OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Wildlife 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatial pattern analysis of species richness among amphibians in China and its implications for species conservation	36
Potential role of coypus (Myocastor coypus) in the epidemiology of botulism in wetlands	29
Validation of an ELISA test based on Cephenemyia stimulator first instar antigen and their application for monitoring the seroprevalence of this myiasis in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the Iberia	28
Height and tension of electric lines: how should an electric fence be installed to effectively mitigate human-wildlife conflict?	28
Correction to: InfoFaunaFVG: a novel progressive web application for wildlife surveillance	25
Improving wild Boar relative abundance models by combining environmental and hunting data: insights from municipality-scale landscape analysis	24
Pathogens in the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus	21
Population status and distribution of endangered Asiatic lions in Gujarat, India	20
Phylogenetic diversity of the edible dormouse, Glis glis (Rodentia: Gliridae) in Romania, based on mitochondrial DNA	19
Camera traps as a tool for detecting predators of amphibians at a breeding pond	18
Effects of culling pressure and landscape structure on flight behavior of Japanese macaques in a depopulating society	18
Against the flow: unexpected migration movements over the open sea by inexperienced ospreys	17
Hunting Iberian ibex: from a threat factor to a conservation tool	17
Insect abundance as a clock: timing of reproduction in bats of the Zhiguli Mountains	16
Population dynamics of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) in Central European forest clearings	15
Stakeholder values on the management of African elephants for large tree conservation in protected areas	14
Occurrence of Mycoplasma spp. in clinically healthy free-ranging European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in Germany	14
Dog–wildlife interactions across Spain suggest vulnerability in periurban areas and aquatic ecosystems	14
Wolf attacks on hunting dogs are negatively related to prey abundance in Finland: an analysis at the wolf territory level	14
Differences in vegetation types, seasonal and temporal changes in the frequency of occurrence of vertebrate species that contribute to the decomposition of sika deer carcasses	14
Assessing climate change threats to biodiversity and protected areas of Iran	13
From forest to feast: wild meat as a source of food and culture for the Nocte tribe	13
Thermal and behavioural responses of moose to chemical immobilisation from a helicopter	12
Confounding factors in the isotopic analysis of herbivore fecal samples	12
Do culling pressure and forest clearing affect sex-specific habitat use in sika deer?	12

Exploring the dynamics of human-wildlife conflicts in the Sai communal area adjacent to Sengwa wildlife research area, Zimbabwe	11
Guardians of the forest: community-led conservation of Malayan sun bears in Mizoram's dampa tiger reserve, India	11
Interactions between eagles and semi-domestic reindeer – lessons learned from field surveys and deterrents	11
Tools and opportunities for African swine fever control in wild boar and feral pigs: a review	10
Molecular identification of Mycobacterium Bovis in a Franciscana (Pontoporia Blainvillei) in Patagonia, Argentina	10
Prevalence of imbedded and ingested shot gun pellets in breeding sea ducks in the Baltic Sea—possible implications for future conservation efforts	10
Mineral lick monitoring reveals seasonal patterns of bot fly myiasis in howler monkeys (Alouatta sara)	10
Is Pumba still beloved? People’s perception on wild boar in Portugal	10
Legal harvest and predation of North American cervids mediated by anthropogenic development	10
Diving behaviour of a critically endangered crocodilian: ecological drivers and conservation implications	10
Differential reservoir competence of forest dormice (Dryomys nitedula) for various Lyme disease spirochetes	9
A nonlethal and scalable bird deterrent: field validation of 15-Hz red flickering light across multiple species	9
Survival and space use of a restocked Iberian rabbit population in a semi-natural enclosure	9
Landscape settlement and parameters of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) home ranges in the Czech Republic	9
Nesting ecology and confirmed breeding of the invasive pond slider Trachemys scripta in an urban environment, Romania	9
Huddling behaviour of adult edible dormice in a peripheral population	9
Financial values of bushmeat and effects of anthropogenic activities on mammal’s species in the Douala-Edea National Park, Cameroon	9
Access to agricultural crops promotes first-year growth in a wild herbivore	9
Preventing unintentional Bat captures in canopy traps used for insect surveys	8
A mass mortality event of crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon thous) and Pampas foxes (Lycalopex gymnocercus) linked to a canine distemper virus outbreak in a protected area of Argentina	8
Long-term demographic changes in harvested Eurasian teal (Anas crecca) and Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) in the UK	8
Fur clipping as a method for identification in the hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius: how reliable is it for monthly monitoring?	8
