OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Behaviour is 1. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of food availability and predator cues on meadow vole response to social vs. non-social odorants	21
Do ruminants and hindgut fermenters differ in their activity? Comparison of syntopic black wildebeest and Cape mountain zebra	20
Prey size preference in the tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)	17
Post-rut aggression in caribou: limited evidence for interference competition but strong evidence for male harassment	13
European-native vocalizing: sex and age-class acoustic variation in the Central European red deer (Cervus elaphus)	10
The voices of an alleged mute: sound emissions in a Tropidurus lizard	10
A non-invasive method during routine handling indicates docility in a wild, crevice-nesting seabird	9
The ‘Mistaken Identity Hypothesis’ for shark bites on humans is an anthropomorphic fallacy	8
Territorial behaviour and conflict management in a semi-social cichlid fish, Neolamprologus caudopunctatus	8
Increase of coastal shark bite frequency linked to the COVID-19 lockdown reveals a territoriality-dominance behaviour toward humans	7
Reinstating reptiles: from clueless creatures to esteemed models of cognitive biology	6
Visual displays in a nocturnal rhacophorid frog (Buergeria japonica)	6
Sex-dependent growth regulation in monogamous pairs of a cichlid fish	6
Familiarity dampens the effect of boldness on coordination in three-spined sticklebacks	5
Chemically mediated self-recognition in sibling juvenile common gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) reared on same or different diets: evidence for a chemical mirror?	5
Lizards as models to explore the ecological and neuroanatomical correlates of miniaturization	5
Front matter	5
Spontaneous nocturnal erections and masturbation in captive male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)	5
Western Australian magpies respond to urgency information contained in conspecific alarm calls	5
Comparative exploratory movements of two terrestrial isopods (suborder: Oniscidea), in response to humidity and availability of food	5
Coastal dolphins provide foraging opportunities to benthic-feeding seabirds in a tropical seagrass ecosystem	5
White-edged cowards: high-pitched treefrogs will be attacked by those with orange legs	5
Subordinate submissive responses are predicted by dominant behaviour in a cooperatively breeding fish	5
Shark evacuation from Mo’orea island in 2002	4
Editorial Note	4

Anecdotal observations of ‘double clutching’ behaviour in captive Mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris)	4
Successful adoption of non-orphaned infant by a parous, nursing female in yaki (Sulawesi crested macaque)	4
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 cervinipes	4
Preliminary evidence of tool use in an Australian magpie?	4
Males signal their breeding burrow characteristics to females in the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa	3
Front matter	3
Flight order does not influence individuals’ flight initiation distance in small bird flocks	3
Moving vs still prey: do common wall lizards show any preference?	3
Evidence of long-lasting memory of a free-ranging top marine predator, the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas	3
Personality and behavioural syndromes in wild-caught Namaqua rock mice (Micaelamys namaquensis)	3
Individual behavioural variation does not affect social organization or reproductive success in a cooperative small mammal	3
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) responses towards simulated territorial intrusion (STI) vary in strength during the non-breeding season — a matter of temperature and photoperiod?	3
Contents	3
The influence of conspecific and heterospecific neighbours on avian reproductive success	3
Frans de Waal (1948–2024): Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour	3
Contents	3
Communication across multiple sensory modes: quantifying the rich behavioural repertoire of a Neotropical torrent frog	3
Numerical discrimination in domestic horses: a spontaneous binary choice test	3
Tool-assisted water scooping in Balinese long-tailed macaques	3
Response of juvenile male and female guppies to acute predation cues	2
Introduction to the special issue on Clinical ethology	2
Effects of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) on olfactory communication of Pallas’s cats (Otocolobus manul) in the Altai Mountains, Mongolia	2
Ontogeny of sleeping behaviour in four solitary species of Anolis lizard	2
The ethological shortfall: case study of an endangered shorebird	2
Ontogeny of scent marking behaviours in an apex carnivore	2
Contents Index	2
Vocalisation in wild-living mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella): structure and context of acoustical signals	2
Aggression towards neonates and possible infanticide in the boto, or Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)	2
Behavioural interactions between sika deer and Japanese serows: are larger and gregarious ungulates dominant?	2
Facultative male investment in prolonged mate-guarding in a butterfly	2
Does recent experience affect large male advantage in a sequentially-mating fish?	2
A case of male infanticide in captive sika deer (Cervus nippon)	2
Optimal foraging strategy to balance mixed diet by generalist consumers: a simulation model	2
Trichromatic vision in toads: evidence from preference for colour objects during mate choice	2
A historical approach to describing the complex behaviour of a large species of predatory shark — Case study 2: the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias	2
