OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mammal Research is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

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	24
Decadal trends in a population of urban white-tailed jackrabbits at the northern edge of its range	17
Food habits and dietary partitioning between leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) and Asiatic lion (Panthera leo leo) in Gir protected area, Gujarat, India	14
Life history traits of free-living bush Karoo rats (Otomys unisulcatus) in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo	12
First documentation of scent-marking behaviors in striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis)	12
Habitat structure, not the anthropogenic context or large predators, shapes occupancy of a generalist mesopredator across protected areas in South Africa	11
Wildlife feeding activities induce papillae proliferation in the rumen of fallow deer	10
A first attempt to track the genetic signature of colonization of the Mediterranean basin by the pygmy white-toothed shrew, Suncus etruscus (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae)	10
Current distribution and habitat models of the yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula, in South Korea	10
Genetic insights into an Apennine population of the Italian red deer	8
Nutritional niche separation between native roe deer and the nonnative fallow deer—a test of interspecific competition	8
Dietary habits of the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the Brazilian wetlands	8
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	8
Correction to: Intraspecific differences in the diet of Kuril harbor seals (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) in Erimo, Hokkaido, using DNA barcoding diet analysis	8
Correction to: The Mostela: an adjusted camera trapping device as a promising non-invasive tool to study and monitor small mustelids	7
The first report on genetic variability and population structure in jackals from Bosnia and Herzegovina	7
A method to sample small mammals in the subnivium	7
Assessing the ecological suitability of the Irish landscape for the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)	7
Habitat structure and the presence of large carnivores shape the site use of an understudied small carnivore: caracal ecology in a miombo woodland	7
Albinism in the common shrew Sorex araneus	7
Reducing identification errors of African carnivores from photographs through computer-assisted workflow	6
Body condition is positively related to basal metabolic rate in two species of vespertilionid bats from Central Mexico	6
Spatio-temporal variability in the feeding strategy of Andean rodents: the role of ambient temperature and food availability	6
Population density and activity of the Gobi bear	6
Addressing nontarget amplification in DNA metabarcoding studies of arthropod-feeding rodents	6

Terrestrial locomotor behaviors of the big brown bat (Vespertilionidae: Eptesicus fuscus)	5
Habitat selection of smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) in the peri-coastal, urbanised landscape of Goa, India	5
First characterization of the echolocation calls of Myotis dinellii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)	5
Explorative behavior allows the successful finding of ephemeral food resources in the wild	5
European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as seed disperser in arid ecotones of Argentina: non-native herbivore facilitation of native and non-native plants	5
Seasonal variation in the activity pattern of red squirrels and their mammalian predators	5
Jaguar (Panthera onca) population dynamics in an “isolated” national park in the Cerrado biome, Brazil	5
Wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) — a newcomer in Estonian mammal fauna?	5
Camera traps strengthen inference about endangered beach mouse activity	5
Scent lures and baits at camera traps improve time to first detection and detection probability of two typically elusive species of weasel	5
Foraging ecology of Alpine mountain hares and European hares in the Alps: is competition about food a driving force in overlapping elevations?	5
Trunks and treetops: integrating terrestrial and arboreal camera-trap surveys to document elusive mammal communities in India	5
Correction to: Population density, habitat use and activity patterns of endangered hog deer in Cambodia	4
Fish on the platter! Dietary habits of fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) in the Godavari Delta, India	4
Distribution, diel activity patterns and human-bear interactions of the Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) in the Deosai National Park, Pakistan	4
Do highways influence the genetic structure of coyotes (Canis latrans) in a highly fragmented urban–rural landscape in central Mexico?	4
Diet and resource partitioning in Patagonian bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae and Molossidae)	4
Evidence of anthropogenic subsidisation of red foxes in a national park important for breeding wading birds	4
Correction to: Blown away? Wind speed and foraging success in an acoustic predator	4
Beavers are not alone: parasitic assessment of released Eurasian beavers in Central Italy	4
Information theoretical modeling of epigenetic dental character variation in hares (Lepus europaeus) from Türkiye: microphylogeographic or climatic effects?	4
A new camera-trapping device, the Campascope, to study feeding behaviour of subterranean rodents	4
Habitat use by pudu deer (Pudu puda) in native forests of coastal range in Southern Chile	4
Comparison of three camera trap designs for sampling small mammals	4
Characterization of recent wild pig-vehicle collisions in Georgia, USA	4
Genetic relationships among populations of the small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) introduced in Japan	4
Seasonal movements of migratory and resident female moose (Alces alces) in north-central British Columbia, Canada	4
New genetic data unveil taxonomic complexity in the high-Andean sigmodontine Abrothrix andina (Rodentia, Cricetidae)	4
Spatio-temporal patterns of vertebrate roadkills in a suburban area in northern Japan	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
Phylogeography, morphometry and the species distribution modelling in Myotis longicaudatus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in the Eastern Palaearctic	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
New records of White-lipped Peccaries in altered landscapes of the Brazilian Midwest	3
Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) abundance estimation using Bayesian methods: first data from a highly agricultural environment in central Italy	3
Insights into the breeding ecology of wild-living European wildcats in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain	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
Activity patterns of an arboreal and semi-arboreal mammal community	3
Browsing into a Panamanian tropical rainforest: micro- and mesowear study of Central American red brocket deer	3
Correction to: Climate change threatens striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) distribution in Nepal	3
Variations in density of pine marten Martes martes populations according to forest fragmentation	3
Phylogenetic divergence associated with climate oscillations and topology illustrates the dispersal history of Formosan sambar deer (Rusa unicolor swinhoii) in Taiwan	3
Correction to: Molecular DNA-based spatial mapping technique predicting diversity and distribution of otters (Lutrinae) in Peninsular Malaysia using non-invasive fecal samples	3
Habitat characteristics around dens in female brown bears with cubs are density dependent	3
Population density, habitat use and activity patterns of endangered hog deer in Cambodia	3
Extraordinary chromosome diversity in the southernmost populations of the montane grass mouse Akodon montensis (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae)	3
Description of the echolocation pulses of insectivorous bats with new records for Southwest Colombia	3
Volume of foliage tents affects harem size in Cynopterus sphinx living in a fission-fusion society	3