OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biotropica 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Citizen science and color pattern analysis indicate unreported Batesian mimicry between Neotropical snakes	30
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Fallen trees as “natural bridges” for the movement of mammals crossing rivers	20
2023 Julie S Denslow & Peter Ashton Prizes for the outstanding articles published in Biotropica	19
Taxonomic and functional avian diversity vary with cattle management practices in humid Chaco forests of Argentina	19
Trees Inside and Outside of Forests in Guanacaste, Costa Rica: Comparisons Among Conservation Areas, Fencerows, and Urban Parks	18
Short‐Term Effects of El Niño (2023–2024 ENSO) Drought on Predation Patterns of Lepidopteran Prey in an Urban‐Agricultural Ecosystems	17
Habitat Amount Shapes Ant Diversity in the Central Amazon	17
Silviculture Simplifies Anuran–Prey Networks and Increases Niche Partitioning in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	16
Seed dispersal of Madagascar's iconic baobab species, Adansonia grandidieri	16
Habitat Conditions and Neighborhood Interactions Drive the Phylogenetic Structure of Seedling Assemblages in a Tropical Forest Mosaic	16
Vertebrate seed predation can limit recruitment of later‐successional species in tropical forest restoration	15
Soil Enzyme Stoichiometry Indicates the Alleviation of Microbial Carbon and Nutrient Limitations After Forest Restoration in Rubber Monocultures, Southwest China	15
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Use of the Alternative Stable States Concept in Tropical Terrestrial Ecosystem Research—A Systematic Literature Review	14
Spatiotemporal patterns of trophic niche variation within and among species of tropical coastal fishes	14
Forest‐Associated Understorey Birds Persist in Agroforestry Orchards Within Tropical Rubber and Oil Palm Landscapes	13
Bioacoustic Assessment of Mangrove Health: Influence of Habitat Characteristics on Bird Richness	13
Patterns of Leaf, Flower, and Fruit Phenology and Environmental Relationships in a Seasonal Tropical Forest in the Indian Eastern Himalaya	13
Abundance variations within feeding guilds reveal ecological mechanisms behind avian species richness pattern along the elevational gradient of Mount Cameroon	12
Weak edge effects on trees in Bornean rainforest remnants bordering oil palm	12
Impacts of large dams on Amazonian floodplain bird communities	12
Phenotypic, Floristic, and Anthropogenic Drivers of the Pollen Niche of Amazonian Stingless Bees	12

Beans with bugs: Covert carnivory and infested seed selection by the red‐nosed cuxiú monkey	11
Amphibians' Expansion to Record Elevations Influences Chytrid ( Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ) I	11
Impact of human foraging on tree diversity, composition, and abundance in a tropical rainforest	11
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Decadienal afforestation and risks to montane grassland amphibians in the Udzungwa Plateau, Tanzania	11
Land‐use changes impact responses of termite functional and taxonomic diversity in the Colombian Amazon	11
Migration Patterns of Epiphyllous Bryophyte Metapopulations in Amazonian Fragmented Landscape Inferred From Census and Genomic Data	11
A Peculiar Neighbor of a Subtropical City of Latin America: The Synanthropic Rodents	10
Vegetation Structure and Soil Composition Influence Opiliones Diversity Across Spatial Scales in Amazonia	10
Urbanization Effects on Taxonomic and Functional Beta Diversity of Dung Beetles in an Amazonian Landscape	10
Geophagy by a large herbivore (capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) driven by a human sodium supply	10
Moderate anthropogenic impacts alter temporal niche without affecting spatial distribution of ocelots in the Amazon rainforest	10
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Habitat differences in seed‐dispersing vertebrates indicate dispersal limitation in tropical bracken‐dominated deforested areas	10
Escape behavior lateralization of pointed‐belly frog (Leptodactylus podicipinus) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) in the southern Pantanal	10
Non‐floral scent sources of orchid bees: Observations and significance	10
2025 Julie S. Denslow and Peter Ashton Prizes for the Outstanding Articles Published in Biotropica	10
Where Art Thou? Urbanization Decreases Attacks on Sentinel Prey by Arthropods, but Not Birds, in a Tropical City	9
Forest resistance to drought in a humid tropical dipterocarp forest in the Western Ghats of India	9
Proximate cues of flowering in a subtropical rain forest	9
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Knowledge gaps and opportunities for conservation with orchid collectors in Vietnam	9
