OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Wildlife Research is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Invasional meltdown-under? Toads facilitate cats by removing a naïve top predator	35
Ensemble forecasting of Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) distribution and habitat suitability in south-western Iran	22
Identifying important environmental variables in the niche partitioning of two keystone ecosystem engineers (Bettongia gaimardi and Potorous tridactylus) in Tasmania	22
Tree use by koalas after timber harvesting in a mosaic landscape	20
Behavioural responses of Australian lizards towards visual cues of feral cats	19
Detections of house mice on Gough Island approach zero within days of aerial baiting	18
Using stable-isotope analysis to assess recent diet and habitat use of stranded green turtles (Chelonia mydas)	18
Variability in the burst behaviour of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)	17
Insights from cloacal swab fecal DNA metabarcoding: a dietary assessment of juvenile white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) off California	14
Size does matter: detectability of arboreal mammals using thermal cameras and spotlighting	14
Heat and plant nutritional quality interact to constrain koala feeding	14
Anti-predator strategies of blue sheep (naur) under varied predator compositions: a comparison of snow leopard-inhabited valleys with and without wolves in Nepal	14
Population suppression of urban common mynas (Acridotheres tristis) by citizens: short-term effects on local avifauna and succession among the despots	14
Power of faecal pellet count and camera trapping indices to monitor mammalian herbivore activity	13
The fungal rat race: mycophagy among rodent communities in eastern Australia	12
Comparison of morphological identification and DNA metabarcoding for dietary analysis of faeces from a subtropical lizard	11
Comparisons of morphometrics and body condition between two breeding populations of Australian humpback whales	11
Activity and movement of small mammal tick hosts at the urban fringes of Sydney, Australia	11
High survivorship and rapid population growth of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) reintroduced to a feral predator exclosure	10
Navigating human-dominated landscapes: nest site selection by a threatened cavity-nesting apex predator	10
Preferential sampling can bias estimates of population growth rate using N-mixture models: guidance for monitoring programs	10
The impact of wild boars on the temporal resource utilisation of silver pheasants in South China	10
Snow track counts for density estimation of mammalian predators in the boreal forest	10
Healthy or unhealthy? Risk factors and biomarkers associated with exposure to infectious agents in wild lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris)	10
Set free: an evaluation of two break-away mechanisms for tracking collars	9

Evaluation of lion (Panthera leo) scat as a wild dog (Lycaon pictus) deterrent on game farms	9
Learning from past designs: improving amphibian fences using an adaptive management approach	9
Assessing local landowner versus non-local public support for a red wolf reintroduction using varying message treatments	9
Population dynamics of chital deer (Axis axis) in northern Queensland: effects of drought and culling	9
Species distribution modelling to identify and validate areas of occupancy for the magnificent broodfrog (Pseudophryne covacevichae)	9
Assessing target and non-target species interactions with buried non-toxic meat baits across fire mosaics	9
Habitat use and survival of the endangered northern bettong (Bettongia tropica) after prescribed fire	9
Nutritional stress and population density influence risk/reward decisions by elk	9
Water scarcity exacerbates feral ungulate use of ephemeral savanna waterholes in northern Australia	9
Habitat use and movement of a wide-ranging habitat generalist, the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), in a fragmented agricultural landscape	9
Purpose-driven approaches to age estimation in Australian flying-foxes (Pteropus)	9
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
Response of white-tailed deer to removal of invasive wild pigs	8
The great de-bait: are manufactured toxic baits a suitable alternative for the control of introduced canids?	8
How the goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) adapts to isolated island: from the perspective of habitat and food	8
Abundance and social organisation of male Asian elephants in northwestern India	8
Monitoring and habitat inferences change with population metric: a case study with mesocarnivores	7
Conservation of black bear (Ursus americanus) in Mexico through GPS tracking: crossing and roadkill sites	7
Environmental DNA as a detection tool for small-bodied, cryptic, threatened fish in a highly turbid freshwater lake system	7
Increasing the accuracy and efficiency of wildlife census with unmanned aerial vehicles: a simulation study	7
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)	7
More trees and fewer roads: the importance of local and landscape features for insectivorous bats in open urban green spaces	7
Is there a lizard down that spider burrow? Microhabitat influences spider burrow occupancy by the endangered pygmy bluetongue	7
