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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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of food availability and predator cues on meadow vole response to social vs. non-social odorants	24
Post-rut aggression in caribou: limited evidence for interference competition but strong evidence for male harassment	21
The ‘Mistaken Identity Hypothesis’ for shark bites on humans is an anthropomorphic fallacy	19
Increase of coastal shark bite frequency linked to the COVID-19 lockdown reveals a territoriality-dominance behaviour toward humans	15
Prey size preference in the tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)	13
A non-invasive method during routine handling indicates docility in a wild, crevice-nesting seabird	10
Do ruminants and hindgut fermenters differ in their activity? Comparison of syntopic black wildebeest and Cape mountain zebra	9
Territorial behaviour and conflict management in a semi-social cichlid fish, Neolamprologus caudopunctatus	9
European-native vocalizing: sex and age-class acoustic variation in the Central European red deer (Cervus elaphus)	8
Chemically mediated self-recognition in sibling juvenile common gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) reared on same or different diets: evidence for a chemical mirror?	7
Comparative exploratory movements of two terrestrial isopods (suborder: Oniscidea), in response to humidity and availability of food	7
Front matter	7
Reinstating reptiles: from clueless creatures to esteemed models of cognitive biology	6
Familiarity dampens the effect of boldness on coordination in three-spined sticklebacks	6
Sex-dependent growth regulation in monogamous pairs of a cichlid fish	6
Visual displays in a nocturnal rhacophorid frog (Buergeria japonica)	6
Coastal dolphins provide foraging opportunities to benthic-feeding seabirds in a tropical seagrass ecosystem	6
Editorial Note	6
Spontaneous nocturnal erections and masturbation in captive male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)	5
Preliminary evidence of tool use in an Australian magpie?	5
Western Australian magpies respond to urgency information contained in conspecific alarm calls	5
White-edged cowards: high-pitched treefrogs will be attacked by those with orange legs	5
Contents	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

Individual behavioural variation does not affect social organization or reproductive success in a cooperative small mammal	4
Subordinate submissive responses are predicted by dominant behaviour in a cooperatively breeding fish	4
Front matter	4
Shark evacuation from Mo’orea island in 2002	4
Flight order does not influence individuals’ flight initiation distance in small bird flocks	4
Anecdotal observations of ‘double clutching’ behaviour in captive Mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris)	4
Males signal their breeding burrow characteristics to females in the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa	3
Tool-assisted water scooping in Balinese long-tailed macaques	3
The influence of conspecific and heterospecific neighbours on avian reproductive success	3
Ontogeny of scent marking behaviours in an apex carnivore	3
Optimal foraging strategy to balance mixed diet by generalist consumers: a simulation model	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
Personality and behavioural syndromes in wild-caught Namaqua rock mice (Micaelamys namaquensis)	3
Moving vs still prey: do common wall lizards show any preference?	3
Numerical discrimination in domestic horses: a spontaneous binary choice test	3
Contents	3
Evidence of long-lasting memory of a free-ranging top marine predator, the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas	3
Frans de Waal (1948–2024): Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour	3
Communication across multiple sensory modes: quantifying the rich behavioural repertoire of a Neotropical torrent frog	3
Personality in the parasitic avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi)	3
Commentary on emotion in sharks	3
The cessation of contact calls does not provoke or modulate alarm behaviour in a social passerine	2
Vocal performance of one affects that of another	2
Vocalisation in wild-living mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella): structure and context of acoustical signals	2
Backmatter	2
The effect of individual personality on novel food preference in a social context in the cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)	2
Does recent experience affect large male advantage in a sequentially-mating fish?	2
The ethological shortfall: case study of an endangered shorebird	2
Trichromatic vision in toads: evidence from preference for colour objects during mate choice	2
The relationship between flight initiation distance and cognition of urban-living yellow mongooses, Cynictis penicillata	2
Behavioural interactions between sika deer and Japanese serows: are larger and gregarious ungulates dominant?	2
Front matter	2
Kleptoparasitic interactions by bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) during marine mammal foraging events	2
An ethogram method for the analysis of human distress-related behaviours in the aftermath of public conflicts	2
Facultative male investment in prolonged mate-guarding in a butterfly	2
Introduction to the special issue on Clinical ethology	2
Stone-tool-assisted hunting by a wild monkey (Macaca fascicularis aurea)	2
Response of juvenile male and female guppies to acute predation cues	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
