OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Avian Biology is 5. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Defining moults in migratory birds: a sequence‐based approach	91
Nestling diet and parental food provisioning in a declining mountain passerine reveal high sensitivity to climate change	23
Integrating light‐level geolocation with activity tracking reveals unexpected nocturnal migration patterns of the tawny pipit	21
Geolocators lead to better measures of timing and renesting in black‐tailed godwits and reveal the bias of traditional observational methods	21
Hummingbird torpor in context: duration, more than temperature, is the key to nighttime energy savings	21
Heavy and persistent rainfall leads to brood reduction and nest failure in a passerine bird	19
Higher temperatures are associated with reduced nestling body condition in a range‐restricted mountain bird	19
Anthropogenic noise reduces avian feeding efficiency and increases vigilance along an urban–rural gradient regardless of species’ tolerances to urbanisation	18
Dynamic changes in DNA methylation during postnatal development in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata exposed to different temperatures	17
Rethinking classic starling displacement experiments: evidence for innate or for learned migratory directions?	16
Seasonal and daily movement patterns of an alpine passerine suggest high flexibility in relation to environmental conditions	16
Winds at departure shape seasonal patterns of nocturnal bird migration over the North Sea	15
Coping with the commute: behavioural responses to wind conditions in a foraging seabird	14
Cryptic differentiation in the Manx shearwater hinders the identification of a new endemic subspecies	13
Is there more than one way to cross the Caribbean Sea? Migratory strategies of Nearctic‐Neotropical landbirds departing from northern Colombia	13
Effects of back‐mounted biologgers on condition, diving and flight performance in a breeding seabird	13
Habitat shapes diversity of gut microbiomes in a wild population of blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus	12
Extra‐pair copulations can insure female blue tits against male infertility	11
Development of intraspecific size variation in black coucals, white‐browed coucals and ruffs from hatching to fledging	11
Apparent breeding success drives long‐term population dynamics of a migratory swan	11
Latitudinal variation in arrival and breeding phenology of the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca using large‐scale citizen science data	11
A red knot as a black swan: how a single bird shows navigational abilities during repeat crossings of the Greenland Icecap	11
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach	11
The uropygial gland microbiome of house sparrows with malaria infection	11
Population‐specific adjustment of the annual cycle in a super‐swift trans‐Saharan migrant	11

Weather effects on nestling survival of great tits vary according to the developmental stage	11
Sex and age, but not blood parasite infection nor habitat, affect the composition of the uropygial gland secretions in European blackbirds	10
The beak and unfeathered skin as heat radiators in the southern ground‐hornbill	9
A lightweight backpack harness for tracking hummingbirds	9
Pleistocene climatic oscillations associated with landscape heterogeneity of the South American dry diagonal explains the phylogeographic structure of the narrow‐billed woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes	9
Remarkably similar migration patterns between different red‐backed shrike populations suggest that migration rather than breeding area phenology determines the annual cycle	9
Host sex and age typically explain variation in parasitism of rock ptarmigan: implications for identifying determinants of exposure and susceptibility	9
Regional wind patterns likely shape a seasonal migration detour	8
Using molecular and crowd‐sourcing methods to assess breeding ground diet of a migratory brood parasite of conservation concern	8
The El Niño – Southern Oscillation dramatically influences the probability of reproduction and reproductive rate of a tropical forest bird	8
Survival probability in a small shorebird decreases with the time an individual carries a tracking device	8
Deconstructing incubation behaviour in response to ambient temperature over different timescales	8
Individual and sex‐related patterns of prolonged flights during both day and night by great reed warblers crossing the Mediterranean Sea and Sahara Desert	8
Female–female aggression in a cooperatively breeding bird during the non‐breeding period: the behavioral strategy to maintain long‐term partnerships	8
Innate and adaptive immune proteins in the preen gland secretions of male house sparrows	7
Linking foraging and breeding strategies in tropical seabirds	7
Ambient temperature and female body condition are related to night incubation behavior in wood ducks Aix sponsa	7
Correlation in telomere lengths between feathers and blood cells in pied flycatchers	7
Hoopoe Upupa epops male feeding effort is related to female cosmetic egg colouration	7
A putative telomerase activator has tissue‐specific effects on telomere length in a developing songbird	7
Evidence of repertoire sharing and stability despite a high turnover rate in a duetting neotropical wren	7
An assay to investigate factors influencing initial orientation in nocturnally fledging seabirds	7
Biogeography and diversification of Old World buntings (Aves: Emberizidae): radiation in open habitats	7
The difference between generalist and specialist: the effects of wide fluctuations in main food abundance on numbers and reproduction of two co‐existing predators	7
To migrate or not: drivers of over‐summering in a long‐distance migratory shorebird	7
Interspecific variation in deterioration and degradability of avian feathers: the evolutionary role of microorganisms	7
Spatial and temporal variation in foraging of breeding red‐throated divers	6
Effects of climate on bill morphology within and across Toxostoma thrashers	6
Tracking migration of black‐headed buntings Emberiza melanocephala reveals the Iranian Plateau as an ecological barrier along the Indo‐European flyway	6
Complex mosaic of sexual dichromatism and monochromatism in Pacific robins results from both gains and losses of elaborate coloration	6
Competition between the black‐winged kite and Eurasian kestrel led to population turnover at a subtropical sympatric site	6
Nest‐boxes alter the reproductive ecology of urban cavity‐nesters in a species‐dependent way	6
Diel at‐sea activity of two species of great albatrosses: the ontogeny of foraging and movement behaviour	6
The function of sentinel alarm calls in the Arabian babbler	6
Geographic variation in body size and plumage colour according to diet composition in a nocturnal raptor	6
Snow buntings preparing for migration increase muscle fiber size and myonuclear domain in parallel with a major gain in fat mass	6
Avian egg collections: museum collection bias driven by shape and size	6
Central place foraging in a human‐dominated landscape: how do common cranes select feeding sites?	6
Raking the ocean surface: new patterns of coordinated motion in seabirds	6
Singing behaviour of ruby‐crowned kinglets Regulus calendula in relation to time‐of‐day, time‐of‐year and social context	5
Microclimate shifts in nest‐boxes and natural cavities throughout reproduction	5
Age of the breeders, but not territory quality, explains hatching sex ratio in booted eagles	5
Urban links to molt schedule, body condition and carotenoid‐based coloration in the house finch Haemorhous mexicanus	5
Smaller distance between nest contents and cavity entrance increases risk of ectoparasitism in cavity‐nesting birds	5
Differences in oxidative stress across seasons and ability to cope with environmental mismatch in muscle and brain of black‐capped chickadees Poecile atricapillus and rock pigeons Columba li	5
Experience counts: The role of female age in morning incubation and brooding behavior in relation to temperature	5
Locally adapted migration strategies? Comparing routes and timing of northern wheatears from alpine and lowland European populations	5
Causes and consequences of variation in diet composition of nestling Canada jays	5
Migration strategies, performance and annual activity budget in a short‐distance migrant, the common starling Sturnus vulgaris	5
Bird migration in space and time: chain migration by Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata arquata along the East Atlantic Flyway	5

Song but not plumage varies geographically among willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii subspecies	5
Local male breeding density affects extra‐pair paternity in a south temperate population of grass wrensCistothorus platensis	5
Moult nestedness and its imperfections: insights to unravel the nature of passerine wing‐feather moult rules	5
First tracking of declining Caspian terns Hydroprogne caspia breeding in the Baltic Sea reveals high migratory dispersion and disjunct annual ranges as obstacles to effective conservation	5
Sea crossings of migratory pink‐footed geese: seasonal effects of winds on flying and stopping behaviour	5