Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences

Papers
(The median citation count of Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences is 6. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Do mutualistic interactions last longer than antagonistic interactions?107
King- and queen-specific degradation of uric acid contributes to reproduction in termites87
Bee flowers drive macroevolutionary diversification in long-horned bees77
Crocodile perception of distress in hominid baby cries76
Uncovering the Holocene roots of contemporary disease-scapes: bringing archaeology into One Health65
Modelling the emergence of synchrony from decentralized rhythmic interactions in animal communication64
Human adults prefer to cooperate even when it is costly62
A dawn and dusk chorus will emerge if males sing in the absence of their mate61
Auditory mechanics in the grig ( Cyphoderris monstrosa ): tympanal travelling waves and frequency discrimination as a precursor to inner ear tonotopy59
Occupancy winners in tropical protected forests: a pantropical analysis58
Human-driven breakdown of predator–prey interactions in the northern Adriatic Sea54
Seed size variation impacts local adaptation and life-history strategies in a perennial grass53
Which peer reviewers voluntarily reveal their identity to authors? Insights into the consequences of open-identities peer review50
Feather chemicals contain information about the major histocompatibility complex in a highly scented seabird49
Labour's pain: strenuous subsistence work, mechanical wear-and-tear and musculoskeletal pain in a non-industrialized population49
Social restructuring during harsh environmental conditions promotes cooperative behaviour in a songbird48
Swimming through sand: using accelerometers to observe the cryptic, pre-emergence life-stage of sea turtle hatchlings47
Sampling biases obscure the early diversification of the largest living vertebrate group47
In search of the genetic variants of human sex ratio at birth: was Fisher wrong about sex ratio evolution?42
Correction to: ‘Age determination in echinoderms: first evidence of annual growth rings in holothuroids’ 2022 by Sun et al.39
Ants act as olfactory bio-detectors of tumours in patient-derived xenograft mice37
Mosquito ageing modulates the development, virulence and transmission potential of pathogens36
The psychology of relative state, desperation and violence: a commentary on de Courson et al. (2023)36
Multiscale analysis of the randomization limits of the chromosomal gene organization between Lepidoptera and Diptera36
Kin selection of time travel: the social evolutionary causes and consequences of dormancy35
Wild raccoons demonstrate flexibility and individuality in innovative problem-solving35
Ecological determinants of rabies virus dynamics in vampire bats and spillover to livestock34
The gaze of a social monkey is perceptible to conspecifics and predators but not prey34
Genotype-by-environment interactions influence the composition of the Drosophila seminal proteome34
Phenology in the deep sea: seasonal and tidal feeding rhythms in a keystone octocoral33
Seeds of language-like generativity in bird call combinations32
Shifts in predator behaviour following climate induced disturbance on coral reefs32
The ontogeny of asymmetry in echolocating whales32
Correction to: First monk seal from the Southern Hemisphere rewrites the evolutionary history of true seals31
Museomics unveil systematics, diversity and evolution of Australian cycad-pollinating weevils31
Energetic trade-offs in migration decision-making, reproductive effort and subsequent parental care in a long-distance migratory bird31
Evolution of competitive traits changes species diversity in a natural field30
External and internal driving forces of community and functional group stability in the forest mammal community30
The importance of migratory drop-off for island colonization in birds30
Prenatal acoustic programming of mitochondrial function for high temperatures in an arid-adapted bird29
Beak morphometry and morphogenesis across avian radiations29
Cool-edge populations of the kelp Ecklonia radiata under global ocean change scenarios: strong sensitivity to ocean warming but little effect of ocean acidification29
Developmental changes of opsin gene expression in ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)29
Insect cross-tolerance to freezing and drought stress: role of metabolic rearrangement28
Animal lifestyle affects acceptable mass limits for attached tags28
Sub-communities of the vaginal microbiota in pregnant and non-pregnant women28
Early-life sibling conflict in Canada jays has lifetime fitness consequences28
Exploring the connection between autophagy and heat-stress tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster28
Rare edges and abundant cores: range-wide variation in abundance in North American birds27
