| Effects of subsidized predators, resource variability, and human population density on desert tortoise populations in the Mojave Desert, USA TC Esque, KE Nussear, KK Drake, AD Walde, KH Berry, ... Endangered Species Research 12 (2), 167-177, 2010 | 112 | 2010 |
| The importance of physiological ecology in conservation biology CR Tracy, KE Nussear, TC Esque, K Dean-Bradley, CR Tracy, ... Integrative and Comparative Biology 46 (6), 1191-1205, 2006 | 97 | 2006 |
| Range and habitats of the desert tortoise DJ Germano, RB Bury, TC Esque, TH Fritts, PA Medica Biology of North American Tortoises 13, 73-84, 1994 | 94 | 1994 |
| Effects of desert wildfires on desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and other small vertebrates TC Esque, CR Schwalbe, LA Defalco, RB Duncan, TJ Hughes The Southwestern Naturalist 48 (1), 103-111, 2003 | 89 | 2003 |
| Seed banks in a degraded desert shrubland: influence of soil surface condition and harvester ant activity on seed abundance LA DeFalco, TC Esque, JM Kane, MB Nicklas Journal of Arid Environments 73 (10), 885-893, 2009 | 84 | 2009 |
| Alien plants and fire in desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitat of the Mojave and Colorado deserts ML Brooks, TC Esque Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4, 330-340, 2002 | 81 | 2002 |
| Comparative phylogeography reveals deep lineages and regional evolutionary hotspots in the M ojave and S onoran Deserts DA Wood, AG Vandergast, KR Barr, RD Inman, TC Esque, KE Nussear, ... Diversity and Distributions 19 (7), 722-737, 2013 | 74 | 2013 |
| Comparative phylogeography of a coevolved community: concerted population expansions in Joshua trees and four yucca moths CI Smith, S Tank, W Godsoe, J Levenick, E Strand, T Esque, O Pellmyr PloS one 6 (10), e25628, 2011 | 71 | 2011 |
| Multiscale connectivity and graph theory highlight critical areas for conservation under climate change TE Dilts, PJ Weisberg, P Leitner, MD Matocq, RD Inman, KE Nussear, ... Ecological Applications 26 (4), 1223-1237, 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
| Making molehills out of mountains: landscape genetics of the Mojave desert tortoise BE Hagerty, KE Nussear, TC Esque, CR Tracy Landscape Ecology 26 (2), 267-280, 2011 | 63 | 2011 |
| Short-term soil inorganic N pulse after experimental fire alters invasive and native annual plant production in a Mojave Desert shrubland TC Esque, JP Kaye, SE Eckert, LA DeFalco, CR Tracy Oecologia 164 (1), 253-263, 2010 | 58 | 2010 |
| Modeling habitat of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave and parts of the Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona KE Nussear, TC Esque, RD Inman, L Gass, KA Thomas, CSA Wallace, ... Open-File Report, 2009 | 58 | 2009 |
| Disease dynamics during wildlife translocations: disruptions to the host population and potential consequences for transmission in desert tortoise contact networks CM Aiello, KE Nussear, AD Walde, TC Esque, PG Emblidge, P Sah, ... Animal Conservation 17, 27-39, 2014 | 57 | 2014 |
| Are wildlife detector dogs or people better at finding desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)? KE Nussear, TC Esque, JS Heaton, ME Cablk, KK Drake, C Valentin, ... DESERT RESEARCH INST RENO NV, 2008 | 56 | 2008 |
| Ingestion of bones, stones and soil by desert tortoises TC Esque, EL Peters Research, 105-112, 1994 | 54 | 1994 |
| Does translocation influence physiological stress in the desert tortoise? KK Drake, KE Nussear, TC Esque, AM Barber, KM Vittum, PA Medica, ... Animal Conservation 15 (6), 560-570, 2012 | 51 | 2012 |
| Desert tortoise hibernation: temperatures, timing, and environment KE Nussear, TC Esque, DF Haines, C Richard Tracy Copeia 2007 (2), 378-386, 2007 | 50 | 2007 |
| Distribution, habitat use and protection of desert tortoise in the Eastern Mojave Desert RB Bury, TC Esque, LA DeFalco, PA Medica | 50 | 1994 |
| Divergence in an obligate mutualism is not explained by divergent climatic factors W Godsoe, E Strand, CI Smith, JB Yoder, TC Esque, O Pellmyr New Phytologist 183 (3), 589-599, 2009 | 48 | 2009 |
| Short-term effects of experimental fires on a Mojave Desert seed bank TC Esque, JA Young, CR Tracy Journal of Arid Environments 74 (10), 1302-1308, 2010 | 47 | 2010 |
