| Unrelated helpers in a social insect DC Queller, F Zacchi, R Cervo, S Turillazzi, MT Henshaw, LA Santorelli, ... Nature 405 (6788), 784-787, 2000 | 305 | 2000 |
| Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) invading North America: some hypotheses for its rapid spread R Cervo, F Zacchi, S Turillazzi Insectes Sociaux 47, 155-157, 2000 | 147 | 2000 |
| Polistes wasps and their social parasites: an overview R Cervo Annales Zoologici Fennici, 531-549, 2006 | 130 | 2006 |
| An overview on the natural enemies of Rhynchophorus palm weevils, with focus on R. ferrugineus G Mazza, V Francardi, S Simoni, C Benvenuti, R Cervo, JR Faleiro, ... Biological Control 77, 83-92, 2014 | 122 | 2014 |
| On status badges and quality signals in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus: body size, facial colour patterns and hierarchical rank R Cervo, L Dapporto, L Beani, JE Strassmann, S Turillazzi Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 (1639), 1189-1196, 2008 | 104 | 2008 |
| Effects of the diet on the microbiota of the red palm weevil (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) M Montagna, B Chouaia, G Mazza, EM Prosdocimi, E Crotti, V Mereghetti, ... PloS one 10 (1), e0117439, 2015 | 94 | 2015 |
| Phylogenetic relationships among paper wasp social parasites and their hosts (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae) JM Carpenter, JE Strassmann, S Turillazzi, CR Hughes, CR Solı́s, ... Cladistics 9 (2), 129-146, 1993 | 94 | 1993 |
| Recognition of social parasites as nest-mates: adoption of colony-specific host cuticular odours by the paper wasp parasite Polistes sulcifer MF Sledge, FR Dani, R Cervo, L Dapporto, S Turillazzi Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2001 | 92 | 2001 |
| Genetic relatedness in primitively eusocial wasps JE Strassmann, CR Hughes, DC Queller, S Turillazzi, R Cervo, SK Davis, ... Nature 342 (6247), 268-270, 1989 | 90 | 1989 |
| Social parasitism and its evolution in Polistes R Cerva, FR Dani Natural history and evolution of paper-wasps, 98-112, 1996 | 85 | 1996 |
| Social hackers: integration in the host chemical recognition system by a paper wasp social parasite S Turillazzi, MF Sledge, FR Dani, R Cervo, A Massolo, L Fondelli Naturwissenschaften 87, 172-176, 2000 | 84 | 2000 |
| Competition between the native and the introduced hornets Vespa crabro and Vespa velutina: a comparison of potentially relevant life‐history traits A Cini, F Cappa, I Petrocelli, I Pepiciello, L Bortolotti, R Cervo Ecological Entomology 43 (3), 351-362, 2018 | 78 | 2018 |
| Social parasites in polistine wasps are monophyletic: implications for sympatric speciation M Choudhary, JE Strassmann, DC Queller, S Turillazzi, R Cervo Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1994 | 73 | 1994 |
| Biopesticides and insect pollinators: Detrimental effects, outdated guidelines, and future directions F Cappa, D Baracchi, R Cervo Science of the Total Environment 837, 155714, 2022 | 66 | 2022 |
| Invasion of the Nest of Polistes dominulus by the Social Parasite Sulcopolistes sulcifer (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)1 S Turillazzi, R Cervo, I Cavallari Ethology 84 (1), 47-59, 1990 | 64 | 1990 |
| The cost of queen loss in the social wasp Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) JE Strassmann, A Fortunato, R Cervo, S Turillazzi, JM Damon, DC Queller Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77 (4), 343-355, 2004 | 63 | 2004 |
| A quantitative threshold for nest-mate recognition in a paper social wasp A Cini, L Gioli, R Cervo Biology letters 5 (4), 459-461, 2009 | 57 | 2009 |
| Pheromones in social wasps C Bruschini, R Cervo, S Turillazzi Pheromones, 443-488, 2010 | 56 | 2010 |
| High Varroa mite abundance influences chemical profiles of worker bees and mite–host preferences R Cervo, C Bruschini, F Cappa, S Meconcelli, G Pieraccini, D Pradella, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 217 (17), 2998-3001, 2014 | 52 | 2014 |
| Antimicrobial activity of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus G Mazza, V Arizza, D Baracchi, GP Barzanti, C Benvenuti, V Francardi, ... Bulletin of Insectology 64 (1), 33-41, 2011 | 51 | 2011 |
