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| Evolutionary potential of Chamaecrista fasciculata in relation to climate change. I. Clinal patterns of selection along an environmental gradient in the great plains | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 2004 | 309 |
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| Why do male chimpanzees defend a group range? | Animal Behaviour | 2004 | 220 |
| Phylogeny of muroid rodents: relationships within and among major lineages as determined by IRBP gene sequences | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | 2004 | 220 |
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| Sex differences in learning in chimpanzees | Nature | 2004 | 209 |
| Species and functional group diversity independently influence biomass accumulation and its response to CO2 and N | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2004 | 200 |
| Comparison of Labile Soil Organic Matter Fractionation Techniques | Soil Science Society of America Journal | 2004 | 195 |
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| USING A GENERALIZED VEGETATION MODEL TO SIMULATE VEGETATION DYNAMICS IN NORTHEASTERN USA | Ecology | 2004 | 165 |
| Can parks protect migratory ungulates? The case of the Serengeti wildebeest | Animal Conservation | 2004 | 160 |
| Mechanisms responsible for the positive diversity–productivity relationship in Minnesota grasslands | Ecology Letters | 2004 | 159 |
| Sustainable trophy hunting of African lions | Nature | 2004 | 153 |
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| Evolutionary potential of Chamaecrista fasciculata in relation to climate change. II. Genetic architecture of three populations reciprocally planted along an environmental gradient in the great plains | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 2004 | 110 |
| Phosphorus and trace metal limitation of algae and bacteria in Lake Superior | Limnology and Oceanography | 2004 | 102 |
| Complex biogeographic history of a Holarctic passerine | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 2004 | 98 |
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