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Barbara Taborsky

Barbara Taborsky

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
4695
World Ranking
6715
National Ranking
130

Barbara Taborsky publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara Taborsky sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 90 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Barbara Taborsky D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara Taborsky sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Barbara Taborsky is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland, specializing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work predominantly focuses on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, Genetics, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Their research covers a broad range of topics related to animal behavior and reproductive strategies, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, plant and animal studies, primate behavior and ecology, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, stress responses and cortisol regulation, as well as evolutionary game theory and cooperation.

Among recent publications credited to Barbara Taborsky are:

  • Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Stress Responses (2020) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • A positive feedback loop between sociality and social competence (2021) in Ethology
  • An evolutionary perspective on stress responses, damage and repair (2022) in Hormones and Behavior

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barbara Taborsky include Diogo F. Antunes, Océane La Loggia, Edmund Wilson, Thomas Morgan, and George Parker, reflecting a consistent collaborative research network.

Their research has been published extensively across several venues:

  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology (6 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
  • Ethology (4 publications)
  • Hormones and Behavior (3 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (3 publications)

The body of work shows a strong intersection of ecology and behavior in evolutionary contexts, often integrating physiological and social dimensions of stress and cooperation among animals. The production of papers across ecological, physiological, and behavioral journals indicates a multidisciplinary approach to understanding biological systems and their adaptive responses.

Best Publications

  • Social competence: an evolutionary approach

    Barbara Taborsky;Rui F. Oliveira

  • The influence of juvenile and adult environments on life-history trajectories

    Barbara Taborsky

  • Environmental change enhances cognitive abilities in fish.

    Alexander Kotrschal;Barbara Taborsky;Barbara Taborsky

  • Social experience in early ontogeny has lasting effects on social skills in cooperatively breeding cichlids

    Cornelia Arnold;Barbara Taborsky;Barbara Taborsky

  • The evolution of age-dependent plasticity.

    Barbara Fischer;G. Sander van Doorn;Ulf Dieckmann;Barbara Taborsky;Barbara Taborsky

  • The early social environment affects social competence in a cooperative breeder.

    Barbara Taborsky;Cornelia Arnold;Julian Junker;Andreas Tschopp

  • How do cuckoos find their hosts? The role of habitat imprinting

    Yvonne Teuschl;Barbara Taborsky;Michael Taborsky

  • Behaviour of female common cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, in the vicinity of host nests before and during egg laying: a radiotelemetry study

    Marcel Honza;Barbara Taborsky;Michael Taborsky;Yvonne Teuschl

  • Mothers determine offspring size in response to own juvenile growth conditions

    Barbara Taborsky

  • Rearing-Group Size Determines Social Competence and Brain Structure in a Cooperatively Breeding Cichlid

    Stefan Fischer;Mathilde Bessert-Nettelbeck;Alexander Kotrschal;Barbara Taborsky

  • Group-size-dependent punishment of idle subordinates in a cooperative breeder where helpers pay to stay

    Stefan Fischer;Markus Zöttl;Frank Groenewoud;Barbara Taborsky

  • Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Stress Responses

    Barbara Taborsky;Sinead English;Tim W. Fawcett;Bram Kuijper

  • How to balance the offspring quality–quantity tradeoff when environmental cues are unreliable

    Barbara Fischer;Barbara Taborsky;Hanna Kokko

  • Mothers Adjust Egg Size to Helper Number in a Cooperatively Breeding Cichlid

    Barbara Taborsky;Barbara Taborsky;Eva Skubic;Eva Skubic;Rick Bruintjes

  • The mating system and stability of pairs in kiwi Apteryx spp.

    Barbara Taborsky;Michael Taborsky

  • Introducing biological realism into the study of developmental plasticity in behaviour.

    Ton G G Groothuis;Barbara Taborsky

  • Egg size and food abundance interactively affect juvenile growth and behaviour

    Francisca H.I.D. Segers;Barbara Taborsky;Barbara Taborsky

  • Unexpected patterns of plastic energy allocation in stochastic environments.

    Barbara Fischer;Barbara Taborsky;Ulf Dieckmann

  • Size-assortative mating in the absence of mate choice

    Barbara Taborsky;Barbara Taborsky;Luzia Guyer;Michael Taborsky

  • Divergence of developmental trajectories is triggered interactively by early social and ecological experience in a cooperative breeder.

    Stefan Fischer;Lena Bohn;Evelyne Oberhummer;Cecilia Nyman

  • Cuckoo females preferentially use specific habitats when searching for host nests

    Wolfgang Vogl;Michael Taborsky;Barbara Taborsky;Yvonne Teuschl

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Taborsky
Michael Taborsky University of Bern
Ulf Dieckmann
Ulf Dieckmann International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Marcel Honza
Marcel Honza Czech Academy of Sciences
Eivin Røskaft
Eivin Røskaft Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Mikko Heino
Mikko Heino University of Bergen
Arne Moksnes
Arne Moksnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Oddmund Kleven
Oddmund Kleven Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
H. Lisle Gibbs
H. Lisle Gibbs The Ohio State University
Rui Filipe Oliveira
Rui Filipe Oliveira International Sleep Products Association
Gaétan Glauser
Gaétan Glauser University of Neuchâtel

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