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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
An overview of the history, current contributions and future outlook of iNaturalist in Australia	79
Effectiveness and costs of helicopter-based shooting of deer	21
Flooding-induced mortality of loggerhead sea turtle eggs	21
Ontogenetic changes in energy expenditure and resting behaviour of humpback whale mother–calf pairs examined using unmanned aerial vehicles	18
Seed dispersal by Neotropical bats in human-disturbed landscapes	16
Animal welfare outcomes of helicopter-based shooting of deer in Australia	14
Bayesian modelling reveals differences in long-term trends in the harvest of native and introduced species by recreational hunters in Australia	14
Red deer allocate vigilance differently in response to spatio-temporal patterns of risk from human hunters and wolves	13
Reptiles as food: predation of Australian reptiles by introduced red foxes compounds and complements predation by cats	13
Density and activity patterns of Pallas’s cats, Otocolobus manul, in central Mongolia	13
Fine-scale vertical habitat use of white sharks at an emerging aggregation site and implications for public safety	12
Seasonal and daily activity of non-native sambar deer in and around high-elevation peatlands, south-eastern Australia	12
Behavioural and physiological responses of captive Antillean manatees to small aerial drones	12
Drone thermal imaging technology provides a cost-effective tool for landscape-scale monitoring of a cryptic forest-dwelling species across all population densities	12
Lost at sea: determining geographic origins of illegally traded green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) rescued on Hainan Island, China	12
Cost-effectiveness of volunteer and contract ground-based shooting of sambar deer in Australia	11
Animal welfare outcomes of professional vehicle-based shooting of peri-urban rusa deer in Australia	11
Accuracies and biases of ageing white-tailed deer in semiarid environments	11
Cats are a key threatening factor to the survival of local populations of native small mammals in Australia’s tropical savannas: evidence from translocation trials with	11
Animal welfare testing for shooting and darting free-ranging wildlife: a review and recommendations	11
Radio-tracking wildlife with drones: a viewshed analysis quantifying survey coverage across diverse landscapes	11
A comparison of lead-based and lead-free bullets for shooting sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) in Australia	10
Minimising mortalities in capturing wildlife: refinement of helicopter darting of chital deer (	9
Harvesting predators: simulation of population recovery and controlled harvest of saltwater crocodiles Crocodylus porosus	9
Foreword to the Special Issue on ‘The rapidly expanding role of drones as a tool for wildlife research’	9

Koala tree selection in a mixed-tenure landscape and post-fire implications	9
Lowland tapir exposure to pesticides and metals in the Brazilian Cerrado	8
Defining separation zones for coastal birds at a wetland of global importance	8
Differing effects of productivity on home-range size and population density of a native and an invasive mammalian carnivore	8
Post-release immune responses of Tasmanian devils vaccinated with an experimental devil facial tumour disease vaccine	8
Comparison of three methods of estimating the population size of an arboreal mammal in a fragmented rural landscape	8
Evaluation of the use of drones to monitor a diverse crocodylian assemblage in West Africa	8
Can flexible timing of harvest for translocation reduce the impact on fluctuating source populations?	8
How much survey effort is required to assess bird assemblages in fire-prone eucalypt forests using acoustic recorders?	8
Double-observer distance sampling improves the accuracy of density estimates for a threatened arboreal mammal	8
Experimentally testing the response of feral cats and their prey to poison baiting	7
Delineating genetic management units of sambar deer (	7
Sign surveys can be more efficient and cost effective than driven transects and camera trapping: a comparison of detection methods for a small elusive mammal, the numbat (	7
Tree hollow densities reduced by frequent late dry-season wildfires in threatened Gouldian finch (	7
Increasing fire severity negatively affects greater glider density	7
Effects of environmental factors on the detection of subsurface green turtles in aerial drone surveys	7
Goat movement patterns inform management of feral goat populations in semiarid rangelands	6
Mammal responses to moderate-intensity planned burning in a small, isolated woodland reserve	6
Acoustic localisation of wildlife with low-cost equipment: lower sensitivity, but no loss of precision	6
