Quarterly Review of Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Quarterly Review of Biology is 0. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
:Microbiology of Infectious Disease: Integrating Genomics with Natural History35
:The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants30
In Memoriam15
:The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, From Animals to AI to Aliens11
:Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life10
:The Pleistocene Social Contract: Culture and Cooperation in Human Evolution10
To the Last Smoke: An Anthology. By Stephen J. Pyne. Tucson (Arizona): University of Arizona Press. $29.95 (paper). x + 436 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-8165-4012-9. 2020.9
Effective Conservation Science: Data Not Dogma. Edited by Peter Kareiva, Michelle Marvier, and Brian Silliman. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $100.00 (hardcover); $49.95 (paper).7
:The Lives of Seaweeds. A Natural History of Our Planet’s Seaweeds and Other Algae6
:Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners: 20 Mysteries of Honey Bee Behavior Solved6
:On the Origin of Being: Understanding the Science of Evolution to Enhance Your Quality of Life6
Directory of Publishers6
:Common Bees of Western North America. Princeton Field Guides5
:The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage4
:Animal as Machine: The Quest to Understand How Animals Work and Adapt4
The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund3
:Conservation of Marine Birds2
: Neurobiological Evolution of Humans: From Neurons to Narratives1
:Parasites: The Inside Story1
:Yellowstone’s Birds: Diversity and Abundance in the World’s First National Park1
:Power in the Wild: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Animals Strive for Control over Others1
: Advances in Virus Research. Volume 1191
:Communication between Honeybees: More Than Just a Dance in the Dark1
Thinking through Climate Change: A Philosophy of Energy in the Anthropocene. Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and Its Successors. By Adam Briggle. Palgrave (Macmillan). Cham (Switzerl1
:Cryptic Species: Morphological Stasis, Circumscription, and Hidden Diversity. The Systematics Association Special Volume 891
:Landscape Evolution: Landforms, Ecosystems, and Soils1
:One Step Sideways, Three Steps Forward: One Woman’s Path to Becoming a Biologist1
Cultural Lability: Insights from Birdsong0
:Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More0
:Two Acres of Time: Unearthing the Ice Age at the Byron Dig0
:Ethics in Biodiversity Conservation0
:Cellular and Molecular Approaches in Fish Biology0
:Trees and Forests of Tropical Asia: Exploring Tapovan0
:The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works0
:Philip Henry Gosse: A Biography0
Reviewers of Books0
Animals’ Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild. By Barbara J. King. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $25.00. ix + 274 p.; index. ISBN0
:Kingdoms, Empires, and Domains: The History of High-Level Biological Classification0
:Drawing Nature: The Creative Process of an Artist, Illustrator, and Naturalist0
Semi-aquatic Mammals: Ecology and Biology. By Glynnis A. Hood; illustrated by Meaghan Brierley. Baltimore (Maryland): Johns Hopkins University Press. $74.95. xxxi + 469 p.; ill.; subject index.0
:A Better Ape: The Evolution of the Moral Mind and How It Made Us Human0
:Exploring Animal Behavior through Sound. Volume 1. Methods0
: Father Nature: The Science of Paternal Potential0
:California Amphibians and Reptiles0
Front Matter0
:Ernst Haeckel: Ausgewählte Briefwechsel. Band 3: Familienkorrespondenz: April 1857 - März 18590
:Gibbon Conservation in the Anthropocene0
:Applied Statistics with R: A Practical Guide for the Life Sciences0
:Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins—From Spices to Vices0
Scientist: E. O. Wilson: A Life in Nature. By Richard Rhodes. New York: Doubleday. $30.00. xiii + 270 p. + 16 pl.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780385545556 (hc); 9780385545563 (eb). 2021.0
:Infectious Disease Ecology of Wild Birds0
:Foundations of Ecology II: Classic Papers with Commentaries0
:Plant-Animal Interactions: Source of Biodiversity0
:The Lives of Sharks. A Natural History of Shark Life0
: A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID-190
:Planktonia: The Nightly Migration of the Ocean’s Smallest Creatures0
The Ecology of Herbal Medicine: A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest. By Dara Saville; Foreword by Jesse Wolf Hardin. Albuquerque (New Mexico): University of New Me0
: Writing Science in Plain English0
:Biology of Algae, Lichens and Bryophytes0
:Ecological Complexity0
:Salamanders & Newts of the World0
: Speciation0
:Preparing Dinosaurs: The Work Behind the Scenes0
Front Matter0
:Lung Cancer: Disease Biology and Its Potential for Clinical Translation. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine0
