Journal of Zoology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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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?28
Variability in spatial behaviour and migratory strategies selection: the case of the Hen Harrier at the southern limit of its distribution23
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Ecoimmunological differences among congeneric tortoises in the United States19
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Various responses of pine marten morphology and demography to temporal climate changes and primary productivity16
Overlap of activity patterns between leopards and their potential prey species in Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania16
Feeding behavior varies based upon prey defenses in the ground snake (Squamata: Serpentes: Sonora episcopa)16
Behavioural and physiological adaptations of a jumping spider to a marine environment15
The longest known rhino horn from the permafrost of Yakutia offers insights into woolly rhinoceros morphology, palaeoecology and sexual dimorphism14
Long‐term monitoring reveals sex‐ and age‐related survival patterns in griffon vultures14
Reproductive payoffs of territoriality are snow‐dependent in a mountain ungulate, the Alpine chamois13
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Population genetics and the role of dispersal barriers in the Antarctic springtail Kaylathalia klovstadi (Collembola, Isotomidae)12
Quantifying the predation impact of an expanding mesocarnivore on declining small‐game species12
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Altitudinal gradients and body size variation among Chinese lizards in different terrains12
Influence of human development and predators on patterns of Virginia opossum occupancy, abundance, and activity12
Partitioned parturition: Birthing asynchrony in cordylid lizards11
Activity and habitat use of a dune gecko and its spatial and temporal correlation with other animals on dunes11
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Behavioural responses to chemical cues of predators differ between fire salamander larvae from two different habitats11
Influence of landfill use on nest‐site selection and breeding success in white storks11
Prey responses to predation risk under chronic road noise11
Here comes the sun: Thermoregulatory behavior in ectotherms illuminated by light‐level geolocators11
Hidden in plain sight: unveiling the distributions of green‐winged grasshoppers (Aiolopus spp.) with citizen‐science data11
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Reproductive health from hair: Validation and utility of hair progesterone analysis in the Asian black bear, Ursus thibetanus10
Short‐term and long‐term consequences of regeneration on the reproductive investment of a multivoltine lizard10
Evolutionary novelty in chemical signalling is linked with chemosensory behaviour in close Liolaemus lizard species (Iguania: Liolaemidae)10
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Spatiotemporal plasticity of prey selection in the wolf9
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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 habitat8
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Population dynamics of recovering apex predators: Golden eagles in a Mediterranean landscape8
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Annual variation in riverscape habitat use by a diadromous fish before oceanic migration8
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More and bigger lizards reside on islands with more resources8
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
Journal of Zoology: Highlights of the year 20247
Beaver dams in Mediterranean ecosystems: trait‐specific effects on macroinvertebrates7
Dietary patterns of Yacare in the wetlands of Corrientes, Argentina7
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Noninvasive assessment of corticosterone and triiodothyronine levels in the endangered Pyrenean Capercaillie ( Tetrao urogallus aquitanicus )7
Changes in foraging behaviour suggest competition between wild and domestic ungulates: Guanaco and domestic sheep in southern Patagonia7
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Dietary conditioning on aphids and conspecific eggs in the ladybirdMenochilus sexmaculatusFabricius influences cannibalistic food choices in subsequent generations6
In vivo bite force in lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis, Psittaciformes) and their relative biting performance among birds6
Alternative highland adaptations: organ masses and fur insulation in Afroalpine rodents6
Object neophobia in the Olrog's gull and its relationship with propensity to try novel food6
Migrating eagles stopping in the Sahara Desert: Aberrant behaviour or foraging strategy?6
Do urban habitats induce physiological changes in Mediterranean lizards?6
Interactive effects of body size, food abundance and mating status on reproductive attributes in tortoise beetle6
Evaluating the prevalence and spatial distribution of giraffes injured by non‐target poaching6
Do sexes differ in consistent individual differences and behavioural syndrome in an aposematic poison frog?6
Livin' la vida local: philopatry results in consistent patterns of annual space use in a long‐lived lizard6
Temperature during embryonic development in brown trout influences juvenile behaviour in encounters with predators6
Wind impairs pit trap construction and hunting success in a pit‐building predator6
Where and when does the danger lie? Assessing how location, season and time of day affect the sequential stages of predation by lions in western Serengeti National Park6
