OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
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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?	23
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Feeding behavior varies based upon prey defenses in the ground snake (Squamata: Serpentes: Sonora episcopa)	21
Behavioural and physiological adaptations of a jumping spider to a marine environment	20
Various responses of pine marten morphology and demography to temporal climate changes and primary productivity	16
Ecoimmunological differences among congeneric tortoises in the United States	16
Overlap of activity patterns between leopards and their potential prey species in Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania	16
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The longest known rhino horn from the permafrost of Yakutia offers insights into woolly rhinoceros morphology, palaeoecology and sexual dimorphism	15
Variability in spatial behaviour and migratory strategies selection: the case of the Hen Harrier at the southern limit of its distribution	15
Reproductive payoffs of territoriality are snow‐dependent in a mountain ungulate, the Alpine chamois	14
Population genetics and the role of dispersal barriers in the Antarctic springtail Kaylathalia klovstadi (Collembola, Isotomidae)	13
Prey responses to predation risk under chronic road noise	12
Altitudinal gradients and body size variation among Chinese lizards in different terrains	12
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Influence of human development and predators on patterns of Virginia opossum occupancy, abundance, and activity	12
Testing the size‐grain hypothesis in a generalist predator: The case of an ant species in the Brazilian savannah	12
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Quantifying the predation impact of an expanding mesocarnivore on declining small‐game species	11
Long‐term monitoring reveals sex‐ and age‐related survival patterns in griffon vultures	11
Hidden in plain sight: unveiling the distributions of green‐winged grasshoppers (Aiolopus spp.) with citizen‐science data	11
Influence of landfill use on nest‐site selection and breeding success in white storks	11
Here comes the sun: Thermoregulatory behavior in ectotherms illuminated by light‐level geolocators	10

Partitioned parturition: Birthing asynchrony in cordylid lizards	10
Activity and habitat use of a dune gecko and its spatial and temporal correlation with other animals on dunes	10
Reproductive health from hair: Validation and utility of hair progesterone analysis in the Asian black bear, Ursus thibetanus	10
Short‐term and long‐term consequences of regeneration on the reproductive investment of a multivoltine lizard	9
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Evolutionary novelty in chemical signalling is linked with chemosensory behaviour in close Liolaemus lizard species (Iguania: Liolaemidae)	9
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Population dynamics of recovering apex predators: Golden eagles in a Mediterranean landscape	8
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Annual variation in riverscape habitat use by a diadromous fish before oceanic migration	8
Behavioural responses to chemical cues of predators differ between fire salamander larvae from two different habitats	8
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Spatiotemporal plasticity of prey selection in the wolf	8
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 habitat	8
More and bigger lizards reside on islands with more resources	8
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Changes in foraging behaviour suggest competition between wild and domestic ungulates: Guanaco and domestic sheep in southern Patagonia	7
Noninvasive assessment of corticosterone and triiodothyronine levels in the endangered Pyrenean Capercaillie ( Tetrao urogallus aquitanicus )	7
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Temperature during embryonic development in brown trout influences juvenile behaviour in encounters with predators	7
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Sound production by the short‐beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)	7
Seasonal shifts in prey availability and low feeding requirements of African egg‐eating snakes ( Dasypeltis scabra )	7
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Beaver dams in Mediterranean ecosystems: trait‐specific effects on macroinvertebrates	7
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Dietary patterns of Yacare in the wetlands of Corrientes, Argentina	7
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Journal of Zoology: Highlights of the year 2024	7
Livin' la vida local: philopatry results in consistent patterns of annual space use in a long‐lived lizard	6
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Do sexes differ in consistent individual differences and behavioural syndrome in an aposematic poison frog?	6
Alternative highland adaptations: organ masses and fur insulation in Afroalpine rodents	6
Dietary conditioning on aphids and conspecific eggs in the ladybirdMenochilus sexmaculatusFabricius influences cannibalistic food choices in subsequent generations	6
In vivo bite force in lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis, Psittaciformes) and their relative biting performance among birds	6
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Interactive effects of body size, food abundance and mating status on reproductive attributes in tortoise beetle	6
Object neophobia in the Olrog's gull and its relationship with propensity to try novel food	6
Evaluating the prevalence and spatial distribution of giraffes injured by non‐target poaching	6
Migrating eagles stopping in the Sahara Desert: Aberrant behaviour or foraging strategy?	6
Do urban habitats induce physiological changes in Mediterranean lizards?	6
Wind impairs pit trap construction and hunting success in a pit‐building predator	6
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An experimental framework for quantifying the degree of intraguild predation in omnivorous food webs in the field	5
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Predatory foraging tactics correspond with aggressive mimetic fidelity in carnivorous blenniid fishes on coral reefs	5

