| Scientists' warning on the conservation of subterranean ecosystems S Mammola, P Cardoso, DC Culver, L Deharveng, RL Ferreira, C Fišer, ... BioScience 69 (8), 641-650, 2019 | 272 | 2019 |
| Trophic structure and natural history of bat guano invertebrate communities, with special reference to Brazilian caves RL Ferreira, RP Martins Tropical zoology 12 (2), 231-252, 1999 | 146 | 1999 |
| Ecotone delimitation: Epigean–hypogean transition in cave ecosystems X Prous, RL Ferreira, RP Martins Austral Ecology 29 (4), 374-382, 2004 | 145 | 2004 |
| Cave lithology determining the structure of the invertebrate communities in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest MS Silva, RP Martins, RL Ferreira Biodiversity and Conservation 20, 1713-1729, 2011 | 112 | 2011 |
| Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology S Mammola, IR Amorim, ME Bichuette, PAV Borges, N Cheeptham, ... Biological Reviews 95 (6), 1855-1872, 2020 | 110 | 2020 |
| The entrance as a complex ecotone in a Neotropical cave X Prous, RL Ferreira, CM Jacobi International Journal of Speleology 44 (2), 5, 2015 | 101 | 2015 |
| Systematic revision of tropical Brazilian scelidotheriine sloths (Xenarthra, Mylodontoidea) C Cartelle, G De Iuliis, RL Ferreira Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (2), 555-566, 2009 | 100 | 2009 |
| A vida subterrânea nos campos ferruginosos RL Ferreira O carste 3 (17), 106-115, 2005 | 100 | 2005 |
| A comunidade de macroinvertebrados aquáticos e características limnológicas das lagoas Carioca e da Barra, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, MG M Marques, RL Ferreira, FAR Barbosa Revista Brasileira de Biologia 59, 203-210, 1999 | 94 | 1999 |
| Description of a new species of bat-associated argasid tick (Acari: Argasidae) from Brazil F Dantas-Torres, JM Venzal, LFO Bernardi, RL Ferreira, VC Onofrio, ... Journal of Parasitology 98 (1), 36-45, 2012 | 88 | 2012 |
| Natural and human impacts on invertebrate communities in Brazilian caves RL Ferreira, LCS Horta Revista Brasileira de Biologia 61, 7-17, 2001 | 85 | 2001 |
| Female penis, male vagina, and their correlated evolution in a cave insect K Yoshizawa, RL Ferreira, Y Kamimura, C Lienhard Current Biology 24 (9), 1006-1010, 2014 | 84 | 2014 |
| Diversity and distribution of spiders associated with bat guano piles in Morrinho cave (Bahia State, Brazil) RL Ferreira, RP Martins Diversity and distributions, 235-241, 1998 | 84 | 1998 |
| Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems S Mammola, MB Meierhofer, PAV Borges, R Colado, DC Culver, ... Biological reviews 97 (4), 1476-1510, 2022 | 74 | 2022 |
| Fauna subterrânea do estado do Rio Grande do Norte: caracterização e impactos RL Ferreira, X Prous, LF de Oliveira Bernardi, M Souza-Silva Revista Brasileira de Espeleologia (Arquivo) 1 (1), 25-51, 2010 | 73 | 2010 |
| A fauna de artrópodes de serrapilheira de áreas de monocultura com Eucalyptus sp. e mata secundária heterogênea RL Ferreira, MM Marques Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 27, 395-403, 1998 | 73 | 1998 |
| Cave conservation priority index to adopt a rapid protection strategy: a case study in Brazilian Atlantic rain forest M Souza Silva, RP Martins, RL Ferreira Environmental management 55, 279-295, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Structure of bat guano communities in a dry Brazilian cave RL Ferreira, X Prous, RP Martins Tropical Zoology 20 (1), 55-74, 2007 | 67 | 2007 |
| The first two hotspots of subterranean biodiversity in South America MS Silva, RL Ferreira Subterranean Biology 19, 1-21, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
| Cave physical attributes influencing the structure of terrestrial invertebrate communities in Neotropics MH Simões, M Souza-Silva, RL Ferreira Subterranean Biology 16, 103, 2015 | 64 | 2015 |