Enemies or good neighbors? No indication of spatial or temporal avoidance between two sympatric South American canids5
Shorter telomeres are associated with shell anomalies in a long‐lived tortoise5
Effects of human presence on African mammal waterhole attendance and temporal activity patterns5
Mice population dynamics and structure over time and space after wildfires5
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Interspecific differences of ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in their repellency to ants5
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Predatory foraging tactics correspond with aggressive mimetic fidelity in carnivorous blenniid fishes on coral reefs5
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Brocket deer niche breadth and overlap: spatial similarities limit species coexistence5
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Towards resolving taxonomic uncertainties in wolf, dog and jackal lineages of Africa, Eurasia and Australasia5
An experimental framework for quantifying the degree of intraguild predation in omnivorous food webs in the field5
Big competition for small spots? Conspecific density drives home range size in male and female leopards5
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Is bigger always better? Neither body size nor aggressive behavior predicts specialization of hummingbirds in a rocky outcrop4
Habitat mosaic as a driver of the resilience of native species: The case of the assemblage of small mammals from the city of Franceville, Gabon4
Exploring the effects of anthropogenic habitat change on Euplerid carnivore occupancy in a humid evergreen forest, south‐east Madagascar4
Possible occurrence of contact calls in all‐male groups of free‐ranging beluga whales4
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Environment drives color pattern polymorphism in sand lizards beyond the Gloger's rule4
Forced sympatry? Spatiotemporal interactions of ursids, the Himalayan brown bear and the Asiatic black bear, along a gradient of anthropic disturbances in Western Himalaya4
Parthenogenic hybrid geckos differ from their sexual counterparts in skin microbiomes but not in rates of water loss4
Comparison of the eggshell mammillary microstructure of Galliformes and Anseriformes4
Identification and tissue‐specific expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in broad‐snouted caiman4
Two in one: A case study of two rhizocephalan species invading the nervous tissue of one host4
‘Knocking’ on armadillo's door: Uncovering the use of an ecosystem engineer's burrow by the lesser anteater4
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Low socioeconomic status is an under‐recognised source of challenges in academia4
The anatomy of mastication in a toothless mammal: Morphological characteristics of the temporomandibular joint in the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)4
Plasticity in resource use explains the persistence of the largest living rodent in anthropized environments4
The role of climate and maternal manipulation in determining and maintaining reproductive mode in Liolaemus lizards4
Fertility up in flames: Reduced fertility indices as a consequence of a simulated heatwave on small African mammals4
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Exceptional features of the embryonic ontogeny of a direct‐developing Robber frog4
Comparative analysis of behavioural repertoires for Mahogany glider and Brushtail possum using accelerometer loggers and machine learning algorithms4
Camouflage by counter‐brightness: the blue wings of Morpho dragonflies Zenithoptera lanei (Anisoptera: Libellulidae) match the water background4
Changes in marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) heart rates suggest reduced metabolism during El Niño events4
COVID‐19: An unplanned experiment to assess the effect of tourism on ungulates in a world heritage site4
Behavioral diversity and biomechanical determinants of the outcome of a fish predator–prey interaction4
Bigfoot: If it's there, could it be a bear?4
Faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels of intensive captive, free‐range captive and wild Tasmanian devils4
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Behavioural responses to temporal variations of human presence: Insights from an urban adapter4
Review of osteoderm function and future research directions4
Naming and gaming: The illicit taxonomic practice of ‘nomenclatural harvesting’ and how to avoid it3
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Towards a best‐practices guide for camera trapping: assessing differences among camera trap models and settings under field conditions3
Mandibular morphology in four species of insectivorous bats: the impact of sexual dimorphism and geographical differentiation3
Role of sexual and natural selection in the evolution of sexual size dimorphism in primates3
Host‐switching events are not always the driver of speciation in social parasites: a case study in Temnothorax (Myrmoxenus) ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)3
Movement and activity of endangered Asiatic lions in relation to land‐use, season and group characteristics3
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A comparative phylogenetic approach for the evolution of melanism in elapid snakes supports the Bogert's rule3
Hierarchical partitioning of multiple niche dimensions among ecomorphs, species and sexes in Puerto Rican anoles3
Disruption and irruption shape genetic variation and population structure of the common rock‐rat in north‐western Australia3
Dots in the dark: dorsal polychromatism in the endemic Xingu Freshwater Stingray3
