| Detecting internal inconsistencies in distance data SM Lanyon Systematic Zoology 34 (4), 397-403, 1985 | 334 | 1985 |
| A molecular phylogeny of the New World orioles (Icterus): the importance of dense taxon sampling KE Omland, SM Lanyon, SJ Fritz Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 12 (2), 224-239, 1999 | 196 | 1999 |
| RECONSTRUCTING PLUMAGE EVOLUTION IN ORIOLES (ICTERUS): REPEATED CONVERGENCE AND REVERSAL IN PATTERNS KE Omland, SM Lanyon Evolution 54 (6), 2119-2133, 2000 | 193 | 2000 |
| A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves) IJ Lovette, JL Pérez-Emán, JP Sullivan, RC Banks, I Fiorentino, ... Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 57 (2), 753-770, 2010 | 189 | 2010 |
| The ubiquity of avian ultraviolet plumage reflectance MD Eaton, SM Lanyon Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2003 | 175 | 2003 |
| Reconstructing the evolution of complex bird song in the oropendolas JJ Price, SM Lanyon Evolution 56 (7), 1514-1529, 2002 | 170 | 2002 |
| New World nine-primaried oscine relationships: constructing a mitochondrial DNA framework J Klicka, KP Johnson, SM Lanyon The Auk 117 (2), 321-336, 2000 | 165 | 2000 |
| Going to extremes: contrasting rates of diversification in a recent radiation of new world passerine birds FK Barker, KJ Burns, J Klicka, SM Lanyon, IJ Lovette Systematic biology 62 (2), 298-320, 2013 | 164 | 2013 |
| New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies FK Barker, KJ Burns, J Klicka, SM Lanyon, IJ Lovette The Auk: Ornithological Advances 132 (2), 333-348, 2015 | 160 | 2015 |
| Interspecific brood parasitism in blackbirds (Icterinae): a phylogenetic perspective SM Lanyon Science 255 (5040), 77-79, 1992 | 159 | 1992 |
| Site fidelity and habitat quality as determinants of settlement pattern in male painted buntings SM Lanyon, CF Thompson The Condor 88 (2), 206-210, 1986 | 154 | 1986 |
| The stochastic mode of molecular evolution: what consequences for systematic investigations? SM Lanyon The Auk 105 (3), 565-573, 1988 | 152 | 1988 |
| Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds KJ Burns, AJ Shultz, PO Title, NA Mason, FK Barker, J Klicka, SM Lanyon, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 75, 41-77, 2014 | 143 | 2014 |
| Phylogenetic frameworks: towards a firmer foundation for the comparative approach SM Lanyon Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 49 (1), 45-61, 1993 | 143 | 1993 |
| Losses of female song with changes from tropical to temperate breeding in the New World blackbirds JJ Price, SM Lanyon, KE Omland Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1664), 1971-1980, 2009 | 134 | 2009 |
| A molecular phylogeny of the blackbirds (Icteridae): five lineages revealed by cytochrome-b sequence data SM Lanyon, KE Omland The Auk 116 (3), 629-639, 1999 | 132 | 1999 |
| Molecular Systematics of the Grackles and Allies, and the Effect of Additional Sequence (CYT B AND ND2) KP Johnson, SM Lanyon The Auk 116 (3), 759-768, 1999 | 113 | 1999 |
| Molecular perspective on higher-level relationships in the Tyrannoidea (Aves) SM Lanyon Systematic Zoology 34 (4), 404-418, 1985 | 94 | 1985 |
| Patterns of song evolution and sexual selection in the oropendolas and caciques JJ Price, SM Lanyon Behavioral Ecology 15 (3), 485-497, 2004 | 82 | 2004 |
| POLYPHYLY OF THE BLACKBIRD GENUS AGELAIUS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSUMPTIONS OF MONOPHYLY IN COMPARATIVE STUDIES SM Lanyon Evolution 48 (3), 679-693, 1994 | 81 | 1994 |
