Journal of Zoology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Zoology is 1. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Concentrating vs. spreading our footprint: how to meet humanity's needs at least cost to nature52
Towards a best‐practices guide for camera trapping: assessing differences among camera trap models and settings under field conditions43
How reliable are motion‐triggered camera traps for detecting small mammals and birds in ecological studies?21
Spatial organization, behaviour and feeding habits of red squirrels: differences between an urban park and an urban forest18
Towards resolving taxonomic uncertainties in wolf, dog and jackal lineages of Africa, Eurasia and Australasia18
Co‐occurrence of high densities of brown hyena and spotted hyena in central Tuli, Botswana16
Comparison of defence buzzes in hoverflies and buzz‐pollinating bees15
Effects of natural and anthropogenic features on functional connectivity of anurans: a review of landscape genetics studies in temperate, subtropical and tropical species14
Ecological niche models improve home range estimations13
Carnivore coexistence facilitated by spatial and dietary partitioning and fine‐scale behavioural avoidance in a semi‐arid ecosystem13
Resource concealment and the evolution of parental care in burying beetles13
Dragon colors: the nature and function of Odonata (dragonfly and damselfly) coloration13
Methods for the characterization of activity patterns in elusive species: the giant armadillo in the Brazilian Pantanal13
Low individual diet variation and high trophic niche overlap between the native polecat and invasive American mink12
The oestrous cycle of the Damaraland mole‐rat revisited: evidence for induced ovulation12
Lubrication in the joints of insects (Arthropoda: Insecta)12
The wild boar Sus scrofa as a threat to ground‐nesting bird species: an artificial nest experiment11
Home range size, space use and resource selection of griffon vultures in an insular environment11
Resource availability drives variation in a marsupial glider’s home‐range size11
Why do shrimps leave the water? Mechanisms and functions of parading behaviour in freshwater shrimps11
Vulnerability to warming in a desert amphibian tadpole community: the role of interpopulational variation10
Habitat specificity drives differences in space‐use patterns of multiple mesocarnivores in an agroecosystem10
The elusive winter engineers: structure and materials of hazel dormouse hibernation nests10
The role of climate and maternal manipulation in determining and maintaining reproductive mode in Liolaemus lizards10
Molecular identification of bird species in the diet of the bird‐like noctule bat in Japan10
Stable isotope analysis suggests low trophic niche partitioning among co‐occurring land snail species in a floodplain forest10
Scavenger assemblages are structured by complex competition and facilitation processes among vultures10
More and bigger lizards reside on islands with more resources9
A long‐term study of temporal variation in wing feather mite (Acari: Astigmata) infestations on robins, Erithacus rubecula, in Nottinghamshire, UK9
Traffic noise drives an immediate increase in call pitch in an urban frog8
Big competition for small spots? Conspecific density drives home range size in male and female leopards8
Prey responses to predation risk under chronic road noise8
Factors affecting the spatial distribution and co‐occurrence of two sympatric mountain ungulates in southern Mongolia8
Inter‐relationships among body mass, jaw musculature and bite force in birds8
Assessing occupancy and activity of two invasive carnivores in two Caribbean islands: implications for insular ecosystems7
Limited temporal response of Cerrado mammals to anthropogenic pressure in areas under distinct levels of protection7
Costs and benefits of solitary living in mammals7
How fast is a snail’s pace? The influences of size and substrate on gastropod speed of locomotion7
The toolkit of a hunter – functional morphology of larval mouthparts in a dragonfly7
Seasonal effects in gastrointestinal parasite prevalence, richness and intensity in vervet monkeys living in a semi‐arid environment7
Carryover effects of pesticide exposure and pond drying on performance, behavior, and sex ratios in a pool breeding amphibian7
The best defence is not being there: avoidance of larger carnivores is not driven by risk intensity7
Comfort over safety: thermoregulation overshadows predation risk effects in the activity of a keystone prey7
Coexistence of European hares and Alpine mountain hares in the Alps: what drives the occurrence and frequency of their hybrids?7
Grasping behavior in the white‐tailed sea eagle (Accipitridae, Aves) explained by muscle architecture6
