| 1 | TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access | Global Change Biology | 2020 | 1,713 |
| 2 | Ecological resistance surfaces predict fine‐scale genetic differentiation in a terrestrial woodland salamander | Molecular Ecology | 2014 | 196 |
| 3 | A validation scale to determine the readiness of environmental DNA assays for routine species monitoring | Environmental DNA | 2021 | 184 |
| 4 | Is your ad hoc model selection strategy affecting your multimodel inference? | Ecosphere | 2020 | 168 |
| 5 | Global variation in the beta diversity of lake macrophytes is driven by environmental heterogeneity rather than latitude | Journal of Biogeography | 2017 | 157 |
| 6 | Comparing the sampling performance of sound recorders versus point counts in bird surveys: A meta‐analysis | Journal of Applied Ecology | 2018 | 136 |
| 7 | High stream flows dilute environmental DNA (eDNA) concentrations and reduce detectability | Diversity and Distributions | 2021 | 107 |
| 8 | A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) | European Journal of Taxonomy | 2013 | 105 |
| 9 | Multi‐trophic response to invasive silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in a large floodplain river | Freshwater Biology | 2018 | 80 |
| 10 | <p>Chronic Wasting Disease In Cervids: Prevalence, Impact And Management Strategies</p> | Veterinary Medicine: Research and Reports | 2019 | 69 |
| 11 | Incubation temperature impacts nestling growth and survival in an open‐cup nesting passerine | Ecology and Evolution | 2018 | 66 |
| 12 | Environmental DNA detects a rare large river crayfish but with little relation to local abundance | Freshwater Biology | 2018 | 65 |
| 13 | Feather mites play a role in cleaning host feathers: New insights fromDNAmetabarcoding and microscopy | Molecular Ecology | 2019 | 63 |
| 14 | Phylogenomics of Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera) using transcriptomes: examining controversial relationships via degeneracy coding and interrogation of gene conflict | Systematic Entomology | 2020 | 61 |
| 15 | Floristic Quality Assessment: a critique, a defense, and a primer | Ecosphere | 2019 | 60 |
| 16 | Navigating the trade‐offs between environmental DNA and conventional field surveys for improved amphibian monitoring | Ecosphere | 2022 | 56 |
| 17 | Dense sampling of taxa and characters improves phylogenetic resolution among deltocephaline leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) | Systematic Entomology | 2022 | 55 |
| 18 | Emerging infectious disease: An underappreciated area of strategic concern for food security | Transboundary and Emerging Diseases | 2022 | 54 |
| 19 | History, geography and host use shape genomewide patterns of genetic variation in the redheaded pine sawfly (Neodiprion lecontei) | Molecular Ecology | 2017 | 52 |
| 20 | Climate change and shrinking salamanders: alternative mechanisms for changes in plethodontid salamander body size | Global Change Biology | 2015 | 51 |
| 21 | Stream hierarchy defines riverscape genetics of a North American desert fish | Molecular Ecology | 2013 | 47 |
| 22 | Environmental DNA metabarcoding from flowers reveals arthropod pollinators, plant pests, parasites, and potential predator–prey interactions while revealing more arthropod diversity than camera traps | Environmental DNA | 2023 | 44 |
| 23 | Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in the United States of America at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface | Pathogens | 2021 | 42 |
| 24 | Biotic homogenization of regional wetland plant communities within short time‐scales in the presence of an aggressive invader | Journal of Ecology | 2018 | 40 |
| 25 | Linking landscape composition to predator‐specific nest predation requires examining multiple landscape scales | Journal of Applied Ecology | 2018 | 39 |
| 26 | Weighting effective number of species measures by abundance weakens detection of diversity responses | Journal of Applied Ecology | 2019 | 39 |
| 27 | Environmental DNA is effective in detecting the federally threatened Louisiana Pinesnake (Pituophis ruthveni) | Environmental DNA | 2021 | 39 |
| 28 | Pre‐ to post‐fledging carryover effects and the adaptive significance of variation in wing development for juvenile songbirds | Journal of Animal Ecology | 2020 | 38 |
| 29 | Empirical evidence for declines in muskrat populations across the United States | Journal of Wildlife Management | 2017 | 37 |
| 30 | Radiotelemetry reveals effects of upstream biomass and UV exposure on environmental DNA occupancy and detection for a large freshwater turtle | Environmental DNA | 2020 | 36 |
| 31 | Phoretic dispersal influences parasite population genetic structure | Molecular Ecology | 2018 | 35 |
| 32 | Phylogeny of the tribe Empoascini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) based on morphological characteristics, with reclassification of the Empoasca generic group | Systematic Entomology | 2021 | 35 |
| 33 | Modelling and mapping the distribution, diversity and abundance of freshwater mussels (Family Unionidae) in wadeable streams of Illinois, U.S.A. | Freshwater Biology | 2015 | 33 |
| 34 | Evidence suggesting interactions between immunodominant membrane protein Imp of Flavescence dorée phytoplasma and protein extracts from distantly related insect species | Journal of Applied Microbiology | 2019 | 32 |
| 35 | Phylogenomics of the North American Plecoptera | Systematic Entomology | 2021 | 32 |
| 36 | Comparing Contributions of Passive and Active Tick Collection Methods to Determine Establishment of Ticks of Public Health Concern Within Illinois | Journal of Medical Entomology | 2021 | 32 |
| 37 | Habitat traits and species interactions differentially affect abundance and body size in pond‐breeding amphibians | Journal of Animal Ecology | 2015 | 31 |
| 38 | Influence of the geographic distribution of prion protein gene sequence variation on patterns of chronic wasting disease spread in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | Prion | 2018 | 31 |
| 39 | Food Safety Considerations Related to the Consumption and Handling of Game Meat in North America | Veterinary Sciences | 2020 | 30 |
| 40 | At the confluence of vicariance and dispersal: Phylogeography of cavernicolous springtails (Collembola: Arrhopalitidae, Tomoceridae) codistributed across a geologically complex karst landscape in Illinois and Missouri | Ecology and Evolution | 2018 | 29 |
| 41 | Fatty‐acid profiles of juvenile lake trout reflect experimental diets consisting of natural prey | Freshwater Biology | 2016 | 28 |
| 42 | Ecological specialization and morphological diversification in Greater Antillean boas | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 2016 | 28 |
| 43 | The Response of Fish Diversity in a Highly Modified Large River System to Multiple Anthropogenic Stressors | Journal of Geophysical Research G: Biogeosciences | 2019 | 28 |
| 44 | Integrating phylogenomic and population genomic patterns in avian lice provides a more complete picture of parasite evolution | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 2018 | 27 |
| 45 | Phylogenomics of flavobacterial insect nutritional endosymbionts with implications for Auchenorrhyncha phylogeny | Cladistics | 2022 | 25 |
| 46 | The importance of molecular dating analyses for inferring Hawaiian biogeographical history: a case study with bark lice (Psocidae: Ptycta) | Journal of Biogeography | 2014 | 24 |
| 47 | Phylogeographic inference using Bayesian model comparison across a fragmented chorus frog species complex | Molecular Ecology | 2015 | 24 |
| 48 | Association of chronic wasting disease susceptibility with prion protein variation in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | Prion | 2020 | 23 |
| 49 | Aphis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) species groups found in the Midwestern United States and their contribution to the phylogenetic knowledge of the genus | Insect Science | 2014 | 22 |
| 50 | Clay content and pH: soil characteristic associations with the persistent presence of chronic wasting disease in northern Illinois | Scientific Reports | 2017 | 22 |
