| Genetic consequences of sequential founder events by an island-colonizing bird SM Clegg, SM Degnan, J Kikkawa, C Moritz, A Estoup, IPF Owens Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (12), 8127-8132, 2002 | 310 | 2002 |
| A review of global diversity in avian haemosporidians (Plasmodium and Haemoproteus: Haemosporida): new insights from molecular data NJ Clark, SM Clegg, MR Lima International journal for parasitology 44 (5), 329-338, 2014 | 268 | 2014 |
| The ‘island rule’in birds: medium body size and its ecological explanation SM Clegg, PF Owens Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2002 | 249 | 2002 |
| Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection AM Siepielski, MB Morrissey, M Buoro, SM Carlson, CM Caruso, ... Science 355 (6328), 959-962, 2017 | 245 | 2017 |
| Combining genetic markers and stable isotopes to reveal population connectivity and migration patterns in a Neotropical migrant, Wilson's warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) SM Clegg, JF Kelly, M Kimura, TB Smith Molecular Ecology 12 (4), 819-830, 2003 | 204 | 2003 |
| Microevolution in island forms: the roles of drift and directional selection in morphological divergence of a passerine bird SM Clegg, SM Degnan, C Moritz, A Estoup, J Kikkawa, IPF Owens Evolution 56 (10), 2090-2099, 2002 | 193 | 2002 |
| Phylogeographical approaches to assessing demographic connectivity between breeding and overwintering regions in a Nearctic− Neotropical warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) M Kimura, SM Clegg, IJ Lovette, KR Holder, DJ Girman, B Milį, P Wade, ... Molecular Ecology 11 (9), 1605-1616, 2002 | 117 | 2002 |
| Avian haematozoan parasites and their associations with mosquitoes across Southwest Pacific Islands F Ishtiaq, L Guillaumot, SM Clegg, AB Phillimore, RA Black, IPF Owens, ... Molecular Ecology 17 (20), 4545-4555, 2008 | 113 | 2008 |
| Morphological shifts in island‐dwelling birds: the roles of generalist foraging and niche expansion SN Scott, SM Clegg, SP Blomberg, J Kikkawa, IPF Owens Evolution 57 (9), 2147-2156, 2003 | 110 | 2003 |
| Direct versus indirect sexual selection: genetic basis of colour, size and recruitment in a wild bird JD Hadfield, MD Burgess, A Lord, AB Phillimore, SM Clegg, IPF Owens Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273 (1592), 1347-1353, 2006 | 103 | 2006 |
| Divergence in mating signals correlates with ecological variation in the migratory songbird, Swainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus) K Ruegg, H Slabbekoorn, S Clegg, TB Smith Molecular ecology 15 (11), 3147-3156, 2006 | 95 | 2006 |
| Limited utility of mtDNA markers for determining connectivity among breeding and overwintering locations in three neotropical migrant birds IJ Lovette, SM Clegg, TB Smith Conservation Biology 18 (1), 156-166, 2004 | 92 | 2004 |
| Co‐infections and environmental conditions drive the distributions of blood parasites in wild birds NJ Clark, K Wells, D Dimitrov, SM Clegg Journal of Animal Ecology 85 (6), 1461-1470, 2016 | 84 | 2016 |
| Pedigree-free animal models: the relatedness matrix reloaded FD Frentiu, SM Clegg, J Chittock, T Burke, MW Blows, IPF Owens Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 (1635), 639-647, 2008 | 77 | 2008 |
| Climate variation influences host specificity in avian malaria parasites A Fecchio, K Wells, JA Bell, VV Tkach, HL Lutz, JD Weckstein, SM Clegg, ... Ecology Letters 22 (3), 547-557, 2019 | 73 | 2019 |
| Biogeographical patterns of blood parasite lineage diversity in avian hosts from southern Melanesian islands F Ishtiaq, SM Clegg, AB Phillimore, RA Black, IPF Owens, BC Sheldon Journal of Biogeography 37 (1), 120-132, 2010 | 70 | 2010 |
| 4000 years of phenotypic change in an island bird: heterogeneity of selection over three microevolutionary timescales SM Clegg, FD Frentiu, J Kikkawa, G Tavecchia, IPF Owens Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 62 (9), 2393-2410, 2008 | 69 | 2008 |
| A simple dynamic model explains the diversity of island birds worldwide L Valente, AB Phillimore, M Melo, BH Warren, SM Clegg, K Havenstein, ... Nature 579 (7797), 92-96, 2020 | 68 | 2020 |
| Bayesian inferences on the recent island colonization history by the bird Zosterops lateralis lateralis A Estoup, SM Clegg Molecular Ecology 12 (3), 657-674, 2003 | 67 | 2003 |
| Integrating phylogenetic and ecological distances reveals new insights into parasite host specificity NJ Clark, SM Clegg Molecular Ecology 26 (11), 3074-3086, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
Ian OwensDeputy Director, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HistoryVerified email at si.edu
