| The role of soil organic matter in sustaining soil fertility H Tiessen, E Cuevas, P Chacon Nature 371 (6500), 783-785, 1994 | 1192 | 1994 |
| Nitrogen stable isotopic composition of leaves and soil: tropical versus temperate forests LA Martinelli, MC Piccolo, AR Townsend, PM Vitousek, E Cuevas, ... Biogeochemistry 46, 45-65, 1999 | 790 | 1999 |
| Experimental investigation of nutrient limitation of forest growth on wet tropical mountains EVJ Tanner, PM Vitousek, E Cuevas Ecology 79 (1), 10-22, 1998 | 712 | 1998 |
| The synchronisation of nutrient mineralisation and plant nutrient demand RJK Myers, CA Palm, E Cuevas, IUN Gunatilleke, M Brossard The Biological Management of Tropical Soil Fertility, PL Woomer & MJ Swift …, 1994 | 552 | 1994 |
| Nutrient dynamics within amazonian forests: II. Fine root growth, nutrient availability and leaf litter decomposition E Cuevas, E Medina Oecologia 76, 222-235, 1988 | 525 | 1988 |
| Nutrient dynamics within Amazonian forest ecosystems: I. nutrient flux in fine litter fall and efficiency of nutrient utilization E Cuevas, E Medina Oecologia 68, 466-472, 1986 | 312 | 1986 |
| Sclerophylly and oligotrophic environments: relationships between leaf structure, mineral nutrient content, and drought resistance in tropical rain forests of the upper Rio … E Medina, V Garcia, E Cuevas Biotropica, 51-64, 1990 | 243 | 1990 |
| Organic input management in tropical agroecosystems PA Sanchez, CA Palm, LT Szott, E Cuevas, R Lal Dynamics of soil organic matter in tropical ecosystems, 125-152, 1989 | 232 | 1989 |
| Above-and belowground organic matter storage and production in a tropical pine plantation and a paired broadleaf secondary forest E Cuevas, S Brown, AE Lugo Plant and soil 135, 257-268, 1991 | 222 | 1991 |
| Dynamics of organic matter and nutrient return from litterfall in stands of ten tropical tree plantation species E Cuevas, AE Lugo Forest ecology and management 112 (3), 263-279, 1998 | 195 | 1998 |
| Patterns of nutrient accumulation and release in amazonian forests of the Upper Rio Negro basin E MEDINA, E CUEVAS Mineral nutrients in tropical forest and savanna ecosystems 9, 217-240, 1989 | 193 | 1989 |
| Profiles of CO2 concentration and δ13C values in tropical rain forests of the upper Rio Negro Basin, Venezuela E Medina, G Montes, E Cuevas, Z Rokzandic Journal of Tropical Ecology 2 (3), 207-217, 1986 | 157 | 1986 |
| Nutrients and mass in litter and top soil of ten tropical tree plantations AE Lugo, E Cuevas, MJ Sanchez Plant and Soil 125, 263-280, 1990 | 148 | 1990 |
| More than the sum of its parts? Assessing litter heterogeneity effects on the decomposition of litter mixtures through leaf chemistry N Pérez Harguindeguy, CM Blundo, DE Gurvich, S Díaz, E Cuevas Plant and Soil 303, 151-159, 2008 | 145 | 2008 |
| Root growth and rhizosphere interactions in tropical forests RL Sanford Jr, E Cuevas Tropical forest plant ecophysiology, 268-300, 1996 | 128 | 1996 |
| Phosphorus and nitrogen status in soils and vegetation along a toposequence of dystrophic rainforests on the upper Rio Negro H Tiessen, P Chacon, E Cuevas Oecologia 99, 145-150, 1994 | 128 | 1994 |
| Biological processes regulating organic matter dynamics in tropical soils JM Anderson, PW Flanagan, E Caswell, DC Coleman, E Cuevas, ... Dynamics of soil organic matter in tropical ecosystems 4, 97-125, 1989 | 118 | 1989 |
| Ecological observations in the dwarf cloud forest of the Luquillo Mountains in Puerto Rico PL Weaver, E Medina, D Pool, K Dugger, J Gonzales-Liboy, E Cuevas Biotropica, 79-85, 1986 | 118 | 1986 |
| Soil salinity, sun exposure, and growth of Acrostichum aureum, the mangrove fern E Medina, E Cuevas, M Popp, AE Lugo Botanical Gazette 151 (1), 41-49, 1990 | 108 | 1990 |
| Global change and root function M Van Noordwijk, P Martikainen, P Bottner, E Cuevas, C Rouland, ... Global change biology 4 (7), 759-772, 1998 | 104 | 1998 |
Ariel E LugoEmeritus Scientist, USDA, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Ariel E LugoEmeritus Scientist, USDA, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry