| Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans ED Lorenzen, D Nogués-Bravo, L Orlando, J Weinstock, J Binladen, ... Nature 479 (7373), 359-364, 2011 | 805 | 2011 |
| Glacial refugia of mammals in Europe: evidence from fossil records RS Sommer, A Nadachowski Mammal Review 36 (4), 251-265, 2006 | 429 | 2006 |
| Beyond the Mediterranean peninsulas: evidence of central European glacial refugia for a temperate forest mammal species, the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) V Deffontaine, R Libois, P Kotlík, R Sommer, C Nieberding, E Paradis, ... Molecular Ecology 14 (6), 1727-1739, 2005 | 325 | 2005 |
| Late Quaternary distribution dynamics and phylogeography of the red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Europe RS Sommer, FE Zachos, M Street, O Jöris, A Skog, N Benecke Quaternary Science Reviews 27 (7-8), 714-733, 2008 | 169 | 2008 |
| Fossil evidence and phylogeography of temperate species:‘glacial refugia’and post‐glacial recolonization RS Sommer, FE Zachos Journal of Biogeography 36 (11), 2013-2020, 2009 | 142 | 2009 |
| Late-Pleistocene and early Holocene history of the canid fauna of Europe (Canidae) R Sommer, N Benecke Mammalian Biology 70 (4), 227-241, 2005 | 137 | 2005 |
| Late‐and Post‐Glacial history of the Mustelidae in Europe R Sommer, N Benecke Mammal Review 34 (4), 249-284, 2004 | 129 | 2004 |
| Late Pleistocene and Holocene development of the felid fauna (Felidae) of Europe: a review RS Sommer, N Benecke Journal of Zoology 269 (1), 7-19, 2006 | 119 | 2006 |
| Holocene survival of the wild horse in Europe: a matter of open landscape? RS Sommer, N Benecke, L Lõugas, O Nelle, U Schmölcke Journal of Quaternary Science 26 (8), 805-812, 2011 | 110 | 2011 |
| The recolonization of Europe by brown bears Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 after the Last Glacial Maximum RS Sommer, N Benecke Mammal Review 35 (2), 156-164, 2005 | 105 | 2005 |
| Diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys: how many leaves on its tree of life? U Fritz, D Guicking, M Auer, RS Sommer, M Wink, AK Hundsdörfer Zoologica scripta 37 (4), 367-390, 2008 | 104 | 2008 |
| Quaternary history of the European roe deer Capreolus capreolus RS Sommer, JM Fahlke, U Schmölcke, N Benecke, FE Zachos Mammal Review 39 (1), 1-16, 2009 | 98 | 2009 |
| Unexpected early extinction of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in Sweden and climatic impact on its Holocene range RS Sommer, C Lindqvist, A Persson, H Bringsøe, AGJ Rhodin, ... Molecular Ecology 18 (6), 1252-1262, 2009 | 88 | 2009 |
| Holocene recolonization and extinction of the pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (L., 1758), in Europe RS Sommer, A Persson, N Wieseke, U Fritz Quaternary Science Reviews 26 (25-28), 3099-3107, 2007 | 85 | 2007 |
| Range dynamics of the reindeer in Europe during the last 25,000 years RS Sommer, J Kalbe, J Ekström, N Benecke, R Liljegren Journal of biogeography 41 (2), 298-306, 2014 | 77 | 2014 |
| An integrative approach to detect subtle trophic niche differentiation in the sympatric trawling bat species Myotis dasycneme and Myotis daubentonii F Krüger, EL Clare, S Greif, BM Siemers, WOC Symondson, RS Sommer Molecular Ecology 23 (15), 3657-3671, 2014 | 76 | 2014 |
| Influence of climate warming on arctic mammals? New insights from ancient DNA studies of the collared lemming Dicrostonyx torquatus S Prost, N Smirnov, VB Fedorov, RS Sommer, M Stiller, D Nagel, M Knapp, ... PLoS One 5 (5), e10447, 2010 | 76 | 2010 |
| Mitochondrial phylogeography of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the western Palearctic region H Hürner, B Krystufek, M Sarà, A Ribas, T Ruch, R Sommer, V Ivashkina, ... Journal of Mammalogy 91 (1), 233-242, 2010 | 75 | 2010 |
| The evolutionary and phylogeographic history of woolly mammoths: a comprehensive mitogenomic analysis D Chang, M Knapp, J Enk, S Lippold, M Kircher, A Lister, RDE MacPhee, ... Scientific Reports 7 (1), 44585, 2017 | 74 | 2017 |
| Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius Blum.) and its environment in northern Europe during the last glaciation P Ukkonen, K Aaris-Sørensen, L Arppe, PU Clark, L Daugnora, AM Lister, ... Quaternary Science Reviews 30 (5-6), 693-712, 2011 | 72 | 2011 |