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Michael Taborsky

Michael Taborsky

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
77
Citations
19797
World Ranking
968
National Ranking
23

Michael 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 Michael Taborsky sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 239 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Michael 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 Michael Taborsky sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael Taborsky is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Genetics, and Ecology.

The scientist's work centers predominantly on evolutionary game theory and cooperation, animal behavior and reproduction, and the neuroendocrine regulation of behavior. Their studies also cover plant and animal interactions, insect and arachnid ecology, as well as primate behavior and ecology.

Significant recent publications by Michael Taborsky include:

  • "The evolution of cooperative breeding by direct and indirect fitness effects," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Rats play tit-for-tat instead of integrating social experience over multiple interactions," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Rats show direct reciprocity when interacting with multiple partners," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Philopatry yields higher fitness than dispersal in a cooperative breeder with sex-specific life history trajectories," 2023, Science Advances
  • "Commodity-specific punishment for experimentally induced defection in cooperatively breeding fish," 2020, Royal Society Open Science

Michael Taborsky has collaborated frequently with several researchers in related fields. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Michael A. Cant
  • Jan Komdeur
  • Joachim G. Frommen
  • Irene García-Ruiz
  • Dario Josi

Their publications have appeared regularly in venues such as:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Science Advances

In addition to journal articles, Michael Taborsky has contributed to book publications. One notable work is The Evolution of Social Behaviour, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Sneakers, Satellites, and Helpers: Parasitic and Cooperative Behavior in Fish Reproduction

    Michael Taborsky

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Animal personality due to social niche specialisation

    Ralph Bergmüller;Michael Taborsky

  • Sperm competition in fish: `bourgeois' males and parasitic spawning

    Michael Taborsky

  • Alternative Reproductive Tactics: An Integrative Approach

    Rui F. Oliveira;Michael Taborsky;H. Jane Brockmann

  • Alternative Reproductive Tactics: Index of species

    Rui F. Oliveira;Michael Taborsky;H. Jane Brockmann

  • What sets the odds of winning and losing

    Claudia Rutte;Michael Taborsky;Martin W.G. Brinkhof

  • Broodcare helpers in the cichlid fish Lamprologus brichardi: Their costs and benefits

    Michael Taborsky;Michael Taborsky

  • Generalized reciprocity in rats.

    Claudia Rutte;Michael Taborsky

  • The evolution of alternative reproductive tactics: concepts and questions

    Michael Taborsky;Rui F. Oliveira;H. Jane Brockmann

  • Paying to stay or paying to breed? Field evidence for direct benefits of helping behavior in a cooperatively breeding fish

    Sigal Balshine-Earn;Franics C. Neat;Hannah Reid;Michael Taborsky

  • Correlates of group size in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish ( Neolamprologus pulcher )

    Sigal Balshine;Brenda Leach;Francis Neat;Hannah Reid

  • The Evolution of Bourgeois, Parasitic, and Cooperative Reproductive Behaviors in Fishes

    M. Taborsky

  • Helpers in fish

    Michael Taborsky;Dominique Limberger

  • Evolution of cooperation by generalized reciprocity

    Thomas Pfeiffer;Claudia Rutte;Timothy Killingback;Michael Taborsky

  • Helpers in a cooperatively breeding cichlid stay and pay or disperse and breed, depending on ecological constraints

    Ralph Bergmüller;Dik Heg;Michael Taborsky

  • Experimental manipulation of helping in a cooperative breeder: helpers ‘pay to stay’ by pre-emptive appeasement

    Ralph Bergmüller;Michael Taborsky

  • Alternative reproductive tactics in fish

    Michael Taborsky

  • Predation risk is an ecological constraint for helper dispersal in a cooperatively breeding cichlid.

    Dik Heg;Zina Bachar;Lyanne Brouwer;Lyanne Brouwer;Michael Taborsky

  • Breeder-Helper Conflict in a Cichlid Fish With Broodcare Helpers: an Experimental Analysis

    Michael Taborsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim G. Frommen
Joachim G. Frommen University of Bern
Barbara Taborsky
Barbara Taborsky University of Bern
Rui Filipe Oliveira
Rui Filipe Oliveira International Sleep Products Association
H. Jane Brockmann
H. Jane Brockmann University of Florida
Marcel Honza
Marcel Honza Czech Academy of Sciences
Adelino V.M. Canario
Adelino V.M. Canario University of Algarve
Jan Komdeur
Jan Komdeur University of Groningen
Sigal Balshine
Sigal Balshine McMaster University
Arne Moksnes
Arne Moksnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Eivin Røskaft
Eivin Røskaft Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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