OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Musth and sexual selection in elephants: a review of signalling properties and potential fitness consequences	18
Submission signals in animal groups	16
Conspecific scarring on wild belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Cunningham Inlet	12
Reinstating reptiles: from clueless creatures to esteemed models of cognitive biology	12
Can animals develop depression? An overview and assessment of ‘depression-like’ states	11
Zoo-housed female chimpanzee adopts local female-specific tradition upon immigrating into a new group	10
Alternate without alternative: neither preference nor learning explains behaviour of C57BL/6J mice in the T-maze	9
Chemically mediated self-recognition in sibling juvenile common gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) reared on same or different diets: evidence for a chemical mirror?	9
Sociosexual behaviour in wild chimpanzees occurs in variable contexts and is frequent between same-sex partners	8
Ecology and social behaviour of the Mongolian gerbil: a generalised review	8
Drop when the stakes are high: adaptive, flexible use of dropping behaviour by aphids	8
Dealing with the unexpected: the effect of environmental variability on behavioural flexibility in a Mediterranean lizard	8
Lizards as models to explore the ecological and neuroanatomical correlates of miniaturization	8
Communication across multiple sensory modes: quantifying the rich behavioural repertoire of a Neotropical torrent frog	7
Sex differences in response to environmental and social breeding cues in an amphibian	7
Prospective evolutionary drivers of allocare in wild belugas	7
The effects of habituation on boldness of urban and rural song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)	6
Who cares for the eggs? Analysis of egg attendance behaviour in Ranitomeya imitator, a poison frog with biparental care	5
The role of personality traits in pair bond formation: pairing is influenced by the trait of exploration	5
Sexual adaptation: is female–male mounting a supernormal courtship display in Japanese macaques?	5
Aggression towards neonates and possible infanticide in the boto, or Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)	5
The link between animal personality and habitat selection in males of the Neotropical poison frog Allobates femoralis	5
The voices of an alleged mute: sound emissions in a Tropidurus lizard	5
Social facilitation in short-tailed fruit bats, Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus)	5
Conspecific aggression strategies are conditioned by environmental, social and intrinsic variables in breeding blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus	5

Spontaneous ingestion of water by a free-ranging maned sloth, Bradypus torquatus, in the Ibura National Forest, northeastern Brazil	5
High risk of predation suppresses behavioural differences among bold and shy social prey individuals	4
Body size, habitat quality, and territory defense in Bachman’s sparrow	4
Alarm calls of house wrens (Troglodytes aedon bonariae) elicit responses of conspecific and heterospecific species	4
Anatomy of avian distress calls: structure, variation, and complexity in two species of shorebird (Aves: Charadrii)	4
Maternal care and secretive behaviour of neonates in the highly social lizard Liolaemus leopardinus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from the central Chilean Andes may relate to size-specific bird predation	4
A review of the behaviours of the Chondrichthyes: a multi-species ethogram for the chimaeras, sharks, and rays	4
Courtship rhythm in Nasonia vitripennis is affected by the clock gene period	4
The role of touch in captive and semi-captive Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus)	4
Age-dependent walking and feeding of the assassin bug Amphibolus venator	4
Nocturnal visual displays and call description of the cascade specialist glassfrog Sachatamia orejuela	4
More opportunities to peck for identical food availability increases foraging efficiency in pigeons	3
Effect of infant pelage colour on infant caring by other group members: a case study of wild Javan lutungs (Trachypithecus auratus)	3
On the applicability of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) as an intervention in dogs with fear and anxiety disorders after a traumatic event	3
Does the presence of conspecifics facilitate exploratory behaviour in a cichlid fish (Etroplus suratensis)?	3
Anecdotic observations of homosexual behaviour among male capuchin monkeys (Sapajus sp.)	3
Nothobranchius furzeri as an emerging model for mate choice: female choice revealed by animations	3
Inter-individual differences of calling and exploratory behaviour in a lebinthine cricket species hint at different mate-finding strategies	3
Resource availability influences global social network properties in Gunnison’s prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni)	3
