OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Wildlife Research is 4. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Behavioural responses of Australian lizards towards visual cues of feral cats	30
Invasional meltdown-under? Toads facilitate cats by removing a naïve top predator	28
Identifying important environmental variables in the niche partitioning of two keystone ecosystem engineers (Bettongia gaimardi and Potorous tridactylus) in Tasmania	24
Detections of house mice on Gough Island approach zero within days of aerial baiting	20
Size does matter: detectability of arboreal mammals using thermal cameras and spotlighting	20
Anti-predator strategies of blue sheep (naur) under varied predator compositions: a comparison of snow leopard-inhabited valleys with and without wolves in Nepal	18
Using stable-isotope analysis to assess recent diet and habitat use of stranded green turtles (Chelonia mydas)	18
Ensemble forecasting of Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) distribution and habitat suitability in south-western Iran	15
Tree use by koalas after timber harvesting in a mosaic landscape	14
Power of faecal pellet count and camera trapping indices to monitor mammalian herbivore activity	14
It’s a trap: effective methods for monitoring house mouse populations in grain-growing regions of south-eastern Australia	13
Comparison of morphological identification and DNA metabarcoding for dietary analysis of faeces from a subtropical lizard	13
Activity and movement of small mammal tick hosts at the urban fringes of Sydney, Australia	13
Unique utilisation pattern responses of five sympatric ungulates to local phenological gradients	12
Comparisons of morphometrics and body condition between two breeding populations of Australian humpback whales	12
Snow track counts for density estimation of mammalian predators in the boreal forest	12
Healthy or unhealthy? Risk factors and biomarkers associated with exposure to infectious agents in wild lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris)	12
The impact of wild boars on the temporal resource utilisation of silver pheasants in South China	12
High survivorship and rapid population growth of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) reintroduced to a feral predator exclosure	11
The fungal rat race: mycophagy among rodent communities in eastern Australia	11
Nutritional stress and population density influence risk/reward decisions by elk	10
Assessing target and non-target species interactions with buried non-toxic meat baits across fire mosaics	10
Set free: an evaluation of two break-away mechanisms for tracking collars	10
Learning from past designs: improving amphibian fences using an adaptive management approach	10
Water scarcity exacerbates feral ungulate use of ephemeral savanna waterholes in northern Australia	10

Differing effects of productivity on home-range size and population density of a native and an invasive mammalian carnivore	9
Assessing local landowner versus non-local public support for a red wolf reintroduction using varying message treatments	9
Habitat use and survival of the endangered northern bettong (Bettongia tropica) after prescribed fire	9
Population dynamics of chital deer (Axis axis) in northern Queensland: effects of drought and culling	9
Purpose-driven approaches to age estimation in Australian flying-foxes (Pteropus)	9
Response of white-tailed deer to removal of invasive wild pigs	9
Evaluation of lion (Panthera leo) scat as a wild dog (Lycaon pictus) deterrent on game farms	9
Testing the validity of using raceway and swimway performance in sea turtle hatchlings as an index of real-life crawling and swimming performance	8
Monitoring the Endangered wiliji (Petrogale lateralis kimberleyensis) on Nyikina Mangala Country (Western Australia) using camera traps	8
Using expert elicitation to identify effective combinations of management actions for koala conservation in different regional landscapes	8
Age- and sex-dependent vigilance behaviour modifies social structure of hunted wild boar populations	8
Impacts of ‘Curiosity’ baiting on feral cat populations in woodland habitats of Kangaroo Island, South Australia	8
How the goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) adapts to isolated island: from the perspective of habitat and food	8
More trees and fewer roads: the importance of local and landscape features for insectivorous bats in open urban green spaces	8
Remote sensor camera traps provide the first density estimate for the largest natural population of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)	7
The great de-bait: are manufactured toxic baits a suitable alternative for the control of introduced canids?	7
Insuring woylies (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi) against extinction: establishment of Perup Sanctuary	7
Factors affecting recent population decline and range contraction of the greater long-tailed hamster in China	7
