| Fluvial process and the establishment of bottomland trees ML Scott, JM Friedman, GT Auble Geomorphology 14 (4), 327-339, 1996 | 508 | 1996 |
| Theory, methods and tools for determining environmental flows for riparian vegetation: riparian vegetation‐flow response guilds DM Merritt, ML Scott, LR Poff, GT Auble, DA Lytle Freshwater Biology 55 (1), 206-225, 2010 | 499 | 2010 |
| Flood dependency of cottonwood establishment along the Missouri River, Montana, USA ML Scott, GT Auble, JM Friedman Ecological Applications 7 (2), 677-690, 1997 | 470 | 1997 |
| Relating riparian vegetation to present and future streamflows GT Auble, JM Friedman, ML Scott Ecological applications 4 (3), 544-554, 1994 | 470 | 1994 |
| Responses of riparian cottonwoods to alluvial water table declines ML Scott, PB Shafroth, GT Auble Environmental Management 23, 347-358, 1999 | 379 | 1999 |
| Downstream effects of dams on channel geometry and bottomland vegetation: regional patterns in the Great Plains WR Osterkamp, ML Scott, GT Auble Wetlands 18 (4), 619-633, 1998 | 352 | 1998 |
| Dominance of non-native riparian trees in western USA JM Friedman, GT Auble, PB Shafroth, ML Scott, MF Merigliano, ... Biological Invasions 7, 747-751, 2005 | 323 | 2005 |
| Disturbance-mediated accelerated succession in two Michigan forest types MD Abrams, ML Scott Forest Science 35 (1), 42-49, 1989 | 228 | 1989 |
| Fluvial disturbance patches and cottonwood recruitment along the upper Missouri River, Montana GT Auble, ML Scott Wetlands 18, 546-556, 1998 | 191 | 1998 |
| Potential responses of riparian vegetation to dam removal: dam removal generally causes changes to aspects of the physical environment that influence the establishment and … PB Shafroth, JM Friedman, GT Auble, ML Scott, JH Braatne BioScience 52 (8), 703-712, 2002 | 180 | 2002 |
| Establishment of Populus deltoides under simulated alluvial groundwater declines CA Segelquist, ML Scott, GT Auble American Midland Naturalist, 274-285, 1993 | 163 | 1993 |
| Physiological and Morphological Response Patterns of Populus deltoides to Alluvial Groundwater Pumping DJ Cooper, DR D'amico, ML Scott Environmental Management 31, 0215-0226, 2003 | 155 | 2003 |
| Restoration of riparian forest using irrigation, artificial disturbance, and natural seedfall JM Friedman, ML Scott, WM Lewis Environmental Management 19, 547-557, 1995 | 150 | 1995 |
| Germination and establishment of the native plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides Marshall subsp. monilifera) and the exotic Russian-olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.) PB Shafroth, GT Auble, ML Scott Conservation Biology, 1169-1175, 1995 | 141 | 1995 |
| Planning Riparian Restoration in the Context of Tamarix Control in Western North America PB Shafroth, VB Beauchamp, MK Briggs, K Lair, ML Scott, AA Sher Restoration Ecology 16 (1), 97-112, 2008 | 128 | 2008 |
| Relating geomorphic change and grazing to avian communities in riparian forests ML Scott, SK Skagen, MF Merigliano Conservation Biology 17 (1), 284-296, 2003 | 117 | 2003 |
| Channel incision and patterns of cottonwood stress and mortality along the Mojave River, California ML Scott, GC Lines, GT Auble Journal of Arid Environments 44 (4), 399-414, 2000 | 117 | 2000 |
| Mechanisms of vegetation-induced channel narrowing of an unregulated canyon river: Results from a natural field-scale experiment RB Manners, JC Schmidt, ML Scott Geomorphology 211, 100-115, 2014 | 100 | 2014 |
| Forty years of vegetation change on the Missouri River floodplain WC Johnson, MD Dixon, ML Scott, L Rabbe, G Larson, M Volke, B Werner BioScience 62 (2), 123-135, 2012 | 96 | 2012 |
| Dynamics of plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides) forests and historical landscape change along unchannelized segments of the Missouri River, USA MD Dixon, WC Johnson, ML Scott, DE Bowen, LA Rabbe Environmental Management 49 (5), 990-1008, 2012 | 92 | 2012 |