| Field criteria for determining incubation stage in eggs of the Common Tern H Hays, M LeCroy The Wilson Bulletin 83 (4), 425-429, 1971 | 277 | 1971 |
| Estimating annual survival and movement rates of adults within a metapopulation of Roseate Terns JA Spendelow, JD Nichols, ICT Nisbet, H Hays, GD Cormons, J Burger, ... Ecology 76 (8), 2415-2428, 1995 | 270 | 1995 |
| Pollutant concentrations in abnormal young terns from Long Island Sound H Hays, RW Risebrough The Auk 89 (1), 19-35, 1972 | 140 | 1972 |
| Plastic particles found in tern pellets, on coastal beaches and at factory sites H Hays, G Cormons Marine Pollution Bulletin 5 (3), 44-46, 1974 | 118 | 1974 |
| Hierarchical Bayes for structured, variable populations: from recapture data to life‐history prediction JS Clark, G Ferraz, N Oguge, H Hays, J DiCostanzo Ecology 86 (8), 2232-2244, 2005 | 108 | 2005 |
| Investigations of heavy metals in common tern populations PG Connors, VC Anderlini, RW Risebrough, M Gilbertson, H Hays Can. Field Nat.;(Canada) 89 (2), 1975 | 96 | 1975 |
| Intromittent organ morphology and testis size in relation to mating system in waterfowl CR Coker, F McKinney, H Hays, SV Briggs, KM Cheng The Auk 119 (2), 403-413, 2002 | 70 | 2002 |
| Recoveries of roseate and common terns in South America (Recobro de Individuos de Sterna dougallii y S. hirundo en Sur América) H Hays, J DiCostanzo, G Cormons, PTZ Antas, JLX do Nascimento, ... Journal of Field Ornithology, 79-90, 1997 | 67 | 1997 |
| A nonbreeding concentration of Roseate and Common Terns in Bahia, Brazil (Concentración de Individuos de Sterna dougallii y de S. hirundo en Bahia, Brazil) H Hays, P Lima, L Monteiro, J DiCostanzo, G Cormons, ICT Nisbet, ... Journal of Field Ornithology, 455-464, 1999 | 59 | 1999 |
| Breeding of the common and roseate terns on Great Gull Island D Cooper, H Hays, C Pessino Proc. Linn. Soc. NY 71, 83-104, 1970 | 42 | 1970 |
| Temporal variation in adult survival rates of Roseate Terns during periods of increasing and declining populations JA Spendelow, JE Hines, JD Nichols, ICT Nisbet, G Cormons, H Hays, ... Waterbirds 31 (3), 309-319, 2008 | 38 | 2008 |
| TIMING AND BREEDING SUCCESS IN 3-YEAR-OLD TO 7-YEAR-OLD COMMON TERNS H Hays Ibis 120 (1), 127-128, 1978 | 35 | 1978 |
| Feeding grounds, daily foraging activities, and movements of Common Terns in southern Brazil, determined by radio-telemetry L Bugoni, TD Cormons, AW Boyne, H Hays Waterbirds 28 (4), 468-477, 2005 | 33 | 2005 |
| Probable Common× Roseate Tern hybrids H Hays The Auk 92 (2), 219-234, 1975 | 33 | 1975 |
| Common terns pirating fish on Great Gull Island H Hays The Wilson Bulletin 82 (1), 99-100, 1970 | 29 | 1970 |
| Sources of Variation in Loss Rates of Color Bands Applied to Adult Roseate Terns (Sterna Dougallii) in the Western North Atlantic JA Spendelow, J Burger, ICT Nisbet, JD Nichols, JE Hines, H Hays, ... The Auk 111 (4), 881-887, 1994 | 25 | 1994 |
| Roseate T ern breeding dispersal and fidelity: responses to two newly restored colony sites JA Spendelow, D Monticelli, JD Nichols, JE Hines, ICT Nisbet, G Cormons, ... Ecosphere 7 (10), e01510, 2016 | 21 | 2016 |
| Great Gull Island report on nesting species, 1967-1968 H Hays Proc. Linnaean Soc, 105-119, 1970 | 21 | 1970 |
| Common Terns raise young from successive broods H Hays The Auk 101 (2), 274-280, 1984 | 20 | 1984 |
| Banded Roseate Terns from different continents trapped in the Azores H Hays, V Neves, P Lima Journal of Field Ornithology 73 (2), 180-184, 2002 | 19 | 2002 |
