| Agricultural expansion and its impacts on tropical nature WF Laurance, J Sayer, KG Cassman Trends in ecology & evolution 29 (2), 107-116, 2014 | 1563 | 2014 |
| Plantation forests and biodiversity: oxymoron or opportunity? EG Brockerhoff, H Jactel, JA Parrotta, CP Quine, J Sayer Biodiversity and Conservation 17, 925-951, 2008 | 1513 | 2008 |
| Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses J Sayer, T Sunderland, J Ghazoul, JL Pfund, D Sheil, E Meijaard, ... Proceedings of the national academy of sciences 110 (21), 8349-8356, 2013 | 1480 | 2013 |
| Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries BM Campbell, DJ Beare, EM Bennett, JM Hall-Spencer, JSI Ingram, ... Ecology and society 22 (4), 2017 | 1032 | 2017 |
| The science of sustainable development: local livelihoods and the global environment J Sayer, BM Campbell Cambridge University Press, 2004 | 586 | 2004 |
| The conservation atlas of tropical forests: Africa J Sayer Springer, 1992 | 523 | 1992 |
| Cloud forest agenda P Bubb, IA May, L Miles, J Sayer UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 2004 | 458 | 2004 |
| Tropical deforestation and species extinction TC Whitmore, JA Sayer Chapman & Hall, 1992 | 398 | 1992 |
| Oil palm expansion transforms tropical landscapes and livelihoods J Sayer, J Ghazoul, P Nelson, AK Boedhihartono Global Food Security 1 (2), 114-119, 2012 | 388 | 2012 |
| Forest Resources Assessment of 2015 shows positive global trends but forest loss and degradation persist in poor tropical countries S Sloan, JA Sayer Forest Ecology and Management 352, 134-145, 2015 | 348 | 2015 |
| Improved tropical forest management for carbon retention FE Putz, PA Zuidema, MA Pinard, RGA Boot, JA Sayer, D Sheil, P Sist, ... PLoS biology 6 (7), e166, 2008 | 330 | 2008 |
| Assessing the performance of natural resource systems B Campbell, JA Sayer, P Frost, S Vermeulen, MR Pérez, A Cunningham, ... Conservation ecology 5 (2), 2002 | 312 | 2002 |
| Mining and the African environment DP Edwards, S Sloan, L Weng, P Dirks, J Sayer, WF Laurance Conservation Letters 7 (3), 302-311, 2014 | 305 | 2014 |
| Improving the effectiveness of interventions to balance conservation and development: a conceptual framework ST Garnett, J Sayer, J Du Toit Ecology and society 12 (1), 2007 | 289 | 2007 |
| The economics of deforestation S Wunder, J Sayer The example of Ecuador, 2000 | 268 | 2000 |
| Forest fragmentation and biodiversity: the case for intermediate-sized conservation areas PA Zuidema, JA Sayer, W Dijkman Environmental conservation 23 (4), 290-297, 1996 | 262 | 1996 |
| Rainforest buffer zones: guidelines for protected area managers. J Sayer | 231 | 1991 |
| Estimating the environmental costs of Africa’s massive “development corridors” WF Laurance, S Sloan, L Weng, JA Sayer Current Biology 25 (24), 3202-3208, 2015 | 223 | 2015 |
| Agricultural innovation to protect the environment J Sayer, KG Cassman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (21), 8345-8348, 2013 | 221 | 2013 |
| The restoration of forest biodiversity and ecological values J Sayer, U Chokkalingam, J Poulsen Forest ecology and management 201 (1), 3-11, 2004 | 209 | 2004 |
