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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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How reliably do keratinous tissues predict total mercury concentration in internal tissues of a highly mobile carnivore with a terrestrial diet?25
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Feeding behavior varies based upon prey defenses in the ground snake (Squamata: Serpentes: Sonora episcopa)18
Overlap of activity patterns between leopards and their potential prey species in Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania17
Various responses of pine marten morphology and demography to temporal climate changes and primary productivity17
Variability in spatial behaviour and migratory strategies selection: the case of the Hen Harrier at the southern limit of its distribution16
Ecoimmunological differences among congeneric tortoises in the United States16
Population genetics and the role of dispersal barriers in the Antarctic springtail Kaylathalia klovstadi (Collembola, Isotomidae)15
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Behavioural and physiological adaptations of a jumping spider to a marine environment15
Altitudinal gradients and body size variation among Chinese lizards in different terrains14
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Long‐term monitoring reveals sex‐ and age‐related survival patterns in griffon vultures13
Influence of human development and predators on patterns of Virginia opossum occupancy, abundance, and activity13
Quantifying the predation impact of an expanding mesocarnivore on declining small‐game species12
Testing the size‐grain hypothesis in a generalist predator: The case of an ant species in the Brazilian savannah12
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Reproductive payoffs of territoriality are snow‐dependent in a mountain ungulate, the Alpine chamois12
Hidden in plain sight: unveiling the distributions of green‐winged grasshoppers (Aiolopus spp.) with citizen‐science data11
Influence of landfill use on nest‐site selection and breeding success in white storks11
Evolutionary correlates and consequences of sociality in feliform carnivorans11
The longest known rhino horn from the permafrost of Yakutia offers insights into woolly rhinoceros morphology, palaeoecology and sexual dimorphism11
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Evolutionary novelty in chemical signalling is linked with chemosensory behaviour in close Liolaemus lizard species (Iguania: Liolaemidae)10
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Here comes the sun: Thermoregulatory behavior in ectotherms illuminated by light‐level geolocators10
Annual variation in riverscape habitat use by a diadromous fish before oceanic migration9
Reproductive health from hair: Validation and utility of hair progesterone analysis in the Asian black bear, Ursus thibetanus9
More and bigger lizards reside on islands with more resources9
Behavioural responses to chemical cues of predators differ between fire salamander larvae from two different habitats9
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Spatiotemporal plasticity of prey selection in the wolf9
Population dynamics of recovering apex predators: Golden eagles in a Mediterranean landscape9
Activity and habitat use of a dune gecko and its spatial and temporal correlation with other animals on dunes9
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 habitat8
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Water quality influences paternal care behaviors and nest fate in Eastern Hellbender salamanders8
Sound production by the short‐beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)8
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Noninvasive assessment of corticosterone and triiodothyronine levels in the endangered Pyrenean Capercaillie ( Tetrao urogallus aquitanicus )8
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Subsistence hunting shapes the spatial variation of jaguar densities in community‐managed forests8
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Beaver dams in Mediterranean ecosystems: trait‐specific effects on macroinvertebrates8
Object neophobia in the Olrog's gull and its relationship with propensity to try novel food7
Temperature during embryonic development in brown trout influences juvenile behaviour in encounters with predators7
Seasonal shifts in prey availability and low feeding requirements of African egg‐eating snakes ( Dasypeltis scabra )7
Dietary patterns of Yacare in the wetlands of Corrientes, Argentina7
Alternative highland adaptations: organ masses and fur insulation in Afroalpine rodents7
Migrating eagles stopping in the Sahara Desert: Aberrant behaviour or foraging strategy?7
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Livin' la vida local: philopatry results in consistent patterns of annual space use in a long‐lived lizard7
Interactive effects of body size, food abundance and mating status on reproductive attributes in tortoise beetle7
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Journal of Zoology: Highlights of the year 20247
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Evaluating the prevalence and spatial distribution of giraffes injured by non‐target poaching6
The multi‐mechanistic basis of metabolic scaling6
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Morphology of the sulcus acusticus in sagittal otoliths and its relationship with mobility patterns in tropical fish species of the families Sciaenidae a6
Dietary conditioning on aphids and conspecific eggs in the ladybirdMenochilus sexmaculatusFabricius influences cannibalistic food choices in subsequent generations6
Do urban habitats induce physiological changes in Mediterranean lizards?6
