OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ethology 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Front Cover	26
Reflections on Konrad Lorenz	22
Sneaky copulations by subordinate males suggest direct fitness benefits from male–male associations in spotted bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus maculatus)	21
Flies getting filthy: The precopulatory mating behaviours of three mud‐dwelling species of Australian Lispe (Diptera: Muscidae)	21
Cheek‐to‐cheek: Communal nesting in an ephemeral pool‐breeding frog	18
Cooperative and Solitary Mobbing to Defend Offspring in Wild Gray Mouse Lemurs, Microcebus murinus	15
Multi‐night territorial behavior, chorus attendance, and mating success in red‐eyed treefrogs	13
Anti‐Snake Behavior and Snake Discrimination in Vervet Monkeys	13
Animal Ethics in Behavioral Studies—Advocating a Differentiated View	13
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Grouped and Vibrating: The Influence of Group Size, Triggering Stimuli, and Leg Loss in Bobbing in an Arachnid	12
Males of a Neotropical spider adjust prey‐gift construction but not mate search in response to sperm competition	12
Using remote seminars to teach animal behavior	11
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Third‐Party Affiliation in Domestic Dogs During and After a Human Conflict	10
Host size selection and progeny sex determination in Hymenoepimecis bicolor (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)	9
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Do Green Lynx Spiders (Peucetia viridans) Change Color in Response to Their Backgrounds?	9
How great tits respond to urgency‐based information in allopatric Southern house wren mobbing calls	9
Behaviour in a novel environment provides clues to the success of an invasive species	9
Learning and innovation in urban yellow mongooses (Cynictis penicillata)	8
How important is temperature for strike success of ectotherms? Thermal effects on predator–prey interactions of free‐ranging pit vipers (Gloydius blomhoffii)	8

Abdominal Spines on an Amazonian Spiny Spider (Micrathena schreibersi): A Defense Against Mud‐Dauber Wasps (Sceliphron spp.) Attack?	8
Cognitive and sensory capacity each contribute to the canine spatial bias	8
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Testing a behavioral model for the maintenance of androdioecy as a result of sexual conflict in the clam shrimpEulimnadia dahli	7
A vocalization in male Japanese bush warblers in response to both predators and conspecific females	7
Invasive brown widow spiders disperse aerially under a broad range of environmental conditions	7
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Retaining memory after hibernation: Performance varies independently of activity levels in wild grey mouse lemurs	7
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Policing is more effective against eggs of non‐natal versus natal workers at early colony stages in a bumblebee	7
Testosterone, signal coloration, and signal color perception in male zebra finch contests	7
Characterization of social behavior in the spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus	6
Shoaling behaviour in the European cuttlefishSepia officinalis	6
A “feel‐free” format for ETHOLOGY	6
Male mate preference against tail‐elongated females in the barn swallow	6
On the importance of defendable resources for social evolution: Applying new techniques to a long‐standing question	6
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An ambiguous function of an alarm pheromone in the collective displays of the Australian meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus	6
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Effects of human disturbance on risk‐taking behavior in painted turtles	5
The effect of phenotypic heterogeneity on behaviours linked to invasive success	5
Evaluation of sensory modalities involved in finding food and foraging behaviour in light/dark conditions in tadpoles of the invasive species Lithobates catesbeianus	5
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Parasite‐mediated sexual selection in a damselfly	5
The perks of being in good conditions: How does female parasitism affect male mate choice in an orb‐web spider?	5
A positive feedback loop between sociality and social competence	5
Issue Information	5
Obituary: Professor Wolfgang Wickler (November 18, 1931– January 12, 2024)	5
Sperm Strategies: Partner's Mating Status as a Driver of Last Male Success in Ladybirds	5
Strategic Deployment of Secondary Defences in the Springbok Mantis (Miomantis Caffra)	5
Changes in Male Behavior in Response to Female Chemical Stimulus in an Understudied Arthropod Model	4
Use of Social Information About Novel Food by Juvenile Solitary Forktongue Goby, Chaenogobius annularis	4
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Pair‐Coordinated Calling: Eurasian Magpies Respond Differently to Simulated Intruder Pairs That Overlap or Alternate Their Calls	4
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Correction to Decision Time Modulates Social Foraging Success in Wild Common Ravens Corvus corax	4
Unreplicable state‐dependent effects on start‐box emergence latency in wild‐origin sticklebacks	4
Defensive Behaviour in Intertidal Crabs	4
Non‐lunge feeding behaviour of humpback whales associated with fishing boats in Norway	4
