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

Article	Citations
Estimation of spatial and temporal overlap in three ungulate species in a Mediterranean environment	23
Carried away by a moonlight shadow: activity of wild boar in relation to nocturnal light intensity	21
Deforestation leads to prey shrinkage for an apex predator in a biodiversity hotspot	16
Why hibernate? Predator avoidance in the edible dormouse	13
Comparing DNA metabarcoding with faecal analysis for diet determination of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Vejlerne, Denmark	12
Even generalist and resilient species are affected by anthropic disturbance: evidence from wild boar activity patterns in a Mediterranean landscape	11
Spatio-temporal behaviour of female wild boar in an agro-forestry–pastoral landscape of Southern Italy	11
Gene expression and serum profile of antioxidant markers discriminate periparturient period time in dromedary camels	10
Golden jackal (Canis aureus) in Estonia: development of a thriving population in the boreal ecoregion	9
Estimating the density of small mammals using the selfie trap is an effective camera trapping method	9
Native, exotic, and livestock prey: assessment of puma Puma concolor diet in South American temperate region	8
Home ranges and movement patterns of wild boars (Sus scrofa) at the northern edge of the species’ distribution range	8
Effects of landscape heterogeneity on population genetic structure and demography of Amazonian phyllostomid bats	8
Assessing the detectability of the Irish stoat Mustela erminea hibernica using two camera trap-based survey methods	7
Patterns of species co-occurrence in a diverse Eastern Himalayan montane carnivore community	7
Small mammal assemblage in beaver-modified habitats	7
Seasonal and spatial shifts in feral cat predation on native seabirds vs. non-native rats on Mikura Island, Japan	7
Estimates of insect consumption and guano input in bat caves in Brazil	7
Effect of sex, age, and reproductive status on daily activity levels and activity patterns in jaguars (Panthera onca)	6
Where do Chip and Dale come from? Origins of invasive populations of the Siberian chipmunk in Europe	6
New mesocarnivore at the doorstep of Central Europe: historic development of golden jackal (Canis aureus) population in Slovenia	6
Patterns of spatiotemporal activity of an alien lagomorph inferred through camera-trapping	6
Reducing identification errors of African carnivores from photographs through computer-assisted workflow	6
Climate change threatens striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) distribution in Nepal	6
Integrating morphology and DNA barcoding to assess cetacean diversity in Brazil	6

Current distribution and habitat models of the yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula, in South Korea	6
Nutritional niche separation between native roe deer and the nonnative fallow deer—a test of interspecific competition	5
Density and occupancy of leopard cats across different forest types in Cambodia	5
Population density of European wildcats in a pre-alpine area (northeast Italy) and an assessment of estimate robustness	5
The importance of sampling methods and landscape variation on explaining small mammal communities in a Neotropical ecotone region	5
Characterization of microsatellites in the endangered snow leopard based on the chromosome-level genome	5
Competitive interactions with dominant carnivores affect carrion acquisition of striped hyena in a semi-arid landscape of Rajasthan, India	5
Impacts of a hydroelectric power plant on the bat community in central Brazil	5
DNA metabarcoding dietary analyses of the wood mouse Apodemus speciosus on Innoshima Island, Japan, and implications for primer choice	5
Body weight as an indicator of the reproduction rate in population of the common shrew	5
Evolution of MHC class I genes in Japanese and Russian raccoon dogs, Nyctereutes procyonoides (Carnivora: Canidae)	5
Show me your tail, if you have one! Is inbreeding depression occurring in wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) from Italy?	5
Circadian activity of the fat dormouse Glis glis measured with camera traps at bait stations	5
Food habits and dietary partitioning between leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) and Asiatic lion (Panthera leo leo) in Gir protected area, Gujarat, India	5
Bat echolocation in continental China: a systematic review and first acoustic identification key for the country	4
Weather, ultrasonic, cranial and body traits predict insect diet hardness in a Central Mexican bat community	4
Social regulation of female reproduction in the steppe lemming, Lagurus lagurus	4
Assessing different methods for measuring mammal diversity in two southern African arid ecosystems	4
Spatiotemporal patterns of red fox scavenging in forest and tundra: the influence of prey fluctuations and winter conditions	4
Wildlife feeding activities induce papillae proliferation in the rumen of fallow deer	4
Isotopic signature in isolated south-western populations of European brown bear (Ursus arctos)	4
Morphological and molecular analyses confirm the presence of the newly described bat species Molossus melini in the Espinal ecoregion from Argentina	4
