| Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality P Abbot, J Abe, J Alcock, S Alizon, JAC Alpedrinha, M Andersson, ... Nature 471 (7339), E1-E4, 2011 | 539 | 2011 |
| Stress and the suppression of subordinate reproduction in cooperatively breeding meerkats AJ Young, AA Carlson, SL Monfort, AF Russell, NC Bennett, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (32), 12005-12010, 2006 | 396 | 2006 |
| Evolution and development of sex differences in cooperative behavior in meerkats TH Clutton-Brock, AF Russell, LL Sharpe, AJ Young, Z Balmforth, ... Science 297 (5579), 253-256, 2002 | 268 | 2002 |
| Subordinate male meerkats prospect for extra-group paternity: alternative reproductive tactics in a cooperative mammal AJ Young, G Spong, T Clutton-Brock Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1618), 1603-1609, 2007 | 193 | 2007 |
| The role of telomeres in the mechanisms and evolution of life-history trade-offs and ageing AJ Young Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373 …, 2018 | 184 | 2018 |
| Factors affecting the reproductive success of dominant male meerkats GF Spong, SJ Hodge, AJ Young, TIMH CLUTTON‐BROCK Molecular Ecology 17 (9), 2287-2299, 2008 | 128 | 2008 |
| Adaptive suppression of subordinate reproduction in cooperative mammals TH Clutton-Brock, SJ Hodge, TP Flower, GF Spong, AJ Young The American Naturalist 176 (5), 664-673, 2010 | 121 | 2010 |
| Trade-offs between extraterritorial prospecting and helping in a cooperative mammal AJ Young, AA Carlson, T Clutton-Brock Animal Behaviour 70 (4), 829-837, 2005 | 113 | 2005 |
| Helpers increase the reproductive potential of offspring in cooperative meerkats AF Russell, AJ Young, G Spong, NR Jordan, TH Clutton-Brock Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1609), 513-520, 2007 | 106 | 2007 |
| Infanticide by subordinates influences reproductive sharing in cooperatively breeding meerkats AJ Young, T Clutton-Brock Biology Letters 2 (3), 385-387, 2006 | 106 | 2006 |
| Stress and the costs of extra-territorial movement in a social carnivore AJ Young, SL Monfort Biology Letters 5 (4), 439-441, 2009 | 103 | 2009 |
| Hormonal correlates of dominance in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) AA Carlson, AJ Young, AF Russell, NC Bennett, AS McNeilly, ... Hormones and Behavior 46 (2), 141-150, 2004 | 103 | 2004 |
| Singing in the moonlight: dawn song performance of a diurnal bird varies with lunar phase JE York, AJ Young, AN Radford Biology letters 10 (1), 20130970, 2014 | 98 | 2014 |
| Individual contributions to territory defence in a cooperative breeder: weighing up the benefits and costs R Mares, AJ Young, TH Clutton-Brock Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1744), 3989-3995, 2012 | 90 | 2012 |
| Elevated prolactin levels immediately precede decisions to babysit by male meerkat helpers AA Carlson, AF Russell, AJ Young, NR Jordan, AS McNeilly, AF Parlow, ... Hormones and Behavior 50 (1), 94-100, 2006 | 87 | 2006 |
| Cortisol levels are positively associated with pup-feeding rates in male meerkats AA Carlson, MB Manser, AJ Young, AF Russell, NR Jordan, AS McNeilly, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273 (1586), 571-577, 2006 | 87 | 2006 |
| Dispersal, Eviction, and Conflict in Meerkats (Suricata suricatta): An Evolutionarily Stable Strategy Model PA Stephens, AF Russell, AJ Young, WJ Sutherland, TH Clutton-Brock The American Naturalist 165 (1), 120-135, 2005 | 86 | 2005 |
| Testing the stability of behavioural coping style across stress contexts in the Trinidadian guppy TM Houslay, M Vierbuchen, AJ Grimmer, AJ Young, AJ Wilson Functional Ecology 32 (2), 424-438, 2018 | 74 | 2018 |
| Bacterial ageing in the absence of external stressors U Łapińska, G Glover, P Capilla-Lasheras, AJ Young, S Pagliara Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374 (1786), 20180442, 2019 | 73 | 2019 |
| Sex differences in senescence: the role of intra-sexual competition in early adulthood C Beirne, R Delahay, A Young Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1811), 20151086, 2015 | 65 | 2015 |
