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Nest site selection and fidelity of European pond turtle ( Emys orbicularis ) population of Babat Valley (Gödöllő, Hungary)

Authors: István Kiss, Gergő Erdélyi and Borbála Szabó

Comparative analysis of optional hunting behavior in Cricetinae hamsters using the data compression approach

Authors: J. Levenets, S. Panteleeva, Zh. Reznikova, A. Gureeva, V. Kupriyanov, N. Feoktistova and A. Surov

De novo assembly of transcriptomes and differential gene expression analysis using short-read data from emerging model organisms – a brief guide

Authors: Daniel J. Jackson, Nicolas Cerveau and Nico Posnien

Paternal care plasticity: males care more for early- than late-developing embryos in an arboreal breeding treefrog

Authors: Yuan-Cheng Cheng, Cai-Han Xie, Yu-Chen Chen, Nien-Tse Fuh, Ming-Feng Chuang and Yeong-Choy Kam

Segregation of endosymbionts in complex symbiotic system of cicadas providing novel insights into microbial symbioses and evolutionary dynamics of symbiotic organs in sap-feeding insects

Authors: Zhi Huang, Dandan Wang, Jinrui Zhou, Hong He and Cong Wei

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Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth’s magnetic field

Authors: Vlastimil Hart, Petra Nováková, Erich Pascal Malkemper, Sabine Begall, Vladimír Hanzal, Miloš Ježek, Tomáš Kušta, Veronika Němcová, Jana Adámková, Kateřina Benediktová, Jaroslav Červený and Hynek Burda

The integrative future of taxonomy

Authors: José M Padial, Aurélien Miralles, Ignacio De la Riva and Miguel Vences

A new versatile primer set targeting a short fragment of the mitochondrial COI region for metabarcoding metazoan diversity: application for characterizing coral reef fish gut contents

Authors: Matthieu Leray, Joy Y Yang, Christopher P Meyer, Suzanne C Mills, Natalia Agudelo, Vincent Ranwez, Joel T Boehm and Ryuji J Machida

The importance of immune gene variability (MHC) in evolutionary ecology and conservation

Authors: Simone Sommer

Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles

Authors: Thomas Nørgaard and Marie Dacke

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As a biological discipline, zoology has one of the longest histories. Today it occasionally appears as though, due to the rapid expansion of life sciences, zoology has been replaced by more or less independent sub-disciplines amongst which exchange is often sparse. However, the recent advance of molecular methodology into "classical" fields of biology, and the development of theories that can explain phenomena on different levels of organisation, has led to a re-integration of zoological disciplines promoting a broader than usual approach to zoological questions. Zoology has re-emerged as an integrative discipline encompassing the most diverse aspects of animal life, from the level of the gene to the level of the ecosystem.

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Zoological Research shines in the East

With the long-term support of every friend and contributor, Zoological Research ( ZR ) has continued to move forward over the past year, with impressive achievements. Notably, ZR attained an impact factor of 4.56 (JCR Q1) and CiteScore of 4.6 in mid-2021, thus ranking in the top five of the 175 SCI journals within the Zoology category. In November 2021, our Citescore reached 5.6, and we expect a higher impact factor in 2022 than in 2021. Although we are not driven by chasing these scores, the increase in these metrics does reflect an elevation in the quality of submissions and publications, as well as the march towards our original aspiration when launching this journal ( Yao et al., 2019 ). The current areas of focus of ZR (i.e., primate and animal models; animal diversity and evolution; conservation & utilization of animal resources) are not only tightly connected to our host – the Kunming Institute of Zoology, which has grown and evolved into “ a comprehensive research institution renowned for its remarkable achievements in evolutionary mechanisms of animal biodiversity, animal resources protection, and sustainable utilization ” ( Yao & Shen, 2019 ) – but also represent the very frontiers of zoology.

Globally, 2020 and 2021 were tough years due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. However, with dedicated and focused research from submitting authors, ZR published a variety of important and timely studies over the past two years on a broad range of topics. Several studies on COVID-19, e.g., Yu et al. ( 2020 ) and Gómez-Carballa et al. ( 2020 ), received wide attention in the field and were scored as Hot Papers according to the Web of Science in June 2021. Similarly, another five ZR papers ( Li et al., 2020 ; Tang et al., 2020 ; Wang et al., 2017 ; Xu et al., 2020 ; Yu et al., 2020 ) were featured as Highly Cited Papers by the Web of Science during the same season. ZR also published other high-profile papers in 2021. For instance, Li et al. ( 2021 ) performed a phylogenetic and morphological investigation of an overlooked flying squirrel species (Pteromyini, Rodentia) from the eastern Himalayas and described a new genus; Boubli et al. ( 2021 ) resolved a taxonomic conundrum of pygmy marmosets using ancient DNA of the type specimen; and Ye et al. ( 2021 ) provided an updated annotation of the Chinese tree shrew genome based on large-scale RNA sequencing and long-read isoform sequencing, which will surely become an essential reference for basic and biomedical studies using tree shrews. To list all the important studies published in ZR in 2021 is obviously beyond the scope of this editorial. However, we are proud of our growing reputation among the authors of these papers and their remarkable advances in important research, with many citations in well-regarded journals, such as Nature , Nature Communications , National Science Review , Advanced Science , PNAS , Biological Psychiatry , Molecular Psychiatry , Medicinal Research Reviews , Nature Cell Biology , Cell Research , Molecular Cell, and Nucleic Acids Research .

