OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Integrative Zoology 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Bats and their vital ecosystem services: a global review	85
Metabolic and immunological effects of gut microbiota in leaf beetles at the local and systemic levels	42
Seasonal variations in the composition and functional profiles of gut microbiota reflect dietary changes in plateau pikas	42
Plague reservoir species throughout the world	37
The status of fertility control for rodents—recent achievements and future directions	34
Intestinal microbiota in various animals	31
Oxidative stress drives divergent evolution of the glutathione peroxidase (GPX) gene family in mammals	27
Prey decline leads to diet shift in the largest population of Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphins?	25
Choosing among correlative, mechanistic, and hybrid models of species’ niche and distribution	25
The honeybee gut resistome and its role in antibiotic resistance dissemination	24
Functional correlates of skull shape in Chiroptera: feeding and echolocation adaptations	23
Characterization of intestinal microbiota and fecal cortisol, T3, and IgA in forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) from birth to weaning	22
A pioneering survey of deep‐diving and off‐shore cetaceans in the northern South China Sea	22
Photo‐identification comparison of four Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin populations off southeast China	20
Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cave fish genusSinocyclocheilus(Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in southwest China	19
Microbial diversity and structure in the gastrointestinal tracts of two stranded short‐finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)	17
Multidrug‐resistant Proteus mirabilis isolates carrying bla_OXA‐1 and bla_NDM‐1 from wildlife in China: increasing public health risk	17
Sex and habitat differences in size and coloration of an amphibian's poison glands match differential predator pressures	17
Seed size affects rodent–seed interaction consistently across plant species but not within species: evidence from a seed tracking experiment of 41 tree species	17
Two community types occur in gut microbiota of large‐sample wild plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae)	17
Acute oral toxicity of zinc phosphide: an assessment for wild house mice (Mus musculus)	16
Recognition of big mammal species in airborne thermal imaging based on YOLO V5 algorithm	16
Sexual size dimorphism in lizards: Rensch's rule, reproductive mode, clutch size, and line fitting method effects	15
First live sighting of Deraniyagala's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hotaula) or ginkgo‐toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) in the western Pacific (South China Sea) with preliminary d	15
Anuran interorbital distance variation: the role of ecological and behavioral factors	14

Differential effects of environmental climatic variables on parasite abundances in blue tit nests during a decade	14
Rodent control to fight plague: field assessment of methods based on rat density reduction	14
Seed traits and rodent community interact to determine seed fate: evidence from both enclosure and field experiments	14
Large‐brained birds display lower extra‐pair paternity	13
Phenotypic changes in the metabolic profile and adiponectin activity during seasonal fattening and hibernation in female Daurian ground squirrels (Spermophilus dauricus)	13
Palatability and profitability of co‐occurring seeds alter indirect interactions among rodent‐dispersed trees	13
Commensal microbiota and host metabolic divergence are associated with the adaptation of Diploderma vela to spatially heterogeneous environments	13
Population increase and changes in behavior and morphology in the Critically Endangered Redonda ground lizard (Pholidoscelis atratus) following the successful removal of alien rats and goats	13
High rodent abundance increases seed removal but decreases scatter‐hoarding and seedling recruitment along an elevational gradient	12
Impact of contraceptive hormones on the reproductive potential of male and female commensal black rats (Rattus rattus)	12
Living on the edge: morphological and behavioral adaptations to a marginal high‐elevation habitat in an arboreal mammal	12
Latitudinal gradients in body size and sexual size dimorphism in fleas: males drive Bergmann's pattern	12
Global gaps in age data based on skeletochronology for amphibians	12
Metagenomics reveals contrasting energy utilization efficiencies of captive and wild camels (Camelus ferus)	12
Whistle signal variations among three Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin populations in the South China Sea: a combined effect of the Qiongzhou Strait's geographical barrier function and local ambient nois	12
Diel differences in blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) dive behavior increase nighttime risk of ship strikes in northern Chilean Patagonia	11
