| Mitochondrial DNA under siege in avian phylogeography RM Zink, GF Barrowclough Molecular ecology 17 (9), 2107-2121, 2008 | 869 | 2008 |
| The importance of recent ice ages in speciation: a failed paradigm J Klicka, RM Zink Science 277 (5332), 1666-1669, 1997 | 754 | 1997 |
| The role of subspecies in obscuring avian biological diversity and misleading conservation policy RM Zink Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004 | 560 | 2004 |
| Evolutionary processes and patterns of geographic variation in birds. RM Zink, JV Remsen Jr | 356 | 1986 |
| Species concepts in ornithology MC McKitrick, RM Zink The Condor 90 (1), 1-14, 1988 | 355 | 1988 |
| Comparative phylogeography in North American birds RM Zink Evolution 50 (1), 308-317, 1996 | 234 | 1996 |
| The debate over species concepts and its implications for ornithology RM Zink, MC McKitrick The Auk 112 (3), 701-719, 1995 | 227 | 1995 |
| GENE FLOW, REFUGIA, AND EVOLUTION OF GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE SONG SPARROW (MELOSPIZA MELODIA) RM Zink, DL Dittmann Evolution 47 (3), 717-729, 1993 | 205 | 1993 |
| The shifting roles of dispersal and vicariance in biogeography RM Zink, RC Blackwell-Rago, F Ronquist Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2000 | 183 | 2000 |
| Genetics, taxonomy, and conservation of the threatened California gnatcatcher RM Zink, GF Barrowclough, JL Atwood, RC Blackwell‐Rago Conservation Biology 14 (5), 1394-1405, 2000 | 179 | 2000 |
| Evidence from molecular systematics for decreased avian diversification in the Pleistocene epoch RM Zink, JB Slowinski Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 92 (13), 5832-5835, 1995 | 177 | 1995 |
| Modes of speciation in birds: a test of Lynch's method RT Chesser, RM Zink Evolution 48 (2), 490-497, 1994 | 177 | 1994 |
| Methods in comparative phylogeography, and their application to studying evolution in the North American aridlands RM Zink Integrative and Comparative Biology 42 (5), 953-959, 2002 | 171 | 2002 |
| Pleistocene effects on North American songbird evolution J Klicka, RM Zink Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1999 | 169 | 1999 |
| The causes of mitochondrial DNA gene tree paraphyly in birds BD McKay, RM Zink Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54 (2), 647-650, 2010 | 159 | 2010 |
| Genic variation, systematic, and biogeographic relationships of some galliform birds RJ Gutierrez, RM Zink, SY Yang The Auk 100 (1), 33-47, 1983 | 139 | 1983 |
| Comparative phylogeography of some aridland bird species RM Zink, AE Kessen, TV Line, RC Blackwell-Rago The Condor 103 (1), 1-10, 2001 | 138 | 2001 |
| The geography of mitochondrial DNA variation, population structure, hybridization, and species limits in the fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca) RM Zink Evolution 48 (1), 96-111, 1994 | 138 | 1994 |
| Molecular genetic divergence between avian sibling species: King and Clapper rails, Long-billed and Short-billed dowitchers, Boat-tailed and Great-tailed grackles, and Tufted … JC Avise, RM Zink The Auk 105 (3), 516-528, 1988 | 136 | 1988 |
| The tempo of avian diversification during the Quaternary RM Zink, J Klicka, BR Barber Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 2004 | 133 | 2004 |
