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Papers

(The median citation count of Acta Ethologica 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Using machine learning and DeepLabCut in animal behavior	15
European breeding phenology of the invasive common waxbill, a sub-Saharan opportunistic breeder	15
Spatial segregation and interspecific killing of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)	13
What do we know about flamingo behaviors? A systematic review of the ethological research on the Phoenicopteridae (1978–2020)	11
Occurrence of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Icelandic coastal waters and their interspecific interactions	8
Effects of anthropogenic noise on cognition, bill color, and growth in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)	6
A non-vocal alarm? Effects of wing trill playbacks on antipredator responses in the scaled dove	6
Water turbidity–induced alterations in coloration and courtship behavior of male guppies (Poecilia reticulata)	6
Differences in social-space–time behaviour of two red deer herds (Cervus elaphus)	5
Testing the environmental buffering hypothesis of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler	5
Behavioural repeatability in Sardinian warblers (Sylvia melanocephala): larger individuals are more aggressive	5
Does experimentally simulated presence of a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) affect egg rejection and breeding success in the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)?	5
Thanatological behavior of a female Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)	4
Time-activity budget of urban-adapted free-ranging dogs	4
Affiliation among subadult males varies between populations of long-tailed macaques	4
Unique spatial behavior of the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) in the open mountains of Mt. Fuji	4
Fear of the dark: substrate preference in Amazonian tadpoles	4
Changes in salivary cortisol and testosterone levels in male chimpanzees during the process of reunion with group members	3
Using predator feces as a repellent for free-ranging urban capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)	3
The underground system of Clyomys laticeps changes in structure and composition according to climatic and vegetation variations	3
The daily and seasonal behaviour of the American mink and the coypu, two invasive species from the Záhorie PLA (Slovakia)	2
Experimental evidence that toe-tapping behavior in the green-and-black poison frog (Dendrobates auratus) is related to prey detection	2
Poison frog social behaviour under global change: potential impacts and future challenges	2
The environment matters: season and female contact affect the behavior of captive Addax nasomaculatus male antelope	2
Invasive Italian wall lizards outcompete native congeneric species in finding food in a Y-maze	2

Underground environment increases the differentiation of personality traits between male and female plateau zokors (Eospalax baileyi)	2
Hide and flirt: observed behavior of female jaguars (Panthera onca) to protect their young cubs from adult males	2
Separating effects of spatial location and microhabitat density on perceived predation risk in small mammals	2
Use of crowdsourced images for determining 2D:4D and relationship to pro-environmental variables	2
First record of crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva formosanus) in coastal forest and use of anvils during predation on land hermit crabs in Taiwan	2
Promiscuity in the Greater Rhea: a genetic approach	2
Vermilion flycatchers avoid singing during sudden peaks of anthropogenic noise	2
Limited effects of traffic noise on behavioural responses to conspecific mating calls in the eastern sedge frog Litoria fallax	2
Dominance hierarchy and social network in a captive group of white-lipped peccary males: what happens after the alpha male leaves?	2
Interaction between vasotocin and gonadal hormones in the regulation of reproductive behavior in a cichlid fish	1
Detrimental impact of a heatwave on male reproductive behaviour and fertility	1
On nest-site copying, owner aggression, and mimicry: the adaptive significance of interspecific information use in a landscape of fear	1
Thanatological behavior in striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)	1
Differences in locomotor performances between two sympatric species of freshwater turtles	1
Pack members shape the acoustic structure of a wolf chorus	1
Novel observation of play behaviour between a harem holder and a bachelor group of Przewalski’s horses in the wild	1
Can contrasting habitats influence predatory behavior in tropical forest scorpions?	1
Behavioral ecology in co-occurring territorial males of the pupfishes, Garmanella pulchra and Cyprinodon artifrons, at reciprocally asymmetric densities in a mangrove floodplain	1
Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) color morphs do not differ in aggressiveness	1
To group or not to group: group size dynamics and intestinal parasites in Indian peafowl populations	1
Increase in social interactions of wild Northern Gray gibbons (Hylobates funereus) during the mast fruiting period in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia	1
Effects of the fungicide carbendazim on the behaviour of the zebrafish Danio rerio (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae)	1
Orientation of Belminus triatomines to cockroaches and cockroaches’ fecal volatiles: an ethological approach	1
Social and environmental cues drive the intra-population variation in courtship behavior of a neotropical lekking bird	1