OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology is 2. 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.)

Article	Citations
Trade-Offs (and Constraints) in Organismal Biology	83
Factors Affecting Thermal Insulation of Songbird Nests as Measured Using Temperature Loggers	22
The Relationship between Hormones, Glucose, and Oxidative Damage Is Condition and Stress Dependent in a Free-Living Passerine Bird	21
Exposure to Nitrate Increases Susceptibility to Hypoxia in Fish	19
Physiological Ecology of Winter Hibernation by the High-Altitude Frog Nanorana parkeri	17
Wintering Snow Buntings Elevate Cold Hardiness to Extreme Levels but Show No Changes in Maintenance Costs	15
A Mesocosm Experiment in Ecological Physiology: The Modulation of Energy Budget in a Hibernating Marsupial under Chronic Caloric Restriction	14
Arousal from Torpor Increases Oxidative Damage in the Hibernating Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)	12
The Mystery of Energy Compensation	10
Body Composition and Energy Savings by Hibernation: Lessons from the South American Marsupial Dromiciops gliroides	10
Clade-Specific Allometries in Avian Basal Metabolic Rate Demand a Broader Theory of Allometry	9
Sticking Together: Energetic Consequences of Huddling Behavior in Hibernating Juvenile Garden Dormice	9
Universality of Torpor Expression in Bats	9
Ontogenetic Changes in Body Shape and the Scaling of Metabolic Rate in the American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)	8
Altered Oxidative Status as a Cost of Reproduction in a Seabird with High Reproductive Costs	8
Maternal Temperature, Corticosterone, and Body Condition as Mediators of Maternal Effects in Jacky Dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus)	8
Increased Metabolic Rate of Hauled-Out Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) during the Molt	8
High Seasonal Variation of Plasma Testosterone Levels for a Tropical Grassland Bird Resembles Patterns of Temperate Birds	7
Impact of Short- and Long-Term Exposure to Elevated Seawater Pco₂on Metabolic Rate and Hypoxia Tolerance inOctopus rubescens	7
Body Mass and Tail Girth Predict Hibernation Expression in Captive Dwarf Lemurs	7
Periodic Cooling during Incubation Alters the Adrenocortical Response and Posthatch Growth in Zebra Finches	6
Individual (Co)variation in Resting and Maximal Metabolic Rates in Wild Mice	6
Ectoparasite Load Is Reduced in Side-Blotched Lizards (Uta stansburiana) at Wind Farms: Implications for Oxidative Stress	6
Warm Acclimation Increases Mitochondrial Efficiency in Fish: A Compensatory Mechanism to Reduce the Demand for Oxygen	6
Effect of Capture, Phenotype, and Physiological Status on Blood Glucose and Plasma Corticosterone Levels in Free-Ranging Dice Snakes	6

