| Evolution in changing environments: some theoretical explorations R Levins Princeton University Press, 1968 | 7288 | 1968 |
| Some demographic and genetic consequences of environmental heterogeneity for biological control R Levins American Entomologist 15 (3), 237-240, 1969 | 3636 | 1969 |
| The limiting similarity, convergence, and divergence of coexisting species R MacArthur, R Levins The American Naturalist 101 (921), 377-385, 1967 | 3577 | 1967 |
| Extinction R Levins Some mathematical questions in biology, 1970 | 2248* | 1970 |
| The dialectical biologist R Levins, RC Lewontin Harvard University Press, 1985 | 2157 | 1985 |
| The strategy of model building in population biology R Levins American scientist 54 (4), 421-431, 1966 | 2020 | 1966 |
| Ecology and evolution of communities ML Cody, RH MacArthur, JM Diamond Harvard University Press, 1975 | 997 | 1975 |
| Competition, habitat selection, and character displacement in a patchy environment R MacArthur, R Levins Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of …, 1964 | 961 | 1964 |
| Regional coexistence of species and competition between rare species R Levins, D Culver Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 68 (6), 1246-1248, 1971 | 738 | 1971 |
| The precautionary principle in environmental science. D Kriebel, J Tickner, P Epstein, J Lemons, R Levins, EL Loechler, ... Environmental health perspectives 109 (9), 871-876, 2001 | 608 | 2001 |
| On the relation between habitat selection and species diversity R MacArthur, H Recher, M Cody The American Naturalist 100 (913), 319-332, 1966 | 605 | 1966 |
| Qualitative modeling of complex systemsan introduction to loop analysis and time averaging CJ Puccia, R Levins | 508 | 1985 |
| Coexistence in a variable environment R Levins The American Naturalist 114 (6), 765-783, 1979 | 475 | 1979 |
| Theory of fitness in a heterogeneous environment. I. The fitness set and adaptive function R Levins The American Naturalist 96 (891), 361-373, 1962 | 468 | 1962 |
| The island syndrome in rodent populations GH Adler, R Levins The Quarterly Review of Biology 69 (4), 473-490, 1994 | 448 | 1994 |
| Thermal acclimation and heat resistance in Drosophila species R Levins The American Naturalist 103 (933), 483-499, 1969 | 343 | 1969 |
| Ecosystem health D Rapport, R Costanza, PR Epstein, C Gaudet, R Levins | 330 | 2000 |
| Evolution in communities near equilibrium R Levins Ecology and evolution of communities, 16-50, 1975 | 297 | 1975 |
| An hypothesis to explain the incidence of monophagy R Levins, R MacArthur Ecology 50 (5), 910-911, 1969 | 268 | 1969 |
| Theory of fitness in a heterogeneous environment. II. Developmental flexibility and niche selection R Levins The American Naturalist 97 (893), 75-90, 1963 | 262 | 1963 |