:Evolution and the Machinery of Chance: Philosophy, Probability, and Scientific Practice in Biology0
:Deep Water: From the Frilled Shark to the Dumbo Octopus and From the Continental Shelf to the Mariana Trench0
:Sound Communication in Insects. Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 610
Turtles of the World: A Guide to Every Family. By Jeffrey E. Lovich and Whit Gibbons. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. $29.95. 240 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-691-22322-3 (h0
:Ocean Life in the Time of Dinosaurs0
Announcement: 100 Years, Volume 100, Number 40
How Might Artificial Intelligence Influence Human Evolution?0
: Feathered Entanglements: Human-Bird Relations in the Anthropocene0
:Understanding Living Systems. Understanding Life Series0
Directory of Publishers0
The Rise of Chance in Evolutionary Theory: A Pompous Parade of Arithmetic. By Charles H. Pence. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $106.25 (paper). vii + 182 p.0
The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund0
:The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History0
:A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men and Women Who Reinvented American Medicine0
:Organisms Amplify Diversity: An Autocatalytic Hypothesis0
:Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life0
:Travels with Trilobites: Adventures in the Paleozoic0
:Epigenetics and Health: A Practical Guide0
:A New History of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases: Immunization — Chance and Necessity0
A Mathematical Primer of Molecular Phylogenetics. By Xuhua Xia. Palm Bay (Florida): Apple Academic Press; distributed by CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. $149.95 (hardcover); $69.95 (paper). xii0
: Macroevolutionaries: Reflections on Natural History, Paleontology, and Stephen Jay Gould0
Why Brains Don’t Compute. By Dale Purves. New York and (Cham) Switzerland: Springer. $119.99 (hardcover); $89.00 (eBook). xv + 168 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-3-030-71063-7 (hc); 978-3-030-710640
: A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia0
:Island Biogeography: Geo-environmental Dynamics, Ecology, Evolution, Human Impact, and Conservation0
Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed0
:Ancient Woods, Trees and Forests: Ecology, History and Management0
:Nonhuman Primate Welfare: From History, Science, and Ethics to Practice0
The Era beyond Eisemann et al. (1984): Insect Pain in the 21st Century0
:Evolution and Phylogeny of Pancrustacea: A Story of Scientific Method0
Index to Reviewers of Books0
:The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules0
: Niche Construction: How Life Contributes to Its Own Evolution0
:Understanding Charles Darwin. Understanding Life Series0
Animal Rights and Conservation: A Fresh Perspective0
Front Matter0
:Climate Change Adaptation: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer. Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers0
Influenza: The Cutting Edge. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. Edited by Gabriele Neumann and Yoshihiro Kawaoka. Cold Spring Harbor (New York): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. $0
: Melissopalynology: Bee Flora, Pollen and Honey0
Front Matter0
:Population Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases. Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Series0
:Pocket Guide to Birds of Australia0
:Reconciling Agricultural Production with Biodiversity Conservation. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, Number 870
:Frogs of the United States and Canada. Second Edition0
Revisiting Rapoport’s Rule: The History of an Idea and Alternative Explanations for Latitudinal Variation in Geographic Range Size0
Index to Reviewers of Books0
: Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences: An Evidence-Based Approach. Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing0
:The Bird Name Book: A History of English Bird Names0
The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund0
Index to Articles Volume 100 (2025)0
:Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion0
Directory of Publishers0
: Smithsonian Trees of North America0
:The Well-Connected Animal: Social Networks and the Wondrous Complexity of Animal Societies0
:A Curious Herbal: Elizabeth Blackwell’s Pioneering Masterpiece of Botanical Art0
The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund0
: Our Ancient Lakes: A Natural History0
Index to Reviewers of Books0
: Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep0
:Why Conserve Nature?: Perspectives on Meanings and Motivations. Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation0
: Identity: What DNA Can Tell Us About Ourselves0
Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science. By Tara Ivanochko. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $74.99 (hardcover); $39.99 (paper). x + 239 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978110
:George Meléndez Wright: The Fight for Wildlife and Wilderness in the National Parks0