Does colour impact responses to images in geckos?6
Sexual dichromatism and throat display in spectacled salamanders: a role in visual communication?6
Successive use of shared space by badgers and cattle: implications for Mycobacterium bovis transmission6
Impacts of temperature on immune performance in a desert anuran (Anaxyrus punctatus)6
Ophidiomycosis is related to seasonal patterns of reproduction, ecdysis, and thermoregulatory behavior in a free‐living snake species6
Flexibility in thermal physiology and behaviour allows body mass maintenance in hibernating hazel dormice6
Naming and gaming: The illicit taxonomic practice of ‘nomenclatural harvesting’ and how to avoid it6
In vivo bite force in lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis, Psittaciformes) and their relative biting performance among birds6
Assessment of methods for detecting an opportunistic and expanding mesocarnivore in southwestern Europe6
Spatial and temporal interactions between endangered spotted‐tailed quolls and introduced red foxes in a fragmented landscape6
Presence of pastoral fields in mountain landscapes influences prey consumption by European wildcats6
Understanding the effects of seasonal variation in prey availability on prey switching by large carnivores5
Edge effects and distribution of prey forage resources influence how an apex predator utilizes Sri Lanka's largest protected area5
Where and when does the danger lie? Assessing how location, season and time of day affect the sequential stages of predation by lions in western Serengeti National Park5
Inter‐relationships among body mass, body dimensions, jaw musculature and bite force in reptiles5
A framework to interpret co‐occurrence patterns from camera trap data: The case of the gray fox, the bobcat, and the eastern cottontail rabbit in a tropical dry habitat5
Intra‐specific variation of non‐genitalic and genitalic traits in two euophryine jumping spider species5
Pelage variation in dingoes across southeastern Australia: implications for conservation and management5
Morphological shifts in response to spatial sorting of dispersal behaviour in red flour beetles across multiple generations5
Postnatal remodeling of the laryngeal airway removes body size dependency of spectral features for ultrasonic whistling in laboratory mice5
Reduced ageing in the frozen state in the tardigrade Milnesium inceptum (Eutardigrada: Apochela)5
Remote, non‐invasive photogrammetry for measuring physical traits in wildlife5
Body condition indices are better surrogates for lean mass and water content than for body fat content in an insect5
Body condition metrics explain fish movement in experimental streams5
Nine ways to score nine lives – identifying appropriate methods to age domestic cats (Felis catus)5
Death‐feigning propensity varies within dice snake populations but not with sex or colour morph5
Grasslands half‐full: investigating drivers of spatial heterogeneity in ungulate occurrence in Indian Terai5
Functional diversity of attachment and grooming leg structures is retained in all but the smallest insects5
Age‐specific sensitivity of sperm length and testes size to developmental temperature in the bruchid beetle5
Macrophysiology for decision‐making5
Fine‐scale vegetation complexity and habitat structure influence predation pressure on a declining snake5
Fertilization modes drive the evolution of sperm traits in Baikal sculpins5
Red deer behavioural response to hiking activity: a study using camera traps4
Ecological determinants of livestock depredation by the snow leopard Panthera uncia in Bhutan4
Sounds and associated morphology of Hypostomus species from South‐East Brazil4
Correlated evolution of craniodental morphology and feeding ecology in carnivorans: a comparative analysis of jaw lever arms at tooth positions4
Hierarchical partitioning of multiple niche dimensions among ecomorphs, species and sexes in Puerto Rican anoles4
How sexual differences affect locomotor performance and metabolism of the Sword Snake: An integrated view from energetics4
Environmental and anthropogenic correlates of seasonal migrations in the Dinaric‐Pindos brown bear population4
Burrow structure and utilization in the mudskipper Periophthalmodon septemradiatus from the Mekong Delta4
The effect of group size, reproductive condition and time period on sexual segregation patterns in three vespertilionid bat species4
Movement patterns within an urban population of fire salamanders highlight the importance of conserving small habitat patches4
Metamorphic common toads keep chytrid infection under control, but at a cost4
Night moves: nocturnal movements of endangered spotted turtles and Blanding's turtles4
