| Marine defaunation: animal loss in the global ocean DJ McCauley, ML Pinsky, SR Palumbi, JA Estes, FH Joyce, RR Warner Science 347 (6219), 1255641, 2015 | 1471 | 2015 |
| Selling out on nature DJ McCauley Nature 443 (7107), 27-28, 2006 | 1218 | 2006 |
| Nutrition: Fall in fish catch threatens human health CD Golden, EH Allison, WWL Cheung, MM Dey, BS Halpern, ... Nature 534 (7607), 317-320, 2016 | 749 | 2016 |
| Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change CM Roberts, BC O’Leary, DJ McCauley, PM Cury, CM Duarte, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (24), 6167-6175, 2017 | 699 | 2017 |
| Greater vulnerability to warming of marine versus terrestrial ectotherms ML Pinsky, AM Eikeset, DJ McCauley, JL Payne, JM Sunday Nature 569 (7754), 108-111, 2019 | 674 | 2019 |
| Patterns, causes, and consequences of anthropocene defaunation HS Young, DJ McCauley, M Galetti, R Dirzo Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics 47 (1), 333-358, 2016 | 586 | 2016 |
| Extinction risk is most acute for the world’s largest and smallest vertebrates WJ Ripple, C Wolf, TM Newsome, M Hoffmann, AJ Wirsing, DJ McCauley Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (40), 10678-10683, 2017 | 369 | 2017 |
| Herbivore-initiated interaction cascades and their modulation by productivity in an African savanna RM Pringle, TP Young, DI Rubenstein, DJ McCauley Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (1), 193-197, 2007 | 300 | 2007 |
| Assessing the effects of large mobile predators on ecosystem connectivity DJ McCauley, HS Young, RB Dunbar, JA Estes, BX Semmens, F Micheli Ecological Applications 22 (6), 1711-1717, 2012 | 277 | 2012 |
| Megafaunal impacts on structure and function of ocean ecosystems JA Estes, M Heithaus, DJ McCauley, DB Rasher, B Worm Annual Review of Environment and Resources 41 (1), 83-116, 2016 | 274 | 2016 |
| Ecological selectivity of the emerging mass extinction in the oceans JL Payne, AM Bush, NA Heim, ML Knope, DJ McCauley Science 353 (6305), 1284-1286, 2016 | 260 | 2016 |
| Ending hide and seek at sea DJ McCauley, P Woods, B Sullivan, B Bergman, C Jablonicky, A Roan, ... Science 351 (6278), 1148-1150, 2016 | 254 | 2016 |
| Scenarios for global aquaculture and its role in human nutrition JA Gephart, CD Golden, F Asche, B Belton, C Brugere, HE Froehlich, ... Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture 29 (1), 122-138, 2020 | 240 | 2020 |
| Vulnerabilities and fisheries impacts: the uncertain future of manta and devil rays DA Croll, H Dewar, NK Dulvy, D Fernando, MP Francis, ... Aquatic conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 26 (3), 562-575, 2016 | 224 | 2016 |
| Wildlife decline and social conflict JS Brashares, B Abrahms, KJ Fiorella, CD Golden, CE Hojnowski, ... Science 345 (6195), 376-378, 2014 | 200 | 2014 |
| Assessing the effectiveness of a large marine protected area for reef shark conservation TD White, AB Carlisle, DA Kroodsma, BA Block, R Casagrandi, ... Biological Conservation 207, 64-71, 2017 | 182 | 2017 |
| Declines in large wildlife increase landscape-level prevalence of rodent-borne disease in Africa HS Young, R Dirzo, KM Helgen, DJ McCauley, SA Billeter, MY Kosoy, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (19), 7036-7041, 2014 | 170 | 2014 |
| From wing to wing: the persistence of long ecological interaction chains in less-disturbed ecosystems DJ McCauley, PA DeSalles, HS Young, RB Dunbar, R Dirzo, MM Mills, ... Scientific reports 2 (1), 409, 2012 | 164 | 2012 |
| Effects of mammalian herbivore declines on plant communities: observations and experiments in an A frican savanna HS Young, DJ McCauley, KM Helgen, JR Goheen, E Otárola‐Castillo, ... Journal of Ecology 101 (4), 1030-1041, 2013 | 141 | 2013 |
| Plants cause ecosystem nutrient depletion via the interruption of bird-derived spatial subsidies HS Young, DJ McCauley, RB Dunbar, R Dirzo Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (5), 2072-2077, 2010 | 140 | 2010 |