Current Zoology

Papers
(The median citation count of Current 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
It is time to mate: population-level plasticity of wild boar reproductive timing and synchrony in a changing environment12
An exploration of the relationship between recruitment communication and foraging in stingless bees12
Isochronous singing in 3 crested gibbon species (Nomascus spp.)11
Competition of insect decomposers over large vertebrate carrion:Necrodesbeetles (Silphidae) vs. blow flies (Calliphoridae)10
Hormonal modulation of reproduction and fertility signaling in polistine wasps9
High-throughput sequencing reveals dietary segregation in Malaysian babblers9
The effectiveness of eyespots and masquerade in protecting artificial prey across ontogenetic and seasonal shifts9
Leg or antenna injury inCataglyphisants impairs survival but does not hinder searching for food8
Metabarcoding of fecal DNA reveals the broad and flexible diet of a globally endangered bird8
Nesting innovations allow population growth in an invasive population of rose-ringed parakeets8
Environmental temperature during early life affects the personality of mosquitofish in adulthood8
Invasive ant learning is not affected by seven potential neuroactive chemicals8
Two lineages of bivalve transmissible neoplasia affect the blue musselMytilus trossulusGould in the subarctic Sea of Okhotsk7
Sex-specific seasonal variations of wild boar distance traveled and home range size7
Visual communication in social play of a hierarchical carnivore species: the case of wild spotted hyenas7
Spatiotemporal variation in the adult sex ratio, male aggregation, and movement of two tropical cloud forest dung beetles7
Responses of incubating females to female cuckoo calls in 2 hole-nesting bird species7
Tandem running by foraging Pachycondyla striata workers in field conditions vary in response to food type, food distance, and environmental conditions7
Evidence for acoustic discrimination in lemurs: A playback study on wild indrisIndri indri7
Playing together, laughing together: rapid facial mimicry and social sensitivity in lowland gorillas6
DNA metabarcoding the diet of Podarcis lizards endemic to the Balearic Islands6
Same place, different time, head up: Multiple antipredator responses to a recolonizing apex predator6
Evolution of parthenogenetic reproduction in Caucasian rock lizards: A review6
Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles differ between ant body parts: implications for communication and our understanding of CHC diffusion6
Sex-dependent increase of movement activity in the freshwater isopodAsellus aquaticusfollowing adaptation to a predator-free cave habitat6
Diet and feeding behavior of a group of high-altitude rhesus macaques: high adaptation to food shortages and seasonal fluctuations6
Classical olfactory conditioning promotes long-term memory and improves odor-cued flight orientation in the South American native bumblebee Bombus pauloensis6
Inter-glacial isolation caused divergence of cold-adapted species: the case of the snow partridge5
Sharing roosts but not ectoparasites: high host-specificity in bat flies and wing mites of Miniopterus schreibersii and Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Mammalia: Chiroptera)5
Varroa destructor mite infestations in capped brood cells of honeybee workers affect emergence development and adult foraging ability5
Snake-like calls in breeding tits5
Coping with drought? Effects of extended drought conditions on soil invertebrate prey and diet selection by a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile5
A practical approach with drones, smartphones, and tracking tags for potential real-time animal tracking5
Most soil and litter arthropods are unidentifiable based on current DNA barcode reference libraries5
Nestling sex ratio is unaffected by individual and population traits in the griffon vulture5
Evolution of personality and locomotory performance traits during a late Pleistocene island colonization in a tree frog5
Development of an eDNA metabarcoding tool for surveying the world’s largest amphibian5
Hierarchical auditory perception for species discrimination and individual recognition in the music frog5
Cranial differences in three-toed jerboas (Dipodinae, Dipodidae, Rodentia) according to recent taxonomic revisions5
High association strengths are linked to phenotypic similarity, including plumage color and patterns, of participants in mixed-species bird flocks of southwestern China4
Phylogeny of drepanosiphine aphids sensu lato (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) inferred from molecular and morphological data4
Endocuticle is involved in caste differentiation of the lower termite4
Interspecific differences in plasma carotenoid profiles in nestlings of three sympatric vulture species4
Geographical variation in nest defense among cinereous tit populations in China4
Parent–offspring and inter-offspring responses to conspecific versus heterospecific distress calls in 2 sympatric birds4
Don’t stop me now, I’m having such a good time! Czechoslovakian wolfdogs renovate the motivation to play with a bow4
How we look: European wild mouflon and feral domestic sheep hybrids4
Climatic niche breadths of the Atlantic Forest snakes do not increase with increasing latitude4
Eye contact and sociability data suggests that Australian dingoes were never domesticated4
Egg rejection based on egg size recognition as a specific strategy against parasitic cuckoos4
Natural parasites in conjunction with behavioral and color traits explain male agonistic behaviors in a lizard3
Feeding mediated web-building plasticity in a cobweb spider3
Oral disease is linked to low nestling condition and brood size in a raptor species living in a highly modified environment3
Dopamine D2 receptors in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex modulate social hierarchy in male mice3
