OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Mammal Research is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Terrestrial locomotor behaviors of the big brown bat (Vespertilionidae: Eptesicus fuscus)	25
European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as seed disperser in arid ecotones of Argentina: non-native herbivore facilitation of native and non-native plants	22
First characterization of the echolocation calls of Myotis dinellii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)	15
Body condition is positively related to basal metabolic rate in two species of vespertilionid bats from Central Mexico	15
Dietary habits of the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the Brazilian wetlands	15
Multi-year monitoring of bats in a Northern South American forest: diversity and comparison with other neotropical bat assemblages	15
Activity patterns of an arboreal and semi-arboreal mammal community	13
Habitat selection of smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) in the peri-coastal, urbanised landscape of Goa, India	13
Phylogenetic position of the northern pika Ochotona hyperborea in Hokkaido, Japan based on mitochondrial COI sequences	11
Habitat use by the endangered spotted-tailed quoll in a fragmented landscape	10
A new camera-trapping device, the Campascope, to study feeding behaviour of subterranean rodents	9
Using the BirdNET algorithm to identify wolves, coyotes, and potentially their interactions in a large audio dataset	8
Habitat characteristics around dens in female brown bears with cubs are density dependent	8
Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) abundance estimation using Bayesian methods: first data from a highly agricultural environment in central Italy	8
Correction to: Wildlife feeding activities induce papillae proliferation in the rumen of fallow deer	8
Variations in density of pine marten Martes martes populations according to forest fragmentation	8
Melanin-based colouration in European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus): is it under selection in urban environments?	8
Filling acoustic gaps: new insights into the echolocation calls of Argentine bats	8
Weather, ultrasonic, cranial and body traits predict insect diet hardness in a Central Mexican bat community	7
Unraveling the origin of the wild pig (Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758) from the northwest Patagonian region: evidence of hybridization processes and a possible pure wild boar population in a protected area	7
Do mammals use human-modified landscapes? A survey of medium- and large-sized species in an Atlantic Forest-Cerrado pastureland	7
Phylogeography of Mustela eversmanii and M. putorius (Carnivora: Mustelidae) throughout continental Eurasia, based on mitochondrial control-region sequences	7
Confirmed presence of Neogale frenata (Carnivora, Mustelidae) in the cordillera del Cóndor (ecuador) and comments on its taxonomy	7
Hypoflexid function in the “trenchant heel” of carnassial teeth, with comments on talonid evolution	7
Large scale monitoring of terrestrial small mammals using noninvasive sampling and COI barcoding	6

Low autumn activity of bats results in small potential of pest reduction	6
Choosing crops over natural fodder: feeding ecology of the Asian elephant Elephas maximus in the mosaics of agriculture fields with fragmented forests of South Bengal, India	6
Competitive interactions with dominant carnivores affect carrion acquisition of striped hyena in a semi-arid landscape of Rajasthan, India	6
Assessing habitat selection of the vulnerable Asian small-clawed otters in an anthropized riparian forest of eastern Bangladesh	6
Brushtail possum terrestrial activity patterns are driven by climatic conditions, breeding and moonlight intensity	6
Climate change threatens striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) distribution in Nepal	6
Golden years: estimated longevity of marten (Martes americana), wolverine (Gulo gulo), and lynx (Lynx canadensis)	5
Home range and resource selection of Virginia opossums in the rural southeastern United States	5
Camera traps strengthen inference about endangered beach mouse activity	5
Population density and activity of the Gobi bear	5
New genetic data unveil taxonomic complexity in the high-Andean sigmodontine Abrothrix andina (Rodentia, Cricetidae)	5
Spatial ecology of leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in Korea: seasonal and sexual variation in home range and habitat preference	5
Browsing into a Panamanian tropical rainforest: micro- and mesowear study of Central American red brocket deer	5
Why hibernate? Predator avoidance in the edible dormouse	5
Trunks and treetops: integrating terrestrial and arboreal camera-trap surveys to document elusive mammal communities in India	5
Correction to: Molecular DNA-based spatial mapping technique predicting diversity and distribution of otters (Lutrinae) in Peninsular Malaysia using non-invasive fecal samples	5
Large hairy armadillo Chaetophractus villosus: the most recent mammal invader in the binational Tierra del Fuego Island	5
Spatio-temporal patterns of vertebrate roadkills in a suburban area in northern Japan	5
Does the size of a protected area matter? An assessment of leopard population and habitat usage in a protected area of Shiwalik foothills, Himalaya	5
