| Adaptations to a subterranean environment and longevity revealed by the analysis of mole rat genomes X Fang, I Seim, Z Huang, MV Gerashchenko, Z Xiong, AA Turanov, Y Zhu, ... Cell reports 8 (5), 1354-1364, 2014 | 186 | 2014 |
| Microclimate in burrows of subterranean rodents—revisited H Burda, R Šumbera, S Begall Subterranean rodents: news from underground, 21-33, 2007 | 147 | 2007 |
| Pan-African phylogeny of Mus (subgenus Nannomys) reveals one of the most successful mammal radiations in Africa J Bryja, O Mikula, R Šumbera, Y Meheretu, T Aghová, LA Lavrenchenko, ... BMC Evolutionary Biology 14, 1-20, 2014 | 91 | 2014 |
| Extended longevity of reproductives appears to be common in Fukomys mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) P Dammann, R Šumbera, C Maßmann, A Scherag, H Burda PLoS One 6 (4), e18757, 2011 | 85 | 2011 |
| Microclimatic stability in burrows of an Afrotropical solitary bathyergid rodent, the silvery mole-rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus) WN Chitaukali, M Elichová, J Kubová, H Burda Journal of Zoology 263 (4), 409-416, 2004 | 81 | 2004 |
| Silvery mole-rats (Heliophobius argenteocinereus, Bathyergidae) change their burrow architecture seasonally R Šumbera, H Burda, WN Chitaukali, J Kubová Naturwissenschaften 90, 370-373, 2003 | 78 | 2003 |
| Patterns of surface temperatures in two mole-rats (Bathyergidae) with different social systems as revealed by IR-thermography R Šumbera, J Zelová, P Kunc, I Knížková, H Burda Physiology & Behavior 92 (3), 526-532, 2007 | 76 | 2007 |
| Possible incipient sympatric ecological speciation in blind mole rats (Spalax) Y Hadid, S Tzur, T Pavlíček, R Šumbera, J Šklíba, M Lövy, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (7), 2587-2592, 2013 | 73 | 2013 |
| Reproductive Biology of a Solitary Subterranean Bathyergid Rodent, the Silvery Mole-Rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus) R Sumbera, H Burda, WN Chitaukali Journal of Mammalogy 84 (1), 278-287, 2003 | 73 | 2003 |
| Evolutionary history of the thicket rats (genus Grammomys) mirrors the evolution of African forests since late Miocene J Bryja, R Šumbera, JC Kerbis Peterhans, T Aghová, A Bryjová, O Mikula, ... Journal of Biogeography 44 (1), 182-194, 2017 | 67 | 2017 |
| Cost of digging is determined by intrinsic factors rather than by substrate quality in two subterranean rodent species J Zelová, R Šumbera, J Okrouhlík, H Burda Physiology & behavior 99 (1), 54-58, 2010 | 67 | 2010 |
| Burrow architecture, family composition and habitat characteristics of the largest social African mole-rat: the giant mole-rat constructs really giant burrow systems R Šumbera, V Mazoch, H Patzenhauerová, M Lövy, J Šklíba, J Bryja, ... Acta Theriologica 57, 121-130, 2012 | 63 | 2012 |
| Continuous dental replacement in a hyper-chisel tooth digging rodent H Gomes Rodrigues, P Marangoni, R Šumbera, P Tafforeau, W Wendelen, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (42), 17355-17359, 2011 | 63 | 2011 |
| Thermal biology of a strictly subterranean mammalian family, the African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia)-a review R Šumbera Journal of Thermal Biology 79, 166-189, 2019 | 60 | 2019 |
| Reticulate Pleistocene evolution of Ethiopian rodent genus along remarkable altitudinal gradient J Bryja, D Kostin, Y Meheretu, R Šumbera, A Bryjová, M Kasso, O Mikula, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 118, 75-87, 2018 | 60 | 2018 |
| Annotated checklist, taxonomy and distribution of rodents in Ethiopia J Bryja, Y Meheretu, R Šumbera, LA Lavrenchenko Folia zoologica 68 (3), 117-213, 2019 | 58 | 2019 |
| Natural history and burrow system architecture of the silvery mole‐rat from Brachystegia woodland R Šumbera, J Šklíba, M Elichová, WN Chitaukali, H Burda Journal of Zoology 274 (1), 77-84, 2008 | 58 | 2008 |
| Life in burrows channelled the morphological evolution of the skull in rodents: the case of African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) H Gomes Rodrigues, R Šumbera, L Hautier Journal of Mammalian Evolution 23, 175-189, 2016 | 57 | 2016 |
| Habitat and burrow system characteristics of the blind mole rat Spalax galili in an area of supposed sympatric speciation M Lövy, J Šklíba, E Hrouzková, V Dvořáková, E Nevo, R Šumbera PLoS one 10 (7), e0133157, 2015 | 57 | 2015 |
| Sociality does not drive the evolution of large brains in eusocial African mole-rats K Kverková, T Bělíková, S Olkowicz, Z Pavelková, MJ O’Riain, R Šumbera, ... Scientific reports 8 (1), 1-14, 2018 | 54 | 2018 |