Evolution of bioluminescence in Anthozoa with emphasis on Octocorallia27
Experimental extra-pair copulations provide proof of concept for fertility insurance in a socially monogamous bird27
Quantitative genetic-by-soil microbiome interactions in a perennial grass affect functional traits27
Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of Hydrangeeae (Hydrangeaceae) elucidate the effects of geologic and climatic dynamics on diversification27
Ecological shifts underlie parallels between ontogenetic and evolutionary allometries in parrotfishes27
Comparative genomics reveals convergent signals associated with the high metabolism and longevity in birds and bats27
Asymmetric arms races between predators and prey: a tug of war between the life–dinner principle and the rare-enemy principle27
Binocular field configuration in owls: the role of foraging ecology27
The evolution of sour taste26
Green turtle tracking leads the discovery of seagrass blue carbon resources26
Large genetic divergence underpins cryptic local adaptation across ecological and evolutionary gradients26
Rapid evolution during climate change: demographic and genetic constraints on adaptation to severe drought26
TiDeTree: a Bayesian phylogenetic framework to estimate single-cell trees and population dynamic parameters from genetic lineage tracing data25
Convergence of gut microbiota in myrmecophagous amphibians25
Positive and negative effects of land abandonment on butterfly communities revealed by a hierarchical sampling design across climatic regions25
Niche shifts after island colonization spurred adaptive diversification and speciation in a cosmopolitan bird clade25
Colonization–persistence trade-offs in natural bacterial communities25
Life-history responses to temperature and seasonality mediate ectotherm consumer–resource dynamics under climate warming24
How to generate and test hypotheses about colour: insights from half a century of guppy research24
Half of global islands have reached critical area thresholds for undergoing rapid increases in biological invasions24
Straining the root on and off triggers local calcium signalling24
Character displacement or priority effects: immigration timing can affect community assembly with rapid evolution24
The resolution of evolutionary conflicts within species24
Third-party punishers do not compete to be chosen as partners in an experimental game24
Determinants of hyena participation in risky collective action24
A genome-wide test for paternal indirect genetic effects on lifespan inDrosophila melanogaster24
Blue whales increase feeding rates at fine-scale ocean features24
Differential local genetic adaptation to pesticide use in organic and conventional agriculture in an aquatic non-target species23
Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis23
Drosophila female reproductive glands contribute to mating plug composition and the timing of sperm ejection23
Hierarchically embedded scales of movement shape the social networks of vampire bats23
The biogeography of community assembly: latitude and predation drive variation in community trait distribution in a guild of epifaunal crustaceans23
All camouflage strategies are not equal23
Sticky steps and the gender gap: how thoughtful practices could help keep caregivers in science23
Mechanistic interactions as the origin of modularity in biological networks22
Phylogenomics reveals deep relationships and diversification within phylactolaemate bryozoans22
Population trends are more strongly linked to environmental change and species traits in birds than mammals22
Multispecies interactions shape the transition to multicellularity22
Effects of physical impairments on fitness correlates of the white-footed mouse,Peromyscus leucopus22
No evidence for temporally balanced selection on larval Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas : a comment on Durland et al . (2021)22
The genomic architecture of continuous plumage colour variation in the European barn owl ( Tyto alba )22
The presence of multiple parasitoids decreases host survival under warming, but parasitoid performance also decreases22
Grandmother presence improved grandchild survival against childhood infections but not vaccination coverage in historical Finns22
Correction: ‘Multidimensional plasticity in the Glanville fritillary butterfly: larval performance is temperature, host and family specific’ (2020), by Nadja et al.22
Developmental and functional controls on enrolment in an ancient, extinct arthropod22
Evolutionary ecomorphology for the twenty-first century: examples from mammalian carnivores21
Drivers of nematode diversity in forest soils across climatic zones21
Simulation and social network analysis provide insight into the acquisition of tool behaviour in hybrid macaques21
Tipping points induced by palaeo-human impacts can explain presence of savannah in Malagasy and global systems where forest is expected21
