| Intraspecific variability in number of larval instars in insects T Esperk, T Tammaru, S Nylin Journal of Economic Entomology 100 (3), 627-645, 2007 | 296 | 2007 |
| No evidence for costs of being large in females of Orgyia spp. (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae): larger is always better T Tammaru, T Esperk, I Castellanos Oecologia 133 (3), 430−438, 2002 | 183 | 2002 |
| Achieving high sexual size dimorphism in insects: females add instars T Esperk, T Tammaru, S Nylin, T Teder Ecological Entomology 32 (3), 243-256, 2007 | 149 | 2007 |
| Growth allometry of immature insects: larvae do not grow exponentially T Tammaru, T Esperk Functional Ecology 21 (6), 1099–1105, 2007 | 101 | 2007 |
| Proximate sources of sexual size dimorphism in insects: locating constraints on larval growth schedules T Tammaru, T Esperk, T Ivanov, V., Teder Evolutionary Ecology 24 (1), 161−175, 2010 | 71 | 2010 |
| The evolution of male‐biased sexual size dimorphism is associated with increased body size plasticity in males PT Rohner, T Teder, T Esperk, S Lüpold, WU Blanckenhorn Functional ecology 32 (2), 581-591, 2018 | 66 | 2018 |
| Does the 'investment principle' model explain moulting strategies in lepidopteran larvae? T Esperk, T Tammaru Physiological Entomology 29 (1), 56-66, 2004 | 55 | 2004 |
| Counterintuitive size patterns in bivoltine moths: late-season larvae grow larger despite lower food quality T Teder, T Esperk, T Remmel, A Sang, T Tammaru Oecologia 162 (1), 117−125, 2010 | 54 | 2010 |
| Plastic and evolutionary responses to heat stress in a temperate dung fly: negative correlation between basal and induced heat tolerance? T Esperk, A Kjærsgaard, RJ Walters, D Berger, WU Blanckenhorn Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29 (5), 900–915, 2016 | 49 | 2016 |
| Larval instar as a key element of insect growth schedules T Esperk Tartu University Press, 2006 | 44 | 2006 |
| Carotenoid-based colour polyphenism in a moth species: search for fitness correlates SL Sandre, T Tammaru, T Esperk, R Julkunen-Tiitto, J Mappes Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 124 (3), 269−277, 2007 | 42 | 2007 |
| Dependence of phenotypic variance in body size on environmental quality T Teder, T Tammaru, T Esperk American Naturalist 172 (2), 223−232, 2008 | 41 | 2008 |
| Sexual differences in weight loss upon eclosion are related to life history strategy in Lepidoptera F Molleman, J Javoiš, T Esperk, T Teder, RB Davis, T Tammaru Journal of Insect Physiology 57 (6), 712−722, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
| Determination of female-biased sexual size dimorphism in moths with a variable instar number: The role of additional instars T Esperk, T Tammaru European Journal of Entomology 103 (3), 575-586, 2006 | 33 | 2006 |
| Distinguishing between anticipatory and responsive plasticity in a seasonally polyphenic butterfly T Esperk, C Stefanescu, T Teder, C Wiklund, A Kaasik, T Tammaru Evolutionary Ecology 27 (2), 315-332, 2013 | 27 | 2013 |
| Temperature-modified density effects in the black soldier fly: low larval density leads to large size, short development time and high fat content LO Opare, S Holm, T Esperk Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 8 (7), 783-802, 2022 | 23 | 2022 |
| Size compensation in moth larvae: attention to larval instars T Esperk, T Tammaru Physiological Entomology 35 (3), 222−230, 2010 | 21 | 2010 |
| Comparative analysis of larval growth in Lepidoptera reveals instar‐level constraints SM Kivelä, RB Davis, T Esperk, K Gotthard, M Mutanen, D Valdma, ... Functional Ecology 34 (7), 1391-1403, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
| Evaluating the role and measures of juvenile growth rate: latitudinal variation in insect life histories H Meister, T Esperk, P Välimäki, T Tammaru Oikos, 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
| Ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism revisited: Females grow for a longer time and also faster V Sõber, SL Sandre, T Esperk, T Teder, T Tammaru PloS one 14 (4), e0215317, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
