Behaviour and Speciation in Birds and Lower Vertebrates

Science and Human Behavior

1953 • 9,622 citations

The natural regulation of animal numbers

1972 • 3,088 citations

CANALIZATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE INHERITANCE OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERS

1942 • 3,059 citations

The distribution and abundance of animals

1974 • 2,811 citations

The Significance of Clutch-size

1947 • 2,029 citations

The struggle for existence

1934 • 1,615 citations

Character Displacement

1956 • 1,372 citations

Evolution: The Modern Synthesis

1942 • 1,312 citations

Der Kumpan in der Umwelt des Vogels

1935 • 1,241 citations

The Food of Fresh-Water Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus and Pygosteus pungitius), with a Review of Methods Used in Studies of the Food of Fishes

1950 • 1,212 citations

A Critique of Konrad Lorenz's Theory of Instinctive Behavior

1953 • 1,030 citations

Speciation as a Stage in Evolutionary Divergence

1940 • 872 citations

"Derived" Activities; Their Causation, Biological Significance, Origin, and Emancipation During Evolution

1952 • 822 citations

THE LEARNING OF SONG PATTERNS BY BIRDS, WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SONG OF THE CHAFFINCH FRINGILLA COELEBS

1958 • 595 citations

Speciation Phenomena in Birds

1940 • 488 citations

L'instinct dans le comportement des animaux et de l'homme

1956 • 413 citations

Review of The herring gull's world.

1955 • 413 citations

Systematics and the origin of Species : from the Viewpoint of a Zoologist

1943 • 394 citations

THE BALDWIN EFFECT

1953 • 392 citations

Competition and the Structure of Ecological Communities

1946 • 387 citations

On the Stimulus Situation Releasing the Begging Response in the Newly Hatched Herring Gull Chick (Larus Argentatus Argentatus Pont.)

1951 • 376 citations

ECOLOGICAL FACTORS IN SPECIATION

1947 • 376 citations

Social Releasers and the Experimental Method Required for Their Study

1948 • 349 citations

Specific Distinctiveness in the Communication Signals of Birds

1957 • 346 citations

The Spines of Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus and Pygosteus) as Means of Defence Against Predators (Perca and Esox)

1956 • 335 citations

Parental care and its evolution in birds

1952 • 333 citations

ADAPTATIONS IN THE KITTIWAKE TO CLIFF‐NESTING.

1957 • 321 citations

The Food of Titmice in Oak Woodland

1955 • 312 citations

Competition and Habitat Selection in Birds

1949 • 295 citations

The Reproductive Behaviour of the Zebra Finch (Poephila Guttata), With Special Reference To Pseudofemale Behaviour and Displacement Activities

1954 • 274 citations

Ethological Studies On Lebistes Reticulatus (Peters)

1955 • 273 citations

FEEDING ECOLOGY OF TITS, WITH NOTES ON TREECREEPER AND GOLDCREST.

1954 • 268 citations

Preening of Two Tern Species. a Study On Displacement Activities

1958 • 259 citations

A GENE MUTATION WHICH CHANGES A BEHAVIOR PATTERN

1956 • 241 citations

"Typical Intensity" and Its Relation To the Problem of Ritualisation

1957 • 238 citations

Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung

1978 • 237 citations

Social Behavior of the American Chameleon (Anolis carolinensis Voigt)

1944 • 226 citations

ADAPTATION IN HOLE-NESTING BIRDS

1957 • 224 citations

Territory and the Regulation of Density in Titmice

1954 • 219 citations

The Feather Postures of Birds and the Problem of the Origin of Social Signals

1956 • 218 citations

The descent of instinct.

1955 • 207 citations

Opening of Milk Bottles By Birds

1950 • 203 citations

The Evolutionary and Taxonomic Significance of Sexual Dimorphism and Hybridization in Birds

1957 • 200 citations

On Locomotory Movements in Birds and the Intention Movements Derived From Them

1951 • 186 citations

EXPERIMENTS ON BIRD ORIENTATION AND THEIR INTERPRETATION.