Habitat structure and the presence of large carnivores shape the site use of an understudied small carnivore: caracal ecology in a miombo woodland	5
New mesocarnivore at the doorstep of Central Europe: historic development of golden jackal (Canis aureus) population in Slovenia	5
Habitat suitability and representation of the potential distribution of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) within land cover types and protected areas of eastern Colombia	5
Morphometrics, pelage variations and reproduction of the little studied Saharan striped polecat (Poecilictis libyca)	4
Rapid and reliable method for identification of three medium-sized horseshoe bat species in Europe	4
A reduced labor, non-invasive method for characterizing small mammal communities	4
Comparative mitogenome sequences and phylogenetic relationships of two mongooses (Herpestes ichneumon and Urva auropunctata) from Türkiye and Iraq	4
First documentation of golden jackal (Canis aureus) reproduction in Germany	4
Correction to: Do unpublished data help to redraw distributions? The case of the spectacled bear in Peru	4
Five-decade expansion of striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) and the process of its establishment in colonized territories	4
Correction to: A first species‑wide phylogenetic analysis of small mammals from Costa Rica using mitochondrial cytochrome b	4
Spatio-temporal behaviour of female wild boar in an agro-forestry–pastoral landscape of Southern Italy	4
Behavioral habitat selection of wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) in boreal forests	4
Diets of pumas during significant changes in ungulate prey availability in the San Andres Mountains, south-central New Mexico, USA	3
Spatiotemporal patterns of brown bears with cubs compared to lone bears	3
Reducing identification errors of African carnivores from photographs through computer-assisted workflow	3
Density surface modeling of European hare in the Argentinean Pampas	3
First occurrence of a reproductive group of golden jackal (Canis aureus moreoticus) in a densely populated area south of the Po River (Italy)	3
Drivers of functional diversity in small-bodied mammals across a deforestation frontier in the Southern Brazilian Amazon	3
Bioacoustic evidence for a continuous summer presence of the greater noctule bat, Nyctalus lasiopterus, in the Italian Alps	3
Wildlife feeding activities induce papillae proliferation in the rumen of fallow deer	3
Habitat suitability and niche comparison of sympatric weasels in northwestern Italy	3
A method to sample small mammals in the subnivium	3
Islands as biodiversity arks: the role of insular populations in preserving bat DNA-barcoding diversity	3
Seasonal changes in dietary compositions of the Malayan flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) with reference to food availability	3
Seasonal variation in the activity pattern of red squirrels and their mammalian predators	3
Wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) — a newcomer in Estonian mammal fauna?	3
Assessing the ecological suitability of the Irish landscape for the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)	3
Characterization of recent wild pig-vehicle collisions in Georgia, USA	3
The first report on genetic variability and population structure in jackals from Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
Using DNA barcoding and species distribution models to characterize the trophic ecology of Geoffroy’s cat in the Brazilian Pampa	3

Diet analysis of Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), and best practice for studies combining DNA and micro-histologic analysis of faecal samples	3
Decadal trends in a population of urban white-tailed jackrabbits at the northern edge of its range	3
The rare rodent genus Rhagomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae): biogeographical patterns and description of a new species	2
Density and occupancy of leopard cats across different forest types in Cambodia	2
Population genomics reveals differences in genetic structure between two endemic arboreal rodent species in threatened cloud forest habitat	2
Unified analysis of niche overlap between coyotes (Canis latrans) and gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)	2
How many nights should acoustic detectors be set to estimate cave-exiting behavior of hibernating bats?	2
Phylogeography and Genetic Structure of the Steppe Marmot (Marmota bobak Müller, 1776) in Application to Subspecies Taxonomy	2
How much Eurasian beaver activity is there in Italy? Using field signs to monitor and map a returned species	2
Relationships among North American deer based on mitochondrial DNA and ultraconserved elements, with comments on mito-nuclear discordance	2
Let’s go hide in the forest! Escape behavior of Chaetophractus vellerosus to Tala forest remnant in Buenos Aires province, Argentina	2
Use of European badger setts by invasive raccoons and other mesocarnivores in western Poland	2
Mitogenomic phylogenetics and population genetics of several taxa of agouties (Dasyprocta sp., Dasyproctidae, Rodentia): molecular nonexistence of some claimed endemic taxa	2
Dental morphology and pathology in the Scandinavian red fox (Vulpes vulpes)	2
Altitudinal and temporal variations in sloth bear diet: insights from non-protected habitats of central Gujarat, India	2
Mink invasion in Chiloé Island, Chile: population genetics and Leptospira spp. detection in Neovison vison	2
