| Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era TA Blackledge, N Scharff, JA Coddington, T Szüts, JW Wenzel, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (13), 5229-5234, 2009 | 454 | 2009 |
| Bioprospecting finds the toughest biological material: extraordinary silk from a giant riverine orb spider I Agnarsson, M Kuntner, TA Blackledge PloS one 5 (9), e11234, 2010 | 388 | 2010 |
| Silken toolkits: biomechanics of silk fibers spun by the orb web spider Argiope argentata (Fabricius 1775) TA Blackledge, CY Hayashi Journal of experimental biology 209 (13), 2452-2461, 2006 | 357 | 2006 |
| Molecular and mechanical characterization of aciniform silk: uniformity of iterated sequence modules in a novel member of the spider silk fibroin gene family CY Hayashi, TA Blackledge, RV Lewis Molecular biology and evolution 21 (10), 1950-1959, 2004 | 282 | 2004 |
| The form and function of spider orb webs: evolution from silk to ecosystems TA Blackledge, M Kuntner, I Agnarsson Advances in insect physiology 41, 175-262, 2011 | 233 | 2011 |
| Spider silk as a novel high performance biomimetic muscle driven by humidity I Agnarsson, A Dhinojwala, V Sahni, TA Blackledge Journal of Experimental Biology 212 (13), 1990-1994, 2009 | 198 | 2009 |
| Viscoelastic solids explain spider web stickiness V Sahni, TA Blackledge, A Dhinojwala Nature Communications 1 (1), 19, 2010 | 192 | 2010 |
| Variation in the material properties of spider dragline silk across species BO Swanson, TA Blackledge, J Beltrán, CY Hayashi Applied Physics A 82 (2), 213-218, 2006 | 187 | 2006 |
| Evolution of stenophagy in spiders (Araneae): evidence based on the comparative analysis of spider diets S Pekár, JA Coddington, TA Blackledge Evolution 66 (3), 776-806, 2012 | 168 | 2012 |
| Convergent evolution of behavior in an adaptive radiation of Hawaiian web-building spiders TA Blackledge, RG Gillespie Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (46), 16228-16233, 2004 | 163 | 2004 |
| Are three‐dimensional spider webs defensive adaptations? TA Blackledge, JA Coddington, RG Gillespie Ecology Letters 6 (1), 13-18, 2003 | 162 | 2003 |
| Spider orb webs rely on radial threads to absorb prey kinetic energy AT Sensenig, KA Lorentz, SP Kelly, TA Blackledge Journal of the Royal Society Interface 9 (73), 1880-1891, 2012 | 153 | 2012 |
| Do stabilimenta in orb webs attract prey or defend spiders? TA Blackledge, JW Wenzel Behavioral Ecology 10 (4), 372-376, 1999 | 151 | 1999 |
| Behavioural and biomaterial coevolution in spider orb webs A Sensenig, I Agnarsson, TA Blackledge Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23 (9), 1839-1856, 2010 | 146 | 2010 |
| Evolution of supercontraction in spider silk: structure–function relationship from tarantulas to orb-weavers C Boutry, TA Blackledge Journal of Experimental Biology 213 (20), 3505-3514, 2010 | 143 | 2010 |
| How super is supercontraction? Persistent versus cyclic responses to humidity in spider dragline silk TA Blackledge, C Boutry, SC Wong, A Baji, A Dhinojwala, V Sahni, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 212 (13), 1981-1989, 2009 | 140 | 2009 |
| High-performance spider webs: integrating biomechanics, ecology and behaviour AMT Harmer, TA Blackledge, JS Madin, ME Herberstein Journal of the Royal Society Interface 8 (57), 457-471, 2011 | 138 | 2011 |
| Spider dragline silk: correlated and mosaic evolution in high‐performance biological materials BO Swanson, TA Blackledge, AP Summers, CY Hayashi Evolution 60 (12), 2539-2551, 2006 | 130 | 2006 |
| Unraveling the mechanical properties of composite silk threads spun by cribellate orb-weaving spiders TA Blackledge, CY Hayashi Journal of Experimental Biology 209 (16), 3131-3140, 2006 | 129 | 2006 |
| Phylogeny of the orb‐weaving spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea) N Scharff, JA Coddington, TA Blackledge, I Agnarsson, VW Framenau, ... Cladistics 36 (1), 1-21, 2020 | 124 | 2020 |
