OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Wildlife 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Live decoys: an old but effective tool for attracting, capturing, and studying free-living passerines	39
Crossroad for bird migration: France should improve the conservation of its key-wetland sites used by 6 million waterbirds	28
Height and tension of electric lines: how should an electric fence be installed to effectively mitigate human-wildlife conflict?	24
Confirmation of avian trichomonosis among wild birds in Ireland	20
How many gamebirds are released in the UK each year?	16
Correction to: InfoFaunaFVG: a novel progressive web application for wildlife surveillance	16
Beware of dogs! Domestic animals as a threat for wildlife conservation in Alpine protected areas	16
Spatiotemporal patterns of wolverine (Gulo gulo) harvest: the potential role of refugia in a quota-free system	16
Modelling stakeholder satisfaction for conflict resolution in wildlife management: a case of wolf population in Sweden	15
Hunting Iberian ibex: from a threat factor to a conservation tool	15
Population status and distribution of endangered Asiatic lions in Gujarat, India	15
Migration patterns of Swedish Greylag geese Anser anser—implications for flyway management in a changing world	15
Population dynamics of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) in Central European forest clearings	14
Against the flow: unexpected migration movements over the open sea by inexperienced ospreys	14
Wolf attacks on hunting dogs are negatively related to prey abundance in Finland: an analysis at the wolf territory level	13
Exploring the dynamics of human-wildlife conflicts in the Sai communal area adjacent to Sengwa wildlife research area, Zimbabwe	12
Dental anomalies and hemimandible size in juvenile roe deer	11
Spatio-temporal overlap of leopard and prey species in the foothills of Shiwalik, Himalaya	11
Occurrence of Mycoplasma spp. in clinically healthy free-ranging European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in Germany	11
Thermal and behavioural responses of moose to chemical immobilisation from a helicopter	11
Prevalence of imbedded and ingested shot gun pellets in breeding sea ducks in the Baltic Sea—possible implications for future conservation efforts	10
Herbivore damage to sunflowers (Helianthus annuus L.) in the Czech Republic	10
Interactions between eagles and semi-domestic reindeer – lessons learned from field surveys and deterrents	10
Is Pumba still beloved? People’s perception on wild boar in Portugal	10
Molecular identification of Mycobacterium Bovis in a Franciscana (Pontoporia Blainvillei) in Patagonia, Argentina	10

Confounding factors in the isotopic analysis of herbivore fecal samples	10
Guardians of the forest: community-led conservation of Malayan sun bears in Mizoram's dampa tiger reserve, India	9
Survival and space use of a restocked Iberian rabbit population in a semi-natural enclosure	9
Enterobacteriaceae and Salmonella contamination of wild boar (Sus scrofa) carcasses: comparison between different sampling strategies	9
Tools and opportunities for African swine fever control in wild boar and feral pigs: a review	9
Assessing climate change threats to biodiversity and protected areas of Iran	9
Landscape settlement and parameters of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) home ranges in the Czech Republic	9
Financial values of bushmeat and effects of anthropogenic activities on mammal’s species in the Douala-Edea National Park, Cameroon	9
Effects of dehorning on population productivity in four Namibia sub-populations of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis bicornis)	9
The trade of tokay geckos Gekko gecko in retail pharmaceutical outlets in Hong Kong	8
Correction to: Observations of golden eagles attacking and consuming wolf pups	8
The effect of snow depth on movement rates of GPS-collared moose	8
Nesting ecology and confirmed breeding of the invasive pond slider Trachemys scripta in an urban environment, Romania	8
Bear trade in Poland: an analysis of legal and illegal international trade from 2000 to 2021	8
Wild boar (Sus scrofa) as a potential reservoir of infectious agents in Portugal: a review of two decades (2001–2021)	8
Access to agricultural crops promotes first-year growth in a wild herbivore	8
An examination of the trade in bear parts and derivatives for traditional medicine in Hong Kong and its legality	8
Habitat preferences and similarities of Grey Partridges and Common Pheasants in agricultural landscapes under organic and conventional farming	8
Survival and cause-specific mortality in adult females of a northern migratory ungulate	7
A newly emerging trade in New Guinea’s butcherbirds (Cracticinae) in Indonesia	7
Turkish and German university students’ emotions and protection intentions regarding wolves and wild boars	7
Characterization of Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) habitat and resources availability in the Alvarado Lagoon System, Veracruz	7
Assessing trends in wolf impact on livestock through verified claims in historical vs. recent areas of occurrence in Italy	7
Health risks associated with argasid ticks, transmitted pathogens, and blood parasites in Pyrenean griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) nestlings	6
Low contribution of livestock in the grey wolf diet in the area with high availability of free-ranging cattle and horses	6
