188 | 2012 |
| Microbial response over time to hydrologic and fertilization treatments in a simulated wet prairie JL Mentzer, RM Goodman, TC Balser Plant and Soil 284, 85-100, 2006 | 187 | 2006 |
| Successional and seasonal variations in soil and litter microbial community structure and function during tropical postagricultural forest regeneration: a multiyear study AP Smith, E Marín‐Spiotta, T Balser Global change biology 21 (9), 3532-3547, 2015 | 182 | 2015 |
| Cover crop and liquid manure effects on soil quality indicators in a corn silage system WE Jokela, JH Grabber, DL Karlen, TC Balser, DE Palmquist Agronomy Journal 101 (4), 727-737, 2009 | 182 | 2009 |
| Investigating biological control over soil carbon temperature sensitivity TC Balser, DL Wixon Global Change Biology 15 (12), 2935-2949, 2009 | 164 | 2009 |
| Using lipid analysis and hyphal length to quantify AM and saprotrophic fungal abundance along a soil chronosequence TC Balser, KK Treseder, M Ekenler Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37 (3), 601-604, 2005 | 156 | 2005 |
| Linking soil microbial communities and ecosystem functioning TC Balser, AP Kinzig, MK Firestone The functional consequences of biodiversity: empirical progress and …, 2002 | 149 | 2002 |
| Warming and nitrogen deposition lessen microbial residue contribution to soil carbon pool C Liang, TC Balser Nature Communications 3 (1), 1222, 2012 | 144 | 2012 |
| Exotic earthworms alter soil microbial community composition and function MA Dempsey, MC Fisk, JB Yavitt, TJ Fahey, TC Balser Soil Biology and Biochemistry 67, 263-270, 2013 | 136 | 2013 |