OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Behavioral Ecology 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Ineffective integration of multiple anti-predator defenses in a rotifer: a low-cost insurance?	73
The oxidative cost of helping and its minimization in a cooperative breeder	59
Site fidelity increases reproductive success by increasing foraging efficiency in a marine predator	34
Low incidence of cannibalism among brood parasitic cuckoo catfish embryos	29
The effect of baculum shape and mating behavior on mating-induced prolactin release in female house mice	27
Contextual variations in calls of two nonoscine birds: the blue petrel Halobaena caerulea and the Antarctic prion Pachyptila desolata	25
Should I stay or should I go? Behavioral adjustments of fur seals related to foraging success	23
Corrigendum to: Mesopredators retain their fear of humans across a development gradient	22
The value ofnottrusting intuition: a response to comments on Richardson and Zuk	20
An (almost) fatal blow to conventional wisdom: a comment on Richardson and Zuk	20
Expression of Concern: Multiple environmental cues impact habitat choice during nocturnal homing of specialized reef shrimp	19
Inter-sexual phenotypic divergence is correlated with habitat structure in an invasive lizard	19
Plasticity of snowy plover incubation behaviors in response to risks of nest predation	19
Group social structure has limited impact on reproductive success in a wild mammal	19
Testing hormonal responses to real and simulated social challenges in a competitive female bird	18
Aggression rates increase around seasonally exploited resources in a primarily grass-eating primate	18
Silver spoons, reproduction, and growth catch-up in eastern Grey kangaroos	18
Crocodile social environments dictated by male philopatry	18
Factors influencing dispersal initiation and timing in a facultative cooperative breeder	18
Within-flock heterogeneity in exploratory affects flock behaviour in a highly gregarious bird	18
Public information use—are invasive demersal fish species more effective than natives?	18
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors modulating vigilance and foraging in two gregarious foragers	17
Can you hear/see me? Multisensory integration of signals does not always facilitate mate choice	16
Chronic predation risk affects prey escape abilities through behavioral and physiological changes	16
Adult sex ratio and male body condition affect alternative reproductive tactics in a spider	15

A grander view of life that includes gametic processes: a comment on Shuker and Kvarnemo	15
To bob or not to bob: context-dependence of an antipredator response in neotropical harvestmen	15
Social integration predicts survival in female white-faced capuchin monkeys	15
Red foxes avoid apex predation without increasing fear	15
Environment and mate attractiveness in a wild insect	15
Vibrating aggression: spider males perform an unusual assessment strategy during contest displays	14
Predation risk elicits a negative relationship between boldness and growth in Helisoma snails	14
Social networks reveal sex- and age-patterned social structure in Butler’s gartersnakes (Thamnophis butleri)	14
Opposite-sex associations are linked with annual fitness, but sociality is stable over lifetime	14
Patterns of extra-territorial nest-box visits in a songbird suggest a role in extrapair mating	14
Social environment shapes female settlement decisions in a solitary carnivore	14
Recognition of conspecific immunological status in a neotropical paper wasp	14
The effect of heterospecific and conspecific competition on inter-individual differences in tungara frog tadpole (Engystomops pustulosus) behavior	13
Correction to: Does developmental environment affect sexual conflict? An experimental test in the seed beetle	13
A field experiment reveals reciprocal effects of host personality and parasitism in wild lizards	13
Perception and predation of ladybird spiders and other red-and-black arthropods by 3 predators	13
Housework or vigilance? Bilbies alter their burrowing activity under threat of predation by feral cats	13
Whoever their partner, female blue tits breed the same	12
Simulated infection alters the behavior of pair bonded songbirds and their healthy neighbors	12
Considering birds to understand the interplay of MHC, microbiota, and odor: a comment on Schubert et al.	12
Expression of trematode-induced zombie-ant behavior is strongly associated with temperature	12
Exploring the effects of extreme polyandry on estimates of sexual selection and reproductive success	12