Directory of Publishers0
:Understanding Genes. Understanding Life Series0
Reprinted “Foreword” from 19260
:The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Disease0
:Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils0
: Bird Brains and Behavior: A Synthesis0
The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World. By Oliver Milman. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. $27.95. vii + 260 p.; index. ISBN: 9781324006596 (hc); 9781324006602 0
Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation. Wildlife Management and Conservation. Edited by Christopher E. Moorman, Steven M. Grodsky, and Susan P. Rupp. Published in association with The Wildl0
Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution. By Arlin Stoltzfus. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $85.00. xiii + 268 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-19-884445-7. [A companion website is avail0
Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed0
Collected Contents: Volume 970
:Enchanted by Daphne: The Life of an Evolutionary Naturalist0
: Understanding the Nature-Nurture Debate0
Unraveling the Environment-Phenotype-Genotype Nexus: Successful Approaches from Bird Colors and How to Apply Them to Other Traits and Taxa0
: Is a River Alive?0
Directory of Publishers0
: Evolution and Development: Conceptual Issues0
:Human Success: Evolutionary Origins and Ethical Implications0
A Primer of Life Histories: Ecology, Evolution, and Application. By Jeffrey A. Hutchings. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $85.00 (hardcover); $42.95 (paper). xiv + 226 p.; ill.; s0
:Parasites in Past Civilizations and Their Impact upon Health0
:Invading Ecological Networks. Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation0
Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed0
:The Lives of Beetles: A Natural History of Coleoptera0
:The Species–Area Relationship: Theory and Application. Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation0
:Aging: Geroscience as the New Public Health Frontier. Second Edition. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine0
:Shrimps: Their Diversity, Intriguing Adaptations and Varied Lifestyles. Fish & Fisheries Series, Volume 420
:The Desert Bones: The Paleontology and Paleoecology of Mid-Cretaceous North Africa0
:Understanding DNA Ancestry. Understanding Life Series0
Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed0
State of the Apes: Killing, Capture, Trade and Conservation. Volume 4. Edited by Helga Rainer, Alison White, and Annette Lanjouw. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $99.99 (har0
:Inshore Fishes of Britain and Ireland0
Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed0
: The Evolution of Imperfection: The Science of Why We Aren’t and Can’t Be Perfect0
Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of the United States. By Walter E. Meshaka Jr., Suzanne L. Collins, R. Bruce Bury, and Malcolm L. McCallum. Gainesville (Florida): University Press of Florida. $50
:Genomic Citizenship: The Molecularization of Identity in the Contemporary Middle East0
: Octopus Biology and Ecology0
Front Matter0
:Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change0
:Ants: A Visual Guide0
:Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide0
Index to Reviewers of Books0
Exploring the Factors Driving the Success of Urban-Exploiting Spiders0
:The Complete Insect: Anatomy, Physiology, Evolution, and Ecology0
Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed0
List of Donors to The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund0
:How We Age: The Science of Longevity0
:Birds of Costa Rica. Princeton Field Guides0
: The Gull Guide: North America0
:Snakes of Australia0
:An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us0
:Terns of North America: A Photographic Guide0
: Foundations of Stream and River Ecology: A Guide to the Classic Literature0
: Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World0
:Understanding Evo-Devo. Understanding Life Series0
:Applications for Advancing Animal Ecology. Wildlife Management and Conservation0
:Remapping Race in a Global Context. History and Philosophy of Biology0
:The Evolution of Biological Information: How Evolution Creates Complexity, from Viruses to Brains0
The Handbook of Acoustic Bat Detection. By Volker Runkel, Guido Gerding, and Ulrich Marckmann; translated by Iain Macmillan. Exeter (United Kingdom): Pelagic Publishing. $50.00 (paper). xii + 10
A Paradigm Shift, or a Paradigm Adjustment? The Evolution of the Oleaceae Mating System as a Small-Scale Kuhnian Case Study0
:The Parrot in the Mirror: How Evolving to Be Like Birds Made Us Human0
:Nematodes as Model Organisms0
:Impacts of Human Population on Wildlife: A British Perspective. Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation0
:The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium0
:Caribou: Wind Walkers of the Northern Wilderness0
