| Offspring quality and the polygyny threshold:" the sexy son hypothesis" PJ Weatherhead, RJ Robertson The American Naturalist 113 (2), 201-208, 1979 | 682 | 1979 |
| The relationship between fitness and baseline glucocorticoids in a passerine bird F Bonier, IT Moore, PR Martin, RJ Robertson General and comparative endocrinology 163 (1-2), 208-213, 2009 | 374 | 2009 |
| Tree swallow: Tachycineta bicolor RJ Robertson, BJ Stutchbury, RR Cohen American Ornithologists' Union, 1992 | 353 | 1992 |
| Extra-pair paternity in monogamous tree swallows JT Lifjeld, PO Dunn, RJ Robertson, PT Boag Animal Behaviour 45 (2), 213-229, 1993 | 267 | 1993 |
| Extrapair paternity and egg hatchability in tree swallows: evidence for the genetic compatibility hypothesis? B Kempenaers, B Congdon, P Boag, RJ Robertson Behavioral Ecology 10 (3), 304-311, 1999 | 246 | 1999 |
| Describing breeding territories of migratory passerines: suggestions for sampling, choice of estimator, and delineation of core areas JJ Barg, J Jones, RJ Robertson Journal of Animal Ecology, 139-149, 2005 | 236 | 2005 |
| Confidence of paternity and male parental care LA Whittingham, PD Taylor, RJ Robertson The American Naturalist 139 (5), 1115-1125, 1992 | 229 | 1992 |
| Nest-site characteristics, reproductive success and cavity availability for Tree Swallows breeding in natural cavities WB Rendell, RJ Robertson The Condor 91 (4), 875-885, 1989 | 228 | 1989 |
| A test of the mismatch hypothesis: How is timing of reproduction related to food abundance in an aerial insectivore? PO Dunn, DW Winkler, LA Whittingham, SJ Hannon, RJ Robertson Ecology 92 (2), 450-461, 2011 | 217 | 2011 |
| Female control of extra-pair fertilization in tree swallows JT Lifjeld, RJ Robertson Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 31, 89-96, 1992 | 198 | 1992 |
| A comparison of the breeding ecology of a secondary cavity nesting bird, the Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), in nest boxes and natural cavities RJ Robertson, WB Rendell Canadian Journal of Zoology 68 (5), 1046-1052, 1990 | 182 | 1990 |
| The stress of parenthood? Increased glucocorticoids in birds with experimentally enlarged broods F Bonier, IT Moore, RJ Robertson Biology letters 7 (6), 944-946, 2011 | 180 | 2011 |
| Immune defense and host sociality: a comparative study of swallows and martins AP Møller, S Merino, CR Brown, RJ Robertson The American Naturalist 158 (2), 136-145, 2001 | 180 | 2001 |
| Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) DW Winkler, KK Hallinger, DR Ardia, RJ Robertson, BJ Stutchbury, ... The birds of North America online, 2173, 2011 | 170 | 2011 |
| Comparative evidence for the evolution of sperm swimming speed by sperm competition and female sperm storage duration in passerine birds O Kleven, F Fossøy, T Laskemoen, RJ Robertson, G Rudolfsen, JT Lifjeld Evolution 63 (9), 2466-2473, 2009 | 166 | 2009 |
| Intraspecific variation in sperm length is negatively related to sperm competition in passerine birds O Kleven, T Laskemoen, F Fossøy, RJ Robertson, JT Lifjeld Evolution 62 (2), 494-499, 2008 | 164 | 2008 |
| Effects of breeding density, synchrony, and experience on extrapair paternity in tree swallows PO Dunn, LA Whittingham, JT Lifjeld, RJ Robertson, PT Boag Behavioral Ecology 5 (2), 123-129, 1994 | 163 | 1994 |
| Life-history variation predicts the effects of demographic stochasticity on avian population dynamics BE Sæther, S Engen, A Pape Møller, H Weimerskirch, ME Visser, ... The American Naturalist 164 (6), 793-802, 2004 | 162 | 2004 |
| Nest-searching behavior in the brown-headed cowbird RF Norman, RJ Robertson The Auk 92 (3), 610-611, 1975 | 158 | 1975 |
| The function and evolution of aggressive host behavior towards the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) RJ Robertson, RF Norman Canadian Journal of Zoology 55 (3), 508-518, 1977 | 157 | 1977 |
