| Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity RJ Whittaker, KJ Willis, R Field Journal of biogeography 28 (4), 453-470, 2001 | 1671 | 2001 |
| Conservation biogeography: assessment and prospect RJ Whittaker, MB Araújo, P Jepson, RJ Ladle, JEM Watson, KJ Willis Diversity and distributions 11 (1), 3-23, 2005 | 1110 | 2005 |
| Quaternary refugia of north European trees KD Bennett, PC Tzedakis, KJ Willis Journal of biogeography, 103-115, 1991 | 849 | 1991 |
| Agroforestry: a refuge for tropical biodiversity? SA Bhagwat, KJ Willis, HJB Birks, RJ Whittaker Trends in ecology & evolution 23 (5), 261-267, 2008 | 722 | 2008 |
| The evolution of plants K Willis, J McElwain Oxford University Press, 2014 | 720 | 2014 |
| Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem … S Díaz, J Settele, ES Brondízio, HT Ngo, M Gučze, J Agard, A Arneth, ... Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 2019 | 632 | 2019 |
| Trees or no trees? The environments of central and eastern Europe during the Last Glaciation KJ Willis, TH Van Andel Quaternary Science Reviews 23 (23-24), 2369-2387, 2004 | 628 | 2004 |
| Species diversity--scale matters KJ Willis, RJ Whittaker Science 295 (5558), 1245-1248, 2002 | 611 | 2002 |
| What is natural? The need for a long-term perspective in biodiversity conservation KJ Willis, HJB Birks science 314 (5803), 1261-1265, 2006 | 609 | 2006 |
| The full-glacial forests of central and southeastern Europe KJ Willis, E Rudner, P Sümegi Quaternary Research 53 (2), 203-213, 2000 | 530 | 2000 |
| Pollen KD Bennett, KJ Willis Tracking environmental change using lake sediments, 5-32, 2002 | 504 | 2002 |
| Sensitivity of global terrestrial ecosystems to climate variability AWR Seddon, M Macias-Fauria, PR Long, D Benz, KJ Willis Nature 531 (7593), 229-232, 2016 | 491 | 2016 |
| How" virgin" is virgin rainforest? KJ Willis, L Gillson, TM Brncic Science 304 (5669), 402-403, 2004 | 364 | 2004 |
| Alpines, trees, and refugia in Europe HJB Birks, KJ Willis Plant Ecology & Diversity 1 (2), 147-160, 2008 | 331 | 2008 |
| Species persistence in northerly glacial refugia of Europe: a matter of chance or biogeographical traits? SA Bhagwat, KJ Willis Journal of Biogeography 35 (3), 464-482, 2008 | 323 | 2008 |
| Biodiversity baselines, thresholds and resilience: testing predictions and assumptions using palaeoecological data KJ Willis, RM Bailey, SA Bhagwat, HJB Birks Trends in ecology & evolution 25 (10), 583-591, 2010 | 297 | 2010 |
| The refugial debate KJ Willis, RJ Whittaker Science 287 (5457), 1406-1407, 2000 | 276 | 2000 |
| The vegetational history of the Balkans KJ Willis Quaternary Science Reviews 13 (8), 769-788, 1994 | 270 | 1994 |
| Tracking environmental change using lake sediments: Volume 4: Zoological indicators JP Smol, JP Smol, HJB Birks, WM Last Springer Netherlands, 2001 | 268 | 2001 |
| How can a knowledge of the past help to conserve the future? Biodiversity conservation and the relevance of long-term ecological studies KJ Willis, MB Araújo, KD Bennett, B Figueroa-Rangel, CA Froyd, N Myers Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 362 …, 2007 | 261 | 2007 |
