OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Behaviour 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Post-rut aggression in caribou: limited evidence for interference competition but strong evidence for male harassment	21
Impact of food availability and predator cues on meadow vole response to social vs. non-social odorants	21
A non-invasive method during routine handling indicates docility in a wild, crevice-nesting seabird	17
The ‘Mistaken Identity Hypothesis’ for shark bites on humans is an anthropomorphic fallacy	13
Territorial behaviour and conflict management in a semi-social cichlid fish, Neolamprologus caudopunctatus	10
Increase of coastal shark bite frequency linked to the COVID-19 lockdown reveals a territoriality-dominance behaviour toward humans	10
European-native vocalizing: sex and age-class acoustic variation in the Central European red deer (Cervus elaphus)	9
Prey size preference in the tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)	8
Do ruminants and hindgut fermenters differ in their activity? Comparison of syntopic black wildebeest and Cape mountain zebra	8
Comparative exploratory movements of two terrestrial isopods (suborder: Oniscidea), in response to humidity and availability of food	6
Reinstating reptiles: from clueless creatures to esteemed models of cognitive biology	6
Chemically mediated self-recognition in sibling juvenile common gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) reared on same or different diets: evidence for a chemical mirror?	6
Front matter	6
Preliminary evidence of tool use in an Australian magpie?	5
Familiarity dampens the effect of boldness on coordination in three-spined sticklebacks	5
Visual displays in a nocturnal rhacophorid frog (Buergeria japonica)	5
Western Australian magpies respond to urgency information contained in conspecific alarm calls	5
Lizards as models to explore the ecological and neuroanatomical correlates of miniaturization	5
Coastal dolphins provide foraging opportunities to benthic-feeding seabirds in a tropical seagrass ecosystem	5
White-edged cowards: high-pitched treefrogs will be attacked by those with orange legs	5
Editorial Note	5
Sex-dependent growth regulation in monogamous pairs of a cichlid fish	5
Spontaneous nocturnal erections and masturbation in captive male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)	4
Males signal their breeding burrow characteristics to females in the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa	4
Maternal genetic and non-genetic effects on the development of exploration and anxiety-like behaviours in a native Australian rodent, the fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat Melomys cervinipes	4

Anecdotal observations of ‘double clutching’ behaviour in captive Mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris)	4
Successful adoption of non-orphaned infant by a parous, nursing female in yaki (Sulawesi crested macaque)	4
Shark evacuation from Mo’orea island in 2002	4
Subordinate submissive responses are predicted by dominant behaviour in a cooperatively breeding fish	4
Flight order does not influence individuals’ flight initiation distance in small bird flocks	4
Contents	4
Frans de Waal (1948–2024): Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour	3
Patch use and departure rules by gull-billed tern Gelochelidon nilotica	3
Ontogeny of sleeping behaviour in four solitary species of Anolis lizard	3
Evidence of long-lasting memory of a free-ranging top marine predator, the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas	3
Individual behavioural variation does not affect social organization or reproductive success in a cooperative small mammal	3
Communication across multiple sensory modes: quantifying the rich behavioural repertoire of a Neotropical torrent frog	3
The influence of conspecific and heterospecific neighbours on avian reproductive success	3
Ontogeny of scent marking behaviours in an apex carnivore	3
Tool-assisted water scooping in Balinese long-tailed macaques	3
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) responses towards simulated territorial intrusion (STI) vary in strength during the non-breeding season — a matter of temperature and photoperiod?	3
Personality and behavioural syndromes in wild-caught Namaqua rock mice (Micaelamys namaquensis)	3
Contents	3
Moving vs still prey: do common wall lizards show any preference?	3
Front matter	3
Pair formation in Enchenopa treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) involves complex male–female duetting, and three stages of female mate choice	2
Introduction to the special issue on Clinical ethology	2
Effects of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) on olfactory communication of Pallas’s cats (Otocolobus manul) in the Altai Mountains, Mongolia	2
A case of male infanticide in captive sika deer (Cervus nippon)	2
Meows of captive feral domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) in the mating season: acoustic correlates of caller identity and sex	2
Kleptoparasitic interactions by bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) during marine mammal foraging events	2
Vocalisation in wild-living mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella): structure and context of acoustical signals	2
Behavioural interactions between sika deer and Japanese serows: are larger and gregarious ungulates dominant?	2
An ethogram method for the analysis of human distress-related behaviours in the aftermath of public conflicts	2
Numerical discrimination in domestic horses: a spontaneous binary choice test	2
The ethological shortfall: case study of an endangered shorebird	2
A historical approach to describing the complex behaviour of a large species of predatory shark — Case study 2: the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias	2
Trichromatic vision in toads: evidence from preference for colour objects during mate choice	2
Examining individual behavioural variation in wild adult bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) suggests divergent personalities	2
The effect of individual personality on novel food preference in a social context in the cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)	2
Males of lined seedeaters suggest the nest site, but do not build the nest	2
Facultative male investment in prolonged mate-guarding in a butterfly	2
Competition and response to predation risk: effects on morphological and behavioural defences in anuran larvae	2
Stone-tool-assisted hunting by a wild monkey (Macaca fascicularis aurea)	2
Response of juvenile male and female guppies to acute predation cues	2
Does recent experience affect large male advantage in a sequentially-mating fish?	2
Commentary on emotion in sharks	2
Optimal foraging strategy to balance mixed diet by generalist consumers: a simulation model	2
Vocal performance of one affects that of another	2
Aggression towards neonates and possible infanticide in the boto, or Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)	2
Backmatter	2
The relationship between flight initiation distance and cognition of urban-living yellow mongooses, Cynictis penicillata	2