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Behavioral Development

Behavioral Development is the systematic study of the ontogenetic processes through which animal behaviors emerge, change, and stabilize over time, integrating genetic, environmental, and experiential influences within the context of species-specific adaptive patterns.

5.5K

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379.5K

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11.7K

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2.4K

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2017–2026

805

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Behavioral Ontogeny

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5.5K

Toward an experimental ecology of human development.

Urie Bronfenbrenner · American Psychologist · 1977 · 10.2K citations

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The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design

James Garbarino · Children and Youth Services Review · 1980 · 5.6K citations

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The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis

F. Nowell Jones, B. F. Skinner · The American Journal of Psychology · 1939 · 4.4K citations

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Behavioral syndromes: an ecological and evolutionary overview

Andrew Sih, Alison M. Bell, J. Chadwick Johnson · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2004 · 3.3K citations

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Ecological models of human development

Urie Bronfenbrenner · 1994 · 3K citations

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Authors

11.7K

  1. SJ
    Stephen J. Suomi

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, United States

    46 publications · 2.8K citations

    30

    h-index

  2. RP
    Robert Plomin

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    23 publications · 1.9K citations

    21

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  3. SM
    Sergio M. Pellis

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    21 publications · 1.1K citations

    18

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  4. MA
    Mollie A. Bloomsmith

    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States

    19 publications · 609 citations

    17

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  5. GG
    Gilbert Gottlieb

    University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States

    20 publications · 2.3K citations

    17

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Institutions

2.4K

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    54 h-index

    271 publications

    19.9K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    47 h-index

    155 publications

    19.6K citations

  3. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    40 h-index

    133 publications

    12K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    38 h-index

    336 publications

    13.9K citations

  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    36 h-index

    109 publications

    11K citations

  6. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    104 publications

    9.6K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    33 h-index

    104 publications

    7.2K citations

  8. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    32 h-index

    110 publications

    7.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    264 publications · 18.3K citations

    76

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  2. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    190 publications · 13.1K citations

    67

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  3. Developmental Psychobiology

    318 publications · 14.8K citations

    64

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  4. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

    148 publications · 9.3K citations

    57

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  5. Physiology & Behavior

    123 publications · 6.7K citations

    48

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