| Evolution of plant–virus interactions: host range and virus emergence MJ McLeish, A Fraile, F García-Arenal Current Opinion in Virology 34, 50-55, 2019 | 74 | 2019 |
| Host-driven diversification of gall-inducing Acacia thrips and the aridification of Australia MJ McLeish, TW Chapman, MP Schwarz Bmc Biology 5, 1-13, 2007 | 70 | 2007 |
| Codivergence and multiple host species use by fig wasp populations of the Ficuspollination mutualism MJ McLeish, S Van Noort BMC evolutionary biology 12, 1-12, 2012 | 49 | 2012 |
| Environmental heterogeneity and the evolution of plant-virus interactions: viruses in wild pepper populations A Fraile, MJ McLeish, I Pagán, P González-Jara, D Piñero, ... Virus research 241, 68-76, 2017 | 47 | 2017 |
| Ecological complexity in plant virus host range evolution MJ McLeish, A Fraile, F García-Arenal Advances in virus research 101, 293-339, 2018 | 43 | 2018 |
| Sneaky African fig wasps that oviposit through holes drilled by other species SG Compton, S Van Noort, M McLeish, M Deeble, V Stone African Natural History 5, 9-15, 2009 | 41 | 2009 |
| Scale dependencies and generalism in host use shape virus prevalence M McLeish, S Sacristán, A Fraile, F García-Arenal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1869), 20172066, 2017 | 35 | 2017 |
| Parallel diversification of Australian gall-thrips on Acacia MJ McLeish, BJ Crespi, TW Chapman, MP Schwarz Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 43 (3), 714-725, 2007 | 35 | 2007 |
| Population genomics of plant viruses: the ecology and evolution of virus emergence MJ McLeish, A Fraile, F García-Arenal Phytopathology® 111 (1), 32-39, 2021 | 30 | 2021 |
| Coinfection organizes epidemiological networks of viruses and hosts and reveals hubs of transmission M McLeish, S Sacristán, A Fraile, F García-Arenal Phytopathology 109 (6), 1003-1010, 2019 | 29 | 2019 |
| Inbreeding ancestors: the role of sibmating in the social evolution of gall thrips MJ McLeish, TW Chapman, BJ Crespi Journal of Heredity 97 (1), 31-38, 2006 | 25 | 2006 |
| African parasitoid fig wasp diversification is a function of Ficus species ranges MJ McLeish, S van Noort, KA Tolley Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 57 (1), 122-134, 2010 | 24 | 2010 |
| Parasitoid fig‐wasp evolutionary diversification and variation in ecological opportunity MJ McLeish, S Van Noort, KA Tolley Molecular Ecology 19 (7), 1483-1496, 2010 | 23 | 2010 |
| Life on the edge: rare and restricted episodes of a pan‐tropical mutualism adapting to drier climates M McLeish, D Guo, S van Noort, G Midgley New Phytologist 191 (1), 210-222, 2011 | 22 | 2011 |
| Gall morpho-type corresponds to separate species of gall-inducing thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) MJ McLeish, TW Chapman, LA Mound Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88 (4), 555-563, 2006 | 22 | 2006 |
| Genetic variability of watermelon mosaic virus isolates infecting cucurbit crops in Italy S Bertin, A Manglli, M McLeish, L Tomassoli Archives of Virology 165, 937-946, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Host-Plant Species Conservatism and Ecology of a Parasitoid Fig Wasp Genus (Chalcidoidea; Sycoryctinae; Arachonia) MJ McLeish, G Beukman, S van Noort, TC Wossler Public Library of Science 7 (9), e44804, 2012 | 20 | 2012 |
| Variation in propensity to defend by reproductive gall morphs in two species of gall-forming thrips SP Perry, MJ McLeish, MP Schwarz, AH Boyette, J Zammit, TW Chapman Insectes Sociaux 50, 54-58, 2003 | 19 | 2003 |
| Trends and gaps in forecasting plant virus disease risk MJ McLeish, A Fraile, F García‐Arenal Annals of Applied Biology 176 (2), 102-108, 2020 | 16 | 2020 |
| The origin of soldiers in the gall‐inducing thrips of Australia (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) MJ McLeish, TW Chapman Australian Journal of Entomology 46 (4), 300-304, 2007 | 15 | 2007 |
