| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Predicting the Probability of Outbreeding Depression | Conservation Biology | 2011 | 635 |
| 2 | Bottlenose Dolphins as Marine Ecosystem Sentinels: Developing a Health Monitoring System | EcoHealth | 2004 | 321 |
| 3 | From People to Panthera : Natural SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Tigers and Lions at the Bronx Zoo | MBio | 2020 | 298 |
| 4 | Call for a Paradigm Shift in the Genetic Management of Fragmented Populations | Conservation Letters | 2018 | 283 |
| 5 | Implications of different species concepts for conserving biodiversity | Biological Conservation | 2012 | 263 |
| 6 | High-throughput sequencing reveals inbreeding depression in a natural population | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2014 | 221 |
| 7 | Zoo experiences: conversations, connections, and concern for animals | Zoo Biology | 2009 | 199 |
| 8 | When do we need more data? A primer on calculating the value of information for applied ecologists | Methods in Ecology and Evolution | 2015 | 146 |
| 9 | Facts about signature whistles of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus | Animal Behaviour | 2007 | 144 |
| 10 | Directions in Conservation Biology: Comments on Caughley | Conservation Biology | 1996 | 130 |
| 11 | Genetic rescue: A critique of the evidence supports maximizing genetic diversity rather than minimizing the introduction of putatively harmful genetic variation | Biological Conservation | 2020 | 130 |
| 12 | Using Psychology to Save Biodiversity and Human Well-Being | Conservation Biology | 2006 | 121 |
| 13 | Whistle sharing in paired male bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | 2004 | 117 |
| 14 | Geographic variation in polychorinated biphenyl and organochlorine pesticide concentrations in the blubber of bottlenose dolphins from the US Atlantic coast | Science of the Total Environment | 2004 | 109 |
| 15 | Species Review of Amphibian Extinction Risks in Madagascar: Conclusions from the Global Amphibian Assessment | Conservation Biology | 2005 | 108 |
| 16 | A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DOMINANCE RELATIONS AMONG BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS | Marine Mammal Science | 1997 | 103 |
| 17 | Achieving True Sustainability of Zoo Populations | Zoo Biology | 2013 | 97 |
| 18 | EFFECTIVENESS OF SELECTION IN REDUCING THE GENETIC LOAD IN POPULATIONS OFPEROMYSCUS POLIONOTUSDURING GENERATIONS OF INBREEDING | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 1998 | 93 |
| 19 | Animal‐based welfare monitoring: using keeper ratings as an assessment tool | Zoo Biology | 2009 | 92 |
| 20 | How accurate are population models? Lessons from landscape-scale tests in a fragmented system | Ecology Letters | 2002 | 89 |
| 21 | Measuring Animal Personality for Use in Population Management in Zoos: Suggested Methods and Rationale | Zoo Biology | 2012 | 89 |
| 22 | PMx: software package for demographic and genetic analysis and management of pedigreed populations | Methods in Ecology and Evolution | 2012 | 88 |
| 23 | The relative importance of reproduction and survival for the conservation of two dolphin populations | Ecology and Evolution | 2016 | 86 |
| 24 | BEHAVIORAL EVIDENCE FOR HEARING THROUGH THE LOWER JAW BY AN ECHOLOCATING DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) | Marine Mammal Science | 1988 | 81 |
| 25 | A Survey of Serum and Dietary Carotenoids in Captive Wild Animals | Journal of Nutrition | 1999 | 78 |
| 26 | Genetic and demographic population management in zoos and aquariums: recent developments, future challenges and opportunities for scientific research | International Zoo Yearbook | 2011 | 74 |
| 27 | Effect of a time-out session with working animal-assisted therapy dogs | Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research | 2011 | 73 |
| 28 | The impacts of inbreeding, drift and selection on genetic diversity in captive breeding populations | Molecular Ecology | 2015 | 73 |
| 29 | Steroid metabolism and validation of noninvasive endocrine monitoring in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) | Zoo Biology | 1997 | 72 |
| 30 | Methods and Prospects for Using Molecular Data in Captive Breeding Programs: An Empirical Example Using Parma Wallabies (Macropus parma) | Journal of Heredity | 2009 | 70 |
| 31 | Lessons from 30 years of population viability analysis of wildlife populations | Zoo Biology | 2019 | 67 |
| 32 | Evaluating anthropogenic threats to endangered killer whales to inform effective recovery plans | Scientific Reports | 2017 | 65 |
| 33 | Learning from nature: bottlenose dolphin care and husbandry | Zoo Biology | 2009 | 64 |
| 34 | Toxoplasmosis in black-faced kangaroos Macropus fuliginosus melanops | Veterinary Parasitology | 1988 | 63 |
| 35 | SARS-COV-2 INFECTION AND LONGITUDINAL FECAL SCREENING IN MALAYAN TIGERS (PANTHERA TIGRIS JACKSONI), AMUR TIGERS (PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA ), AND AFRICAN LIONS (PANTHERA LEO KRUGERI) AT THE BRONX ZOO, NEW YORK, USA | Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine | 2021 | 62 |
| 36 | The future of zoos and aquariums: conservation and caring | International Zoo Yearbook | 2005 | 59 |
| 37 | Connecting to nature at the zoo: implications for responding to climate change | Environmental Education Research | 2014 | 58 |
| 38 | Rapid morphological and genetic change in Chicago‐area Peromyscus | Molecular Ecology | 2008 | 57 |
| 39 | Unsustainable harvest of dugongs in Torres Strait and Cape York (Australia) waters: two case studies using population viability analysis | Animal Conservation | 2004 | 56 |
| 40 | Life span, reproductive output, and reproductive opportunity in captive Goeldi's monkeys (Callimico goeldii) | Zoo Biology | 2010 | 56 |
| 41 | An efficient protocol for the global sensitivity analysis of stochastic ecological models | Ecosphere | 2016 | 55 |
| 42 | What to do when we can't bank on seeds: What botanic gardens can learn from the zoo community about conserving plants in living collections | American Journal of Botany | 2016 | 54 |
| 43 | The impact of assumptions about founder relationships on the effectiveness of captive breeding strategies | Conservation Genetics | 2008 | 52 |
| 44 | Maternal care and infant transfer in two species ofColobus monkeys | Primates | 1975 | 46 |
| 45 | The Evolution of Zoos from Menageries to Centers of Conservation and Caring | Curator | 2004 | 45 |
| 46 | TESTING A SIMULATION MODEL FOR POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | Curator | 2000 | 44 |
| 47 | Modelling the effect of El Niño on the persistence of small populations: The Galápagos penguin as a case study | Biological Conservation | 2007 | 42 |
| 48 | Comparative patterns of adrenal activity in captive and wild Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) | Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology | 2012 | 42 |
| 49 | Individual specialization in the foraging habits of female bottlenose dolphins living in a trophically diverse and habitat rich estuary | Oecologia | 2015 | 42 |
| 50 | Adaptive management for improving species conservation across the captive-wild spectrum | Biological Conservation | 2016 | 42 |