1957 • 182 citations

Ecological Aspects of Species‐formation in Passerine Birds

1944 • 181 citations

An Ecological Study of the Feeding Habits of the English Titmice

1953 • 176 citations

The Physiological Basis of Parental Feeding Behavior in the Ring Dove (Streptopelia Risoria)

1955 • 175 citations

The Development of Social Behavior in Birds

1952 • 168 citations

The Baldwin Effect

1953 • 168 citations

Habitat Selection in Birds. With Special Reference to the Effects of Afforestation on the Breckland Avifauna

1933 • 166 citations

Die Paarbildung bei einigen Cichliden

1940 • 166 citations

THE VOICE OF THE CHAFFINCH AND ITS FUNCTION AS A LANGUAGE

1956 • 158 citations

Local and Seasonal Variations in Relative Frequencies of Species of Drosophila in Brazil

1950 • 156 citations

THE MATING BEHAVIOR OF LIZARDS; ITS BEARING ON THE THEORY OF SEXUAL SELECTION

1933 • 154 citations

MATING CALL AND STAGE OF SPECIATION IN THE MICROHYLA OLIVACEA—M. CAROLINENSIS COMPLEX

1955 • 154 citations

ETHOLOGICAL MODELS AND THE CONCEPT OF ‘DRIVE’

1956 • 152 citations

Heredity and environment in mammalian behaviour

1953 • 147 citations

TERRITORY IN THE PIED FLYCATCHER MUSCICAPA HYPOLEUCA

1956 • 144 citations

Some Observations on the Biology of the Trout (Salmo trutta) in Windermere

1938 • 137 citations

The Food of Pike, Esox lucius L., in Windermere

1954 • 135 citations

Studies on the Biology of the Early Stages of the Salmon (Salmo salar)

1941 • 134 citations

The Food and Migration of the Perch (Perca fluviatilis) in Windermere

1935 • 131 citations

Die Übersprungbewegung

1940 • 129 citations

Hostile Behavior and Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms in the Avian Genera Catharus and Hylocichla

1956 • 128 citations

Adaptations for Food-Getting in the American Blackbirds

1951 • 124 citations

The Natural History of some British Freshwater Fishes.

1947 • 123 citations

Animal ecology and evolution

1927 • 121 citations

NATURAL SELECTION FOR REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION BETWEENDROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURAANDDROSOPHILA PERSIMILIS

1950 • 121 citations

The Reproductive Behaviour of the River Bullhead (Cottus Gobio L.), With Special Reference To the Fanning Activity

1955 • 121 citations

The Conflict Between Drives in the Courtship and Copulation of the Chaffinch

1953 • 120 citations

The Nature of Heritable Wildness in Turkeys

1944 • 119 citations

Adaptation in Hole-Nesting Birds

1957 • 118 citations

Speciation in the Avian Genus Junco

1942 • 116 citations

The Bearing of the New Systematics on Genetical Problems The Nature of Species

1948 • 115 citations

An objectivistic Study of the innate behaviour of animals

1942 • 115 citations

BIRDS ON TENERIFE

1949 • 114 citations

Food and Feeding Relationships in a Community of Fresh-Water Fishes

1948 • 104 citations

Behaviour of the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

1956 • 104 citations

Nahrungserwerb Und Beuteschema Der Erdkröte (Bufo Bufo L.)

1951 • 102 citations

The behaviour of the domestic chicken: A review of the literature

1955 • 102 citations

A Gene Mutation Which Changes a Behavior Pattern

1956 • 102 citations

Das Verhalten Gefangener Waldohreulen (Asio Otus Otus) Und Waldkäuze (Strix Aluco Aluco) Zur Beute

1950 • 101 citations

THE HABITATS OF EURASIAN TITS (PARUS SPP.)

1954 • 98 citations

The Evolutionary Significance of Habitat Selection

1945 • 96 citations

Vulnerability of Bob‐White Populations to Predation

1934 • 96 citations

SELECTION FOR SEXUAL ISOLATION WITHIN A SPECIES

1956 • 91 citations

Natural Preferences of Chicks and Ducklings for Objects of Different Colors

1956 • 90 citations

A Survey of Adaptive Relationships of Dentition to Diet in the North American Iguanidae

1955 • 90 citations

Interspecific Competition

1947 • 89 citations

The Generic Relations of Species in Small Ecological Communities

1947 • 88 citations

OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIRDS OF PICO, AZORES.

