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Papers

(The median citation count of Mammal Review 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Wild ungulate overabundance in Europe: contexts, causes, monitoring and management recommendations	127
Emerging zoonotic diseases originating in mammals: a systematic review of effects of anthropogenic land‐use change	106
Overabundant wild ungulate populations in Europe: management with consideration of socio‐ecological consequences	91
Population and distribution of beavers Castor fiber and Castor canadensis in Eurasia	76
Risk of human‐to‐wildlife transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2	61
Generalists yet different: distributional responses to climate change may vary in opportunistic bat species sharing similar ecological traits	57
A review of ecological factors promoting road use by mammals	46
Identifying mesopredator release in multi‐predator systems: a review of evidence from North America	29
Classifying rodent diets for comparative research	28
Ecosystem services provided by beavers Castor spp.	27
Limitations of acoustic monitoring at wind turbines to evaluate fatality risk of bats	25
Only the largest terrestrial carnivores increase their dietary breadth with increasing prey richness	24
Diet of the introduced red fox Vulpes vulpes in Australia: analysis of temporal and spatial patterns	24
Translocations of digging mammals and their potential for ecosystem restoration: a review of goals and monitoring programmes	22
The evolution of flight in bats: a novel hypothesis	22
Cats Felis catus as a threat to bats worldwide: a review of the evidence	21
A multi‐layered approach to the diversification of squirrels	21
Bats and wetlands: synthesising gaps in current knowledge and future opportunities for conservation	21
Drivers of European bat population change: a review reveals evidence gaps	19
Introduction, spread, and impacts of invasive alien mammal species in Europe	19
Diet composition of the golden jackal Canis aureus in south‐east Europe – a review	19
Puma–livestock conflicts in the Americas: a review of the evidence	19
Biology and management of sarcoptic mange in wild Caprinae populations	18
The wild boar Sus scrofa in northern Eurasia: a review of range expansion history, current distribution, factors affecting the northern distributional limit, and management strategies	18
Pumas Puma concolor as ecological brokers: a review of their biotic relationships	18

Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on mammals at tourism destinations: a systematic review	18
The geography of diet variation in Neotropical Carnivora	17
Of mammals and milk: how maternal stress affects nursing offspring	16
Drivers and facilitators of hunting behaviour in domestic cats and options for management	16
What can whiskers tell us about mammalian evolution, behaviour, and ecology?	16
Ecosystem roles and conservation status of bioturbator mammals	15
Effects of land‐use changes on Brazilian bats: a review of current knowledge	15
Middle‐out ecology: small carnivores as sentinels of global change	14
COVID‐19, media coverage of bats and related Web searches: a turning point for bat conservation?	14
Sexual aggression in mammals	13
Variation in red fox Vulpes vulpes diet in five continents	13
When carnivores collide: a review of studies exploring the competitive interactions between bobcats Lynx rufus and coyotes Canis latrans	13
Climatic niche comparison of raccoons Procyon lotor and raccoon dogs Nyctereutes procyonoides in their native and non‐native ranges	13
Fox Vulpes vulpes population trends in Western Europe during and after the eradication of rabies	13
A review of the social behaviour of the giraffeGiraffa camelopardalis: a misunderstood but socially complex species	12
A systematic review into the suitability of urban refugia for the Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	12
Impact of human disturbance on temporal partitioning within carnivore communities	12
We eat meat: a review of carnivory in bats	12
Latitude, life history and sexual size dimorphism correlate with reproductive seasonality in rodents	11
Environmental DNA and metagenomics of terrestrial mammals as keystone taxa of recent and past ecosystems	11
Coyote diet in North America: geographic and ecological patterns during range expansion	11
An assessment of current wolf Canis lupus domestication hypotheses based on wolf ecology and behaviour	10
A global analysis of ecological and evolutionary drivers of the use of wild mammals in traditional medicine	10
How do muskrats Ondatra zibethicus affect ecosystems? A review of evidence	10
A review of philopatry and dispersal in felids living in an anthropised world	10
Latitudinal and seasonal plasticity in American bison Bison bison diets	9
Modelling the spatial distribution of selected North American woodland mammals under future climate scenarios	9
Phylogenetic reassessment of gorals with new evidence from northern Myanmar reveals five distinct species	9
Evolution of diet in extant marsupials: emergent patterns from a broad phylogenetic perspective	9
In the shadow of the rising sun: a systematic review of Japanese bat research and conservation	9
Heterothermy, body size, and locomotion as ecological predictors of migration in mammals	9
A strategic road map for conserving the Endangered dhole Cuon alpinus in India	9
Competitive overlap between martens Martes americana and Martes caurina and fishers Pekania pennanti: a rangewide perspective and synthesis	9
Adverse effects of Diptera flies on northern ungulates: Rangifer, Alces, and Bison	8
Factors affecting spatiotemporal behaviour in the European brown hareLepus europaeus: a meta‐analysis	8
How to escape male infanticide: mechanisms for avoiding or terminating pregnancy in mammals	8
Unexplained patterns of grey wolf Canis lupus natal dispersal	8
Redefining the study of sexual dimorphism in bats: following the odour trail	8
Global patterns in seed germination after ingestion by mammals	8
Wild ungulate responses to anthropogenic land use: a comparative Pantropical analysis	7
Convergent evolution of increased urine‐concentrating ability in desert mammals	7
Assessing the threats facing wetland mammals in India using an evidence‐based conservation approach	7
A global review of the conservation threats and status of mustelids	6
Does body mass restrict call peak frequency in echolocating bats?	6
A comprehensive review of mammalian carnivore translocations	6
Dietary affinities, resource overlap and core structure in Atlantic Forest phyllostomid bat communities	6
Trends in cetacean research in the Eastern North Atlantic	6
Room to roam for African lions Panthera leo: a review of the key drivers of lion habitat use and implications for conservation	6
Limitations and gaps in global bat wing morphology trait data	5
Feral American mink Neogale vison continues to expand its European range: time to harmonise population monitoring and coordinate control	4

Sea lion and fur seal interactions with fisheries and aquaculture in South American waters: threats and management perspectives	4
Footprint tunnels are effective for detecting dormouse species	4
Flight and echolocation evolved once in Chiroptera: comments on ‘The evolution of flight in bats: a novel hypothesis’	4
Testing for changes in rate of evolution and position of the climatic niche of clades	4
Medium‐ to large‐bodied mammal surveys across the Neotropics are heavily biased against the most faunally intact assemblages	4
Balancing costs and benefits of managing hibernacula of cavernicolous bats	3
Review of the global research on Hyaenidae and implications for conservation and management	3
Productivity correlates positively with mammalian diversity independently of the species’ feeding guild, body mass, or the vertical strata explored by the species	3
Using citizen science to understand and map habitat suitability for a synurbic mammal in an urban landscape: the hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus	3
Interference competition driven by co‐occurrence with tigers Panthera tigris may increase livestock predation by leopards Panthera pardus: a first step meta‐analysis	3
Extinction and replacement events shaped the historical biogeography of Arctic mammals in Europe: new models of species response	3
A synthesis of life‐history traits, functional traits, and consequences of anthropogenic pressures on Madagascar’s threatened carnivorans, Eupleridae	3
A review of the breeding biology of Chiroptera	3
Runway roadkill: a global review of mammal strikes with aircraft	3