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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Seasonal changes in the movement rates and activity patterns of Canada lynx	37
Escaping the hot seat: consuming decomposing Cannabis sativa slows weight gain and heat escape behaviour in the earthworm, Eisenia fetida	21
Estimating the abundance of a polar bear subpopulation at their southern global extent	17
Size at first maturity on the mussel Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842 at the Southwest Atlantic	14
Assessing the health-fitness dynamics of endangered mountain caribou and the influence of maternal penning	12
Demographic and functional responses of kit foxes to changes in prey abundance	12
Thermoregulation by Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi): do burrows make life easier on the prairies?	12
Do roads affect the abundance of garter (Thamnophis sirtalis) and redbelly snakes (Storeria occipitomaculata)?	11
Studying small mammal population dynamics: advice to consider and pitfalls to avoid—a 60-year overview	10
Five months under ice: biologging reveals behaviour patterns of overwintering freshwater turtles	10
Assessment of behavioral energetics model on Puma concolor using doubly labeled water	9
Steep slopes, shallow angles: mountain ungulates create their own topography through movements	9
The nose knows: a review of the diversity, form, and function of the external and internal features of the bat nose	9
The role of relatedness, age, and origin in shaping social networks for two bison (Bison bison) herds in north-central Montana	9
Habitat preferences of adult Canada Jays (Perisoreus canadensis) during the post-breeding period in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada	9
Combining two user-friendly machine learning tools increases species detection from acoustic recordings	9
Expect the unexpected: a new species of killifish from a highly stochastic temporary wetland near Iguazú Falls (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)	9
Vulnerability to global warming of the critically endangered Añelo Sand Dunes Lizard (Liolaemus cuyumhue) from the Monte Desert, Patagonia Argentina	8
Threatened skates exhibit abiotic niche stability despite climate change in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean	8
Effect of gallic acid on the reproduction of adolescent male Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)	8
Are external head measurements a reliable predictor of brain size in the Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)?	8
Prehistoric perspectives can help interpret the present: 14 000 years of moose (Alces alces) in the Western Arctic	8
Plastron color patterns allow for individual photo-identification in two different chelonian species	7
Factors affecting site selection by beavers colonizing streams in the upper Midwest region of the United States	7
Intra- and inter-cave temperatures and locations used by hibernating Indiana bats: contextualizing disturbance, white-nose syndrome, climate, and optimal temperatures	7

Do interspecific differences in morphology influence foraging efficiency of juvenile crappie?	7
Island biogeography theory and the urban landscape: stopover site selection by the silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)	7
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	7
Are riparian habitats always more diverse than nonriparian? A case study with small mammals in a rainforest environment	6
Microhabitat use of northern and southern flying squirrels in a recent hybrid zone	6
Structure of breeding calls in three closely related bird species (Calidris Merrem, 1804; Scolopacidae)	6
Spatial drivers of breeding habitat selection in Eastern Population sandhill cranes	6
Diet is associated with age and habitat, not foraging range, in purple martins: implications for aerial insectivores as indicators	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
Interpretation and application of bat diversity and phylogeny	6
Wing plastic response to temperature variation in two distantly related Neotropical Drosophila species (Diptera, Drosophilidae)	6
An experimental test of food limitation and trophic interaction hypotheses on demographic parameters in a cyclic population of red-backed voles	6
Brain plasticity in response to short-term exposure to corticosterone in larval amphibians	6
Parental care of underwater egg clutches in Andean water frogs (Anura: Telmatobiidae)	6
Fear as an enemy? Behavioral changes of Ananteris mauryi (Scorpiones: Buthidae) triggered by chemical cues from an intraguild predator	6
Conservation genetics of Roosevelt elk: population isolation and reduced diversity	6
The first consolidation of morphological, molecular, and phylogeographic data for the finely differentiated genus Diaphoreolis (Nudibranchia: Trinchesiidae)	6
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
Influence of environmental parameters on habitat use by sympatric freshwater eels Anguilla marmorata and Anguilla japonica on Yakushima Island, Japan	5
Gray wolf (Canis lupus) predation patterns following recent recolonization in a multi-predator, multi-prey system	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
Variation in body condition of moose calves in regions with contrasted winter conditions and tick loads	5
Petroleum-based and biodegradable microplastics alter tissue structure and fecundity in the eastern mudsnail (Ilyanassa obsoleta)	5
Survival estimates of free-living arctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus parryii): effects of sex and biologging	5
Physiological parameters of a plover during nonbreeding and breeding seasons in Patagonia, Argentina	5
Oocyte development, packing in the ovary, and spawning pattern of squid Lolliguncula panamensis in the Mexican South Pacific	5
Changes in the microbiome and associated host tissue structure in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) following exposure to polystyrene microparticles	5
Inherent versus random variation in fitness of elephant seals: offspring quality and quantity	5
Investigating factors that set the lower elevational limit of Canada Jays (Perisoreus canadensis) on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	5
Dwarfism in a Seba’s short-tailed bat, Carollia perspicillata, with comments on its flight aerodynamics	5