1951 • 85 citations

Verhaltensphysiologische Untersuchungen über den Beutefang und das Bewegungssehen der Erdkröte (Bufo bufo L.)

2010 • 80 citations

THE “BALDWIN EFFECT,” “GENETIC ASSIMILATION” AND “HOMEOSTASIS”

1953 • 79 citations

Pair-Formation in Birds

1940 • 79 citations

HYBRIDIZATION IN THE RED-EYED TOWHEES OF MEXICO

1954 • 77 citations

Zur Ethologie junger Anatiden

1951 • 76 citations

Speciation and Ecologic Distribution in American Jays of the Genus Aphelocoma

1952 • 75 citations

The Bottom Fauna and the Food of Flatfish off the Cumberland Coast

1952 • 74 citations

Experimental Studies of the Reproductive Behaviour of Xenopus Laevis

1955 • 73 citations

Some remarks on behaviour in conflict situations, with special reference to Emberiza Spp

1956 • 73 citations

The Aggressive and Courtship Behaviour of Certain Emberizines

1956 • 72 citations

SEXUAL SELECTION AMONG FISHES

1938 • 67 citations

EXPERIMENTS ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE AMOUNT OF REWARD ON LEARNING IN YOUNG CHICKENS

1929 • 66 citations

A consideration of some conceptual trends in comparative psychology.

1952 • 66 citations

Experimental Studies of the Reproductive Behaviour of Xenopus Laevis

1960 • 63 citations

Effect of amount of reward and consummative activity on learning in chickens.

1941 • 63 citations

Natural History and Differentiation in the Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

1952 • 62 citations

Studies on the Biology of the Early Stages of the Salmon (Salmo salar)

1941 • 60 citations

The Behaviour of the Robin.—Part I. The Life‐history, with special reference to Aggressive Behaviour, Sexual Behaviour, and Territory. Part II. A Partial Analysis of Aggressive and Recognitional Behaviour

1939 • 60 citations

Sex Rhythm in the Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa Umbellus Linn.) and Other Birds

1934 • 60 citations

An Introduction to the Study of Bird Behaviour

1929 • 59 citations

GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY AND COEXISTENCE IN RELATION TO THE BIOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF THE SPECIES

1953 • 57 citations

The Breeding Behaviour of Tilapia Species (Pisces; Cichlidae) in Natural Waters: Observations On T. Karomo Poll and T. Variabilis Boulenger

1956 • 55 citations

Remarks on the Original Sources of Displays

1955 • 55 citations

Male doves reared in isolation.

1914 • 55 citations

The Food and Feeding Behaviour of the Jackdaw, Rook and Carrion Crow

1956 • 54 citations

Mating Behavior and Sexual Isolation in the Drosophila Virilis Species Group

1951 • 51 citations

TERRITORY IN THE BLACKBIRD TURDUS MERULA.

1956 • 51 citations

An Experimental Study of Sex Recognition in Birds

1935 • 50 citations

The Effectiveness of Protective Adaptations in the Hive Bee, illustrated by Experiments on the Feeding Reactions, Habit Formation, and Memory of the Common Toad (Bufo bufo bufo)

1936 • 50 citations

The Genetics of the Golden-Winged × Blue-Winged Warbler Complex

1951 • 50 citations

Courtship behavior and sexual selection of Anolis.

1938 • 47 citations

Natural Selection for Reproductive Isolation Between Drosophila pseudoobscura and Drosophila persimilis

1950 • 46 citations

Experimental studies of hybridization among ducks and pheasants

1915 • 46 citations

THE ROLE OF SEXUAL SELECTION AS AN ISOLATING MECHANISM IN THREE SPECIES OF POECILIID FISHES

1949 • 45 citations

Multiple effects of coat color genes in the Norway rat, with special reference to temperament and domestication.

1942 • 45 citations

Studien an einer farbig beringten Population des Braunkehlchens (Saxicola rubetra)

1954 • 44 citations

Review of the Alaudidae.