Human density is associated with the increased prevalence of a generalist zoonotic parasite in mammalian wildlife21
Unisexual flowers as a resolution to intralocus sexual conflict in hermaphrodites21
Extreme heat exposure of host plants indirectly reduces solitary bee fecundity and survival21
Land-use-associated stressors interact to reduce bumblebee health at the individual and colony level21
Male–male social bonding, coalitionary support and reproductive success in wild Guinea baboons21
Twenty years of big plant genera21
Partial protection from fluctuating selection leads to evolution towards wider population size fluctuation and a novel mechanism of balancing selection20
Tonic and phasic effects of reward on the pupil: implications for locus coeruleus function20
Marine diversity patterns in Australia are filtered through biogeography20
Retraction of: ‘Reef fishes can recognize bleached habitat during settlement: sea anemone bleaching alters anemonefish host selection’ (2016) by Scott and Dixson20
Hummingbirds use distinct control strategies for forward and hovering flight20
Resistance to age-related hearing loss in the echolocating big brown bat ( Eptesicus fuscus )20
Beneficial cumulative effects of old parental age on offspring fitness20
Novel spikey ionocytes are regulated by cortisol in the skin of an amphibious fish20
Positive-to-negative behavioural responses suggest hedonic evaluation in treefrog mate choice20
Managing the effects of multiple stressors on wildlife populations in their ecosystems: developing a cumulative risk approach20
Selection for biparental inheritance of mitochondria under hybridization and mitonuclear fitness interactions20
Background complexity can mitigate poor camouflage20
Effects of genotype and host environment on the cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of Lysiphlebus parasitoids and aggression by aphid-tending ants20
Mitochondrial effects on fertility and longevity in Tigriopus californicus contradict predictions of the mother's curse hypothesis20
Utilizing citizen science data to rapidly assess changing associations between wild birds and avian influenza outbreaks in poultry20
Social interaction can select for reduced ability19
Temperature-driven heterochrony as a main evolutionary response to climate changes in conodonts19
Evolutionary modularity, integration and disparity in an accretionary skeleton: analysis of venerid Bivalvia19
Susceptible and infectious states for both vector and host in a dynamic pathogen–vector–host system19
Early life adversity jointly regulates body-mass index and working memory development19
Evolution of self-sustained circadian rhythms is facilitated by seasonal change of daylight19
The impact of within-host coinfection interactions on between-host parasite transmission dynamics varies with spatial scale19
Brains in sync, friends in empathy: interbrain neural mechanisms underlying the impact of interpersonal closeness on mutual empathy19
Grouping behaviour impacts on the parasitic pressure and squamation of sharks19
Ecogeography of group size suggests differences in drivers of sociality among cooperatively breeding fairywrens19
A sterol-mediated gleaner–opportunist trade-off underlies the evolution of grazer resistance to cyanobacteria19
Global ecomorphological restructuring of dominant marine reptiles prior to the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction19
Gender shapes the formation of review paper collaborations in microbiology19
Colonial coral resilience by decreasing size: reaction to increased detrital influx during onset of the late Palaeozoic Ice Age19
The experimental evolution of human culture: flexibility, fidelity and environmental instability19
Emerging infectious disease triggered a trophic cascade and enhanced recruitment of a masting tree19
Panoramic spatial vision in the bay scallop Argopecten irradians19
Competition and habitat availability interact to structure arboreal ant communities across scales of ecological organization19
Nuclear-specific gene expression in heterokaryons of the filamentous ascomycete Neurospora tetrasperma18
Parasite co-infection: an ecological, molecular and experimental perspective18
Evidence of cospeciation between termites and their gut bacteria on a geological time scale18
Generalized mutualisms promote range expansion in both plant and ant partners18
Liver transcriptomic and methylomic analyses identify transcriptional mitogen-activated protein kinase regulation in facultative hibernation of Syrian hamster18
Avian behaviour changes in response to human activity during the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom18
Harmonizing spatial scales and ecological theories to predict avian richness and functional diversity within forest ecosystems18
Quantifying the impacts of 166 years of land cover change on lowland bird communities18
Epidemiological dynamics of bacteriocin competition and antibiotic resistance18
