| Restoring forests and associated ecosystem services on Appalachian coal surface mines CE Zipper, JA Burger, JG Skousen, PN Angel, CD Barton, V Davis, ... Environmental Management 47 (5), 751-765, 2011 | 441 | 2011 |
| Temperature and vegetation effects on soil organic carbon quality along a forested mean annual temperature gradient in North America C Fissore, CP Giardina, RK Kolka, CC Trettin, GM King, MF Jurgensen, ... Global Change Biology 14 (1), 193-205, 2008 | 187 | 2008 |
| Clay minerals CD Barton In: Rattan Lal, comp., ed. Encyclopedia of Soil Science. New York, New York …, 2002 | 169 | 2002 |
| Structural and functional characteristics of natural and constructed channels draining a reclaimed mountaintop removal and valley fill coal mine KM Fritz, S Fulton, BR Johnson, CD Barton, JD Jack, DA Word, RA Burke Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29 (2), 673-689, 2010 | 116 | 2010 |
| Rebuilding soils on mined land for native forests in Appalachia CE Zipper, JA Burger, CD Barton, JG Skousen Soil Science Society of America Journal 77 (2), 337-349, 2013 | 109 | 2013 |
| Mine reclamation practices to enhance forest development through natural succession J Groninger, J Skousen, P Angel, C Barton, J Burger, C Zipper In: Adams, Mary Beth, ed. The Forestry Reclamation Approach: guide to …, 2017 | 93* | 2017 |
| Root exudates and microorganisms DC Adriano, NS Bolan, CD Barton Elsevier, 2005 | 90* | 2005 |
| Topsoil seed bank of an Oak–Hickory forest in eastern Kentucky as a restoration tool on surface mines SL Hall, CD Barton, CC Baskin Restoration Ecology 18 (6), 834-842, 2010 | 89 | 2010 |
| Influence of spoil type on afforestation success and natural vegetative recolonization on a surface coal mine in Appalachia, United States K Sena, C Barton, S Hall, P Angel, C Agouridis, R Warner Restoration Ecology 23 (2), 131-138, 2015 | 88 | 2015 |
| Predicting total dissolved solids release from central Appalachian coal mine spoils WL Daniels, CE Zipper, ZW Orndorff, J Skousen, CD Barton, ... Environmental Pollution 216, 371-379, 2016 | 83 | 2016 |
| Renovation of a failed constructed wetland treating acid mine drainage CD Barton, AD Karathanasis Environmental Geology 39 (1), 39-50, 1999 | 81 | 1999 |
| Testing a passive revegetation approach for restoring coastal plain depression wetlands D De Steven, RR Sharitz, JH Singer, CD Barton Restoration Ecology 14 (3), 452-460, 2006 | 73 | 2006 |
| Water quality characteristics of discharge from reforested loose‐dumped mine spoil in eastern Kentucky CT Agouridis, PN Angel, TJ Taylor, CD Barton, RC Warner, X Yu, C Wood Journal of Environmental Quality 41 (2), 454-468, 2012 | 63 | 2012 |
| Surface mine reforestation research: Evaluation of tree response to low compaction reclamation techniques PN Angel, DH Graves, C Barton, RC Warner, PW Conrad, RJ Sweigard, ... Proceedings, American Society of Mining and Reclamation, 45-58, 2006 | 58 | 2006 |
| Influence of soil colloids on the migration of atrazine and zinc through large soil monoliths CD Barton, AD Karathanasis Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 143 (1), 3-21, 2003 | 58 | 2003 |
| The Forestry Reclamation Approach: guide to successful reforestation of mined lands MB Adams, P Angel, C Barton, J Burger, J Davis, M French Gen Tech Rep NRS-169 119, 2017 | 57 | 2017 |
| Small mammal response to vegetation and spoil conditions on a reclaimed surface mine in eastern Kentucky JL Larkin, DS Maehr, JJ Krupa, JJ Cox, K Alexy, DE Unger, C Barton Southeastern Naturalist 7 (3), 401-412, 2008 | 53 | 2008 |
| Effects of mountaintop removal mining and valley filling on the occupancy and abundance of stream salamanders SJ Price, BL Muncy, SJ Bonner, AN Drayer, CD Barton Journal of Applied Ecology 53 (2), 459-468, 2016 | 51 | 2016 |
| Evaluating soil genesis and reforestation success on a surface coal mine in Appalachia J Miller, C Barton, C Agouridis, A Fogel, T Dowdy, P Angel Soil Science Society of America Journal 76 (3), 950-960, 2012 | 50 | 2012 |
| Low compaction grading to enhance reforestation success on coal surface mines R Sweigard, J Burger, CE Zipper, J Skousen, C Barton, P Angel Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative, 2007 | 50 | 2007 |
