| Extra-pair paternity results from female preference for high-quality males in the blue tit B Kempenaers, GR Verheyen, M Van den Broeck, T Burke, ... Nature 357 (6378), 494-496, 1992 | 753 | 1992 |
| Extra-pair paternity in birds: explaining variation between species and populations M Petrie, B Kempenaers Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13 (2), 52-58, 1998 | 621 | 1998 |
| Females increase offspring heterozygosity and fitness through extra-pair matings K Foerster, K Delhey, A Johnsen, JT Lifjeld, B Kempenaers Nature 425 (6959), 714-717, 2003 | 546 | 2003 |
| Extrapair paternity in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus) : female choice, male characteristics, and offspring quality B Kempenaers, GR Verheyen, AA Dhondi Behavioral Ecology 8 (5), 481-492, 1997 | 415 | 1997 |
| Artificial night lighting affects dawn song, extra-pair siring success, and lay date in songbirds B Kempenaers, P Borgström, P Loës, E Schlicht, M Valcu Current Biology 20 (19), 1735-1739, 2010 | 390 | 2010 |
| Contribution of genetics to the study of animal personalities: a review of case studies PJ Drent, AJ van Noordwijk, K van Oers, G de Jong, B Kempenaers Behaviour 142 (9-10), 1185-1206, 2005 | 390 | 2005 |
| Mate choice and genetic quality: a review of the heterozygosity theory B Kempenaers Advances in the Study of Behavior 37, 189-278, 2007 | 288 | 2007 |
| Genetic similarity between mates and extra-pair parentage in three species of shorebirds D Blomqvist, M Andersson, C Küpper, IC Cuthill, J Kis, RB Lanctot, ... Nature 419 (6907), 613-615, 2002 | 240 | 2002 |
| Drd4 gene polymorphisms are associated with personality variation in a passerine bird AE Fidler, K van Oers, PJ Drent, S Kuhn, JC Mueller, B Kempenaers Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1619), 1685-1691, 2007 | 217 | 2007 |
| A novel song parameter correlates with extra-pair paternity and reflects male longevity W Forstmeier, B Kempenaers, A Meyer, B Leisler Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2002 | 206 | 2002 |
| Extrapair paternity and egg hatchability in tree swallows: evidence for the genetic compatibility hypothesis? B Kempenaers, B Congdon, P Boag, RJ Robertson Behavioral Ecology 10 (3), 304-311, 1999 | 202 | 1999 |
| Density-dependent clutch size caused by habitat heterogeneity AA Dhondt, B Kempenaers, F Adriaensen Journal of Animal Ecology, 643-648, 1992 | 196 | 1992 |
| Carotenoid‐based bill colour as an indicator of immunocompetence and sperm performance in male mallards A Peters, AG Denk, K Delhey, B Kempenaers Journal of evolutionary biology 17 (5), 1111-1120, 2004 | 181 | 2004 |
| Avian olfactory receptor gene repertoires: evidence for a well-developed sense of smell in birds? SS Steiger, AE Fidler, M Valcu, B Kempenaers Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 (1649), 2309-2317, 2008 | 179 | 2008 |
| The recombination landscape of the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata genome N Backström, W Forstmeier, H Schielzeth, H Mellenius, K Nam, E Bolund, ... Genome research 20 (4), 485-495, 2010 | 177 | 2010 |
| Sources of individual variation in plasma testosterone levels B Kempenaers, A Peters, K Foerster Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363 …, 2008 | 171 | 2008 |
| Plumage colour in nestling blue tits: sexual dichromatism, condition dependence and genetic effects A Johnsen, K Delhey, S Andersson, B Kempenaers Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2003 | 171 | 2003 |
| Early birds are sexy: male age, dawn song and extrapair paternity in blue tits, Cyanistes (formerly Parus) caeruleus A Poesel, HP Kunc, K Foerster, A Johnsen, B Kempenaers Animal Behaviour 72 (3), 531-538, 2006 | 170 | 2006 |
| The effects of life history and sexual selection on male and female plumage colouration J Dale, CJ Dey, K Delhey, B Kempenaers, M Valcu Nature 527 (7578), 367-370, 2015 | 169 | 2015 |
| Mate guarding and copulation behaviour in monogamous and polygynous blue tits: do males follow a best-of-a-bad-job strategy? B Kempenaers, GR Verheyen, AA Dhondt Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 36 (1), 33-42, 1995 | 164 | 1995 |