Abundance of the common vampire bat and feeding prevalence on cattle along a gradient of landscape disturbance in southeastern Mexico	4
First documentation of golden jackal (Canis aureus) reproduction in Germany	4
Dietary partitioning and competition between sika deer and Japanese serows in high elevation habitats	4
Population regulation in the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) in old-growth coniferous forests of southern British Columbia: insights from a long-term study	4
Monthly fluctuation of colony size and composition of the free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis in the southernmost roost of Mexico	4
Genetic diversity and phylogeography of urban hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) around Helsinki, Finland, revealed by mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analyses	4
Body mass ratios determine dietary patterns and help predicting predator–prey interactions of Neotropical Carnivora	4
Urban forest preserves local bat species diversity, but not forest dweller specialists—renewed study 65 years later (Kharkiv city, Ukraine)	4
Small rodent cycles influence interactions among predators in a boreal forest ecosystem	4
Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) abundance estimation using Bayesian methods: first data from a highly agricultural environment in central Italy	4
Habitat structure and the presence of large carnivores shape the site use of an understudied small carnivore: caracal ecology in a miombo woodland	4
Habitat selection of smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) in the peri-coastal, urbanised landscape of Goa, India	3
Elusive deer occurrences at the Atlantic Forest: 20 years of surveys	3
Exploratory dispersal movements by young tigers in Thailand’s Western Forest Complex: the challenges of securing a territory	3
Distance estimation of howling golden jackals (Canis aureus) using relative sound level	3
Phylogenetic divergence associated with climate oscillations and topology illustrates the dispersal history of Formosan sambar deer (Rusa unicolor swinhoii) in Taiwan	3
Life history traits of free-living bush Karoo rats (Otomys unisulcatus) in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo	3
Effectiveness of a commercial lure to attract red fox	3
Understanding the summer roosting habitat selection of the greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) and the small mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma muscatellum) in Iran	3
Spatial ecology of the stone marten in an Alpine area: combining camera-trapping and genetic surveys	3
Seed dispersal by the brown bear in a mixed temperate forest: fruit type matters	3
Spatio-temporal patterns of vertebrate roadkills in a suburban area in northern Japan	3
Habitat structure, not the anthropogenic context or large predators, shapes occupancy of a generalist mesopredator across protected areas in South Africa	3
Every branch in its niche: intraspecific variation in habitat suitability of a widely distributed small mammal, the harvest mouse Micromys minutus	3
Does the size of a protected area matter? An assessment of leopard population and habitat usage in a protected area of Shiwalik foothills, Himalaya	3
Mitogenomic phylogenetics and population genetics of several taxa of agouties (Dasyprocta sp., Dasyproctidae, Rodentia): molecular nonexistence of some claimed endemic taxa	3
Short-term extra food supply effects on detectability of two rodent species in Pampean agroecosystems, Argentina	3
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	3

Species delimitation and intraspecific diversification in recently diverged South American foxes	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
Habitat characteristics around dens in female brown bears with cubs are density dependent	2
First documentation of scent-marking behaviors in striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis)	2
The influence of reproductive status on home range size and spatial dynamics of female Amur tigers	2
The Brazilian three-banded armadillo is widely distributed in a human-modified landscape in northeastern Brazil	2
Can social media be used to inform the distribution of the marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna?	2
Bioacoustic evidence for a continuous summer presence of the greater noctule bat, Nyctalus lasiopterus, in the Italian Alps	2
Behavioral habitat selection of wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) in boreal forests	2
Sex differences in a large herbivore’s salt water drinking behaviour: a method for applying a female-biased attractant	2
Spatial activity and habitat use of a marginal population of the endangered Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale)	2
Similarity of locomotor personality trait within parents improves their reproduction in the common vole (Microtus arvalis) under laboratory conditions	2
Addressing nontarget amplification in DNA metabarcoding studies of arthropod-feeding rodents	2
Explorative behavior allows the successful finding of ephemeral food resources in the wild	2
Home range and resource selection of Virginia opossums in the rural southeastern United States	2
Age prediction model for adult male Galapagos sea lions based on skull measures	2
