| Physiological and Behavioral Variation in Estivation among Mud Turtles (Kinosternon spp.) DB Ligon, CC Peterson Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75 (3), 283-293, 2002 | 52 | 2002 |
| Radiotelemetry reveals terrestrial estivation in Sonoran mud turtles (Kinosternon sonoriense) DB Ligon, PA Stone Journal of Herpetology 37 (4), 750-754, 2003 | 40 | 2003 |
| Distribution and management of Alligator snapping turtles, Macrochelys temminckii, in Kansas and Oklahoma JD Riedle, DB Ligon, K Graves Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 111 (1), 21-28, 2008 | 32 | 2008 |
| Taxonomic biases of seven methods used to survey a diverse herpetofaunal community DT McKnight, JR Harmon, JL McKnight, DB Ligon Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 2015 | 30 | 2015 |
| Temporal changes in an alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) population MB East, JD Riedle, DB Ligon Wildlife Research 40 (1), 77-81, 2013 | 26 | 2013 |
| Temperature Effects During Early Life Stages of the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) DB Ligon, MB Lovern Chelonian Conservation and Biology 8 (1), 74-83, 2009 | 23 | 2009 |
| Use of automated radio telemetry to detect nesting activity in ornate box turtles, Terrapene ornata CR Tucker, TA Radzio, JT Strickland, E Britton, DK Delaney, DB Ligon The American Midland Naturalist 171 (1), 78-89, 2014 | 21 | 2014 |
| Growth and viability of a translocated population of alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) DB Moore, DB Ligon, BM Fillmore, SF Fox Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 2013 | 21 | 2013 |
| Incubation temperature effects on hatchling growth and metabolic rate in the African spurred tortoise, Geochelone sulcata DB Ligon, JR Bidwell, MB Lovern Canadian Journal of Zoology 87 (1), 64-72, 2009 | 21 | 2009 |
| Activity Patterns of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata) in Northwestern Illinois CR Tucker, JT Strickland, BS Edmond, DK Delaney, DB Ligon Copeia 103 (3), 502-511, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| Monitoring of a reintroduced population of juvenile alligator snapping turtles T Anthony, JD Riedle, MB East, B Fillmore, DB Ligon Chelonian Conservation and Biology 14 (1), 43-48, 2015 | 18 | 2015 |
| Acute and Persistent Effects of Pre‐ and Posthatching Thermal Environments on Growth and Metabolism in the Red‐Eared Slider Turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans DB Ligon, CC Peterson, MB Lovern Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology …, 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| Correcting for unequal catchability in sex ratio and population size estimates DT McKnight, DB Ligon PLoS One 12 (8), e0184101, 2017 | 16 | 2017 |
| Spatial use and selection of habitat in a reintroduced population of alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) DB Moore, DB Ligon, BM Fillmore, SF Fox The Southwestern Naturalist 59 (1), 30-37, 2014 | 16 | 2014 |
| Recovery of the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in the Mississippi River Valley drainages of southern Illinois, Oklahoma, and Louisiana MJ Dreslik, JL Carr, DB Ligon, EJ Kessler Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv 28, 1-59, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
| Predation on alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) by northern river otters (Lontra canadensis) DB Ligon, J Reasor The Southwestern Naturalist 52 (4), 608-610, 2007 | 14 | 2007 |
| Discovery of an alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) population in metropolitan Houston, Harris County, Texas E Munscher, J Gray, A Tuggle, DB Ligon, V Gladkaya, C Franklin, C Drake, ... Urban Naturalist 32, 1-13, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
| Effects of life‐history requirements on the distribution of a threatened reptile DM Thompson, DB Ligon, JC Patton, M Papeș Conservation Biology 31 (2), 427-436, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
| The Spring–Summer Nesting and Activity Patterns of the Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) DT McKnight, JR Harmon, JL McKnight, DB Ligon Copeia 103 (4), 1043-1047, 2015 | 12 | 2015 |
| The Omnivorous Diet of the Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria) DT McKnight, AC Jones, DB Ligon Copeia 103 (2), 322-328, 2015 | 12 | 2015 |
