OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Hormonal modulation of reproduction and fertility signaling in polistine wasps	9
It is time to mate: population-level plasticity of wild boar reproductive timing and synchrony in a changing environment	8
High-throughput sequencing reveals dietary segregation in Malaysian babblers	8
Competition of insect decomposers over large vertebrate carrion:Necrodesbeetles (Silphidae) vs. blow flies (Calliphoridae)	8
Effects of landscape heterogeneity and breeding habitat diversity on rice frog abundance and body condition in agricultural landscapes of Yangtze River Delta, China	8
An exploration of the relationship between recruitment communication and foraging in stingless bees	7
A comparison of animal color measurements using a commercially available digital color sensor and photograph analysis	7
Contrasting size-dependent life history strategies of an insular lizard	7
Tandem running by foraging Pachycondyla striata workers in field conditions vary in response to food type, food distance, and environmental conditions	7
Isochronous singing in 3 crested gibbon species (Nomascus spp.)	7
Spatiotemporal variation in the adult sex ratio, male aggregation, and movement of two tropical cloud forest dung beetles	6
Responses of incubating females to female cuckoo calls in 2 hole-nesting bird species	6
Nesting innovations allow population growth in an invasive population of rose-ringed parakeets	6
Evidence for acoustic discrimination in lemurs: A playback study on wild indrisIndri indri	6
Leg or antenna injury inCataglyphisants impairs survival but does not hinder searching for food	6
Classical olfactory conditioning promotes long-term memory and improves odor-cued flight orientation in the South American native bumblebee Bombus pauloensis	6
Urban invaders are not bold risk-takers: a study of 3 invasive lizards in Southern California	6
From mainland to islands: colonization history in the tree frog Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae)	6
Infant attraction: why social bridging matters for female leadership in Tibetan macaques	5
Environmental temperature during early life affects the personality of mosquitofish in adulthood	5
Varroa destructor mite infestations in capped brood cells of honeybee workers affect emergence development and adult foraging ability	5
Genetic boundary and gene flow between 2 parapatric subspecies of brown rats	5
A practical approach with drones, smartphones, and tracking tags for potential real-time animal tracking	5
Two lineages of bivalve transmissible neoplasia affect the blue musselMytilus trossulusGould in the subarctic Sea of Okhotsk	5
Snake-like calls in breeding tits	5

Specific responses of cuckoo hosts to different alarm signals according to breeding stage: a test of the offspring value hypothesis	5
Playing together, laughing together: rapid facial mimicry and social sensitivity in lowland gorillas	5
Inter-glacial isolation caused divergence of cold-adapted species: the case of the snow partridge	4
Egg rejection based on egg size recognition as a specific strategy against parasitic cuckoos	4
Visual communication in social play of a hierarchical carnivore species: the case of wild spotted hyenas	4
Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles differ between ant body parts: implications for communication and our understanding of CHC diffusion	4
The effectiveness of eyespots and masquerade in protecting artificial prey across ontogenetic and seasonal shifts	4
Coping with drought? Effects of extended drought conditions on soil invertebrate prey and diet selection by a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile	4
Sex-specific seasonal variations of wild boar distance traveled and home range size	4
DNA metabarcoding the diet of Podarcis lizards endemic to the Balearic Islands	4
Invasive ant learning is not affected by seven potential neuroactive chemicals	4
Phylogeny of drepanosiphine aphids sensu lato (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) inferred from molecular and morphological data	4
Evolution of personality and locomotory performance traits during a late Pleistocene island colonization in a tree frog	4
Development of an eDNA metabarcoding tool for surveying the world’s largest amphibian	4
Hierarchical auditory perception for species discrimination and individual recognition in the music frog	4
Eye contact and sociability data suggests that Australian dingoes were never domesticated	4
Diet and feeding behavior of a group of high-altitude rhesus macaques: high adaptation to food shortages and seasonal fluctuations	3
Geographical variation in nest defense among cinereous tit populations in China	3
Same place, different time, head up: Multiple antipredator responses to a recolonizing apex predator	3
Sex-dependent increase of movement activity in the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus following adaptation to a predator-free cave habitat	3
Low diversity, little genetic structure but no inbreeding in a high-density island endemic pit-viperGloydius shedaoensis	3