Differences in acoustic detectibility of bat species hamper Environmental Impact Assessment studies	6
Early stages of home range settlement in a newly reintroduced raptor on an island: Bonelli’s eagle (Aquila fasciata) on Mallorca, Spain	6
Mammalian fatalities on roads: how sampling errors affect road prioritization and dominant species influence spatiotemporal patterns	6
Tolerance and intraguild commensalism: the case of the European badger and the Iberian lynx	6
Adrenocortical activity, measured via feather corticosterone, affects semen quality but not blood plasma prolactin in the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.)	6
Fawn bedsite selection by a large ungulate living in a peri-urban area	6
Landscape drivers of site occupancy by remnant populations of arctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus parryii)	6
Estimating kill intervals for a specific prey species using location clusters from GPS-collared Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)	6
Habitat selection and density of common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) in Northern Italy: effects of land use cover and landscape configuration	6
Direct counts could underestimate the size of mountain ungulate populations	6
Assessing the costs of human‒wildlife conflict in the Khata wildlife corridor, Nepal	5
Are birdwatchers willing to participate in local goose management? A case study from Sweden	5
Compensating freshwater habitat loss—duck productivity and food resources in man-made wetlands	5
Correction to: Snowballing trends of saltwater crocodile conflicts in Andaman Islands: a mounting concern for conservation and sustainable coexistence	5
Thyroxine administration at the end of the rutting season does not affect testosterone secretion or horn growth in the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica)	5
Description of box trapping, immobilisation, anaesthesia monitoring and blood chemistry and serology in free-ranging European wildcats (Felis silvestris) in Southwest Germany	5
Survey of the distribution of various frog species in each paddy field, focusing on spatial autocorrelation	5
Does the interface with plantation forests provide suitable habitat for axis deer (Axis axis) to avoid systematic hunting pressure in a protected area of north-eastern Argentina?	5
Genetic structure of Eurasian beaver in Romania: insights after two decades from the reintroduction	5
Conflicts between large carnivores and local pastoralists around Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal	5
A questionnaire-based investigation to explore the social and legal implications derived from the use of camera traps for wildlife monitoring and conservation	5
Hybridisation and genomic diversity in British and Irish pigeons Columba livia	5
Seroepidemiological analyses of rabies virus in two procyonid species from La Venta urban park, in Tabasco, Mexico	5
Expanding the spatial scale in DNA-based monitoring schemes: ascertainment bias in transnational assessments	5
Tracking wildlife diseases using community science: an example through toad myiasis	5

Optimizing the baiting strategy for oral vaccine delivery to wild boar	5
Human presence is positively related to the number of bird calls and songs: Assessment in a national park	5
Challenges for recovery of large carnivores in humanized countries: attitudes and knowledge of sheep farmers towards brown bear in Western Pyrenees, Spain	5
Shedding light on long-term trends in Mediterranean carnivore populations: five species, one scenario, different responses	5
Home range of the Dalmatian pelican in south-east Europe	5
The distribution of lagomorph syphilis caused by Treponema paraluisleporidarum in Europe	5
Assessing indicators of harvest sustainability in northern populations of marten (Martes americana)	5
Powerline pylons at city crossroads as nocturnal roosting sites for urban birds	5
Correction to: Hunting for ecological indicators: are large herbivore skeleton measures from harvest data useful proxies for monitoring?	5
Molecular detection of novel herpesviruses and adenoviruses in two species of Australian freshwater turtles	5
From species detection to population size indexing: the use of sign surveys for monitoring a rare and otherwise elusive small mammal	4
Foraging fidelity and individual specialisation in a temperate bat Myotis nattereri	4
Successful establishment of Ashworthius sidemi in red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Germany, with a summary of worldwide A. sidemi records	4
Dietary differences in males and females of a strongly sexually dimorphic ungulate	4
First record of allonursing in golden jackal (Canis aureus, L. 1758): a case of double breeding and communal denning within the same social unit	4
Correction to: Application of species distribution models to estimate and manage the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) habitat in the Hindu Kush Mountains, Pakistan	4
Molecular surveillance revealed no SARS-CoV-2 spillovers to raccoons (Procyon lotor) in four German federal states	4
Predator-friendly ranching, use of electric fences, and creole cattle in the Colombian savannas	4
Age structure and growth in populations of an endemic frog species Rana italica along a slight environmental/climate gradient	4
Diel activity of free-ranging cats and their mammalian and avian prey on the oceanic Madeira Island, Macaronesia	4
Foraging and habitat use in common duikers, Sylvicapra grimmia within the Soutpansberg, South Africa	4
