OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Integrative Zoology is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

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Climate cycling did not affect haplotype distribution in an abundant Southern African avian habitat generalist species, the familiar chat (Oenanthe familiaris)	27
The first chromosome‐level genome assembly and transcriptome sequencing provide insights into cantharidin production of the blister beetles	27
The debatable notion of “novelty deficiency” in significant conservation domains	26
Predator–prey encounters: deciphering the robbery relationship between highwayman flies and their ant victims	23
Evolution and conservation genetics of pangolins	21
Molecular evolution of wound healing‐related genes during cetacean secondary aquatic adaptation	20
Cardiovascular Plasticity and Adaptation of High‐Altitude Birds and Mammals	20
Taxonomy, distribution, and contemporary exposure of terrestrial mammals to floods and human pressure across different areas for biodiversity conservation in China	19
Artificial light at night decreases the pupillary light response of dark‐adapted toads to bright light	19
Linking Ecological and Biogeographical Traits to Body Length and Dietary Breadth in Snakes	19
Insight Into Body Size Evolution in Aves: Based on Some Body Size‐Related Genes	18
DNA metabarcoding diet analysis in a generalist omnivore: feeding trials reveal the efficacy of extraction kits and a multi‐locus approach for identifying diverse diets	18
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Small mammal community composition impacts bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) population dynamics and associated seroprevalence of Puumala orthohantavirus	17
Unique myoglobin adaptation to endothermy and flight since the origin of birds	16
Disentangle the Ecological Impact of Vessel Activities on Delphinids Ranging Strategy: An Interaction Probability Perspective	15
Can Fecal T3 Metabolite Level Fluctuations in European Roe Deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) Give Insights on Body Condition and Thermal Stress?	15
Anthropogenic Disturbance Mediates Trophic Niche Overlap Between Sympatric Generalist Predators	15
Behavioral, Ecological, and Morphological Data Suggest a Close Relationship Between the Ant Colobopsis truncata and the Gall Wasp Aphelonyx cerricola	14
Cranial variation in species and subspecies of kangaroo rats (Dipodomys, Dipodomyinae, Rodentia) according to geometric morphometrics	14
Mucus provisioning as milk in an amphibian	14

Spatial Partitioning Among Three Sympatric Ungulates in the Tibetan Plateau: Identifying Critical Variables	14
Excess Precipitation in Early Growing Season Increases Pathogen Pressure in Semiarid Grassland Ecosystem	13
Validation and development of eDNA metabarcoding primers for comprehensive assessment of Chinese amphibians	13
Climate heterogeneity, season variation, and sexual dimorphism modulate the association between MHC II diversity and parasite variation in striped hamster	13
Haemosporidian Parasite Infections and Host‐Feeding Preferences of Hematophagous Insects Collected at the Birds of Prey Nests with Confirmation of Vectors for Haemoproteus	12
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Structure of compound and component communities of fleas parasitic on small mammals in six different regions as revealed by environmental‐based co‐occurrence geometry analyses	11
Anthropogenic forests simplify seed‐ but not pollen‐dispersal networks	11
Constraints of digestion on swimming performance and stress tolerance vary with habitat in freshwater fish species	11
Variation in placentophagy in golden snub‐nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) reflects nutritional constraints	11
Comparative Population Genetics of Two Alvinocaridid Shrimp Species in Chemosynthetic Ecosystems of the Western Pacific	11
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Refining the Vertebrate Mitochondrial 12S rRNA Secondary Structure by Comparative Analysis	11
Do exotic invasive mammals disturb the native fauna? Spatiotemporal distribution and overlap between species in a national park of Argentina	11
Metabolic regulation reduces the oxidative damage of arid lizards in response to moderate heat events	11
Hypoxia Promotes Gluconeogenesis Through PGC‐1α in the Liver of Lasiopodomys brandtii	10
Interspecific association of sika deer in terrestrial animal communities of Liancheng National Nature Reserve, China	10
Addressing the impact of canine distemper spreading on an isolated tiger population in northeast Asia	10
Genomic Differentiation and Adaptation of Rattus nitidus Across Spatial Scales	10
Gut Mycobiota of Three Rhinopithecus Species Provide New Insights into the Association Between Diet and Environment	10
Unravelling Evolutionary Dynamics of Female Sexual Cannibalism and Male Reproductive Strategies in Spiders	10
An expanded phylogeny of the genus Pseudamnicola (Gastropoda; Truncatelloidea; Hydrobiidae) across the Mediterranean Basin	9
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Adaptive Evolution of FOXO Family Regulating Lifespan Extension and Cancer Resistance in Long‐Lived Species	9
Disentangling Multitrophic Interactions: How Vegetation Cover, Wild Boar, Deer, and Predators Shape Rodents Activity and Acorn Dispersal	9
Corrigendum to “Evolution and conservation genetics of pangolins”	9
Reproductive ecology of the black rat (Rattus rattus) in Madagascar: the influence of density‐dependent and ‐independent effects	9
