OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Zoology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Do roads affect the abundance of garter (Thamnophis sirtalis) and redbelly snakes (Storeria occipitomaculata)?	32
Correction: A predictive model to diagnose pregnancy in guanacos (Lama guanicoe) using non-invasive methods	18
Thermoregulation by Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi): do burrows make life easier on the prairies?	13
Assessment of behavioral energetics model on Puma concolor using doubly labeled water	13
Demographic and functional responses of kit foxes to changes in prey abundance	12
Assessing the health-fitness dynamics of endangered mountain caribou and the influence of maternal penning	12
Five months under ice: biologging reveals behaviour patterns of overwintering freshwater turtles	12
Seasonal changes in the movement rates and activity patterns of Canada lynx	11
Studying Small Mammal Population Dynamics: Advice to Consider and Pitfalls to Avoid - a 60-year overview	11
Size at first maturity on the mussel Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842 at the Southwest Atlantic	9
Effect of gallic acid on the reproduction of adolescent male Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)	9
Escaping the hot seat: consuming decomposing Cannabis sativa slows weight gain and heat escape behaviour in the earthworm, Eisenia fetida	9
Expect the unexpected: a new species of killifish from a highly stochastic temporary wetland near Iguazú Falls (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)	9
Threatened skates exhibit abiotic niche stability despite climate change in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean	9
Estimating the abundance of a polar bear subpopulation at their southern global extent	9
Habitat preferences of adult Canada Jays (Perisoreus canadensis) during the post-breeding period in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada	9
Factors affecting site selection by beavers colonizing streams in the upper Midwest region of the United States	9
The role of relatedness, age, and origin in shaping social networks for two bison (Bison bison) herds in north-central Montana	8
The nose knows: a review of the diversity, form, and function of the external and internal features of the bat nose	8
Steep slopes, shallow angles; mountain ungulates create their own topography through movements	8
Plastron color patterns allow for individual photo-identification in two different chelonian species	8
Are external head measurements a reliable predictor of brain size in the Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)?	8
Combining two user-friendly machine learning tools increases species detection from acoustic recordings	7
Island biogeography theory and the urban landscape: stopover site selection by the silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)	7
Intra- and inter-cave temperatures and locations used by hibernating Indiana bats: contextualizing disturbance, white-nose syndrome, climate, and optimal temperatures	7

Not only big bulls — Correlation between morphometry, reproductive success, and testosterone level in a flooded savannah population of the Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)	7
Do interspecific differences in morphology influence foraging efficiency of juvenile crappie?	7
Vulnerability to global warming of the critically endangered Añelo Sand Dunes Lizard (Liolaemus cuyumhue) from the Monte Desert, Patagonia Argentina	7
Prehistoric perspectives can help interpret the present: 14 000 years of moose (Alces alces) in the Western Arctic	7
Brain plasticity in response to short-term exposure to corticosterone in larval amphibians	7
Diet is associated with age and habitat, not foraging range, in purple martins: implications for aerial insectivores as indicators	6
Group hunting in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)	6
Interpretation and application of bat diversity and phylogeny	6
Overlap in habitat use and activity patterns between sika deer (Cervus nippon) and Japanese serows (Capricornis crispus) in subalpine habitats: exploitative competition rather than direc	6
Are riparian habitats always more diverse than nonriparian? A case study with small mammals in a rainforest environment	6
Structure of breeding calls in three closely related bird species (Calidris Merrem, 1804; Scolopacidae)	6
Conservation genetics of Roosevelt elk: population isolation and reduced diversity	6
Parental care of underwater egg clutches in Andean water frogs (Anura: Telmatobiidae)	6
Regulation of feed intake, digestive enzyme activity, and growth in response to live feed and prepared diet during early rearing of Labeo rohita	6
Wing plastic response to temperature variation in two distantly related NeotropicalDrosophilaspecies (Diptera, Drosophilidae)	6
Physiological parameters of a plover during nonbreeding and breeding seasons in Patagonia, Argentina	5
Ultrastructure of an opecoelid daughter sporocyst, Podocotyle sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae): comparative analysis of the somatic tissues and new insights into the organization of the nervous syste	5
Ontogenetic shifts in natural diet, chelae, and mandibles of the omnivorous freshwater crab Aegla uruguayana: linking morphology and function	5
A new miniature Pristella (Actinopterygii: Characiformes: Characidae) with reversed sexual dimorphism from the rio Tocantins and rio São Francisco basins, Brazil	5
Fear as an enemy? Behavioral changes of Ananteris mauryi (Scorpiones: Buthidae) triggered by chemical cues from an intraguild predator	5
Dwarfism in a Seba’s short-tailed bat, Carollia perspicillata, with comments on its flight aerodynamics	5
Oocyte development, packing in the ovary, and spawning pattern of squid Lolliguncula panamensis in the Mexican South Pacific	5
Microhabitat use of northern and southern flying squirrels in a recent hybrid zone	5
Isolated by dry lands: integrative analyses unveil the existence of a new species and a previously unknown evolutionary lineage of Brazilian Lanceheads (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops) from a C	5
Gray wolf (Canis lupus) predation patterns following recent recolonization in a multi-predator, multi-prey system	5
The first consolidation of morphological, molecular, and phylogeographic data for the finely differentiated genusDiaphoreolis(Nudibranchia: Trinchesiidae)	5
Variation in body condition of moose calves in regions with contrasted winter conditions and tick loads	4
Deciphering the complex trophic relationship of the black-spotted croaker (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) and its parasites using stable isotope analysis	4
