OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Mammal Research is 1. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Where does the fox stay? First camera trap records of the threatened hoary fox Lycalopex vetulus (Carnivora, Canidae) in a xeric habitat of a neotropical dry forest–savanna ecotone	21
Genetic insights into an Apennine population of the Italian red deer	16
Fish on the platter! Dietary habits of fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) in the Godavari Delta, India	15
Decadal trends in a population of urban white-tailed jackrabbits at the northern edge of its range	13
Characterization of recent wild pig-vehicle collisions in Georgia, USA	11
First documentation of scent-marking behaviors in striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis)	10
Characterization of microsatellites in the endangered snow leopard based on the chromosome-level genome	10
Habitat structure and the presence of large carnivores shape the site use of an understudied small carnivore: caracal ecology in a miombo woodland	9
Addressing nontarget amplification in DNA metabarcoding studies of arthropod-feeding rodents	9
Wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) — a newcomer in Estonian mammal fauna?	8
Habitat structure, not the anthropogenic context or large predators, shapes occupancy of a generalist mesopredator across protected areas in South Africa	7
Genetic relationships among populations of the small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) introduced in Japan	7
European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as seed disperser in arid ecotones of Argentina: non-native herbivore facilitation of native and non-native plants	7
A method to sample small mammals in the subnivium	6
Terrestrial locomotor behaviors of the big brown bat (Vespertilionidae: Eptesicus fuscus)	6
First characterization of the echolocation calls of Myotis dinellii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)	6
The first report on genetic variability and population structure in jackals from Bosnia and Herzegovina	6
Assessing the ecological suitability of the Irish landscape for the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)	6
Seasonal and diel activity patterns of small mammal guilds on the Pannonian Steppe: a step towards a better understanding of the ecology of the endangered Hungarian birch mouse (Sicista trizona) (Smin	6
Evidence of anthropogenic subsidisation of red foxes in a national park important for breeding wading birds	6
Reducing identification errors of African carnivores from photographs through computer-assisted workflow	5
Camera traps strengthen inference about endangered beach mouse activity	5
Body condition is positively related to basal metabolic rate in two species of vespertilionid bats from Central Mexico	5
A first attempt to track the genetic signature of colonization of the Mediterranean basin by the pygmy white-toothed shrew, Suncus etruscus (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae)	5
Life history traits of free-living bush Karoo rats (Otomys unisulcatus) in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo	5

Dietary habits of the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the Brazilian wetlands	5
Population density and activity of the Gobi bear	5
Habitat selection of smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) in the peri-coastal, urbanised landscape of Goa, India	5
Monthly fluctuation of colony size and composition of the free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis in the southernmost roost of Mexico	5
Seasonal variation in the activity pattern of red squirrels and their mammalian predators	5
Beavers are not alone: parasitic assessment of released Eurasian beavers in Central Italy	5
Trunks and treetops: integrating terrestrial and arboreal camera-trap surveys to document elusive mammal communities in India	5
Albinism in the common shrew Sorex araneus	5
Nutritional niche separation between native roe deer and the nonnative fallow deer—a test of interspecific competition	4
Distribution, diel activity patterns and human-bear interactions of the Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) in the Deosai National Park, Pakistan	4
Correction to: Population density, habitat use and activity patterns of endangered hog deer in Cambodia	4
Correction to: The Mostela: an adjusted camera trapping device as a promising non-invasive tool to study and monitor small mustelids	4
Comparison of three camera trap designs for sampling small mammals	4
Habitat characteristics around dens in female brown bears with cubs are density dependent	4
Food habits and dietary partitioning between leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) and Asiatic lion (Panthera leo leo) in Gir protected area, Gujarat, India	4
Current distribution and habitat models of the yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula, in South Korea	4
Foraging ecology of Alpine mountain hares and European hares in the Alps: is competition about food a driving force in overlapping elevations?	4
