OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mammal 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
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