Habitat preferences and similarities of Grey Partridges and Common Pheasants in agricultural landscapes under organic and conventional farming	8
Community perceptions of threats to the White-crested Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos hamiltoni in two protected areas of the northwestern Himalaya: Implications for conservation	8
Effects of dehorning on population productivity in four Namibia sub-populations of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis bicornis)	8
Bear trade in Poland: an analysis of legal and illegal international trade from 2000 to 2021	8
Silent threats to himalayan mammals: insights from camera trapping in Dhauladhar wildlife sanctuary	8
An examination of the trade in bear parts and derivatives for traditional medicine in Hong Kong and its legality	8
Mixed broadleaf–conifer forests promote coexistence of red squirrels and dormice	8
Correction to: Observations of golden eagles attacking and consuming wolf pups	8
Survival and cause-specific mortality in adult females of a northern migratory ungulate	7
Trypanosomatids in European bison (Bison bonasus): insights from biting midges and tissue screening	7
Turkish and German university students’ emotions and protection intentions regarding wolves and wild boars	7
Adrenocortical activity, measured via feather corticosterone, affects semen quality but not blood plasma prolactin in the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.)	7
Fleas from garden dormice (Eliomys quercinus) and their nests in Germany	7
The trade of tokay geckos Gekko gecko in retail pharmaceutical outlets in Hong Kong	7
Characterization of Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) habitat and resources availability in the Alvarado Lagoon System, Veracruz	7
Estimating kill intervals for a specific prey species using location clusters from GPS-collared Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)	7
Tolerance and intraguild commensalism: the case of the European badger and the Iberian lynx	7
Spatial modelling of wild boar habitat suitability and risk of disease spillover to pigs in Northern Greece	7
Direct counts could underestimate the size of mountain ungulate populations	7
The effect of snow depth on movement rates of GPS-collared moose	7
Early stages of home range settlement in a newly reintroduced raptor on an island: Bonelli’s eagle (Aquila fasciata) on Mallorca, Spain	7
Diet composition of a generalist predator does not indicate its population impact on prey: a response to Pagh et al. (2025)	7
Assessing Human-Wildlife Conflict in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan: Economic Impacts and People’s Perceptions	7
Wild boar (Sus scrofa) as a potential reservoir of infectious agents in Portugal: a review of two decades (2001–2021)	7
A newly emerging trade in New Guinea’s butcherbirds (Cracticinae) in Indonesia	7
Diversity and conservation status of amphibians and reptiles in cities: a country- level approach using citizen science	6
Knocking on the wolf’s door: range overlap and hybridization potential of the Canis genus in Bosnia and Herzegovina	6
Using freshness decay modeling to improve pellet count-based population estimates in arid environments	6

The importance of timing in goose grazing effects on winter wheat yield	6
Are nest boxes always the best method for monitoring glirid populations? Insights from Eliomys Quercinus in the alps	6
Low contribution of livestock in the grey wolf diet in the area with high availability of free-ranging cattle and horses	6
Correction to: Snowballing trends of saltwater crocodile conflicts in Andaman Islands: a mounting concern for conservation and sustainable coexistence	6
Are birdwatchers willing to participate in local goose management? A case study from Sweden	6
Fawn bedsite selection by a large ungulate living in a peri-urban area	6
Seasonal diet composition of partially migrating red deer (Cervus elaphus) in temperate forests of the Western Carpathians	6
Shedding light on long-term trends in Mediterranean carnivore populations: five species, one scenario, different responses	6
Biochemical, hematological and morphometric assessment of free-ranging Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) pups	6
Assessing the costs of human‒wildlife conflict in the Khata wildlife corridor, Nepal	6
Health risks associated with argasid ticks, transmitted pathogens, and blood parasites in Pyrenean griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) nestlings	6
Estimating the population size of a semi-isolated moose (Alces alces) population from two sources of non-invasively collected DNA	6
Are cats more equal than dogs?	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
Sound propagation in forest and habitat desertion in the Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.)	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
Correction to: Application of species distribution models to estimate and manage the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) habitat in the Hindu Kush Mountains, Pakistan	5
Assessing indicators of harvest sustainability in northern populations of marten (Martes americana)	5
Macronutrient regulation by mesocarnivores in a rodent-poor area	5
Correction to: Exploring the dynamics of human-wildlife conficts in the Sai communal area adjacent to Sengwa wildlife research area, Zimbabwe	5
