| Microscopic charcoal as a fossil indicator of fire WA Patterson III, KJ Edwards, DJ Maguire Quaternary Science Reviews 6 (1), 3-23, 1987 | 846 | 1987 |
| Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on flora JK Brown, JK Smith Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 2. Ogden, UT: US Department of Agriculture …, 2000 | 480 | 2000 |
| Indian fires in the prehistory of New England WA Patterson III, KE Sassaman Holocene human ecology in northeastern North America, 107-135, 1988 | 231 | 1988 |
| Background and local charcoal in sediments: scales of fire evidence in the paleorecord JS Clark, WA Patterson III Sediment records of biomass burning and global change, 23-48, 1997 | 216 | 1997 |
| Mass of downed wood in northern hardwood forests in New Hampshire: potential effects of forest management JA Gore, WA Patterson III Canadian Journal of Forest Research 16 (2), 335-339, 1986 | 160 | 1986 |
| Fire in eastern ecosystems DD Wade, BL Brock, PH Brose, JB Grace, GA Hoch, WA Patterson III General Technical Report, 53-96, 2000 | 151 | 2000 |
| Variations in beech bark disease and its effects on species composition and structure of northern hardwood stands in central New England MJ Twery, WA Patterson III Canadian Journal of Forest Research 14 (4), 565-574, 1984 | 144 | 1984 |
| Fire and disease history of forests WA Patterson III, AE Backman Vegetation history, 603-632, 1988 | 136 | 1988 |
| Acorn size and geographical range in the North American oaks (Quercus L.) MA Aizen, WA Patterson III Journal of Biogeography, 327-332, 1990 | 129 | 1990 |
| The development of a tidal marsh: upland and oceanic influences JS Clark, WA Patterson III Ecological Monographs 55 (2), 189-217, 1985 | 125 | 1985 |
| A historical perspective on pitch pine–scrub oak communities in the Connecticut Valley of Massachusetts G Motzkin, WA Patterson Iii, DR Foster Ecosystems 2, 255-273, 1999 | 106 | 1999 |
| Effects of heavy metals on radicle growth of selected woody species germinated on filter paper, mineral and organic soil substrates WA Patterson III, JJ Olson Canadian Journal of Forest Research 13 (2), 233-238, 1983 | 91 | 1983 |
| Conceptual ecological models for the Long Island pitch pine barrens: implications for managing rare plant communities MJ Jordan, WA Patterson III, AG Windisch Forest Ecology and Management 185 (1-2), 151-168, 2003 | 80 | 2003 |
| Responses of soil carbon, nitrogen and cations to the frequency and seasonality of prescribed burning in a Cape Cod oak-pine forest C Neill, WA Patterson III, DW Crary Jr Forest Ecology and Management 250 (3), 234-243, 2007 | 74 | 2007 |
| Leaf phenology and herbivory along a temperature gradient: a spatial test of the phenological window hypothesis MA Aizen, WA Patterson III Journal of Vegetation Science 6 (4), 543-550, 1995 | 61 | 1995 |
| Fire history and vegetation dynamics of a Chamaecyparis thyoides wetland on Cape Cod, Massachusetts G Motzkin, WA Patterson III, NER Drake Journal of Ecology, 391-402, 1993 | 60 | 1993 |
| Decadal changes in fire frequencies shift tree communities and functional traits AFA Pellegrini, T Refsland, C Averill, C Terrer, AC Staver, DG Brockway, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (4), 504-512, 2021 | 54 | 2021 |
| Tundra fire regimes in the Noatak River watershed, Alaska: 1956-83 CH Racine, JG Dennis, WA Patterson III Arctic, 194-200, 1985 | 52 | 1985 |
| Vegetation development in a southern Maine pitch pine-scrub oak barren CA Copenheaver, AS White, WA Patterson III Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 19-32, 2000 | 43 | 2000 |
| Woody invasive species and their role in altering fire regimes of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states JA Richburg, AC Dibble, WA Patterson III Proceedings of the Invasive species workshop: the role of fire in the …, 2000 | 41 | 2000 |