Vegetation cover and configuration drive reptile species distributions in a fragmented landscape	6
Post-nesting movements and feeding ground distribution by the hawksbill turtle (	6
Snow track counts for density estimation of mammalian predators in the boreal forest	6
Predator-free short-hydroperiod wetlands enhance metamorph output in a threatened amphibian: insights into frog breeding behaviour evolution and conservation management	6
Comparing unmanned aerial systems with conventional methodology for surveying a wild white-tailed deer population	6
Developing a correction factor to apply to animal–vehicle collision data for improved road mitigation measures	6
New evidence of seed dispersal identified in Australian mammals	6
Seasonal habitat suitability models for a threatened species: the Gunnison sage-grouse	6
Plasticity in daily activity patterns of a key prey species in the Iberian Peninsula to reduce predation risk	6
Predicting spatial and seasonal patterns of wildlife–vehicle collisions in high-risk areas	6
Damage to silo bags by mammals in agroecosystems: a contribution for mitigating human–wildlife conflicts	6
Improved house mouse control in the field with a higher dose zinc phosphide bait	6
Invasive axis deer and wild boar in a protected area in Argentina, controlled hunting, and Taylor’s law	6
Cost-effectiveness of thermal imaging for monitoring a cryptic arboreal mammal	5
A comparison of manual and automated detection of rusa deer (	5
Scars of human–elephant conflict: patterns inferred from field observations of Asian elephants in Sri Lanka	5
Carcass use by mesoscavengers drives seasonal shifts in Australian alpine scavenging dynamics	5
Lethal control of eutherian predators via aerial baiting does not negatively affect female spotted-tailed quolls (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus) and their pouch young	5
Behaviour of a large ungulate reflects temporal patterns of predation risk	5
Conservation issues using discordant taxonomic and evolutionary units: a case study of the American manatee (	5
Tree use by koalas after timber harvesting in a mosaic landscape	5
The assemblage of birds struck by aircraft differs among nearby airports in the same bioregion	5
Adaptive monitoring: using citizen scientists to track wolf populations when winter-track counts become unreliable	5
Insights and inferences on koala conservation from records of koalas arriving to care in South East Queensland	5
Comparisons of morphometrics and body condition between two breeding populations of Australian humpback whales	5
Evaluation of helicopter net-gunning to capture wild fallow deer (	5
The canid pest ejector challenge: controlling urban foxes while keeping domestic dogs safe	4
Underlying beliefs linked to public opinion about gene drive and pest-specific toxin for pest control	4
Grizzly bear response to translocation into a novel environment	4
Abundance, demography, and harvesting of water snakes from agricultural landscapes in West Java, Indonesia	4
Learned avoidance of trap locations in freshwater turtles	4

Varying degrees of spatio-temporal partitioning among large carnivores in a fenced reserve, South Africa	4
Estimating and validating koala	4
Rocky escarpment versus savanna woodlands: comparing diet and body condition as indicators of habitat quality for the endangered northern quoll (	4
Fox and cat responses to fox baiting intensity, rainfall and prey abundance in the Upper Warren, Western Australia	4
Characterising a unique recreational hunting method: hound hunting of sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) in Victoria, Australia	4
The influence of camera-trap flash type on the behavioural response, detection rate and individual recognition of Eld’s deer	4
Historical record shows broad habitat use and rapid decline of the greater bilby Macrotis lagotis in eastern Australia	4
Factors influencing the success of hand-reared juvenile brushtail possums (	4
Can conditioned taste aversion be deployed at a landscape level to mitigate the impact of invasive cane toads on northern quolls?	4
How quoll-ified are northern and spotted-tailed quoll detection dogs?	4
Rodenticide baiting black rats (	4
The effect of scent lures on detection is not equitable among sympatric species	4
Implications of habitat overlap between giant panda and sambar for sympatric multi-species conservation	4
Road orientation affects the impact of roads on wildlife	4
Estimating habitat characteristics associated with the abundance of free-roaming domestic cats across the annual cycle	4
Who’s afraid of the big, bad predator? Contrasting effects of apex predator presence on the behaviour of a mesopredator	4
Fifty-year review: European rabbit fleas,	4
A lesson for planning rodent eradications: interference of invasive slugs during the Gough Island mouse eradication attempt in 2021	4