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Torben Dabelsteen

Torben Dabelsteen

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
6425
World Ranking
6106
National Ranking
90

Torben Dabelsteen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 159 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Torben Dabelsteen 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 Torben Dabelsteen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Torben Dabelsteen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and focuses on research primarily within environmental science, agricultural and biological sciences, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various subfields, including ecology, evolutionary behavior, developmental biology, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's research topics emphasize animal behavior and reproduction, animal vocal communication and behavior, primate behavior and ecology, avian ecology and behavior, wildlife ecology and conservation, marine animal studies, and evolutionary game theory and cooperation.

Recent publications by Torben Dabelsteen demonstrate a strong focus on vocal communication and ecological adaptation in animals. Notable papers include:

  • Comparative home range size and habitat selection in provisioned and non-provisioned long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Baluran National Park, East Java, Indonesia, 2020, Contributions to Zoology
  • Contingency and determinism in the evolution of bird song sound frequency, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The Allometry of Sound Frequency Bandwidth in Songbirds, 2021, The American Naturalist
  • Ecological adaptation and birdsong: how body and bill sizes affect passerine sound frequencies, 2022, Behavioral Ecology
  • Exploring the role of vocalizations in regulating group dynamics, 2024, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Torben Dabelsteen has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Jakob Isager Friis
  • Gonçalo C. Cardoso
  • Joana Sabino
  • Pedro Santos
  • Malene F. Hansen

The scientist's work is published across multiple venues such as Contributions to Zoology, Scientific Reports, The American Naturalist, Behavioral Ecology, and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Animal Communication Networks

    Peter K. McGregor

  • Habitat‐induced degradation of sound signals: Quantifying the effects of communication sounds and bird location on blur ratio, excess attenuation, and signal‐to‐noise ratio in blackbird song

    Torben Dabelsteen;Ole Næsbye Larsen;Simon Boel Pedersen

  • Do female great tits (Parus major) assess males by eavesdropping? A field study using interactive song playback

    Ken Otter;Peter K McGregor;Andrew M. R Terry;Fiona R. L. Burford

  • Design of Playback Experiments: The Thornbridge Hall NATO ARW Consensus

    Peter K. McGregor;Clive K. Catchpole;Torben Dabelsteen;J. Bruce Falls

  • Male great tits eavesdrop on simulated male–to–male vocal interactions

    T. M. Peake;A. M. R. Terry;P. K. McGregor;T. Dabelsteen

  • QUIET SONG IN SONG BIRDS: AN OVERLOOKED PHENOMENON

    Torben Dabelsteen;Peter K. McGREGOR;Helene M. Lampe;Naomi E. Langmore

  • Song and information about aggressive responses of blackbirds, Turdus merula: evidence from interactive playback experiments with territory owners

    Torben Dabelsteen;Simon Boel Pedersen

  • The signal value of matched singing in great tits: evidence from interactive playback experiments

    Peter K. McGregor;Torben Dabelsteen;Michael Shepherd;Simon B. Pedersen

  • The signal function of overlapping singing in male robins

    Torben Dabelsteen;Peter K Mcgregor;Peter K Mcgregor;Jo Holland;Joe A Tobias

  • Degradation of wren Troglodytes troglodytes song: Implications for information transfer and ranging

    Jo Holland;Torben Dabelsteen;Simon Boel Pedersen;Ole Næsbye Larsen

  • Degradation of Great Tit (Parus Major) Song Before And After Foliation: Implications for Vocal Communication in a Deciduous Forest

    Sandra H. Blumenrath;Torben Dabelsteen

  • Female great tits can identify mates by song

    Hans Lind;Torben Dabelsteen;Peter K. McGREGOR

  • Differential degradation of antbird songs in a Neotropical rainforest: Adaptation to perch height?

