| Begging the question: are offspring solicitation behaviours signals of need? R Kilner, RA Johnstone Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12 (1), 11-15, 1997 | 585 | 1997 |
| The evolution of egg colour and patterning in birds RM Kilner Biological Reviews 81 (3), 383-406, 2006 | 436 | 2006 |
| Escalation of a coevolutionary arms race through host rejection of brood parasitic young NE Langmore, S Hunt, RM Kilner Nature 422 (6928), 157-160, 2003 | 400 | 2003 |
| Signals of need in parent–offspring communication and their exploitation by the common cuckoo RM Kilner, DG Noble, NB Davies Nature 397 (6721), 667-672, 1999 | 367 | 1999 |
| Reduced egg investment can conceal helper effects in cooperatively breeding birds AF Russell, NE Langmore, A Cockburn, LB Astheimer, RM Kilner Science 317 (5840), 941-944, 2007 | 249 | 2007 |
| Primary and secondary sex ratio manipulation by zebra finches R KILNER Animal behaviour 56 (1), 155-164, 1998 | 245 | 1998 |
| Cuckoos versus hosts in insects and birds: adaptations, counter‐adaptations and outcomes RM Kilner, NE Langmore Biological Reviews 86 (4), 836-852, 2011 | 225 | 2011 |
| A growth cost of begging in captive canary chicks RM Kilner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (20), 11394-11398, 2001 | 222 | 2001 |
| When do canary parents respond to nestling signals of need? R Kilner Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1995 | 221 | 1995 |
| Nestling cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, exploit hosts with begging calls that mimic a brood NB Davies, RM Kilner, DG Noble Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1998 | 206 | 1998 |
| Personal immunity versus social immunity SC Cotter, RM Kilner Behavioral Ecology 21 (4), 663-668, 2010 | 196 | 2010 |
| Brood parasitic cowbird nestlings use host young to procure resources RM Kilner, JR Madden, ME Hauber Science 305 (5685), 877-879, 2004 | 196 | 2004 |
| Negotiations within the family over the supply of parental care CA Hinde, RM Kilner Proceedings of the Royal Society B: biological sciences 274 (1606), 53-60, 2007 | 174 | 2007 |
| Mouth colour is a reliable signal of need in begging canary nestlings R Kilner Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1997 | 170 | 1997 |
| Parent-offspring conflict and coadaptation CA Hinde, RA Johnstone, RM Kilner science 327 (5971), 1373-1376, 2010 | 157 | 2010 |
| Sexual division of antibacterial resource defence in breeding burying beetles, Nicrophorus vespilloides SC Cotter, RM Kilner Journal of Animal Ecology 79 (1), 35-43, 2010 | 155 | 2010 |
| Visual mimicry of host nestlings by cuckoos NE Langmore, M Stevens, G Maurer, R Heinsohn, ML Hall, A Peters, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1717), 2455-2463, 2011 | 154 | 2011 |
| The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe NE Langmore, RM Kilner, SHM Butchart, G Maurer, NB Davies, ... Behavioral Ecology 16 (4), 686-692, 2005 | 143 | 2005 |
| Pattern recognition algorithm reveals how birds evolve individual egg pattern signatures MC Stoddard, RM Kilner, C Town Nature communications 5 (1), 4117, 2014 | 140 | 2014 |
| SOCIALLY ACQUIRED HOST-SPECIFIC MIMICRY AND THE EVOLUTION OF HOST RACES IN HORSFIELD'S BRONZE-CUCKOO CHALCITES BASALIS NE Langmore, G Maurer, GJ Adcock, RM Kilner Evolution 62 (7), 1689-1699, 2008 | 137 | 2008 |