1951 • 44 citations

The Habitat Distribution of British Woodland Birds

1939 • 44 citations

Life History of the Boat-Tailed Grackle in Louisiana

1937 • 42 citations

Habitat Selection Among Higher Vertebrates and Its Relation to Intraspecific Variation

1942 • 41 citations

The Brown Trout of a Moorland Fishpond

1952 • 40 citations

A Study of Captive Galapagos Finches of the Genus Geospiza

1945 • 40 citations

OK THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TERRITORY IN THE HERRING GULL.

1952 • 40 citations

Eine Übersicht Der Angeborenen Verhaltungsweisen Des Mittel-Europäischen Kormorans (Phalacrocorax Carbo Sinensis [Shaw & Nodd.]), Ihre Funktion, Ontogenetische Entwicklung Und Phylogenetische Herkunft

1940 • 39 citations

Ecological Features of the Bird Faunas of British Small Islands

1942 • 39 citations

Die Paarbildung bei einigen Cichliden

1942 • 39 citations

The Opening of Milk Bottles by Birds

1952 • 38 citations

Stimulus Determinants of Sexual and Aggressive Behavior in Male Domestic Fowl1)

1956 • 37 citations

Vergleichende Verhaltensstudien an Buntbarschen: (Cichlidae)¹

1949 • 36 citations

The Role of Learning in the Feeding Behavior of Black-Chinned Hummingbirds

1945 • 36 citations

A FURTHER REPORT ON SPECIES CROSSES IN BIRDS

1921 • 36 citations

Ein Beitrag Zur Paarungsbiologie Der Erdkröte (Bufo Bufo L.)

1950 • 36 citations

An Analysis of Stomach Contents of California Tide Pool Fishes

1953 • 35 citations

Über das Verhalten junger Gartengrasmücken,Sylvia borin (Bodd.) (Entwicklung und Spiele)

1956 • 35 citations

The Courtship and Copulation of the Greenfinch (Chloris Chloris)

1955 • 34 citations

Call difference as an isolation mechanism in Southwestern toads genus Bufo

1956 • 34 citations

Further studies on the delayed pecking of chicks.

1935 • 32 citations

Analyse Des Balzverhaltens Eines Domestizierten Truthahns (Meleagris)

1948 • 32 citations

TERRITORY IN THE RED‐BACKED SHRIKE LANIUS COLLURIO.

1956 • 31 citations

ECOLOGY AND HYBRIDIZATION IN THE GENUSBUFOIN THE MICHIGAN-INDIANA REGION

1955 • 31 citations

The Growth and Food of Young Salmon (Salmo salar) and Trout (S. Trutta) in the River Forss, Caithness

1950 • 31 citations

Comparative Foraging Behavior of the Spotted and Brown Towhees

1957 • 31 citations

Notes on the Behavior of Horned Toads

1950 • 30 citations

The Food of the Grayling (Thymallus thymallus), Flounder (Platichthys flesus), Roach (Rutilus rutilus) and Gudgeon (Gobio fluviatilis), with Special Reference to the Tweed Watershed

1940 • 29 citations

A Contribution to Tropical African Bird-Ecology

1934 • 28 citations

Observations on doves learning to drink.

1912 • 27 citations

A Check-List and Bibliography of Hybrid Birds in North America North of Mexico

1952 • 27 citations

ECOLOGY AND THE EVOLUTION OF SOME HAWAIIAN BIRDS

1947 • 27 citations

Beobachtungen �ber paarungsbiologie und soziales verhalten von mauereidechsen

1937 • 26 citations

A Comparative Study of the Food Habits of Cottus bairdii and Associated Species of Salmonidae

1951 • 26 citations

PANMIXIA AND POPULATION SIZE WITH REFERENCE TO BIRDS

1947 • 25 citations

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CALLS OF EMBERIZA SPP. (BUNTINGS).

1957 • 25 citations

Breeding Seasons of Hummingbirds near Santa Barbara, California

1951 • 24 citations

A Critical Analysis of the Distribution of Birds in a Tropical African Area

1935 • 24 citations

The accuracy of the pecking response in chicks.