Bayesian modelling reveals differences in long-term trends in the harvest of native and introduced species by recreational hunters in Australia	7
Behaviour of a large ungulate reflects temporal patterns of predation risk	7
Unravelling predator–prey interactions in response to planned fire: a case study from the Tanami Desert	7
Monitoring and habitat inferences change with population metric: a case study with mesocarnivores	7
Foreword to the Special Issue on ‘The rapidly expanding role of drones as a tool for wildlife research’	6
Increasing the accuracy and efficiency of wildlife census with unmanned aerial vehicles: a simulation study	6
Is there a lizard down that spider burrow? Microhabitat influences spider burrow occupancy by the endangered pygmy bluetongue	6
Standardisation in bat acoustic research: a review of reporting practices in Australia	6
Threatened stick-nest rats preferentially eat invasive boxthorn rather than native vegetation on Australia’s Reevesby Island	6
Apparent resistance to brodifacoum in Rattus rattus in a New Zealand site with no history of anticoagulant-based rodent control	6
Conservation of black bear (Ursus americanus) in Mexico through GPS tracking: crossing and roadkill sites	6
Are canid pest ejectors an effective control tool for wild dogs in an arid rangeland environment?	6
Developing a regional species distribution model and validating with independent survey data: a case study of an avian apex predator, the greater sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa)	6
The bigger they are, the higher they go: Australian insectivorous bats confirm Bergmann’s 175-year-old prediction	6
Environmental DNA as a detection tool for small-bodied, cryptic, threatened fish in a highly turbid freshwater lake system	6
Post-release immune responses of Tasmanian devils vaccinated with an experimental devil facial tumour disease vaccine	6
Pirra Jungku and Pirra Warlu: using traditional fire-practice knowledge and contemporary science to guide fire-management goals for desert animals	6
Seasonal patterns of adult and subadult white shark presence at coastal aggregation sites in central California	5
Effects of helicopter net gunning on the survival and movement behaviour of nilgai antelope	5
Quantifying deer control efficiency using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture–recapture	5
Diet and impacts of non-native fallow deer (Dama dama) on pastoral properties during severe drought	5
Determinants of attitudes towards wildlife in rural Taiwan and its implications for leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) conservation performance payment	5
Combining acoustic localisation and high-resolution land cover classification to study predator vocalisation behaviour	5
Factors influencing the success of hand-reared juvenile brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) released into the wild	5
Better to bluff than run: conservation implications of feral-cat prey selectivity	5
Kinship analysis reveals low dispersal in a hog deer (Axis porcinus) population in Wilsons Promontory National Park, Australia	5
Assessing the long-range performance of copper bullets on North American elk (Cervus canadensis)	5
Spatial ecology of invasive Bennett’s wallaby in South Island, New Zealand	5
Comparing shotshell characteristics to optimize aerial removal of wild pigs (Sus scrofa)	5
Farmer–wildlife coexistence: decoding the pattern of human–wildlife conflict and compensation in the human-dominated landscape of Marathwada, western India	5
Spatial ecology of a translocated, imperiled lagomorph on a newly inhabited island	5
Environmental DNA detection of spot-tailed quoll from soil is unlikely to be useful for routine monitoring	5

Ten years of camera trapping for a cryptic and threatened arboreal mammal – a review of applications and limitations	5
Improved house mouse control in the field with a higher dose zinc phosphide bait	5
Recounting bias can affect abundance estimates from intensive helicopter surveys of feral goats	5
Habitat structure facilitates coexistence of native and invasive mesopredators in an Australian tropical savanna	5
Still a good dog! Long-term use and effectiveness of livestock guardian dogs to protect livestock from predators in Australia’s extensive grazing systems	5
A comparison of ranger patrol survey to camera trapping for assessment of terrestrial mammal diversity in Htanmanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar	5
The toad less travelled: comparing life histories, ecological niches, and potential habitat of Asian black-spined toads and cane toads	5
The Arid Zone Monitoring Project: combining Indigenous ecological expertise with scientific data analysis to assess the potential of using sign-based surveys to monitor vertebrates in the Australian d	5
Activity of dingoes (Canis familiaris) and their use of anthropogenic resources in the Strzelecki Desert, South Australia	5
Movement ecology of adult and juvenile spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) in a seasonally dynamic environment	5
