The American Naturalist

Title Publication Date Language Citations
Phylogenies and the Comparative Method1985/01/01English6,729
Genetic Distance between Populations1972/05/01English5,904
Evidence for the Existence of Three Primary Strategies in Plants and Its Relevance to Ecological and Evolutionary Theory1977/11/01English3,235
Sources, Sinks, and Population Regulation1988/11/01English3,102
Food Web Complexity and Species Diversity1966/01/01English2,736
The Limiting Similarity, Convergence, and Divergence of Coexisting Species1967/09/01English2,690
Herbivores and the Number of Tree Species in Tropical Forests1970/11/01English2,568
On Optimal Use of a Patchy Environment1966/11/01English2,467
Mechanisms of Succession in Natural Communities and Their Role in Community Stability and Organization1977/11/01English2,325
Homage to Santa Rosalia or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?1959/05/01English2,243
Natural Selection, the Costs of Reproduction, and a Refinement of Lack's Principle1966/11/01English2,095
On the Relationship between Abundance and Distribution of Species1984/08/01English2,071
Phylogenetic Analysis and Comparative Data: A Test and Review of Evidence2002/12/01English1,965
On r- and K-Selection1970/11/01English1,959
A General Hypothesis of Species Diversity1979/01/01English1,953
The Ecology of Individuals: Incidence and Implications of Individual Specialization2003/01/01English1,910
The Optimal Balance between Size and Number of Offspring1974/07/01English1,838
Parasites, Bright Males, and the Immunocompetence Handicap1992/03/01English1,830
Community Structure, Population Control, and Competition1960/11/01English1,803
The Paradox of the Plankton1961/05/01English1,780
Acquisition and Allocation of Resources: Their Influence on Variation in Life History Tactics1986/07/01English1,598
The "Challenge Hypothesis": Theoretical Implications for Patterns of Testosterone Secretion, Mating Systems, and Breeding Strategies1990/12/01English1,496
Marine Benthic Diversity: A Comparative Study1968/05/01English1,413
Risks of Population Extinction from Demographic and Environmental Stochasticity and Random Catastrophes1993/12/01English1,352
Field Experiments on Interspecific Competition1983/08/01English1,341
The Statistics and Biology of the Species-Area Relationship1979/06/01English1,340
Why Mountain Passes are Higher in the Tropics1967/05/01English1,304
Coefficients of Inbreeding and Relationship1922/07/01English1,300
On the Generality of the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient2004/02/01English1,279
Food Web Complexity and Community Dynamics1996/05/01English1,277