| Characterization of a new keratinolytic bacterium that completely degrades native feather keratin A Riffel, F Lucas, P Heeb, A Brandelli Archives of Microbiology 179, 258-265, 2003 | 406 | 2003 |
| Experimental evolution of a plant pathogen into a legume symbiont M Marchetti, D Capela, M Glew, S Cruveiller, B Chane-Woon-Ming, C Gris, ... PLoS biology 8 (1), e1000280, 2010 | 234 | 2010 |
| Bird–ectoparasite interactions, nest humidity, and ectoparasite community structure P Heeb, M Kölliker, H Richner Ecology 81 (4), 958-968, 2000 | 202 | 2000 |
| Immunocompetence of nestling great tits in relation to rearing environment and parentage MWG Brinkhof, P Heeb, M Kölliker, H Richner Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1999 | 187 | 1999 |
| Characterization of a protease of a feather‐degrading Microbacterium species RCS Thys, FS Lucas, A Riffel, P Heeb, A Brandelli Letters in Applied Microbiology 39 (2), 181-186, 2004 | 182 | 2004 |
| Begging signals and biparental care: nestling choice between parental feeding locations M KÖLLIKER, H RICHNER, I WERNER, P HEEB Animal Behaviour 55 (1), 215-222, 1998 | 174 | 1998 |
| The quantitative genetic basis of offspring solicitation and parental response in a passerine bird with biparental care M Kölliker, MWG Brinkhof, P Heeb, PS Fitze, H Richner Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2000 | 157 | 2000 |
| Aromatic plants in nests of the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus protect chicks from bacteria A Mennerat, P Mirleau, J Blondel, P Perret, MM Lambrechts, P Heeb Oecologia 161, 849-855, 2009 | 150 | 2009 |
| High diversity among feather-degrading bacteria from a dry meadow soil FS Lucas, O Broennimann, I Febbraro, P Heeb Microbial Ecology 45, 282-290, 2003 | 147 | 2003 |
| Benefits of induced host responses against an ectoparasite P Heeb, I Werner, M Kölliker, H Richner Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1998 | 147 | 1998 |
| Offspring sex ratio is related to male body size in the great tit (Parus major) M Kölliker, P Heeb, I Werner, AC Mateman, CM Lessells, H Richner Behavioral Ecology 10 (1), 68-72, 1999 | 139 | 1999 |
| Keratinolytic proteases of Bacillus species isolated from the Amazon basin showing remarkable de-hairing activity JL Giongo, FS Lucas, F Casarin, P Heeb, A Brandelli World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 23, 375-382, 2007 | 129 | 2007 |
| Environmental factors shape cloacal bacterial assemblages in great tit Parus major and blue tit P. caeruleus nestlings FS Lucas, P Heeb Journal of Avian Biology 36 (6), 510-516, 2005 | 122 | 2005 |
| Communal life: honest signaling and the recruitment center hypothesis H Richner, P Heeb Behavioral Ecology 7 (1), 115-118, 1996 | 122 | 1996 |
| Is the information center hypothesis a flop? H Richner, P Heeb Advances in the Study of Behaviour 24, 1-46, 1995 | 117 | 1995 |
| Social and sexual behaviours aid transmission of bacteria in birds S Kulkarni, P Heeb Behavioural processes 74 (1), 88-92, 2007 | 116 | 2007 |
| Feather micro‐organisms and uropygial antimicrobial defences in a colonial passerine bird AP Mřller, GÁ Czirjak, P Heeb Functional Ecology 23 (6), 1097-1102, 2009 | 113 | 2009 |
| A UV signal of offspring condition mediates context-dependent parental favouritism P Bize, R Piault, B Moureau, P Heeb Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273 (1597), 2063-2068, 2006 | 112 | 2006 |
| Ultraviolet reflectance by the skin of nestlings V Jourdie, B Moureau, ATD Bennett, P Heeb Nature 431 (7006), 262-262, 2004 | 112 | 2004 |
| Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird J White, P Mirleau, E Danchin, H Mulard, SA Hatch, P Heeb, RH Wagner Ecology letters 13 (12), 1515-1524, 2010 | 110 | 2010 |
