OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Ethology Ecology & Evolution 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 2020-08-01 to 2024-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Cryptochrome 1a localisation in light- and dark-adapted retinae of several migratory and non-migratory bird species: no signs of light-dependent activation	31
Notes on a tree: reframing the relevance of primate choruses, duets, and solo songs	22
The language void 10 years on: multimodal primate communication research is still uncommon	19
Form follows function in human nonverbal vocalisations	18
Migratory orientation in inexperienced and experienced avian migrants	17
A socio-ecological perspective on the gestural communication of great ape species, individuals, and social units	14
How to recover after sea crossing: the importance of small islands for passerines during spring migration	14
Towards a common terminology for arthropod spatial orientation	14
Grey wolf may show signs of self-awareness with the sniff test of self-recognition	14
Snake slough in birds’ nests acts as a nest predator deterrent	12
Not only pigeons: avian olfactory navigation studied by satellite telemetry	12
Vocal activity of the Ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) is strongly correlated with moon phase and nocturnal temperature	12
Urbanization levels are associated with the start of the dawn chorus in vermilion flycatchers in Colombia	11
Coping with mortality: responses of monkeys and great apes to collapsed, inanimate and dead conspecifics	10
Addicted to the moon: vocal output and diel pattern of vocal activity in two Neotropical nightjars is related to moon phase	10
Animal linguistics in the making: the Urgency Principle and titi monkeys’ alarm system	9
A long-term population study of the Eurasian griffon (Gyps fulvus)in Serbia before and following the establishment of a supplementary feeding program	9
No country for native crayfish: importance of crustaceans in the diet of native and alien Northern raccoons	8
Playful interactions and facial mimicry in infant bonobos (Pan paniscus)	7
Effect of supplemental feeding on habitat and crop selection by wild boar in Sweden	7
Temporal changes in the wolf Canis lupus diet in Wigry National Park (northeast Poland)	6
Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) predation and consumption of an adult yak in the Mongolian Altai	6
From diurnal to nocturnal activity: a case study of night-light niche expansion in Agama agama lizards	6
First documentation of long-distance travel by a Florida manatee to the Mexican Caribbean	5
Post-autotomy limb movement in the porcellanid crab Petrolisthes japonicus	5

Vocal performance and the usage of song types in Pale-legged leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes: a contradictory study	5
Advancing onset of breeding dates in brood parasitic common cuckoos and their great reed warbler hosts over a 22-year period	4
Body condition of females during tadpole attendance and its potential costs in a Neotropical foam-nesting frog (Leptodactylus podicipinus)	4
Possible impact of winter conditions and summer temperature on bank vole (Myodes glareolus) population fluctuations in Central Norway	4
What makes us apes? The emotional building blocks of intersubjectivity in hominids	4
Activity time budgets of ecologically relaxed groups of geladas (Theropithecus gelada) and mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx): what happens when time is no longer a constraint?	4
Alien-dominated plant communities’ syntopic with seabird’s nests: evidence and possible implication from a Mediterranean insular ecosystem	4
Altitudinal body size variation inRana kukunoris: the effects of age and growth rate on the plateau brown frog from the eastern Tibetan Plateau	4
First assessment of ectoparasite prevalence in Apennine populations of Eurasian red squirrel: does habitat fragmentation affect parasite presence?	4
Escaping from predators: a review of Neotropical lizards defence traits	4
Species-specific resource availability as potential correlates of foraging strategy in Atlantic Forest edge-living common marmosets	4
Interaction between nestling behaviour and nest-space use	4
Decoupling residents and dispersers from detection data improve habitat selection modelling: the case study of the wolf in a natural corridor	4
Avian forebrain processing of magnetic intensity and inclination: hippocampus, anterior forebrain Wulst and an unexpected double-dissociation	4
Faster transport through slower runs: ant relocation dynamics in nature	4
Neural basis of multi-sensory communication in primates	4
Parental status is related to homing motivation in males of the glassfrog Centrolene savagei	4
Population abundance, structure and movements of the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758) based on capture-recapture data in a Venice Lagoon wetland area, Italy	4
Differential autumn migration between sex and age groups in the Western marsh harrier: a longitudinal pattern analysis	3
On the gestural origins of language: what baboons’ gestures and brain have told us after 15 years of research	3
New sniffing at New World primates: recent advances in the study of platyrrhine olfactory communication	3
Potential role of sensory bias in plumage pattern evolution: termite-eating and polka-dots in estrildid finches	3
Microevolutionary change in mimicry? Potential erosion of rattling behaviour among nonvenomous snakes on islands lacking rattlesnakes	3
A pilot study of calling patterns and vocal turn-taking in wild bonobos Pan paniscus	3
Living in a mosaic of Brazilian Atlantic Forest and plantations: spatial ecology of five bushmaster Lachesis muta (Viperidae Crotalinae)	3
Activity overlap between mesocarnivores and prey in the Central Mongolian steppe	3
Are feralization and domestication truly mirror processes?	3
Foraging success is differently affected by local climate in two syntopic forest-dwelling salamanders	3
Dating on your level: assortative mating based on body condition in an amphibian	3
The limits of olfactory perception in black vultures: a field experiment	2
Water visitation patterns by Eleonora’s falcon at its breeding grounds: a case study using visual observations and camera traps	2
Mechanisms of collateral damage: heterospecific neighbor density mediates parasitism by eavesdroppers on hourglass treefrogs	2
Migratory restlessness and stopover duration in Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola	2