Personality predicts mode of attack in a generalist ground spider predator	12
Male mating tactics are associated with distinct female cognitive-behavioral profiles in 4 poeciliids	12
A reinvestigation of cognitive styles in sticklebacks: decision success varies with behavioral type	11
The evolution of brood parasitism from host egg predation	11
Acoustic and visual stimuli combined promote stronger responses to aerial predation in fish	11
Female state and condition-dependent chemical signaling revealed by male choice of silk trails	11
Can I have fries with that? Context-dependent foraging behavior in urban and rural American crows	11
Not all who wander are lost: prospecting and settlement of male floaters in the spotless starling	11
Territorial-sneaker games with non-uniform interactions and female mate choice	11
The effects of ecology and behavior on the evolution of coloration in Coraciiformes	11
Efficiency of antlion trap design and larval behavior in capture success	11
Visual recognition and coevolutionary history drive responses of amphibians to an invasive predator	10
Multiple opportunities arise from multiple color defense strategies: a comment on Postema et al.	10
Both learning and syntax recognition are used by great tits when answering to mobbing calls	10
Complex adaptations in a multivariate trait: a comment on Caro et al.	10
An island bird community retains anti-predator behavior toward a locally extinct nest predator	10
Effects of resource availability on the web structure of female western black widows: is the web structure constrained by physiological trade-offs?	10
Juvenile leg autotomy predicts adult male morph in a New Zealand harvestman with weapon polymorphism	10
Grow up, be persistent, and stay focused: keys for solving foraging problems by free-ranging possums	10
Emergence and repeatability of leadership and coordinated motion in fish shoals	10
Defensive coloration as a multivariate optimum: a comment on Postema et al	10
Experimentally advancing morning emergence time does not increase extra-pair siring success in blue tit males	9
Grandparental co-residence and grandchild survival: the role of resource competition in a pre-industrial population	9
Correction to: Black and orange coloration predict success during male–male competition in the guppy	9
Turnover in male dominance offsets the positive effect of polygyny on within-group relatedness	9
Understanding relationships among MHC, microbes, and odor: a comment on Schubert et al.	9
Foraging in heterogeneous landscapes: variation in movement patterns of a tropical sand-bubbler crab	9
Environmental variability as a predictor of behavioral flexibility in urban environments	9

Scope and adaptive value of modulating aggression over breeding stages in a competitive female bird	9
Temporal dissonance between group size and its benefits requires whole-of-lifecycle measurements	9
Clutch attendance and call parameters are linked to mating success in a glassfrog with paternal care	9
Social signaling via coloration in large groups: a comment on Caro et al.	9
Light received by embryos promotes postnatal junior phenotypes in a seabird	9
Failed despots and the equitable distribution of fitness in a subsidized species	9
Cumulative experience influences contest investment in a social fish	9
Flamingos as ecosystem engineers: flock size and foraging behaviors linked to nutrient availability	9
Mutual mate preferences and assortative mating in relation to a carotenoid-based color trait in blue tits	9
Olfactory cues of large carnivores modify red deer behavior and browsing intensity	9
Postcopulatory sexual selection is associated with sperm aggregate quality in Peromyscus mice	8
Sex allocation is color morph-specific and associated with fledging condition in a wild bird	8
Cold winters have morph-specific effects on natal dispersal distance in a wild raptor	8
Human-induced pheromone pollution leads to changes in alternative mating tactics of moths	8
Conditional natal dispersal provides a mechanism for populations tracking resource pulses after fire	8
Limited evidence of biased offspring sex allocation in a cavity-nesting conspecific brood parasite	8
Social and spatial conflict drive resident aggression toward outsiders in a group-living fish	8
Female mate preferences do not predict male sexual signals across populations	8
Cognitive flexibility in a generalist raptor: a comparative analysis along an urbanization gradient	8
Correction to: Dietary tryptophan affects group behavior in a social bird	8
