Annales Zoologici Fennici (AnZF) has a long tradition of publishing high quality papers on all topics relating to zoology. AnZF welcomes submissions of original, previously unpublished research reports, review articles, rapid communications, and commentaries on any level of biological organization. AnZF especially welcomes manuscripts dealing with ecology, behavior, or evolutionary patterns of animals. AnZF also encourages submission of important research relating to conservation biology and wildlife management. Scope: animal, behavioural, and evolutionary ecology, ecological genetics and molecular ecology, phylogenetics, conservation biology, ecophysiology and ecotoxicology, and wildlife management.