| Journey to the ants: a story of scientific exploration B Hölldobler, EO Wilson Harvard University Press, 1998 | 667* | 1998 |
| The organization of work in social insect colonies. DM Gordon Nature 380 (6570), 1996 | 659 | 1996 |
| Exploitation and interference competition between the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, and native ant species KG Human, DM Gordon Oecologia 105, 405-412, 1996 | 652 | 1996 |
| Community disassembly by an invasive species NJ Sanders, NJ Gotelli, NE Heller, DM Gordon Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100 (5), 2474-2477, 2003 | 577 | 2003 |
| Ants at work: how an insect society is organized DM Gordon Simon and Schuster, 1999 | 542 | 1999 |
| Ant encounters: interaction networks and colony behavior DM Gordon Princeton University Press, 2010 | 495 | 2010 |
| Cuticular hydrocarbons inform task decisions MJ Greene, DM Gordon Nature 423 (6935), 32-32, 2003 | 372 | 2003 |
| Variability in the abundance of animal and plant species RM Anderson, DM Gordon, MJ CraWley, MP Hassell Nature 296 (5854), 245-248, 1982 | 295 | 1982 |
| Effects of Argentine ants on invertebrate biodiversity in northern California KG Human, DM Gordon Conservation biology 11 (5), 1242-1248, 1997 | 292 | 1997 |
| Dynamics of task switching in harvester ants DM Gordon Animal Behaviour 38 (2), 194-204, 1989 | 292 | 1989 |
| Behavioral flexibility and the foraging ecology of seed-eating ants DM Gordon The American Naturalist 138 (2), 379-411, 1991 | 287 | 1991 |
| Founding, foraging, and fighting: colony size and the spatial distribution of harvester ant nests DM Gordon, AW Kulig Ecology 77 (8), 2393-2409, 1996 | 248 | 1996 |
| Effects of social group size on information transfer and task allocation SW Pacala, DM Gordon, HCJ Godfray Evolutionary Ecology 10, 127-165, 1996 | 248 | 1996 |
| What is the function of encounter patterns in ant colonies? DM Gordon, RE Paul, K Thorpe Animal Behaviour 45 (6), 1083-1100, 1993 | 211 | 1993 |
| Task‐specific expression of the foraging gene in harvester ants KK Ingram, P Oefner, DM Gordon Molecular Ecology 14 (3), 813-818, 2005 | 210 | 2005 |
| Encounter rate and task allocation in harvester ants DM Gordon, NJ Mehdiabadi Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45, 370-377, 1999 | 210 | 1999 |
| Harvester ants utilize cuticular hydrocarbons in nestmate recognition D Wagner, M Tissot, W Cuevas, DM Gordon Journal of Chemical Ecology 26, 2245-2257, 2000 | 197 | 2000 |
| Harvester ant nests, soil biota and soil chemistry D Wagner, MJF Brown, DM Gordon Oecologia 112, 232-236, 1997 | 191 | 1997 |
| A framework for plant behavior J Silvertown, DM Gordon Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 349-366, 1989 | 189 | 1989 |
| Information collection and spread by networks of patrolling ants FR Adler, DM Gordon The American Naturalist 140 (3), 373-400, 1992 | 187 | 1992 |
