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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of food availability and predator cues on meadow vole response to social vs. non-social odorants	23
Post-rut aggression in caribou: limited evidence for interference competition but strong evidence for male harassment	21
A non-invasive method during routine handling indicates docility in a wild, crevice-nesting seabird	19
Prey size preference in the tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)	14
The ‘Mistaken Identity Hypothesis’ for shark bites on humans is an anthropomorphic fallacy	11
Increase of coastal shark bite frequency linked to the COVID-19 lockdown reveals a territoriality-dominance behaviour toward humans	10
Territorial behaviour and conflict management in a semi-social cichlid fish, Neolamprologus caudopunctatus	9
European-native vocalizing: sex and age-class acoustic variation in the Central European red deer (Cervus elaphus)	8
Front matter	7
Reinstating reptiles: from clueless creatures to esteemed models of cognitive biology	7
Do ruminants and hindgut fermenters differ in their activity? Comparison of syntopic black wildebeest and Cape mountain zebra	7
Comparative exploratory movements of two terrestrial isopods (suborder: Oniscidea), in response to humidity and availability of food	6
Visual displays in a nocturnal rhacophorid frog (Buergeria japonica)	6
Sex-dependent growth regulation in monogamous pairs of a cichlid fish	6
Coastal dolphins provide foraging opportunities to benthic-feeding seabirds in a tropical seagrass ecosystem	6
White-edged cowards: high-pitched treefrogs will be attacked by those with orange legs	5
Familiarity dampens the effect of boldness on coordination in three-spined sticklebacks	5
Preliminary evidence of tool use in an Australian magpie?	5
Chemically mediated self-recognition in sibling juvenile common gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) reared on same or different diets: evidence for a chemical mirror?	5
Western Australian magpies respond to urgency information contained in conspecific alarm calls	5
Editorial Note	5
Spontaneous nocturnal erections and masturbation in captive male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)	4
Flight order does not influence individuals’ flight initiation distance in small bird flocks	4
Contents	4
Subordinate submissive responses are predicted by dominant behaviour in a cooperatively breeding fish	4

Front matter	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
Males signal their breeding burrow characteristics to females in the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa	3
Communication across multiple sensory modes: quantifying the rich behavioural repertoire of a Neotropical torrent frog	3
Moving vs still prey: do common wall lizards show any preference?	3
Numerical discrimination in domestic horses: a spontaneous binary choice test	3
The influence of conspecific and heterospecific neighbours on avian reproductive success	3
Personality and behavioural syndromes in wild-caught Namaqua rock mice (Micaelamys namaquensis)	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
Tool-assisted water scooping in Balinese long-tailed macaques	3
Contents	3
Commentary on emotion in sharks	3
Individual behavioural variation does not affect social organization or reproductive success in a cooperative small mammal	3
Frans de Waal (1948–2024): Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour	3
Evidence of long-lasting memory of a free-ranging top marine predator, the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas	3
Ontogeny of scent marking behaviours in an apex carnivore	3
Optimal foraging strategy to balance mixed diet by generalist consumers: a simulation model	3
Does recent experience affect large male advantage in a sequentially-mating fish?	2
Competition and response to predation risk: effects on morphological and behavioural defences in anuran larvae	2
Vocal performance of one affects that of another	2
Vocalisation in wild-living mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella): structure and context of acoustical signals	2
Backmatter	2
An ethogram method for the analysis of human distress-related behaviours in the aftermath of public conflicts	2
Examining individual behavioural variation in wild adult bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) suggests divergent personalities	2
Personality in the parasitic avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi)	2
Introduction to the special issue on Clinical ethology	2
Pair formation in Enchenopa treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) involves complex male–female duetting, and three stages of female mate choice	2
The effect of individual personality on novel food preference in a social context in the cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)	2
The relationship between flight initiation distance and cognition of urban-living yellow mongooses, Cynictis penicillata	2
Kleptoparasitic interactions by bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) during marine mammal foraging events	2
Contents Index	2
Behavioural interactions between sika deer and Japanese serows: are larger and gregarious ungulates dominant?	2
Effects of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) on olfactory communication of Pallas’s cats (Otocolobus manul) in the Altai Mountains, Mongolia	2
Trichromatic vision in toads: evidence from preference for colour objects during mate choice	2
Response of juvenile male and female guppies to acute predation cues	2
Stone-tool-assisted hunting by a wild monkey (Macaca fascicularis aurea)	2
Ontogeny of sleeping behaviour in four solitary species of Anolis lizard	2
Front matter	2
Facultative male investment in prolonged mate-guarding in a butterfly	2
Males of lined seedeaters suggest the nest site, but do not build the nest	2
Meows of captive feral domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) in the mating season: acoustic correlates of caller identity and sex	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
A case of male infanticide in captive sika deer (Cervus nippon)	2
The ethological shortfall: case study of an endangered shorebird	2