| Squirrels of the world RW Thorington Jr, JL Koprowski, MA Steele, JF Whatton JHU Press, 2012 | 375 | 2012 |
| North American tree squirrels MA Steele, JL Koprowski (No Title), 2001 | 241 | 2001 |
| Tamiasciurus hudsonicus MA Steele Mammalian species, 1-9, 1998 | 222 | 1998 |
| Tannins and partial consumption of acorns: implications for dispersal of oaks by seed predators MA Steele, T Knowles, K Bridle, EL Simms American Midland Naturalist, 229-238, 1993 | 220 | 1993 |
| Caching decisions by grey squirrels: a test of the handling time and perishability hypotheses LZ Hadj-Chikh, MA Steele, PD Smallwood Animal Behaviour 52 (5), 941-948, 1996 | 215 | 1996 |
| Seed fate and decision‐making processes in scatter‐hoarding rodents NI Lichti, MA Steele, RK Swihart Biological Reviews 92 (1), 474-504, 2017 | 210 | 2017 |
| Climate change induced hybridization in flying squirrels CJ Garroway, J Bowman, TJ Cascaden, GL Holloway, CG Mahan, ... Global Change Biology 16 (1), 113-121, 2010 | 202 | 2010 |
| The ultimate basis of the caching preferences of rodents, and the oak-dispersal syndrome: tannins, insects, and seed germination PD Smallwood, MA Steele, SH Faeth American Zoologist 41 (4), 840-851, 2001 | 187 | 2001 |
| Determinants of seed removal distance by scatter‐hoarding rodents in deciduous forests JE Moore, AB McEuen, RK Swihart, TA Contreras, MA Steele Ecology 88 (10), 2529-2540, 2007 | 181 | 2007 |
| Caching and Feeding Decisions by Sciurus carolinensis: Responses to Weevil-Infested Acorns MA Steele, LZ Hadj-Chikh, J Hazeltine Journal of Mammalogy 77 (2), 305-314, 1996 | 167 | 1996 |
| The ecology of the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) in North Carolina: implications for survival in the southeast. PD Weigl, MA Steele, LJ Sherman, JC Ha, TL Sharpe | 143 | 1989 |
| Cache protection strategies of a scatter-hoarding rodent: do tree squirrels engage in behavioural deception? MA Steele, SL Halkin, PD Smallwood, TJ McKenna, K Mitsopoulos, ... Animal Behaviour 75 (2), 705-714, 2008 | 136 | 2008 |
| Cache management by small mammals: experimental evidence for the significance of acorn-embryo excision MA Steele, G Turner, PD Smallwood, JO Wolff, J Radillo Journal of mammalogy 82 (1), 35-42, 2001 | 128 | 2001 |
| Do scatter hoarders trade off increased predation risks for lower rates of cache pilferage? MA Steele, TA Contreras, LZ Hadj-Chikh, SJ Agosta, PD Smallwood, ... Behavioral Ecology 25 (1), 206-215, 2014 | 126 | 2014 |
| The seasonal pattern of cell proliferation and neuron number in the dentate gyrus of wild adult eastern grey squirrels P Lavenex, MA Steele, LF Jacobs European Journal of Neuroscience 12 (2), 643-648, 2000 | 121 | 2000 |
| Mast species composition alters seed fate in North American rodent‐dispersed hardwoods NI Lichti, MA Steele, H Zhang, RK Swihart Ecology 95 (7), 1746-1758, 2014 | 111 | 2014 |
| The innate basis of food-hoarding decisions in grey squirrels: evidence for behavioural adaptations to the oaks MA Steele, S Manierre, T Genna, TA Contreras, PD Smallwood, ... Animal Behaviour 71 (1), 155-160, 2006 | 97 | 2006 |
| Selection, predation and dispersal of seeds by tree squirrels in temperate and boreal forests: are tree squirrels keystone granivores? M Steele, LA Wauters, KW Larsen Seed fate: predation, dispersal and seedling establishment, 205-221, 2005 | 95 | 2005 |
| Scatterhoarding rodents favor higher predation risks for cache sites: the potential for predators to influence the seed dispersal process MA Steele, G Rompré, JA Stratford, H Zhang, M Suchocki, S Marino Integrative zoology 10 (3), 257-266, 2015 | 91 | 2015 |
| Sex differences, but no seasonal variations in the hippocampus of food‐caching squirrels: A stereological study P Lavenex, MA Steele, LF Jacobs Journal of Comparative Neurology 425 (1), 152-166, 2000 | 88 | 2000 |
Robert K. SwihartProfessor Emeritus of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue UniversityVerified email at purdue.edu
