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Journal of Zoology

The Journal of Zoology includes hypothesis-driven studies that advance our knowledge of animals and their systems.

The journal publishes original research papers and review articles on a range of topics, including anatomy, behaviour, ecology, physiology, genomics, developmental biology, systematics and genetics. Published monthly.

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Recently listed as one of the 100 Most Influential Journals in Biology & Medicine over the last 100 Years as voted by the BioMedical & Life Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association.

Journal of Zoology Blog

Click here to read the Journal of Zoology Blog which inludes the latest news from the journal and commentaries by members of the journal's Editorial Board.

Journal of Zoology Podcast

Listen to the Journal of Zoology podcast which includes interviews with authors of papers published in the journal. The podcast is also available to download via iTunes.

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Backfiles
The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and Transactions of the Zoological Society of London are available online via the Journal of Zoology website.

Animal Conservation

Animal Conservation provides a forum for rapid publication of novel, peer-reviewed research into the conservation of animal species and their habitats.

A central theme is to publish quantitative studies detailing important new ideas and findings that have general implications for the scientific basis of conservation.

Covering a wide range of subjects including biodiversity, population biology, epidemiology, evolutionary ecology, population genetics, biogeography, palaeobiology and conservation economics, Animal Conservation is essential reading for conservation biologists, policy-makers and students.

Excerpts from the 6th World Conference on Herpetology

This special issue of Animal Conservation comprises a selection of papers representing the main themes from the symposia of the World Congress of Herpetology: Invasive reptiles and amphibians, the role of disease and conservation genetics in herpetology. Papers included in the special issue are free online.

Free Virtual Issue: Marine Mammal Conservation
Animal Conservation Virtual Issue Read our selection of papers published in the journal on marine mammal conservation, covering a range of topics, such as marine mammal ecology, genetics, behaviour, disease, and illegal exploitation.

Feature Papers, Commentaries and Virtual Issues
Available via the Animal Conservation website.

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International Zoo Yearbook

The International Zoo Yearbook is an international forum for the exchange of information on the role of zoos in the conservation of biodiversity, species and habitats.

Investigative and data-collection work into the biology and behaviour of wild animals is increasingly dependent on co-ordinated effort and shared results between all institutions engaged in the study and preservation of wildlife.

IZY 47: Freshwater Fishes and Their Conservation

Guest Editor: Gordon McGregor Reid, Director Emeritus, North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo); Professor of Conservation Science, National Zoonoses Research Centre, University of Liverpool

Freshwater fishes are globally valuable, and now threatened and in dire need of effective conservation action, including through zoo and aquarium programmes in the wild and off-site, at home and abroad. ‘Fishes’, a polyphyletic taxon, are a major component of global biodiversity, some 50% of all chordates; and ‘freshwater’ fishes are those living all or a critical part of their life in fresh, inland or brackish waters, including estuaries. This encompasses all ‘primary’ (salt intolerant or stenohaline) fishes, such as carps, catfishes and characins, and all ‘secondary’ (salt tolerant or euryhaline and sometimes migratory) fishes, such as salmon, many eels, some sharks, sawfish and rays. While fresh waters in lakes, ponds, rivers and wetlands are <0.017% of available global water, they support >12,000 (43%) of all described fish species, with about 300 new species scientifically recognized each year. This is an extraordinary diversity in relation to extent of habitat; and the levels of endemism per river basin are often high, especially in the tropics. Freshwater fishes are of social and cultural significance, of scientific and biomedical importance, and of major nutritional, subsistence and economic value — directly employing more than 20.7 million people worldwide, many in developing countries. The harvest is >38 million tonnes each year via aquaculture and wild capture. Aquarium keeping alone is a US$15–30 billion international industry; with live freshwater fishes representing about 315 from 350 million fishes traded annually (80–90%). The contemporary ‘ecosystem services’ value of fresh waters, including the fishes, can be measured in trillions of dollars, with a disproportionate yield per unit area — 10–20 times higher than terrestrial ecosystems. On IUCN Red-Listing exercises conducted so far, freshwater fishes may now be the most threatened group of chordates (29% of 5593 species), and the causes for this include habitat modification, overfishing, pollution, the introduction of alien species and climate change. The Global Aquarium Strategy for Conservation and Sustainability of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums advocates an integrated ‘meta-population’ approach to fish conservation programmes, taking account of the situation in situ and ex situ. This volume fully expresses this integrated, holistic approach through contributions from leading experts on freshwater fishes, fisheries and wetlands conservation, aquarium management, breeding, gene-banking and reintroduction.

Read the following free articles from the latest volume (2013) of International Zoo Yearbook:

Introduction to Freshwater Fishes and Their Conservation
Gordon McGregor Reid

Progress towards a global assessment of the status of freshwater fishes (Pisces) for the IUCN Red List: application to conservation programmes in zoos and aquariums
S. F. Carrizo, K. G. Smith & W. R. T. Darwall

Fatty-acid, amino-acid and mineral composition of two milk replacers for marsupials
L.-T. Chuang, T. L. Pinfold, H.-Y. Hu, Y.-S. Chen, J. Schulze, J. M. Presley, G. Irons & R. H. Glew

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For other enquiries and to purchase volumes please contact yearbook@zsl.org .

The data for the list of Zoos and Aquariums of the World for Volumes 42-47 were collected and collated using The Publishing Mill .

