| 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 | 804 | 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), 2010 | 193 | 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, ... | 82 | 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 | 72 | 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 | 71 | 1999 |
| 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 Me˙er, PGH Kotze, JP Roux, ... African Journal of Marine Science 29 (2), 161-176, 2007 | 58 | 2007 |
| 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 | 55 | 2015 |
| 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 | 53 | 2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 50 | 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 | 48 | 2012 |
| 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 Bouvetĝya during summer SP Kirkman, W Wilson, NTW Klages, MN Bester, K Isaksen Polar Biology 23 (11), 745-752, 2000 | 47 | 2000 |
| Egg recognition and interspecific brood parasitism rates in red bishops (Aves: Ploceidae) MJ Lawes, S Kirkman Animal Behaviour 52 (3), 553-563, 1996 | 44 | 1996 |
| 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 Me˙er, PGH Kotze, ... Marine Mammal Science 29 (3), 497-524, 2013 | 43 | 2013 |
| Dynamic age-distributions in a declining population of southern elephant seals PA Pistorius, MN Bester, SP Kirkman Antarctic Science 11 (4), 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 | 38 | 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 |
| Variation in the timing of moult in southern elephant seals at Marion Island GJG Hofmeyr, PA Pistorius, MN Bester, SP Kirkman, N Strydom, R Owen, ... South African Journal of Wildlife Research-24-month delayed open access 33 …, 2003 | 35 | 2003 |