Genetic assessment of subspecies composition in bean goose (Anser fabalis) harvest in Sweden, Finland and Estonia	4
Genetic analysis of hog deer (Axis porcinus) in Victoria, Australia, and its applications to invasive species and game management	4
The conservation island effect of commercial hunting of red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) in agricultural landscapes	4
The annual occurrence of mass mortality at a Common Pipistrelle swarming site	4
Spatiotemporal distribution and population trends of Sindh ibex (Capra aegagrus blythii) in Balochistan during 2019–2022	4
Puma density, habitat use, and activity patterns across a mosaic landscape of ranches, game reserves, and a protected area in central Argentina	4
Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) infection in free-ranging red serow (Capricornis rubidus), Mizoram, India	4
Wild boar population fluctuations in a subtropical forest: the crucial role of mast seeding in Ryukyu Islands, Japan	4
Habitat selection and movement patterns of the Raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Denmark using GPS telemetry data	4
The relative role of local temperature in the winter occurrence of woodcock Scolopax rusticola in the northern Iberian Peninsula	4
Unravelling urban nesting site selection in an opportunistic gull: an integrated analysis of micro-spatial habitat and litter quantification	4
Assessing management effectiveness of protected area in Central Vietnam: A case study of Bach Ma National Park	4
Emotions shape attitudes towards wolf conservation management in the Italian Alps	4
Determining sex in golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nestlings	3
Abundance of larger mammals in Dinder National Park, Sudan	3
Effects of the introduction of an herbivore on an endangered lizard	3
Call for a critical review of widespread use of animal tracking devices	3
Space–time interactions between free-ranging red deer (Cervus elaphus) and grazing livestock on a fenced pasture	3
A report of short-term aversive conditioning on a wolf documented through telemetry	3
Edge effect in rodent populations at the border between agricultural landscapes and forests	3
A comparison of genetic and field methods for assessing capercaillie abundance	3
Hunting techniques and their harvest as indicators of mammal diversity and threat in Northern Angola	3
Camera trapping in Southern Vietnam: unveiling relative abundance, activity patterns, and conservation challenges of globally threatened pangolins and small carnivores	3
Spotlight hunting of invasive deer (Axis axis) selects for individuals with greater reproductive value in a protected area of north-eastern Argentina	3
Insights into the primate trade into the European Union and the United Kingdom	3
Habitat characteristics of European bison (Bison bonasus) in Ukraine	3
Correction to: Effects of dehorning on population productivity in four Namibia sub‑populations of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis bicornis)	3
Assessment of the residential Finnish wolf population combines DNA captures, citizen observations and mortality data using a Bayesian state-space model	3
Linking winter severity to space use of European bison around feeding sites in Białowieża Primeval Forest (NE Poland)	3
Correction to: Comparing bird strike risk assessment methods: a new perspective for safety management	3
Correction to: Feather stable isotopes (δ2 Hf and δ13Cf) identify the Sub-Saharan wintering grounds of turtle doves from Europe	3
Temporal activity patterns of bears, wolves and humans in the Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain	3
Adhesive traps for suppressing pest insects represent a serious threat to bats across Europe	3
Why do Eurasian otters eat so few invasive blue crabs?	3
Restricted mowing reduces grass uprooting by urban crows	3
Integrating fecal isotopes and molecular scatology to non-invasively study the spatial ecology of elusive carnivorans: a case study with wild jaguars (Panthera onca)	3
Canada’s role in global wildlife trade: Research trends and next steps	3
Hunting for ecological indicators: are large herbivore skeleton measures from harvest data useful proxies for monitoring?	3
Trust in large carnivore science in Norway	3
Occurrence and relevance of Mycoplasma sturni in free ranging barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) in Germany	3
Comparing the efficacy of two camera trapping techniques for assessing the occupancy, detection and activity patterns of small Mustelids in Britain	3
How does optimal prey abundance shape space use by a territorial raptor?	3
Effect of legal regulation of supplemental feeding on space use of red deer in an area with chronic wasting disease	3
Farm management practices and host species richness associated with higher likelihood of tuberculosis positive farms in Western Spain	3
Behavioural thermoregulation prevents thermal stress in lizard sperm fertility	3
A camera trapping method for the targeted capture of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) tails for individual scale pattern recognition	3
Seasonal patterns of the gut microbiota in the Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) in a limestone forest in Guangxi, China	3
Drivers of wild boar abundance and hunting effectiveness in southern Tunisia	3
Complete seasonal surveillance of Greylag Goose (Anser anser) foraging behavior on dairy grassland and the effect of limited lethal scaring	3