In vivo bite force in lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis, Psittaciformes) and their relative biting performance among birds6
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Predatory foraging tactics correspond with aggressive mimetic fidelity in carnivorous blenniid fishes on coral reefs5
Effects of human presence on African mammal waterhole attendance and temporal activity patterns5
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Exceptional features of the embryonic ontogeny of a direct‐developing Robber frog5
Brocket deer niche breadth and overlap: spatial similarities limit species coexistence5
Comparison of the eggshell mammillary microstructure of Galliformes and Anseriformes5
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Interspecific differences of ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in their repellency to ants5
Fine sensory innervation of the contact surface of lamellae bearing adhesive setae in the tokay gecko5
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Changes in marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) heart rates suggest reduced metabolism during El Niño events5
Do sexes differ in consistent individual differences and behavioural syndrome in an aposematic poison frog?5
Mice population dynamics and structure over time and space after wildfires5
Influence of human disturbance on the activity patterns and spatiotemporal interactions of wolves and their prey in an Italian stronghold5
Lemons and learning: Juvenile free‐ranging dogs are more persistent but less selective foragers than adults5
Identification and tissue‐specific expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in broad‐snouted caiman5
Comparative analysis of behavioural repertoires for Mahogany glider and Brushtail possum using accelerometer loggers and machine learning algorithms5
Shorter telomeres are associated with shell anomalies in a long‐lived tortoise5
An experimental framework for quantifying the degree of intraguild predation in omnivorous food webs in the field5
Environment drives color pattern polymorphism in sand lizards beyond the Gloger's rule4
Social clustering behavior in hatchling western saw‐shelled turtles ( Myuchelys bellii )4
The anatomy of mastication in a toothless mammal: Morphological characteristics of the temporomandibular joint in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)4
Possible occurrence of contact calls in all‐male groups of free‐ranging beluga whales4
Review of osteoderm function and future research directions4
COVID‐19: An unplanned experiment to assess the effect of tourism on ungulates in a world heritage site4
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Parthenogenic hybrid geckos differ from their sexual counterparts in skin microbiomes but not in rates of water loss4
Low socioeconomic status is an under‐recognised source of challenges in academia4
Forced sympatry? Spatiotemporal interactions of ursids, the Himalayan brown bear and the Asiatic black bear, along a gradient of anthropic disturbances in Western Himalaya4
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Bigfoot: If it's there, could it be a bear?4
Behavioral novelties and morphological exaptation underlie trophic novelty in an anemone‐feeding fish4
Habitat mosaic as a driver of the resilience of native species: The case of the assemblage of small mammals from the city of Franceville, Gabon4
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Fertility up in flames: Reduced fertility indices as a consequence of a simulated heatwave on small African mammals4
Tiger diet in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve: how do metabarcoding and mechanical sorting compare?4
Behavioural responses to temporal variations of human presence: Insights from an urban adapter4
Plasticity in resource use explains the persistence of the largest living rodent in anthropized environments4
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A review of nose picking in primates with new evidence of its occurrence in Daubentonia madagascariensis4
Behavioral diversity and biomechanical determinants of the outcome of a fish predator–prey interaction4
Hierarchical partitioning of multiple niche dimensions among ecomorphs, species and sexes in Puerto Rican anoles4
‘Knocking’ on armadillo's door: Uncovering the use of an ecosystem engineer's burrow by the lesser anteater4
Histomorphological changes due to elevation in a high‐altitude lizard: A comparative study across three mountain systems4
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Two in one: A case study of two rhizocephalan species invading the nervous tissue of one host4
Exploring the effects of anthropogenic habitat change on Euplerid carnivore occupancy in a humid evergreen forest, south‐east Madagascar4
Faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels of intensive captive, free‐range captive and wild Tasmanian devils4
Disruption and irruption shape genetic variation and population structure of the common rock‐rat in north‐western Australia4
Static magnetic fields influence magnetic alignment and movement patterns of free‐ranging Lilford's wall lizards3
Sex‐specific impact of tooth wear on senescence in a low‐dimorphic mammal species: The European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)3
Sexual dichromatism increases with altitude in birds with ultraviolet sensitive vision3
Host‐switching events are not always the driver of speciation in social parasites: a case study in Temnothorax (Myrmoxenus) ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)3
Energetically costly weaponry in the large morph of male stag beetles3
Assessing the phenology and reproductive output of loggerhead turtles in relation to climatic variables at Patara Beach, Türkiye3