Juvenile survival curves in a solitary ground squirrel with a prolonged hibernation: effects of individual characteristics, environment, and maternal investment3
Exploring behavioral traits over different contexts in four species of Australian funnel-web spiders3
Using a behavior random permutation model to identify displacement grooming in ungulates3
The potential function of post-fledging dispersal behavior in first breeding territory selection for males of a migratory bird3
Historical mitochondrial genome introgression confounds species delimitation: evidence from phylogenetic inference in theOdorrana grahamispecies complex3
Dead trees as an indicator in tourism risk monitoring at primate ecotourism sites3
Do predators prefer toxic animals? A case of chemical discrimination by an Asian snake that sequesters firefly toxins3
Double-brooding and annual breeding success of great tits in urban and forest habitats3
Allomaternal care and ‘adoption’ in an edge-of-range population of Taihangshan macaques in Northern China3
Selective extinction and habitat nestedness are the main drivers of lizard nestedness in the Zhoushan Archipelago3
The Silk roads: phylogeography of Central Asian dice snakes (Serpentes: Natricidae) shaped by rivers in deserts and mountain valleys3
Acoustic signal dominance in the multimodal communication of a nocturnal mammal3
Low diversity, little genetic structure but no inbreeding in a high-density island endemic pit-viperGloydius shedaoensis3
Phenotypic plasticity in the monoclonal marbled crayfish is associated with very low genetic diversity but pronounced epigenetic diversity3
Differences in predator-avoidance behavior between two invasive gobies and their native competitors3
Reproductive biology of harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones): a review of a rapidly evolving research field3
Lower marine productivity increases agonistic interactions between sea lions and fur seals in Northern Pacific Patagonia3
Evolution, divergence, and convergence in the mandibles of opossums (Didelphidae, Didelphimorphia)3
Social networks of reintroduced Przewalski’s horses in the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area (Mongolia)3
Historical connectivity and environmental filtering jointly determine the freshwater fish assemblages on Taiwan and Hainan Islands of China3
Coping with drought? The hidden microhabitat selection and underground movements of amphisbaenians under summer drought conditions2
Declining metabolic scaling parallels an ontogenetic change from elongate to deep-bodied shapes in juvenile Brown trout2
Extensive parental care experience of male seahorses increases their future mating attractiveness2
Conspecific cues mediate habitat selection and reproductive performance in a haplodiploid spider mite2
Exploring the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on predator inspection activity in Trinidadian guppies2
Inter-sexual multimodal communication during mating in wild geladas: the leading role of females2
What are the contributions of maternal and paternal traits to fecundity and offspring development? A case study in an amphibian species, the spined toadBufo spinosus2
Urbanization drives adaptive evolution in a Neotropical bird2
Plateau pikas near roads are bold and silent when facing a potential predator2
Metabolic and microbial changes in light-vented bulbul during recent northward range expansion2
Sexual dimorphism in cranial shape and size in geomyoid rodents: multivariate and evolutionary perspectives2
Effects of the availability of floral resources and neighboring plants on nectar robbery in a specialized pollination system2
Submissive behavior is affected by territory structure in a social fish2
Sex-specific life-history strategies among immature jumping spiders: Differences in body parameters and behavior2
Attractive egg color? Red eggs facilitate egg acceptance in a cavity-nesting host2
Relatedness dynamics and sex-biased dispersal in a seasonal cycle of corn mice from intensively managed agroecosystems2
The best of both worlds: cicada males change costly signals to achieve mates while females choose a mate based on both calling and courtship songs2
Interspecific differences and ecological correlations between scale number and skin structure in freshwater fishes2
Consistency in responses to conspecific advertisement calls with various signal-to-noise ratios in both sexes of the Anhui tree frog2
Lesser kestrels of the same colony do not overwinter together2
Free-ranging dogs match a human’s preference in a foraging task2
A thelytokous predatory mite is more cannibalistic towards distant kin2
Males armed with big weapons win fights at limited cost in ant-mimicking jumping spiders2
The vocalization of the red junglefowl is a signal of body size and individual health2
Phylogeography of the desert scorpion illuminates a route out of Central Asia2
Direct and cross-generational effects of reproduction on fitness and behavioral variability in male-biased environments2
Seasonal resource selection of an arboreal habitat specialist in a human-dominated landscape: A case study using red panda2
Intraspecific variation in microhabitat selection in reintroduced Chinese giant salamanders2
Sex recognition does not modulate aggression toward nest intruders in a paper wasp2
Effect of intensity and duration of anthropic noises on European mink locomotor activity and fecal cortisol metabolite levels2
The variability of juvenile dispersal in an opportunistic raptor2
Mate choice is affected by parasite infestation rate of the choosing individual as well as of potential mating partners2
The effects of prey lipid on female mating and reproduction of a wolf spider2
Disturbance cue communication is shaped by emitter diet and receiver background risk in Trinidadian guppies2
Delayed juvenile behavioral development and prolonged dependence are adaptations to desert life in the grey falcon2
Local mate competition model alone cannot predict the offspring sex ratio in large and dense populations of a haplodiploid arthropod2