Estimating feral cat (Felis catus) population density in eastern Australia’s subtropical rainforest using spatial capture-recapture incorporating unidentified individuals	5
What can wildlife-detection dogs offer for managing small mammalian predators?	5
A lesson for planning rodent eradications: interference of invasive slugs during the Gough Island mouse eradication attempt in 2021	5
Comparing acoustic survey data for European bats: do walked transects or automated fixed-point surveys provide more robust data?	5
Corrigendum to: Unravelling predator–prey interactions in response to planned fire: a case study from the Tanami Desert	5
Where there’s smoke, there’s cats: long-unburnt habitat is crucial to mitigating the impacts of cats on the Ngarlgumirdi, greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)	5
Nine-banded armadillos temporally avoid sites visited by domestic dogs and native carnivores	5
Evaluating scat surveys as a tool for population and community assessments	4
Comparison of thermal cameras and human observers to estimate population density of fallow deer (Dama dama) from aerial surveys in Tasmania, Australia	4
Sympatric ray species show different temporal patterns for accessing provisioned food	4
Temporal effects of relative hunter activity on adult male white-tailed deer habitat use	4
Seasonal and daily activity of non-native sambar deer in and around high-elevation peatlands, south-eastern Australia	4
Exploring the human dimensions of gharial conservation in the Mahanadi River, India	4
‘It’s a people problem, not a goat problem.’ Mitigating human–mountain goat interactions in a Canadian Provincial Park	4
Animal welfare outcomes of helicopter-based shooting of deer in Australia	4
Cost-effectiveness of volunteer and contract ground-based shooting of sambar deer in Australia	4
Birds not in flight: using camera traps to observe ground use of birds at a wind-energy facility	4
Southern brown bandicoots, Isoodon obesulus obesulus, occupy the margins of artificial waterways, in preference to bushland remnants or roadside vegetation	4
Raccoon abundance indexing and removal: implications for Blanding’s turtle nest success	4
Do high recapture rates indicate representative sampling? The relationship between recapture probability, risk-taking, and personality	4
Immunocontraception of the female African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) in South Africa: from pipe dream to policy	4
Historical record shows broad habitat use and rapid decline of the greater bilby Macrotis lagotis in eastern Australia	4
The effects of expectations, motivations, and constraints on small game hunters’ seasonal satisfaction	4
Applying a versatile, comprehensive, attribute-based waterhole classification scheme to ecosystem-based management challenges	4
First evidence of avian predation of threatened freshwater mussels (Echyridella spp.) in New Zealand: predation patterns, prey characteristics and prey selectivity of a native wading bird (Porphyrio p	4
Ecology, impacts and management of wild deer in Australia	4
The influence of severe wildfire on a threatened arboreal mammal	4
Habitat features important for the conservation of the endangered Sloane’s Froglet (Crinia sloanei) in peri-urban environments	4
Fifty-year review: European rabbit fleas, Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale, 1878) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), enhanced the efficacy of myxomatosis for controlling Australian rabbits	4
Managing conflict between nesting common terns and herring gulls	4
Abundance, demography, and harvesting of water snakes from agricultural landscapes in West Java, Indonesia	4
Operational field trialling of Felixer™ grooming traps for the control of feral cats in the Strzelecki Desert, Australia	4
Leopard next door: understanding livestock depredation and public attitudes in Surat district of Gujarat, India	4
Acoustic localisation of wildlife with low-cost equipment: lower sensitivity, but no loss of precision	4
Learned avoidance of trap locations in freshwater turtles	4
Power and the passion: assessing statistical power with simulations to optimise monitoring of a threatened lizard	4
Effects of environmental factors on the detection of subsurface green turtles in aerial drone surveys	4
A mouse that rocks: camera trapping shows that mound assessment criteria do not reliably predict pebble mouse (Pseudomys chapmani) activity	4
Adaptive management of a remote threatened-species population on Aboriginal lands	4
Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of introduced sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) in an alpine landscape	4
Demographics, attitudes and emotions as predictors of support for bear management	4
Avian assemblages are maintained after aerial applications of ULV fenitrothion for control of the Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker)) in arid and semiarid agroecosystems	4