Vertical locomotion in the arboreal salamander Aneides vagrans4
Morph‐dependent nematode infection and its association with host movement in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Mollusca, Gastropoda)4
Small increases in group size improve small shoals' response to water flow in zebrafish4
Size and shape in the evolution of the worker head in Pheidole ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)4
Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates – substantial variations about a common theme4
Is the urgency message encoded in heterospecific alarm calls perceived by domestic chickens?4
Spinner dolphin residency in tropical atoll lagoons: Diurnal presence, seasonal variability and implications for nutrient dynamics4
Global warming responses of gut microbiota in moose (Alces alces) populations with different dispersal patterns4
Reproductive success, apparent survival, and ventral blue coloration in male prairie lizards (Sceloporus consobrinus)4
Grip it good: in vivo grip force across substrate diameters in the brown‐throated three‐toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus)4
Conservation of rare wild‐living cattle Bos taurus (L.): coat colour gene illuminates breed history, and associated reproductive anomalies have not reduced herd fertility3
Endocrine correlates of female reproductive activity in the roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus)3
The influence of an apex predator introduction on an already established subordinate predator3
Diel rhythmicity of alcohol‐induced intoxication in the honeybee workers3
Edible dormouse (Glis glis) population study in south‐western Poland provides evidence of multiple paternity and communal nesting3
You're stressing me out! Effect of interspecific competition from red deer on roe deer physiological stress response3
Movement and activity of endangered Asiatic lions in relation to land‐use, season and group characteristics3
Intraguild scavenging on carnivore carcasses is delayed enough to allow successful dispersal of maggots for pupation3
Possible occurrence of contact calls in all‐male groups of free‐ranging beluga whales3
Estimating bird flight height using 3‐D photogrammetry3
Patterns of load distribution among the legs in small water striders during standing and striding3
Taste for pollen comes in different shapes: Consumption by tadpoles from three divergent ecomorphotypes3
Mice population dynamics and structure over time and space after wildfires3
Morphological variation in the common lancehead populations: Sexual dimorphism and ontogenetic patterns3
Oxidative stress and cognition in ecology3
Structural diversity of olfactory organs in Osteoglossiformes3
Goat kid recognition of their mothers' calls is not impacted by changes in fundamental frequency or formants3
Too cool to fight: Is ambient temperature associated with male aggressive behavior in the mesquite lizard?3
Cautious clams? Energetic state modifies risk assessment in giant clams3
Mormyrid fish as models for investigating sensory‐motor integration: A behavioural perspective3
Behavioural responses to temporal variations of human presence: Insights from an urban adapter3
Specialized morphology, not relatively large head size, facilitates competition between a small‐bodied specialist and large‐bodied generalist competitors3
Roost elevation and ambient temperature best predict use of summer heterothermy in eastern red bats3
Demographic plasticity in an invasive species: The effects of time since invasion and population management history on beavers in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina3
Regional disparity in the axial skeleton of Saurichthyidae and implications for axial regionalization in non‐teleostean actinopterygians3
Exploring the connections between giraffe skin disease and lion predation3
Alternative highland adaptations: organ masses and fur insulation in Afroalpine rodents3
Scent, rather than fur pattern, determines predation of mice: an in‐the‐wild experiment with plasticine mouse models3
No time to die: Evolution of a post‐reproductive life stage3
Environment drives color pattern polymorphism in sand lizards beyond the Gloger's rule3
Population dynamics of recovering apex predators: Golden eagles in a Mediterranean landscape3
Behavioural responses to chemical cues of predators differ between fire salamander larvae from two different habitats3
Altitudinal gradients and body size variation among Chinese lizards in different terrains3
Trophic niche and home range of an insular pit viper following loss of food resources2
Does moonlight affect movement patterns of a non‐obligate carnivore? Brown bears do not mind that the moon exists2
