OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Mammal Review is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Generalists yet different: distributional responses to climate change may vary in opportunistic bat species sharing similar ecological traits	62
Limitations of acoustic monitoring at wind turbines to evaluate fatality risk of bats	29
Diet of the introduced red fox Vulpes vulpes in Australia: analysis of temporal and spatial patterns	28
Drivers of European bat population change: a review reveals evidence gaps	26
Middle‐out ecology: small carnivores as sentinels of global change	25
Diet composition of the golden jackal Canis aureus in south‐east Europe – a review	25
Cats Felis catus as a threat to bats worldwide: a review of the evidence	24
Bats and wetlands: synthesising gaps in current knowledge and future opportunities for conservation	24
The wild boar Sus scrofa in northern Eurasia: a review of range expansion history, current distribution, factors affecting the northern distributional limit, and management strategies	22
Pumas Puma concolor as ecological brokers: a review of their biotic relationships	22
Introduction, spread, and impacts of invasive alien mammal species in Europe	22
What can whiskers tell us about mammalian evolution, behaviour, and ecology?	20
Variation in red fox Vulpes vulpes diet in five continents	19
The geography of diet variation in Neotropical Carnivora	19
Drivers and facilitators of hunting behaviour in domestic cats and options for management	18
Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on mammals at tourism destinations: a systematic review	18
Of mammals and milk: how maternal stress affects nursing offspring	18
Climatic niche comparison of raccoons Procyon lotor and raccoon dogs Nyctereutes procyonoides in their native and non‐native ranges	17
Impact of human disturbance on temporal partitioning within carnivore communities	17
Ecosystem roles and conservation status of bioturbator mammals	17
Coyote diet in North America: geographic and ecological patterns during range expansion	16
A systematic review into the suitability of urban refugia for the Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	16
COVID‐19, media coverage of bats and related Web searches: a turning point for bat conservation?	15
When carnivores collide: a review of studies exploring the competitive interactions between bobcatsLynx rufusand coyotesCanis latrans	14
A review of philopatry and dispersal in felids living in an anthropised world	14

Fox Vulpes vulpes population trends in Western Europe during and after the eradication of rabies	14
Sexual aggression in mammals	14
Competitive overlap between martensMartes americanaandMartes caurinaand fishersPekania pennanti: a rangewide perspective and synthesis	13
Latitude, life history and sexual size dimorphism correlate with reproductive seasonality in rodents	13
A global analysis of ecological and evolutionary drivers of the use of wild mammals in traditional medicine	13
A review of the social behaviour of the giraffeGiraffa camelopardalis: a misunderstood but socially complex species	13
We eat meat: a review of carnivory in bats	13
Adverse effects of Diptera flies on northern ungulates: Rangifer, Alces, and Bison	12
An assessment of current wolfCanis lupusdomestication hypotheses based on wolf ecology and behaviour	11
Environmental DNA and metagenomics of terrestrial mammals as keystone taxa of recent and past ecosystems	11
Heterothermy, body size, and locomotion as ecological predictors of migration in mammals	11
A comprehensive review of mammalian carnivore translocations	11
Factors affecting spatiotemporal behaviour in the European brown hareLepus europaeus: a meta‐analysis	10
In the shadow of the rising sun: a systematic review of Japanese bat research and conservation	9
A global review of the conservation threats and status of mustelids	8
Convergent evolution of increased urine‐concentrating ability in desert mammals	8
Wild ungulate responses to anthropogenic land use: a comparative Pantropical analysis	8
Redefining the study of sexual dimorphism in bats: following the odour trail	8
Trends in cetacean research in the Eastern North Atlantic	8
Feral American mink Neogale vison continues to expand its European range: time to harmonise population monitoring and coordinate control	7
Assessing the threats facing wetland mammals in India using an evidence‐based conservation approach	7
Room to roam for African lions Panthera leo: a review of the key drivers of lion habitat use and implications for conservation	6
Dietary affinities, resource overlap and core structure in Atlantic Forest phyllostomid bat communities	6
Medium‐ to large‐bodied mammal surveys across the Neotropics are heavily biased against the most faunally intact assemblages	6
Limitations and gaps in global bat wing morphology trait data	6
Sea lion and fur seal interactions with fisheries and aquaculture in South American waters: threats and management perspectives	6
Spatial predictors and species’ traits: evaluating what really matters for medium‐sized and large mammals in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil	5
Flight and echolocation evolved once in Chiroptera: comments on ‘The evolution of flight in bats: a novel hypothesis’	5
Using citizen science to understand and map habitat suitability for a synurbic mammal in an urban landscape: the hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus	5
Runway roadkill: a global review of mammal strikes with aircraft	5
The impact of urbanisation on chipmunks, arboreal and flying squirrels: a global systematic review	5
Disentangling wildlife–cattle interactions in multi‐host tuberculosis scenarios: systematic review and meta‐analysis	5
Productivity correlates positively with mammalian diversity independently of the species’ feeding guild, body mass, or the vertical strata explored by the species	5
Sampling variables and their thresholds for the precise estimation of wild felid population density with camera traps and spatial capture–recapture methods	4
The Bruce effect should be defined by function, not mechanism: comments on ‘How to escape male infanticide: mechanisms for avoiding or terminating pregnancy in mammals’	4
Effects of climate change on life‐history traits in hibernating mammals	4
A review of the breeding biology of Chiroptera	4
Standardised and referenced acoustic monitoring reliably estimates bat fatalities at wind turbines: comments on ‘Limitations of acoustic monitoring at wind turbines to evaluate fatality risk of bats’	4
Testing for changes in rate of evolution and position of the climatic niche of clades	4
Balancing costs and benefits of managing hibernacula of cavernicolous bats	4
Interference competition driven by co‐occurrence with tigers Panthera tigris may increase livestock predation by leopards Panthera pardus: a first step meta‐analysis	4
Mountain ungulate mating systems: patterns and processes	4
Extinction and replacement events shaped the historical biogeography of Arctic mammals in Europe: new models of species response	4
Defining a common language to assess external deformities in free‐ranging cetaceans	4
Non‐invasive methods for monitoring weasels: emerging technologies and priorities for future research	3
Three decades of research on Iberian wild Carnivora: trends, highlights, and future directions	3
Testing the niche variation hypothesis in pinnipeds	3
A synthesis of life‐history traits, functional traits, and consequences of anthropogenic pressures on Madagascar’s threatened carnivorans, Eupleridae	3
Evaluating threats to South Shetland Antarctic fur seals amidst population collapse	3
Patterns of predation by the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx throughout its range: ecological and conservation implications	3

Review of the global research on Hyaenidae and implications for conservation and management	3
Spatial mapping memory: methods used to determine the existence and type of cognitive maps in arboreal mammals	2
Spatial and land‐use determinants of bat species richness, functional diversity, and site uniqueness throughout the largest Tropical country, Brazil	2
The challenging coexistence of forest elephants Loxodonta cyclotis and timber concessions in central Africa	2
Cat–wildlife interactions and zoonotic disease risk: a call for more and better community science data	2
You lick me, I like you: understanding the function of allogrooming in ungulates	2
Spatial patterns of large African cats: a large‐scale study on density, home range size, and home range overlap of lions Panthera leo and leopards Panthera pardus	2
Zoonotic disease classification in wildlife: a theoretical framework for researchers	2
Collective decision‐making in aquatic mammals	2
Small mammal associations with habitat composition, configuration, and management in tallgrass prairies: a review	2
The effects of wild ungulates on small mammals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	2
Growth and opportunities for drone surveillance in pinniped research	2