Quercetin promotes the secretion of musk by regulating the hormone level and microbial structure of forest musk deer	9
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A de novo assembled genome of the Tibetan Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae) and its high‐altitude adaptation	9
Treasure Chest in the Taxonomic Collection: Molecular Characterization and Redescription of Haemoproteus handai , with Insights into the Phylogenetic Rel	9
Factors affecting populations of the endemic Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis) after the first myxomatosis outbreaks in Central Spain	8
Altitude‐dependent metabolite biomarkers reveal the mechanism of plateau pika adaptation to high altitudes	8
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Nest complexity correlates with larger brain size but smaller body mass across bird species	8
Putting Rodents at the Center of One Health Programs: A Narrative Synthesis	8
Constitutive innate immune defenses in relation to urbanization and population density in an urban bird, the feral pigeon Columba livia domestica	8
Developing fertility control for rodents: a framework for researchers and practitioners	8
Integrating Multi‐Dimensional Biodiversity Patterns for Effective Conservation Strategies	8
The Earliest Feathers from the Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation of North Hebei: Implications for the Early Evolution of the Jehol Biota	8
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A new Late Miocene Hystrix (Hystricidae, Rodentia) from Turkey	8
The Size, Demography, and Distribution of Cambodia's Largest Elephant Population Revealed Using Traditional Genetic Tools and a Novel SNP Panel	8
The Wonder Years: A Demographic Approach to Revisit the Age‐at‐Size Conundrum in Amphibians	8
Brain size predicts foraging and escaping abilities in the paddy frogs	8
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Unveiling Cryptic Diversity in Hylomys: A Commentary on Recent Taxonomic Revisions	7
The effects of grassland degradation on the genetic structure of a small mammal	7
Transcriptomics Unveil Dsx1 as a Critical Regulator in Sexual Dimorphism of Crustaceans	7

Genomic‐Environmental Integration Predicts Climate Vulnerability and Adaptive Potential of Tibetan Plateau Herpetofauna	7
Chromosome‐level genome assembly and population genomic analysis provide insights into the genetic diversity and adaption of Schizopygopsis younghusbandi	7
Fossil and modern penguin tarsometatarsi: cavities, vascularity, and resilience	7
Blind date: female fossorial amphisbaenians prefer scent marks of large and healthy males	7
Trophic niche and adaptation in highland lizards: sex has greater influences than species matching	7
Multi‐Omics Analysis Reveals Coordinated Adaptations in Genes, Metabolism, and Gut Microbiota Underpinning Herbivory in Lordiphosa Flies	7
Predicting Social Rankings in Captive Chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) Through Communicative Interactions‐Based Data‐Driven Model	7
Extreme Silk Toughness in Caerostris Spiders Is Limited to Adult Females	7
The male's scent triggered a neural response in females despite ambiguous behavioral response in Asian house rats	7
Effects of Vector Density on Blood Parasite Spread and Health Consequences for Avian Hosts: An Experimental Epidemiology Blueprint	7
Unraveling the morphological patterns of a subantarctic eelpout: a geometric morphometric approach	7
Chinese Pangolin Changes Local Vertebrate Assemblages and Contributes to Their Interspecific Interactions by Burrowing and Revisitation	7
Effects of Livestock Grazing on Spatiotemporal Interactions Between Snow Leopards and Ungulate Prey	6
Genome Expansion of ZPB1(a) and ZPC1(a) in Basal Species or Liver Expression of ZPB1a and ZPC1aa in Advanced Species, Two Different Strategies to Ensure Suffi	6
Intraspecific diversity of Meriones persicus (Rodentia; Gerbillinae), the main plague reservoir in Iran, and its connection to enzootic plague in Iran	6
Flight performance and wing morphology in the bat Carollia perspicillata: biophysical models and energetics	6
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Experimental Evidence That Blood Parasite Infection Affects Incubation Patterns in a Cavity‐Nesting Songbird	6
Toward the validation of an alternative method for endocrine monitoring in sharks: insights from testosterone analyses in the skin of bycatch individuals	6
Ontogenetic Development of Maternal Facial Recognition and Communication Skills of Female Offspring in Golden Snub‐Nosed Monkeys	6
Exploring riverine aquatic animal diversity and establishing aquatic ecological monitoring approaches tailored to the Qinling region via eDNA technology	6
Interpreting the Additive Components of Multi‐Species Distributional Aggregation: II. Species‐Level Insights	6
Brain size mediates the choice of breeding strategy in the red‐backed shrike Lanius collurio	6
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Climatic gradients and forest composition shape bat communities in Eastern Mediterranean pine plantations	6
Ultrasonic Differentiation Between Two Species of Chinese Pygmy Dormice (Genus Typhlomys ) with Support for the Size‐Signal Allometry Hypothesis	6
Rethinking the Impact of Human Disturbance on Wildlife: Fine‐Scale Responses from Species to Guilds	6
Can Wapiti (Cervus elaphus) Browsing Stimulate the Chemical Defense of Taxus cuspidata—A Case of Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park	6