Physiological Health and Survival of Captive-Reared and Released Juvenile Blanding’s Turtles	5
The Inverse Krogh Principle: All Organisms Are Worthy of Study	5
Adaptation to Urban Heat Islands Enhances Thermal Performance Following Development under Chronic Thermal Stress but Not Benign Conditions in the Terrestrial Isopod Oniscus asellus	5
Lean Mass Dynamics in Hibernating Bats and Implications for Energy and Water Budgets	5
High-Stakes Decision-Making by Female Crickets (Gryllus texensis): When to Trade In Wing Muscles for Eggs	5
Upper Thermal Tolerance Indicated by CT_max Fails to Predict Migration Strategy and Timing, Growth, and Predation Vulnerability in Juvenile Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)	5
Tolerance Patterns and Transcriptomic Response to Extreme and Fluctuating Salinities across Populations of the Intertidal Copepod Tigriopus californicus	5
Topographic Variations in Mobilization of Blubber in Relation to Changes in Body Mass in Short-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus)	5
Mitochondrial Enzyme Activities and Body Condition of Naturally Infected Sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus)	5
Cascading Effects of Conspecific Aggression on Oxidative Status and Telomere Length in Zebra Finches	5
Using Integrative Biology to Infer Adaptation from Comparisons of Two (or a Few) Species	4
Repeatability of Voluntary Thermal Maximum and Covariance with Water Loss Reveal Potential for Adaptation to Changing Climates	4
PUFA Changes in White Adipose Tissue during Hibernation in Common Hamsters	4
Leptin as an Antitorpor Hormone: An Explanation for the Increased Metabolic Efficiency and Cold Sensitivity of ob/ob Mice?	4
A Decerebrate Preparation of the Rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus, Provides an Experimental Model for Study of Autonomic Modulation of the Cardiovascular System in Reptiles	4
Within-Generation and Transgenerational Plasticity of a Temperate Salmonid in Response to Thermal Acclimation and Acute Temperature Stress	4
Flexible Employment of Torpor in Squirrel Gliders (Petaurus norfolcensis): An Adaptation to Unpredictable Climate?	4
Individual Repeatability of Locomotor Kinematics and Swimming Performance in a Gymnotiform Swimmer	4
Social Factors in Heat Survival: Multiqueen Desert Ant Colonies Have Higher and More Uniform Heat Tolerance	4
Allometric Scaling of Anaerobic Capacity Estimated from a Unique Field-Based Data Set of Fish Swimming	4
Divergence in Thermal Physiology Could Contribute to Vertical Segregation in Intertidal Ecotypes of Littorina saxatilis	4
Effects of a Bacterial Infection on Mitochondrial Function and Oxidative Stress in a Songbird	4
Acute-Phase Immune Response Involves Fever, Sickness Behavior, and an Elevated Metabolic Rate in the Subterranean RodentCtenomys talarum	4
A Four-Week Urban Diet Impairs Vasodilation but Not Nutritional Physiology in Wild-Caught Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura)	4
Reactive Oxygen Species and the Stress Response in Octocorals	3
Eurythermic Sprint and Immune Thermal Performance and Ecology of an Exotic Lizard at Its Northern Invasion Front	3
Nestling Physiology Is Independent of Somatic Development in a Common Raptor, the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)	3
Quantification of Urinary Sex Steroids in the Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)	3
A Summer Heat Wave Reduced Activity, Heart Rate, and Autumn Body Mass in a Cold-Adapted Ungulate	3
Bridging Performance and Adaptive Landscapes to Understand Long-Term Functional Evolution	3
Metabolic Rates and Thermal Thresholds of Embryonic Flatback Turtles (Natator depressus) from the North West Shelf of Australia	3
Intergenerational Costs of Oxidative Stress: Reduced Fitness in Daughters of Mothers That Experienced High Levels of Oxidative Damage during Reproduction	3
Role of Nitric Oxide in the Cardiovascular System of South American Rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus)	3
Temperature Effects on DNA Damage during Hibernation	3
The Activation of Prosurvival Pathways in Myotis lucifugus during Torpor	3
Altricial Bird Early-Stage Embryos Express the Molecular “Machinery” to Respond to and Modulate Maternal Thyroid Hormone Cues	3
Heritability and Parental Effects in Telomere Length in a Color Polymorphic Long-Lived Bird	3
No Evidence for Constitutive Innate Immune Senescence in a Longitudinal Study of a Wild Bird	3
Behavioral Thermoregulation by Mothers Protects Offspring from Global Warming but at a Cost	2
Sex-Specific Population Differences in Resting Metabolism Are Associated with Intraspecific Variation in Sexual Size Dimorphism of Brown Anoles	2
Differential Changes in Circulating Steroid Hormones in Hibernating Brown Bears: Preliminary Conclusions and Caveats	2
A Standardized Protocol for Measuring Bioelectrical Impedance in Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas)	2
Opportunities Lost? Evolutionary Causes and Ecological Consequences of the Absence of Trehalose Digestion in Birds	2
Physiologically Relevant Levels of Biliverdin Do Not Significantly Oppose Oxidative Damage in Plasma In Vitro	2
The Role of Metabolic Phenotype in the Capacity to Balance Competing Energetic Demands	2
Effects of Dietary Shifts on Ontogenetic Development of Metabolic Rates in Age 0 Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)	2
Mitigating Apoptotic and Inflammatory Signaling via Global Caspase Inhibition in Hibernating Ground Squirrels, Spermophilus lateralis	2
Understanding Patterns of Life History Trait Covariation in an Untapped Resource, the Lab Mouse	2
Environmental Drivers of Growth and Oxidative Status during Early Life in a Long-Lived Antarctic Seabird, the Adélie Penguin	2
The Physiological Costs of Reproduction in a Capital Breeding Fish	2

No Evidence for Long-Term Carryover Effects in a Wild Salmonid Fish	2
Changes in Body Surface Temperature Play an Underappreciated Role in the Avian Immune Response	2
Variation in Embryonic Metabolic Reaction Norms and the Role of the Environment	2
Variation of Rodents’ Body Temperature across Elevation in Alps	2
Corticosterone Alters Body Weight, but Not Metabolites, during Chronic Stress	2
Stopovers Serve Physiological Recovery in Migratory Songbirds	2
Small Alpine Marsupials Regulate Evaporative Water Loss, Suggesting a Thermoregulatory Role Rather than a Water Conservation Role	2
Cardiac Rhythms and Variation in Hibernating Arctic Ground Squirrels	2