Directed vertebrate‐mediated seed dispersal of a fleshy‐fruited amaryllid in a heterogenous habitat	9
Lepidoptera research in Puerto Rico: Reconnecting with historical legacies to guide future priorities	9
2025 ATBC Honorary Fellows	9
Height–diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico	9
Niche expansion of capuchin monkeys to forest floor on guild‐reduced islands increases interspecific spatio‐temporal overlap	9
Challenges in the Early Ontogeny of a Mutualistic Plant: Resource Availability and Plant Defense in Juvenile Cecropia Ant‐Plants	8
Variations in the reproductive cycle of Bornean montane tree species along elevational gradients on ultrabasic and non‐ultrabasic soils	8
Effects of Vegetation Density on the Diversity of Lizards in an Area of the Brazilian Cerrado	8
Isolated Trees in a Fragmented Tropical Landscape: A View Through the Soil Seed Bank	8
Consuming and consumed: Biotic interactions of African mistletoes across different trophic levels	8
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An unprecedented and unprovoked attack by a free‐ranging ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the Peruvian Amazon	8
Incomplete recovery of tree community composition and rare species after 120 years of tropical forest succession in Panama	8
ATBC 2022 Student and Early Career Awards	8
ATBC Code of Conduct	8
Radiocarbon estimates of age and growth for a dominant Amazon palm species	8
Strangler Figs and Their Spirits: How Indigenous Beliefs and Practices Influence an Iban Landscape, West Kalimantan, Indonesia	8
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Predictive mapping of tree species assemblages in an African montane rainforest	7
Cattle Disperse Seeds and Aquatic Plants in Neotropical Wetlands	7
Seeding success: Integrating seed dispersal networks in tropical forest restoration	7
Coastal dry tropical forests in Florida and the Caribbean in peril: A review	7
Impact of human disturbance on the abundance of non‐breeding shorebirds in a subtropical wetland	7
Native forest and proximity to humans are stronger drivers of Brazilian cottontail habitat use than invasive European hare	7
Large Yearly Fluctuations in Congregation Sizes of Migratory Danainae Butterflies in the Western Ghats, India	7
Clades That Frequently Accumulate Metals Do Not Have Low Abundance in the Tropical Forests of Sulawesi, Indonesia	7
Cactus height increases the modularity of a plant–frugivore network in the Caatinga dry forest	7
Impacts of Climate Change on the Movement Ecology of an Imperfect Homeotherm	7

Role of Rivers as Geographical Barriers in Shaping Molecular Divergence of Neotropical Primates	7
Rapoport's rule explains the range size distribution of butterflies along the Eastern Himalayan elevation gradient	7
Lost in Amazon: Evidencing the southern extension of the geographic distribution of Linné's two‐toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)	6
More the merrier? influence of mango orchards on the composition of the reptile communities of the lateritic plateaus, Maharashtra, India	6
Estimating Sunda Clouded Leopard Lifespans From Minimum Residence Times via Long‐Term Photo‐Tracking	6
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Biotropica Announces a New Editor‐In‐Chief	6
Effects of pasture‐burning management on anuran communities in subtropical Brazilian grasslands	6
Seedling Trait Variation and Functional Space Occupation Responses to Topographic Water Shifts in A Tropical Dry Forest	6
A predominantly diurnal tropical mammal increases nocturnality in response to high temperatures	6
The Rapid Recovery of a Caatinga Dry Forest is Mediated by Disturbance‐Adapted Species	6
Distribution, social organization, and management of Semnopithecus johnii: An umbrella species of fragmented landscape of the Western Ghats	6
Inga and Lianas Are Key Players in the Tropical Nitrogen Cycle of Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Insights From Linking Rates of Nitrogen Fixation With DNA Barcoding Root Identification	6
Exploratory Movements and Natal Dispersal of Gray Hawks (Buteo plagiatus) in South Texas, USA	6
Drivers of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) predation on endangered primates within a transformed landscape in southern Mexico	6
Degradation and Fragmentation Effects on Structural Complexity in West‐African Forest Patches	6
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ATBC 2025 Student and Early Career Awards	6
Distance sampling from curving transects in dense tropical forests	6
2023 ATBC Honorary Fellows	5
Factors limiting plant recruitment in a tropical Afromontane Forest	5
Correction to “Hydraulic architecture explains species moisture dependency but not mortality rates across a tropical rainfall gradient”	5
Contribution of small nocturnal lemurs to seed dispersal in Madagascar: A review	5