Molecular detection of novel herpesviruses and adenoviruses in two species of Australian freshwater turtles	5
Seroepidemiological analyses of rabies virus in two procyonid species from La Venta urban park, in Tabasco, Mexico	5
Community perspectives on the consolation from human-wildlife conflict damages and the existence of local mitigation measures around protected areas in Tanzania	5
Powerline pylons at city crossroads as nocturnal roosting sites for urban birds	5
The conservation island effect of commercial hunting of red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) in agricultural landscapes	5
Molecular surveillance revealed no SARS-CoV-2 spillovers to raccoons (Procyon lotor) in four German federal states	5
The annual occurrence of mass mortality at a Common Pipistrelle swarming site	5
Impact of wind farm on summer spatial distribution of roe deer Capreolus capreolus – a UAV-based study in central Poland	5
Correction to: Hunting for ecological indicators: are large herbivore skeleton measures from harvest data useful proxies for monitoring?	5
Expanding the spatial scale in DNA-based monitoring schemes: ascertainment bias in transnational assessments	5
Hybridisation and genomic diversity in British and Irish pigeons Columba livia	5
Human presence is positively related to the number of bird calls and songs: Assessment in a national park	5
Home range of the Dalmatian pelican in south-east Europe	5
Do long-term camera trap sampling designs matter to estimate diel activity?	5
A review of the threat of unsustainable wildlife trade to global biodiversity and society	5
Long-term dynamics and extinction of a small local population of the forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)	5
Assessing management effectiveness of protected area in Central Vietnam: A case study of Bach Ma National Park	5
Mesopredator control for waterfowl conservation: hunting reduces invasive raccoon dog abundance and predation on artificial nests	4
Diel activity of free-ranging cats and their mammalian and avian prey on the oceanic Madeira Island, Macaronesia	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
Understanding deer management dilemmas: A mixed methods approach to understand diverse stakeholder values in human-wildlife conflicts	4
Dietary differences in males and females of a strongly sexually dimorphic ungulate	4
Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) infection in free-ranging red serow (Capricornis rubidus), Mizoram, India	4
Canada’s role in global wildlife trade: Research trends and next steps	4
Successful establishment of Ashworthius sidemi in red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Germany, with a summary of worldwide A. sidemi records	4
Modelling population dynamics of woodland caribou in Ontario and Quebec, Canada, using the logistic equation with uncertainty analysis	4
Habitat selection and movement patterns of the Raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Denmark using GPS telemetry data	4
Assessing the effectiveness of footprint tunnels compared to long-term nest box monitoring for hazel and garden dormice	4
Using species distribution modelling in identifying locations for habitat restoration, relocations and potential ecological traps for the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis, in Northern Germany	4
Predator-friendly ranching, use of electric fences, and creole cattle in the Colombian savannas	4
Survey of the distribution of various frog species in each paddy field, focusing on spatial autocorrelation	4
A tale of two felids: virus circulation in European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and domestic cats (Felis catus) urges surveillance programs in natural populations	4
Foraging and habitat use in common duikers, Sylvicapra grimmia within the Soutpansberg, South Africa	4
Determining sex in golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nestlings	4
Epidemiology of Betacoronavirus erinacei infecting European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in Apulia, Southern Italy: The potential role of mother-offspring groups in viral circulation	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
From species detection to population size indexing: the use of sign surveys for monitoring a rare and otherwise elusive small mammal	4
Age structure and growth in populations of an endemic frog species Rana italica along a slight environmental/climate gradient	4
Wild boar population fluctuations in a subtropical forest: the crucial role of mast seeding in Ryukyu Islands, Japan	4
More than movement routes: the role of biocorridors for feeding, shelter, and niche partitioning of wild ungulates	4
Description of box trapping, immobilisation, anaesthesia monitoring and blood chemistry and serology in free-ranging European wildcats (Felis silvestris) in Southwest Germany	4
Spatiotemporal distribution and population trends of Sindh ibex (Capra aegagrus blythii) in Balochistan during 2019–2022	4
Genetic assessment of subspecies composition in bean goose (Anser fabalis) harvest in Sweden, Finland and Estonia	4
Spotlight hunting of invasive deer (Axis axis) selects for individuals with greater reproductive value in a protected area of north-eastern Argentina	4
Emotions shape attitudes towards wolf conservation management in the Italian Alps	4