| Characterization of a new keratinolytic bacterium that completely degrades native feather keratin A Riffel, F Lucas, P Heeb, A Brandelli Archives of Microbiology 179 (4), 258-265, 2003 | 332 | 2003 |
| Experimental evolution of a plant pathogen into a legume symbiont M Marchetti, D Capela, M Glew, S Cruveiller, B Chane-Woon-Ming, C Gris, ... PLoS Biol 8 (1), e1000280, 2010 | 178 | 2010 |
| Immunocompetence of nestling great tits in relation to rearing environment and parentage MWG Brinkhof, P Heeb, M Kölliker, H Richner Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1999 | 172 | 1999 |
| Characterization of a protease of a feather‐degrading Microbacterium species RCS Thys, FS Lucas, A Riffel, P Heeb, A Brandelli Letters in Applied Microbiology 39 (2), 181-186, 2004 | 155 | 2004 |
| Bird–ectoparasite interactions, nest humidity, and ectoparasite community structure P Heeb, M Kölliker, H Richner Ecology 81 (4), 958-968, 2000 | 151 | 2000 |
| Begging signals and biparental care: nestling choice between parental feeding locations M KÖLLIKER, H Richner, I Werner, P Heeb Animal Behaviour 55 (1), 215-222, 1998 | 151 | 1998 |
| The quantitative genetic basis of offspring solicitation and parental response in a passerine bird with biparental care M Kölliker, MWG Brinkhof, P Heeb, PS Fitze, H Richner Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2000 | 142 | 2000 |
| Fermentation production of keratinase from Bacillus licheniformisPWD-1 and a recombinant B. subtilis FDB-29 JJ Wang, JCH Shih Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 22 (6), 608-616, 1999 | 134 | 1999 |
| Benefits of induced host responses against an ectoparasite P Heeb, I Werner, M Kölliker, H Richner Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1998 | 128 | 1998 |
| High diversity among feather-degrading bacteria from a dry meadow soil FS Lucas, O Broennimann, I Febbraro, P Heeb Microbial Ecology 45 (3), 282-290, 2003 | 125 | 2003 |
| Offspring sex ratio is related to male body size in the great tit (Parus major) M Kölliker, P Heeb, I Werner, AC Mateman, CM Lessells, H Richner Behavioral Ecology 10 (1), 68-72, 1999 | 122 | 1999 |
| Aromatic plants in nests of the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus protect chicks from bacteria A Mennerat, P Mirleau, J Blondel, P Perret, MM Lambrechts, P Heeb Oecologia 161 (4), 849-855, 2009 | 111 | 2009 |
| Communal life: honest signaling and the recruitment center hypothesis H Richner, P Heeb Behavioral Ecology 7 (1), 115-118, 1996 | 107 | 1996 |
| Keratinolytic proteases of Bacillus species isolated from the Amazon basin showing remarkable de-hairing activity JL Giongo, FS Lucas, F Casarin, P Heeb, A Brandelli World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 23 (3), 375-382, 2007 | 105 | 2007 |
| Is the information center hypothesis a flop? H Richner, P Heeb Advances in the Study of Behaviour 24, 1-46, 1995 | 103 | 1995 |
| Environmental factors shape cloacal bacterial assemblages in great tit Parus major and blue tit P. caeruleus nestlings FS Lucas, P Heeb Journal of Avian Biology 36 (6), 510-516, 2005 | 95 | 2005 |
| Are clutch and brood size patterns in birds shaped by ectoparasites? H Richner, P Heeb Oikos, 435-441, 1995 | 94 | 1995 |
| Developmental stress impairs song complexity but not learning accuracy in non-domesticated zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) R Zann, E Cash Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62 (3), 391-400, 2008 | 93 | 2008 |
| The geographic scale of diversification on islands: genetic and morphological divergence at a very small spatial scale in the Mascarene grey white-eye (Aves: Zosterops borbonicus) B Milá, BH Warren, P Heeb, C Thébaud BMC Evolutionary Biology 10 (1), 1-13, 2010 | 89 | 2010 |
| Feather micro‐organisms and uropygial antimicrobial defences in a colonial passerine bird AP Mřller, GÁ Czirjak, P Heeb Functional Ecology 23 (6), 1097-1102, 2009 | 89 | 2009 |