Correction to: Female-biased sex ratios in urban centers create a “fertility trap” in  post-war Finland	8
Sex-dependent integration of ornamentation, personality, morphology, and life history	8
Behavioral flexibility facilitates the use of spatial and temporal refugia during variable winter weather	8
Too much information: subordinate species disadvantaged by greater release of volatiles from resources	8
Multiple views on animal coloration: a comment on Postema et al	7
Social insect colonies are more likely to accept unrelated queens when they come with workers	7
Social network position predicts male mating success in a small passerine	7
Common cuckoos do not mimic the size and shape of host eggs	7
Sex-specific effects of psychoactive pollution on behavioral individuality and plasticity in fish	7
Interannual variation in foraging decisions in chick-rearing black-legged kittiwakes	7
Acoustic effects complement visual displays of Great Bowerbird bowers	7
Multiple constraints on urban bird communication: both abiotic and biotic noise shape songs in cities	7
MHC mediates social odor via microbiota—it cannot work: a comment on Schubert et al.	7
Risky business: males choose more receptive adults over safer subadults in a cannibalistic spider	7
Peacock spiders prefer image statistics of average natural scenes over those of male ornamentation	7
Mating traits are phenotypically but not genetically correlated to fitness	7
The definition of sexual selection	7
Phenology and environmental determinants of explosive breeding in gliding treefrogs: diel timing of rainfall matters	7
Effects of chronic and acute predation risk on sexual ornamentation and mating preferences	7
Interplay of cooperative breeding and predation risk on egg allocation and reproductive output	7
Triparental ageing in a laboratory population of an insect with maternal care	7
Relative telencephalon size does not affect collective motion in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)	7
Intricate covariation between exploration and avoidance learning in a generalist predator	7
Habitat change alters the expression and efficiency of a female ornament	7
Moving away from repeatability: a comment on Stuber et al.	7
Responses in adult pied flycatcher males depend on playback song similarity to local population	7
Bumblebee flower constancy and pollen diversity over time	6
Perceived risk structures the space use of competing carnivores	6
Studying the colors of monkeys: a comment on Caro et al.	6
Reduced fitness of secondary females in a polygynous species: a 32-yr study of Savannah sparrows	6
Sexual conflict and social networks in bed bugs: effects of social experience	6
Condition- and context-dependent alternative reproductive tactic in Drosophila prolongata	6
Does losing reduce the tendency to engage with rivals to reach mates? An experimental test	6
Golden mimics use multiple defenses to counter generalist and specialist predators	6
When parents play favorites: brood demand shapes parental preference for offspring UV color	6
Iridescence untwined: honey bees can separate hue variations in space and time	6
The presence of territorial damselfish predicts choosy client species richness at cleaning stations	6
Song varies with latitude, climate, and species richness in a Neotropical bird	6
Sex differences, sexual selection, and gamete size: a comment on Shuker and Kvarnemo	6
Sexual selection: competition for resources provided by mating partners	6
Nestling mouth colors mediate parental favoritism but do not influence detectability	6
Cadmium does not affect post-hatching maternal care or early offspring development in earwigs	6
Chemical footprints mediate habitat selection in co-occurring aphids	6
Female blue tits sing frequently: a sex comparison of occurrence, context, and structure of song	6
Interactions between color and gloss in iridescent camouflage	6
Condition dependence of (un)predictability in escape behavior of a grasshopper species	6
No signs of behavioral evolution of threespine stickleback following northern pike invasion	6
Many avenues for spatial personality research: a response to comments on Stuber et al. (2022)	6
Finding shortcuts through collective tunnel excavations in a subterranean termite	6
Functionally redundant multimodal predator cues elicit changes in prey foraging behavior	6
Habitat complexity and complex signal function – exploring the role of ornamentation	6
Habitat disturbance alters color contrast and the detectability of cryptic and aposematic frogs	6
Size-dependent aggression towards kin in a cannibalistic species	6