Anti‐fertility effect of levonorgestrel and/or quinestrol on striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius): evidence from both laboratory and field experiments	11
Multilocus DNA metabarcoding diet analyses of small cetaceans: a case study on highly vulnerable humpback dolphins and finless porpoises from the Pearl River Estuary, China	11
The effects of seed detectability and seed traits on hoarding preference of two rodent species	11
Trapped on the Roof of the World: taxonomic diversity and evolutionary patterns of Tibetan Plateau endemic freshwater snails (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae: Tibetoradix)	11
Simultaneous analysis of the intestinal parasites and diet through eDNA metabarcoding	11
Seasonal diet and microbiome shifts in wild rhesus macaques are better correlated at the level of nutrient components than food items	11
Long‐term changes in a small mammal community in a temperate zone meadow subject to seasonal floods and habitat transformation	11
Evolution of metabolic scaling among the tetrapod: effect of phylogeny, the geologic time of class formation, and uniformity of species within a class	11
Early divergence and differential population histories of the Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin in the Pacific and Indian Oceans	10
Habitat restoration is the greatest challenge for population recovery of Hainan gibbons (Nomascus hainanus)	10
Narrowversusbroad: sexual dimorphism in the wing form of western European species of the subgenusAvaritia(Culicoides, Ceratopogonidae)	10
Male heterogametic sex determination in Rana dybowskii based on sex‐linked molecular markers	10
A de novo assembled genome of the Tibetan Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae) and its high‐altitude adaptation	10
Impact of fertility versus mortality control on the demographics of Mastomys natalensis in maize fields	10
Altitude‐dependent metabolite biomarkers reveal the mechanism of plateau pika adaptation to high altitudes	10
Free‐ranging livestock altered the spatiotemporal behavior of the endangered North Chinese leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis) and its prey and intensified human–leopard conflicts	10
Conspicuous cruciform silk decorations deflect avian predator attacks	10
Seasonal change of circulating leptin associated with testicular activities of the wild ground squirrels (Citellus dauricus)	9
Comparative transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis reveals pectoralis highland adaptation across altitudinal songbirds	9
The role of environmental temperature on movement patterns of giant anteaters	9
Linking the past and present to predict the distribution of Asian crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) under global changes	9
No evidence for enzootic plague within black‐tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) populations	9
A new chelonibiid from the Miocene of Zanzibar (Eastern Africa) sheds light on the evolution of shell architecture in turtle and whale barnacles (Cirripedia: Coronuloidea)	9
Positive effect of spring advance on the diet quality of an alpine herbivore	9
Anthropogenic pressures increase extinction risk of an isolated Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) population in southwestern China, as revealed by a combination of molecular‐ and landscape‐scale	9
Reproductive responses of rice field rats (Rattus argentiventer) following treatment with the contraceptive hormones, quinestrol and levonorgestrol	9
Enhanced capacity of a leaf beetle to combat dual stress from entomopathogens and herbicides mediated by associated microbiota	9
The intestinal microbiota and metabolic profiles of Strauchbufo raddei underwent adaptive changes during hibernation	9
Genomic landscape of mitochondrial DNA insertions in 23 bat genomes: characteristics, loci, phylogeny, and polymorphism	8
Individual automatic detection and identification of big cats with the combination of different body parts	8
Fur glowing under ultraviolet: in situ analysis of porphyrin accumulation in the skin appendages of mammals	8
Effects of ex situ conservation on diversity and function of the gut microbiota of the Tibetan wild ass (Equus kiang)	8
Thresholds of population persistence for the Yangtze finless porpoise: implications for conservation managements	8
Developing fertility control for rodents: a framework for researchers and practitioners	8

Bird habitat preferences drive hemoparasite infection in the Neotropical region	8
Weighted individual‐resource networks in prey–predator systems: the role of prey availability on the emergence of modular structures	8
Antioxidant response to severe hypoxia in Brandt's vole Lasiopodomys brandtii	8
Integrative taxonomy unveils a new species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from the southern portion of the Taihang Mountains in northern China, with the description of its	8