Sex‐specific impact of tooth wear on senescence in a low‐dimorphic mammal species: The European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)3
Aging cheetahs using gum‐line recession and evaluation of expert‐based aging techniques3
Condition‐dependent maternal sex allocation in horses can be demonstrated using a biologically relevant, multivariable condition measurement3
A review of nose picking in primates with new evidence of its occurrence in Daubentonia madagascariensis3
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Behavioral novelties and morphological exaptation underlie trophic novelty in an anemone‐feeding fish3
Underwater calling behavior in two high‐altitude frog species3
Size is not everything: Nuanced effects of female multiple mating and annual litter number on testes size in terrestrial mammals3
Spatio‐temporal patterns of carnivore guild related to their prey in a Mediterranean landscape3
Dehorning impacts white rhinoceros behaviour less than social events: evidence from Botswana3
Energetically costly weaponry in the large morph of male stag beetles3
Assessing the phenology and reproductive output of loggerhead turtles in relation to climatic variables at Patara Beach, Türkiye3
Spinner dolphin residency in tropical atoll lagoons: Diurnal presence, seasonal variability and implications for nutrient dynamics2
Effects of reproductive seasonality on the excretion of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in free‐ranging Pampas Deer2
Rivers and spatial distance are drivers of genetic diversity in the south American dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)2
Fasting and digestion exert opposite effects on collective behavior in goldfish across contexts2
Night life: Positional behaviors and activity patterns of the Neotropical kinkajou, Potos flavus (Carnivora, Procyonidae)2
Chipping in: functional morphology of the American beaver under range expansion2
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Competition between native ungulates: negative effects of sika deer (Cervus nippon) on foraging behavior, physiological stress, and population characteristics of Japanese serow (Capricornis 2
The larger the cetacean, the more stationary their sleep? Thermoregulatory constraints on the sleep behaviour of captive cetaceans2
Population dynamics and morphometrics of Nile monitors along a gradient of urbanization in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa2
Further thoughts on comparative analyses of coloration2
Breeding bird population trends during 2013–2019 inside and outside of European badger control areas in England2
Is horn length crucial for Alpine chamois?2
Born in heterogenous landscapes: birth timing, body mass and early development of roe deer fawns in contrasting habitats2
Ecomorphological adaptations of owl feet and talons2
Do African egg‐eating snakes (Dasypeltis) exhibit preference for eggs they eat?2
Microhabitat selection of meadow and steppe vipers enlightened by digital photography and image processing to describe grassland vegetation structure2
Risky behavior of Asian black bears differs between sex and season in a landscape fragmented by roads2
Endocrine correlates of female reproductive activity in the roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus)2
Comparative analyses of micro‐ and macro‐scale surface structures in the convergent evolution of rain‐harvesting behaviour in lizards2
Morphological shifts in response to spatial sorting of dispersal behaviour in red flour beetles across multiple generations2
Hybridization patterns and evolutionary clues in broad‐snouted caiman and yacare caiman: Insights from phylogeographic and ecological analyses2
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How many sequences should I track when applying the random encounter model to camera trap data?2
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Demographic plasticity in an invasive species: The effects of time since invasion and population management history on beavers in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina2
Sexual dichromatism increases with altitude in birds with ultraviolet sensitive vision2
Geographic variation in developmental plasticity among populations of the canyon treefrog in response to temperature and pond‐drying2
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Meso‐habitat distribution patterns and ecological requirements of two Mediterranean vipers depict weak competition in a contact zone2
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On the flick of the tongue: male island and mainland lizards' responses to self and conspecific chemical stimuli2
Movement patterns within an urban population of fire salamanders highlight the importance of conserving small habitat patches2
Variation in white‐tailed and mule deer dental metrics is associated with precipitation gradients in the Americas2
Isolation and adaptation: Population genetics and morphometric patterns of butterfly Itylos titicaca in the Andean wetlands2
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Mammal coloration as a social signal1
Foxes as pets: Case study of the Fuegian Dog and its relationship to extinct Indigenous cultures1
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Global warming responses of gut microbiota in moose (Alces alces) populations with different dispersal patterns1
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Dietary and habitat use (non)specializations contribute to shaping the craniomandibular variation and developmental instability in a rodent community1
More than one way to eat a mouse: Skull shape variation within a monophyletic group of mammals (Marsupialia; Dasyurinae)1
