OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Various responses of pine marten morphology and demography to temporal climate changes and primary productivity	62
Chipping in: functional morphology of the American beaver under range expansion	51
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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?	13
Monkeying around with bat scapulae: Old World fruit bats show arboreal adaptations of primates lacking in New World fruit bats	13
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Overlap of activity patterns between leopards and their potential prey species in Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania	13
Activity patterns of the marsh deer: Effects of proxies of human movement, cattle presence, and moon phases on its behavior	11
Demographic monitoring of the invasive ladder snake on Formentera (Balearic Islands, Spain)	11
Do African egg‐eating snakes (Dasypeltis) exhibit preference for eggs they eat?	11
Movement patterns within an urban population of fire salamanders highlight the importance of conserving small habitat patches	11
Fine‐scale vegetation complexity and habitat structure influence predation pressure on a declining snake	11
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Is the urgency message encoded in heterospecific alarm calls perceived by domestic chickens?	9
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Does colour impact responses to images in geckos?	9
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Brocket deer niche breadth and overlap: spatial similarities limit species coexistence	9
Take only pictures, leave only… Cameras influence marmot vigilance but not perceptions of risk	8

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Feeding behavior varies based upon prey defenses in the ground snake (Squamata: Serpentes: Sonora episcopa)	8
Diversification dynamics of chameleons (Chamaeleonidae)	8
Ecoimmunological differences among congeneric tortoises in the United States	7
How many sequences should I track when applying the random encounter model to camera trap data?	7
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Further thoughts on comparative analyses of coloration	7
Linking plumage dimorphism and environmental stress	7
Geographic variation in developmental plasticity among populations of the canyon treefrog in response to temperature and pond‐drying	7
Variation in white‐tailed and mule deer dental metrics is associated with precipitation gradients in the Americas	6
Faecal cortisol levels in a wild Iberian red deer population are best explained by prior weather conditions	6
Big competition for small spots? Conspecific density drives home range size in male and female leopards	6
An experimental framework for quantifying the degree of intraguild predation in omnivorous food webs in the field	6
Examining alterations in fGCM concentrations post‐defaecation across three animal feeding classes (ruminants, hindgut fermenters and carnivores)	6
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Endocrine correlates of female reproductive activity in the roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus)	6
Ecological determinants of livestock depredation by the snow leopard Panthera uncia in Bhutan	6
Influence of predator suppression and prey availability on carnivore occurrence in western Himalaya	6
Naturally occurring variability in larval period length is associated with intraspecific differences in late tadpoles of a South American true toad	6
The elusive winter engineers: structure and materials of hazel dormouse hibernation nests	6
Spatial and temporal interactions between endangered spotted‐tailed quolls and introduced red foxes in a fragmented landscape	6
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Comparative analyses of micro‐ and macro‐scale surface structures in the convergent evolution of rain‐harvesting behaviour in lizards	6
Sexual dichromatism and throat display in spectacled salamanders: a role in visual communication?	6
Following urban predators – long‐term snow‐tracking data reveal changes in their abundance and habitat use	5
All in one: single‐season multi‐clutching in an ephemeral pool‐breeding frog that is otherwise virtually semelparous	5
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Living in a predictable environment: Intraspecific variation in tadpole size and shape of the Sierra's treefrog	5
Scavenger assemblages are structured by complex competition and facilitation processes among vultures	5
Night life: Positional behaviors and activity patterns of the Neotropical kinkajou, Potos flavus (Carnivora, Procyonidae)	5
Taste for pollen comes in different shapes: Consumption by tadpoles from three divergent ecomorphotypes	5
Innate responses to con‐ and heterospecific alarm chemicals in juveniles of a freshwater shrimp	5
Conservation of rare wild‐living cattle Bos taurus (L.): coat colour gene illuminates breed history, and associated reproductive anomalies have not reduced herd fertility	5
Population dynamics and morphometrics of Nile monitors along a gradient of urbanization in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa	5
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Winter use of kill and scavenging sites by wolves in human‐modified landscapes	4
Scaling of sense organs that control flight: Size and sensory cell number of dipteran fly halteres	4
Autotomy in Achala copper lizard: do sex and body size traits influence tail loss and regeneration?	4
Costs and benefits of solitary living in mammals	4
Body condition metrics explain fish movement in experimental streams	4
Temporal overlap in use of shared latrines by brown hyena and spotted hyena	4
Mice population dynamics and structure over time and space after wildfires	4
Scaling relationships of maximal gape and prey size of snakes for an egg‐eating specialist (Dasypeltis gansi) and a dietary generalist (Pantherophis obsoletus)	4
Flight initiation distance differs among eumelanin‐based color morphs in feral pigeons	4
Don't mind the cat: Potential for intraguild interactions with lions does not affect spotted hyaena habitat selection	4
Ninja turtles: an experimental evaluation of potential anthropogenic barriers to movement for a freshwater turtle	4
