OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Animal Biodiversity and Conservation is 0. 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
European ground squirrels in backyard gardens: Identifying and mitigating agricultural conflicts with an endangered species	11
Pathogens in anurans from a seasonal tropical environment in Guanajuato, Mexico	9
Aquatic wild meat consumption of cetaceans in São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea)	8
An introduction to predictive distribution modelling for conservation to encourage novel perspectives	7
Extreme weather event disrupts reproduction of an isolated western spadefoot toad population, Pelobates cultripes (Cuvier, 1829), at its southern range limit	7
A tale of two souths	6
Effects of natural phenomena and human activity on the species richness of endemic and non-endemic Heteroptera in the Canary Islands	6
Comparison of nestling diet between first and second broods of great tits Parus major in urban and forest habitats	6
Landform resources for territorial nettle-feeding Nymphalid butterflies: biases at different spatial scales	6
Nomenclatural problems caused by type species designation in Gammaridae (Amphipoda)	5
Increasing wild boar density explains the decline of a Montagu’s harrier population on a protected coastal wetland	5
An endangered new catfish species of the genus Cambeva (Cambeva gamabelardense n. sp.) (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the Rio Chapecó drainage, southern Brazil	5
Changes in the nocturnal activity of birds during the COVID–19 pandemic lockdown in a neotropical city	5
Are quartzite scree slopes used by birds to promote sound transmission in the Mediterranean forest?	5
Revising the geographic distribution of western European <i>Forficula</i> (Dermaptera) using mtDNA data	4
Bold or shy? Examining the risk–taking behavior and neophobia of invasive and non–invasive house sparrows	4
Molecular assessment of the taxonomic status of pine vole species Microtus subterraneus and Microtus majori in southeastern Europe and Turkey	3
Bio-logging shows a central trans-Saharan migration and unknown wintering grounds in Africa of a juvenile griffon vulture from Spain	3
Diet of the bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) along the northern Gulf of Mexico and southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States	3
Identification of earthworms (Clitellata, Oligochaeta) from Kottayam district in Southwestern India: an integrated traditional and barcoding approach	3
Assessing the impact of human activities and land use change on livestock depredation by large carnivores in Mexico	3
Daily activity pattern of pumas (Puma concolor) and their potential prey in a tropical cloud forest of Colombia	2
The expansion process of the Iberian ibex in the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, Madrid (Spain)	2
Walkways as an environmental enrichment tool on sandy beaches? A case study with ghost crabs (Crustacea, Ocypodidae)	2
Home range of pampas deer in a human–dominated agro–ecosystem	2

Description of a new valvatoid Pikasia smenensis n. gen. n. sp. (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Morocco	2
Native seed dispersal by rodents is negatively influenced by an invasive shrub	2
Natural history, population changes, and conservation needs of the Guacharaquita frog Tachiramantis lentiginosus (Anura, Strabomantidae) in the Colombian Andes	2
¿Las diferencias ecomorfológicas predicen la coexistencia de murciélagos cavernícolas en Cuba?	2
Increases in avian diversity associated with COVID-19 lockdowns in urban Colombia	2
Natural history, population changes, and conservation needs of the Guacharaquita frog Tachiramantis lentiginosus (Anura, Strabomantidae) in the Colombian Andes	2
A contribution to the earthworm diversity (Clitellata, Moniligastridae) of Kerala, a component of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India, using integrated taxonomy	1
Conservation among oil palm plantations? Mammalian diversity in protected forest areas of a mixed-use landscape in Indonesian Borneo	1
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The signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) (Crustacea, Decapoda) is threatening the near future of Margaritifera margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 (Bivalvia, Unionoida) in the Negro River (N	1
The relationship between haematocrit and some biological parameters of the Indian shad, Tenualosa ilisha (Family Clupeidae)	1
The effect of sex on home range in an urban population of European hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus at the southern edge of its distribution	1
Common names of the Asiatic ibex superspecies at a turning point in its taxonomy and management	1
General bat activity measured with an ultrasound detector in a fragmented tropical landscape in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico	1
Living under the risk of extinction: population status and conservation needs assessment of a micro–endemic tiger gecko in Vietnam	1
A new orthoclad species of Rheocricotopus Thienemann & Harnisch (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayas in India	1
Population increase of the invasive red–whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus in Valencia, Spain	1
Heterogeneity is key to supporting forest-dweller butterflies	1
Dissecting the peer-review process: A cross-disciplinary study of editor and reviewer roles in academia	1
Seasonal change in pupation behaviour and pupal mortality in a swallowtail butterfly	1
Camera trap data reveal the habitat associations, activity patterns and population density of Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) in Maduru Oya National Park, Sri Lanka	1
When morphology and molecular markers conflict: a case history of subterranean amphipods from the Pilbara, Western Australia	1
New records of leeches of the genus Limnatis (Hirudinea, Praobdellidae) from the South Caucasus and Central Asia: phylogenetic relationships of Eurasian and African populations	0
Moult and age determination criteria of the monk parakeet (<i>Myiopsitta monachus</i>)	0
Divergent altitudinal distributions of bird and bat species richness in a Mediterranean mountain range: patterns and prospects	0
Revisión del conflicto entre los humanos y las serpientes en México: origen, mitigación y perspectivas	0
Factors affecting survival and dispersal of the comma butterfly in a high mountain deciduous forest habitat	0
A spatial tool to identify potential conflict hotspots for the European ground squirrel in agricultural land	0
Stable isotope measurements as analytical tools for the traceability of crocodile–derived products	0
