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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Impact of food availability and predator cues on meadow vole response to social vs. non-social odorants24
Post-rut aggression in caribou: limited evidence for interference competition but strong evidence for male harassment21
The ‘Mistaken Identity Hypothesis’ for shark bites on humans is an anthropomorphic fallacy19
Increase of coastal shark bite frequency linked to the COVID-19 lockdown reveals a territoriality-dominance behaviour toward humans15
Prey size preference in the tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)13
A non-invasive method during routine handling indicates docility in a wild, crevice-nesting seabird10
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 caudopunctatus9
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 food7
Front matter7
Reinstating reptiles: from clueless creatures to esteemed models of cognitive biology6
Familiarity dampens the effect of boldness on coordination in three-spined sticklebacks6
Sex-dependent growth regulation in monogamous pairs of a cichlid fish6
Visual displays in a nocturnal rhacophorid frog (Buergeria japonica)6
Coastal dolphins provide foraging opportunities to benthic-feeding seabirds in a tropical seagrass ecosystem6
Editorial Note6
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 calls5
White-edged cowards: high-pitched treefrogs will be attacked by those with orange legs5
Contents4
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 cervinipes4
Individual behavioural variation does not affect social organization or reproductive success in a cooperative small mammal4
Subordinate submissive responses are predicted by dominant behaviour in a cooperatively breeding fish4
Front matter4
Shark evacuation from Mo’orea island in 20024
Flight order does not influence individuals’ flight initiation distance in small bird flocks4
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 perplexa3
Tool-assisted water scooping in Balinese long-tailed macaques3
The influence of conspecific and heterospecific neighbours on avian reproductive success3
Ontogeny of scent marking behaviours in an apex carnivore3
Optimal foraging strategy to balance mixed diet by generalist consumers: a simulation model3
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 test3
Contents3
Evidence of long-lasting memory of a free-ranging top marine predator, the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas3
Frans de Waal (1948–2024): Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour3
Communication across multiple sensory modes: quantifying the rich behavioural repertoire of a Neotropical torrent frog3
Personality in the parasitic avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi)3
Commentary on emotion in sharks3
The cessation of contact calls does not provoke or modulate alarm behaviour in a social passerine2
Vocal performance of one affects that of another2
Vocalisation in wild-living mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella): structure and context of acoustical signals2
Backmatter2
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 shorebird2
Trichromatic vision in toads: evidence from preference for colour objects during mate choice2
The relationship between flight initiation distance and cognition of urban-living yellow mongooses, Cynictis penicillata2
Behavioural interactions between sika deer and Japanese serows: are larger and gregarious ungulates dominant?2
Front matter2
Kleptoparasitic interactions by bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) during marine mammal foraging events2
An ethogram method for the analysis of human distress-related behaviours in the aftermath of public conflicts2
Facultative male investment in prolonged mate-guarding in a butterfly2
Introduction to the special issue on Clinical ethology2
Stone-tool-assisted hunting by a wild monkey (Macaca fascicularis aurea)2
Response of juvenile male and female guppies to acute predation cues2
A historical approach to describing the complex behaviour of a large species of predatory shark — Case study 2: the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias2
Competition and response to predation risk: effects on morphological and behavioural defences in anuran larvae2
Meows of captive feral domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) in the mating season: acoustic correlates of caller identity and sex2
Contents Index2
The function of putative appeasement behaviour for access to food in African painted dogs2
Males of lined seedeaters suggest the nest site, but do not build the nest2
Examining individual behavioural variation in wild adult bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) suggests divergent personalities2
Pair formation in Enchenopa treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) involves complex male–female duetting, and three stages of female mate choice2
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, Mongolia2
Ontogeny of sleeping behaviour in four solitary species of Anolis lizard2
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