Supporting inclusive scientific communities: Insights from the ATBC society survey	5
Seabird presence and seasonality influence nutrient dynamics of atoll habitats	5
The eco‐evolutionary history of Madagascar presents unique challenges to tropical forest restoration	5
Seasonal plasticity in sympatric Bicyclus butterflies in a tropical forest where temperature does not predict rainfall	5
Partial recovery of primary rainforest bird communities in Amazonian secondary forests	5
Genetic inference of orchid population dynamics on different‐aged lava flows in Costa Rica	5
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Correction to “Racing Amidst Change: Urbanization and Climate Alter Functional Traits and Distribution of an Amazonian Parthenogenetic Lizard”	5
Experimental Determination of Labidus coecus Army Ant Diet: Novel Evidence for a Feeding Strategy	5
Anthropogenic landscape features affect the ground habitat use of Penelope superciliaris (Cracidae), a large seed disperser bird in southeastern Brazil	5
Increasing fire severity alters the species composition and decreases richness of seeds potentially dispersed by small mammals	5
Variation of seasonal litterfall in subtropical montane cloud forests to typhoon severity and environmental factors	5
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Population Variability and Apparent Recent Decline of River Birds in the Indian Himalaya	5
Regional variation in responses of a vulnerable bird species to land‐use and climate change	5
A New Method of Fruit Marking for Studies on Chiropterochory	5
Direct and indirect plant defenses reduce damage by a generalist but not by a specialist pod borer	5
A jumping terrestrial leech from Madagascar	5
Chytrid prevalence and infection intensity in treefrogs from three environments with different degrees of conservation in Mexico	5
Chronic browsing by an introduced mammalian herbivore in a tropical island alters species composition and functional traits of forest understory plant communities	5
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One ant's trash is another ant's treasure: Army ant middens provide resources for diverse ant assemblages	4
Canopy Openings Reduce Functional Volume in Amphibian Populations of a Neotropical Forest	4
Mangrove Pollinator Functional Diversity Decreases With Patch Size and Landscape Anthropization	4
Foliar Pathogen Incidence on Woody Seedlings Across a Tropical Forest Chronosequence	4
Predatory Spiders Limit Bromeliad‐Dwelling Frog Assemblages in the Absence of Habitat Effects	4
Correction to “Patterns of Composition, Richness and Endemicity of Cyperaceae Across Open and Closed Habitats in Madagascar's Central Highlands”	4
Leaf Size and Shape Interact to Control Flammability: An Experiment With Artificial Leaves Cut From the Large‐Leaved Species Sapranthus palanga	4
Radial and vertical variation of wood nutrients in Bornean tropical forest trees	4
Spatial density patterns of herbivore response to seasonal dynamics in the tropical deciduous forest of central India	4
Changes in tropical terrestrial vertebrate communities along two anthropogenic gradients: Forest degradation and accessibility	4
Anthropogenic extinctions explain most size and trophic mismatches between large mammalian primary consumers from Amazonian and African rainforests	4
When Calves Get Vulnerable, Ocelots ( Leopardus pardalis ) Get Bold: A Camera Trap Record of Oppor	4
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Neo‐tropical felid activity patterns in relation to potential prey and intraguild competitors in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	4
Traits That Structure Birds Following Army Ant Swarms and the Roles of Both Facilitation and Competition	4
Limited seed dispersal shapes fine‐scale spatial genetic structure in a Neotropical dioecious large‐seeded palm	4
Sampling local ant diversities and the importance of trait analyses	4
The Influence of Litter Diversity on Leaf Breakdown and the Colonization of Decomposer Communities in Subtropical Highland Grassland Streams	4
Biotropica's first open call for editorial service	4
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Population Estimate and Spatial Distribution of Capybaras in Lake Paranoá, Brasília, Brazil	4
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Season's Greetings—Diet and Its Links to Reproductive Timing of the Small‐Island Endemic Christmas Island Flying‐Fox ( Pteropus natalis	4
Soil Properties and Plant Species Identity Independently Influence Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Composition Across Lowland Tropical Forests	4
When are buttresses and stilt roots necessary for a tree in terra‐firme Amazonian forests?	4
The legacy of forest logging on organic matter inputs and storage in tropical streams	4