OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ethology Ecology & Evolution is 4. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

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	29
Notes on a tree: reframing the relevance of primate choruses, duets, and solo songs	19
The language void 10 years on: multimodal primate communication research is still uncommon	16
Form follows function in human nonverbal vocalisations	15
Migratory orientation in inexperienced and experienced avian migrants	14
Illuminating the nightlife of two Neotropical nightjars: vocal behavior over a year and monitoring recommendations	14
Towards a common terminology for arthropod spatial orientation	14
A socio-ecological perspective on the gestural communication of great ape species, individuals, and social units	14
Female cuckoo calls elicit vigilance and escape responses from wild free-range chickens	13
How to recover after sea crossing: the importance of small islands for passerines during spring migration	12
Vocal activity of the Ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) is strongly correlated with moon phase and nocturnal temperature	11
Grey wolf may show signs of self-awareness with the sniff test of self-recognition	11
Tolerant to humans? Assessment of alert and flight initiation distances of two bird species in relation to sex, flock size, and environmental characteristics	11
Snake slough in birds’ nests acts as a nest predator deterrent	10
Urbanization levels are associated with the start of the dawn chorus in vermilion flycatchers in Colombia	10
Not only pigeons: avian olfactory navigation studied by satellite telemetry	9
Diel activity patterns and overlap between Eurasian red squirrels and Siberian chipmunks in native and introduced ranges	9
Addicted to the moon: vocal output and diel pattern of vocal activity in two Neotropical nightjars is related to moon phase	9
Hemoparasites and their relation to body condition and plumage coloration of the White-necked thrush (Turdus albicollis)	8
Animal linguistics in the making: the Urgency Principle and titi monkeys’ alarm system	8
Coping with mortality: responses of monkeys and great apes to collapsed, inanimate and dead conspecifics	8
No country for native crayfish: importance of crustaceans in the diet of native and alien Northern raccoons	7
From the mountains to the sea! Unusual swimming behavior in chamois Rupicapra spp.	7
A long-term population study of the Eurasian griffon (Gyps fulvus)in Serbia before and following the establishment of a supplementary feeding program	7
Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) predation and consumption of an adult yak in the Mongolian Altai	6

Attacked from above and below: new ethological evidence on the predation strategies of corvid and varanid on a cave-roosting bat	6
From diurnal to nocturnal activity: a case study of night-light niche expansion in Agama agama lizards	6
Playful interactions and facial mimicry in infant bonobos (Pan paniscus)	5
First documentation of long-distance travel by a Florida manatee to the Mexican Caribbean	5
Diet of terrestrial anurans in an ephemeral and simplified habitat during the dry season in the Brazilian Cerrado	5
Effect of supplemental feeding on habitat and crop selection by wild boar in Sweden	5
Species-specific resource availability as potential correlates of foraging strategy in Atlantic Forest edge-living common marmosets	4
Alien-dominated plant communities’ syntopic with seabird’s nests: evidence and possible implication from a Mediterranean insular ecosystem	4
Faster transport through slower runs: ant relocation dynamics in nature	4
Vocal performance and the usage of song types in Pale-legged leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes: a contradictory study	4
What makes us apes? The emotional building blocks of intersubjectivity in hominids	4
Decoupling residents and dispersers from detection data improve habitat selection modelling: the case study of the wolf in a natural corridor	4
Temporal changes in the wolf Canis lupus diet in Wigry National Park (northeast Poland)	4
Four new anuran defence behaviours observed in the cane toad Rhinella marina	4
Escaping from predators: a review of Neotropical lizards defence traits	4
Parental status is related to homing motivation in males of the glassfrog Centrolene savagei	4
Neoichnology: why should we care about peck marks and dust baths?	4
Avian forebrain processing of magnetic intensity and inclination: hippocampus, anterior forebrain Wulst and an unexpected double-dissociation	4
Post-autotomy limb movement in the porcellanid crab Petrolisthes japonicus	4