OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mammal Review is 8. 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
Bats and wetlands: synthesising gaps in current knowledge and future opportunities for conservation	24
Cats Felis catus as a threat to bats worldwide: a review of the evidence	24
Introduction, spread, and impacts of invasive alien mammal species in Europe	22
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
What can whiskers tell us about mammalian evolution, behaviour, and ecology?	20
The geography of diet variation in Neotropical Carnivora	19
Variation in red fox Vulpes vulpes diet in five continents	19
Of mammals and milk: how maternal stress affects nursing offspring	18
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
Ecosystem roles and conservation status of bioturbator mammals	17
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
A systematic review into the suitability of urban refugia for the Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	16
Coyote diet in North America: geographic and ecological patterns during range expansion	16
COVID‐19, media coverage of bats and related Web searches: a turning point for bat conservation?	15
Sexual aggression in mammals	14
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
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
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
Adverse effects of Diptera flies on northern ungulates: Rangifer, Alces, and Bison	12
A comprehensive review of mammalian carnivore translocations	11
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
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
Trends in cetacean research in the Eastern North Atlantic	8
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