OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Thermoregulation by Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi): do burrows make life easier on the prairies?	35
Assessing the health-fitness dynamics of endangered mountain caribou and the influence of maternal penning	20
Demographic and functional responses of kit foxes to changes in prey abundance	19
Seasonal changes in the movement rates and activity patterns of Canada lynx	15
Escaping the hot seat: consuming decomposing Cannabis sativa slows weight gain and heat escape behaviour in the earthworm, Eisenia fetida	13
Assessment of behavioral energetics model on Puma concolor using doubly labeled water	12
Estimating the abundance of a polar bear subpopulation at their southern global extent	12
Do roads affect the abundance of garter (Thamnophis sirtalis) and redbelly snakes (Storeria occipitomaculata)?	11
Five months under ice: biologging reveals behaviour patterns of overwintering freshwater turtles	11
Studying small mammal population dynamics: advice to consider and pitfalls to avoid—a 60-year overview	9
Threatened skates exhibit abiotic niche stability despite climate change in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean	9
Steep slopes, shallow angles: mountain ungulates create their own topography through movements	9
Effect of gallic acid on the reproduction of adolescent male Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)	9
Island biogeography theory and the urban landscape: stopover site selection by the silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)	9
Size at first maturity on the mussel Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842 at the Southwest Atlantic	9
The role of relatedness, age, and origin in shaping social networks for two bison (Bison bison) herds in north-central Montana	9
Vulnerability to global warming of the critically endangered Añelo Sand Dunes Lizard (Liolaemus cuyumhue) from the Monte Desert, Patagonia Argentina	9
The nose knows: a review of the diversity, form, and function of the external and internal features of the bat nose	8
Intra- and inter-cave temperatures and locations used by hibernating Indiana bats: contextualizing disturbance, white-nose syndrome, climate, and optimal temperatures	8
Are external head measurements a reliable predictor of brain size in the Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)?	8
Not only big bulls — Correlation between morphometry, reproductive success, and testosterone level in a flooded savannah population of the Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)	8
Habitat preferences of adult Canada Jays (Perisoreus canadensis) during the post-breeding period in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada	8
Brain plasticity in response to short-term exposure to corticosterone in larval amphibians	7
Expect the unexpected: a new species of killifish from a highly stochastic temporary wetland near Iguazú Falls (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)	7
Parental care of underwater egg clutches in Andean water frogs (Anura: Telmatobiidae)	7

Prehistoric perspectives can help interpret the present: 14 000 years of moose (Alces alces) in the Western Arctic	7
Plastron color patterns allow for individual photo-identification in two different chelonian species	7
Factors affecting site selection by beavers colonizing streams in the upper Midwest region of the United States	7
Combining two user-friendly machine learning tools increases species detection from acoustic recordings	7
Diet is associated with age and habitat, not foraging range, in purple martins: implications for aerial insectivores as indicators	6
Overlap in habitat use and activity patterns between sika deer (Cervus nippon) and Japanese serows (Capricornis crispus) in subalpine habitats: exploitative competition rather than direc	6
Microhabitat use of northern and southern flying squirrels in a recent hybrid zone	6
Interpretation and application of bat diversity and phylogeny	6
Are riparian habitats always more diverse than nonriparian? A case study with small mammals in a rainforest environment	6
Wing plastic response to temperature variation in two distantly related NeotropicalDrosophilaspecies (Diptera, Drosophilidae)	6
Fear as an enemy? Behavioral changes of Ananteris mauryi (Scorpiones: Buthidae) triggered by chemical cues from an intraguild predator	6
Do interspecific differences in morphology influence foraging efficiency of juvenile crappie?	6
Regulation of feed intake, digestive enzyme activity, and growth in response to live feed and prepared diet during early rearing of Labeo rohita	6
Conservation genetics of Roosevelt elk: population isolation and reduced diversity	6
The first consolidation of morphological, molecular, and phylogeographic data for the finely differentiated genusDiaphoreolis(Nudibranchia: Trinchesiidae)	6
Structure of breeding calls in three closely related bird species (Calidris Merrem, 1804; Scolopacidae)	5
Physiological parameters of a plover during nonbreeding and breeding seasons in Patagonia, Argentina	5
Variation in body condition of moose calves in regions with contrasted winter conditions and tick loads	5
Dwarfism in a Seba’s short-tailed bat, Carollia perspicillata, with comments on its flight aerodynamics	5
Group hunting in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)	5
Ontogenetic shifts in natural diet, chelae, and mandibles of the omnivorous freshwater crab Aegla uruguayana: linking morphology and function	5
Changes in the microbiome and associated host tissue structure in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) following exposure to polystyrene microparticles	5
Petroleum-based and biodegradable microplastics alter tissue structure and fecundity in the eastern mudsnail (Ilyanassa obsoleta)	5
An experimental test of food limitation and trophic interaction hypotheses on demographic parameters in a cyclic population of red-backed voles	5
Gray wolf (Canis lupus) predation patterns following recent recolonization in a multi-predator, multi-prey system	5
Isolated by dry lands: integrative analyses unveil the existence of a new species and a previously unknown evolutionary lineage of Brazilian Lanceheads (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops) from a C	5
Effects of brood viability and rising temperature on oxygen consumption of freshwater mussel glochidia (Bivalvia: Unionidae)	4
Landscapes of fear and safety: the integration of two different sensory landscapes determines behavioral responses in the crayfish Faxonius rusticus and is mediated by chemical cues	4
Artificial intelligence (BirdNET) supplements manual methods to maximize bird species richness from acoustic data sets generated from regional monitoring	4
Deciphering the complex trophic relationship of the black-spotted croaker (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) and its parasites using stable isotope analysis	4
Survival estimates of free-living arctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus parryii): effects of sex and biologging	4
