The Journal of Zoology publishes high-quality research papers that are original and are of broad interest. The Editors seek studies that are hypothesis-driven and interdisciplinary in nature. Papers on animal behaviour, ecology, physiology, anatomy, developmental biology, evolution, systematics, genetics and genomics will be considered; research that explores the interface between these disciplines is strongly encouraged. Studies dealing with geographically and/or taxonomically restricted topics should test general hypotheses, describe novel findings or have broad implications.
The Journal of Zoology aims to maintain an effective but fair peer-review process that recognises research quality as a combination of the relevance, approach and execution of a research study.
The journal also welcomes reviews and forum papers on current issues, particularly where topics of a complex or poorly understood field are synthesized. Prospective authors should submit a 300-word abstract, a list of up to 20 key references, and a cover letter (two pages maximum) outlining what will be discussed in the article. Proposals for reviews should be submitted to journalofzoology@zsl.org. The submission of completed review manuscripts without prior consultation with the Editor is discouraged.
The Journal of Zoology is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics. Papers that report experimental work must comply with the standards laid down by British national or equivalent legislation and the research permit number must be stated in the acknowledgments section of your manuscript.

Editor-in-Chief
Nigel Bennett
Department of Zoology and Entomology
Mammal Research Institute
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
Gauteng 0002
South Africa
ncbennett@zoology.up.ac.za
Editors
Matt Hayward
University of Newcastle
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
Biology Building
University Drive
New South Wales
2308
Australia
matthew.hayward@newcastle.edu.au
Andrew Kitchener
Department of Natural Sciences
National Museums Scotland
Chambers Street
Edinburgh EH1 1JF
UK
akitchener@btinternet.com
Mark-Oliver Roedel
Museum fur Naturkunde
Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin
10115 Berlin
Germany
MO.Roedel@mfn-berlin.de
Gabriele Uhl
University of Greifswald
Zoological Institute and Museum
Loitzer Strasse 26
D-17489 Greifswald
Germany
gabriele.uhl@uni-greifswald.de
Jean-Nicolas Volff
Equipe Génomique Evolutive des Vertébrés
Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon
UMR5242 CNRS/INRA/Université Claude Bernard LyonI/ENS
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
46 allée d'Italie
F-69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
Jean-Nicolas.Volff@ens-lyon.fr
Reviews Editor
David Hone
Queen Mary University of London
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS
UK
d.hone@qmul.ac.uk
Associate Editors
D. Astúa, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
S. Baeckens, Harvard University, USA
I. Barja, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
P. Bateman, Curtin University, Australia
J. Bielby, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
C. Böhmer, UMR 7179 CNRS/Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France
F. Broekhuis, University of Oxford, Kenya/UK
E. Cameron, University of Tasmania, Australia
D.L. Dalton, National Zoological Garden, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa
A. Dettaï, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France
A. Drake, Skidmore College, USA
D.-Y. Ge, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
S. Gerry, Fairfield University, USA
L. Hart, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A. Herrel, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, France
N. Hidalgo Aranzamendi, Monash University, Australia, and Museo de Historia Natural UNSA, Peru
L. Karczmarski, Cetacea Research Institute and University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
E. Koivisto, University of Turku, Finland
M. Leclerc, Laval University, Canada
W.B. Liao, China West Normal University, China
K. Miler, Jagiellonian University, Poland
D. Miles, Ohio Univeristy, USA
N. Miranda, Nelson Mandela University and Rhodes University, South Africa
E. Mori, University of Siena, Italy
H. Nichols, Swansea University, UK
M. Palmer, Princeton University, USA
S. Périquet, Ongava Research Centre, Namibia
B. Picone, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
F. Raffini, The University of Sheffield, UK
A. Ravignani, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, and Sealcentre Pieterburen, The Netherlands
G. Rishworth, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
E. Rodgers, University of Antwerp, Belgium
A. Rodríguez, Estación Biológica de Doñana CSIC, Spain
M.L. da Silva, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil
G. Shannon, Bangor University, UK
S. Sharma, University of Göttingen, Germany
E. Vieira, Universidade de Brasilia (UnB), Brazil
J. Winternitz, Bielefeld University, Germany
I. Zliobaite, University of Helsinki, Finland