| Whose landscape? A political ecology of the ‘exurban’Sierra P Walker, L Fortmann Cultural geographies 10 (4), 469-491, 2003 | 503 | 2003 |
| Whose trees?: proprietary dimensions of forestry L Fortmann, JW Bruce Rural studies series (USA), 1988 | 406 | 1988 |
| New Voices, Old Beliefs: Forest Environmentalism Among New and Long‐Standing Rural Residents1 L Fortmann, J Kusel Rural sociology 55 (2), 214-232, 1990 | 297 | 1990 |
| Talking claims: discursive strategies in contesting property L Fortmann World development 23 (6), 1053-1063, 1995 | 245 | 1995 |
| The tree tenure factor in agroforestry with particular reference to Africa L Fortman Agroforestry systems 2, 229-251, 1985 | 221 | 1985 |
| Sustaining natural and human capital: villagers and scientists WM Getz, L Fortmann, D Cumming, J Du Toit, J Hilty, R Martin, ... Science 283 (5409), 1855-1856, 1999 | 195 | 1999 |
| The rock, the beach, and the tidal pool: People and poverty in natural resource‐dependent areas NL Peluso, CR Humphrey, LP Fortmann Society & Natural Resources 7 (1), 23-38, 1994 | 188 | 1994 |
| Well-being in forest-dependent communities J Kusel Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment Program, 1991 | 181 | 1991 |
| Women and agroforestry: four myths and three case studies. L Fortmann, D Rocheleau | 177 | 1985 |
| Participatory research in conservation and rural livelihoods: Doing science together L Fortmann John Wiley & Sons, 2009 | 169 | 2009 |
| Women and gender equity in development theory and practice: Institutions, resources, and mobilization L Fortmann Duke University Press, 2006 | 131 | 2006 |
| Tenures in Transition, Tenures in Conflict: Examples from the Zimbabwe Social Forest1 J Bruce, L Fortmann, C Nhira Rural Sociology 58 (4), 626-642, 1993 | 129 | 1993 |
| Fruits of Their Labors: Gender, Property Rights, and Tree Planting in Two Zimbabwe Villages1 L Fortmann, C Antinori, N Nabane Rural Sociology 62 (3), 295-314, 1997 | 97 | 1997 |
| California's privately owned oak woodlands: owners, use, and management. L Huntsinger, LP Fortmann Rangeland Ecology & Management/Journal of Range Management Archives 43 (2 …, 1990 | 95 | 1990 |
| Theories in the study of natural resource-dependent communities and persistent rural poverty in the United States CR Humphrey, G Berardi, MS Carroll, S Fairfax, L Fortmann, C Geisler, ... Persistent poverty in rural America 4, 136-172, 1993 | 93 | 1993 |
| Resilience and development: mobilizing for transformation F Bousquet, A Botta, L Alinovi, O Barreteau, D Bossio, K Brown, P Caron, ... Ecology and Society 21 (3), 2016 | 89 | 2016 |
| Agroforestry: Tenure and incentives JW Bruce, L Fortmann Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989 | 81 | 1989 |
| Gendered knowledge: Rights and space in two Zimbabwe villages: Reflections on methods and findings L Fortmann Feminist Political Ecology, 211-223, 2013 | 75 | 2013 |
| Locality and custom: Non-aboriginal claims to customary usufructuary rights as a source of rural protest L Fortmann Journal of Rural Studies 6 (2), 195-208, 1990 | 73 | 1990 |
| Peasants, officials and participation in rural Tanzania: experience with villagization and decentralization. L Fortmann | 72 | 1981 |