Ontogenetic shifts in natural diet, chelae, and mandibles of the omnivorous freshwater crab Aegla uruguayana: linking morphology and function	5
Feeding ecology of the endangered Apennine Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina pachypus) in central Italy	4
Ctenophore diversity of Atlantic Canada: a synthesis	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
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
Nutrient allocation to eggs in female Argentine shortfin squid, Illex argentinus using fatty acids as nutrient indicator	4
Effects of brood viability and rising temperature on oxygen consumption of freshwater mussel glochidia (Bivalvia: Unionidae)	4
High expression of canines in some Mediterranean roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations against the general evolutionary trend	4
The influence of human disturbance on Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in the diet of American black bears (Ursus americanus) in two areas of coastal British Columbia, Canada	4
Space use and resource selection of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in the northeastern part of its range	4
Daily and fasting variation in blood parameters and HL ratio in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)	4
The efficiency of the COI gene as a DNA barcode and an overview of Orthoptera (Caelifera and Ensifera) sequences in the BOLD System	4
Nest defense by Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) is related to their sex and brood characteristics but not morphological attributes	4
Inferring bird communities on remote freshwater lakes through time-lapse imagery	4
Morphological and molecular characterization of the ciliate parasite Tetrahymena rostrata infecting the renal organ of the dusky slug (Arion fuscus)	4
Conserving wetlands in agroecosystems can sustain aerial insectivore productivity and survival	4
An investigation of bat mortality in British Columbia, Canada	4
Analysis of the feeding ecology of the sea anemone Bunodosoma zamponii: populations under differential anthropogenic pressures	4
Artificial intelligence (BirdNET) supplements manual methods to maximize bird species richness from acoustic data sets generated from regional monitoring	4

Short-term effects of camera trap installation on incubation constancy in cranes	4
Deciphering the complex trophic relationship of the black-spotted croaker (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) and its parasites using stable isotope analysis	4
The influence of light colour on the behaviour of Atlantic cod in an experimental setting	4
Establishing a Baseline: Insights Gained from Studying a Large Population of a Threatened Species	4
Variation in the supercooling points of laboratory-reared Canadian Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)	4
Taxonomic revision of the sexually dimorphic flies of the Neotropical genus Euepalpus Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae), with notes on sexual patches in Tachinini	4
The neuromuscular system in flatworms: serotonin and FMRFamide immunoreactivities and musculature in Prodistomum alaskense (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae), an endemic fish parasite of the northwester	3
Mating disruption alters the rate of development in an aphidophagous ladybird Propylea dissecta (Mulsant)	3
Are juveniles full-scale replicas of adults? Evaluation of anuran special locomotion and digging adaptations during and after metamorphosis	3
Wind farm and wildfire: spatial ecology of an endangered freshwater turtle in a recovering landscape	3
Experimental corticosterone manipulation increases mature feather corticosterone content: implications for inferring avian stress history from feather analyses	3
Microenvironment, reproductive tactics and morphology in Mediterranean Salamandra	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
Population growth rates of pronghorn: influence of temporally and spatially explicit conditions, density dependence, and scale	3
Experimental manipulation of perceived predation risk alters survival, cause of death, and demographic patterns in juvenile snowshoe hares	3
The problems of resolving historical specimen data, focusing on a specimen of Myotis austroriparius (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) collected by Thomas Drummond	3
NOTE OF APPRECIATION	3
Avian eggshell coloration predicts shell-matrix protoporphyrin content	3
Behavioral observations of Molossus nigricans in a Neotropical city: a contribution toward understanding its urban tolerance	3
Effects of parasitism on antipredatory responses and defensive behaviors in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum	3
Feeding preferences and digestion of talitrids in a Bay of Fundy, Canada salt marsh	3
A comprehensive review of dietary strategies of sigmodontine rodents of central-eastern Argentina: linking diet, body mass, and stomach morphology	3
Differences in body condition and hepatic cellular metabolism among distinct populations of cestode-infected pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus)	3
Population genetics of Salvator merianae (Reptilia, Teiidae) in its southernmost distribution	3
Changes in antioxidant enzyme levels following capture in juvenile American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) are tissue dependent	3
Relative skull size as one of the factors limiting skull shape variation in passerines	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
Increased information on biodiversity from the neglected part of the North Pacific contributes to the understanding of phylogeny and taxonomy of nudibranch molluscs	3
Real-time classification of Serengeti wildebeest behaviour with edge machine learning and a long-range IoT network	3
A comparative methodological approach to studying the diet of a recovering marine predator, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)	3
Effect of resource supplementation on female Western Rattlesnake postpartum movement	3
Signalling pathway associated with discharge of cnidocyst induced by reduced glutathione in Hydra plagiodesmica (Dioni, 1968)	3
Assessing supernumerary root occurrence as a possible adaptation enhancing teeth performance in Mediterranean deer populations	3
Nursing behavior of wild polar bears in the Canadian High Arctic	3
Dietary protein and reproductive condition influence wound healing in the Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis	3