2026 Michael Griesser: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	39	6408	6185	339	333	120	5598

Overview

Michael Griesser is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specific focus on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Social Psychology, Developmental Biology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The research topics that have been central to Griesser's work include:

Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Avian ecology and behavior
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Plant and animal studies
Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Several recent papers illustrate Griesser's research focus. Notably, these include:

"Extended parenting and the evolution of cognition," 2020, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
"The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis," 2023, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Mobbing in animals: A thorough review and proposed future directions," 2022, in Advances in the study of behavior
"Sex-specific effects of cooperative breeding and colonial nesting on prosociality in corvids," 2020, in eLife
"Parental provisioning drives brain size in birds," 2023, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Griesser has contributed multiple publications to a range of academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Animal Cognition

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

Szymon M. Drobniak
Carel P. van Schaik
Zitan Song
Yitzchak Ben Mocha
Rita Covas

Best Publications

Predation risk induces changes in nest-site selection and clutch size in the Siberian jay

Sönke Eggers;Michael Griesser;Magdalena Nystrand;Jan Ekman

425
Citations
Experimental evidence for compositional syntax in bird calls

Toshitaka N. Suzuki;David Wheatcroft;Michael Griesser

307
Citations
Referential calls signal predator behavior in a group-living bird species.

Michael Griesser;Michael Griesser

198
Citations
Family living sets the stage for cooperative breeding and ecological resilience in birds.

Michael Griesser;Szymon M Drobniak;Szymon M Drobniak;Shinichi Nakagawa;Carlos A Botero

181
Citations
Predator-induced plasticity in nest visitation rates in the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus)

Sönke Eggers;Michael Griesser;Jan Ekman

175
Citations
Life history and the evolution of family living in birds.

Rita Covas;Michael Griesser

161
Citations
Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Delayed dispersal

Jan Ekman;Janis L. Dickinson;Ben J. Hatchwell;Michael Griesser

154
Citations
Nepotistic mobbing behaviour in the Siberian jay, Perisoreus infaustus

Michael Griesser;Jan Ekman

150
Citations
Reduced mortality selects for family cohesion in a social species

Michael Griesser;Magdalena Nystrand;Jan Ekman

138
Citations
Archiving primary data: Solutions for long-term studies

James A. Mills;Céline Teplitsky;Beatriz Arroyo;Anne Charmantier

135
Citations
Predator-induced reductions in nest visitation rates are modified by forest cover and food availability

Sönke Eggers;Sönke Eggers;Michael Griesser;Michael Griesser;Jan Ekman

130
Citations
Fighting to stay: the role of sibling rivalry for delayed dispersal

Jan Ekman;Sönke Eggers;Michael Griesser

127
Citations
Mobbing calls signal predator category in a kin group-living bird species

Michael Griesser

127
Citations
Queuing for preferred territories: delayed dispersal of Siberian jays

Jan Ekman;SÖnke Eggers;Michael Griesser;HÅkan Tegelström

123
Citations
Nepotistic alarm calling in the Siberian jay, Perisoreus infaustus

Michael Griesser;Jan Ekman

113
Citations
Nepotistic vigilance behavior in Siberian jay parents

Michael Griesser

100
Citations
Why offspring delay dispersal: experimental evidence for a role of parental tolerance.

Jan Ekman;Michael Griesser

97
Citations
Global gradients of avian longevity support the classic evolutionary theory of ageing

Mihai Valcu;James Dale;M. Griesser;Shinichi Nakagawa

97
Citations
Does year-round territoriality rather than habitat saturation explain delayed natal dispersal and cooperative breeding in the carrion crow?

Vittorio Baglione;Vittorio Baglione;José M. Marcos;Daniela Canestrari;Daniela Canestrari;Michael Griesser;Michael Griesser

86
Citations
Wild Birds Use an Ordering Rule to Decode Novel Call Sequences

Toshitaka N. Suzuki;Toshitaka N. Suzuki;David Wheatcroft;Michael Griesser;Michael Griesser

86
Citations
Nest predation and habitat change interact to influence Siberian jay numbers

Sönke Eggers;Michael Griesser;Tommy Andersson;Jan Ekman

81
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Ekman Uppsala University

Sönke Eggers Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Shinichi Nakagawa University of New South Wales

Niels Jeroen Dingemanse Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Erkki Korpimäki University of Turku

Alexandre Roulin University of Lausanne

Daniela Canestrari University of Leon

Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay

Alastair J. Wilson University of Exeter

Andreas Zedrosser University of South-Eastern Norway

External Links

Personal website of Michael Griesser

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