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A @cdnsciencepub.com journal reporting peer-reviewed research in zoology, including behaviour, physiology, evolution, and more.
Series of six photos of moose antler and jaw specimens, each labeled with a field ID and age.
This International Archaeology Day #IAD2025, learn how archaeology contributes to moose science.
Prehistoric perspectives can help interpret the present: 14 000 years of moose (Alces alces) in the Western Arctic
✒️ Groves et al. 2022 @uafairbanks.bsky.social
🔗https://buff.ly/MpSRDkj #OpenAccess
JUST-IN
Cetacean Use of Shallow Lobster Fishing Areas in Southern Gaspé (2019–2024): Relevance for North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis, Müller 1776) Protection Measures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... #OpenAccess
New Research Article:
Spatial drivers of breeding habitat selection in Eastern Population sandhill cranes
✒️ Lee et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... #SpatialEcology 🪶
NEW: Population age structures confirm occurrence of the unconfined-resident, life-history form in a bull trout metapopulation
✒️ Kaeding et al.
🔗 buff.ly/MsoTQsT 🐟 #fish
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Temporal niche partitioning between Korean water deer and Siberian roe deer in temperate forests doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
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.
🔗 Read the full article: buff.ly/0poRYcW #migration 🪶
Small shorebird with brown and white feathers standing in shallow Arctic water surrounded by seaweed and ripples.
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.
Read more ▶️ buff.ly/hluh47u
#ArcticScience #WildlifeResearch #ArcticCanada
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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
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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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Effects of life stages on the occurrence of two frog species on paved roads in northeastern Japan doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
Photo of small mammal with overlay text reading: Call for Papers: Small Mammal Population Cycles as Vital Pulses of Ecosystems
@arcticsciencej.bsky.social and CJZ are accepting submissions on the phenomenon of population cycles as they occur in small mammals!
Learn more 🌿▶️ buff.ly/9oexIMP
📷 Fabrice Simon
Two panels illustrating three layered tissue samples taken from belugas: skin, blubber, and muscle.
New!
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 🔓
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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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No founder effects observed in rapidly expanding Peromyscus leucopus populations in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
Herd of bison grazing in a grassy field with forested hills and mountains in the background under a cloudy sky.
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.
Read more ▶️ buff.ly/9iHwOaG
#Ungulates #AnimalBehaviour
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...
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Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore Eastern Canada doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... #OpenAccess
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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-...
NEW
Not hibernation ecology, but size matters—arousal metabolism of European bats in caves
🖋️ Mrhálek et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
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
View the documentary of this here: buff.ly/LyW6m6D
NEW REVIEW
Serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine) in trematodes
✒️ Terenina and Kreshchenko
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
Timeline of experiment illustrating 7 days of acclimation before either drought treatment or perennial treatment.
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.
Read the full article, now free access: buff.ly/4r3UGIt
Canadian Science Publishing honors National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with bold white text on textured orange background.
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
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:
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
Now published: the Introduction to the collection "The Basis of Social Movement in Ungulates"
Social drivers of movement in gregarious ungulates
✒️ McShea and Shamon
🔗 buff.ly/nblLDeB #FreeAccess
X-ray image of juvenile white sucker indicating separation between caudal and abdominal vertebrae.
✒️ Authors: Yeung and Morris
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-... 🔓
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
A fur seal with alopecia. This is Figure 1a from the article.
NEW
Microscopic exploration of alopecia in Guadalupe fur seals from the San Benito Archipelago, Mexico
✒️ Guzmán-Solís et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
Two pronghorn neonates shortly after birth. Both are fitted with expandable tracking collars but only one fitted with a yellow eartag.
NEW in CJZ:
Harmless tags or hazardous ads? Investigating the potential for ear tags to increase predation on neonatal ungulates
✒️ Turnley et al.
🔗 buff.ly/7Dz1HN3 #OpenAccess 🔓