Spatial variation in avian bill size is associated with temperature extremes in a major radiation of Australian passerines18
Developmental risk sensitivity theory: the effects of socio-economic status on children's risky gain and loss decisions18
Mitochondrial DNA content in eggs as a maternal effect18
Cessation of grazing causes biodiversity loss and homogenization of soil food webs18
Rapid evolution of unimodal but not of linear thermal performance curves inDaphnia magna18
Genetic and genomic architecture of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon variation in parasitoid wasps17
Androgen-armoured amazons: reversed sex roles in coucals are associated with testosterone in females but not males17
A nutrition–defence trade-off drives diet choice in a toxic plant generalist17
Handgrip strength and 2D : 4D in women: homogeneous samples challenge the (apparent) gender paradox17
Sea ice reduction drives genetic differentiation among Barents Sea polar bears17
The interplay of wind and uplift facilitates over-water flight in facultative soaring birds17
A sex skew in life-history research: the problem of missing males17
Evolutionary story of caddisflies: new insights from phylogenomics17
Size rather than complexity of sexual ornaments prolongs male metamorphosis and explains sexual size dimorphism in sepsid flies17
Matches and mismatches between the global distribution of major food crops and climate suitability17
Virulence decomposition for bifurcating infections17
Photosynthesis from stolen chloroplasts can support sea slug reproductive fitness17
Metatarsal fusion resisted bending as jerboas (Dipodidae) transitioned from quadrupedal to bipedal17
RADseq data reveal a lack of admixture in a mouse lemur contact zone contrary to previous microsatellite results17
New Middle Eocene proboscidean from Togo illuminates the early evolution of the elephantiform-like dental pattern17
Hearing, echolocation, and beam steering from day 0 in tongue-clicking bats17
Bathymetric evolution of black corals through deep time17
Restricted X chromosome introgression and support for Haldane's rule in hybridizing damselflies17
Mechanisms of damage prevention, signalling and repair impact disease tolerance17
Multilevel selection in the evolution of sexual dimorphism in phenotypic plasticity17
The megaherbivore gap after the non-avian dinosaur extinctions modified trait evolution and diversification of tropical palms17
Synergistic negative effects between a fungicide and high temperatures on homing behaviours in honeybees17
Land-use change interacts with island biogeography to alter bird community assembly17
New Caledonian crows' planning behaviour: a reply to de Mahy et al .17
Life-history genotype explains variation in migration activity in Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar )16
No correlative evidence of costs of infection or immunity on leucocyte telomere length in a wild population of Soay sheep16
Physical constraints during Snowball Earth drive the evolution of multicellularity16
Migratory birds can extract positional information from magnetic inclination and magnetic declination alone16
Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in Anopheles gambiae revealed by allele-specific expression16
Individualized composition or community dynamics? A new statistical approach to assess the individuality of host-associated microbiomes16
Size is relative: use of relational concepts by wild hummingbirds16
Evolution in changing seas16
Disentangling the influence of entanglement on recruitment in North Atlantic right whales16
Delayed early life effects in the threespine stickleback16
The social shape of sperm: using an integrative machine-learning approach to examine sperm ultrastructure and collective motility16
Innovation across 13 ungulate species: problem solvers are less integrated in the social group and less neophobic16
Transparent transmission models for informing public health policy: the role of trust and generalizability16
The evolutionary consequences of learning under competition16
A matter of time: Bateman's principles and mating success as count and duration across social strata in contemporary Finland16
Gene loss and relaxed selection of plaat1 in vertebrates adapted to low-light environments16
Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation16
Lunar rhythms and their carry-over effects may shape environmental sex determination in a coral reef fish16
Volatile-mediated between-plant communication in Scots pine and the effects of elevated ozone16
Environmental memory gained from exposure to extreme pCO2variability promotes coral cellular acid–base homeostasis15
Discrepancies between the drivers of alpha and beta plant diversity in arable field margins15
DNA methylation extends lifespan in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris15
Chimpanzees communicate to coordinate a cultural practice15
