I would start with Clive Jones's classic papers on "ecosystem engineers"
(Jones et al Oikos 1994, Jones et al 1997 Ecology, Wright & Jones 2006
BioScience). These papers have many references and collectively they have
been cited >2000 times, so you should find many references that are
appropriate.
Don,
Thanks for your feedback on this. I have a more specific question - when
will Ecosphere show up on Web of Science? I understand that it takes a few
years to accumulate an impact factor, but that's not what I'm concerned
about. Rather, I would like users of WOS to be able to find papers on
Ecos