| Lichens survive in space: results from the 2005 LICHENS experiment LG Sancho, R De la Torre, G Horneck, C Ascaso, A de Los Rios, ... Astrobiology 7 (3), 443-454, 2007 | 306 | 2007 |
| One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity HT Lumbsch, T Ahti, S Altermann, GA De Paz, A Aptroot, U Arup, AB Peña, ... Phytotaxa 18, 1-127, 2011 | 271 | 2011 |
| Hongos liquenícolas del sur de Sudamérica, especialmente de Isla Navarino (Chile) J Etayo, LG Sancho Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2008 | 208 | 2008 |
| Ecophysiology of desiccation/rehydration cycles in mosses and lichens TGA Green, LG Sancho, A Pintado Plant desiccation tolerance, 89-120, 2011 | 198 | 2011 |
| The influence of competition between lichen colonization and erosion on the evolution of soil surfaces in the Tabernas badlands (SE Spain) and its landscape effects R Lázaro, Y Cantón, A Solé-Benet, J Bevan, R Alexander, LG Sancho, ... Geomorphology 102 (2), 252-266, 2008 | 182 | 2008 |
| Plant life in Antarctica TGA Green, B Schroeter, LG Sancho Functional plant ecology, 389-434, 2007 | 168 | 2007 |
| Limits of life and the habitability of Mars: the ESA space experiment BIOMEX on the ISS JP De Vera, M Alawi, T Backhaus, M Baqué, D Billi, U Böttger, T Berger, ... Astrobiology 19 (2), 145-157, 2019 | 162 | 2019 |
| Slowest to fastest: extreme range in lichen growth rates supports their use as an indicator of climate change in Antarctica LG Sancho, TGA Green, A Pintado Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 202 (8), 667-673, 2007 | 162 | 2007 |
| Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions–results of the Lithopanspermia experiments R de La Torre, LG Sancho, G Horneck, A de los Ríos, J Wierzchos, ... Icarus 208 (2), 735-748, 2010 | 152 | 2010 |
| CO2 exchange and thallus nitrogen across 75 contrasting lichen associations from different climate zones K Palmqvist, L Dahlman, F Valladares, A Tehler, LG Sancho, JE Mattsson Oecologia 133, 295-306, 2002 | 152 | 2002 |
| Ultrastructural and genetic characteristics of endolithic cyanobacterial biofilms colonizing Antarctic granite rocks A De Los Ríos, M Grube, LG Sancho, C Ascaso FEMS microbiology ecology 59 (2), 386-395, 2007 | 148 | 2007 |
| Lichen fungi have low cyanobiont selectivity in maritime Antarctica N Wirtz, HT Lumbsch, TGA Green, R Türk, A Pintado, L Sancho, ... New phytologist 160 (1), 177-183, 2003 | 135 | 2003 |
| Exploring Phenotypic Plasticity in the Lichen Ramalina capitata : Morphology, Water Relations and Chlorophyll Content in North- and South-facing … A Pintado, F VALLADARES, LG SANCHO Annals of Botany 80 (3), 345-353, 1997 | 131 | 1997 |
| Acid microenvironments in microbial biofilms of Antarctic endolithic microecosystems A Los Ríos, J Wierzchos, LG Sancho, C Ascaso Environmental microbiology 5 (4), 231-237, 2003 | 127 | 2003 |
| Are lichens active under snow in continental Antarctica? S Pannewitz, M Schlensog, TGA Green, LG Sancho, B Schroeter Oecologia 135, 30-38, 2003 | 113 | 2003 |
| Improved appreciation of the functioning and importance of biological soil crusts in Europe: the Soil Crust International Project (SCIN) B Büdel, C Colesie, TGA Green, M Grube, R Lázaro Suau, ... Biodiversity and Conservation 23, 1639-1658, 2014 | 111 | 2014 |
| High diversity of lichens at 84 S, Queen Maud Mountains, suggests preglacial survival of species in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica TGA Green, LG Sancho, R Türk, RD Seppelt, ID Hogg Polar Biology 34, 1211-1220, 2011 | 111 | 2011 |
| Carbon budgets of biological soil crusts at micro-, meso-, and global scales LG Sancho, J Belnap, C Colesie, J Raggio, B Weber Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands, 287-304, 2016 | 110 | 2016 |
| Ecology of endolithic lichens colonizing granite in continental Antarctica A De Los Rios, J Wierzchos, LG Sancho, TGA Green, C Ascaso The lichenologist 37 (5), 383-395, 2005 | 100 | 2005 |
| The weathering action of saxicolous lichens in maritime Antarctica C Ascaso, LG Sancho, C Rodriguez-Pascual Polar Biology 11, 33-39, 1990 | 98 | 1990 |