Bayesian modelling reveals differences in long-term trends in the harvest of native and introduced species by recreational hunters in Australia	7
The bigger they are, the higher they go: Australian insectivorous bats confirm Bergmann’s 175-year-old prediction	7
Unravelling predator–prey interactions in response to planned fire: a case study from the Tanami Desert	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
Apparent resistance to brodifacoum in Rattus rattus in a New Zealand site with no history of anticoagulant-based rodent control	6
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)	6
Threatened stick-nest rats preferentially eat invasive boxthorn rather than native vegetation on Australia’s Reevesby Island	6
Nine-banded armadillos temporally avoid sites visited by domestic dogs and native carnivores	6
Better to bluff than run: conservation implications of feral-cat prey selectivity	6
Comparing shotshell characteristics to optimize aerial removal of wild pigs (Sus scrofa)	6
Movement ecology of adult and juvenile spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) in a seasonally dynamic environment	6
Kinship analysis reveals low dispersal in a hog deer (Axis porcinus) population in Wilsons Promontory National Park, Australia	6
Still a good dog! Long-term use and effectiveness of livestock guardian dogs to protect livestock from predators in Australia’s extensive grazing systems	6
Susceptibility of the golden bandicoot to the toxic Eradicat bait	6
Spatial ecology of invasive Bennett’s wallaby in South Island, New Zealand	6
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	6
Reintroducing the red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura): insights from 20 years of translocation efforts	6
Quantifying deer control efficiency using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture–recapture	6
Farmer–wildlife coexistence: decoding the pattern of human–wildlife conflict and compensation in the human-dominated landscape of Marathwada, western India	6
Habitat structure facilitates coexistence of native and invasive mesopredators in an Australian tropical savanna	6
Assessing the long-range performance of copper bullets on North American elk (Cervus canadensis)	6
Standardisation in bat acoustic research: a review of reporting practices in Australia	6
Seasonal patterns of adult and subadult white shark presence at coastal aggregation sites in central California	6
Pirra Jungku and Pirra Warlu: using traditional fire-practice knowledge and contemporary science to guide fire-management goals for desert animals	6
Effects of helicopter net gunning on the survival and movement behaviour of nilgai antelope	6

The toad less travelled: comparing life histories, ecological niches, and potential habitat of Asian black-spined toads and cane toads	6
Environmental DNA detection of spot-tailed quoll from soil is unlikely to be useful for routine monitoring	6
Occupancy of an urban-sensitive specialist: the role of habitat availability and fire on the urban edge	6
Recounting bias can affect abundance estimates from intensive helicopter surveys of feral goats	6
A comparison of ranger patrol survey to camera trapping for assessment of terrestrial mammal diversity in Htanmanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar	6
Testing the microclimatic effects of sprinklers aimed at mitigating heat stress in flying-fox roosts	5
Improved house mouse control in the field with a higher dose zinc phosphide bait	5
What can wildlife-detection dogs offer for managing small mammalian predators?	5
Ten years of camera trapping for a cryptic and threatened arboreal mammal – a review of applications and limitations	5
Activity of dingoes (Canis familiaris) and their use of anthropogenic resources in the Strzelecki Desert, South Australia	5
Insect-based tourism: glowworms in a show cave give robust bioluminescence displays	5
Determinants of attitudes towards wildlife in rural Taiwan and its implications for leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) conservation performance payment	5
Corrigendum to: Unravelling predator–prey interactions in response to planned fire: a case study from the Tanami Desert	5
Operational field trialling of Felixer™ grooming traps for the control of feral cats in the Strzelecki Desert, Australia	5
Combining acoustic localisation and high-resolution land cover classification to study predator vocalisation behaviour	5
Power and the passion: assessing statistical power with simulations to optimise monitoring of a threatened lizard	5
Diet and impacts of non-native fallow deer (Dama dama) on pastoral properties during severe drought	5
Nestling growth, sibling competition, and prey delivery rates of the Eleonora’s falcon (Falco eleonorae)	5
Biodiversity assessments vary with time-to-independence filter in camera trap studies	5
Factors influencing the success of hand-reared juvenile brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) released into the wild	5
A lesson for planning rodent eradications: interference of invasive slugs during the Gough Island mouse eradication attempt in 2021	5
A mouse that rocks: camera trapping shows that mound assessment criteria do not reliably predict pebble mouse (Pseudomys chapmani) activity	5