Some like it burnt: species differences in small mammal assemblage in a Mediterranean basin nearly 3 years after a major fire	2
Evaluating the efficiency of different sampling techniques to survey non-flying small mammals in the Amazon	2
Seasonal reproductive synchrony in colonies of the Jamaican fruit–eating bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) in southeast Mexico	2
Diet and resource partitioning in Patagonian bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae and Molossidae)	2
Characterization of recent wild pig-vehicle collisions in Georgia, USA	2
Genetic insights into an Apennine population of the Italian red deer	2
The first insight into hunting and feeding behaviour of the Eurasian lynx in the Western Carpathians	2
Do unpublished data help to redraw distributions? The case of the spectacled bear in Peru	2
Mountain lion predation in a multi-prey system on private lands in Texas	2
Distribution and occupancy of Atlantic salt marsh mink (Neovison vison lutensis) in Northeastern Florida (USA)	2
Correction to: Bat echolocation in continental China: a systematic review and first acoustic identification key for the country	2
The taxonomic status of marsh rice rats (Oryzomys sp., Rodentia, Cricetidae) at the northern edge of their range in North America	1
How many nights should acoustic detectors be set to estimate cave-exiting behavior of hibernating bats?	1
Volume of foliage tents affects harem size in Cynopterus sphinx living in a fission-fusion society	1
Seasonal movements of migratory and resident female moose (Alces alces) in north-central British Columbia, Canada	1
Do highways influence the genetic structure of coyotes (Canis latrans) in a highly fragmented urban–rural landscape in central Mexico?	1
First occurrence of a reproductive group of golden jackal (Canis aureus moreoticus) in a densely populated area south of the Po River (Italy)	1
Molecular characterization of spiny hedgehogs of the Iberian Peninsula: the missing link in the postglacial colonization of the western European hedgehog	1
Acoustic differentiation and its relationships with ear size in three Histiotus species (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Patagonia, Argentina	1
Density surface modeling of European hare in the Argentinean Pampas	1
Brushtail possum terrestrial activity patterns are driven by climatic conditions, breeding and moonlight intensity	1
Phylogeography of the stone marten (Martes foina: Mustelidae: Mammalia) in Eurasia, based on a mitochondrial DNA analysis	1
Colilargo’s occupancy and the role of native and exotic plants in hantavirus expansion and transmission risk	1
Changes in activity along the year in a community of insectivorous bats inhabiting a montane ecosystem of central Mexico	1
Using the BirdNET algorithm to identify wolves, coyotes, and potentially their interactions in a large audio dataset	1
Variations in density of pine marten Martes martes populations according to forest fragmentation	1
Extraordinary chromosome diversity in the southernmost populations of the montane grass mouse Akodon montensis (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae)	1
Beavers are not alone: parasitic assessment of released Eurasian beavers in Central Italy	1
Small mammal daily activity periods derived using AHDriFT camera traps	1
A first attempt to track the genetic signature of colonization of the Mediterranean basin by the pygmy white-toothed shrew, Suncus etruscus (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae)	1
From extinction to recovery: the case of blackbuck Antilope cervicapra from Nepal	1
Intraspecific differences in the diet of Kuril harbor seals (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) in Erimo, Hokkaido, using DNA barcoding diet analysis	1
Temporal variation of the diet of a top terrestrial predator: the jaguar as a case study	1
Three-dimensional analysis of bat flight paths around small wind turbines suggests no major collision risk or behavioral changes	1
Snow tracking provides insights on the hunting behaviour of marten (Martes americana)	1
Trophic niche and diet composition of the northernmost population of the Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale) with conservation implications	1
Insights into the breeding ecology of wild-living European wildcats in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain	1
Description of the echolocation pulses of insectivorous bats with new records for Southwest Colombia	1
Population structure of sigmodontine rodents through age estimation by individual growth models	1
The first report on genetic variability and population structure in jackals from Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
Extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting the activity budget of alpine marmots (Marmota marmota)	1
Temporal niche and daily activity patterns of sympatric leporids in active burrows of Mapimi Bolson tortoise	1
Determinants of introduction success in alien mammals	1
Surviving despite reduce MHC variation: selection patterns and genetic variation of the endangered Huillín (Lontra provocax)	1
Phylogeographic pattern and Pleistocene range reconstruction in the long-tailed hamster Cricetulus longicaudatus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) support its Tibetan origin	1