| Riparian vegetation: degradation, alien plant invasions, and restoration prospects DM Richardson, PM Holmes, KJ Esler, SM Galatowitsch, JC Stromberg, ... Diversity and distributions 13 (1), 126-139, 2007 | 841 | 2007 |
| Accuracy of ARGOS locations of pinnipeds at-sea estimated using Fastloc GPS DP Costa, PW Robinson, JPY Arnould, AL Harrison, SE Simmons, ... PloS one 5 (1), e8677, 2010 | 206 | 2010 |
| National Biodiversity Assessment 2011: Technical Report. Volume 4: Marine and Coastal Component. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. KJ Sink, S Holness, L Harris, PA Majiedt, L Atkinson, T Robinson, ... | 91 | 2012 |
| Adult female survival, population trend, and the implications of early primiparity in a capital breeder, the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) PA Pistorius, MN Bester, MN Lewis, FE Taylor, C Campagna, SP Kirkman Journal of Zoology 263 (2), 107-119, 2004 | 76 | 2004 |
| Survivorship of a declining population of southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, in relation to age, sex and cohort PA Pistorius, MN Bester, SP Kirkman Oecologia 121 (2), 201-211, 1999 | 76 | 1999 |
| Synthesis: climate effects on biodiversity, abundance and distribution of marine organisms in the B enguela A Jarre, L Hutchings, SP Kirkman, A Kreiner, PCM Tchipalanga, P Kainge, ... Fisheries Oceanography 24, 122-149, 2015 | 59 | 2015 |
| Making sense of censuses and dealing with missing data: trends in pup counts of Cape fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus for the period 1972–2004 SP Kirkman, WH Oosthuizen, MA Meÿer, PGH Kotze, JP Roux, ... African Journal of Marine Science 29 (2), 161-176, 2007 | 59 | 2007 |
| Revision of the conservation status of seabirds and seals breeding in the Benguela Ecosystem J Kemper, LG Underhill, RJM Crawford, SP Kirkman Final report of the BCLME (Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem) project …, 2007 | 55 | 2007 |
| St Helena Bay (southern Benguela) then and now: muted climate signals, large human impact L Hutchings, A Jarre, T Lamont, M Van den Berg, SP Kirkman African Journal of Marine Science 34 (4), 559-583, 2012 | 53 | 2012 |
| National biodiversity assessment 2011: Technical report. Volume 4: Marine and coastal component K Sink, S Holness, L Harris, P Majiedt, L Atkinson, T Robinson, S Kirkman, ... Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2012 | 51 | 2012 |
| Temporal changes in fecundity and age at sexual maturity of southern elephant seals at Marion Island PA Pistorius, MN Bester, SP Kirkman, FE Taylor Polar Biology 24 (5), 343-348, 2001 | 51 | 2001 |
| Evaluation of age-and sex-dependent rates of tag loss in southern elephant seals PA Pistorius, MN Bester, SP Kirkman, PL Boveng The Journal of wildlife management, 373-380, 2000 | 48 | 2000 |
| Diet and estimated food consumption of Antarctic fur seals at Bouvetøya during summer SP Kirkman, W Wilson, NTW Klages, MN Bester, K Isaksen Polar Biology 23 (11), 745-752, 2000 | 47 | 2000 |
| Spatio‐temporal shifts of the dynamic Cape fur seal population in southern Africa, based on aerial censuses (1972–2009) SP Kirkman, D Yemane, WH Oosthuizen, MA Meÿer, PGH Kotze, ... Marine Mammal Science 29 (3), 497-524, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
| Egg recognition and interspecific brood parasitism rates in red bishops (Aves: Ploceidae) MJ Lawes, S Kirkman Animal Behaviour 52 (3), 553-563, 1996 | 46 | 1996 |
| Dynamic age-distributions in a declining population of southern elephant seals PA Pistorius, MN Bester, SP Kirkman Antarctic Science 11, 445-450, 1999 | 41 | 1999 |
| Riparian vegetation: degradation, alien plant invasions, and restoration prospects JC Stromberg, SP Kirkman, P Pysek, RJ Hobbs Divers Distrib 13 (1), 126139, 2007 | 40 | 2007 |
| Diet of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus at three mainland breeding colonies in Namibia. 1. Spatial variation S Mecenero, JP Roux, LG Underhill, MN Bester African Journal of Marine Science 28 (1), 57-71, 2006 | 39 | 2006 |
| Pup growth and maternal attendance patterns in Subantarctic fur seals SP Kirkman, MN Bester, GJG Hofmeyr, PA Pistorius, AB Makhado African Zoology 37 (1), 13-19, 2002 | 38 | 2002 |
| Trends and interventions in large whale entanglement along the South African coast MA Meÿer, PB Best, MD Anderson-Reade, G Cliff, SFJ Dudley, ... African Journal of Marine Science 33 (3), 429-439, 2011 | 37 | 2011 |
