| An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes DL Rabosky, J Chang, PO Title, PF Cowman, L Sallan, M Friedman, ... Nature 559 (7714), 392-395, 2018 | 205 | 2018 |
| Coral reefs as drivers of cladogenesis: expanding coral reefs, cryptic extinction events, and the development of biodiversity hotspots PF Cowman, DR Bellwood Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2011 | 191 | 2011 |
| The historical biogeography of coral reef fishes: global patterns of origination and dispersal PF Cowman, DR Bellwood Journal of biogeography 40 (2), 209-224, 2013 | 182 | 2013 |
| Quantifying phylogenetic beta diversity: distinguishing between ‘true’turnover of lineages and phylogenetic diversity gradients F Leprieur, C Albouy, J De Bortoli, PF Cowman, DR Bellwood, D Mouillot PloS one 7 (8), e42760, 2012 | 154 | 2012 |
| Dating the evolutionary origins of wrasse lineages (Labridae) and the rise of trophic novelty on coral reefs PF Cowman, DR Bellwood, L Van Herwerden Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 52 (3), 621-631, 2009 | 134 | 2009 |
| Quaternary coral reef refugia preserved fish diversity L Pellissier, F Leprieur, V Parravicini, PF Cowman, M Kulbicki, G Litsios, ... Science 344 (6187), 1016-1019, 2014 | 132 | 2014 |
| Evolutionary history of the butterflyfishes (f: Chaetodontidae) and the rise of coral feeding fishes DR Bellwood, S Klanten, PF Cowman, MS Pratchett, N Konow, ... Journal of evolutionary biology 23 (2), 335-349, 2010 | 129 | 2010 |
| Human-mediated loss of phylogenetic and functional diversity in coral reef fishes S D’agata, D Mouillot, M Kulbicki, S Andréfouët, DR Bellwood, JE Cinner, ... Current Biology 24 (5), 555-560, 2014 | 115 | 2014 |
| Vicariance across major marine biogeographic barriers: temporal concordance and the relative intensity of hard versus soft barriers PF Cowman, DR Bellwood Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1768), 20131541, 2013 | 105 | 2013 |
| Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics F Leprieur, P Descombes, T Gaboriau, PF Cowman, V Parravicini, ... Nature Communications 7 (1), 1-8, 2016 | 83 | 2016 |
| Parasitic plants have increased rates of molecular evolution across all three genomes L Bromham, PF Cowman, R Lanfear BMC evolutionary biology 13 (1), 126, 2013 | 83 | 2013 |
| Exploring the relationships between mutation rates, life history, genome size, environment, and species richness in flowering plants L Bromham, X Hua, R Lanfear, PF Cowman The American Naturalist 185 (4), 507-524, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Global marine protected areas do not secure the evolutionary history of tropical corals and fishes D Mouillot, V Parravicini, DR Bellwood, F Leprieur, D Huang, PF Cowman, ... Nature communications 7 (1), 1-8, 2016 | 57 | 2016 |
| The biogeography of tropical reef fishes: endemism and provinciality through time PF Cowman, V Parravicini, M Kulbicki, SR Floeter Biological Reviews 92 (4), 2112-2130, 2017 | 53 | 2017 |
| Chemical Alarm Cues Are Conserved within the Coral Reef Fish Family Pomacentridae MD Mitchell, PF Cowman, ML McCormick PloS ONE 7 (10), e47428, 2012 | 44 | 2012 |
| Effects of coral bleaching and coral loss on the structure and function of reef fish assemblages MS Pratchett, CA Thompson, AS Hoey, PF Cowman, SK Wilson Coral Bleaching, 265-293, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| Historical factors that have shaped the evolution of tropical reef fishes: a review of phylogenies, biogeography, and remaining questions PF Cowman Frontiers in Genetics 5 (394), 2014 | 36 | 2014 |
| Phylogenetic perspectives on reef fish functional traits SR Floeter, MG Bender, AC Siqueira, PF Cowman Biological Reviews 93 (1), 131-151, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
| Evolutionary processes underlying latitudinal differences in reef fish biodiversity AC Siqueira, LGR Oliveira‐Santos, PF Cowman, SR Floeter Global Ecology and Biogeography 25 (12), 1466-1476, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
| Historical and contemporary determinants of global phylogenetic structure in tropical reef fish faunas F Leprieur, S Colosio, P Descombes, V Parravicini, M Kulbicki, ... Ecography 39 (9), 825-835, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
David R BellwoodProfessor of Marine Biology, James Cook UniversityVerified email at jcu.edu.au
