| Mitochondrial DNA under siege in avian phylogeography RM Zink, GF Barrowclough Molecular ecology 17 (9), 2107-2121, 2008 | 1061 | 2008 |
| The importance of recent ice ages in speciation: a failed paradigm J Klicka, RM Zink Science 277 (5332), 1666-1669, 1997 | 819 | 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 | 631 | 2004 |
| Evolutionary processes and patterns of geographic variation in birds. RM Zink, JV Remsen Jr | 432 | 1986 |
| Species concepts in ornithology MC McKitrick, RM Zink The Condor 90 (1), 1-14, 1988 | 400 | 1988 |
| How many kinds of birds are there and why does it matter? GF Barrowclough, J Cracraft, J Klicka, RM Zink PLoS One 11 (11), e0166307, 2016 | 267 | 2016 |
| The debate over species concepts and its implications for ornithology RM Zink, MC McKitrick The Auk 112 (3), 701-719, 1995 | 263 | 1995 |
| Comparative phylogeography in North American birds RM Zink Evolution 50 (1), 308-317, 1996 | 262 | 1996 |
| GENE FLOW, REFUGIA, AND EVOLUTION OF GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE SONG SPARROW (MELOSPIZA MELODIA) RM Zink, DL Dittmann Evolution 47 (3), 717-729, 1993 | 223 | 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 | 210 | 2000 |
| Modes of speciation in birds: a test of Lynch's method RT Chesser, RM Zink Evolution 48 (2), 490-497, 1994 | 206 | 1994 |
| The causes of mitochondrial DNA gene tree paraphyly in birds BD McKay, RM Zink Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54 (2), 647-650, 2010 | 203 | 2010 |
| 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 | 196 | 2000 |
| 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 | 192 | 2002 |
| Pleistocene effects on North American songbird evolution J Klicka, RM Zink Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1999 | 185 | 1999 |
| 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 | 185 | 1995 |
| Drastic population fluctuations explain the rapid extinction of the passenger pigeon CM Hung, PJL Shaner, RM Zink, WC Liu, TC Chu, WS Huang, SH Li Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (29), 10636-10641, 2014 | 169 | 2014 |
| 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 | 162 | 1988 |
| Comparative phylogeography of some aridland bird species RM Zink, AE Kessen, TV Line, RC Blackwell-Rago The Condor 103 (1), 1-10, 2001 | 156 | 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 | 153 | 1994 |