Sharing roosts but not ectoparasites: high host-specificity in bat flies and wing mites of Miniopterus schreibersii and Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Mammalia: Chiroptera)	3
Evolution of parthenogenetic reproduction in Caucasian rock lizards: A review	3
Facial expression recognition in golden snub-nosed monkeys	3
Cranial differences in three-toed jerboas (Dipodinae, Dipodidae, Rodentia) according to recent taxonomic revisions	3
The potential function of post-fledging dispersal behavior in first breeding territory selection for males of a migratory bird	3
Endocuticle is involved in caste differentiation of the lower termite	3
Declining metabolic scaling parallels an ontogenetic change from elongate to deep-bodied shapes in juvenile Brown trout	3
Interspecific differences in plasma carotenoid profiles in nestlings of three sympatric vulture species	3
Climatic niche breadths of the Atlantic Forest snakes do not increase with increasing latitude	3
Acoustic signal dominance in the multimodal communication of a nocturnal mammal	3
Historical connectivity and environmental filtering jointly determine the freshwater fish assemblages on Taiwan and Hainan Islands of China	3
Metabarcoding of fecal DNA reveals the broad and flexible diet of a globally endangered bird	3
Intraspecific variation in microhabitat selection in reintroduced Chinese giant salamanders	2
Phenotypic plasticity in the monoclonal marbled crayfish is associated with very low genetic diversity but pronounced epigenetic diversity	2
Interspecific differences and ecological correlations between scale number and skin structure in freshwater fishes	2
Juvenile survival curves in a solitary ground squirrel with a prolonged hibernation: effects of individual characteristics, environment, and maternal investment	2
Natural parasites in conjunction with behavioral and color traits explain male agonistic behaviors in a lizard	2
Thermophilic response to feeding in adult female velvet geckos	2
A thelytokous predatory mite is more cannibalistic towards distant kin	2
Evolution, divergence, and convergence in the mandibles of opossums (Didelphidae, Didelphimorphia)	2
Effects of the availability of floral resources and neighboring plants on nectar robbery in a specialized pollination system	2
Sex recognition does not modulate aggression toward nest intruders in a paper wasp	2
Feeding mediated web-building plasticity in a cobweb spider	2
High association strengths are linked to phenotypic similarity, including plumage color and patterns, of participants in mixed-species bird flocks of southwestern China	2
Oral disease is linked to low nestling condition and brood size in a raptor species living in a highly modified environment	2
How we look: European wild mouflon and feral domestic sheep hybrids	2
Most soil and litter arthropods are unidentifiable based on current DNA barcode reference libraries	2
Direct and cross-generational effects of reproduction on fitness and behavioral variability in male-biased environments	2
Disturbance cue communication is shaped by emitter diet and receiver background risk in Trinidadian guppies	2

Metabolic and microbial changes in light-vented bulbul during recent northward range expansion	2
Using a behavior random permutation model to identify displacement grooming in ungulates	2
The fecal shield is a double-edged sword for larvae of a leaf beetle	2
Is the propensity to emit alarm calls associated with health status?	2
Are dogs good at spotting movement? Velocity thresholds of motion detection in Canis familiaris	2
Dead trees as an indicator in tourism risk monitoring at primate ecotourism sites	2
The variability of juvenile dispersal in an opportunistic raptor	2
Do predators prefer toxic animals? A case of chemical discrimination by an Asian snake that sequesters firefly toxins	2
Fecal consumption by adults of altricial birds in relation to the temporal change in nestling gut microbiota	2
Reproductive biology of harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones): a review of a rapidly evolving research field	2
Sexual dimorphism in cranial shape and size in geomyoid rodents: multivariate and evolutionary perspectives	2
What are the contributions of maternal and paternal traits to fecundity and offspring development? A case study in an amphibian species, the spined toadBufo spinosus	2
Lower marine productivity increases agonistic interactions between sea lions and fur seals in Northern Pacific Patagonia	2
Mate choice is affected by parasite infestation rate of the choosing individual as well as of potential mating partners	2
Nestling sex ratio is unaffected by individual and population traits in the griffon vulture	2
Parent–offspring and inter-offspring responses to conspecific versus heterospecific distress calls in 2 sympatric birds	2
Historical mitochondrial genome introgression confounds species delimitation: evidence from phylogenetic inference in theOdorrana grahamispecies complex	2
Plateau pikas near roads are bold and silent when facing a potential predator	1
Each coin has 2 sides: a positive role of alienPotamopyrgus antipodarum(Grey, 1843) snails in reducing the infection of native lymnaeids with trematodes	1