Inherent versus random variation in fitness of elephant seals: offspring quality and quantity	4
Space use and resource selection of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in the northeastern part of its range	4
Artificial intelligence (BirdNET) supplements manual methods to maximize bird species richness from acoustic data sets generated from regional monitoring	4
Nest defense by Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) is related to their sex and brood characteristics but not morphological attributes	4
Investigating factors that set the lower elevational limit of Canada Jays (Perisoreus canadensis) on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	4
Petroleum-based and biodegradable microplastics alter tissue structure and fecundity in the eastern mudsnail (Ilyanassa obsoleta)	4
Short-term effects of camera trap installation on incubation constancy in cranes	4
Daily and fasting variation in blood parameters and HL ratio in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)	4
The efficiency of theCOIgene as a DNA barcode and an overview of Orthoptera (Caelifera and Ensifera) sequences in the BOLD System	4
Feeding ecology of the endangered Apennine Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina pachypus) in central Italy	4
Landscapes of fear and safety: the integration of two different sensory landscapes determines behavioral responses in the crayfish Faxonius rusticus and is mediated by chemical cues	4
Survival estimates of free-living arctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus parryii): effects of sex and biologging	4
Changes in the microbiome and associated host tissue structure in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) following exposure to polystyrene microparticles	4
How nesting support type interacts with vegetation greening and distance to nest trees of mixed-species to predict white stork nest density in a Mediterranean capital	4
Habitat suitability or female availability? What influences males’ home-range size in a neotropical montane lizard?	4
Influence of environmental parameters on habitat use by sympatric freshwater eels Anguilla marmorata and Anguilla japonica on Yakushima Island, Japan	4
Analysis of the feeding ecology of the sea anemone Bunodosoma zamponii: populations under differential anthropogenic pressures	4
Ctenophore diversity of Atlantic Canada: a synthesis	4
Mating disruption alters the rate of development in an aphidophagous ladybird Propylea dissecta (Mulsant)	3
Avian eggshell coloration predicts shell-matrix protoporphyrin content	3
Assessing supernumerary root occurrence as a possible adaptation enhancing teeth performance in Mediterranean deer populations	3
The influence of light colour on the behaviour of Atlantic cod in an experimental setting	3

Landscape-scale habitat associations of small mammals on the western coast of Hudson Bay	3
Variation in the supercooling points of laboratory-reared Canadian Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)	3
Conserving wetlands in agroecosystems can sustain aerial insectivore productivity and survival	3
No support for relatedness and kin selection to explain high rates of conspecific brood parasitism in colonial Red-breasted Mergansers (Mergus serrator)	3
Effects of parasitism on antipredatory responses and defensive behaviors in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum	3
Growth, allometry, and characteristics of a sexually selected structure in wolverine (Gulo gulo (Linnaeus, 1758)), northern river otter (Lontra canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)), and sea otte	3
A comparative methodological approach to studying the diet of a recovering marine predator, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)	3
Nursing behavior of wild polar bears in the Canadian High Arctic	3
NOTE OF APPRECIATION	3
Short-term exposure to elevated suspended sediment increases oxygen uptake of gilled larval Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) salamanders	3
INFERRING BIRD COMMUNITIES ON REMOTE FRESHWATER LAKES THROUGH TIME-LAPSE IMAGERY	3
Increased information on biodiversity from the neglected part of the North Pacific contributes to the understanding of phylogeny and taxonomy of nudibranch molluscs	3
The influence of human disturbance on Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchusspp.) in the diet of American black bears (Ursus americanus) in two areas of coastal British Columbia, Canada	3
Taxonomic revision of the sexually dimorphic flies of the Neotropical genus Euepalpus Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae), with notes on sexual patches in Tachinini	3
Effects of brood viability and rising temperature on oxygen consumption of freshwater mussel glochidia (Bivalvia: Unionidae)	3
To invest or not to invest, that is the question: male presence and genetic relatedness as modulators of female reproductive effort in a shrimp	3
Population growth rates of pronghorn: influence of temporally and spatially explicit conditions, density dependence, and scale	3
Experimental corticosterone manipulation increases mature feather corticosterone content: implications for inferring avian stress history from feather analyses	3
High expression of canines in some Mediterranean roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations against the general evolutionary trend	3
Changes in antioxidant enzyme levels following capture in juvenile American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) are tissue dependent	3
Body shape and fin size in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): effects of temperature during embryogenesis	3
The neuromuscular system in flatworms: serotonin and FMRFamide immunoreactivities and musculature in Prodistomum alaskense (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae), an endemic fish parasite of the northwester	3
Morphological and molecular characterization of the ciliate parasite Tetrahymena rostrata infecting the renal organ of the dusky slug (Arion fuscus)	3
An investigation of bat mortality in British Columbia, Canada	3
Nutrient allocation to eggs in female Argentine shortfin squid, Illex argentinus using fatty acids as nutrient indicator	3
The problems of resolving historical specimen data, focusing on a specimen of Myotis austroriparius (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) collected by Thomas Drummond	3
Relative skull size as one of the factors limiting skull shape variation in passerines	3
Effect of resource supplementation on female Western Rattlesnake postpartum movement	3