The relationship between flight initiation distance and cognition of urban-living yellow mongooses, Cynictis penicillata	2
The cessation of contact calls does not provoke or modulate alarm behaviour in a social passerine	2
Males of lined seedeaters suggest the nest site, but do not build the nest	2
Kleptoparasitic interactions by bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) during marine mammal foraging events	2
Competition and response to predation risk: effects on morphological and behavioural defences in anuran larvae	2
Examining individual behavioural variation in wild adult bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) suggests divergent personalities	2
Stone-tool-assisted hunting by a wild monkey (Macaca fascicularis aurea)	2
Patch use and departure rules by gull-billed tern Gelochelidon nilotica	2
Commentary on emotion in sharks	2
Pair formation in Enchenopa treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) involves complex male–female duetting, and three stages of female mate choice	2
The effect of individual personality on novel food preference in a social context in the cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)	2
Vocal performance of one affects that of another	2
An ethogram method for the analysis of human distress-related behaviours in the aftermath of public conflicts	2
Backmatter	2
Meows of captive feral domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) in the mating season: acoustic correlates of caller identity and sex	2

Twig-assisted masturbation in Balinese long-tailed macaques	1
Back matter	1
Gregariousness and intraspecific aggression in Iberian bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula iberiae) throughout the year	1
The function of putative appeasement behaviour for access to food in African painted dogs	1
High risk of predation suppresses behavioural differences among bold and shy social prey individuals	1
Nonrandom pattern of vigilance by preening black-headed gulls	1
Vocal behaviour reveals asymmetries in neighbour relationships in a semi-colonial raptor, the Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops	1
Shy–bold behaviours in dragonfly larvae: syndromes or personality?	1
First record of potential twins and cooperative parental care in the threatened caatinga howler monkey (Alouatta ululata) (Primates)	1
Impact of the dominant competitor on the aggressiveness of host ants toward slave-makers	1
Brood size manipulation reveals cost on the size of the second clutch in the earwig Anisolabis maritime	1
Fighters and friends: female dominance hierarchy and male territoriality in a multicoloured poisonous frog	1
Conspecific aggression strategies are conditioned by environmental, social and intrinsic variables in breeding blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus	1
Functional traits including interspecific sociality affect mobbing behaviour in a bird community of southern China	1
Front matter	1
The divergence of mobility and activity associated with anti-predator adaptations in land snails	1
Prospective evolutionary drivers of allocare in wild belugas	1
Place your bets: small prey faces large predators	1
Front matter	1
Intersexual differences in the exploratory behaviour of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)	1
Contents Index	1
Tactical deception in sociosexual behaviour of stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides): an exploratory study	1
Construction of nest mound and preference for it during relocation in an Indian ant Diacamma indicum	1
A historical approach to describing the complex behaviour of a large species of carnivorous shark — Case study No. 1: the scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini	1
Anecdotal observation of a sexual encounter between two male naked mole-rats	1
Can animals develop depression? An overview and assessment of ‘depression-like’ states	1
Do vocal mimics learn their mimetic songs from heterospecifics or conspecifics?	1
Evidence of infanticide in the Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra)	1
Continuous low concentration caffeine exposure enhances Drosophila larval locomotion: deep learning analysis	1
Sound and vibration control crocodile hatching	1
Within-population variation in signal timing preferences and its implications for sexual selection on male displays	1
Copulations with a nestling by an adult care-giver in a kin-living bird	1
Ethogram of non-verbal behaviours associated with emotional regulation and stress response in children and adolescents with complex trauma	1
Adult sex ratios affect mating behaviour in the common housefly Musca domestica L. (Diptera; Muscidae)	1
Context-specific cue use in the Eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) and its effects on decision making	1
High incidence of leg autotomy in urban crickets	1
Why do males stay in biparental burying beetles?	1
Colour, location and movement: what do models tell us about predation on colour morphs of a poison frog from eastern Amazonia?	1
Who cares for the eggs? Analysis of egg attendance behaviour in Ranitomeya imitator, a poison frog with biparental care	1
Chinese red panda (Ailurus styani) has stable individual-level laterality of anogenital rubbing	1
Alarm calls of house wrens (Troglodytes aedon bonariae) elicit responses of conspecific and heterospecific species	1
Sex and reproductive status affect sheltering and exploratory behaviours with high intra-individual variability in crayfish	1
Does the presence of conspecifics facilitate exploratory behaviour in a cichlid fish (Etroplus suratensis)?	1
Consumption of cultivated subterranean plant organs by chimpanzees in a human-dominated landscape	1