| Animal grouping for protection from parasites: selfish herd and encounter-dilution effects MS Mooring, BL Hart Behaviour 123 (3-4), 173-193, 1992 | 358 | 1992 |
| The evolution of parasite-defence grooming in ungulates MS Mooring, DT Blumstein, CJ Stoner Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (1), 17-37, 2004 | 219 | 2004 |
| Biological basis of grooming behaviour in antelope: the body-size, vigilance and habitat principles BL Hart, LA Hart, MS Mooring, R Olubayo Animal Behaviour 44 (4), 615-631, 1992 | 162 | 1992 |
| Vigilance, predation risk, and the Allee effect in desert bighorn sheep MS Mooring, TA Fitzpatrick, TT Nishihira, DD Reisig The Journal of Wildlife Management 68 (3), 519-532, 2004 | 152 | 2004 |
| Grooming in impala: role of oral grooming in removal of ticks and effects of ticks in increasing grooming rate MS Mooring, AA McKenzie, BL Hart Physiology & Behavior 59 (4-5), 965-971, 1996 | 128 | 1996 |
| Costs of allogrooming in impala: distraction from vigilance MS MOORING, BL Hart Animal Behaviour 49 (5), 1414-1416, 1995 | 124 | 1995 |
| Testing the interspecific body size principle in ungulates: the smaller they come, the harder they groom MS Mooring, JE Benjamin, CR Harte, NB Herzog Animal Behaviour 60 (1), 35-45, 2000 | 111 | 2000 |
| Sexual segregation in desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana) M Mooring, T Fitzpatrick, J Benjamin, I Fraser, T Nishihira, D Reisig, ... Behaviour 140 (2), 183-207, 2003 | 103 | 2003 |
| Glucocorticoids of bison bulls in relation to social status MS Mooring, ML Patton, VA Lance, BM Hall, EW Schaad, GA Fetter, ... Hormones and behavior 49 (3), 369-375, 2006 | 95 | 2006 |
| Amplitude of bison bellows reflects male quality, physical condition and motivation MT Wyman, MS Mooring, B McCowan, MCT Penedo, LA Hart Animal Behaviour 76 (5), 1625-1639, 2008 | 89 | 2008 |
| The effect of tick challenge on grooming rate by impala MS Mooring Animal Behaviour 50 (2), 377-392, 1995 | 89 | 1995 |
| Premature loss of winter hair in free-ranging moose (Alces alces) infested with winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) is correlated with grooming rate MS Mooring, WM Samuel Canadian Journal of Zoology 77 (1), 148-156, 1999 | 84 | 1999 |
| The biological basis of grooming in moose: programmed versus stimulus-driven grooming MS Mooring, WM Samuel Animal Behaviour 56 (6), 1561-1570, 1998 | 80 | 1998 |
| Acoustic cues to size and quality in the vocalizations of male North American bison, Bison bison MT Wyman, MS Mooring, B McCowan, MCT Penedo, D Reby, LA Hart Animal Behaviour 84 (6), 1381-1391, 2012 | 77 | 2012 |
| Role of sex and breeding status in grooming and total tick load of impala MS Mooring, AA McKenzie, BL Hart Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 39, 259-266, 1996 | 71 | 1996 |
| Sexual segregation in bison: a test of multiple hypotheses MS Mooring, DD Reisig, ER Osborne, AL Kanallakan, BM Hall, ... Behaviour 142 (7), 897-927, 2005 | 69 | 2005 |
| Differential grooming rate and tick load of territorial male and female impala, Aepyceros melampus MS Mooring, BL Hart, oAnimal Behavior Graduate Group Behavioral Ecology 6 (1), 94-101, 1995 | 69 | 1995 |
| Tick defense strategies in bison: the role of grooming and hair coat M Mooring, W Samuel Behaviour 135 (6), 693-718, 1998 | 58 | 1998 |
| Fecal androgens of bison bulls during the rut MS Mooring, ML Patton, VA Lance, BM Hall, EW Schaad, SS Fortin, ... Hormones and Behavior 46 (4), 392-398, 2004 | 47 | 2004 |
| Differential foraging of oxpeckers on impala in comparison with sympatric antelope species BL Hart, LA Hart, MS Mooring African Journal of Ecology 28 (3), 240-249, 1990 | 47 | 1990 |
Benjamin HartDistinguished Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Behavior, UC DavisVerified email at ucdavis.edu
