Behaviour

Papers
(The TQCC of Behaviour is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Post-rut aggression in caribou: limited evidence for interference competition but strong evidence for male harassment13
Impact of food availability and predator cues on meadow vole response to social vs. non-social odorants9
Do ruminants and hindgut fermenters differ in their activity? Comparison of syntopic black wildebeest and Cape mountain zebra9
Territorial behaviour and conflict management in a semi-social cichlid fish, Neolamprologus caudopunctatus8
Increase of coastal shark bite frequency linked to the COVID-19 lockdown reveals a territoriality-dominance behaviour toward humans7
The ‘Mistaken Identity Hypothesis’ for shark bites on humans is an anthropomorphic fallacy6
Putative stingray mimicry in the small ocellate octopus (Amphioctopus fangsiao) using false and true eyes6
Prey size preference in the tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)6
A non-invasive method during routine handling indicates docility in a wild, crevice-nesting seabird6
Nestling barn swallows do not discriminate between nestling begging calls and nestling-like male courtship calls6
European-native vocalizing: sex and age-class acoustic variation in the Central European red deer (Cervus elaphus)5
Coastal dolphins provide foraging opportunities to benthic-feeding seabirds in a tropical seagrass ecosystem5
Comparative exploratory movements of two terrestrial isopods (suborder: Oniscidea), in response to humidity and availability of food5
Front matter5
Sex-dependent growth regulation in monogamous pairs of a cichlid fish5
Familiarity dampens the effect of boldness on coordination in three-spined sticklebacks5
Western Australian magpies respond to urgency information contained in conspecific alarm calls4
Editorial Note4
Preliminary evidence of tool use in an Australian magpie?4
Spontaneous nocturnal erections and masturbation in captive male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)4
Subordinate submissive responses are predicted by dominant behaviour in a cooperatively breeding fish4
White-edged cowards: high-pitched treefrogs will be attacked by those with orange legs4
Anecdotal observations of ‘double clutching’ behaviour in captive Mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris)4
Flight order does not influence individuals’ flight initiation distance in small bird flocks3
Contents3
Frans de Waal (1948–2024): Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour3
Males signal their breeding burrow characteristics to females in the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa3
The influence of conspecific and heterospecific neighbours on avian reproductive success3
Tool-assisted water scooping in Balinese long-tailed macaques3
Maternal genetic and non-genetic effects on the development of exploration and anxiety-like behaviours in a native Australian rodent, the fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat Melomys cervinipes3
Front matter3
Shark evacuation from Mo’orea island in 20023
Evidence of long-lasting memory of a free-ranging top marine predator, the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas3
Contents3
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) responses towards simulated territorial intrusion (STI) vary in strength during the non-breeding season — a matter of temperature and photoperiod?3
Successful adoption of non-orphaned infant by a parous, nursing female in yaki (Sulawesi crested macaque)3
Individual behavioural variation does not affect social organization or reproductive success in a cooperative small mammal3
Personality and behavioural syndromes in wild-caught Namaqua rock mice (Micaelamys namaquensis)3
Deep machine learning allows classification of male and female songbird songs in a species with highly variable repertoires3
Moving vs still prey: do common wall lizards show any preference?3
Pair formation in Enchenopa treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) involves complex male–female duetting, and three stages of female mate choice2
Optimal foraging strategy to balance mixed diet by generalist consumers: a simulation model2
Numerical discrimination in domestic horses: a spontaneous binary choice test2
Examining individual behavioural variation in wild adult bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) suggests divergent personalities2
Response of juvenile male and female guppies to acute predation cues2
Facultative male investment in prolonged mate-guarding in a butterfly2
Meows of captive feral domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) in the mating season: acoustic correlates of caller identity and sex2
Behavioural interactions between sika deer and Japanese serows: are larger and gregarious ungulates dominant?2
Personality in the parasitic avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi)2
Commentary on emotion in sharks2
Stone-tool-assisted hunting by a wild monkey (Macaca fascicularis aurea)2
A historical approach to describing the complex behaviour of a large species of predatory shark — Case study 2: the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias2
An ethogram method for the analysis of human distress-related behaviours in the aftermath of public conflicts2
Backmatter2
Competition and response to predation risk: effects on morphological and behavioural defences in anuran larvae2
The ethological shortfall: case study of an endangered shorebird2
Ontogeny of sleeping behaviour in four solitary species of Anolis lizard2
Trichromatic vision in toads: evidence from preference for colour objects during mate choice2
Effects of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) on olfactory communication of Pallas’s cats (Otocolobus manul) in the Altai Mountains, Mongolia2
The effect of individual personality on novel food preference in a social context in the cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)2
Kleptoparasitic interactions by bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) during marine mammal foraging events2
Males of lined seedeaters suggest the nest site, but do not build the nest2
The relationship between flight initiation distance and cognition of urban-living yellow mongooses, Cynictis penicillata2
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