Dear Colleagues, Founded in 1935,and sponsored by China Zoological Society and Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Acta Zoologica Sinica is the top zoological journal in China, indexed by major databases such as BIOSIS, ZOOLOGICAL RECORDS, CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS etc., and the papers, published by this journal, cited by the journals indexed by SCI database are available in SCI database. In the past several years, Acta Zoologica Sinica has been trying to increase its international visibility by publishing papers contributed by international authors (some examples are shown below). To be more active in international academic world, we have decided to change Acta Zoologica Sinica to English, i.e., publication language will be TOTALLY English, the journal will be published by an international publisher, and the journal title will be CURRENT ZOOLOGY begining from first issue of 2009. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed.The accepted papers will be published with short publication cycle! ,without any page charge, and will be read and downloaded free of charge. Thank you for your consideration, and looking forward to your future submissions.
Sincerely Zhi-Yun JIA,Ph.D. Executive Associate Editor Current Zoology http://www.actazool.org/ Institute of Zoology The Chinese Academy of Sciences Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China Resource allocation and life history strategies in birds(In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=1429&volume=50&number=6&bgpage=942&endpage=947&year=2004&month=12 SEXUAL SELECTION, EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY, GENETIC VARIABILITY AND CONSERVATION http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=1062&volume=47&number=1&bgpage=2&endpage=12&year=2001&month=2 Arctic spring: the arrival biology of migrant birds(In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=1430&volume=50&number=6&bgpage=948&endpage=960&year=2004&month=12 A positive relationship between baculum length and prolonged intromission patterns in mammals(In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=1326&volume=50&number=4&bgpage=490&endpage=503&year=2004&month=8 A heuristic rate smoothing procedure for maximum likelihood estimation of species divergence times(In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=1345&volume=50&number=4&bgpage=645&endpage=656&year=2004&month=8 Characterizing adaptive morphological patterns related to habitat use and body mass in Bovidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla)(In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=5256&volume=52&number=6&bgpage=971&endpage=987&year=2006&month=12 Characterizing adaptive morphological patterns related to diet in Bovidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla))(In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=5257&volume=52&number=6&bgpage=988&endpage=1008&year=2006&month=12 Are rank-abundance distributions a useful tool of assemblage discrimination in tropical moths?(In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=5276&volume=52&number=6&bgpage=1148&endpage=1154&year=2006&month=12 Contemporary evolution of armour and body size in a recently introduced population of threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus (In English) http://www.actazool.org/issuedetail.asp?volume=52&number=3&issue_id=193 Ecological factors influence energetics in the Order Carnivora (In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=2968&volume=51&number=4&bgpage=535&endpage=545&year=2005&month=8 Effect of sibling aggression on kittens' behavior in Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx (In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=7004&volume=54&number=1&bgpage=12&endpage=19&year=2008&month=2 Ecology of mole rats Tachyoryctes splendens and its impact on agricultural fields at Angacha, central Ethiopia (In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=7006&volume=54&number=1&bgpage=30&endpage=35&year=2008&month=2 Inter-annual changes in structure of overwintering population in Calomys venustus http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=7007&volume=54&number=1&bgpage=36&endpage=43&year=2008&month=2 Hormonal patterns associated with social rank and season in male oryxes Oryx dammah and elands Taurotragus oryx http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=7008&volume=54&number=1&bgpage=44&endpage=51&year=2008&month=2 Shifting butterfly habitats and biotope affiliations accompany use of alien nectar sources after deforestation(In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=7012&volume=54&number=1&bgpage=77&endpage=83&year=2008&month=2 Seasonal effect on trophical relationship between soil free-living nematode and protozoan populations in a desert ecosystem (In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=7013&volume=54&number=1&bgpage=84&endpage=95&year=2008&month=2 Myosin heavy chain expression in peripheral muscles of male and female prairie voles Microtus ochrogaster (In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=7015&volume=54&number=1&bgpage=104&endpage=110&year=2008&month=2 Bayesian phylogeny of Fringillinae birds: status of the singular African Oriole Finch (Linurgus olivaceus) and evolution and heterogeneity of genus Carpodacus (In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=6693&volume=53&number=5&bgpage=826&endpage=834&year=2007&month=10 Dynamics of sympatric vole populations: influence of interspecific competition (In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=6673&volume=53&number=5&bgpage=800&endpage=811&year=2007&month=10 Leech predation on amphibian eggs (In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=6644&volume=53&number=4&bgpage=750&endpage=754&year=2007&month=8 Eurasian lynx male reproductive success with multi-male mating in captivity(In English) http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=5436&volume=53&number=3&bgpage=408&endpage=416&year=2007&month=6 Ecology and conservation of the leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis and clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=5341&volume=53&number=1&bgpage=1&endpage=14&year=2007&month=2
