| Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota M Byrne, DK Yeates, L Joseph, M Kearney, J Bowler, MAJ Williams, ... Molecular ecology 17 (20), 4398, 2008 | 720 | 2008 |
| Evolution of subterranean diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae Hydroporini, Bidessini) in the arid zone of Australia R Leys, CHS Watts, SJB Cooper, WF Humphreys Evolution 57 (12), 2819-2834, 2003 | 301 | 2003 |
| Molecular phylogeny and divergence dates for Australasian elapids and sea snakes (Hydrophiinae): evidence from seven genes for rapid evolutionary radiations KL Sanders, MSY Lee, R Leys, R Foster, J Scott Keogh Journal of evolutionary biology 21 (3), 682-695, 2008 | 196 | 2008 |
| Islands under the desert: molecular systematics and evolutionary origins of stygobitic water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from central Western Australia SJB Cooper, S Hinze, R Leys, CHS Watts, WF Humphreys Invertebrate systematics 16 (4), 589-590, 2002 | 155 | 2002 |
| Is the Australian subterranean fauna uniquely diverse? MT Guzik, AD Austin, SJB Cooper, MS Harvey, WF Humphreys, ... Invertebrate Systematics 24 (5), 407-418, 2011 | 139 | 2011 |
| Molecular systematics of Australian carrion-breeding blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) based on mitochondrial DNA JF Wallman, R Leys, K Hogendoorn Invertebrate Systematics 19 (1), 1-15, 2005 | 134 | 2005 |
| Subterranean archipelago in the Australian arid zone: mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of amphipods from central Western Australia SJB Cooper, JH Bradbury, KM Saint, R Leys, AD Austin, WF Humphreys Molecular Ecology 16 (7), 1533-1544, 2007 | 132 | 2007 |
| Antimicrobial defences increase with sociality in bees A Stow, D Briscoe, M Gillings, M Holley, S Smith, R Leys, T Silberbauer, ... Biology letters 3 (4), 422-424, 2007 | 128 | 2007 |
| Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the large carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae) R Leys, SJB Cooper, MP Schwarz Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 77 (2), 249-266, 2002 | 121 | 2002 |
| Sociality and the rate of molecular evolution L Bromham, R Leys Molecular biology and evolution 22 (6), 1393-1402, 2005 | 92 | 2005 |
| A mid-cretaceous origin of sociality in xylocopine bees with only two origins of true worker castes indicates severe barriers to eusociality SM Rehan, R Leys, MP Schwarz PLoS One 7 (4), e34690, 2012 | 79 | 2012 |
| Groundwater estuaries of salt lakes: buried pools of endemic biodiversity on the western plateau, Australia WF Humphreys, CHS Watts, SJB Cooper, R Leijs Hydrobiologia 626, 79-95, 2009 | 78 | 2009 |
| Systematics and evolution of the Australian subterranean hydroporine diving beetles (Dytiscidae), with notes on Carabhydrus R Leys, CH Watts Invertebrate Systematics 22 (2), 217-225, 2008 | 73 | 2008 |
| Evolution of blind beetles in isolated aquifers: a test of alternative modes of speciation R Leijs, EH van Nes, CH Watts, SJB Cooper, WF Humphreys, ... PLoS One 7 (3), e34260, 2012 | 64 | 2012 |
| The superseded female's dilemma: ultimate and proximate factors that influence guarding behaviour of the carpenter bee Xylocopa pubescens K Hogendoorn, R Leys Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 33, 371-381, 1993 | 63 | 1993 |
| Molecular phylogeny of the large carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae), based on mitochondrial DNA sequences R Leys, SJB Cooper, MP Schwarz Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17 (3), 407-418, 2000 | 62 | 2000 |
| Regressive evolution of an eye pigment gene in independently evolved eyeless subterranean diving beetles R Leys, SJB Cooper, U Strecker, H Wilkens Biology letters 1 (4), 496-499, 2005 | 61 | 2005 |
| Low genetic differentiation in north-west European populations of the locally endangered root vole, Microtus oeconomus R Leijs, RC van Apeldoorn, R Bijlsma Biological conservation 87 (1), 39-48, 1999 | 50 | 1999 |
| The evolution of functionally redundant species; evidence from beetles M Scheffer, R Vergnon, EH van Nes, JGM Cuppen, ETHM Peeters, ... PLoS One 10 (10), e0137974, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
| Repeated parallel evolution reveals limiting similarity in subterranean diving beetles R Vergnon, R Leijs, EH van Nes, M Scheffer The American Naturalist 182 (1), 67-75, 2013 | 40 | 2013 |