Excitingly, in 2021, Prof. Le Kang and Prof. Nina Jablonski were elected as international and national members, respectively, of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. We remain greatly honored to have them as editorial board members of ZR and extend our warmest congratulations to both these outstanding scientists. In addition, to further foster the impact of ZR and strengthen our publishing team, ZR has recruited young and capable researchers to expand our dynamic editorial board. From the beginning of 2022, with continuous support from senior editorial board members, we are honored to welcome a new group of talented and academically diverse members to ZR . While new editors have a more flexible one-year term than senior editorial board members (four-year term), their term can be renewed based on their willingness, devotion, and performance. We believe this new strategy will help younger scientists establish their own academic careers and will help enhance the vitality and creativity of ZR .

When we look back at the evolution of ZR over the past four decades ( Yao & Jiang, 2021 ), we have certainly encountered many challenges, including the initial dip in readership during the conversion from a Chinese to English-only language publication seven years ago, as well as solo publishing without help from renowned platforms such as Springer-Nature, Wiley Press, and Cell Press. Despite these difficulties, ZR has not stopped its march ahead and remains a shining beacon in the East. ZR has always garnered strong support from our many readers and authors. To better serve our contributors, as well as society in general, our growing capacity is not only reflected by the increase in publication quantity, but more importantly, by the academic quality of each paper. ZR always welcomes hot topics within the scope of the journal. If you wish to publish extraordinary research or serve as a guest editor for a special column/issue, please be free to contact us or the Editorial Office.

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Yong-Gang Yao, Editor-in-Chief

Kunming Institute of Zoology , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China

Yun Zhang, Executive Editor-in-Chief

Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China

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Anuran communities increase aggregations of conspecific calls in response to aircraft noise.

Longhui Zhao and Ke Deng contributed equally to this work.

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Longhui Zhao, Ke Deng, Tongliang Wang, Rui Guo, Jianguo Cui, Jichao Wang, Anuran communities increase aggregations of conspecific calls in response to aircraft noise, Current Zoology , 2024;, zoae042, https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoae042

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Noise pollution has been shown to affect wild animals in various ways, but little is known about its consequences at the community level. Investigating animals’ overall vocal responses to noise across multiple sympatric species can reveal the complex nature of noise impacts but is challenging. In this study, we employed social network analysis (SNA) to evaluate how anuran communities and populations vary their calling behaviours in response to aircraft noise. SNA of anuran communities revealed that conspecific individuals increase the aggregation of their spectral (i.e., minimum frequency, maximum frequency, and dominant frequency), temporal (call duration, call rate, and call effort), and overall spectral‒temporal features as an airplane passes through. SNA of populations also revealed that anurans could increase the interindividual similarity of multiple call characteristics in response to airplane noise. Furthermore, our network analysis of multiple species and multiple call traits revealed an effect of noise in species whose calling behaviour did not change in previous separate analyses of each species and single traits. This study suggests that noise pollution may change the pattern of combined acoustic properties at the community level. Our findings highlight the importance of integrated methods and theories for understanding the ecological consequences of noise pollution in future studies.

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HSP90 interacts with VP37 to facilitate the cell-to-cell movement of broad bean wilt virus 2

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The systemic spread of viruses in plants requires successful viral cell-to-cell movement through plasmodesmata (PD). Viral movement proteins (MPs) interact with cellular proteins to modify and utilize host transport routes. Broad bean wilt virus 2 (BBWV2), a widespread plant RNA virus, moves from cell to cell as a virion through the PD gated by VP37, the MP of BBWV2. However, the host proteins that function in the cell-to-cell movement of BBWV2 remain unclear. In this study, we identified cellular heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) as an interacting partner of VP37. The interaction between HSP90 and VP37 was assessed using the yeast two-hybrid assay, co-immunoprecipitation, and bimolecular fluorescence complementation. Tobacco rattle virus-based virus-induced gene silencing analysis revealed that HSP90 silencing significantly inhibited the systemic spread of BBWV2 in N. benthamiana plants. Furthermore, in planta treatment with geldanamycin (GDA), an inhibitor of the chaperone function of HSP90, demonstrated the necessity of HSP90 in successful cell-to-cell movement and systemic infection of BBWV2. Interestingly, GDA treatment inhibited the HSP90-VP37 interaction at the PD, resulting in the inhibition of VP37-derived tubule formation through the PD. Our results suggest that the HSP90-VP37 interaction regulates VP37-derived tubule formation through the PD, thereby facilitating the cell-to-cell movement of BBWV2.

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Proposal of a mosquito control plan of Smir-Restinga region (north-west of Morocco)

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The influence of temporal variation of some limnological parameters on finfish assemblage in Osun River, Nigeria.

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From agricultural waste to chicken feed using insect-based technology

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Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Hemicriconemoides rosae (Rathour et al., 2003) from mustard rhizosphere in India

Nematodes belonging to Genus Hemicriconemoides , commonly known as sheathoid nematodes, damaged many fruits, vegetables and cash crops, worldwide. A survey has been conducted in the agricultural fields of Bulandsh...

Antiurolithiatic effect of a polyherbal formulation against sodium oxalate-induced urolithiasis in rats

The present study assesses the role of polyherbal formula (LACTN) against sodium oxalate (NaOx)—stimulated urolithiasis prophylactic and curative. Forty-eight rats were separated into the following regimen’s g...

Comparative morphology of sensilla of antennae, maxillary and labial palpi of adult Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), with specific reference to the typology and possible functions

The lesser grain borer Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) is a cosmopolitan insect pest of stored cereal grains. In this study, the fine morphology of antennae, maxillary and labial palpi as wel...

Temporal changes in plankton diversity in relation to hydrographical characteristics at Perumal Lake, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India

The fresh water environment supports the productivity of phyto- and zooplankters and fin and shell fishes. The rate of fish productivity of an aquatic ecosystem solely depends on the rate of plankton productiv...

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Seasonal fluctuations of antioxidant enzymes and biochemical compositions of Apis mellifera adansonii L. from three ecological zones of Nigeria

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