Effects of human presence on African mammal waterhole attendance and temporal activity patterns	4
Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates – substantial variations about a common theme	4
Evolution of mate guarding intensity in crickets as a possible adaptation to sexual conflict over sperm transfer	4

Specialized morphology, not relatively large head size, facilitates competition between a small‐bodied specialist and large‐bodied generalist competitors	4
Dark ventral colouration indicates head size in a semi‐colonial gecko	4
Carryover effects of pesticide exposure and pond drying on performance, behavior, and sex ratios in a pool breeding amphibian	4
Dietary niche partitioning of two sympatric mesocarnivores in a cool temperate forest ecosystem: The influence of seasonal variation and apex carnivores	4
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Life on the beach: Movements and growth of a coastal amphibian vary with distance to the sea	3
Red deer behavioural response to hiking activity: a study using camera traps	3
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Exceptional features of the embryonic ontogeny of a direct‐developing Robber frog	3
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In search of the glow—Three‐dimensional reconstruction of Latia neritoides with specific focus on the mantel cavity (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Hygrophila)	3
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Comparative analysis of behavioural repertoires for Mahogany glider and Brushtail possum using accelerometer loggers and machine learning algorithms	3
Allometry, asymmetry and sexual dimorphism in blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)	3
Microhabitat selection of meadow and steppe vipers enlightened by digital photography and image processing to describe grassland vegetation structure	3
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The influence of road networks on brown bear spatial distribution and habitat suitability in a human‐modified landscape	3
Mini‐series: The axial skeleton – diversity, patterning, and function	3
Mammal coloration as a social signal	3
Biting kinematics do not differ between ecologically divergent populations of Trinidadian guppies	3
Habitat specificity drives differences in space‐use patterns of multiple mesocarnivores in an agroecosystem	3
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Trophic niche and home range of an insular pit viper following loss of food resources	3
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Patterns of load distribution among the legs in small water striders during standing and striding	3
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Nutrient enrichment alters risk assessment in Giant clams	3
Same scenario, different scripts: Landscape genetics in two codistributed subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys	3
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Changes in marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) heart rates suggest reduced metabolism during El Niño events	2
Characterizing personalized ecologies	2
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Is bigger always better? Neither body size nor aggressive behavior predicts specialization of hummingbirds in a rocky outcrop	2
Cozy den or winter walk: the effects of climate and supplementary feeding on brown bear winter behavior	2
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Altitudinal gradients and body size variation among Chinese lizards in different terrains	2
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Predation pressure in amphidromous gobies: how their morphology is selected by predator species	2
Hidden in plain sight: unveiling the distributions of green‐winged grasshoppers (Aiolopus spp.) with citizen‐science data	2
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Effects of geographical location and size on the functional properties of harvest mouse Micromys minutus nests in Great Britain	2
Review of osteoderm function and future research directions	2
The wild boar Sus scrofa as a threat to ground‐nesting bird species: an artificial nest experiment	2
Dragon colors: the nature and function of Odonata (dragonfly and damselfly) coloration	2
The quick and the fed: Geographical variation in embryonic development and offspring size in a wide‐spread lizard	2
Long‐term monitoring reveals sex‐ and age‐related survival patterns in griffon vultures	2
Small increases in group size improve small shoals' response to water flow in zebrafish	2
Do honey badgers and greater honeyguide birds cooperate to access bees' nests? Ecological evidence and honey‐hunter accounts	2
Size and shape in the evolution of the worker head in Pheidole ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)	2
Prey responses to predation risk under chronic road noise	2
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Coexistence of European hares and Alpine mountain hares in the Alps: what drives the occurrence and frequency of their hybrids?	2
Dietary influences on head and neck ranges of motion in neotropical bats	2
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Within‐group sex ratios predict growth of social mole‐rats	2
Comparison of the eggshell mammillary microstructure of Galliformes and Anseriformes	2
Influence of human development and predators on patterns of Virginia opossum occupancy, abundance, and activity	2
Meso‐habitat distribution patterns and ecological requirements of two Mediterranean vipers depict weak competition in a contact zone	2
Walking together: artificial and natural selection in traditional husbandry of feral pigs	2
Reproductive payoffs of territoriality are snow‐dependent in a mountain ungulate, the Alpine chamois	2
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Assessment of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis in frogs using large‐scale citizen science data	2
Eco‐physiological arguments on the functional impact of Lepus timidus mitochondrial DNA introgression in Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis)	2
Ecological niche variation drives morphological differentiation in tropical stream‐dwelling newts from Indochina	2
Quantifying the predation impact of an expanding mesocarnivore on declining small‐game species	2