:Ocean Acidification and Marine Wildlife: Physiological and Behavioral Impacts0
: The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog and Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science0
:Life Is Simple: How Occam’s Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe0
:All You Need to Know About Spiders0
Crop Pollination by Bees. Volume 1: Evolution, Ecology, Conservation, and Management. Second Edition. By Keith S. Delaplane. Wallingford (United Kingdom) and Boston (Massachusetts): CABI. $67.50
:Evolution “On Purpose”: Teleonomy in Living Systems. Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology0
:Utah Mollusk Identification Guide0
:For Want of Wings: A Bird with Teeth and a Dinosaur in the Family0
: Darwin’s Racism, Sexism, and Idolization: Their Tragic Societal and Scientific Repercussions0
:Evolutionary Developmental Biology: A Reference Guide0
:Paths of Pollen0
Bat Calls of Britain and Europe: A Guide to Species Identification. Edited by Jon Russ. Exeter (United Kingdom): Pelagic Publishing. £49.99. x + 462 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-78427-225-8 (hc0
: Evolutionary Physiology of Algae and Aquatic Plants0
: The Foundations of Population Genetics0
:Birds of Greater Southern Africa. Princeton Field Guides.0
:Racism, Not Race: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions0
:Conflicting Models for the Origin of Life. Astrobiology Perspectives on Life of the Universe0
: Death: Perspectives from the Philosophy of Biology0
:New Horizons in Evolution0
:Evolutionary Ecology of Amphibians0
:Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior: What They Did and How We Know0
:Origin Africa: A Natural History0
:The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, From the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us0
:The Biology of Death: How Dying Shapes Cells, Organisms, and Populations0
Titles and Authors of Articles and Commentaries0
:Much Like Us: What Science Reveals about the Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviour of Animals0
:Updating Neanderthals: Understanding Behavioural Complexity in the Late Middle Palaeolithic0
:Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences. Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology0
: Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life0
Sensitive Period Diversity: Insights From Evolutionary Models0
Population Genomics: Wildlife. Population Genomics Series. Edited by Paul A. Hohenlohe and Om P. Rajora. Cham (Switzerland) and New York: Springer. $179.99 (hardcover); $139.00 (eBook). xiv + 50
:Principles of Behavioral Neuroscience0
Directory of Publishers0
:The Anthropocene: 101 Questions and Answers for Understanding the Human Impact on the Global Environment0
:In Search of Human Evolution: Field Research in Diverse Environments0
:Invertebrate Pathology0
:Insect Diapause0
Index to Reviewers of Books0
Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed0
Quantitative Analysis of Ecological Networks. By Mark R. T. Dale and Marie-Josée Fortin. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $115.00 (hardcover); $49.99 (paper). x + 221 p. + 160
:Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation: Approaches to Protect Biodiversity and Marine Life0
Handbook of the Historiography of Biology. Historiographies of Science. Edited by Michael R. Dietrich, Mark E. Borrello, and Oren Harman. Cham (Switzerland) and New York: Springer. $449.99. xiv0
: Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts of the World: A Guide to Every Order0
:Do Plants Know Math?0
Front Matter0
:Hymenoptera: The Natural History and Diversity of Wasps, Bees, and Ants0
:Human Migration: Biocultural Perspectives0
Index to Reviewers of Books Volume 99 (2024)0
:Performance All the Way Down: Genes, Development, and Sexual Difference. Science-Culture Series0
:Radical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace0
Immortal: Our Cells, DNA, and Bodies. By David Goldman. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $72.20 (paper). xvi + 188 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-323-85692-8. 20
: The World Atlas of Deserts and Drylands0
: Revisiting the Eclipse of Darwinism: A Historiographical and Philosophical Analysis0
: The Brain in Motion: From Microcircuits to Global Brain Function0
The Nucleus. Second Edition. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. Edited by Ana Pombo, Martin W. Hetzer, and Tom Misteli. Cold Spring Harbor (New York): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pre0
Conservation Genetics in Mammals: Integrative Research Using Novel Approaches. Edited by Jorge Ortega and Jesus E. Maldonado. Cham (Switzerland) and New York: Springer. $179.99. vii + 378 p.; i0
: Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals0
:Gregor Mendel: His Life and Legacy0
:Antibiofilm Strategies: Current and Future Applications to Prevent, Control and Eradicate Biofilms. Springer Series on Biofilms, Volume 110
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