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Papers

(The TQCC of Acta Ethologica 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
Dominance hierarchy and social network in a captive group of white-lipped peccary males: what happens after the alpha male leaves?	22
Social and environmental cues drive the intra-population variation in courtship behavior of a neotropical lekking bird	18
Bringing animal behaviour into marine conservation: insights and future directions	13
Limited effects of traffic noise on behavioural responses to conspecific mating calls in the eastern sedge frog Litoria fallax	10
First record of mutual allogrooming in wild northern red muntjac Muntiacus Vaginalis	7
Ultrasonic distress calls and associated defensive behaviors in Neotropical frogs	7
Scared of the dark? Nychthemeral sociality in territorial black wildebeest (Connnochaetes gnou) bulls	6
Can contrasting habitats influence predatory behavior in tropical forest scorpions?	5
Interspecific nest destruction in the Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus: kleptoparasitism or competition?	5
Mobbing behaviour of hosts and non-hosts towards cuckoo Cuculus canorus of different sex	5
Social behaviour of the crested porcupine in urban and rural areas	5
Using predator feces as a repellent for free-ranging urban capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)	4
Copulation behaviour in the Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)	4
Differences in social-space–time behaviour of two red deer herds (Cervus elaphus)	4
Competition and sex-age class alter the effects of group size on vigilance in white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus	4
Females of the sailfin tetra prefer red illuminated environments	3
Epimeletic behavior in a free-ranging female Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus)	3
Detrimental impact of a heatwave on male reproductive behaviour and fertility	3
Interaction between vasotocin and gonadal hormones in the regulation of reproductive behavior in a cichlid fish	3
Blue-winged parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius (Aves: Psittacidae), feeding over water in Southeast Brazil	3
A conceptual framework for the analysis of animal behaviour: an hierarchical script-episodes-gestures structure	3
The underground system of Clyomys laticeps changes in structure and composition according to climatic and vegetation variations	3
Primary nectar robbing by Apis mellifera (Apidae) on Pyrostegia venusta (Bignoniaceae): behavior, pillaging rate, and its consequences	2
Correction to: Invasive Italian wall lizards outcompete native congeneric species in finding food in a Y‑maze	2
The environment matters: season and female contact affect the behavior of captive Addax nasomaculatus male antelope	2

Halloween day! a molossid bat trapped in a communal spider web in the Paraná flooded savanna of eastern Argentina	2
Reproductive behavior analysis in the annual killifish Austrolebias nigripinnis (Regan, 1912) (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)	2
Assessing the impact of engine and non-engine urban noises on the calls of urban frogs: a natural experiment	2
The unique case of marking behaviour in juvenile lynx	2
Invasive Italian wall lizards outcompete native congeneric species in finding food in a Y-maze	2
Emergence and pre-emergence behavior of two species of solitary bees of the tribe Anthidiini in trap nests	2
What do we know about flamingo behaviors? A systematic review of the ethological research on the Phoenicopteridae (1978–2020)	2