Just Hang On: Australian Gall Midges Suspend Themselves on Spider Silk Without Becoming Entangled	4
Reciprocity versus pseudo‐reciprocity: A false dichotomy	4
Structure and dynamics of mixed‐species choruses in a tropical anuran assemblage: insights from network analysis	4
Eight‐legged swimmers: Behavioral responses to floods in two South American spiders	4
Behavioral response to chemical cues from injured conspecifics in the livebearing fish, Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora	4
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Female great tits (Parus major) reproduce earlier when paired with a male they prefer	4

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Deciphering choreographies of elaborate courtship displays of golden‐collared manakins using markerless motion capture	3
Sibling cannibalism in the false widow spider is dependent on spiderling density and the reliable availability of fresh prey	3
The strange occurrence of male cannibalism on adult females in snakes	3
Among‐individual behavioral responses to predation risk are invariant within two species of freshwater snails	3
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Response to heterospecific calls in non‐passerine species: can two Rallidae species recognise each other based on their vocalisations?	3
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Females Guarded by Sneaker Males Experience Higher Predation in the Two‐Spotted Spider Mite	3
Issue Information	3
Siblings matter: Family heterogeneity improves associative learning later in life	3
Male Barbary macaques choose loyal coalition partners which may increase their coalition network betweenness	3
Female choice and male aggression in the polymorphic lizard Sceloporus minor	3
Contrasting sex roles in two species with stable biparental care	3
Sublethal effects of kleptoparasitism on experimental social spider colonies	3
Successful predatory‐avoidance behaviour to lion auditory cues during soft‐release from captivity in cheetah	3
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Male secondary sexual traits do not predict female preference in Caribbean livebearing fishes (Limia)	3
Diving behavior in a Neotropical spider (Trechalea extensa) as a potential antipredator tactic	3
Thanks to repetition, dustbathing detection can be automated combining accelerometry and wavelet analysis	3
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Callosobruchus larval competition and its consequences for male and female adults	3
Reciprocal altruism in Norway rats	3
Constructing composite scores for contemporaneous behaviors: A comparison of four approaches	3
Stable individual differences in the frequency of chin‐marking behavior across development in the domestic rabbit	3
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Interactive effects of increased nestbox temperature and vitamin E on nestling growth are attenuated by plasticity in female incubation effort	2
Movement in 3D: Novel Opportunities for Understanding Animal Behaviour and Space Use	2
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Visual lateralization in flight: Lateral preferences in parent‐offspring relative positions in geese	2
Of hormones (well, not really!), behavior, and observer bias	2
Mate finding in a mimetic termitophile amidst its host termites	2
Complexity in Chick‐a‐Dee Calls of Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli): Call Variation Associated With Flock Size and Flight	2
Heterospecific interference modulates the reproductive traits of a ladybird beetle	2
Phenotype predicts interspecific dominance hierarchies in a cloud‐forest hummingbird guild	2
EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Temperature Mediates Shifts in Individual Aggressiveness, Activity Level, and Social Behavior in a Spider	2
Effects of a past contest on the future winning probability in a hyper‐aggressive fruit fly	2
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Landscape features causing the local congregation of honeybee males (Apismellifera L.)	2
Variation in escape response of Himalayan marmots (Marmota himalayana) under different human disturbances	2
Artificial selections for death‐feigning behavior in beetles show correlated responses in amplitude of circadian rhythms, but the period of the rhythm does not	2
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Dynamic table‐visiting behavior of birds at outdoor restaurants and cafés	2
Video evidence of mountings by female‐plumaged birds of paradise (Aves: Paradisaeidae) in the wild: Is there evidence of alternative mating tactics?	2
Do reproductive characteristics of the species explain differences in the investment in weapon size present in males?	2
Non‐Lethally Produced Chemical Risk Cues Elicit Antipredator Responses in a Common Canadian Minnow	2
No Effect of Note Order on the Response of Coal Tits to Conspecific, Heterospecific and Artificial Mobbing Calls	2
Adjustment of egg laying by both hosts and intraspecific brood parasites in a beetle	2
Aggression‐based social learning in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)	2
Tadpole plasticity shapes the potential benefits of egg feeding to poison frog parents	2
Mating preference is mating system and relatedness dependent in the ladybird beetle, Menochilus sexmaculatus	2
Graded‐risk sensitivity in northern European mixed‐species flocks of tit and nuthatch species	2