| Introduction to conservation genetics R Frankham, DA Briscoe, JD Ballou Cambridge university press, 2002 | 7951 | 2002 |
| Conservation genetics R Frankham Encyclopedia of Genetics, 910-914, 2014 | 1782 | 2014 |
| Estimates of lethal equivalents and the cost of inbreeding in mammals K Ralls, JD Ballou, A Templeton Conservation biology 2 (2), 185-193, 1988 | 1066 | 1988 |
| Predicting the probability of outbreeding depression R Frankham, JD Ballou, MDB Eldridge, RC Lacy, K Ralls, MR Dudash, ... Conservation Biology 25 (3), 465-475, 2011 | 942 | 2011 |
| A primer of conservation genetics R Frankham, JD Ballou, DA Briscoe Cambridge University Press, 2004 | 704 | 2004 |
| Realistic levels of inbreeding depression strongly affect extinction risk in wild populations JJ O’Grady, BW Brook, DH Reed, JD Ballou, DW Tonkyn, R Frankham Biological conservation 133 (1), 42-51, 2006 | 669 | 2006 |
| Estimates of minimum viable population sizes for vertebrates and factors influencing those estimates DH Reed, JJ O'Grady, BW Brook, JD Ballou, R Frankham Biological conservation 113 (1), 23-34, 2003 | 615 | 2003 |
| Identifying genetically important individuals for management of genetic variation in pedigreed populations B JD Population management for survival and recovery, 1995 | 552 | 1995 |
| Inbreeding and juvenile mortality in small populations of ungulates K Ralls, K Brugger, J Ballou Science 206 (4422), 1101-1103, 1979 | 536 | 1979 |
| Genetic management of fragmented animal and plant populations R Frankham, JD Ballou, K Ralls, M Eldridge, MR Dudash, CB Fenster, ... Oxford University Press, 2017 | 464 | 2017 |
| Call for a paradigm shift in the genetic management of fragmented populations K Ralls, JD Ballou, MR Dudash, MDB Eldridge, CB Fenster, RC Lacy, ... Conservation Letters 11 (2), e12412, 2018 | 406 | 2018 |
| Demographic and genetic management of captive populations JD Ballou, C Lees, LJ Faust, S Long, C Lynch, L Bingaman Lackey, ... Wild mammals in captivity: principles and techniques for zoo management 219, 2010 | 393 | 2010 |
| Implications of different species concepts for conserving biodiversity R Frankham, JD Ballou, MR Dudash, MDB Eldridge, CB Fenster, RC Lacy, ... Biological Conservation 153, 25-31, 2012 | 337 | 2012 |
| Ancestral inbreeding only minimally affects inbreeding depression in mammalian populations JD Ballou Journal of Heredity 88 (3), 169-178, 1997 | 284 | 1997 |
| Conservation program for the golden lion tamarin: captive research and management, ecological studies, educational strategies, and reintroduction DG Kleiman, BB Beck, JM Dietz, LA Dietz, JD Ballou, AF Coimbra-Filho Primates: The road to self-sustaining populations, 959-979, 1986 | 230 | 1986 |
| A landscape‐based conservation strategy to double the wild tiger population E Wikramanayake, E Dinerstein, J Seidensticker, S Lumpkin, B Pandav, ... Conservation Letters 4 (3), 219-227, 2011 | 220 | 2011 |
| Effects of inbreeding on infant mortality in captive primates K Rails, J Ballou International journal of primatology 3, 491-505, 1982 | 218 | 1982 |
| The frequency and severity of catastrophic die-offs in vertebrates DH Reed, JJ O'Grady, JD Ballou, R Frankham Animal conservation forum 6 (2), 109-114, 2003 | 191 | 2003 |
| Captive breeding programs for populations with a small number of founders K Ralls, J Ballou Trends in Ecology & Evolution 1 (1), 19-22, 1986 | 186 | 1986 |
| Fundamentos de genética da conservação R Frankham, JD Ballou, DA Briscoe Sociedade Brasileira de Genética, Ribeirão Preto, 2008 | 182 | 2008 |