| What's “up”? A critical look at the basic terms of canopy biology MW Moffett Biotropica 32 (4a), 569-596, 2000 | 254 | 2000 |
| Human identity and the evolution of societies MW Moffett Human Nature 24, 219-267, 2013 | 200 | 2013 |
| The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall MW Moffett Hachette UK, 2019 | 139 | 2019 |
| Canopy access techniques. MW Moffett Forest canopies, 3-26, 1995 | 112 | 1995 |
| The ecology of tropical rain forest canopies MD Lowman, MW Moffett Trends in ecology & evolution 8 (3), 104-107, 1993 | 96 | 1993 |
| The High Frontier: Exploring the Tropical Rainforest Canopy MW Moffett The high frontier: exploring the tropical rainforest canopy., 1993 | 90 | 1993 |
| Supercolonies of billions in an invasive ant: what is a society? MW Moffett Behavioral Ecology 23 (5), 925-933, 2012 | 85 | 2012 |
| Foraging dynamics in the group-hunting myrmicine ant, Pheidologeton diversus MW Moffett Journal of Insect Behavior 1, 309-331, 1988 | 83 | 1988 |
| Adventures Among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions MW Moffett Univ of California Press, 2010 | 81 | 2010 |
| Size and proportion relationship between the beaked sea snake and its prey HK Voris, MW Moffett Biotropica, 15-19, 1981 | 80 | 1981 |
| Studies on the population biology of the tropical butterfly Mechanitis isthmia in Costa Rica AM Young, MW Moffett American Midland Naturalist, 309-319, 1979 | 74 | 1979 |
| Cooperative food transport by an Asiatic ant MW Moffett National Geographic Research 4 (3), 386-394, 1988 | 65 | 1988 |
| “Wall-papering” and elaborate nest architecture in the ponerine ant Harpegnathos saltator C Peeters, B Hölldobler, MW Moffett, TMM Ali Insectes sociaux 41 (2), 211-218, 1994 | 58 | 1994 |
| A new technique for taxonomic and ecological sampling in rain forest canopies M Lowman, MW Moffett Selbyana 14, 75-79, 1985 | 39* | 1985 |
| Trap-jaw predation and other observations on two species of Myrmoteras (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) MW Moffett Insectes sociaux 33 (1), 85-99, 1986 | 38 | 1986 |
| Crown structure and biodiversity in Fltzroya cupressoides, the Giant conifers of Alerce Andino National Park, Chile JP Clement, MW Moffett, DC Shaw, A Lara, D Alarçon, OL Larrain Selbyana, 76-88, 2001 | 37 | 2001 |
| An Indian ant's novel method for obtaining water M MW Natl Geogr Res 1, 146-149, 1985 | 34 | 1985 |
| Driver ants invading a termite nest: why do the most catholic predators of all seldom take this abundant prey? C Schöning, MW Moffett Biotropica 39 (5), 663-667, 2007 | 31 | 2007 |
| Ant colonies: building complex organizations with minuscule brains and no leaders MW Moffett, S Garnier, KM Eisenhardt, NR Furr, M Warglien, C Sartoris, ... Journal of Organization Design 10, 55-74, 2021 | 30 | 2021 |
| The nature and limits of canopy biology MW Moffett Selbyana, 155-179, 2001 | 29 | 2001 |
