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| Evolutionary relationships between morphology, performance and habitat openness in the lizard genus Niveoscincus (Scincidae: Lygosominae) J Melville, ROY Swain Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70 (4), 667-683, 2000 | 187 | 2000 |
| Intercontinental community convergence of ecology and morphology in desert lizards J Melville, LJ Harmon, JB Losos Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273 (1586), 557-563, 2006 | 141 | 2006 |
| The Role of Geography and Ecological Opportunity in the Diversification of Day Geckos (Phelsuma) LJ Harmon, J Melville, A Larson, JB Losos Systematic Biology 57 (4), 562-573, 2008 | 139 | 2008 |
| Evidence of constrained phenotypic evolution in a cryptic species complex of agamid lizards KL Smith, LJ Harmon, LP Shoo, J Melville Evolution 65 (4), 976-992, 2011 | 122 | 2011 |
| Correlates of active body temperatures and microhabitat occupation in nine species of central Australian agamid lizards J Melville, JA Schulte Ii Austral Ecology 26 (6), 660-669, 2001 | 121 | 2001 |
| Identifying hybridization and admixture using SNPs: application of the DArTseq platform in phylogeographic research on vertebrates J Melville, ML Haines, K Boysen, L Hodkinson, A Kilian, KL Smith Date, ... Royal Society open science 4 (7), 161061, 2017 | 115 | 2017 |
| Molecular phylogenetic evidence for ancient divergence of lizard taxa on either side of Wallace's Line JA Schulte, J Melville, A Larson Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2003 | 111 | 2003 |
| A molecular phylogenetic study of ecological diversification in the Australian lizard genus Ctenophorus J Melville, JA Schulte, A Larson Journal of Experimental Zoology 291 (4), 339-353, 2001 | 87 | 2001 |
| Historical biogeography, phylogenetic relationships and intraspecific diversity of agamid lizards in the Central Asian deserts of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan J Melville, J Hale, G Mantziou, NB Ananjeva, K Milto, N Clemann Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53 (1), 99-112, 2009 | 81 | 2009 |
| The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time‐bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019–2020 Australian megafires S Legge, L Rumpff, JCZ Woinarski, NS Whiterod, M Ward, DG Southwell, ... Global Ecology and Biogeography 31 (10), 2085-2104, 2022 | 77 | 2022 |
| Diversification patterns of pebble-mimic dragons are consistent with historical disruption of important habitat corridors in arid Australia LP Shoo, R Rose, P Doughty, JJ Austin, J Melville Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48 (2), 528-542, 2008 | 70 | 2008 |
| Evolutionary origins and diversification of dragon lizards in Australia’s tropical savannas J Melville, EG Ritchie, SNJ Chapple, RE Glor, JA Schulte II Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58 (2), 257-270, 2011 | 66 | 2011 |
| Geographic and taxonomic patterns of extinction risk in Australian squamates R Tingley, SL Macdonald, NJ Mitchell, JCZ Woinarski, S Meiri, P Bowles, ... Biological Conservation 238, 108203, 2019 | 62 | 2019 |
| Competition and character displacement in two species of scincid lizards J Melville Ecology letters 5 (3), 386-393, 2002 | 62 | 2002 |
| A molecular study of phylogenetic relationships and evolution of antipredator strategies in Australian Diplodactylus geckos, subgenus Strophurus J Melville, JA Schulte, A Larson Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82 (1), 123-138, 2004 | 58 | 2004 |
| Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction HM Geyle, R Tingley, AP Amey, H Cogger, PJ Couper, M Cowan, ... Pacific Conservation Biology 27 (1), 3-12, 2020 | 55 | 2020 |
| Mountain barriers and river conduits: phylogeographical structure in a large, mobile lizard (Varanidae: Varanus varius) from eastern Australia PJ Smissen, J Melville, J Sumner, TS Jessop Journal of Biogeography 40 (9), 1729-1740, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
| Incorporating historical museum specimens into molecular systematic and conservation genetics research JJ Austin, J Melville Molecular Ecology Notes 6 (4), 1089-1092, 2006 | 49 | 2006 |