Intraguild scavenging on carnivore carcasses is delayed enough to allow successful dispersal of maggots for pupation1
Ninja turtles: an experimental evaluation of potential anthropogenic barriers to movement for a freshwater turtle1
Reproductive cost in female European and mountain hares1
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Intensive agriculture increases fluctuating asymmetry of dorsal head shape in Iberian asp viper populations1
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Turning trade‐offs: hummingbird power reserves are used to decrease turning radius or increase turning velocity1
Variations in host surfaces morphology and biology of ciliate epibionts explaining distribution pattern of epibionts in the invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852)1
Allometry, asymmetry and sexual dimorphism in blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)1
Multi‐scalar habitat selection unveils ecological domains in wolves when selecting rendezvous sites1
Ontogenetic changes in digestive enzyme activities of a common water flea1
Permission to bite: White‐footed mice show no increased grooming response to tick infestation1
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Mammal coloration as a social signal—the debate is still open: a comment on Howell and Caro (2024)1
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Multiple paternity in the Asp viper1
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Exploring resource patch occupancy: patch size, but not connectivity, explains the abundance of spider kleptoparasites in golden orb webs1
Does moonlight affect movement patterns of a non‐obligate carnivore? Brown bears do not mind that the moon exists1
Sounds and associated morphology of Hypostomus species from South‐East Brazil1
Tongue flicking heralds flight behaviour following passive antipredator displays in dice snakes1
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Year‐round variation in monthly and daily group size estimates of barren‐ground caribou in east‐central Alaska1
Hindlimb myology in two piscivorous raptorial birds: a quantitative comparison of the osprey and the white‐tailed sea eagle (Aves, Accipitriformes)1
Trophic discrimination of amino acid‐specific nitrogen stable isotopes in raptor nestlings: implications for estimating trophic position1
The elusive winter engineers: structure and materials of hazel dormouse hibernation nests1
Exploring durophagy among modern gray wolves from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with dental microwear texture analysis1
Take only pictures, leave only… Cameras influence marmot vigilance but not perceptions of risk1
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High‐frequency and ultrasonic vocalizations in a subterranean rodent: the colonial tuco‐tuco (Ctenomys sociabilis)1
Anti‐parasitic function of tree‐rubbing behaviour in brown bears suggested by an in vitro test on a generalist ectoparasite1
The quick and the fed: Geographical variation in embryonic development and offspring size in a wide‐spread lizard1
The conundrum of turtle and tortoise basking: A critical review1
Coexistence of European hares and Alpine mountain hares in the Alps: what drives the occurrence and frequency of their hybrids?1
Temperature effects on compensatory responses in an early spring‐breeding amphibian1
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Wild guppies from populations exposed to higher predation risk exhibit greater vasotocin brain gene expression1
Are Bergmann's and Jordan's rules valid for a neotropical pitviper?1
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Effective citizen science implementation reveals ecological and conservation insights for two amphibian species1
Ecophysiological trait variation in desert versus Mediterranean populations of a gecko1
Temporal relationships between the red fox and the European badger in a Mediterranean protected area1
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Vertebrate scavenging in Australia is shaped by a complex interplay of bioregional, seasonal and habitat factors1
Begging calls and mouth colouration as predictors of breeding success in blue tits1
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Effects of juvenile situational experience on behavioral development of Brandt's vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii): From cognition to psychology1
Living in a predictable environment: Intraspecific variation in tadpole size and shape of the Sierra's treefrog1
Ant protection effectiveness in myrmecophytes and extrafloral nectary plants1
Costs and benefits of solitary living in mammals1
Dietary influences on head and neck ranges of motion in neotropical bats1
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All in one: single‐season multi‐clutching in an ephemeral pool‐breeding frog that is otherwise virtually semelparous1
Ecological niche variation drives morphological differentiation in tropical stream‐dwelling newts from Indochina1
Co‐occurrence in snake and lizard sister species is unrelated to major ecomorphological traits1
Walking together: artificial and natural selection in traditional husbandry of feral pigs1
Patterns and predictors of ungulate space use across an isolated Miombo woodland reserve1
Effects of tree plantations on population and roosting ecology of an endemic agamid lizard in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot1
Reconsidering mandibular and metabolic allometries in males of the stag beetle Cyclommatus mniszechi (Coleoptera, Lucanidae)1
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