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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
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Litter‐trapping tank bromeliads in five different forests: Carbon and nutrient pools and fluxes	24
2023 Julie S Denslow & Peter Ashton Prizes for the outstanding articles published in Biotropica	24
Landscape heterogeneity increases survival of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis juveniles in a frequently burned, humid savanna	21
Fallen trees as “natural bridges” for the movement of mammals crossing rivers	18
Use of the Alternative Stable States Concept in Tropical Terrestrial Ecosystem Research—A Systematic Literature Review	18
Citizen science and color pattern analysis indicate unreported Batesian mimicry between Neotropical snakes	17
Spatiotemporal patterns of trophic niche variation within and among species of tropical coastal fishes	17
Taxonomic and functional avian diversity vary with cattle management practices in humid Chaco forests of Argentina	16
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Seed dispersal of Madagascar's iconic baobab species, Adansonia grandidieri	16
Genetic diversity and functional connectivity of a critically endangered salamander	15
Abundance variations within feeding guilds reveal ecological mechanisms behind avian species richness pattern along the elevational gradient of Mount Cameroon	14
Vertebrate seed predation can limit recruitment of later‐successional species in tropical forest restoration	14
Land‐use changes impact responses of termite functional and taxonomic diversity in the Colombian Amazon	14
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Bioacoustic Assessment of Mangrove Health: Influence of Habitat Characteristics on Bird Richness	12
Beans with bugs: Covert carnivory and infested seed selection by the red‐nosed cuxiú monkey	12
Impacts of large dams on Amazonian floodplain bird communities	12
Weak edge effects on trees in Bornean rainforest remnants bordering oil palm	12
Uncovering mechanisms of seed predation by fish	11
Moderate anthropogenic impacts alter temporal niche without affecting spatial distribution of ocelots in the Amazon rainforest	11
Impact of human foraging on tree diversity, composition, and abundance in a tropical rainforest	11
Decadienal afforestation and risks to montane grassland amphibians in the Udzungwa Plateau, Tanzania	11

Habitat differences in seed‐dispersing vertebrates indicate dispersal limitation in tropical bracken‐dominated deforested areas	11
Phenotypic, Floristic, and Anthropogenic Drivers of the Pollen Niche of Amazonian Stingless Bees	11
Do experimental drought stress and species' drought sensitivity influence herbivory in tropical tree seedlings?	11
Non‐floral scent sources of orchid bees: Observations and significance	11
Escape behavior lateralization of pointed‐belly frog (Leptodactylus podicipinus) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) in the southern Pantanal	11
Patterns of Leaf, Flower, and Fruit Phenology and Environmental Relationships in a Seasonal Tropical Forest in the Indian Eastern Himalaya	11
Virtual special issue: Insights from a landscape ecological perspective for tropical biology and conservation	10
Forest resistance to drought in a humid tropical dipterocarp forest in the Western Ghats of India	10
Roost site use by Great (Buceros bicornis) and Wreathed (Rhyticeros undulatus) Hornbill and its implications for seed dispersal	10
Migration Patterns of Epiphyllous Bryophyte Metapopulations in Amazonian Fragmented Landscape Inferred From Census and Genomic Data	10
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Lepidoptera research in Puerto Rico: Reconnecting with historical legacies to guide future priorities	10
Geophagy by a large herbivore (capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) driven by a human sodium supply	10
Proximate cues of flowering in a subtropical rain forest	10
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
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Height–diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico	9
Where Art Thou? Urbanization Decreases Attacks on Sentinel Prey by Arthropods, but Not Birds, in a Tropical City	9
Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) at risk in western Mexico	9
Niche expansion of capuchin monkeys to forest floor on guild‐reduced islands increases interspecific spatio‐temporal overlap	9
Consuming and consumed: Biotic interactions of African mistletoes across different trophic levels	9
Isolated Trees in a Fragmented Tropical Landscape: A View Through the Soil Seed Bank	9
Incomplete recovery of tree community composition and rare species after 120 years of tropical forest succession in Panama	9
Effects of Vegetation Density on the Diversity of Lizards in an Area of the Brazilian Cerrado	8
Seeding success: Integrating seed dispersal networks in tropical forest restoration	8
Rapoport's rule explains the range size distribution of butterflies along the Eastern Himalayan elevation gradient	8
