| 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 |
| Retention forestry to maintain multifunctional forests: a world perspective L Gustafsson, SC Baker, J Bauhus, WJ Beese, A Brodie, J Kouki, ... BioScience 62 (7), 633-645, 2012 | 972 | 2012 |
| A critique of silviculture: managing for complexity KJ Puettmann, KD Coates, CC Messier Island Press, 2009 | 943 | 2009 |
| Reconciling niche and neutrality: the continuum hypothesis D Gravel, CD Canham, M Beaudet, C Messier Ecology letters 9 (4), 399-409, 2006 | 925 | 2006 |
| Silviculture for old-growth attributes J Bauhus, K Puettmann, C Messier Forest Ecology and Management 258 (4), 525-537, 2009 | 785 | 2009 |
| 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 |
| Can forest management based on natural disturbances maintain ecological resilience? CR Drever, G Peterson, C Messier, Y Bergeron, M Flannigan Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36 (9), 2285-2299, 2006 | 545 | 2006 |
| Predicting and managing light in the understory of boreal forests VJ Lieffers, C Messier, KJ Stadt, F Gendron, PG Comeau Canadian journal of forest research 29 (6), 796-811, 1999 | 507 | 1999 |
| A major shift to the retention approach for forestry can help resolve some global forest sustainability issues DB Lindenmayer, JF Franklin, A Lõhmus, SC Baker, J Bauhus, W Beese, ... Conservation letters 5 (6), 421-431, 2012 | 476 | 2012 |
| Can retention forestry help conserve biodiversity? A meta‐analysis K Fedrowitz, J Koricheva, SC Baker, DB Lindenmayer, B Palik, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 51 (6), 1669-1679, 2014 | 458 | 2014 |
| Functional ecology of advance regeneration in relation to light in boreal forests C Messier, R Doucet, JC Ruel, Y Claveau, C Kelly, MJ Lechowicz Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29 (6), 812-823, 1999 | 456 | 1999 |
| Effects of overstory and understory vegetation on the understory light environment in mixed boreal forests C Messier, S Parent, Y Bergeron Journal of Vegetation Science 9 (4), 511-520, 1998 | 436 | 1998 |
| 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 | 401 | 2017 |
| Managing forests as complex adaptive systems: building resilience to the challenge of global change CC Messier, KJ Puettmann, KD Coates Routledge, 2013 | 392 | 2013 |
| WinRHlZO™, a root-measuring system with a unique overlap correction method JL Arsenault, S Poulcur, C Messier, R Guay HortScience 30 (4), 906D-906, 1995 | 368 | 1995 |
| 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 | 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 | 352 | 2014 |
| The functional complex network approach to foster forest resilience to global changes C Messier, J Bauhus, F Doyon, F Maure, R Sousa-Silva, P Nolet, M Mina, ... Forest Ecosystems 6 (1), 1-16, 2019 | 321 | 2019 |
| 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 |
| Growth and morphological responses of yellow birch, sugar maple, and beech seedlings growing under a natural light gradient M Beaudet, C Messier Canadian Journal of forest research 28 (7), 1007-1015, 1998 | 313 | 1998 |
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