| The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution R Dudley Princeton University Press, 2000 | 1191* | 2000 |
| Implications of the late Palaeozoic oxygen pulse for physiology and evolution JB Graham, R Dudley, NM Aguilar, C Gans Nature 375 (6527), 117-120, 1995 | 322 | 1995 |
| Mechanics of forward flight in bumblebees: I. Kinematics and morphology R Dudley, CP Ellington Journal of Experimental Biology 148 (1), 19-52, 1990 | 269 | 1990 |
| Phanerozoic atmospheric oxygen RA Berner, DJ Beerling, R Dudley, JM Robinson, RA Wildman Jr Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 31 (1), 105-134, 2003 | 258 | 2003 |
| Atmospheric oxygen, giant Paleozoic insects and the evolution of aerial locomotor performance. R Dudley Journal of Experimental Biology 201 (8), 1043-1050, 1998 | 242 | 1998 |
| Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds JA McGuire, CC Witt, JV Remsen Jr, A Corl, DL Rabosky, DL Altshuler, ... Current Biology 24 (8), 910-916, 2014 | 238 | 2014 |
| Mechanics of forward flight in bumblebees: II. Quasi-steady lift and power requirements R Dudley, CP Ellington Journal of Experimental Biology 148 (1), 53-88, 1990 | 206 | 1990 |
| Into thin air: physiology and evolution of alpine insects ME Dillon, MR Frazier, R Dudley Integrative and Comparative Biology 46 (1), 49-61, 2006 | 166 | 2006 |
| Fermenting fruit and the historical ecology of ethanol ingestion: is alcoholism in modern humans an evolutionary hangover? R Dudley Addiction 97 (4), 381-388, 2002 | 147 | 2002 |
| An integrative approach to understanding bird origins X Xu, Z Zhou, R Dudley, S Mackem, CM Chuong, GM Erickson, ... Science 346 (6215), 1253293, 2014 | 140 | 2014 |
| Biomechanics of flight in neotropical butterflies: morphometrics and kinematics R Dudley Journal of Experimental Biology 150 (1), 37-53, 1990 | 138 | 1990 |
| Gliding and the functional origins of flight: biomechanical novelty or necessity? R Dudley, G Byrnes, SP Yanoviak, B Borrell, RM Brown, JA McGuire Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 38, 2007 | 135 | 2007 |
| Resolution of a paradox: hummingbird flight at high elevation does not come without a cost DL Altshuler, R Dudley, JA McGuire Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (51), 17731-17736, 2004 | 132 | 2004 |
| Limits to vertebrate locomotor energetics suggested by hummingbirds hovering in heliox P Chai, R Dudley Nature 377 (6551), 722, 1995 | 131 | 1995 |
| Evolutionary origins of human alcoholism in primate frugivory R Dudley The Quarterly Review of Biology 75 (1), 3-15, 2000 | 128 | 2000 |
| Why are there so few evolutionary transitions between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems? GJ Vermeij, R Dudley Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70 (4), 541-554, 2000 | 124 | 2000 |
| Ethanol, fruit ripening, and the historical origins of human alcoholism in primate frugivory R Dudley Integrative and comparative biology 44 (4), 315-323, 2004 | 115 | 2004 |
| Sodium shortage as a constraint on the carbon cycle in an inland tropical rainforest M Kaspari, SP Yanoviak, R Dudley, M Yuan, NA Clay Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (46), 19405-19409, 2009 | 114 | 2009 |
| Directed aerial descent in canopy ants SP Yanoviak, R Dudley, M Kaspari Nature 433 (7026), 624, 2005 | 113 | 2005 |
| The ecological and evolutionary interface of hummingbird flight physiology DL Altshuler, R Dudley Journal of Experimental Biology 205 (16), 2325-2336, 2002 | 112 | 2002 |
