| Long-distance dispersal: a framework for hypothesis testing RG Gillespie, BG Baldwin, JM Waters, CI Fraser, R Nikula, GK Roderick Trends in Ecology & Evolution 27 (1), 47-56, 2011 | 351 | 2011 |
| Founder takes all: density-dependent processes structure biodiversity JM Waters, CI Fraser, GM Hewitt Trends in ecology & evolution 28 (2), 78-85, 2013 | 250 | 2013 |
| Kelp genes reveal effects of subantarctic sea ice during the Last Glacial Maximum CI Fraser, R Nikula, HG Spencer, JM Waters Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (9), 3249-3253, 2009 | 211 | 2009 |
| Goodbye Gondwana? New Zealand biogeography, geology, and the problem of circularity JM Waters, D Craw Systematic Biology 55 (2), 351-356, 2006 | 211 | 2006 |
| Geological dates and molecular rates: fish DNA sheds light on time dependency CP Burridge, D Craw, D Fletcher, JM Waters Molecular Biology and Evolution 25 (4), 624-633, 2008 | 191 | 2008 |
| Oceanic rafting by a coastal community CI Fraser, R Nikula, JM Waters Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1706), 649-655, 2010 | 176 | 2010 |
| Genes meet geology: fish phylogeographic pattern reflects ancient, rather than modern, drainage connections JM Waters, D Craw, JH Youngson, GP Wallis Evolution 55 (9), 1844-1851, 2001 | 167 | 2001 |
| Biogeography of a southern hemisphere freshwater fish: how important is marine dispersal? JM Waters, LH Dijkstra, GP Wallis Molecular Ecology 9 (11), 1815-1821, 2000 | 161 | 2000 |
| Driven by the West Wind Drift? A synthesis of southern temperate marine biogeography, with new directions for dispersalism JM Waters Journal of Biogeography 35 (3), 417-427, 2008 | 148 | 2008 |
| Circumpolar dispersal by rafting in two subantarctic kelp-dwelling crustaceans R Nikula, CI Fraser, HG Spencer, JM Waters Marine Ecology Progress Series 405, 221-230, 2010 | 141 | 2010 |
| Cladogenesis and loss of the marine life‐history phase in freshwater galaxiid fishes (Osmeriformes: Galaxiidae) JM Waters, GP Wallis Evolution 55 (3), 587-597, 2001 | 139 | 2001 |
| Contemporary habitat discontinuity and historic glacial ice drive genetic divergence in Chilean kelp CI Fraser, M Thiel, HG Spencer, JM Waters BMC evolutionary biology 10 (1), 203, 2010 | 133 | 2010 |
| Phylogeographical disjunction in abundant high‐dispersal littoral gastropods JM Waters, TM King, PM O'loughlin, HG Spencer Molecular Ecology 14 (9), 2789-2802, 2005 | 131 | 2005 |
| Poleward bound: biological impacts of Southern Hemisphere glaciation CI Fraser, R Nikula, DE Ruzzante, JM Waters Trends in Ecology & Evolution 27 (8), 462-471, 2012 | 129 | 2012 |
| River capture, range expansion, and cladogenesis: the genetic signature of freshwater vicariance CP Burridge, D Craw, JM Waters Evolution 60 (5), 1038-1049, 2006 | 129 | 2006 |
| Molecular Phylogenetics and Biogeography of Galaxiid Fishes (Osteichthyes: Galaxiidae): Dispersal, Vicariance, and the Position of Lepidogalaxias salamandroides JM Waters, JA López, GP Wallis Systematic Biology 49 (4), 777-795, 2000 | 129 | 2000 |
| Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater fish, 2009 R Allibone, B David, R Hitchmough, D Jellyman, N Ling, P Ravenscroft, ... New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44 (4), 271-287, 2010 | 114 | 2010 |
| Relict or colonizer? Extinction and range expansion of penguins in southern New Zealand S Boessenkool, JJ Austin, TH Worthy, P Scofield, A Cooper, PJ Seddon, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1658), 815-821, 2008 | 114 | 2008 |
| Out of Africa: the slow train to Australasia JM Waters, MS Roy Systematic Biology 53 (1), 18-24, 2004 | 114 | 2004 |
| Phylogeography of a high‐dispersal New Zealand sea‐star: does upwelling block gene‐flow? JM Waters, MS Roy Molecular Ecology 13 (9), 2797-2806, 2004 | 106 | 2004 |
David CrawProfessor of Geology, University of OtagoVerified email at otago.ac.nz