Competition and response to predation risk: effects on morphological and behavioural defences in anuran larvae	2
Meows of captive feral domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) in the mating season: acoustic correlates of caller identity and sex	2
Contents Index	2
The function of putative appeasement behaviour for access to food in African painted dogs	2
Males of lined seedeaters suggest the nest site, but do not build the nest	2
Examining individual behavioural variation in wild adult bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) suggests divergent personalities	2
Pair formation in Enchenopa treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) involves complex male–female duetting, and three stages of female mate choice	2
A case of male infanticide in captive sika deer (Cervus nippon)	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
Do vocal mimics learn their mimetic songs from heterospecifics or conspecifics?	1

Twig-assisted masturbation in Balinese long-tailed macaques	1
Anecdotal observation of a sexual encounter between two male naked mole-rats	1
Functional traits including interspecific sociality affect mobbing behaviour in a bird community of southern China	1
Why do males stay in biparental burying beetles?	1
Back matter	1
Shy–bold behaviours in dragonfly larvae: syndromes or personality?	1
Place your bets: small prey faces large predators	1
Impact of the dominant competitor on the aggressiveness of host ants toward slave-makers	1
Copulations with a nestling by an adult care-giver in a kin-living bird	1
Sex and reproductive status affect sheltering and exploratory behaviours with high intra-individual variability in crayfish	1
Construction of nest mound and preference for it during relocation in an Indian ant Diacamma indicum	1
Don’t listen to mom: no maternal influence on consistent nest and latrine site choice by their offspring in meadow voles	1
Do bolder parents make better parents in anthropogenically disturbed environments?	1
Nonrandom pattern of vigilance by preening black-headed gulls	1
Contents Index	1
Does the presence of conspecifics facilitate exploratory behaviour in a cichlid fish (Etroplus suratensis)?	1
Sensory drive tested in the sister-species Microcebus griseorufus and M. murinus	1
Intersexual differences in the exploratory behaviour of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)	1
The direct social benefits of friendships between female plains zebras (Equus quagga)	1
Continuous low concentration caffeine exposure enhances Drosophila larval locomotion: deep learning analysis	1
Chimpanzees socially learn non-instrumental behaviour from conspecifics	1
Integrating knowledge of results with observed motor information enhances sensitive motor adjustment: exploring observational motor learning by the concept of schema	1
Who cares for the eggs? Analysis of egg attendance behaviour in Ranitomeya imitator, a poison frog with biparental care	1
Gregariousness and intraspecific aggression in Iberian bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula iberiae) throughout the year	1
Brood size manipulation reveals cost on the size of the second clutch in the earwig Anisolabis maritime	1
Adult sex ratios affect mating behaviour in the common housefly Musca domestica L. (Diptera; Muscidae)	1
Fighters and friends: female dominance hierarchy and male territoriality in a multicoloured poisonous frog	1
Can animals develop depression? An overview and assessment of ‘depression-like’ states	1
Fleshy scoli removed without detriment: structure and potential anti-predation function in a slug caterpillar (Limacodidae)	1
Colour, location and movement: what do models tell us about predation on colour morphs of a poison frog from eastern Amazonia?	1
Vocal behaviour reveals asymmetries in neighbour relationships in a semi-colonial raptor, the Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops	1
Within-population variation in signal timing preferences and its implications for sexual selection on male displays	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
The divergence of mobility and activity associated with anti-predator adaptations in land snails	1
First record of potential twins and cooperative parental care in the threatened caatinga howler monkey (Alouatta ululata) (Primates)	1
Sex and age differences in habitat use priorities of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in highly seasonal habitats of Mount Fuji	1
Front matter	1
Sex differences in parental response to offspring begging are associated with pair bond strength across birds	1
A case of thanatosis in domestic sheep	1
Ethogram of non-verbal behaviours associated with emotional regulation and stress response in children and adolescents with complex trauma	1
Chinese red panda (Ailurus styani) has stable individual-level laterality of anogenital rubbing	1
High risk of predation suppresses behavioural differences among bold and shy social prey individuals	1
High incidence of leg autotomy in urban crickets	1
Sound and vibration control crocodile hatching	1
Corrigendum to: Are ants not only ‘social insects’, but also ‘nomic insects’? In search of clues of normativity in the ant world (Behaviour 161 (2024): 331–352, DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-bja10265)	1
Neonatal oxytocin exposure influences oestrous cycle, oestrogen receptor-alpha and oxytocin expression, and cocaine-induced behavioural responses in female mice	1
Evidence of honest signalling in a suboscine bird: Southwestern willow flycatcher song frequency is positively related to apparent reproductive success	1