Correction to: Intraspecific differences in the diet of Kuril harbor seals (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) in Erimo, Hokkaido, using DNA barcoding diet analysis	4
Wildlife feeding activities induce papillae proliferation in the rumen of fallow deer	4
Carried away by a moonlight shadow: activity of wild boar in relation to nocturnal light intensity	4
Population structure of sigmodontine rodents through age estimation by individual growth models	4
Spatio-temporal variability in the feeding strategy of Andean rodents: the role of ambient temperature and food availability	4
Scent lures and baits at camera traps improve time to first detection and detection probability of two typically elusive species of weasel	4
Jaguar (Panthera onca) population dynamics in an “isolated” national park in the Cerrado biome, Brazil	4
Correction to: Blown away? Wind speed and foraging success in an acoustic predator	4
Explorative behavior allows the successful finding of ephemeral food resources in the wild	4
Diet and resource partitioning in Patagonian bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae and Molossidae)	4
New records of White-lipped Peccaries in altered landscapes of the Brazilian Midwest	3
Description of the echolocation pulses of insectivorous bats with new records for Southwest Colombia	3
Spatio-temporal patterns of vertebrate roadkills in a suburban area in northern Japan	3
A new camera-trapping device, the Campascope, to study feeding behaviour of subterranean rodents	3
How much Eurasian beaver activity is there in Italy? Using field signs to monitor and map a returned species	3
Large hairy armadillo Chaetophractus villosus: the most recent mammal invader in the binational Tierra del Fuego Island	3
Genetic variation of European mouflon depends on admixture of introduced individuals	3
Variations in density of pine marten Martes martes populations according to forest fragmentation	3
Extraordinary chromosome diversity in the southernmost populations of the montane grass mouse Akodon montensis (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae)	3
Phylogenetic divergence associated with climate oscillations and topology illustrates the dispersal history of Formosan sambar deer (Rusa unicolor swinhoii) in Taiwan	3
Habitat suitability and representation of the potential distribution of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) within land cover types and protected areas of eastern Colombia	3
Seasonal movements of migratory and resident female moose (Alces alces) in north-central British Columbia, Canada	3
Population regulation in the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) in old-growth coniferous forests of southern British Columbia: insights from a long-term study	3
Habitat use by the endangered spotted-tailed quoll in a fragmented landscape	3
Browsing into a Panamanian tropical rainforest: micro- and mesowear study of Central American red brocket deer	3
Population density, habitat use and activity patterns of endangered hog deer in Cambodia	2
New genetic data unveil taxonomic complexity in the high-Andean sigmodontine Abrothrix andina (Rodentia, Cricetidae)	2
Volume of foliage tents affects harem size in Cynopterus sphinx living in a fission-fusion society	2
Insights into the breeding ecology of wild-living European wildcats in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain	2
Inventorying terrestrial mammal species in mixed-mangrove forest of the Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, with special reference to a new locality record of otter civet, Cynogale bennettii	2
Does condition of adult male cervids reflect condition of adult females? A test with mule deer	2
Population genomics reveals differences in genetic structure between two endemic arboreal rodent species in threatened cloud forest habitat	2
Similarity of locomotor personality trait within parents improves their reproduction in the common vole (Microtus arvalis) under laboratory conditions	2

Phylogeography, morphometry and the species distribution modelling in Myotis longicaudatus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in the Eastern Palaearctic	2
Correction to: Molecular DNA-based spatial mapping technique predicting diversity and distribution of otters (Lutrinae) in Peninsular Malaysia using non-invasive fecal samples	2
Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) abundance estimation using Bayesian methods: first data from a highly agricultural environment in central Italy	2
Spatiotemporal patterns of red fox scavenging in forest and tundra: the influence of prey fluctuations and winter conditions	2
Shifts in the trophic ecology of feral cats in the alpine ecosystem of an oceanic island: implications for the conservation of native biodiversity	2
DNA metabarcoding dietary analyses of the wood mouse Apodemus speciosus on Innoshima Island, Japan, and implications for primer choice	2
Mink invasion in Chiloé Island, Chile: population genetics and Leptospira spp. detection in Neovison vison	2
Size does not matter: natural history and sexual dimorphism of the striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus amazonicus) in Central Brazil	2