Kinematics of whip spider pedipalps: a 3D comparative morpho‐functional approach	8
Do non‐target species visit feeders and water troughs targeting small game? A study from farmland Spain using camera‐trapping	8
Time and energy minimization strategy codetermine the loop migration of demoiselle cranes around the Himalayas	7
Vocal performance reflects individual quality in male Great Himalayan leaf‐nosed bats (Hipposideros armiger)	7
Latitudinal pattern of the thermal sensitivity of running speed in the endemic lizard Liolaemus multimaculatus	7
Relationships between soil pollution by heavy metals and melanin‐dependent coloration of a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile	7
Community‐based population monitoring for large baleen whales: the case study of Bryde's whale in Beibu Gulf of China	7
Major ascaroside pheromone component asc‐C5 influences reproductive plasticity among isolates of the invasive species pinewood nematode	7
Invasion and defense of the basic social unit in a nonhuman primate society leads to sexual differences in the gut microbiome	7
Temporal variation of the underwater soundscape in Jiaotou Bay, an Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) habitat off Hainan Island, China	7
Sagittal crest morphology decoupled from relative bite performance in Pleistocene tapirs (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae)	7
The biogeography of group sizes in humpback dolphins (Sousa spp.)	7
A molecular phylogeny for all 21 families within Chiroptera (bats)	7
Antifertility effects of levonorgestrel, quinestrol, and their mixture (EP‐1) on plateau zokor in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau	7
Asymmetric competition for seeds between two sympatric food hoarding rodents: implications for coexistence	7
What is the difference between marine and limnetic‐terrestrial associations of nematodes with invertebrates?	6
Olfaction alters spatial memory strategy of scatter‐hoarding animals	6
Insights into the divergent evolution of the oceanic squid Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) from the Indian Ocean	6
Infection and transovarial transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in Rhipicephalus sanguineus in Hainan Island, China	6
Conflicting selection pressures on seed size and germination caused by carnivorous seed dispersers	6
Pilfering of western juniper seed caches by scatter‐hoarding rodents varies by microsite and canopy type	6
Dual ecological functions of scatter‐hoarding rodents: pollinators and seed dispersers of Mucuna sempervirens (Fabaceae)	6
Analysis on the relationship between winter precipitation and the annual variation of horse stomach fly community in arid desert steppe, Northwest China (2007–2019)	6
The intriguing giant deer from the Bate cave (Crete): could paleohistological evidence question its taxonomy and nomenclature?	6
Role of transient receptor potential vanilloid‐1 in behavioral thermoregulation of the Mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus	6
Temperature and mass scaling affect cutaneous and pulmonary respiratory performance in a diving frog	5
Quantifying the relative importance of direct and indirect effects influencing bird nestling growth	5
Habitat components and population density drive plant litter consumption byEudrilus eugeniae(Oligochaeta) under tropical conditions	5
Ethyl‐iophenoxic acid as a quantitative bait marker for small mammals	5
Phenotypic consequences of maternally selected nests: a cross‐fostering experiment in a desert lizard	5
Long‐term monitoring of cycles in Clethrionomys rutilus in the Yukon boreal forest	5
A global evaluation of the associations between long‐term dynamics of seed falls and rodents	5
Epistatic interactions between pterin and carotenoid genes modulate intra‐morph color variation in a lizard	5
Prevalence and molecular characterization of Pentatrichomonas hominis in Siberian tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) in northeast China	5
Loss of top predators and fragmentation lead to the decline of dominant plants in forests: a balance needed for conservation and management on overabundant large herbivore species	5
Cetacean occurrence and diversity in whale‐watching waters off Mirissa, Southern Sri Lanka	5
The pikas of China: a review of current research priorities and challenges for conservation	5
Field assessment of dog as sentinel animal for plague in endemic foci of Madagascar	5
Fission–fusion dynamics of a pelagic delphinid in the arctic: the white‐beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)	5
Impact of the Miocene orogenesis on Kaloula spp. radiation and implication of local refugia on genetic diversification	5
The roles of anurans in antagonistic networks are explained by life‐habit and body‐size	5
Fluctuating fine‐scale spatial genetic structure in the common shrews (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia)	5
Revealing the real‐time diversity and abundance of small mammals by using an Intelligent Animal Monitoring System (IAMS)	5