Aging cheetahs using gum‐line recession and evaluation of expert‐based aging techniques3
Breeding bird population trends during 2013–2019 inside and outside of European badger control areas in England3
Spinner dolphin residency in tropical atoll lagoons: Diurnal presence, seasonal variability and implications for nutrient dynamics3
Spatio‐temporal patterns of carnivore guild related to their prey in a Mediterranean landscape3
Mandibular morphology in four species of insectivorous bats: the impact of sexual dimorphism and geographical differentiation3
Movement and activity of endangered Asiatic lions in relation to land‐use, season and group characteristics3
Condition‐dependent maternal sex allocation in horses can be demonstrated using a biologically relevant, multivariable condition measurement3
Size is not everything: Nuanced effects of female multiple mating and annual litter number on testes size in terrestrial mammals3
Naming and gaming: The illicit taxonomic practice of ‘nomenclatural harvesting’ and how to avoid it3
Rivers and spatial distance are drivers of genetic diversity in the south American dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)3
Morphological shifts in response to spatial sorting of dispersal behaviour in red flour beetles across multiple generations3
Demographic plasticity in an invasive species: The effects of time since invasion and population management history on beavers in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina3
Dehorning impacts white rhinoceros behaviour less than social events: evidence from Botswana3
Dots in the dark: dorsal polychromatism in the endemic Xingu Freshwater Stingray3
A comparative phylogenetic approach for the evolution of melanism in elapid snakes supports the Bogert's rule3
Wild boar feeding habits before versus after wolf recolonization3
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Microhabitat selection of meadow and steppe vipers enlightened by digital photography and image processing to describe grassland vegetation structure2
Coexistence of European hares and Alpine mountain hares in the Alps: what drives the occurrence and frequency of their hybrids?2
Meso‐habitat distribution patterns and ecological requirements of two Mediterranean vipers depict weak competition in a contact zone2
Walking together: artificial and natural selection in traditional husbandry of feral pigs2
How many sequences should I track when applying the random encounter model to camera trap data?2
The larger the cetacean, the more stationary their sleep? Thermoregulatory constraints on the sleep behaviour of captive cetaceans2
Turning trade‐offs: hummingbird power reserves are used to decrease turning radius or increase turning velocity2
Variation in white‐tailed and mule deer dental metrics is associated with precipitation gradients in the Americas2
Effects of tree plantations on population and roosting ecology of an endemic agamid lizard in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot2
Born in heterogenous landscapes: birth timing, body mass and early development of roe deer fawns in contrasting habitats2
Ecomorphological adaptations of owl feet and talons2
Role of sexual and natural selection in the evolution of sexual size dimorphism in primates2
Population dynamics and morphometrics of Nile monitors along a gradient of urbanization in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa2
Do African egg‐eating snakes (Dasypeltis) exhibit preference for eggs they eat?2
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The quick and the fed: Geographical variation in embryonic development and offspring size in a wide‐spread lizard2
High‐frequency and ultrasonic vocalizations in a subterranean rodent: the colonial tuco‐tuco ( Ctenomys sociabilis )2
Risky behavior of Asian black bears differs between sex and season in a landscape fragmented by roads2
Further thoughts on comparative analyses of coloration2
Intensive agriculture increases fluctuating asymmetry of dorsal head shape in Iberian asp viper populations2
Isolation and adaptation: Population genetics and morphometric patterns of butterfly Itylos titicaca in the Andean wetlands2
Endocrine correlates of female reproductive activity in the roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus)2
Competition between native ungulates: negative effects of sika deer (Cervus nippon) on foraging behavior, physiological stress, and population characteristics of Japanese serow (Capricornis 2
Comparative analyses of micro‐ and macro‐scale surface structures in the convergent evolution of rain‐harvesting behaviour in lizards2
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Fasting and digestion exert opposite effects on collective behavior in goldfish across contexts2
Morphological and molecular inventory of invertebrates reveals a unique faunal diversity in glacier mice2
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Effects of juvenile situational experience on behavioral development of Brandt's vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii): From cognition to psychology2
Social roles and resource competition mediate intraspecific interactions of Chilean Flamingo ( Phoenicopterus chilensis ) in southern Brazil2
Mammal coloration as a social signal2
Pigment cell mechanism of bluish‐purple nuptial colouration in the Japanese fire‐bellied newt Cynops pyrrhogaster2
Allometry, asymmetry and sexual dimorphism in blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)2
On the flick of the tongue: male island and mainland lizards' responses to self and conspecific chemical stimuli2
Ecological niche variation drives morphological differentiation in tropical stream‐dwelling newts from Indochina2
Geographic variation in developmental plasticity among populations of the canyon treefrog in response to temperature and pond‐drying2