When origin, reproduction ability and diet define the role of birds in invasions15
Single-cell transcriptome sequencing reveals Wolbachia -mediated modification in early stages of Drosophila spermatogenesis15
Simple decentralized control mechanism that enables limb adjustment for adaptive quadruped running15
Immunological feedback loops generate parasite persistence thresholds that explain variation in infection duration15
You are what you eat—ecological niche and microhabitat influence venom activity and composition in aquatic bugs15
Interindividual variation in the use of social information during learning in honeybees15
A supergene in seaweed flies modulates male traits and female perception15
Genome-wide selection signatures reveal widespread synergistic effects of two different stressors in Drosophila melanogaster15
Something in the water: aquatic microbial communities influence the larval amphibian gut microbiota, neurodevelopment and behaviour15
Senescence, trait parameterization and (st)age-specific forces of selection15
Spontaneous preference for unpredictability in the temporal contingencies between agents' motion in naive domestic chicks15
Death is overrated: the potential role of detection in driving virulence evolution15
Can female guppies learn to like male colours? A test of the role of associative learning in originating sexual preferences15
Mixed-species bird flocks re-assemble interspecific associations across an elevational gradient15
Telomere length correlates with physiological and behavioural responses of a long-lived seabird to an ecologically relevant challenge15
Dollo meets Bergmann: morphological evolution in secondary aquatic mammals15
Parallel evolution despite low genetic diversity in three-spined sticklebacks15
Holds enable one-shot reciprocal exchange15
Wild gibbons plan their travel pattern according to food types of breakfast14
Deriving the cone fundamentals: a subspace intersection method14
Effects of local versus global competition on reproductive skew and sex differences in social dominance behaviour14
Interaction capacity as a potential driver of community diversity14
Ancient DNA evidence for the ecological globalization of cod fishing in medieval and post-medieval Europe14
Moving conferences online: lessons learned from an international virtual meeting14
Correlated evolution of oxidative physiology and MHC-based immunosurveillance in birds14
Apes reciprocate food positively and negatively14
A single intronic single nucleotide polymorphism in splicing site of steroidogenic enzyme hsd17b1 is associated with phenotypic sex in oyster pompano, Tra14
Sanctions and international interaction improve cooperation to avert climate change14
Long-distance vocalizations of spotted hyenas contain individual, but not group, signatures14
Structural disorder facilitates future memory decisions14
Environmental, sex-specific and genetic determinants of infant social behaviour in a wild primate14
Sex-biased gene expression in nutrient-sensing pathways14
Resolving selfish and spiteful interdependent conflict14
Unexpected cryptic species among streptophyte algae most distant to land plants14
Acoustic activity of bats at power lines correlates with relative humidity: a potential role for corona discharges14
Risk of herbivory negatively correlates with the diversity of volatile emissions involved in plant communication14
Effects of environmental translocation and host characteristics on skin microbiomes of sun-basking fish14
Global long-term stability of individual dietary specialization in herbivorous mammals14
The causes of species richness patterns among clades14
The peptide secreted at the water to land transition in a model amphibian has antioxidant effects14
On the relationship between foveal mask interference and mental imagery in peripheral object recognition14
Post-marital residence patterns and the timing of reproduction: evidence from a matrilineal society14
Fossils indicate marine dispersal in osteoglossid fishes, a classic example of continental vicariance14
The evolution of gestation length in eutherian mammals14
The evolution of masturbation is associated with postcopulatory selection and pathogen avoidance in primates14
Better baboon break-ups: collective decision theory of complex social network fissions14
Dim-light colour vision in the facultatively nocturnal Asian giant honeybee, Apis dorsata14
Chronic and acute thermal stressors have non-additive effects on fertility14
Scavenging in the realm of senses: smell and vision drive recruitment at carcasses in Neotropical ecosystems14
Adolescence is characterized by more sedentary behaviour and less physical activity even among highly active forager-farmers14
Seagrass production around artificial reefs is resistant to human stressors13
The specious interaction of time and numerosity perception13
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