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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · May 23

Looking for the right home for your research?

CJZ publishes high-quality work in research in zoology. Explore the scope and see if it’s the right fit for your next manuscript.

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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 6h

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Temporal niche partitioning between Korean water deer and Siberian roe deer in temperate forests doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 13h

Now published:

Prominent sex difference in migratory locomotor activity in captive reed buntings is not reflected in concomitant variation of their leukocyte profile

✒️ Demina et al.
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Arctic Science Journal @arcticsciencej.bsky.social · 8d

New in Arctic Science: Long-term vertebrate research and monitoring sites in Arctic Canada explores decades of wildlife studies across the North and the lasting legacy of these field stations.

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#ArcticScience #WildlifeResearch #ArcticCanada

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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 1d

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Spatiotemporal variability in otolith core elemental fingerprints to assess natal origin of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence buff.ly/AuStLES #OpenAccess

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 2d

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Characterization of a new eastern wolf mtDNA haplotype from Outaouais region, Québec doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

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New information on two jawless vertebrates from the Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Orcadian Basin of Scotland doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 4d

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Effects of life stages on the occurrence of two frog species on paved roads in northeastern Japan doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 5d

@arcticsciencej.bsky.social and CJZ are accepting submissions on the phenomenon of population cycles as they occur in small mammals!

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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 6d

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Seasonal flexibility in energy stores of Hudson Bay beluga whales: insights from blubber lipid analysis

🖋️Belanger et al.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2024-0114 #OpenAccess 🔓

Two panels illustrating three layered tissue samples taken from belugas: skin, blubber, and muscle.

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 7d

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Predatory fish consumption by adult female Steller sea lions is positively related to mercury contamination of pups doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... #OpenAccess 🔓

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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 7d

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No founder effects observed in rapidly expanding Peromyscus leucopus populations in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 8d

New in CJZ: The Basis for Social Movement in Ungulates explores how herd dynamics, behaviour, and technology are reshaping our understanding of collective movement in species like caribou and wildebeest.

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#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour

Herd of bison grazing in a grassy field with forested hills and mountains in the background under a cloudy sky.

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 8d

Social and seasonal risk assessment by woodland caribou: responses to habitat openness, fire, and roads

✒️ Hendrix et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
This article is part of the new collection "The Basis for Social Movement in Ungulates" cdnsciencepub.com/topic/cjz-so...

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 9d

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Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore Eastern Canada doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... #OpenAccess

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 10d

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Redescription and revised taxonomy of Early Devonian (Emsian) acanthodians from New Brunswick and the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Canada doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 11d

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Not hibernation ecology, but size matters—arousal metabolism of European bats in caves

🖋️ Mrhálek et al.
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FACETS Journal @facetsjournal.bsky.social · 11d

Five years ago, "Towards reconciliation: 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists working in Canada" was published in FACETS. Read the paper ➡️ buff.ly/Q7RlAwK

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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 11d

NEW REVIEW

Serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine) in trematodes

✒️ Terenina and Kreshchenko
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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 14d

ICYMI, this month's Editor's Choice in CJZ:

Testing the effects of drought, parasite infection, and their interaction on freshwater snails
✒️ McCaffrey et al.
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Timeline of experiment illustrating 7 days of acclimation before either drought treatment or perennial treatment.

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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 14d

On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the stories of Indigenous Peoples and recommit ourselves to building a future rooted in respect and inclusion.

#TruthAndReconciliation #IndigenousPeoples #Equity

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Matthew Morris @mrjmorris.bsky.social · 22d

Check out my latest paper, co-authored by Ambrose alum Nathan Yeung. He did some great work on juvenile suckers in the Peace River drainage of Alberta! Final version (rather than pre-print) dropped today:
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Using meristic and morphometric techniques to identify juvenile Catostomus suckers (Largescale Sucker C. macrocheilus, Longnose Sucker C. catostomus, White Sucker C. commersonii —Teleostei: Cyprinifor...

Catostomid suckers are an important but understudied component of North American freshwater ecosystems. Alberta populations of Catostomus macrocheilus Girard, 1856; Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1...

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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 15d

Now published: the Introduction to the collection "The Basis of Social Movement in Ungulates"

Social drivers of movement in gregarious ungulates

✒️ McShea and Shamon
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Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 18d

✒️ Authors: Yeung and Morris
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X-ray image of juvenile white sucker indicating separation between caudal and abdominal vertebrae.

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 18d

Now published #OpenAccess 🔓

Using meristic and morphometric techniques to identify juvenile Catostomus suckers (Largescale Sucker C. macrocheilus, Longnose Sucker C. catostomus, White Sucker C. commersonii —Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) within the Peace River watershed, Alberta

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · 19d

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Microscopic exploration of alopecia in Guadalupe fur seals from the San Benito Archipelago, Mexico

✒️ Guzmán-Solís et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

A fur seal with alopecia. This is Figure 1a from the article.

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