Chipping in: functional morphology of the American beaver under range expansion2
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Effects of reproductive seasonality on the excretion of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in free‐ranging Pampas Deer2
Double agents: invasive Burmese pythons ( Python bivittatus ) and Argentine black and white tegus ( Salvator merianae 2
Hybridization patterns and evolutionary clues in broad‐snouted caiman and yacare caiman: Insights from phylogeographic and ecological analyses2
Night life: Positional behaviors and activity patterns of the Neotropical kinkajou, Potos flavus (Carnivora, Procyonidae)2
Ontogenetic changes in digestive enzyme activities of a common water flea1
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The cost of claw loss: The consequences of autotomy on burrowing in an ecosystem engineer, the Slender Crayfish, Faxonius compressus1
Temporal relationships between the red fox and the European badger in a Mediterranean protected area1
Exploring resource patch occupancy: patch size, but not connectivity, explains the abundance of spider kleptoparasites in golden orb webs1
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Multiple paternity in the Asp viper1
Ninja turtles: an experimental evaluation of potential anthropogenic barriers to movement for a freshwater turtle1
Age‐related changes in male ant sperm quality1
In search of the glow—Three‐dimensional reconstruction of Latia neritoides with specific focus on the mantel cavity (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Hygrophila)1
Reconsidering mandibular and metabolic allometries in males of the stag beetle Cyclommatus mniszechi (Coleoptera, Lucanidae)1
Predation pressure in amphidromous gobies: how their morphology is selected by predator species1
Multi‐scalar habitat selection unveils ecological domains in wolves when selecting rendezvous sites1
Dietary influences on head and neck ranges of motion in neotropical bats1
Year‐round variation in monthly and daily group size estimates of barren‐ground caribou in east‐central Alaska1
Take only pictures, leave only… Cameras influence marmot vigilance but not perceptions of risk1
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Patterns of load distribution among the legs in small water striders during standing and striding1
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Foxes as pets: Case study of the Fuegian Dog and its relationship to extinct Indigenous cultures1
Ant protection effectiveness in myrmecophytes and extrafloral nectary plants1
Ecophysiological trait variation in desert versus Mediterranean populations of a gecko1
Ontogenetic and sex‐based trophic niche divergence in the river shrimp Macrobrachium borellii : evidence from the isotopic composition from different tis1
Rapid postfire color shift in a Mediterranean lizard1
Global warming responses of gut microbiota in moose (Alces alces) populations with different dispersal patterns1
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Hindlimb myology in two piscivorous raptorial birds: a quantitative comparison of the osprey and the white‐tailed sea eagle (Aves, Accipitriformes)1
Body size, not habitat or sex, best explains the extent of ultraviolet fluorescence in African dwarf chameleons ( Bradypodion )1
A taste for dung: food preferences of dung beetles uncovered1
Permission to bite: White‐footed mice show no increased grooming response to tick infestation1
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Tongue flicking heralds flight behaviour following passive antipredator displays in dice snakes1
Costs and benefits of solitary living in mammals1
Shifts in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of bees and wasps primarily reflect temperature variations rather than the amount of sealed ground surfaces in an urban landscape1
All in one: single‐season multi‐clutching in an ephemeral pool‐breeding frog that is otherwise virtually semelparous1
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Selection of intra‐forest meadows by red deer increases with winter temperature1
More than one way to eat a mouse: Skull shape variation within a monophyletic group of mammals (Marsupialia; Dasyurinae)1
Are Bergmann's and Jordan's rules valid for a neotropical pitviper?1
The conundrum of turtle and tortoise basking: A critical review1
Effective citizen science implementation reveals ecological and conservation insights for two amphibian species1
Anti‐parasitic function of tree‐rubbing behaviour in brown bears suggested by an in vitro test on a generalist ectoparasite1
Reproductive cost in female European and mountain hares1
Vertebrate scavenging in Australia is shaped by a complex interplay of bioregional, seasonal and habitat factors1
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Grip it good: in vivo grip force across substrate diameters in the brown‐throated three‐toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus)1
Mammal coloration as a social signal—the debate is still open: a comment on Howell and Caro (2024)1
Evolution of sexual dimorphism in semi‐fossorial lizards: a case study with Ablepharus kitaibelii1
Extended maternal egg provisioning under high tadpole density (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)1
Effects of geographical location and size on the functional properties of harvest mouse Micromys minutus nests in Great Britain1
Patterns and predictors of ungulate space use across an isolated Miombo woodland reserve1
Living in a predictable environment: Intraspecific variation in tadpole size and shape of the Sierra's treefrog1
Intraguild scavenging on carnivore carcasses is delayed enough to allow successful dispersal of maggots for pupation1
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