| Cooperation facilitates the colonization of harsh environments CK Cornwallis, CA Botero, DR Rubenstein, PA Downing, SA West, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (3), 0057, 2017 | 190 | 2017 |
| Predictable evolution towards larger brains in birds colonizing oceanic islands F Sayol, PA Downing, AN Iwaniuk, J Maspons, D Sol Nature communications 9 (1), 2820, 2018 | 110 | 2018 |
| Sex, long life and the evolutionary transition to cooperative breeding in birds PA Downing, CK Cornwallis, AS Griffin Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1816), 20151663, 2015 | 74 | 2015 |
| Group formation and the evolutionary pathway to complex sociality in birds PA Downing, AS Griffin, CK Cornwallis Nature Ecology & Evolution 4 (3), 479-486, 2020 | 63 | 2020 |
| Hard-working helpers contribute to long breeder lifespans in cooperative birds PA Downing, AS Griffin, CK Cornwallis Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 376, 2021 | 57 | 2021 |
| The costs and benefits of paternal care in fish: A meta-analysis RL Goldberg, PA Downing, AS Griffin, J Green Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, 20201759, 2020 | 55 | 2020 |
| Title, abstract and keywords: a practical guide to maximize the visibility and impact of academic papers P Pottier, M Lagisz, S Burke, SM Drobniak, PA Downing, EL Macartney, ... Proceedings B 291 (2027), 20241222, 2024 | 40 | 2024 |
| Sex differences in helping effort reveal the effect of future reproduction on cooperative behaviour in birds PA Downing, AS Griffin, CK Cornwallis Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285 (1885), 20181164, 2018 | 37 | 2018 |
| The benefits of help in cooperative birds: nonexistent or difficult to detect? PA Downing, AS Griffin, CK Cornwallis American Naturalist 195 (6), 1085-1091, 2020 | 35 | 2020 |
| Evolution of vector transmitted parasites by host switching revealed through sequencing of Haemoproteus parasite mitochondrial genomes A Ciloglu, VA Ellis, M Duc, PA Downing, A Inci, S Bensch Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 153, 106947, 2020 | 23 | 2020 |
| Mixed-species associations can arise without heterospecific attraction DR Farine, CP Downing, PA Downing Behavioral Ecology 25 (3), 574-581, 2014 | 19 | 2014 |
| Genetic sex determination, sex chromosome size and sex‐specific lifespans across tetrapods Z Sultanova, PA Downing, P Carazo Journal of evolutionary biology 36 (2), 480-494, 2023 | 18 | 2023 |
| How to make a sterile helper PA Downing, CK Cornwallis, AS Griffin BioEssays 39 (1), e201600136, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Larger colony sizes favoured the evolution of more worker castes in ants L Bell-Roberts, JFR Turner, GDA Werner, PA Downing, L Ross, SA West Nature ecology & evolution 8 (10), 1959-1971, 2024 | 15 | 2024 |
| The rate of W chromosome degeneration across multiple avian neo-sex chromosomes H Sigeman, PA Downing, H Zhang, B Hansson Scientific Reports 14 (1), 16548, 2024 | 10 | 2024 |
| Genetic sex determination and sex-specific lifespan in tetrapods–evidence of a toxic Y effect Z Sultanova, PA Downing, P Carazo bioRxiv, 2020.03. 09.983700, 2020 | 8 | 2020 |
| Meta-analysis reveals that phenotypic plasticity and divergent selection promote reproductive isolation during incipient speciation BJM Jarrett, PA Downing, EI Svensson Nature Ecology & Evolution 9 (5), 833-844, 2025 | 6 | 2025 |
| Altruism and natural selection in a variable environment M Dos Santos, PA Downing, AS Griffin, CK Cornwallis, SA West Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (38), e2402974121, 2024 | 6 | 2024 |
| Ecology and life history predict avian nest success in the global tropics ZF Smart, PA Downing, SH Austin, HF Greeney, GA Londoño, MI Nahid, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (48), e2402652121, 2024 | 3 | 2024 |
| Michener’s group-size paradox in cooperatively breeding birds PA Downing Journal of Evolutionary Biology 37 (3), 353-359, 2024 | 3 | 2024 |
