Symonds, Mathew R.E., and Johnson, Christopher N. (2008) Species richness and evenness in Australian birds. American Naturalist, 171 (4). pp. 480-490.

Symonds, Mathew R.E., Christidis, Les, and Johnson, Christopher N. (2006) Latitudinal gradients in abundance, and the causes of rarity in the tropics: a test using Australian honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae). Oecologia, 149 (3). pp. 406-417.

Symonds, Matthew R.E., and Johnson, Christopher N. (2006) Determinants of local abundance in a major radiation of Australian passerines (Aves: Meliphagoidea). Journal of Biogeography, 33 (5). pp. 794-802.

Symonds, Matthew R.E., and Johnson, Christopher N. (2006) Range size-abundance relationships in Australian passerines. Global Ecology and Biogeography , 15 (2). pp. 143-152.

Symonds, M.R.E., and Wertheim, B. (2005) The mode of evolution of aggregation pheromones in Drosophila species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18 (5). pp. 1253-1263.

Gage, G.S., Brooke, M.de L., Symonds, M.R.E., and Wege, D. (2004) Ecological correlates of the threat of extinction in Neotropical bird species. Animal Conservation, 7 (2). pp. 161-168.