Are microbes and metabolites influencing the parental consumption of nestlings’ feces in gray-backed shrikes?	1
The Silk roads: phylogeography of Central Asian dice snakes (Serpentes: Natricidae) shaped by rivers in deserts and mountain valleys	1
Bigger or long-winged male common crossbills exhibit redder carotenoid-based plumage coloration	1
Seasonal resource selection of an arboreal habitat specialist in a human-dominated landscape: A case study using red panda	1
Relatedness dynamics and sex-biased dispersal in a seasonal cycle of corn mice from intensively managed agroecosystems	1
Network analysis reveals context-dependent structural complexity of social calls in serrate-legged small treefrogs	1
Wing morphology covaries with migration distance in a highly aerial insectivorous songbird	1
Differences in predator-avoidance behavior between two invasive gobies and their native competitors	1
Natural variation in social conditions affects male mate choosiness in the amphipodGammarus roeselii	1
Influence of ambient water coloration on habitat and conspecific choice in the female Lake Malawi cichlid, Metriaclima zebra	1
Local mate competition model alone cannot predict the offspring sex ratio in large and dense populations of a haplodiploid arthropod	1
Parental ecological history can differentially modulate parental age effects on offspring physiological traits inDrosophila	1
Phylogeography of the desert scorpion illuminates a route out of Central Asia	1
Sex and stress modulate pupal defense response in tobacco hornworm	1
Inter-sexual multimodal communication during mating in wild geladas: the leading role of females	1
Dispersal patterns of Reeves’s pheasant based on genetic and behavioral evidence	1
Allomaternal care and ‘adoption’ in an edge-of-range population of Taihangshan macaques in Northern China	1
Attractive egg color? Red eggs facilitate egg acceptance in a cavity-nesting host	1
The best of both worlds: cicada males change costly signals to achieve mates while females choose a mate based on both calling and courtship songs	1
Ontogenetic niche specialization of the spider crab Libinia ferreirae associated with the medusa Lychnorhiza lucerna	1
The mating system of Himalayan marmots as inferred by microsatellite markers	1
Size specific boldness associated with differences in resource requirements and habitat use: a cross-sectional study in hermit crabs	1
Selective extinction and habitat nestedness are the main drivers of lizard nestedness in the Zhoushan Archipelago	1
Florivory by the occupants of phytotelmata in flower parts can decrease host plant fecundity	1
Dopamine D2 receptors in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex modulate social hierarchy in male mice	1
Multiple aspects of the maternal reproductive investment in a polytocous species: What do mothers really control?	1
Lesser kestrels of the same colony do not overwinter together	1
Adaptive temporal patterns of echolocation and flight behaviors used to fly through varied-sized windows by 2 species of high duty cycle bats	1
Citizen science reporting indicates geographic and phenotypic drivers of road use and mortality in a threatened rattlesnake	1
Nutritional needs and mortality risk combine to shape foraging decisions in ants	1
Temporal stability and directional change in a color cline of a marine snail from NW Spain	1
Erratum: The problem and promise of scale in multilayer animal social networks	1
Delayed juvenile behavioral development and prolonged dependence are adaptations to desert life in the grey falcon	1
Complementary interactions between indirect and direct fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird	1
Elusive workers are more likely to differentiate into replacement reproductives than aggressive workers in a lower termite	1
Effect of intensity and duration of anthropic noises on European mink locomotor activity and fecal cortisol metabolite levels	1
Sex-specific life-history strategies among immature jumping spiders: Differences in body parameters and behavior	1
A test of the species confidence hypothesis in dusky damselfish	1
Multivariate analyses of skull morphology inform the taxonomy and evolution of geomyoid rodents	1
The effects of prey lipid on female mating and reproduction of a wolf spider	1
Positional behavior and canopy use of black snub-nosed monkeys Rhinopithecus strykeri in the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China	1
Double-brooding and annual breeding success of great tits in urban and forest habitats	1
Exploring the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on predator inspection activity in Trinidadian guppies	1
Males armed with big weapons win fights at limited cost in ant-mimicking jumping spiders	1
Don’t stop me now, I’m having such a good time! Czechoslovakian wolfdogs renovate the motivation to play with a bow	1
Free-ranging dogs match a human’s preference in a foraging task	1
Sexual size monomorphism may evolve in lizards with a body size maximizing reproductive performance for both sexes	1
Exploring behavioral traits over different contexts in four species of Australian funnel-web spiders	1