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Predictive mapping of tree species assemblages in an African montane rainforest	8
Challenges in the Early Ontogeny of a Mutualistic Plant: Resource Availability and Plant Defense in Juvenile Cecropia Ant‐Plants	8
ATBC 2022 Student and Early Career Awards	8
Associations of bird and bat species richness with temperature and remote sensing‐based vegetation structure on a tropical mountain	8
Role of Rivers as Geographical Barriers in Shaping Molecular Divergence of Neotropical Primates	8
Radiocarbon estimates of age and growth for a dominant Amazon palm species	7
An unprecedented and unprovoked attack by a free‐ranging ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the Peruvian Amazon	7
Coastal dry tropical forests in Florida and the Caribbean in peril: A review	7
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ATBC 2025 Student and Early Career Awards	7
Distribution, social organization, and management of Semnopithecus johnii: An umbrella species of fragmented landscape of the Western Ghats	7
Clades That Frequently Accumulate Metals Do Not Have Low Abundance in the Tropical Forests of Sulawesi, Indonesia	7
Variations in the reproductive cycle of Bornean montane tree species along elevational gradients on ultrabasic and non‐ultrabasic soils	7
How can academics contribute to biodiversity science?	7
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ATBC Code of Conduct	7
Native forest and proximity to humans are stronger drivers of Brazilian cottontail habitat use than invasive European hare	7
The Rapid Recovery of a Caatinga Dry Forest is Mediated by Disturbance‐Adapted Species	7
Drivers of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) predation on endangered primates within a transformed landscape in southern Mexico	7
Changing the main course: strong bat visitation to the ornithophilous mistletoe Psittacanthus robustus (Loranthaceae) in a Neotropical savanna	7
Epizoochorous seed dispersal by an Afroalpine savanna primate	7
Cattle Disperse Seeds and Aquatic Plants in Neotropical Wetlands	7

Cactus height increases the modularity of a plant–frugivore network in the Caatinga dry forest	7
Thomas E. Lovejoy III (1941–2021)—An individual for all times and places, especially in the tropics	7
Distance sampling from curving transects in dense tropical forests	7
A predominantly diurnal tropical mammal increases nocturnality in response to high temperatures	7
Impact of human disturbance on the abundance of non‐breeding shorebirds in a subtropical wetland	7
Effects of pasture‐burning management on anuran communities in subtropical Brazilian grasslands	6
Large Yearly Fluctuations in Congregation Sizes of Migratory Danainae Butterflies in the Western Ghats, India	6
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Genetic inference of orchid population dynamics on different‐aged lava flows in Costa Rica	6
A universal pharmacy: Possible self‐medication using tree balsam by multiple Atlantic Forest mammals	6
Evidence for hawkmoth pollination in the chiropterophilous African baobab (Adansonia digitata)	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
Lost in Amazon: Evidencing the southern extension of the geographic distribution of Linné's two‐toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)	6
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Regional variation in responses of a vulnerable bird species to land‐use and climate change	6
Chytrid prevalence and infection intensity in treefrogs from three environments with different degrees of conservation in Mexico	6
Correction to “Hydraulic architecture explains species moisture dependency but not mortality rates across a tropical rainfall gradient”	6
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Degradation and Fragmentation Effects on Structural Complexity in West‐African Forest Patches	6
More the merrier? influence of mango orchards on the composition of the reptile communities of the lateritic plateaus, Maharashtra, India	6
Variation of seasonal litterfall in subtropical montane cloud forests to typhoon severity and environmental factors	6
2023 ATBC Honorary Fellows	6
The Influence of Litter Diversity on Leaf Breakdown and the Colonization of Decomposer Communities in Subtropical Highland Grassland Streams	5
Chronic browsing by an introduced mammalian herbivore in a tropical island alters species composition and functional traits of forest understory plant communities	5
Increasing fire severity alters the species composition and decreases richness of seeds potentially dispersed by small mammals	5
Seasonal plasticity in sympatric Bicyclus butterflies in a tropical forest where temperature does not predict rainfall	5
Direct and indirect plant defenses reduce damage by a generalist but not by a specialist pod borer	5
Recruitment limitation in three large‐seeded plant species in a tropical moist forest	5
Supporting inclusive scientific communities: Insights from the ATBC society survey	5