Ecoimmunological differences among congeneric tortoises in the United States2
Enemies or good neighbors? No indication of spatial or temporal avoidance between two sympatric South American canids2
Inability of yellow‐bellied toad to accelerate metamorphosis in desiccation conditions2
Intra‐population variation in male nuptial coloration and diet across anthropogenically altered visual microhabitats in an African cichlid2
Changes in foraging behaviour suggest competition between wild and domestic ungulates: Guanaco and domestic sheep in southern Patagonia2
Aposematic patterns shift continuously throughout the life of poison frogs2
Effect of density on pupal colour plasticity in the butterfly Mycalesis mineus (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)2
Camouflage by counter‐brightness: the blue wings of Morpho dragonflies Zenithoptera lanei (Anisoptera: Libellulidae) match the water background2
Predation pressure in amphidromous gobies: how their morphology is selected by predator species2
Examining differentiation of sympatricSchizothoraxfishes reveals low differentiation in internal compared to external feeding traits2
The influence of road networks on brown bear spatial distribution and habitat suitability in a human‐modified landscape2
Color morphs of the fire salamander are discriminated at night by conspecifics and predators2
Various responses of pine marten morphology and demography to temporal climate changes and primary productivity2
Is horn length crucial for Alpine chamois?2
Evaluating the prevalence and spatial distribution of giraffes injured by non‐target poaching2
Small sizes, big strategies: the relationship between female size, matrotrophy and superfetation throughout the reproductive lives of poeciliid fishes2
A test of a generalized, optimal habitat selection model for drift‐feeding fishes: brook charr2
Mating behavior of the Sydney funnel‐web spider (Atracidae:Atrax robustus) and implications for the evolution of courtship in mygalomorph spiders2
Relationships of mineralized dermal layer of mountain endemic miniature frogs with climate2
Influence of human development and predators on patterns of Virginia opossum occupancy, abundance, and activity2
Meso‐habitat distribution patterns and ecological requirements of two Mediterranean vipers depict weak competition in a contact zone2
Exceptional features of the embryonic ontogeny of a direct‐developing Robber frog2
Spotted hyaena population density across habitat and land use types in southern Tanzania2
An experimental framework for quantifying the degree of intraguild predation in omnivorous food webs in the field2
Parental care does not compensate for the effects of bad years on reproductive success of a vagile bird2
Postnatal cranial ontogeny and growth strategies in the black‐tailed gullLarus crassirostrisbreeding on Kabu Island, Aomori, Japan2
Non‐shivering thermogenesis in four species of African mole‐rats differing in their sociality2
Gas compressor noise does not influence tree swallow nestling condition or immune response2
Behavioral diversity and biomechanical determinants of the outcome of a fish predator–prey interaction2
Wild guppies from populations exposed to higher predation risk exhibit greater vasotocin brain gene expression2
Predation risk in tree squirrels: implications of the presence of free‐ranging dogs2
Is bigger always better? Neither body size nor aggressive behavior predicts specialization of hummingbirds in a rocky outcrop2
Hidden in plain sight: unveiling the distributions of green‐winged grasshoppers (Aiolopus spp.) with citizen‐science data2
Feeding below the thermocline: implications for prey capture kinematics1
Linking plumage dimorphism and environmental stress1
Increased population density depresses activity but does not influence emigration in the snailPomatias elegans1
Partitioned parturition: Birthing asynchrony in cordylid lizards1
Are Bergmann's and Jordan's rules valid for a neotropical pitviper?1
More than one way to eat a mouse: Skull shape variation within a monophyletic group of mammals (Marsupialia; Dasyurinae)1
Where are the beachmasters? Unexpectedly weak polygyny among southern elephant seals on a South Shetland Island1
Ecological niche variation drives morphological differentiation in tropical stream‐dwelling newts from Indochina1
Anti‐parasitic function of tree‐rubbing behaviour in brown bears suggested by an in vitro test on a generalist ectoparasite1
Assessment of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis in frogs using large‐scale citizen science data1
Swimming ability of the Carybdea marsupialis (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeidae): implications for its spatial distribution1
