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Variation in Melanism and Female Preference in Proximate but Ecologically Distinct Environments

Overview of attention for article published in Ethology, July 2014
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#2 of 2,123)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

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news
9 news outlets
blogs
15 blogs
twitter
3461 X users
peer_reviews
1 peer review site
weibo
4 weibo users
facebook
64 Facebook pages
googleplus
15 Google+ users
reddit
7 Redditors
bluesky
1 Bluesky user

Readers on

mendeley
151 Mendeley
citeulike
3 CiteULike
Article details
Title
Variation in Melanism and Female Preference in Proximate but Ecologically Distinct Environments
Published in
Ethology, July 2014
DOI 10.1111/eth.12282
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X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United Kingdom 5 3%
United States 3 2%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Hungary 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Czechia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Other 2 1%
Unknown 134 89%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 34 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 22%
Student > Bachelor 12 8%
Student > Master 12 8%
Professor 8 5%
Other 28 19%
Unknown 24 16%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 62 41%
Environmental Science 9 6%
Psychology 6 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 3%
Other 29 19%
Unknown 35 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1036. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 May 2026.
All research outputs
#19,196
of 34,516,729 outputs
Outputs from Ethology
#2
of 2,123 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#88
of 273,526 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Ethology
#1
of 29 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,123 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 29 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its contemporaries.