| Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality P Abbot, J Abe, J Alcock, S Alizon, JAC Alpedrinha, M Andersson, ... Nature 471 (7339), E1, 2011 | 340 | 2011 |
| Changing paradigms in insect social evolution: insights from halictine and allodapine bees MP Schwarz, MH Richards, BN Danforth Annu. Rev. Entomol. 52, 127-150, 2007 | 180 | 2007 |
| Local resource enhancement and sex ratios in a primitively social bee MP Schwarz Nature 331 (6154), 346, 1988 | 110 | 1988 |
| Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the large carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae) R Leys, SJB Cooper, MP Schwarz Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 77 (2), 249-266, 2002 | 94 | 2002 |
| Persistent multi-female nests in an Australian allodapine bee,Exoneura bicolor (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae) MP Schwarz Insectes Sociaux 33 (3), 258-277, 1986 | 81 | 1986 |
| High relatedness and inbreeding at the origin of eusociality in gall-inducing thrips TW Chapman, BJ Crespi, BD Kranz, MP Schwarz Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97 (4), 1648-1650, 2000 | 76 | 2000 |
| Evolution of sociality in the allodapine bees: a review of sex allocation, ecology and evolution MP Schwarz, NJ Bull, K Hogendoorn Insectes Sociaux 45 (4), 349-368, 1998 | 76 | 1998 |
| Molecular phylogenetics of the exoneurine allodapine bees reveal an ancient and puzzling dispersal from Africa to Australia MP Schwarz, S Fuller, SM Tierney, SJB Cooper Systematic Biology 55 (1), 31-45, 2006 | 72 | 2006 |
| Molecular phylogenetics of allodapine bees, with implications for the evolution of sociality and progressive rearing MP Schwarz, NJ Bull, SJB Cooper Systematic Biology 52 (1), 1-14, 2003 | 69 | 2003 |
| Phylogenetics of the allodapine bee genus Braunsapis: historical biogeography and long‐range dispersal over water S Fuller, M Schwarz, S Tierney Journal of Biogeography 32 (12), 2135-2144, 2005 | 66 | 2005 |
| Intra-colony relatedness and sociality in the allodapine bee Exoneura bicolor MP Schwarz Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 21 (6), 387-392, 1987 | 62 | 1987 |
| Macrocephalic male bees as functional reproductives and probable guards PF Kukuk, M Schwarz The Pan-Pacific entomologist (USA), 1988 | 60 | 1988 |
| Host-driven diversification of gall-inducing Acacia thrips and the aridification of Australia MJ McLeish, TW Chapman, MP Schwarz Bmc Biology 5 (1), 3, 2007 | 57 | 2007 |
| Phylogenetics of Australian Acacia thrips: the evolution of behaviour and ecology DC Morris, MP Schwarz, SJB Cooper, LA Mound Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25 (2), 278-292, 2002 | 57 | 2002 |
| Female‐biased sex ratios in a facultatively social bee and their implications for social evolution MP Schwarz Evolution 48 (5), 1684-1697, 1994 | 57 | 1994 |
| Intrinsic and extrinsic factors associated with social evolution in allodapine bees MP Schwarz, LX Silberbauer, PS Hurst The evolution of social behavior in insects and arachnids 1965 (1971), 333, 1997 | 54 | 1997 |
| Native Australian carpenter bees as a potential alternative to introducing bumble bees for tomato pollination in greenhouses K Hogendoorn, Z Steen, MP Schwarz Journal of Apicultural Research 39 (1-2), 67-74, 2000 | 52 | 2000 |
| Molecular phylogenetics of the allodapine bee genus Braunsapis: A–T bias and heterogeneous substitution parameters MP Schwarz, SM Tierney, SJB Cooper, NJ Bull Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32 (1), 110-122, 2004 | 51 | 2004 |
| Molecular Phylogeny of the Large Carpenter Bees, Genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequences R Leys, SJB Cooper, MP Schwarz Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 17 (3), 407-418, 2000 | 51 | 2000 |
| A mid-cretaceous origin of sociality in xylocopine bees with only two origins of true worker castes indicates severe barriers to eusociality SM Rehan, R Leys, MP Schwarz PLoS One 7 (4), e34690, 2012 | 50 | 2012 |
Simon M. TierneyResearch Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment - Western Sydney UniversityVerified email at westernsydney.edu.au