Eberhard Curio

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Eberhard Curio is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eberhard Curio has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 42 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Eberhard Curio's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (38 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (31 papers). Eberhard Curio is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (38 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (31 papers). Eberhard Curio collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Philippines. Eberhard Curio's co-authors include Klaus Regelmann, Uli Ernst, Udo Ernst, Georg M. Klump, Andreas Hamann, Klaudia Witte, Jörg T. Epplen, Thomas Lubjuhn, Domingo A. Madulid and Celia M. Lombardi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Eberhard Curio

91 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Why de young birds reproduce less well? 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Why de young birds reproduce less well?
    1983 449 citations Eberhard Curio profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eberhard Curio Germany 26 2.5k 2.0k 850 467 446 94 3.3k
Jack P. Hailman United States 28 1.6k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 822 1.0× 398 0.9× 571 1.3× 145 3.9k
Donald H. Owings United States 34 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 685 1.5× 242 0.5× 69 3.1k
Nicholas E. Collias United States 28 1.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 732 0.9× 472 1.0× 354 0.8× 68 3.2k
Jan Ekman Sweden 42 3.7k 1.5× 3.5k 1.7× 639 0.8× 552 1.2× 849 1.9× 86 5.3k
Glen E. Woolfenden United States 28 1.8k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 260 0.3× 277 0.6× 578 1.3× 78 3.0k
Douglas W. Mock United States 33 2.9k 1.2× 2.4k 1.2× 367 0.4× 315 0.7× 419 0.9× 67 3.8k
Nancy Tyler Burley United States 33 3.9k 1.6× 2.2k 1.1× 707 0.8× 328 0.7× 464 1.0× 62 4.8k
Gerald Borgia United States 37 3.0k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 641 0.8× 310 0.7× 273 0.6× 69 3.5k
J. David Ligon United States 37 3.3k 1.3× 2.4k 1.2× 341 0.4× 317 0.7× 550 1.2× 76 4.5k
Stephen Pruett‐Jones United States 32 2.6k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 427 0.5× 211 0.5× 541 1.2× 94 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eberhard Curio

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eberhard Curio

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All Works

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Curio, Eberhard. (2010). Funktionsweise und Stammesgeschichte des Flugfeinderkennens einiger Darwinfinken (Geospizinae)1. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie. 26(4). 394–487. 13 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard. (2010). “Functional Validation”- a Necessary Concept?. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie. 50(2). 201–202. 1 indexed citations
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Slade, Eleanor M., et al.. (2005). First nesting observations of the Negros bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi from Panay, Philippines. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 21. 87–89. 10 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard. (2004). On ornamental maturation of two Philippine hornbill species with a note on physiological colour change. Journal für Ornithologie. 145(3). 227–237. 9 indexed citations
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Gaulke, Maren & Eberhard Curio. (2001). A new monitor lizard from Panay Island, Philippines (Reptilia, Sauria, Varanidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 9 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard, et al.. (2000). Fruit characteristics as determinants of gut passage in a Bulbul (Hypsipetes philippinus).. 6(2). 157–168. 8 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard, et al.. (2000). NO SEXUAL IMPRINTING ON A RED BILL AS A NOVEL TRAIT. Behaviour. 137(9). 1223–1239. 5 indexed citations
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Göth, Ann, et al.. (1999). The acoustic communication of the Polynesian megapode Megapodius pritchardii G. R. Gray. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 327. 51. 9 indexed citations
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Hamann, Andreas & Eberhard Curio. (1999). Interactions among Frugivores and Fleshy Fruit Trees in a Philippine Submontane Rainforest. Conservation Biology. 13(4). 766–773. 73 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard. (1996). Conservation needs ethologv. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 11(6). 260–263. 90 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard. (1989). Is avian mortality preprogrammed?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 4(3). 81–82. 11 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard. (1987). Animal decision-making and the ‘Concorde fallacy’. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2(6). 148–152. 35 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard & Klaus Regelmann. (1986). Predator Harassment Implies a Real Deadly Risk: A Reply to Hennessy. Ethology. 72(1). 75–78. 56 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard, et al.. (1985). Brood defence in the great tit (Parus major): the influence of life-history and habitat. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 16(3). 273–283. 40 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard, Georg M. Klump, & Klaus Regelmann. (1983). An anti-predator response in the great tit (Parus major): Is it tuned to predator risk?. Oecologia. 60(1). 83–88. 96 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard, et al.. (1978). Versuche zum Nachweis eines Riechvermögens von Anolis l. lineatopus (Rept., Iguanidae). Ethology. 47(3). 281–292. 11 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard. (1970). Die Selektion dreier Raupenformen eines Schwärmers (Lepidopt., Sphingidae) durch einen Anolis (Rept., Iguanidae). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie. 27(8). 899–914. 17 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard, et al.. (1970). Two Innate Releasing Mechanisms subserving the Same Motor Pattern System. Nature. 225(5234). 750–751. 1 indexed citations
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Curio, Eberhard. (1959). Verhaltensstudien am Trauerschnäpper : Beiträge zur Ethologie und Ökologie von Muscicapa h. hypoleuca Pallas. 24 indexed citations

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