Do male Boana goiana (Lutz, 1968) (Anura: Hylidae) discriminate between the calls of neighbours and strangers?	3
High incidence of leg autotomy in urban crickets	3
Fellatio among male sanctuary-living chimpanzees during a period of social tension	3
Reconciliation in human adults: a video-assisted naturalistic observational study of post conflict conciliatory behaviour in interpersonal aggression	3
Do long-tailed macaques avoid large heterospecific carcasses?	3
Use of landmarks for nest site choice and small-scale navigation to the nest in birds	3
An observation of attempted infanticide and female–female cooperation in wild plains zebras (Equus quagga)	3
Insights into insect cognition through mirror-induced behaviour in paper wasps	3
Quantifying shape similarity between prey and uninteresting models to study animal masquerade	3
Subordinate submissive responses are predicted by dominant behaviour in a cooperatively breeding fish	3
Constraints on population growth of blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) in Kibale National Park, Uganda	3
Optimal foraging strategy to balance mixed diet by generalist consumers: a simulation model	3
Ring a bell? Variable recognition of a multicomponent auditory stimulus associated with predation risk by zebrafish responding to full and partial matches	2
Spider monkey use of natural and artificial terrestrial water sources in Calakmul, Mexico	2
From nestling to adult: personality traits are consistent within but not across life stages in a wild songbird	2
Swimming and diving as social play in juvenile rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)	2
Habitat use and body temperature influence push-up display rate in the tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus	2
Size-assortative mating in explosive breeders: a case study of adaptive male mate choice in anurans	2
When can cropping rate compensate for increased vigilance?	2
Autopreening behaviour may convey information about internal social state in Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps) allopreening dyads	2
Active sharing of a novel, arbitrary innovation in captive cotton-top tamarins?	2
Context-specific cue use in the Eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) and its effects on decision making	2
Copulations with a nestling by an adult care-giver in a kin-living bird	2
Vocal complexity in Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus)	2
Active space of grasshopper mouse vocalizations (Onychomys) in relation to woody plant encroachment	2
Female social structure influences, and is influenced by, male introduction and integration success among captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)	2
Evidence of infanticide in the Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra)	2
Problem-solving performance in wild Steller’s jays using a string-pulling task	2
Facultative male investment in prolonged mate-guarding in a butterfly	2
Innate response to first feeding in Octopus berrima hatchlings despite embryonic food imprinting	2
Pattern biases, but not positional cues, influence learning in the little brown skink, Scincella lateralis	2

White-edged cowards: high-pitched treefrogs will be attacked by those with orange legs	2
Extent of encounter with an embedded food influences how it is processed by an urbanizing macaque species	2
Pharmacotherapeutics in clinical ethology: treatment efficacy, clinical pathology and outcome	2
Gregariousness and intraspecific aggression in Iberian bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula iberiae) throughout the year	2
Attention-getting in a white-cheeked gibbon by means of a novel vocalization?	2
Tools and food on heat lamps: pyrocognitive sparks in New Caledonian crows?	2
Educating dog owners: how owner–dog interactions can benefit from addressing the human caregiving system and dog-directed parenting styles	2
Effects of conspecific density on tadpole risk assessment and defensive behaviour	2
Parasites differentially impact crayfish personality in different contexts	2
Does anthropogenic noise promotes advertisement call adjustments in the rubí poison frog Andinobates bombetes?	2
Insight into manta ray behaviour using animal-borne Crittercams	2
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) behavioural response to an odorant mixture containing attracting and repelling odorants	2
Spontaneous nocturnal erections and masturbation in captive male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)	2
Shifting incubation rhythms in response to predation risk and the length of the response in mountain bluebirds	2
Insightful behaviour in arthropods?	2
Open water grouping behaviour in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) of the Salish Sea	2
Ontogeny of scent marking behaviours in an apex carnivore	2