Shorter telomeres are associated with shell anomalies in a long‐lived tortoise	5
Interspecific differences of ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in their repellency to ants	5
Effects of human presence on African mammal waterhole attendance and temporal activity patterns	5
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Enemies or good neighbors? No indication of spatial or temporal avoidance between two sympatric South American canids	5
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Towards resolving taxonomic uncertainties in wolf, dog and jackal lineages of Africa, Eurasia and Australasia	5
Mice population dynamics and structure over time and space after wildfires	5
Brocket deer niche breadth and overlap: spatial similarities limit species coexistence	5
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Habitat mosaic as a driver of the resilience of native species: The case of the assemblage of small mammals from the city of Franceville, Gabon	4
Bigfoot: If it's there, could it be a bear?	4
Camouflage by counter‐brightness: the blue wings of Morpho dragonflies Zenithoptera lanei (Anisoptera: Libellulidae) match the water background	4
Fertility up in flames: Reduced fertility indices as a consequence of a simulated heatwave on small African mammals	4
Identification and tissue‐specific expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in broad‐snouted caiman	4
Two in one: A case study of two rhizocephalan species invading the nervous tissue of one host	4
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Comparison of the eggshell mammillary microstructure of Galliformes and Anseriformes	4
Behavioural responses to temporal variations of human presence: Insights from an urban adapter	4
The role of climate and maternal manipulation in determining and maintaining reproductive mode in Liolaemus lizards	4
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Plasticity in resource use explains the persistence of the largest living rodent in anthropized environments	4
COVID‐19: An unplanned experiment to assess the effect of tourism on ungulates in a world heritage site	4
Possible occurrence of contact calls in all‐male groups of free‐ranging beluga whales	4
Tiger diet in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve: how do metabarcoding and mechanical sorting compare?	4
Comparative analysis of behavioural repertoires for Mahogany glider and Brushtail possum using accelerometer loggers and machine learning algorithms	4
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Parthenogenic hybrid geckos differ from their sexual counterparts in skin microbiomes but not in rates of water loss	4
Exceptional features of the embryonic ontogeny of a direct‐developing Robber frog	4
‘Knocking’ on armadillo's door: Uncovering the use of an ecosystem engineer's burrow by the lesser anteater	4
The anatomy of mastication in a toothless mammal: Morphological characteristics of the temporomandibular joint in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)	4
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Exploring the effects of anthropogenic habitat change on Euplerid carnivore occupancy in a humid evergreen forest, south‐east Madagascar	4
Review of osteoderm function and future research directions	4
Changes in marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) heart rates suggest reduced metabolism during El Niño events	4
Is bigger always better? Neither body size nor aggressive behavior predicts specialization of hummingbirds in a rocky outcrop	4
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Hierarchical partitioning of multiple niche dimensions among ecomorphs, species and sexes in Puerto Rican anoles	3
Behavioral novelties and morphological exaptation underlie trophic novelty in an anemone‐feeding fish	3
Dehorning impacts white rhinoceros behaviour less than social events: evidence from Botswana	3
Static magnetic fields influence magnetic alignment and movement patterns of free‐ranging Lilford's wall lizards	3
Naming and gaming: The illicit taxonomic practice of ‘nomenclatural harvesting’ and how to avoid it	3
Mandibular morphology in four species of insectivorous bats: the impact of sexual dimorphism and geographical differentiation	3
A comparative phylogenetic approach for the evolution of melanism in elapid snakes supports the Bogert's rule	3
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Low socioeconomic status is an under‐recognised source of challenges in academia	3
Behavioral diversity and biomechanical determinants of the outcome of a fish predator–prey interaction	3
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Assessing the phenology and reproductive output of loggerhead turtles in relation to climatic variables at Patara Beach, Türkiye	3
Energetically costly weaponry in the large morph of male stag beetles	3
Condition‐dependent maternal sex allocation in horses can be demonstrated using a biologically relevant, multivariable condition measurement	3
Size is not everything: Nuanced effects of female multiple mating and annual litter number on testes size in terrestrial mammals	3
Disruption and irruption shape genetic variation and population structure of the common rock‐rat in north‐western Australia	3
Forced sympatry? Spatiotemporal interactions of ursids, the Himalayan brown bear and the Asiatic black bear, along a gradient of anthropic disturbances in Western Himalaya	3
Faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels of intensive captive, free‐range captive and wild Tasmanian devils	3
A review of nose picking in primates with new evidence of its occurrence in Daubentonia madagascariensis	3
Underwater calling behavior in two high‐altitude frog species	3
Spatio‐temporal patterns of carnivore guild related to their prey in a Mediterranean landscape	3
Movement and activity of endangered Asiatic lions in relation to land‐use, season and group characteristics	3
Dots in the dark: dorsal polychromatism in the endemic Xingu Freshwater Stingray	3
Host‐switching events are not always the driver of speciation in social parasites: a case study in Temnothorax (Myrmoxenus) ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)	3
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Environment drives color pattern polymorphism in sand lizards beyond the Gloger's rule	3