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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The Mostela: an adjusted camera trapping device as a promising non-invasive tool to study and monitor small mustelids	22
Spatial structure of woody cover affects habitat use patterns of ocelots in Texas	20
Echolocation of Central Amazonian ‘whispering’ phyllostomid bats: call design and interspecific variation	18
The impact of human land use and landscape productivity on population dynamics of red fox in southeastern Norway	17
Estimation of spatial and temporal overlap in three ungulate species in a Mediterranean environment	17
Carried away by a moonlight shadow: activity of wild boar in relation to nocturnal light intensity	16
Temporal partitioning by felids, dholes and their potential prey in northern Laos	14
Deforestation leads to prey shrinkage for an apex predator in a biodiversity hotspot	13
Wolf diet and prey selection in Croatia	13
Comparing DNA metabarcoding with faecal analysis for diet determination of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Vejlerne, Denmark	12
Activity patterns in the reintroduced Pyrenean brown bear population	10
Historical range expansion and biological changes of Sus scrofa corresponding to domestication and feralization	10
Habitat selection of white-tailed deer fawns and their dams in the Northern Great Plains	10
Diet of the European bison (Bison bonasus) in a forest habitat estimated by DNA barcoding	10
Determinants of jaguar occupancy at the northern range edge	10
Winter severity and anthropogenic factors affect spatial behaviour of red deer in the Carpathians	10
Temporal segregation among sympatric boreal predators	9
Spatio-temporal behaviour of female wild boar in an agro-forestry–pastoral landscape of Southern Italy	9
Scent marking in wolves Canis lupus inhabiting managed lowland forests in Poland	9
Even generalist and resilient species are affected by anthropic disturbance: evidence from wild boar activity patterns in a Mediterranean landscape	8
Long-distance dispersal of wolves in the Dauria ecoregion	8
Estimating the density of small mammals using the selfie trap is an effective camera trapping method	8
Gene expression and serum profile of antioxidant markers discriminate periparturient period time in dromedary camels	7
Jackal in hide: detection dogs show first success in the quest for golden jackal (Canis aureus) scats	7
Assessing the detectability of the Irish stoat Mustela erminea hibernica using two camera trap-based survey methods	7

Why hibernate? Predator avoidance in the edible dormouse	7
City sloths and marmosets in Atlantic forest fragments with contrasting levels of anthropogenic disturbance	7
Circadian activity patterns of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in montane forests under different culling regimes	7
Rise and fall of a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) stepping-stone population in central Germany	7
Small mammal assemblage in beaver-modified habitats	7
Bottom-up effect: a rodent outbreak following the bamboo blooming in a Neotropical rainforest	7
Effects of landscape heterogeneity on population genetic structure and demography of Amazonian phyllostomid bats	7
Estimates of insect consumption and guano input in bat caves in Brazil	6
Solitary versus group living lifestyles, social group composition and cooperation in otters	6
Native, exotic, and livestock prey: assessment of puma Puma concolor diet in South American temperate region	6
Patterns of species co-occurrence in a diverse Eastern Himalayan montane carnivore community	6
Seasonal and spatial shifts in feral cat predation on native seabirds vs. non-native rats on Mikura Island, Japan	6
Patterns of spatiotemporal activity of an alien lagomorph inferred through camera-trapping	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
Evolution of MHC class I genes in Japanese and Russian raccoon dogs, Nyctereutes procyonoides (Carnivora: Canidae)	5
Population density of European wildcats in a pre-alpine area (northeast Italy) and an assessment of estimate robustness	5
Impacts of a hydroelectric power plant on the bat community in central Brazil	5
Where do Chip and Dale come from? Origins of invasive populations of the Siberian chipmunk in Europe	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
Microsatellite multiplex assay for sable (Martes zibellina) and pine marten (Martes martes)	5
Golden jackal (Canis aureus) in Estonia: development of a thriving population in the boreal ecoregion	5
Identification of the population source of free-ranging cats threatening endemic species on Tokunoshima Island, Japan	5
Effect of inbreeding on kittens’ body mass in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)	5
Resource use by marten at fine spatial extents	5
Longevity in a hunted population of reintroduced American bison (Bison bison)	5
The importance of sampling methods and landscape variation on explaining small mammal communities in a Neotropical ecotone region	5
Movement patterns and habitat selection during dispersal in Eurasian lynx	5
Spatiotemporal patterns of red fox scavenging in forest and tundra: the influence of prey fluctuations and winter conditions	4
Body weight as an indicator of the reproduction rate in population of the common shrew	4
Genetic diversity and evolution of the MHC class II DRB gene in the Japanese marten, Martes melampus (Carnivora: Mustelidae)	4
Density and occupancy of leopard cats across different forest types in Cambodia	4
Abundance of the common vampire bat and feeding prevalence on cattle along a gradient of landscape disturbance in southeastern Mexico	4
First record of Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) in Poland—a possible range expansion?	4
Monthly fluctuation of colony size and composition of the free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis in the southernmost roost of Mexico	4
Intra- and interspecific morphological variation in sympatric and allopatric populations of Mustela putorius and M. eversmanii (Carnivora: Mustelidae) and detection of potential hybrids	4
Effect of sex, age, and reproductive status on daily activity levels and activity patterns in jaguars (Panthera onca)	4
Urban forest preserves local bat species diversity, but not forest dweller specialists—renewed study 65 years later (Kharkiv city, Ukraine)	4
Home ranges and movement patterns of wild boars (Sus scrofa) at the northern edge of the species’ distribution range	4
Reducing identification errors of African carnivores from photographs through computer-assisted workflow	4
The role of canids in the dispersal of commercial and ornamental palm species	4
Climate change threatens striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) distribution in Nepal	4
Social regulation of female reproduction in the steppe lemming, Lagurus lagurus	4