Comparative Avian Demography

The Theory of Island Biogeography

2001 • 12,988 citations

The Theory of Island Biogeography

1968 • 11,511 citations

Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds

1970 • 3,689 citations

Life-History Tactics: A Review of the Ideas

1976 • 3,515 citations

On r- and K-Selection

1970 • 3,457 citations

Natural Selection, the Costs of Reproduction, and a Refinement of Lack's Principle

1966 • 3,191 citations

The natural regulation of animal numbers

1972 • 3,088 citations

The moulding of senescence by natural selection

1966 • 2,252 citations

The Significance of Clutch-size

1947 • 2,029 citations

The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers

1955 • 1,990 citations

Population Studies of Birds

1967 • 1,799 citations

Evolution in age-structured populations

1995 • 1,793 citations

Life Historical Consequences of Natural Selection

1970 • 1,650 citations

Elements of Mathematical Biology

1959 • 1,425 citations

Evolution in Age-Structured Populations

1994 • 1,308 citations

Population Fluctuations and Clutch-Size in the Great Tit, Parus major L.

1965 • 1,235 citations

The Evolution of Life History Traits: A Critique of the Theory and a Review of the Data

1977 • 1,135 citations

A GENERAL THEORY OF CLUTCH SIZE

1966 • 1,026 citations

THEORY OF POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION

1980 • 980 citations

THE REGULATION OF NUMBERS OF TROPICAL OCEANIC BIRDS

1963 • 900 citations

DO TROPICAL BIRDS REAR AS MANY YOUNG AS THEY CAN NOURISH ?

1949 • 775 citations

The Costs of Reproduction and Their Consequences

1980 • 713 citations

Nutrient Reserves and Reproductive Performance of Female Lesser Snow Geese

1978 • 712 citations

Competition and the Structure of Bird Communities

1975 • 700 citations

Optimal Reproductive Effort in Fluctuating Environments

1974 • 687 citations

Selection for Optimal Life Histories: The Effects of Age Structure

1974 • 674 citations

Pattern in Life History and the Environment

1968 • 581 citations

Natural selection and the evolution of reproductive effort.

1975 • 540 citations

Ecological adaptations to breeding in birds

1969 • 406 citations

THE LEVEL OF RESERVE PROTEIN AS THE PROXIMATE FACTOR CONTROLLING THE TIMING OF BREEDING AND CLUTCH‐SIZE IN THE RED‐BILLED QUELEA QUELEA QUELEA

1976 • 400 citations

Density‐Dependent Natural Selection

1971 • 397 citations

A Primer of Population Biology

1972 • 380 citations

A New View of Life-History Evolution

1980 • 367 citations

Evolution of Life Histories in Response to Age-Specific Mortality Factors

1979 • 356 citations

The role of nutrient reserves in mallard reproduction

1981 • 352 citations

Bird Predation on Forest Insects: An Exclosure Experiment

1979 • 277 citations

Selection in Density‐Regulated Populations

1971 • 261 citations

Clutch‐size: A Comparative Study, with Special Reference to African Birds

1944 • 239 citations

Natural Selection and a Cost Ceiling on Reproductive Effort

1974 • 236 citations

The Relation of Reproductive Effort to Age

1976 • 235 citations

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CLUTCH‐SIZE. P<scp>art</scp> III.—S<scp>ome</scp> I<scp>nterspecific</scp> C<scp>omparisons</scp>

1948 • 226 citations

Old Specimens and New Directions: The Museum Tradition in Contemporary Ornithology

1980 • 219 citations

LIFESPAN AND FECUNDITY PATTERNS IN ROTIFERS: THE COST OF REPRODUCTION

1977 • 213 citations

A Primer of Population Biology.

1972 • 204 citations

Evolution. Essays on aspects of evolutionary biology.

1938 • 203 citations

CLUTCH SIZE, BREEDING SUCCESS, AND PARENTAL SURVIVAL IN THE TREE SWALLOW ( IRIDOPROCNE BICOLOR )

1980 • 200 citations

On the Evolution of Reproductive Strategies in Birds: Reproductive Effort

1977 • 199 citations

The Role of Food in Limiting Bird Numbers

2002 • 182 citations

Reproductive Effort and Return Rate of male Pied Flycatchers

1979 • 137 citations

Life histories as adaptive strategies

1976 • 123 citations

Components of Avian Breeding Productivity

1977 • 118 citations

Population Stability and Life History Phenomena

1966 • 117 citations

A FIELD STUDY OF THE BEARDED BELLBIRD IN TRINIDAD

1970 • 110 citations

Effects of Population Density on Growth Rates of Animal Populations

1966 • 95 citations

Selection in populations with overlapping generations. I. The use of Malthusian parameters in population genetics

1970 • 93 citations

ON THE LIMITATION OF BROOD SIZE IN PASSERINE BIRDS BY THE ABILITY OF ADULTS TO NOURISH THEIR YOUNG

1968 • 93 citations

A MODEL TO EXPLAIN MOLT-BREEDING OVERLAP AND CLUTCH SIZE IN SOME TROPICAL BIRDS

1974 • 93 citations

Survival and Mortality in a Population of Adelie Penguins

1980 • 92 citations

Island Biology Illustrated by the Land Birds of Jamaica David Lack

1977 • 86 citations

Regulating Reproductive Effort in a Changing Environment

1979 • 74 citations

Role of environmental variability in the evolution of life history strategies

1979 • 73 citations

Selection in Populations with Overlapping Generations. V. Natural Selection and Life Histories

1973 • 72 citations

The role of predation in the evolution of clutch size

1977 • 67 citations

Clutch Size in Birds: Outcome of Opposing Predator and Prey Adaptations

1970 • 63 citations

The Screech Owl: Its Life History and Population Ecology in Northern Ohio

1975 • 59 citations

Timing and success of breeding in tundra-nesting geese

1977 • 59 citations

A Model for the Global Variation of Clutch Size in Birds

1969 • 53 citations

Population Control by Territorial Behaviour in Red Grouse

1967 • 52 citations

Fat content, fatty acid composition and estimates of energy metabolism of adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) during the early breeding season fast

1973 • 51 citations

A note on the evolution of clutch size in altricial birds

1977 • 48 citations

Avian Biology, Volume 2

1974 • 39 citations

Annual Adult Survival Rates of Blackbirds and Starlings

1971 • 39 citations

Latitudinal gradients in clutch size: an extension of David Lack’s theory

1977 • 36 citations

Effect of Incubation and Brooding on Fat, Visceral Weights and Body Weight of the Hen Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

1959 • 36 citations

Thermoregulation in pythons—II. Head-body temperature differences and thermal preferenda in australian pythons

1973 • 35 citations

Fluctuations and stability in Great Tit populations

1980 • 33 citations

LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION IN THE GUPPY (POECILIA RETICULATA)

1980 • 27 citations

Fitness, Reproductive Value, Age Structure, and the Optimization of Life- History Patterns

1981 • 25 citations

Some relationships between food and breeding in the marine Pelecaniformes

1977 • 17 citations

Evolution in Age-Structured Populations.

1983 • 9 citations

The Optimization of Life-History Patterns Under Density Dependence

1981 • 7 citations

Population limitation and the adaptive value of territorial behaviour in Scottish Red grouse, Lagopus l. scoticus

1977 • 3 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations