Dear Colleagues, Founded in 1935, and sponsored by the China Zoological Society and the Institute of Zoology (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Acta Zoologica Sinica is the premier Zoological Journal in China. As such it is indexed by major data bases, including BIOSIS, ZOOLOGICAL RECORD and CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS. During the last few years, the Journal has sought to increase its international impact and to publish a substantial portion of papers in English. To further advance this process, the Editors have decided that from now on only manuscripts written in English will be considered for publication. Further, beginning in January 2009, the Journal will be re-launched under a new title CURRENT ZOOLOGY. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed and, once accepted, papers will be published promptly, without page charges, and read and down-loaded free of charge. We hope that you will consider submitting your work to CURRENT ZOOLOGY. Publication in this re-named, but well established and highly respected Journal will ensure that your work is made available to a very large audience of Chinese scholars, as well as to Zoologists worldwide. Thank you for your consideration, and we look forward to your future submissions.
Sincerely Zhi-Yun JIA,Ph.D. Executive Editor Current Zoology Institute of Zoology The Chinese Academy of Sciences Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China http://www.actazool.org/, MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