Population Estimate and Spatial Distribution of Capybaras in Lake Paranoá, Brasília, Brazil	5
Ants mediate community composition of root‐associated fungi in an ant‐plant mutualism	5
Factors limiting plant recruitment in a tropical Afromontane Forest	5
Contribution of small nocturnal lemurs to seed dispersal in Madagascar: A review	5
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The eco‐evolutionary history of Madagascar presents unique challenges to tropical forest restoration	5
Population structure and dynamics, breeding activity and phenology of the blue‐sided treefrog (Agalychnis annae)	5
A jumping terrestrial leech from Madagascar	5
Anthropogenic extinctions explain most size and trophic mismatches between large mammalian primary consumers from Amazonian and African rainforests	5
Seabird presence and seasonality influence nutrient dynamics of atoll habitats	5
Partial recovery of primary rainforest bird communities in Amazonian secondary forests	5
Anthropogenic landscape features affect the ground habitat use of Penelope superciliaris (Cracidae), a large seed disperser bird in southeastern Brazil	5
Population Variability and Apparent Recent Decline of River Birds in the Indian Himalaya	5
One ant's trash is another ant's treasure: Army ant middens provide resources for diverse ant assemblages	5
Changes in tropical terrestrial vertebrate communities along two anthropogenic gradients: Forest degradation and accessibility	5
Biotropica's first open call for editorial service	5
Value of human‐modified forests for the conservation of canopy epiphytes	4
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Integrating effects of neighbor interactions for pollination and abiotic resources on coffee yield in a multi‐strata agroforest	4
Sampling local ant diversities and the importance of trait analyses	4
Snow damage in a Himalayan forest maintains the dominance of evergreen oaks	4
Seed fate in ant‐mediated dispersal: Seed dispersal effectiveness in the Ectatomma ruidum (Formicidae)—Zanthoxylum ekmanii (Rutaceae) system	4
Limited seed dispersal shapes fine‐scale spatial genetic structure in a Neotropical dioecious large‐seeded palm	4
Short flowers for long tongues: Functional specialization in a nocturnal pollination network of an asclepiad in long‐tongued hawkmoths	4
Experimental Determination of Labidus coecus Army Ant Diet: Novel Evidence for a Feeding Strategy	4
Coarse woody debris density and carbon concentration by decay classes in mixed montane wet tropical forests	4
Effects of forest fragmentation on the weight of understory birds at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in Amazonia	4
Effect of Local and Landscape Variables on Bird Communities in Forest‐Agricultural Mosaics in Northeast Luzon, Philippines	4
Logging leaves a fingerprint on the number, size, spatial configuration and geometry of tropical forest canopy gaps	4
Agriculturally developed areas reduce genetic connectivity for a keystone Neotropical ungulate	4
Young voices and visions for tropical restoration science in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration	4
Predation on artificial caterpillars following understorey fires in human‐modified Amazonian forests	4
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Mangrove Pollinator Functional Diversity Decreases With Patch Size and Landscape Anthropization	4
Spatial density patterns of herbivore response to seasonal dynamics in the tropical deciduous forest of central India	4
Chimpanzees as ecosystem service providers: Seed dispersal of an economically important plant resource	4
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Succession and seasonality drive tropical butterfly assembly after an extreme hurricane	4
2021 Student and Early Career Awards	4
Thin corridors limit wildlife: Variance of tropical carnivore distribution and habitat use in a critical rainforest corridor	4
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When are buttresses and stilt roots necessary for a tree in terra‐firme Amazonian forests?	4
Physiological and Growth Responses of Tropical Dry Forest Tree Seedlings to Water and Nutrient Additions: Comparisons Between Nitrogen Fixers and Non‐Fixers	4
Neo‐tropical felid activity patterns in relation to potential prey and intraguild competitors in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	4
Radial and vertical variation of wood nutrients in Bornean tropical forest trees	4
The legacy of forest logging on organic matter inputs and storage in tropical streams	4
Impoverished woody seedling assemblages and the regeneration of Caatinga dry forest in a human‐modified landscape	4
Habitat quality and edge area of fragments determine insect diversity in a heavily used landscape: Implications for forest landscape restoration	4
Size and crown shape predict reproductive maturity of Carapa guianensis in upland and floodplain forests in the northeastern Amazon	4
Frugivory by Three Species of Lizards in Madagascar: Implication for Their Ecological Roles as Seed Dispersers	4