Ultrastructure of an opecoelid daughter sporocyst, Podocotyle sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae): comparative analysis of the somatic tissues and new insights into the organization of the nervous syste	4
How nesting support type interacts with vegetation greening and distance to nest trees of mixed-species to predict white stork nest density in a Mediterranean capital	4
Conserving wetlands in agroecosystems can sustain aerial insectivore productivity and survival	4
Inferring bird communities on remote freshwater lakes through time-lapse imagery	4
An investigation of bat mortality in British Columbia, Canada	4
Analysis of the feeding ecology of the sea anemone Bunodosoma zamponii: populations under differential anthropogenic pressures	4
Short-term effects of camera trap installation on incubation constancy in cranes	4
Influence of environmental parameters on habitat use by sympatric freshwater eels Anguilla marmorata and Anguilla japonica on Yakushima Island, Japan	4
Inherent versus random variation in fitness of elephant seals: offspring quality and quantity	4
Habitat suitability or female availability? What influences males’ home-range size in a neotropical montane lizard?	4
Nest defense by Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) is related to their sex and brood characteristics but not morphological attributes	4
Nutrient allocation to eggs in female Argentine shortfin squid, Illex argentinus using fatty acids as nutrient indicator	4
The influence of light colour on the behaviour of Atlantic cod in an experimental setting	4
Space use and resource selection of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in the northeastern part of its range	4
The influence of human disturbance on Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchusspp.) in the diet of American black bears (Ursus americanus) in two areas of coastal British Columbia, Canada	4
The efficiency of theCOIgene as a DNA barcode and an overview of Orthoptera (Caelifera and Ensifera) sequences in the BOLD System	4
Daily and fasting variation in blood parameters and HL ratio in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)	4
Oocyte development, packing in the ovary, and spawning pattern of squid Lolliguncula panamensis in the Mexican South Pacific	4
Investigating factors that set the lower elevational limit of Canada Jays (Perisoreus canadensis) on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	4

Ctenophore diversity of Atlantic Canada: a synthesis	4
Feeding ecology of the endangered Apennine Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina pachypus) in central Italy	4
Morphological and molecular characterization of the ciliate parasite Tetrahymena rostrata infecting the renal organ of the dusky slug (Arion fuscus)	3
Assessing supernumerary root occurrence as a possible adaptation enhancing teeth performance in Mediterranean deer populations	3
No support for relatedness and kin selection to explain high rates of conspecific brood parasitism in colonial Red-breasted Mergansers (Mergus serrator)	3
Wind farm and wildfire: spatial ecology of an endangered freshwater turtle in a recovering landscape	3
Effect of resource supplementation on female Western Rattlesnake postpartum movement	3
Are juveniles full-scale replicas of adults? Evaluation of anuran special locomotion and digging adaptations during and after metamorphosis	3
A comparative methodological approach to studying the diet of a recovering marine predator, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)	3
Increased information on biodiversity from the neglected part of the North Pacific contributes to the understanding of phylogeny and taxonomy of nudibranch molluscs	3
Landscape-scale habitat associations of small mammals on the western coast of Hudson Bay	3
The problems of resolving historical specimen data, focusing on a specimen of Myotis austroriparius (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) collected by Thomas Drummond	3
NOTE OF APPRECIATION	3
Changes in antioxidant enzyme levels following capture in juvenile American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) are tissue dependent	3
Taxonomic revision of the sexually dimorphic flies of the Neotropical genus Euepalpus Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae), with notes on sexual patches in Tachinini	3
A comprehensive review of dietary strategies of sigmodontine rodents of central-eastern Argentina: linking diet, body mass, and stomach morphology	3
Mating disruption alters the rate of development in an aphidophagous ladybird Propylea dissecta (Mulsant)	3
Microenvironment, reproductive tactics and morphology in Mediterranean Salamandra	3
Experimental corticosterone manipulation increases mature feather corticosterone content: implications for inferring avian stress history from feather analyses	3
Signalling pathway associated with discharge of cnidocyst induced by reduced glutathione in Hydra plagiodesmica (Dioni, 1968)	3
Behavioral observations ofMolossus nigricansin a Neotropical city: a contribution toward understanding its urban tolerance	3
Short-term exposure to elevated suspended sediment increases oxygen uptake of gilled larval Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) salamanders	3
To invest or not to invest, that is the question: male presence and genetic relatedness as modulators of female reproductive effort in a shrimp	3
Variation in the supercooling points of laboratory-reared Canadian Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)	3
Feeding preferences and digestion of talitrids in a Bay of Fundy, Canada salt marsh	3
Growth, allometry, and characteristics of a sexually selected structure in wolverine (Gulo gulo (Linnaeus, 1758)), northern river otter (Lontra canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)), and sea otte	3
Effects of parasitism on antipredatory responses and defensive behaviors in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum	3
Population genetics of Salvator merianae (Reptilia, Teiidae) in its southernmost distribution	3
Population growth rates of pronghorn: influence of temporally and spatially explicit conditions, density dependence, and scale	3
Nursing behavior of wild polar bears in the Canadian High Arctic	3
Experimental manipulation of perceived predation risk alters survival, cause of death, and demographic patterns in juvenile snowshoe hares	3
Differences in body condition and hepatic cellular metabolism among distinct populations of cestode-infected pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus)	3
Relative skull size as one of the factors limiting skull shape variation in passerines	3
The neuromuscular system in flatworms: serotonin and FMRFamide immunoreactivities and musculature in Prodistomum alaskense (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae), an endemic fish parasite of the northwester	3
High expression of canines in some Mediterranean roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations against the general evolutionary trend	3
Avian eggshell coloration predicts shell-matrix protoporphyrin content	3