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Animal Behavior and Reproduction

This cluster of papers explores the evolutionary ecology of animal behavior and traits, focusing on topics such as phenotypic plasticity, natural selection, evolutionary dynamics, mate choice, reproductive strategies, genetic variation, adaptive evolution, life history trade-offs, and ecological interactions.

83,975 works

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Most cited

  1. Behavioral decisions made under the risk of predation: a review and prospectus

    Steven L. Lima, Lawrence M. Dill · 1990 · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 8,247 citations

  2. Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers

    Dakota E. McCoy, Teresa J. Feo, Todd Alan Harvey, Richard O. Prum · 2017 · Nature Communications · 7,499 citations

  3. On Optimal Use of a Patchy Environment

    Robert H. MacArthur, Eric R. Pianka · 1966 · The American Naturalist · 4,581 citations

  4. Mating systems, philopatry and dispersal in birds and mammals

    Paul J. Greenwood · 1980 · Animal Behaviour · 3,973 citations

  5. Heritable True Fitness and Bright Birds: A Role for Parasites?

    W D Hamilton, Marlene Zuk · 1982 · Science · 3,787 citations

  6. Adaptive versus non‐adaptive phenotypic plasticity and the potential for contemporary adaptation in new environments

    Cameron K. Ghalambor, John McKay, Scott P. Carroll, David N. Reznick · 2007 · Functional Ecology · 3,729 citations

Most recent

  1. Antipredation escape behaviour differs between fighter and sneaker males in the two-spotted spider mite

    Aoi Takano, Yukie Sato · 2026 · Experimental and Applied Acarology · 0 citations

  2. Plasticity in collective behaviour helps fish shoals mitigate limited visual information from water turbidity

    Christos C Ioannou, James Cordery, Sean A Rands · 2026 · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 0 citations

  3. Correlated evolution of exaggerated genitalic structures in the minute litter bug Nannocoris Reuter (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae)

    Sarah Frankenberg, Christiane Weirauch · 2026 · Zootaxa · 0 citations

  4. To what extent does facultative scavenging contribute to the persistence of predatory species?

    Katsuhiko Yoshida · 2026 · Ecological Modelling · 0 citations

  5. Females of a socially polyandrous, sex-role reversed shorebird visit multiple breeding sites within a single season

    Bart Kempenaers, Peter Santema, Margherita Cragnolini, Luke Eberhart-Hertel · 2026 · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 0 citations

  6. Beyond planktonic encounter theory: a Rotimer-based model of benthic mate search in the rotifer Euchlanis dilatata

    Brian J. Dingmann, Rita Sinka, Bence Lázár, Zsolt Datki · 2026 · Hydrobiologia · 0 citations

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