| Spontaneous emergence of leaders and followers in foraging pairs SA Rands, G Cowlishaw, RA Pettifor, JM Rowcliffe, RA Johnstone Nature 423 (6938), 432-434, 2003 | 410 | 2003 |
| Individual optimization of clutch size in great tits RA Pettifor, CM Perrins, RH McCleery Nature 336 (6195), 160-162, 1988 | 381 | 1988 |
| Components of Variance Underlying Fitness in a Natural Population of the Great Tit Parus major RH McCleery, RA Pettifor, P Armbruster, K Meyer, BC Sheldon, ... The American Naturalist 164 (3), E62-E72, 2004 | 226 | 2004 |
| The individual optimization of fitness: variation in reproductive output, including clutch size, mean nestling mass and offspring recruitment, in manipulated broods of great … RA Pettifor, CM Perrins, RH McCleery Journal of Animal Ecology 70 (1), 62-79, 2001 | 167 | 2001 |
| Spatially explicit, individual‐based, behavioural models of the annual cycle of two migratory goose populations RA Pettifor, RWG Caldow, JM Rowcliffe, JD Goss‐Custard, JM Black, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 37, 103-135, 2000 | 152 | 2000 |
| Patterns of nuclear DNA degeneration over time—a case study in historic teeth samples P Wandeler, S Smith, PA Morin, RA Pettifor, SM Funk Molecular Ecology 12 (4), 1087-1093, 2003 | 142 | 2003 |
| Intake rates and the functional response in shorebirds (Charadriiformes) eating macro-invertebrates JD Goss-Custard, AD West, MG Yates, RWG Caldow, RA Stillman, ... Biological Reviews 81 (4), 501-529, 2006 | 135 | 2006 |
| The effects of avian mobbing on a potential predator, the European kestrel, Falco tinnunculus RA Pettifor Animal Behaviour 39 (5), 821-827, 1990 | 128 | 1990 |
| The impact of armed conflict on protected-area efficacy in Central Africa E De Merode, KH Smith, K Homewood, R Pettifor, M Rowcliffe, ... Biology letters 3 (3), 299-301, 2007 | 110 | 2007 |
| The emergence of leaders and followers in foraging pairs when the qualities of individuals differ SA Rands, G Cowlishaw, RA Pettifor, JM Rowcliffe, RA Johnstone BMC Evolutionary Biology 8, 1-17, 2008 | 94 | 2008 |
| A simple rule for the costs of vigilance: empirical evidence from a social forager G Cowlishaw, MJ Lawes, M Lightbody, A Martin, R Pettifor, JM Rowcliffe Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004 | 92 | 2004 |
| Brood-manipulation experiments. I. The number of offspring surviving per nest in blue tits (Parus caeruleus) RA Pettifor Journal of Animal Ecology, 131-144, 1993 | 91 | 1993 |
| High variability in patterns of population decline: the importance of local processes in species extinctions G Cowlishaw, RA Pettifor, NJB Isaac Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1654), 63-69, 2009 | 79 | 2009 |
| State–dependent foraging rules for social animals in selfish herds SA Rands, RA Pettifor, JM Rowcliffe, G Cowlishaw Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004 | 77 | 2004 |
| Mate fidelity in swans: an interspecific comparison EC Rees, P Lievesley, RA Pettifor, C Perrins Partnerships in birds, 118-137, 1996 | 73 | 1996 |
| Social foraging and dominance relationships: the effects of socially mediated interference SA Rands, RA Pettifor, JM Rowcliffe, G Cowlishaw Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 60, 572-581, 2006 | 64 | 2006 |
| Brood-manipulation experiments. II. A cost of reproduction in blue tits (Parus caeruleus)? RA Pettifor Journal of Animal Ecology, 145-159, 1993 | 61 | 1993 |
| Using cross-classified multivariate mixed response models with application to life history traits in great tits (Parus major) WJ Browne, RH McCleery, BC Sheldon, RA Pettifor Statistical Modelling 7 (3), 217-238, 2007 | 59 | 2007 |
| Integrating farming and wildlife conservation: the Barnacle Goose Management Scheme DR Cope, RA Pettifor, LR Griffin, JM Rowcliffe Biological Conservation 110 (1), 113-122, 2003 | 52 | 2003 |
| Foraging inequalities in large groups: quantifying depletion experienced by individuals in goose flocks JM Rowcliffe, RA Pettifor, C Carbone Journal of Animal Ecology 73 (1), 97-108, 2004 | 48 | 2004 |
