| Stability of organic carbon in deep soil layers controlled by fresh carbon supply S Fontaine, S Barot, P Barré, N Bdioui, B Mary, C Rumpel Nature 450 (7167), 277-280, 2007 | 2246 | 2007 |
| The priming effect of organic matter: a question of microbial competition? S Fontaine, A Mariotti, L Abbadie Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35 (6), 837-843, 2003 | 1787 | 2003 |
| Carbon input to soil may decrease soil carbon content S Fontaine, G Bardoux, L Abbadie, A Mariotti Ecology letters 7 (4), 314-320, 2004 | 860 | 2004 |
| Fungi mediate long term sequestration of carbon and nitrogen in soil through their priming effect S Fontaine, C Henault, A Aamor, N Bdioui, JMG Bloor, V Maire, B Mary, ... Soil biology and Biochemistry 43 (1), 86-96, 2011 | 707 | 2011 |
| Size and functional diversity of microbe populations control plant persistence and long‐term soil carbon accumulation S Fontaine, S Barot Ecology Letters 8 (10), 1075-1087, 2005 | 439 | 2005 |
| Stimulation of different functional groups of bacteria by various plant residues as a driver of soil priming effect N Pascault, L Ranjard, A Kaisermann, D Bachar, R Christen, S Terrat, ... Ecosystems 16, 810-822, 2013 | 302 | 2013 |
| Contribution of exudates, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and litter depositions to the rhizosphere priming effect induced by grassland species T Shahzad, C Chenu, P Genet, S Barot, N Perveen, C Mougin, S Fontaine Soil Biology and Biochemistry 80, 146-155, 2015 | 253 | 2015 |
| Mechanisms of the priming effect in a savannah soil amended with cellulose S Fontaine, G Bardoux, D Benest, B Verdier, A Mariotti, L Abbadie Soil Science Society of America Journal 68 (1), 125-131, 2004 | 250 | 2004 |
| Grazing triggers soil carbon loss by altering plant roots and their control on soil microbial community K Klumpp, S Fontaine, E Attard, X Le Roux, G Gleixner, JF Soussana Journal of Ecology 97 (5), 876-885, 2009 | 249 | 2009 |
| Rhizosphere control of soil nitrogen cycling: a key component of plant economic strategies L Henneron, P Kardol, DA Wardle, C Cros, S Fontaine New Phytologist 228 (4), 1269-1282, 2020 | 125 | 2020 |
| The Coordination of Leaf Photosynthesis Links C and N Fluxes in C3 Plant Species V Maire, P Martre, J Kattge, F Gastal, G Esser, S Fontaine, JF Soussana PloS one 7 (6), e38345, 2012 | 124 | 2012 |
| Priming effect and microbial diversity in ecosystem functioning and response to global change: a modeling approach using the SYMPHONY model N Perveen, S Barot, G Alvarez, K Klumpp, R Martin, A Rapaport, ... Global change biology 20 (4), 1174-1190, 2014 | 122 | 2014 |
| Effect of nutrients availability and long-term tillage on priming effect and soil C mineralization B Dimassi, B Mary, S Fontaine, N Perveen, S Revaillot, JP Cohan Soil Biology and Biochemistry 78, 332-339, 2014 | 104 | 2014 |
| Plant clipping decelerates the mineralization of recalcitrant soil organic matter under multiple grassland species T Shahzad, C Chenu, C Repinçay, C Mougin, JL Ollier, S Fontaine Soil biology and biochemistry 51, 73-80, 2012 | 101 | 2012 |
| Carbon loss from northern circumpolar permafrost soils amplified by rhizosphere priming F Keuper, B Wild, M Kummu, C Beer, G Blume-Werry, S Fontaine, ... Nature Geoscience 13 (8), 560-565, 2020 | 89 | 2020 |
| Universality of priming effect: An analysis using thirty five soils with contrasted properties sampled from five continents N Perveen, S Barot, V Maire, MF Cotrufo, T Shahzad, E Blagodatskaya, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 134, 162-171, 2019 | 89 | 2019 |
| Plant economic strategies of grassland species control soil carbon dynamics through rhizodeposition L Henneron, C Cros, C Picon‐Cochard, V Rahimian, S Fontaine Journal of Ecology 108 (2), 528-545, 2020 | 81 | 2020 |
| Root penetration in deep soil layers stimulates mineralization of millennia-old organic carbon T Shahzad, MI Rashid, V Maire, S Barot, N Perveen, G Alvarez, C Mougin, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 124, 150-160, 2018 | 79 | 2018 |
| Dominant effects of organic carbon chemistry on decomposition dynamics of crop residues in a Mollisol Y Xu, Z Chen, S Fontaine, W Wang, J Luo, J Fan, W Ding Soil Biology and Biochemistry 115, 221-232, 2017 | 75 | 2017 |
| A tale of four stories: soil ecology, theory, evolution and the publication system S Barot, M Blouin, S Fontaine, P Jouquet, JC Lata, J Mathieu PLoS One 2 (11), e1248, 2007 | 66 | 2007 |
