| Dietary specialization in two sympatric populations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in coastal British Columbia and adjacent waters JKB Ford, GM Ellis, LG Barrett-Lennard, AB Morton, RS Palm, ... Canadian journal of zoology 76 (8), 1456-1471, 1998 | 887 | 1998 |
| Social organization and genealogy of resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the coastal waters of British Columbia and Washington State MA Bigg, PF Olesiuk, GM Ellis, JKB Ford, KC Balcomb Report of the International Whaling Commission 12, 383-405, 1990 | 739 | 1990 |
| Vocal traditions among resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) in coastal waters of British Columbia JKB Ford Canadian journal of zoology 69 (6), 1454-1483, 1991 | 692 | 1991 |
| Acoustic behaviour of resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) off Vancouver Island, British Columbia JKB Ford Canadian Journal of Zoology 67 (3), 727-745, 1989 | 622 | 1989 |
| Killer whales: the natural history and genealogy of Orcinus orca in British Columbia and Washington JKB Ford, GM Ellis, KC Balcomb UBC press, 2011 | 615 | 2011 |
| Selective foraging by fish-eating killer whales Orcinus orca in British Columbia JKB Ford, GM Ellis Marine Ecology Progress Series 316, 185-199, 2006 | 470 | 2006 |
| The mixed blessing of echolocation: differences in sonar use by fish-eating and mammal-eating killer whales LG Barrett-Lennard, JKB Ford, KA Heise Animal behaviour 51 (3), 553-565, 1996 | 426 | 1996 |
| Dialect change in resident killer whales: implications for vocal learning and cultural transmission VB Deecke, JKB Ford, P Spong Animal behaviour 60 (5), 629-638, 2000 | 411 | 2000 |
| Linking killer whale survival and prey abundance: food limitation in the oceans' apex predator? JKB Ford, GM Ellis, PF Olesiuk, KC Balcomb Biology letters 6 (1), 139-142, 2010 | 343 | 2010 |
| Cultural transmission within maternal lineages: vocal clans in resident killer whales in southern Alaska H YURk, L Barrett-Lennard, JKB Ford, CO Matkin Animal Behaviour 63 (6), 1103-1119, 2002 | 322 | 2002 |
| The vocal behaviour of mammal-eating killer whales: communicating with costly calls VB Deecke, JKB Ford, PJB Slater Animal Behaviour 69 (2), 395-405, 2005 | 298 | 2005 |
| Selective habituation shapes acoustic predator recognition in harbour seals VB Deecke, PJB Slater, JKB Ford Nature 420 (6912), 171-173, 2002 | 296 | 2002 |
| Killer whale: Orcinus orca JKB Ford Encyclopedia of marine mammals, 650-657, 2009 | 275 | 2009 |
| Species and stock identification of prey consumed by endangered southern resident killer whales in their summer range MB Hanson, RW Baird, JKB Ford, J Hempelmann-Halos, DM Van Doornik, ... Endangered Species Research 11 (1), 69-82, 2010 | 270 | 2010 |
| Fight or flight: antipredator strategies of baleen whales JKB Ford, RR Reeves Mammal Review 38 (1), 50-86, 2008 | 253 | 2008 |
| Strong maternal fidelity and natal philopatry shape genetic structure in North Pacific humpback whales CS Baker, D Steel, J Calambokidis, E Falcone, U González-Peral, ... Marine ecology progress series 494, 291-306, 2013 | 240 | 2013 |
| Echolocation signals of free-ranging killer whales (Orcinus orca) and modeling of foraging for chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) WWL Au, JKB Ford, JK Horne, KAN Allman The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 115 (2), 901-909, 2004 | 239 | 2004 |
| Killer whales JKB Ford, GM Ellis, KC Balcomb The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus orca in British Columbia and …, 2000 | 236 | 2000 |
| Transients: mammal-hunting killer whales of British Columbia, Washington, and southeastern Alaska JKB Ford, GM Ellis UBC Press, 1999 | 233 | 1999 |
| Persistent organic pollutants and stable isotopes in biopsy samples (2004/2006) from Southern Resident killer whales MM Krahn, MB Hanson, RW Baird, RH Boyer, DG Burrows, CK Emmons, ... Marine pollution bulletin 54 (12), 1903-1911, 2007 | 232 | 2007 |
