| Have the harmful effects of introduced rats on islands been exaggerated? DR Towns, IAE Atkinson, CH Daugherty Biological invasions 8, 863-891, 2006 | 788 | 2006 |
| Invasive mammal eradication on islands results in substantial conservation gains HP Jones, ND Holmes, SHM Butchart, BR Tershy, PJ Kappes, I Corkery, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (15), 4033-4038, 2016 | 551 | 2016 |
| Above‐and below‐ground impacts of introduced predators in seabird‐dominated island ecosystems T Fukami, DA Wardle, PJ Bellingham, CPH Mulder, DR Towns, ... Ecology letters 9 (12), 1299-1307, 2006 | 454 | 2006 |
| From small Maria to massive Campbell: forty years of rat eradications from New Zealand islands DR Towns, KG Broome New Zealand journal of zoology 30 (4), 377-398, 2003 | 442 | 2003 |
| Patterns of range contractions and extinctions in the New Zealand herpetofauna following human colonisation DR Towns, CH Daugherty New Zealand journal of zoology 21 (4), 325-339, 1994 | 272 | 1994 |
| New Zealand island restoration: seabirds, predators, and the importance of history PJ Bellingham, DR Towns, EK Cameron, JJ Davis, DA Wardle, ... New Zealand Journal of Ecology 34 (1), 115, 2010 | 262 | 2010 |
| Island Invasives: Eradication And Management CR Veitch International Union for Conservation of Nature, 2011 | 167 | 2011 |
| Response of lizard assemblages in the Mercury Islands, New Zealand, to removal of an introduced rodent: the kiore (Rattus exulans) DR Towns Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21 (2), 119-136, 1991 | 164 | 1991 |
| Intercepting the first rat ashore JC Russell, DR Towns, SH Anderson, MN Clout Nature 437 (7062), 1107-1107, 2005 | 163 | 2005 |
| Predation of seabirds by invasive rats: multiple indirect consequences for invertebrate communities DR Towns, DA Wardle, CPH Mulder, GW Yeates, BM Fitzgerald, ... Oikos 118 (3), 420-430, 2009 | 162 | 2009 |
| Review of rat invasion biology JC Russell, DR Towns, MN Clout | 160 | 2019 |
| Direct and indirect effects of rats: does rat eradication restore ecosystem functioning of New Zealand seabird islands? CPH Mulder, MN Grant-Hoffman, DR Towns, PJ Bellingham, DA Wardle, ... Biological Invasions 11, 1671-1688, 2009 | 151 | 2009 |
| Conservation and restoration of New Zealand island ecosystems DR Towns, WJ Ballantine Trends in Ecology & Evolution 8 (12), 452-457, 1993 | 149 | 1993 |
| Seabird islands ecology, invasion, and restoration CPH Mulder, WB Anderson, DR Towns, PJ Bellingham Oxford, England Oxford University Press, 2011 | 147 | 2011 |
| Raising the prospects for a forgotten fauna: a review of 10 years of conservation effort for New Zealand reptiles DR Towns, CH Daugherty, A Cree Biological conservation 99 (1), 3-16, 2001 | 139 | 2001 |
| Conservation of New Zealand lizards (Lacertilia: Scincidae) by translocation of small populations DR Towns, SM Ferreira Biological conservation 98 (2), 211-222, 2001 | 133 | 2001 |
| Restoration of New Zealand islands: redressing the effects of introduced species DR Towns, D Simberloff, IAE Atkinson Pacific Conservation Biology 3 (2), 99-124, 1997 | 128 | 1997 |
| Leptophlebiidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) DL Towns, WL Peters Fauna of New Zealand 36, 1996 | 108 | 1996 |
| Purposes, outcomes and challenges of eradicating invasive mammals from New Zealand islands: an historical perspective DR Towns, CJ West, KG Broome Wildlife Research 40 (2), 94-107, 2012 | 107 | 2012 |
| The biology of insularity: an introduction DR Drake, CPH Mulder, DR Towns, CH Daugherty Journal of biogeography 29 (5‐6), 563-569, 2002 | 101 | 2002 |