Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 23, 2008
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Respiratory mechanisms and the metazoan fossil record. Nature (1970) 0.87
Microbial biogeography: putting microorganisms on the map. Nat Rev Microbiol (2006) 14.24
Global biodiversity, biochemical kinetics, and the energetic-equivalence rule. Science (2002) 9.53
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Effects of size and temperature on developmental time. Nature (2002) 5.79
Approaching a state shift in Earth's biosphere. Nature (2012) 5.25
A latitudinal diversity gradient in planktonic marine bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 4.00
Effects of body size and temperature on population growth. Am Nat (2004) 3.94
Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions. Trends Ecol Evol (2007) 3.71
The rate of DNA evolution: effects of body size and temperature on the molecular clock. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 3.62
Species invasions exceed extinctions on islands worldwide: a comparative study of plants and birds. Am Nat (2002) 3.59
The scaling of animal space use. Science (2004) 3.52
Kinetic effects of temperature on rates of genetic divergence and speciation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 3.36
The origin of allometric scaling laws in biology from genomes to ecosystems: towards a quantitative unifying theory of biological structure and organization. J Exp Biol (2005) 3.30
Energy uptake and allocation during ontogeny. Science (2008) 3.04
Pleistocene rewilding: an optimistic agenda for twenty-first century conservation. Am Nat (2006) 2.69
Allometric scaling of metabolic rate from molecules and mitochondria to cells and mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 2.62
Ecotypic variation in the context of global climate change: revisiting the rules. Ecol Lett (2006) 2.58
The evolution of maximum body size of terrestrial mammals. Science (2010) 2.53
The Malthusian-Darwinian dynamic and the trajectory of civilization. Trends Ecol Evol (2013) 2.45
Pediatric cervical spine: normal anatomy, variants, and trauma. Radiographics (2003) 2.37
Effects of body size and lifestyle on evolution of mammal life histories. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 2.33
The complex structure of hunter-gatherer social networks. Proc Biol Sci (2007) 2.27
A source-sink hypothesis for abyssal biodiversity. Am Nat (2004) 2.26
Climate change and the past, present, and future of biotic interactions. Science (2013) 2.26
Extensions and evaluations of a general quantitative theory of forest structure and dynamics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 2.20
Multiple ecological pathways to extinction in mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 2.18
The effect of geographic range on extinction risk during background and mass extinction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 2.08
Revisiting a model of ontogenetic growth: estimating model parameters from theory and data. Am Nat (2008) 2.03
The Ordovician Radiation: A Follow-up to the Cambrian Explosion? Integr Comp Biol (2003) 1.88
Ecology. Domains of diversity. Science (2004) 1.81
Nonlinear scaling of space use in human hunter-gatherers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.81
A general quantitative theory of forest structure and dynamics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.81
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Similarity of mammalian body size across the taxonomic hierarchy and across space and time. Am Nat (2004) 1.80
The allometry of ornaments and weapons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.80
Trophic network models explain instability of Early Triassic terrestrial communities. Proc Biol Sci (2007) 1.76
Scaling of number, size, and metabolic rate of cells with body size in mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.67
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A general basis for quarter-power scaling in animals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.63
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The maximum rate of mammal evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.58
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Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.50
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Insulin resistance in the sisters of women with polycystic ovary syndrome: association with hyperandrogenemia rather than menstrual irregularity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2002) 1.47
Temperature dependence, spatial scale, and tree species diversity in eastern Asia and North America. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.46
Origin and evolution of large brains in toothed whales. Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol (2004) 1.46
Human macroecology: linking pattern and process in big-picture human ecology. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc (2011) 1.45
Temperature-dependence of biomass accumulation rates during secondary succession. Ecol Lett (2006) 1.44
A common scaling rule for abundance, energetics, and production of parasitic and free-living species. Science (2011) 1.38
Rapid response of a grassland ecosystem to an experimental manipulation of a keystone rodent and domestic livestock. Ecology (2010) 1.36
Mammal reproductive strategies driven by offspring mortality-size relationships. Am Nat (2009) 1.34
From the Cover: Osmotrophy in modular Ediacara organisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.33
The macroecology of sustainability. PLoS Biol (2012) 1.31
A general model for effects of temperature on ectotherm ontogenetic growth and development. Proc Biol Sci (2011) 1.30
The multidimensionality of the niche reveals functional diversity changes in benthic marine biotas across geological time. Ecol Lett (2011) 1.25
Identifying heterogeneity in rates of morphological evolution: discrete character change in the evolution of lungfish (Sarcopterygii; Dipnoi). Evolution (2011) 1.22
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Zero sum, the niche, and metacommunities: long-term dynamics of community assembly. Am Nat (2008) 1.13
Elevated dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels as the reproductive phenotype in the brothers of women with polycystic ovary syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2002) 1.12
Amplified temperature dependence in ecosystems developing on the lava flows of Mauna Loa, Hawai'i. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.11
Physiology: Why does metabolic rate scale with body size? Nature (2003) 1.11
Integrating spatial and temporal approaches to understanding species richness. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2010) 1.10
The evolutionary consequences of oxygenic photosynthesis: a body size perspective. Photosynth Res (2010) 1.09
Population stability, cooperation, and the invasibility of the human species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.09
Models and tests of optimal density and maximal yield for crop plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.06
A life-history approach to the late Pleistocene megafaunal extinction. Am Nat (2013) 1.06
Insights into plant size-density relationships from models and agricultural crops. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.04
Magnitude and variation of prehistoric bird extinctions in the Pacific. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.02
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The contribution of small individuals to density-body size relationships: examination of energetic equivalence in reef fishes. Oecologia (2004) 0.96
Changes in a tropical forest support metabolic zero-sum dynamics. Ecol Lett (2009) 0.96
Chihuahuan Desert kangaroo rats: nonlinear effects of population dynamics, competition, and rainfall. Ecology (2008) 0.94