| Acoustic sequences in non‐human animals: a tutorial review and prospectus A Kershenbaum, DT Blumstein, MA Roch, Ç Akçay, G Backus, MA Bee, ... Biological Reviews 91 (1), 13-52, 2016 | 302 | 2016 |
| Behavioral syndromes break down in urban song sparrow populations J Scales, J Hyman, M Hughes Ethology 117 (10), 887-895, 2011 | 177 | 2011 |
| The function of concurrent signals: visual and chemical communication in snapping shrimp M HUGHES Animal Behaviour 52 (2), 247-257, 1996 | 139 | 1996 |
| Geographic song discrimination in relation to dispersal distances in song sparrows WA Searcy, S Nowicki, M Hughes, S Peters The American Naturalist 159 (3), 221-230, 2002 | 137 | 2002 |
| The response of male and female song sparrows to geographic variation in song WA Searcy, S Nowicki, M Hughes The Condor 99 (3), 651-657, 1997 | 123 | 1997 |
| Size assessment via a visual signal in snapping shrimp M Hughes Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 38, 51-57, 1996 | 114 | 1996 |
| The territory defense function of song in song sparrows: a test with the speaker occupation design S Nowicki, WA Searcy, M Hughes Behaviour 135 (5), 615-628, 1998 | 108 | 1998 |
| Individual variation in the strength of territory defense in male song sparrows: correlates of age, territory tenure, and neighbor aggressiveness J Hyman, M Hughes, WA Searcy, S Nowicki Behaviour 141 (1), 15-27, 2004 | 106 | 2004 |
| Song-type sharing in song sparrows: implications for repertoire function and song learning M Hughes, S Nowicki, WA Searcy, S Peters Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 42, 437-446, 1998 | 102 | 1998 |
| Deception with honest signals: signal residuals and signal function in snapping shrimp M Hughes Behavioral Ecology 11 (6), 614-623, 2000 | 90 | 2000 |
| Call Learning in Black‐capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus): The Role of Experience in the Development of ‘Chick‐A‐Dee’Calls M Hughes, S Nowicki, B Lohr Ethology 104 (3), 232-249, 1998 | 84 | 1998 |
| The evolution of bird song: male and female response to song innovation in swamp sparrows S Nowicki, WA Searcy, M Hughes, J Podos Animal Behaviour 62 (6), 1189-1195, 2001 | 78 | 2001 |
| Individual variation in response to simulated territorial challenge among territory‐holding song sparrows S Nowicki, WA Searcy, T Krueger, M Hughes Journal of Avian Biology 33 (3), 253-259, 2002 | 70 | 2002 |
| The receiver-dependent cost of soft song: a signal of aggressive intent in songbirds RC Anderson, WA Searcy, M Hughes, S Nowicki Animal Behaviour 83 (6), 1443-1448, 2012 | 61 | 2012 |
| Territory owners discriminate between aggressive and nonaggressive neighbours J Hyman, M Hughes Animal behaviour 72 (1), 209-215, 2006 | 60 | 2006 |
| Song learning and cognitive ability are not consistently related in a songbird RC Anderson, WA Searcy, S Peters, M Hughes, AL DuBois, S Nowicki Animal Cognition 20, 309-320, 2017 | 55 | 2017 |
| Fortune favours the aggressive: territory quality and behavioural syndromes in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia J Scales, J Hyman, M Hughes Animal Behaviour 85 (2), 441-451, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| Song type sharing and territory tenure in eastern song sparrows: implications for the evolution of song repertoires M Hughes, RC Anderson, WA Searcy, LM Bottensek, S Nowicki Animal behaviour 73 (4), 701-710, 2007 | 40 | 2007 |
| Sex and Weapons: Contrasting Sexual Dimorphisms in Weaponry and Aggression in Snapping Shrimp M Hughes, T Williamson, K Hollowell, R Vickery Ethology 120 (10), 982-994, 2014 | 33 | 2014 |
| Imitation and invention in song learning in nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos B., Turdidae) M Hughes, H Hultsch, D Todt Ethology 108 (2), 97-113, 2002 | 31 | 2002 |