Dietary habits of the European brown hare: summary of knowledge and management relapses	2
Urban junco flight initiation distances correlate with approach velocities of anthropogenic sounds	2
Seasonal and intra-populational diet variation in the Colombian Swamp frogPseudopaludicola pusilla(Anura Leptodactylidae)	2
Site fidelity and determinants of wintering decisions in the Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)	2
Bedding behavior in goitered gazelles	2
Male mate choice in the annual killifish Millerichthys robustus and its relationship with female polymorphism, size and fecundity	2
Alarm reaction depends on multiple chemical cues in tadpoles of the cane toad (Rhinella marina)	2
Influence of operational sex ratio and male age on mating competition intensity in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)	2
Downscaling hermit crab-gastropod network to demographic groups unveils recurrent patterns	2
Mating and post-hibernation ovarian development in stylopized and non-stylopized queens of the hornet Vespa analis (Hymenoptera Vespidae)	2
Hissing calls of tits elicit vigilance in feeding squirrels	2
Evaluating vector navigation in green turtles migrating in a dynamic oceanic environment	2
Behavioural repertory of juveniles of the freshwater crabPoppiana dentata(Randall 1840) under laboratory conditions	2
Juveniles are different: substrate selection in juvenile green lizards Lacerta bilineata	2
Repeatability of foraging behavior following a simulated predation attempt depends on color morph, sex, and foraging metric in Red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)	2
Invisible or fearless: tadpole response to predator cues depends on color	2
Response to laboratory selection for darker and lighter body color phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster: correlated changes for larval behavioral traits	2

Actual versus counterfactual fitness consequences of dispersal decisions in a cooperative breeder	2
Seasonal variation in the foraging behavior of neotropical tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) in a Cerrado fragment, Brazil	2
Predator-avoidance of larval black-bellied salamanders (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) in response to cues from native and nonnative salmonids	1
Animal behaviour on the cover: layout cover patterns of ethological journals	1
Association patterns in a high-elevation chimpanzee community in Rwanda	1
Do pied tamarins increase scent-marking in response to urban noise?	1
Mirror responses in African grey parrot ( Psittacus erithacus ) support the gradualist perspective on mirror self-recognition	1
Carnivory in the Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota): An underestimated phenomenon?	1
How aggressive calls of a Neotropical treefrog vary among different levels of social tension?	1
Jungle cat (Felis chaus) in farmlands: potential benefits of coexistence and human-wildlife conflicts in West Bengal, India	1
Current status of Brazilian scientific production on non-native species	1
The role of the antennae in the compass-based orientation of the equatorial sandhopperTalorchestia martensiiWeber (Crustacea Amphipoda)	1
Trunk structural complexity determines the diversity of bark-dwelling spiders in a tropical forest	1
Moving towards a far-away goal: a foreword	1
The homing pigeons’ olfactory map is affected by geographical barriers	1
Influence of operational sex ratio and male age on mating competition intensity in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)	1
Grooming behavior in goitered gazelles: the programmed versus stimulus-driven hypothesis	1
Forget the toad and eat the frog: no associational protection against fish from a chemically defended toad to a later-breeding anuran species	1
Unraveling the mating system of the burrowing shrimp Lepidophthalmus siriboia (Decapoda Callichiridae) based on life history traits	1
The defense repertoire of males of Leptodactylus vastus Lutz 1930 in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil	1
The role of epigynal setae in mate choice in the orb-weaver Leucauge argyra	1
First breeding of Egyptian vulture ( Neophron percnopterus ) in Sardinia and temporal and environmental factors affecting its frequentation of a supplementary feeding st	1
The white-browed laughingthrush ( Pterorhinus sannio ) did not pass the mirror self-recognition test	1
Interacting primates: the biological roots of human communication	1
Cheliped function in the porcellanid crabPetrolisthes japonicus: autotomy as an effective antipredator defence mechanism	1
Web building behavior in a wall spider (Oecobiidae) suggests a close relationship with orb-weavers	1
The delayed demographic responses of small mammals to habitat quality and density in the Brazilian Cerrado	1
Phytophagous consumption by frogs inhabiting bromeliads from Atlantic Forest	1
The opportunity for and intensity of sexual selection in a seed bug depend on host plant dispersion	1
Perceived mate competition risk influences the female mate choice and increases the reproductive effort in the annual killifish Millerichthys robustus	1
The functional morphology of species-specific male structures and lack of female coevolution in Lytta (Adicolytta) eucera (Chevrolat 1834) (Coleoptera Meloidae)	1
Offspring mortality factors and parental care efficiency of the spider Manogea porracea (Araneidae) in the Brazilian savanna	1
Activity and dietary budgets of Tufted grey langurs (Semnopithecus priam priam)	1
Sex and the patch: the influence of habitat fragmentation on terrestrial vertebrates’ mating strategies	1
Body size correlations with female aggression and physiology suggest pre-adult effects on caste in an independent-founding eusocial paper wasp (Mischocyttarus pallidipectus, Hymenoptera Vespida	1
Food habits and characteristics of livestock depredation by leopard ( Panthera pardus fusca ) in human dominated landscape of South Gujarat, India	1
Body colour adjustment of the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers 1877) in different background colours	1
Reaching versus catching: flexible hand preference in ring-tailed lemurs	1
Temporal and spatial overlap in the behaviors of a native and invasive tree squirrel in southern California	1
Antlion allometry suggests a greater importance of prey capture among first larval instars	1
An attempt to evidence post-fire adaptation of red fox diet in a Mediterranean area	1
Evidence that wolves use cooperative ambush strategies to hunt beavers	1