OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Avian Biology 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Defining moults in migratory birds: a sequence‐based approach	156
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach	63
Nestling diet and parental food provisioning in a declining mountain passerine reveal high sensitivity to climate change	25
Higher temperatures are associated with reduced nestling body condition in a range‐restricted mountain bird	21
Habitat shapes diversity of gut microbiomes in a wild population of blue titsCyanistes caeruleus	19
Seasonal and daily movement patterns of an alpine passerine suggest high flexibility in relation to environmental conditions	18
A lightweight backpack harness for tracking hummingbirds	15
Population‐specific adjustment of the annual cycle in a super‐swift trans‐Saharan migrant	15
Effects of back‐mounted biologgers on condition, diving and flight performance in a breeding seabird	14
Cryptic differentiation in the Manx shearwater hinders the identification of a new endemic subspecies	14
Linking foraging and breeding strategies in tropical seabirds	13
Apparent breeding success drives long‐term population dynamics of a migratory swan	13
Snow buntings preparing for migration increase muscle fiber size and myonuclear domain in parallel with a major gain in fat mass	12
The uropygial gland microbiome of house sparrows with malaria infection	12
The El Niño – Southern Oscillation dramatically influences the probability of reproduction and reproductive rate of a tropical forest bird	11
Latitudinal variation in arrival and breeding phenology of the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca using large‐scale citizen science data	11
Deconstructing incubation behaviour in response to ambient temperature over different timescales	11
Migration strategies, performance and annual activity budget in a short‐distance migrant, the common starlingSturnus vulgaris	10
Sex and age, but not blood parasite infection nor habitat, affect the composition of the uropygial gland secretions in European blackbirds	10
Urban links to molt schedule, body condition and carotenoid‐based coloration in the house finch Haemorhous mexicanus	10
Biogeography and diversification of Old World buntings (Aves: Emberizidae): radiation in open habitats	9
Gardeners of the forest: hornbills govern the spatial distribution of large seeds	8
Nest‐boxes alter the reproductive ecology of urban cavity‐nesters in a species‐dependent way	8
Regional wind patterns likely shape a seasonal migration detour	8
Spatial and temporal variation in foraging of breeding red‐throated divers	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
Geographic variation in body size and plumage colour according to diet composition in a nocturnal raptor	8
Innate and adaptive immune proteins in the preen gland secretions of male house sparrows	7
Tracking migration of black‐headed buntings Emberiza melanocephala reveals the Iranian Plateau as an ecological barrier along the Indo‐European flyway	7
An assay to investigate factors influencing initial orientation in nocturnally fledging seabirds	7
A putative telomerase activator has tissue‐specific effects on telomere length in a developing songbird	7
Energetic synchrony throughout the non‐breeding season in common guillemots from four colonies	7
Activity patterns of Hawaiian forest birds in a fragmented and continuous landscape	7
High site fidelity does not equate to population genetic structure for common goldeneye and Barrow's goldeneye in North America	7
Local male breeding density affects extra‐pair paternity in a south temperate population of grass wrensCistothorus platensis	6
Phylogeography and demographic history of the black kite Milvus migrans, a widespread raptor in Eurasia, Australia and Africa	6
Estimate of Strouhal and Reynolds numbers for swimming penguins	6
Sex‐specific effects of predation risk on parental care in a sexually dichromatic Neotropical songbird	6
Sunbirds' tendency to hover: the roles of energetic rewards, inflorescence architecture and rain	6
New distributional opportunities with niche innovation in Eurasian snowfinches	6
Competition between the black‐winged kite and Eurasian kestrel led to population turnover at a subtropical sympatric site	6
Changes in fat mass affect the motivation to migrate in northern wheatears	6
Bird migration in space and time: chain migration by Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata arquata along the East Atlantic Flyway	6
Diel at‐sea activity of two species of great albatrosses: the ontogeny of foraging and movement behaviour	6
Locally adapted migration strategies? Comparing routes and timing of northern wheatears from alpine and lowland European populations	6
Causes and consequences of variation in diet composition of nestling Canada jays	6
Sea crossings of migratory pink‐footed geese: seasonal effects of winds on flying and stopping behaviour	6
Effects of climate on bill morphology within and across Toxostoma thrashers	6
Competition is a major limiting factor of refueling in migratory passerines during stopover	5
Song but not plumage varies geographically among willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii subspecies	5
Microclimate shifts in nest‐boxes and natural cavities throughout reproduction	5
Moult nestedness and its imperfections: insights to unravel the nature of passerine wing‐feather moult rules	5
Gut microbiome composition associated with Plasmodium infection in the Eurasian tree sparrow	5
Energetic constraints drive sex‐specific parental care in the monomorphic Leach's storm‐petrelHydrobates leucorhous	5
Do phylogeny and habitat influence admixture among four North American chickadee (family: Paridae) species?	5
Climate trends and behavior of a model Amazonian terrestrial insectivore, black‐faced antthrush, indicate adjustment to hot and dry conditions	5
Breeding status shapes territoriality and vocalization patterns in spotted owls	5
Anthropogenic noise, song, and territorial aggression in southern house wrens	5
The costs of using night roosts for migrating whimbrels	5
Carry‐over effects on reproduction in food‐supplemented wintering great tits	5
Hidden in plain sight: migration routes of the elusive Anadyr bar‐tailed godwit revealed by satellite tracking	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
Evolution of vocal performance and song complexity in island birds	5
Experimentally impaired female condition does not affect biliverdin‐based egg colour	4
Itinerant lifestyle and congregation of lesser kestrels in West Africa	4
The probability of being infected with haemosporidian parasites increases with host age but is not affected by experimental testosterone elevation in a wild songbird	4
Offspring provisioning by extra‐pair males in blue tits	4
Exceptionally high apparent adult survival in three tropical species of plovers in Madagascar	4
Introgression between Sphyrapicus nuchalis and S. varius sapsuckers in a hybrid zone in west‐central Alberta	4
Does hatch date set the clock? Timing of post‐fledging movements for families of a colonially breeding, long‐distance migratory songbird	4
Decreased selectivity during mate choice in a small‐sized population of a long‐lived seabird	4
Danger, risk and anti‐predator behavior in the life history of long‐distance migratory sandpipers	4
Sperm numbers on the perivitelline layers of blue tit eggs are repeatable within a clutch, but independent of the occurrence of extra‐pair paternity	4
First records of complete annual cycles in water rails Rallus aquaticus show evidence of itinerant breeding and a complex migration system	4
Does plumage colour signal fitness in the tawny owl Strix aluco?	4

Telomere length in relation to colour polymorphism across life stages in the tawny owl	4
Sexual maturity varies with melanic plumage traits in the barn owl	4
Reproductive success of the wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix varies across Europe	4
Beyond habitat: effects of conspecific and heterospecific aggregation on the spatial structure of a wetland nesting bird community	4
Exotic tree plantations as alternative breeding habitat for an endemic avian predator	4
Object neophilia in wild herring gulls in urban and rural locations	4
Higher probability of tick infestation reveals a hidden cost of army ant‐following in Amazonian birds	4
Overlap in the wing shape of migratory, nomadic and sedentary grass parrots	4
Interspecific competition and facilitation coexist in mixed‐species bird flocks of montane coniferous forests in Taiwan	4
Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches	4
Microbiome composition of Anna's hummingbirds differs among regions of the gastrointestinal tract	4
Evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geese	4