Dietary partitioning and competition between sika deer and Japanese serows in high elevation habitats	2
Correction to: Climate change threatens striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) distribution in Nepal	2
Do highways influence the genetic structure of coyotes (Canis latrans) in a highly fragmented urban–rural landscape in central Mexico?	2
Activity patterns of an arboreal and semi-arboreal mammal community	2
Short-term extra food supply effects on detectability of two rodent species in Pampean agroecosystems, Argentina	2
Genetic variability and population size covary positively across nine badgers (Meles meles) populations in France	2
Relationships among North American deer based on mitochondrial DNA and ultraconserved elements, with comments on mito-nuclear discordance	2
How many nights should acoustic detectors be set to estimate cave-exiting behavior of hibernating bats?	2
Calling up ghosts: acoustic playback of social vocalisations reveals complex communication in a cryptic bat and provides a promising tool for monitoring disturbance-sensitive species	2
Bamboo shapes the fine-scale richness, abundance, and habitat use of small mammals in a forest fragment	2
Home ranges and movement patterns of wild boars (Sus scrofa) at the northern edge of the species’ distribution range	1
Circadian activity of the fat dormouse Glis glis measured with camera traps at bait stations	1
Get out from my field! The role of agricultural crops in shaping the habitat selection by and suitability for the crested porcupine in Central Italy	1
Using the BirdNET algorithm to identify wolves, coyotes, and potentially their interactions in a large audio dataset	1
Even generalist and resilient species are affected by anthropic disturbance: evidence from wild boar activity patterns in a Mediterranean landscape	1
Correction to: Bat echolocation in continental China: a systematic review and first acoustic identification key for the country	1
Rapid and reliable method for identification of three medium-sized horseshoe bat species in Europe	1
Olfactory cues of mate quality in mammals: inflammatory response is higher in males of long-nosed bats with odorous dorsal patch	1
Sex differences in a large herbivore’s salt water drinking behaviour: a method for applying a female-biased attractant	1
Let’s go hide in the forest! Escape behavior of Chaetophractus vellerosus to Tala forest remnant in Buenos Aires province, Argentina	1
Correction to: Wildlife feeding activities induce papillae proliferation in the rumen of fallow deer	1
Golden jackal (Canis aureus) in Estonia: development of a thriving population in the boreal ecoregion	1
The importance of sampling methods and landscape variation on explaining small mammal communities in a Neotropical ecotone region	1
Integrating morphology and DNA barcoding to assess cetacean diversity in Brazil	1
Distance estimation of howling golden jackals (Canis aureus) using relative sound level	1
Assessing habitat selection of the vulnerable Asian small-clawed otters in an anthropized riparian forest of eastern Bangladesh	1
Estimates of insect consumption and guano input in bat caves in Brazil	1
Big cats like water: occupancy patterns of jaguar in a unique and insular Brazilian Amazon ecosystem	1
Changes in activity along the year in a community of insectivorous bats inhabiting a montane ecosystem of central Mexico	1
Impacts of a hydroelectric power plant on the bat community in central Brazil	1
Weather, ultrasonic, cranial and body traits predict insect diet hardness in a Central Mexican bat community	1
Patterns of species co-occurrence in a diverse Eastern Himalayan montane carnivore community	1
Testing the efficacy of the Heslinga live trap for small mammal community assessments	1
Migration leads to nursery herd formation: evidence from a wild wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) population	1
Assessing different methods for measuring mammal diversity in two southern African arid ecosystems	1
Seasonal reproductive synchrony in colonies of the Jamaican fruit–eating bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) in southeast Mexico	1
Where do Chip and Dale come from? Origins of invasive populations of the Siberian chipmunk in Europe	1
Urban forest preserves local bat species diversity, but not forest dweller specialists—renewed study 65 years later (Kharkiv city, Ukraine)	1
Tooth microwear pattern variation in karst and non-karst peninsular Southeast Asian murine rodents	1
Polymorphism analysis of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) DQB gene in the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)	1
Spatial ecology of the stone marten in an Alpine area: combining camera-trapping and genetic surveys	1
Population density of European wildcats in a pre-alpine area (northeast Italy) and an assessment of estimate robustness	1
Small rodent cycles influence interactions among predators in a boreal forest ecosystem	1
Habitat associations of bats in the green spaces of Davao City, Mindanao, Southern Philippines	1