Sex differences in a large herbivore’s salt water drinking behaviour: a method for applying a female-biased attractant	2
Do highways influence the genetic structure of coyotes (Canis latrans) in a highly fragmented urban–rural landscape in central Mexico?	2
Genetic variability and population size covary positively across nine badgers (Meles meles) populations in France	2
Show me your tail, if you have one! Is inbreeding depression occurring in wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) from Italy?	2
Correction to: Do highways influence the genetic structure of coyotes (Canis latrans) in a highly fragmented urban–rural landscape in central Mexico?	2
Bamboo shapes the fine-scale richness, abundance, and habitat use of small mammals in a forest fragment	2
A first species-wide phylogenetic analysis of small mammals from Costa Rica using mitochondrial cytochrome b	2
Calling up ghosts: acoustic playback of social vocalisations reveals complex communication in a cryptic bat and provides a promising tool for monitoring disturbance-sensitive species	2
Multi-scale habitat selection highlights the importance of forests and water for mountain lions (Puma concolor) recolonizing the Great Plains	2
Size and colour variation along a strong environmental gradient in Iberian bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus)	2
Correction to: Climate change threatens striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) distribution in Nepal	2
Tooth microwear pattern variation in karst and non-karst peninsular Southeast Asian murine rodents	2
Estimates of insect consumption and guano input in bat caves in Brazil	1
Habitat associations of bats in the green spaces of Davao City, Mindanao, Southern Philippines	1
Description of the echolocation pulses of insectivorous bats with new records for Southwest Colombia	1
Phylogeography, morphometry and the species distribution modelling in Myotis longicaudatus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in the Eastern Palaearctic	1
Explorative behavior allows the successful finding of ephemeral food resources in the wild	1
Foraging ecology of Alpine mountain hares and European hares in the Alps: is competition about food a driving force in overlapping elevations?	1
Every branch in its niche: intraspecific variation in habitat suitability of a widely distributed small mammal, the harvest mouse Micromys minutus	1
Forest dependency could be more important than dispersal capacity for habitat connectivity of four species of insectivorous bats inhabiting a highly anthropized region in central Mexico	1
Mountain lion predation in a multi-prey system on private lands in Texas	1
Habitat structure, not the anthropogenic context or large predators, shapes occupancy of a generalist mesopredator across protected areas in South Africa	1
Morphometric evidence for the differentiation of the Himalayan wolf Canis lupus chanco (Canidae; Carnivora)	1
Correction to: Patterns of species co‑occurrence in a diverse Eastern Himalayan montane carnivore community	1
Get out from my field! The role of agricultural crops in shaping the habitat selection by and suitability for the crested porcupine in Central Italy	1
Landscape context and behavioral clustering contribute to flexible habitat selection strategies in a large mammal	1
Genetic variation of European mouflon depends on admixture of introduced individuals	1
Addressing nontarget amplification in DNA metabarcoding studies of arthropod-feeding rodents	1
Persistence of frugivorous bats in fragments of high-andean forests: a model of structural equations	1
The Brazilian three-banded armadillo is widely distributed in a human-modified landscape in northeastern Brazil	1
Half-empty forests: defaunation of medium and large-sized mammals in a global biodiversity hotspot	1
Temporal variation of the diet of a top terrestrial predator: the jaguar as a case study	1
Dietary variation in a family group of the woolly false vampire Bat (Chrotopterus auritus, Phyllostomidae) at the north of its distribution	1
Environmental variation in the bioclimatic niche, hibernation patterns, and body size of Anatolian ground squirrels	1
Fueling the discussion: are fire-fuel clearings impacting mammal activity at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, California, USA?	1
Similarity of locomotor personality trait within parents improves their reproduction in the common vole (Microtus arvalis) under laboratory conditions	1
Insights into the breeding ecology of wild-living European wildcats in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain	1
Distribution, diel activity patterns and human-bear interactions of the Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) in the Deosai National Park, Pakistan	1
Constricted range and limited genetic variation in Reig’s Grass Mouse Akodon reigi (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in the Southern Campos	1
The first insight into hunting and feeding behaviour of the Eurasian lynx in the Western Carpathians	1
Body mass ratios determine dietary patterns and help predicting predator–prey interactions of Neotropical Carnivora	1
Morphological and molecular analyses confirm the presence of the newly described bat species Molossus melini in the Espinal ecoregion from Argentina	1
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) diet in the wild-prey-depleted, but livestock-abundant, Limpopo National Park, Mozambique	1