OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ethology Ecology & Evolution 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Cryptochrome 1a localisation in light- and dark-adapted retinae of several migratory and non-migratory bird species: no signs of light-dependent activation	30
Notes on a tree: reframing the relevance of primate choruses, duets, and solo songs	19
The language void 10 years on: multimodal primate communication research is still uncommon	18
Migratory orientation in inexperienced and experienced avian migrants	15
Form follows function in human nonverbal vocalisations	15
A socio-ecological perspective on the gestural communication of great ape species, individuals, and social units	14
Female cuckoo calls elicit vigilance and escape responses from wild free-range chickens	14
Towards a common terminology for arthropod spatial orientation	14
Tolerant to humans? Assessment of alert and flight initiation distances of two bird species in relation to sex, flock size, and environmental characteristics	13
Grey wolf may show signs of self-awareness with the sniff test of self-recognition	12
Vocal activity of the Ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) is strongly correlated with moon phase and nocturnal temperature	12
How to recover after sea crossing: the importance of small islands for passerines during spring migration	12
Not only pigeons: avian olfactory navigation studied by satellite telemetry	11
Urbanization levels are associated with the start of the dawn chorus in vermilion flycatchers in Colombia	11
Addicted to the moon: vocal output and diel pattern of vocal activity in two Neotropical nightjars is related to moon phase	10
Snake slough in birds’ nests acts as a nest predator deterrent	10
Animal linguistics in the making: the Urgency Principle and titi monkeys’ alarm system	9
Diel activity patterns and overlap between Eurasian red squirrels and Siberian chipmunks in native and introduced ranges	9
A long-term population study of the Eurasian griffon (Gyps fulvus)in Serbia before and following the establishment of a supplementary feeding program	8
Hemoparasites and their relation to body condition and plumage coloration of the White-necked thrush (Turdus albicollis)	8
Coping with mortality: responses of monkeys and great apes to collapsed, inanimate and dead conspecifics	8
No country for native crayfish: importance of crustaceans in the diet of native and alien Northern raccoons	8
Playful interactions and facial mimicry in infant bonobos (Pan paniscus)	7
Attacked from above and below: new ethological evidence on the predation strategies of corvid and varanid on a cave-roosting bat	7
From diurnal to nocturnal activity: a case study of night-light niche expansion in Agama agama lizards	6

Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) predation and consumption of an adult yak in the Mongolian Altai	6
Diet of terrestrial anurans in an ephemeral and simplified habitat during the dry season in the Brazilian Cerrado	5
Effect of supplemental feeding on habitat and crop selection by wild boar in Sweden	5
Temporal changes in the wolf Canis lupus diet in Wigry National Park (northeast Poland)	5
Vocal performance and the usage of song types in Pale-legged leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes: a contradictory study	5
Neoichnology: why should we care about peck marks and dust baths?	5
First documentation of long-distance travel by a Florida manatee to the Mexican Caribbean	5
Avian forebrain processing of magnetic intensity and inclination: hippocampus, anterior forebrain Wulst and an unexpected double-dissociation	4
Neural basis of multi-sensory communication in primates	4
Parental status is related to homing motivation in males of the glassfrog Centrolene savagei	4
First assessment of ectoparasite prevalence in Apennine populations of Eurasian red squirrel: does habitat fragmentation affect parasite presence?	4
Four new anuran defence behaviours observed in the cane toad Rhinella marina	4
Escaping from predators: a review of Neotropical lizards defence traits	4
What makes us apes? The emotional building blocks of intersubjectivity in hominids	4
Decoupling residents and dispersers from detection data improve habitat selection modelling: the case study of the wolf in a natural corridor	4
Faster transport through slower runs: ant relocation dynamics in nature	4
Post-autotomy limb movement in the porcellanid crab Petrolisthes japonicus	4
Species-specific resource availability as potential correlates of foraging strategy in Atlantic Forest edge-living common marmosets	4
Alien-dominated plant communities’ syntopic with seabird’s nests: evidence and possible implication from a Mediterranean insular ecosystem	4