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The rough‐toothed dolphin genome provides new insights into the genetic mechanism of its rough teeth	6
Honey, What's for Dinner? Dietary Overlap and Size Dimorphism Between Female and Male Joro Spiders ( Trichonephila clavata )	6
Assessing the Impact of Elevation and Seasonality on the Detection of Medium‐ to Large‐Sized Mammals by Camera Traps	5
Habitat Landscape Requirements for Critically Endangered Leopard Population Persistences	5
Environmental factors and host sex influence the skin microbiota structure of Hong Kong newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis) in a coldspot of chytridiomycosis in subtropical East Asia	5
Toxicity assessment of microcystin‐leucine arginine in planarian Dugesia japonica	5
The modern state of the European saiga population (Saiga tatarica tatarica): mtDNA, DRB3 MHC gene, and microsatellite diversity	5
Assessing the Presence, Pattern, and Environmental Correlates of Seasonal Skin Thickening in Anurans	5
Blood Parasites and Wildlife: The Development of a Discipline	5
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Starving or Stuffing? Plasticity in Wild Boar Body Mass Variations During Summer in a Mediterranean Area	5
Beyond Sexual Selection: Natural Selection Related Camouflage and Thermoregulation Shape Sexual Color Dimorphism in Diploderma Lizards	5
Energy Constraints and Ecological Adaptation Drive Divergent Evolution of Sensory and Cognitive Brain Regions in Bats	5
Bat Tongues and Foraging: Linking Morphology to Hunting Strategies	5
Metabolome Diversity Enhances Resistance of Intertidal Clams to Thermal Stress	5
Alpine grassland degradation intensifies the burrowing behavior of small mammals: evidence for a negative feedback loop	5
Rostrum abnormalities in the endangered Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) in South Africa	5
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Three‐dimensional forest foodscape in large herbivores' habitat based on UAV with LiDAR detection	5
Efficient Masked Autoencoder for Birdsong Representation with Applications on Wild Bird Species Classification	5
Allometric Constraint Predominates Over the Acoustic Adaptation Hypothesis in a Radiation of Neotropical Treefrogs	5
Extraocular Photoreception in Optic Lobes, Suckers, and Skin of Octopus vulgaris	5
It's Complicated: How Sex, Family, and Season Affect Growth of a Sexually Size Dimorphic Spider	5
Climate factors and food availability shape the altitudinal migration of birds in the Xiling Snow Mountains, China	5
Competitive interactions and coexistence of sympatric flagship carnivores in Asia	4
The Incarnation of Zoology in the 21st Century as an International Scientific Discipline	4
Pinewood Nematodes Manipulate Locomotion of the Vector Beetle Through ATP1‐Driven Energy Metabolism	4
Does Rodent Management Impact the Distribution of Rattus rattus and Mastomys natalensis in Village Setting	4
A Slow and Underappreciated Forest Megafauna: Food Habits, Movements, and Multiscale Habitat Preferences of Critically Endangered Sundaic Giant Tortoises (Manouria emys emys)	4
Comparative phylogeography reveals dissimilar genetic differentiation patterns in two sympatric amphibian species	4
Comparative Molecular Insights into Developmental and Behavioral Toxicity Induced by Octocrylene and Ethylhexyl Salicylate Exposure on Zebrafish	4
Exo‐Erythrocytic Development of Haemoproteus belopolskyi (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) in the Type‐Vertebrate Host Hippolais icte	4
Flight or fight: different strategies of intertidal periwinkle Littoraria sinensis coping with high temperature across populations	4
Sympatric diversity pattern driven by the secondary contact of two deeply divergent lineages of the soybean pod borer Leguminivora glycinivorella	4
Sex Role–Dependent Behavioral and Architectural Divergence in a Jumping Spider	4
Foraging Under Competition in Mongolian Gerbils: The Influence of Personality and Its Physiological Basis	4
Acute oral toxicity of zinc phosphide: an assessment for wild house mice (Mus musculus)	4
Land use and dingo baiting are correlated with the density of kangaroos in rangeland systems	4
Fecal bacterial communities of the platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ) reflect captivity status—Implications for conservation and management	4
The Incubation Environment Shapes the Inflammatory Response and Enables Expression of Maternal Effects on Sea Turtle Hatchling Body Size	4
Phylogenetic and Functional Originality Shape Species Positions in Flea–Mammal Networks Across Biogeographic Realms	4
Low Temperature Reduces Byssus Adhesion of Highly Invasive Golden Mussels: Influencing Mechanisms and Antifouling Implications	4
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Temporal Responses to Warming: Do Wild Herbivores Trade Off Heat, Predators, and Humans?	4
Combining phylogeography and ecological niche modeling to infer the evolutionary history of the Cordoba vesper mouse (Calomys venustus)	4
Fruit Choice by Two Sympatric Primate Species: Determining Nutritional Composition Using Visual and Tactile Cues	4
Two‐Step Loss of GLUTs in the High‐Metabolism Passerines	4
Nonlinear Abundance–Area Relationship Underlying Processes of the American Bullfrog Invasion in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China	4
Potential mechanisms implied in tick infection by arboviruses and their transmission to vertebrate hosts	4
Unlocking agro‐ecosystem sustainability: exploring the bottom‐up effects of microbes, plants, and insect herbivores	4