| A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests CD Allen, AK Macalady, H Chenchouni, D Bachelet, N McDowell, ... Forest ecology and management 259 (4), 660-684, 2010 | 4220 | 2010 |
| Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought? N McDowell, WT Pockman, CD Allen, DD Breshears, N Cobb, T Kolb, ... New phytologist 178 (4), 719-739, 2008 | 2365 | 2008 |
| Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change-type drought DD Breshears, NS Cobb, PM Rich, KP Price, CD Allen, RG Balice, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (42), 15144-15148, 2005 | 1821 | 2005 |
| The impact of plant stress on herbivore population dynamics GL Waring, NS Cobb Insect-plant interactions 4, 167-226, 1992 | 372 | 1992 |
| Tree‐ring variation in pinyon predicts likelihood of death following severe drought K Ogle, TG Whitham, NS Cobb Ecology 81 (11), 3237-3243, 2000 | 209 | 2000 |
| Insect herbivore population dynamics on trees and shrubs: new approaches relevant to latent and eruptive species and life table development PW Price, N Cobb, TP Craig, GW Fernandes, JK Itami, S Mopper, ... Insect-Plant Interactions (1990), 1-38, 2017 | 194 | 2017 |
| Insect herbivory increases litter quality and decomposition: an extension of the acceleration hypothesis SK Chapman, SC Hart, NS Cobb, TG Whitham, GW Koch Ecology 84 (11), 2867-2876, 2003 | 185 | 2003 |
| Relationship of stand characteristics to drought‐induced mortality in three Southwestern piñon–juniper woodlands ML Floyd, M Clifford, NS Cobb, D Hanna, R Delph, P Ford, D Turner Ecological Applications 19 (5), 1223-1230, 2009 | 155 | 2009 |
| Increased moth herbivory associated with environmental stress of pinyon pine at local and regional levels NS Cobb, S Mopper, CA Gehring, M Caouette, KM Christensen, ... Oecologia 109 (3), 389-397, 1997 | 131 | 1997 |
| Genetic differentiation and heterozygosity in pinyon pine associated with resistance to herbivory and environmental stress S Mopper, JB Mitton, TG Whitham, NS Cobb, KM Christensen Evolution 45 (4), 989-999, 1991 | 124 | 1991 |
| Extreme climatic event‐triggered overstorey vegetation loss increases understorey solar input regionally: primary and secondary ecological implications PD Royer, NS Cobb, MJ Clifford, CY Huang, DD Breshears, HD Adams, ... Journal of Ecology 99 (3), 714-723, 2011 | 100 | 2011 |
| Three-way interactions among ectomycorrhizal mutualists, scale insects, and resistant and susceptible pinyon pines CA Gehring, NS Cobb, TG Whitham The American Naturalist 149 (5), 824-841, 1997 | 100 | 1997 |
| Resource abundance and insect herbivore diversity on woody fabaceous desert plants ESDA Marques, PW Price, NS Cobb Environmental Entomology 29 (4), 696-703, 2000 | 84 | 2000 |
| A new look at habitat structure: consequences of herbivore-modified plant architecture S Mopper, J Maschinski, N Cobb, TG Whitham Habitat structure, 260-280, 1991 | 79 | 1991 |
| Decreased streamflow in semi-arid basins following drought-induced tree die-off: a counter-intuitive and indirect climate impact on hydrology M Guardiola-Claramonte, PA Troch, DD Breshears, TE Huxman, ... Journal of Hydrology 406 (3-4), 225-233, 2011 | 78 | 2011 |
| Climate change and human activities: a case study in Xinjiang, China Z Wu, H Zhang, CM Krause, NS Cobb Climatic Change 99 (3-4), 457-472, 2010 | 64 | 2010 |
| Herbivore deme formation on individual trees: a test case NS Cobb, TG Whitham Oecologia 94 (4), 496-502, 1993 | 62 | 1993 |
| Arthropod dynamics on sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata): effects of plant chemistry and avian predation JA Wiens, RG Cates, JT Rotenberry, N Cobb, B Van Horne, RA Redak Ecological Monographs 61 (3), 299-322, 1991 | 62 | 1991 |
| Precipitation thresholds and drought‐induced tree die‐off: insights from patterns of Pinus edulis mortality along an environmental stress gradient MJ Clifford, PD Royer, NS Cobb, DD Breshears, PL Ford New Phytologist 200 (2), 413-421, 2013 | 59 | 2013 |
| Herbivory, plant resistance, and climate in the tree ring record: Interactions distort climatic reconstructions RT Trotter, NS Cobb, TG Whitham Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (15), 10197-10202, 2002 | 59 | 2002 |