Free Online Access in the Developing World
Free online access to the Journal of Zoology, Animal Conservation and the International Zoo Yearbook is available within institutions in the developing world through OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment) in conjunction with UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme. Access is also available through INTAS, INASP and AGORA.

Conservation Science and Practice Book Series

Wiley-Blackwell and ZSL are pleased to present the Conservation Science and Practice book series. Each title reviews a key issue in conservation today.

The series includes books that address the multidisciplinary aspects of conservation, looking at how biological scientists and ecologists are interacting with social scientists to effect long-term sustainable conservation measures.

Books in the series are based on symposia held at ZSL or other topics which meet these aims.

Titles in the series include

Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation
Edited by D.B. Lindenmayer and R.J. Hobbs
Bushmeat and Livelihoods
Edited by G. Davies and D. Brown
Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods
Edited by L. Fortmann
Recreational Hunting, Conservation and Rural Livelihoods
Edited by B. Dickson, J. Hutton and W.M.Adams
Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators
Edited by M.W. Hayward and M. Somers
Wild Rangelands: Conserving Wildlife While Maintaining Livestock in Semi-Arid Ecosystems
Edited by J. du Toit, R. Kock and J. Deutsch
Urban Biodiversity and Design
Edited by N. Muller, P. Werner and J.G. Kelcey
Trade-offs in Conservation: Deciding What to Save
Edited by N.Leader-Williams, W.M.Adams and R.J. Smith
Reintroduction Biology: Integrating Science and Management
Edited by J.G. Ewen, D.P. Armstrong, K.A. Parker and P.J. Seddon
Tropical Forest Conservation and Industry Partnership: An Experience from the Congo Basin
Edited by C.J. Clark and J.R. Poulsen

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
Disease invasion: impacts on biodiversity and human health

Themed issue, based on the ZSL Diesase Invasions Symposium. Edited by Andrew Cunningham, Andy Dobson and Peter J. Hudson

The transmission of infectious diseases from one species to another is not only causing problems for humans (for example, SARS and influenza) but is also threatening wildlife conservation and even the survival of large and robust populations. Wild animals are both recipients of infections from humans and other species and reservoirs of new infections that can spill over to threaten humans, particularly when human-wildlife contact rates are increased.

This themed issue focuses on the extent to which wildlife pathogens threaten biodiversity and human health; the processes driving these disease threats; where future threats will arise and how these can be mitigated.

Conservation Biology Series

The Conservation Biology series includes internationally significant advances in the science that underpins conservation biology.

The aim is to produce timely books which reflect the research interests of the Society and provide an important contribution to a particular field.

Titles in the series include

Coral Reef Conservation
Edited by I.M. Côté and J.D. Reynolds
Phylogeny and Conservation
Edited by A. Purvis, J.L. Gittleman and T. Brooks
Reproductive Science and Integrated Conservation
Edited by W.V. Holt, A.R. Pickard, J.C. Rodger and D.E. Wildt
Top Predators in Marine Ecosystems
Edited by I.L. Boyd, S. Wanless and C.J. Camphuysen
Zoos in the 21st Century
Edited by A. Zimmermann, M. Hatchwell, L. Dickie and C. West

Riding the Tiger

Edited by J. Seidensticker, S. Christie and P. Jackson
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Riding the Tiger is a comprehensive, scientific and eminently readable account of the problems and possible solutions of securing a future for wild tigers.

Written by leading conservationists working throughout Asia, it is a vital resource for conservation practitioners and students of carnivore conservation.

Also of interest...

London Zoo from old photographs 1852–1914 (2nd Edition)

This second edition of London Zoo from old photographs 1852–1914 (first published in 1996) includes about four hundred photos and a completely revised text.

The photographs, which are accompanied by full and detailed captions, provide a fascinating window on the vanished world of London Zoo in the Victorian and Edwardian period, when, perhaps more than any other collection, it formed the bridge between primitive menageries which preceded it and the scientifically operated, conservation oriented zoos of the 21st century.

This book can be appreciated at many levels - from that of the professional zoologist to that of a child making his or her first steps in discovering the fascinating world of Zoology.
Purchase your copy here

Hardcover: 312 pages
Publisher: John Edwards; 2nd edition edition (18 Oct 2012)
Price £35

Nomenclator Zoologicus

Nomenclator Zoologicus is a continuous record of the bibliographical origins of the names of every genus and subgenus in zoology published since the 10th ed. of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae in 1758 up to 1994 in ten volumes (Volume 10 is an electronic-only volume and is not available for browsing).

Names are listed alphabetically, with a bibliographic reference to the original description of each one and an indication of the animal group to which it belongs.

In 2003, uBio received permission from the Zoological Society of London to undertake the digital conversion of Volumes 1-9 of Nomenclator Zoologicus.

The digitized version was developed with the permission of the Zoological Society of London at the MBLWHOI Library by uBio with the support and cooperation of Thomson Reuters , GBIF , and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation .

Symposia of the Zoological Society of London

The Symposia series was published from 1960 to 1999 and included invited contributions to international meetings held by the Zoological Society to explore a wide variety of zoological topics.

Titles in the series include

Mammalian Social Learning: Comparative and Ecological Perspectives
Edited by H.O. Box and K.R. Gibson
Behaviour and Ecology of Riparian Mammals
Edited by N. Dunstone and M. Gorman

A number of titles are available for purchase
Backstock volumes of Symposia of the Zoological Society (80 KB)