To cross or not to cross: patterns and predictability of vertebrate roadkill in three road corridors in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia	0
Current genetic structure of European vendace Coregonus albula (L.) populations in Latvia after multiple past translocations	0
Natural hybridization between immigrant narrow–barred Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800) and endemic West African Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus tritor (Cuvier, 1832) in the Egy	0
A new cryptic rock-dwelling species of the genus Iberus Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Helicidae) from the southern Iberian Peninsula	0
The selection of anthropogenic habitat by wildlife as an ecological consequence of rural exodus: empirical examples from Spain	0
Nesting preferences of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas L.) and the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata L.) in the SW of Mahe Island in the Seychelles	0
Let's wait for the evening: nocturnal copulation in a tropical damselfly Phylolestes ethelae (Odonata, Synlestidae)	0
Diet of the mona monkey Cercopithecus mona in the Gnanhouizounmè community forest in Southern Benin	0
Red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris abundance in coastal cliffs in the South of Spain	0
Modelling European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur L. 1758) distribution in the south eastern Iberian Peninsula	0
Machine learning as a successful approach for predicting complex spatio–temporal patterns in animal species abundance	0
Complete mitogenomes reveal limited genetic variability in the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus of the Iberian Peninsula	0
Dietary plasticity in an invasive species and implications for management: the case of the monk parakeet in a Mediterranean city	0
Assessment of endangered freshwater pearl mussel populations in the Northern Iberian Plateau in relation to non–native species: xenodiversity as a threat	0
Risk areas of illegal primate trafficking; estimating capture pressure and vulnerability	0
Jaguar (Panthera onca) spatial ecology outside protected areas in the Selva Maya	0
Successful reintroduction of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis with a small number of founders: results from a 20-years small-scale experiment	0
First record of Brongersma's toad Barbarophryne brongersmai (Anura, Bufonidae) in the central High Atlas Mountains, Morocco	0
Romeo and Juliet: a forbidden love story? A review of hybridization in keystone, aquatic megafauna	0
Evaluation of the invasion potential of monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus, in Natural Protected Areas in Mexico	0
Perch selection of three species of kingfishers at the Pantanal of Brazil	0

A comparison of the diet of urban and forest great tits in a Mediterranean habitat	0
Patrones de diversidad de la fauna de mariposas del Parque Nacional de Cabañeros y su entorno (Ciudad Real, España central) (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea)	0
Taxonomic notes on Amarodytes duponti (Aubé, 1838) (Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini) with redescription of male genitalia	0
Can scientific laws be discussed on philosophical grounds? a reply to naïve arguments on ‘predators’ proposed by Bramble (2021)	0
Population density and daily activity patterns of bobcat in its southernmost continental distribution	0
New data on the status and ecology of a galliform at risk of extinction: the Pyrenean grey partridge (Perdix perdix hispaniensis) in the Iberian System (Soria, Spain)	0
Impact of habitat management of small game species on bird communities in French Mediterranean scrublands	0
Rewinding the invasion history of monk parakeets in Barcelona city: 1976-2022	0
Exploration behaviour and foraging strategies in Mediterranean blue tits	0
Scientific and traditional knowledge meet: diet of the lowland tapir Tapirus terrestris in the Orinoquia region of Colombia	0
Recombinase polymerase amplification combined with fast DNA extraction for on–spot identification of Deinagkistrodon acutus, a threatened species	0
Integrating multiple dimensions of biodiversity to inform global parrot conservation	0
Sexual size dimorphism in a Tunisian painted frog (Discoglossus pictus auritus) population	0
Phylogenetic analysis of a region of mitochondrial cox-1 as a DNA barcode marker sequence of Gazella subgutturosa (Goitered gazelle) in Mongolia	0
Spatial distribution of two invasive freshwater snails and environmental correlates of the mollusc community abundance, a case study in Chile	0
Abundance of the northernmost jaguar Panthera onca breeding population	0
Cooperation and conflict in the building and maintenance of the compound nests of monk parakeets <i>Myiopsitta monachus</i>	0
Longitudinal and ontogenetic changes in feeding patterns of an insectivorous Crenuchidae in streams of southern Brazil	0
Phylogenetic study of Elona quimperiana (Gastropoda: Elonidae): identification of a new haplogroup	0
Nutrient richness of wood mould in tree hollows with the Scarabaeid beetle Osmoderma eremita	0
Final instar larva of Neocordulia volxemi (Selys, 1874) (Odonata, Libelluloidea) from southeastern Brazil	0
Small mammal sampling incidents related to wild boar (Sus scrofa) in natural peri–urban areas	0
Transmission of the polymorphic dorsal pattern of the Iberian painted frog Discoglossus galganoi is compatible with simple Mendelian inheritance	0
Analysis of conflicts with wild carnivores in the Humid Chaco, Argentina	0
A higher incidence of moult–breeding overlap in great tits across time is linked to an increased frequency of second clutches: a possible effect of global warming?	0
Natural factors but not anthropogenic factors affect native and non–native mammal distribution in a Brazilian National Park	0
Effect of implementation of irrigation on raptor and corvid populations in a Mediterranean agrosystem	0
Influence of captive breeding, release date and sex on the natal philopatry of the lesser kestrel Falco naumanni	0
Long distance dispersal of monk parakeets	0
Impact of power lines on bird mortality in a subalpine area	0
Status of the common myna Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus, 1766 in Turkey	0
The value of multi-taxon approaches to improve biodiversity assessment at municipal scales	0
Human–wildlife interactions and people’s attitudes towards conservation: a case study from Central Kerala, India	0
A new species of Dolichurus Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Ampulicidae) from Brazil	0
Human disturbance modifies the identity and interaction strength of mammals that consume Attalea butyracea fruit in a neotropical forest	0