| Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes GB De Deyn, JHC Cornelissen, RD Bardgett Ecology letters 11 (5), 516-531, 2008 | 1038 | 2008 |
| Soil invertebrate fauna enhances grassland succession and diversity GB De Deyn, CE Raaijmakers, HR Zoomer, MP Berg, PC de Ruiter, ... Nature 422 (6933), 711-713, 2003 | 633 | 2003 |
| Soil quality–A critical review EK Bünemann, G Bongiorno, Z Bai, RE Creamer, G De Deyn, R de Goede, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 120, 105-125, 2018 | 572 | 2018 |
| Linking aboveground and belowground diversity GB De Deyn, WH Van der Putten Trends in ecology & evolution 20 (11), 625-633, 2005 | 361 | 2005 |
| Plant species identity and diversity effects on different trophic levels of nematodes in the soil food web GB De Deyn, CE Raaijmakers, J Van Ruijven, F Berendse, ... Oikos 106 (3), 576-586, 2004 | 329 | 2004 |
| Earthworms increase plant production: a meta-analysis JW Van Groenigen, IM Lubbers, HMJ Vos, GG Brown, GB De Deyn, ... Scientific reports 4 (1), 1-7, 2014 | 276 | 2014 |
| Plant community development is affected by nutrients and soil biota GB De Deyn, CE Raaijmakers, WH Van der Putten Journal of Ecology 92 (5), 824-834, 2004 | 266 | 2004 |
| Selection for niche differentiation in plant communities increases biodiversity effects D Zuppinger-Dingley, B Schmid, JS Petermann, V Yadav, GB De Deyn, ... Nature 515 (7525), 108-111, 2014 | 231 | 2014 |
| Global soil biodiversity atlas. A Orgiazzi, RD Bardgett, E Barrios Global soil biodiversity atlas., 2016 | 208 | 2016 |
| Soil community composition drives aboveground plant–herbivore–parasitoid interactions TM Bezemer, GB De Deyn, TM Bossinga, NM Van Dam, JA Harvey, ... Ecology Letters 8 (6), 652-661, 2005 | 201 | 2005 |
| Diversity reduces invasibility in experimental plant communities: the role of plant species J van Ruijven, GB De Deyn, F Berendse Ecology Letters 6 (10), 910-918, 2003 | 180 | 2003 |
| Vegetation composition promotes carbon and nitrogen storage in model grassland communities of contrasting soil fertility GB De Deyn, H Quirk, Z Yi, S Oakley, NJ Ostle, RD Bardgett Journal of Ecology 97 (5), 864-875, 2009 | 163 | 2009 |
| Plant species richness promotes soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in grasslands without legumes WF Cong, J van Ruijven, L Mommer, GB De Deyn, F Berendse, ... Journal of Ecology 102 (5), 1163-1170, 2014 | 160 | 2014 |
| Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration GB De Deyn, RS Shiel, NJ Ostle, NP McNamara, S Oakley, I Young, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 48 (3), 600-608, 2011 | 142 | 2011 |
| Organic farming enhances soil microbial abundance and activity—A meta-analysis and meta-regression M Lori, S Symnaczik, P Mäder, G De Deyn, A Gattinger PloS one 12 (7), e0180442, 2017 | 136 | 2017 |
| Biotic plant–soil feedbacks across temporal scales P Kardol, GB De Deyn, E Laliberté, P Mariotte, CV Hawkes Journal of Ecology 101 (2), 309-315, 2013 | 135 | 2013 |
| Plant diversity and root traits benefit physical properties key to soil function in grasslands IJ Gould, JN Quinton, A Weigelt, GB De Deyn, RD Bardgett Ecology letters 19 (9), 1140-1149, 2016 | 134 | 2016 |
| Plant species richness, identity and productivity differentially influence key groups of microbes in grassland soils of contrasting fertility GB De Deyn, H Quirk, RD Bardgett Biology letters 7 (1), 75-78, 2011 | 130 | 2011 |
| Plant–soil feedbacks: role of plant functional group and plant traits R Cortois, T Schröder‐Georgi, A Weigelt, WH van der Putten, GB De Deyn Journal of Ecology 104 (6), 1608-1617, 2016 | 127 | 2016 |
| Plant–soil feedback: bridging natural and agricultural sciences P Mariotte, Z Mehrabi, TM Bezemer, GB De Deyn, A Kulmatiski, B Drigo, ... Trends in Ecology & Evolution 33 (2), 129-142, 2018 | 106 | 2018 |
