| Spatial heterogeneity, land use and conservation in the cerrado region of Brazil JF Silva, MR Fariñas, JM Felfili, CA Klink Journal of Biogeography 33 (3), 536-548, 2006 | 493 | 2006 |
| Savannas of northern South America: a steady state regulated by water-fire interactions on a background of low nutrient availability. E Medina, JF Silva Journal of Biogeography 17 (4), 403-413, 1990 | 281 | 1990 |
| Population responses to fire in a tropical savanna grass, Andropogon semiberbis: a matrix model approach JF Silva, J Raventos, H Caswell, MC Trevisan The Journal of Ecology, 345-355, 1991 | 205 | 1991 |
| Leaf-cutting ants and forest groves in a tropical parkland savanna of Venezuela: facilitated succession? AGF Brener, JF Silva Journal of Tropical Ecology 11 (4), 651-669, 1995 | 121 | 1995 |
| Increase in the woody component of seasonal savannas under different fire regimes in Calabozo, Venezuela JF Silva, A Zambrano, MR Fariñas Journal of Biogeography 28 (8), 977-983, 2001 | 120 | 2001 |
| A demographic study of an annual grass (Andropogon brevifolius Schwarz) in burnt and unburnt savanna J Canales, MC Trevisan, JF Silva, H Caswell Acta Oecologica 15 (3), 261-273, 1994 | 84 | 1994 |
| Fire and fire exclusion effects on the growth and survival of two savanna grasses. JF Silva, J Raventos, H Caswell Acta Oecologica 11 (6), 783-800, 1990 | 74 | 1990 |
| Determinants of tropical savannas OT Solbrig, E Medina, JF Silva Biodiversity and savanna ecosystem processes: A global perspective, 31-41, 1996 | 73 | 1996 |
| Leaf-cutting ant nests and soil fertility in a well-drained savanna in western Venezuela AGF Brener, JF Silva Biotropica, 250-254, 1995 | 73 | 1995 |
| Leaf-cutter ants' (Atta laevigata) aid to the establishment success of Tapirira velutinifolia (Anacardiaceae) seedlings in a parkland savanna. AG Farji Brener, JF Silva | 68 | 1996 |
| Phenology, seed crop and germination of coexisting grass species from a tropical savanna in western Venezuela. JF Silva, M Ataroff ACTA OECOL.(OECOL. PLANT.). 6 (1), 41-51, 1985 | 64 | 1985 |
| Especies y biodiversidad M Aguilera, JF Silva Interciencia 22 (6), 299-306, 1997 | 62* | 1997 |
| Fire, growth and survivorship in a Neotropical savanna grass Andropogon semiberbis in Venezuela. JF Silva, F Castro Journal of Tropical Ecology 5 (4), 387-400, 1989 | 48 | 1989 |
| Biodiversity and tropical savanna properties: a global view OT Solbrig, E Medina, JF Silva SCOPE-SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON PROBLEMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL …, 1996 | 47 | 1996 |
| Dynamics. Responses of savannas to stress and disturbance: Species dynamics. JF Silva IUBS MONOGR. SER. 1987., 1987 | 45 | 1987 |
| Seed production and soil seed bank in three evergreen woody species from a neotropical savanna C Garcia-Nunez, A Azócar, JF Silva Journal of Tropical Ecology 17 (4), 563-576, 2001 | 44 | 2001 |
| Savanna biodiversity and ecosystem properties S Archer, M Coughenour, C Dall’Aglio, GW Fernandez, J Hay, ... Biodiversity and Savanna Ecosystem Processes: A Global Perspective, 207-215, 1996 | 33 | 1996 |
| Biodiversity and stability in tropical savannas JF Silva Biodiversity and savanna ecosystem processes, 161-171, 1996 | 33 | 1996 |
| Reconocimiento ecológico de los Llanos Occidentales. I. Las unidades ecológicas regionales G Sarmiento, M Monasterio, J Silva Acta Científica Venezolana 22, 52-60, 1971 | 32 | 1971 |
| Seed dispersal in Palicourea rigida, a common treelet species from Neotropical savannas D Wütherich, A Azócar, C García-Nuñez, JF Silva Journal of Tropical Ecology 17 (03), 449-458, 2001 | 29 | 2001 |