Adaptive temporal patterns of echolocation and flight behaviors used to fly through varied-sized windows by 2 species of high duty cycle bats2
Is the speed of adjusting to environmental change condition dependent? An experiment with house mice (Mus musculus)2
Sex and stress modulate pupal defense response in tobacco hornworm2
Eurasian otters prefer to prey on religious released non-native fish on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau2
Breeding phase and outcome determine space use in European rollers Coracias garrulus prior to migration2
The fecal shield is a double-edged sword for larvae of a leaf beetle2
Social play in African savannah elephants may inform selection against aggression2
Spatial, social, and environmental factors influencing natal dispersal in the colonial griffon vulture1
Acoustic complexity of pup isolation calls in Mongolian hamsters: 3-frequency phenomena and chaos1
Natural variation in social conditions affects male mate choosiness in the amphipodGammarus roeselii1
Species recognition and the divergences in the chemical and ultrasonic signals between two coexisting Rattus species1
Genomic analysis of Tibetan ground tits identifies molecular adaptations associated with cooperative breeding1
Sexual size monomorphism may evolve in lizards with a body size maximizing reproductive performance for both sexes1
Screening of morphology-related genes based on predator-induced transcriptome sequencing and the functional analysis of Dagcut gene in Daphnia galeata1
Temporal stability and directional change in a color cline of a marine snail from NW Spain1
Dispersal patterns of Reeves’s pheasant based on genetic and behavioral evidence1
Each coin has 2 sides: a positive role of alien Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Grey, 1843) snails in reducing the infection of native lymnaeids with trematodes1
Are microbes and metabolites influencing the parental consumption of nestlings’ feces in gray-backed shrikes?1
Multivariate analyses of skull morphology inform the taxonomy and evolution of geomyoid rodents1
Ontogenetic niche specialization of the spider crab Libinia ferreirae associated with the medusa Lychnorhiza lucerna1
How to explore a new environment: exploratory tactics of the black rat (Rattus rattus)1
Florivory by the occupants of phytotelmata in flower parts can decrease host plant fecundity1
The roles of different gene expression regulators in acoustic variation in the intermediate horseshoe bat revealed by long-read and short-read RNA sequencing data1
Impacts of brood parasitism by shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis on the breeding success of a small host, the black-backed water tyrant Fluvicola albiventer1
Predictors of dominance rank and agonistic interactions in captive Livingstone’s fruit bats1
Male juvenile golden snub-nosed monkeys acting as the mountee to receive grooming in their same-sex mounts1
Nutritional needs and mortality risk combine to shape foraging decisions in ants1
Smarter in the city? Lizards from urban and semi-natural habitats do not differ in a cognitive task in two syntopic species1
Extra food provisioning does not affect behavioral lateralization in nestling lesser kestrels1
Ecology and social behavior of the social vole Microtus socialis: A generalized review1
Collective decision-making and spatial patterns in orientation of an endemic ungulate on the Tibetan Plateau1
The functional significance of residual yolk in lizards1
Elusive workers are more likely to differentiate into replacement reproductives than aggressive workers in a lower termite1
Mismatch between calf paternity and observed copulations between male and female reindeer: Multiple mating in a polygynous ungulate?1
Network analysis reveals context-dependent structural complexity of social calls in serrate-legged small treefrogs1
Altitudinal variation in life-history features of a Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau lizard1
Size specific boldness associated with differences in resource requirements and habitat use: a cross-sectional study in hermit crabs1
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Positional behavior and canopy use of black snub-nosed monkeys Rhinopithecus strykeri in the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China1
Exploring the size of Andean condor foraging groups along an altitudinal and latitudinal gradient in the Tropical Andes: Ecological and conservation implications1
Multiple aspects of the maternal reproductive investment in a polytocous species: What do mothers really control?1
Spatiotemporal behavior of predators and prey in an arid environment of Central Asia1
Balancing selection shapes population differentiation of major histocompatibility complex genes in wild golden snub-nosed monkeys1
Parental ecological history can differentially modulate parental age effects on offspring physiological traits inDrosophila1
Erratum: The problem and promise of scale in multilayer animal social networks1
Urbanization does not affect red foxes’ interest in anthropogenic food, but increases their initial cautiousness1
Witness for resolution: post-conflict quadratic affiliation in semi-free ranging pigs1
Citizen science reporting indicates geographic and phenotypic drivers of road use and mortality in a threatened rattlesnake1
Bigger or long-winged male common crossbills exhibit redder carotenoid-based plumage coloration1
Niche differentiation among facultative filter feeders: Insights from invasive Ponto-Caspian mysids1
A test of the species confidence hypothesis in dusky damselfish1
Complementary interactions between indirect and direct fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird1
Wing morphology covaries with migration distance in a highly aerial insectivorous songbird1
Behavioral syndromes in paper wasps: Links between social and non-social personality in Polistes fuscatus1
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