| The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution R Dudley Princeton University Press, 2000 | 1732* | 2000 |
| Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds JA McGuire, CC Witt, JV Remsen, A Corl, DL Rabosky, DL Altshuler, ... Current Biology 24 (8), 910-916, 2014 | 521 | 2014 |
| Implications of the late Palaeozoic oxygen pulse for physiology and evolution JB Graham, R Dudley, NM Aguilar, C Gans Nature 375 (6527), 117-120, 1995 | 392 | 1995 |
| Mechanics of forward flight in bumblebees: I. Kinematics and morphology R Dudley, CP Ellington Journal of Experimental Biology 148 (1), 19-52, 1990 | 381 | 1990 |
| An integrative approach to understanding bird origins X Xu, Z Zhou, R Dudley, S Mackem, CM Chuong, GM Erickson, ... Science 346 (6215), 1253293, 2014 | 359 | 2014 |
| Phanerozoic atmospheric oxygen RA Berner, DJ Beerling, R Dudley, JM Robinson, RA Wildman Jr Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 31 (1), 105-134, 2003 | 337 | 2003 |
| Into thin air: physiology and evolution of alpine insects ME Dillon, MR Frazier, R Dudley Integrative and Comparative Biology 46 (1), 49-61, 2006 | 302 | 2006 |
| Atmospheric oxygen, giant Paleozoic insects and the evolution of aerial locomotor performance R Dudley Journal of Experimental Biology 201 (8), 1043-1050, 1998 | 295 | 1998 |
| Mechanics of forward flight in bumblebees: II. Quasi-steady lift and power requirements R Dudley, CP Ellington Journal of experimental Biology 148 (1), 53-88, 1990 | 284 | 1990 |
| Ethanol, fruit ripening, and the historical origins of human alcoholism in primate frugivory R Dudley Integrative and comparative biology 44 (4), 315-323, 2004 | 249 | 2004 |
| Fermenting fruit and the historical ecology of ethanol ingestion: is alcoholism in modern humans an evolutionary hangover? R Dudley Addiction 97 (4), 381-388, 2002 | 224 | 2002 |
| Gliding and the Functional Origins of Flight: Biomechanical Novelty or Necessity? R Dudley, G Byrnes, SP Yanoviak, B Borrell, RM Brown, JA McGuire Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 38 (1), 179-201, 2007 | 222 | 2007 |
| Repeated elevational transitions in hemoglobin function during the evolution of Andean hummingbirds J Projecto-Garcia, C Natarajan, H Moriyama, RE Weber, A Fago, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (51), 20669-20674, 2013 | 218 | 2013 |
| Why are there so few evolutionary transitions between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems? GJ Vermeij, R Dudley Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70 (4), 541-554, 2000 | 206 | 2000 |
| Resolution of a paradox: hummingbird flight at high elevation does not come without a cost DL Altshuler, R Dudley, JA McGuire Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (51), 17731-17736, 2004 | 201 | 2004 |
| Biomechanics of flight in neotropical butterflies: Morphometries and kinematics R Dudley Journal of experimental biology 150 (1), 37-53, 1990 | 198 | 1990 |
| Sodium shortage as a constraint on the carbon cycle in an inland tropical rainforest M Kaspari, SP Yanoviak, R Dudley, M Yuan, NA Clay Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (46), 19405-19409, 2009 | 197 | 2009 |
| Evolutionary origins of human alcoholism in primate frugivory R Dudley The Quarterly Review of Biology 75 (1), 3-15, 2000 | 195 | 2000 |
| Mechanisms and implications of animal flight maneuverability R Dudley Integrative and Comparative Biology 42 (1), 135-140, 2002 | 188 | 2002 |
| On the biogeography of salt limitation: a study of ant communities M Kaspari, SP Yanoviak, R Dudley Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (46), 17848-17851, 2008 | 187 | 2008 |