1925 • 23 citations

The Behaviour of Certain Cardueline F1 Inter-Species Hybrids

1956 • 23 citations

Breed Recognition in the Social Interactions of Domestic Fowl1)

1956 • 22 citations

‘String pulling’ in birds. 1. Individual differences in wild adult great tits

1956 • 22 citations

The Relation of Non-Heritable Food Habits to Evolution

1944 • 22 citations

ON THE THREAT AND COURTSHIP BEHAVIOUR OF HARTLAUB'S GULL, Hydrocoloeus novae-hollandiae hartlaubi (Bruch)

1954 • 22 citations

Beiträge zu einem Aktionssystem des Bienenfressers (Merops apiaster L.)

1951 • 22 citations

Analyse des Sperrens und Pickens in der Entwicklung des Stars

1939 • 21 citations

A Comparative Study of "Advertising Song" in the Hylocichla Thrushes

1956 • 21 citations

Über Das "Schöpfen" Einiger Vogelarten

1954 • 20 citations

Beobachtungen bei der Aufzucht junger Silbermöwen Mrs. Margaret Morse Nice in Verehrung zu ihrem 70. Geburtstag!

2010 • 20 citations

Oekologische Sippen-, Rassen- und Artunterschiede bei Vögeln

1943 • 20 citations

Non-Genetic Mating Preference as a Factor in Evolution

1941 • 18 citations

Intensity of Reproductive Isolation between Sympatric and Allopatric Populations of Bufo americanus and Bufo fowleri

1955 • 18 citations

A Comparative Study of the Voice and Some Aspects of Behaviour in Two Old-World Jays 1)

1951 • 18 citations

Experiments on the Mating Behavior of the Brewer Blackbird

1952 • 18 citations

Die systematische Stellung der GattungFringilla

1956 • 17 citations

Some Ecological Relations of Chickadees and Titmice in Central California

1954 • 16 citations

Evolution and Plumage Traits in Pheasant Hybrids, Phasianus x Chrysolophus

1950 • 15 citations

The Biological Basis of Sexual Behaviour in Amphibia

1936 • 14 citations

Panmixa and Population Size with Reference to Birds

1947 • 14 citations

Size Difference as a Possible Isolation Mechanism in Microhyla

1955 • 14 citations

Ovulation and Oviposition in Anura

1941 • 14 citations

Altitudinal Hybridization in New Guinea Honeyeaters

1952 • 13 citations

INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE GUARANI GROUP OF DROSOPHILA

1947 • 12 citations

A Note on the Papers of Elton and Williams on the Generic Relations of Species in Small Ecological Communities

1951 • 12 citations

Breeding success in cardueline interspecies pairs, and an examination of the hybrids’ plumage

1956 • 11 citations

Behavioral and Evolutionary Significance of the Abnormal Growth of Beaks of Birds

1952 • 11 citations

Beobachtungen über Bewegungsnormen, Ernährung und Fortpflanzungsverhalten des Krallenfrosches: Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Verhaltensforschung bei Anurcn

1952 • 10 citations

Congeneric Species of Birds Nesting Together in Central America

1951 • 10 citations

Vergleichende Verhaltensstudien an Anuren; 1. Zur Paarungsbiologie des Laubfrosches, Hyla arborea L.

2010 • 9 citations

Interspecific Relations of Breeding Gulls at Honey Lake, California

1954 • 9 citations

Observations and experiments on the life history of the salamander, Desmognathus fuscus fuscus (Rafinesque). American Museum novitates ; no. 533

1932 • 9 citations

A HYBRID WOODPECKER AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN SPECIATION IN THE GENUSDENDROCOPOS

1955 • 9 citations

TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE YELLOWHAMMER EMBERIZA CITRINELLA AND CORN BUNTIN E. CALANDRA.

1956 • 8 citations

Food Habits and Molting of the Common Tree Frog

1944 • 6 citations

De balts van de Kleine watersalamander

1950 • 6 citations

The Development of Geographical Colour Variations, with special reference to Birds.

1945 • 6 citations

Des hybrides à l'état sauvage.

1896 • 5 citations

Bird Distribution on Surrey Greensand Heaths: The Avifaunal-Botanical Correlation

1937 • 4 citations

EVOLUTION AND PLUMAGE TRAITS IN PHEASANT HYBRIDS,PHASIANUS×CHRYSOLOPHUS

1950 • 1 citations