Scaling of sense organs that control flight: Size and sensory cell number of dipteran fly halteres1
Sexual differences in blood parasite infections, circulating carotenoids and body condition in free‐living red‐legged partridges1
Use it and bruise it: copulation rates are associated with muscle inflammation across anole lizard species1
A review of nose picking in primates with new evidence of its occurrence in Daubentonia madagascariensis1
Following urban predators – long‐term snow‐tracking data reveal changes in their abundance and habitat use1
Plasticity in resource use explains the persistence of the largest living rodent in anthropized environments1
Take only pictures, leave only… Cameras influence marmot vigilance but not perceptions of risk1
Multigenerational pedigree analysis of wild individually marked black sparrowhawks suggests that dark plumage coloration is a dominant autosomal trait1
Diversification dynamics of chameleons (Chamaeleonidae)1
Body size predicts prey preference but not diet breadth in pythons1
Exploring durophagy among modern gray wolves from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with dental microwear texture analysis1
Population genetics of a lethally managed medium‐sized predator1
Sex‐specific impact of tooth wear on senescence in a low‐dimorphic mammal species: The European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)1
Ant protection effectiveness in myrmecophytes and extrafloral nectary plants1
Specialist or refugee: Microhabitat use and competition between two sympatric woodland salamanders1
Comparison of the eggshell mammillary microstructure of Galliformes and Anseriformes1
Mammal coloration as a social signal—the debate is still open: a comment on Howell and Caro (2024)1
Reproductive payoffs of territoriality are snow‐dependent in a mountain ungulate, the Alpine chamois1
Phenotypic matching by spot pattern potentially mediates female giraffe social associations1
Scaling relationships of maximal gape and prey size of snakes for an egg‐eating specialist (Dasypeltis gansi) and a dietary generalist (Pantherophis obsoletus)1
Size is not everything: Nuanced effects of female multiple mating and annual litter number on testes size in terrestrial mammals1
Underwater calling behavior in two high‐altitude frog species1
Deferred benefits of dominance for natal males in a cooperative breeder, the Kalahari meerkat1
A new view of territoriality in large eagles: the territory pre‐exists regardless of its occupants1
Faecal cortisol levels in a wild Iberian red deer population are best explained by prior weather conditions1
Reproductive cost in female European and mountain hares1
How many sequences should I track when applying the random encounter model to camera trap data?1
Sperm storage organs change with female age and mating history in the Golden Silk spider Trichonephila clavipes (Araneae: Araneidae)1
Morphometric traits as drivers for module structures and species specialization: a study about the hermit crab–gastropod networks from three different regions on the Brazilian coast1
Age‐related changes in male ant sperm quality1
Fasting and digestion exert opposite effects on collective behavior in goldfish across contexts1
Variations in host surfaces morphology and biology of ciliate epibionts explaining distribution pattern of epibionts in the invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852)1
Eco‐physiological arguments on the functional impact of Lepus timidus mitochondrial DNA introgression in Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis)1
Modelling the impact of hunting on the coexistence of congeneric deer species in Central Amazonia1
The quick and the fed: Geographical variation in embryonic development and offspring size in a wide‐spread lizard1
Mandibular morphology in four species of insectivorous bats: the impact of sexual dimorphism and geographical differentiation1
Examining the effect of sociodemographic factors on feral horses' social networks1
Allometry of the pectoral flight muscles in birds: Flight style is related to variability in the mass of the supracoracoideus muscle1
Dietary influences on head and neck ranges of motion in neotropical bats1
Multiple paternity in the Asp viper1
Patterns and predictors of ungulate space use across an isolated Miombo woodland reserve1
Innate responses to con‐ and heterospecific alarm chemicals in juveniles of a freshwater shrimp1
Maintaining the avian wing aerofoil: Relationships between the number of primary and secondary flight feathers and under‐lying skeletal size in birds1
Association between reproduction and immunity in the Egyptian mongooseHerpestes ichneumonis sex‐biased and unaffected by body condition1
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