    Erwin Nemeth;Hans Winkler;Torben Dabelsteen

  • Song Degradation during Propagation: Importance of Song Post for the Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

    Nicolas Mathevon;Nicolas Mathevon;Thierry Aubin;Thierry Aubin;Torben Dabelsteen;Torben Dabelsteen

  • Correspondence between Messages in the Full Song of the Blackbird Turdus merula and Meanings to Territorial Males, as Inferred from Responses to Computerized Modifications of Natural Song

    Torben Dabelsteen;Simon Boel Pedersen

  • An analysis of the full song of the blackbird turdus merula with respect to message coding and adaptations for acoustic communication

    Torben Dabelsteen

  • Core and Shell Song Systems Unique to the Parrot Brain

    Mukta Chakraborty;Solveig Walløe;Signe Nedergaard;Emma E. Fridel

  • The Sound Pressure Level in the Dawn Song of the Blackbird Tardus merula and a Method for Adjusting the Level in Experimental Song to the Level in Natural Song

    Torben Dabelsteen

  • Why do songbirds sing intensively at dawn

    Torben Dabelsteen;Nicolas Mathevon

  • Is the signal value of overlapping different from that of alternating during matched singing in Great Tits

    Torben Dabelsteen;Peter K. McGregor;Michael Shepherd;Xanthe Whittaker

  • Rainforests as concert halls for birds: Are reverberations improving sound transmission of long song elements?

    Erwin Nemeth;Torben Dabelsteen;Simon Boel Pedersen;Hans Winkler

  • Are high perches in the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla song or listening posts? A sound transmission study.

    Nicolas Mathevon;Torben Dabelsteen;Sandra H. Blumenrath

  • Accuracy of a passive acoustic location system: empirical studies in terrestrial habitats

    P.K. Mcgregor;T. Dabelsteen;C.W. Clark;J.L. Bower

  • A POTENTIAL TOOL FOR SWIFT FOX (VULPES VELOX) CONSERVATION: INDIVIDUALITY OF LONG-RANGE BARKING SEQUENCES

    Safi-Kirstine Klem Darden;Torben Dabelsteen;Simon Boel Pedersen

  • Extra-pair paternity among Great Tits Parus major following manipulation of male signals

    Ken A. Otter;Ian R. K. Stewart;Peter K. McGregor;Andrew M. R. Terry

  • Morphology and ornamentation in male magnificent frigatebirds: variation with age class and mating status.

    Vinni Madsen;Torben Dabelsteen;Daniel Osorio;José Luis Osorno

  • Information transfer among widely spaced individuals: latrines as a basis for communication networks in the swift fox?

    Safi K. Darden;Lise K. Steffensen;Torben Dabelsteen

  • The ecology of suburban juvenile European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in Denmark.

    Sophie Lund Rasmussen;Sophie Lund Rasmussen;Thomas Bjørneboe Berg;Torben Dabelsteen;Owen Jones

  • A test of the Acoustic Adaptation Hypothesis in three types of tropical forest: degradation of male and female Rufous-and-white Wren songs

    Brendan A. Graham;Luis Sandoval;Torben Dabelsteen;Daniel J. Mennill

  • Degradation of rural and urban great tit song: testing transmission efficiency.

    Emily J. Mockford;Rupert C. Marshall;Torben Dabelsteen

  • Molossid bats in an African agro-ecosystem select sugarcane fields as foraging habitat

    Christina Lehmkuhl Noer;Torben Dabelsteen;Kristine Bohmann;Ara Monadjem

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter K. McGregor
Peter K. McGregor Cornwall College
Bente Pakkenberg
Bente Pakkenberg University of Copenhagen
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
Darren P. Croft
Darren P. Croft University of Exeter
Nicolas Mathevon
Nicolas Mathevon Jean Monnet University
Niels Martin Schmidt
Niels Martin Schmidt Aarhus University
Indar W. Ramnarine
Indar W. Ramnarine University of the West Indies
Thierry Aubin
Thierry Aubin University of Paris-Saclay
Charles R. Tyler
Charles R. Tyler University of Exeter
Daniel J. Mennill
Daniel J. Mennill University of Windsor

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