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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Competitive effects of a dominant palm on sapling performance in a Neotropical rainforest	25
2023 Julie S Denslow & Peter Ashton Prizes for the outstanding articles published in Biotropica	23
Fallen trees as “natural bridges” for the movement of mammals crossing rivers	23
Wildlife rehabilitation centers as a potential source of transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 into native wildlife of Latin America	20
Hydraulic architecture explains species moisture dependency but not mortality rates across a tropical rainfall gradient	20
Genetic diversity and functional connectivity of a critically endangered salamander	19
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Litter‐trapping tank bromeliads in five different forests: Carbon and nutrient pools and fluxes	18
Taxonomic and functional avian diversity vary with cattle management practices in humid Chaco forests of Argentina	18
Citizen science and color pattern analysis indicate unreported Batesian mimicry between Neotropical snakes	18
Importance of interaction rewiring in determining spatial and temporal turnover of tritrophic (Piper‐caterpillar‐parasitoid) metanetworks in the Yucatán Península, México	16
Vertebrate seed predation can limit recruitment of later‐successional species in tropical forest restoration	15
Landscape heterogeneity increases survival of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis juveniles in a frequently burned, humid savanna	15
Spatiotemporal patterns of trophic niche variation within and among species of tropical coastal fishes	15
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Impact of human foraging on tree diversity, composition, and abundance in a tropical rainforest	14
Seed dispersal of Madagascar's iconic baobab species, Adansonia grandidieri	14
Use of the Alternative Stable States Concept in Tropical Terrestrial Ecosystem Research—A Systematic Literature Review	14
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Abundance variations within feeding guilds reveal ecological mechanisms behind avian species richness pattern along the elevational gradient of Mount Cameroon	13
Impacts of large dams on Amazonian floodplain bird communities	13
Patterns of Leaf, Flower, and Fruit Phenology and Environmental Relationships in a Seasonal Tropical Forest in the Indian Eastern Himalaya	12
Non‐floral scent sources of orchid bees: Observations and significance	11
Land‐use changes impact responses of termite functional and taxonomic diversity in the Colombian Amazon	11

Geographical variation in the bill–flower fit in a plant–pollinator interaction in western Mexico	11
Beans with bugs: Covert carnivory and infested seed selection by the red‐nosed cuxiú monkey	11
Weak edge effects on trees in Bornean rainforest remnants bordering oil palm	11
Bioacoustic Assessment of Mangrove Health: Influence of Habitat Characteristics on Bird Richness	11
Escape behavior lateralization of pointed‐belly frog (Leptodactylus podicipinus) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) in the southern Pantanal	10
Decadienal afforestation and risks to montane grassland amphibians in the Udzungwa Plateau, Tanzania	10
Moderate anthropogenic impacts alter temporal niche without affecting spatial distribution of ocelots in the Amazon rainforest	10
Habitat differences in seed‐dispersing vertebrates indicate dispersal limitation in tropical bracken‐dominated deforested areas	10
Uncovering mechanisms of seed predation by fish	10
Geophagy by a large herbivore (capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) driven by a human sodium supply	10
Do experimental drought stress and species' drought sensitivity influence herbivory in tropical tree seedlings?	10
Virtual special issue: Insights from a landscape ecological perspective for tropical biology and conservation	10
Perceptions by early career tropical researchers on the impact of COVID‐19 six months into the pandemic	10
Lepidoptera research in Puerto Rico: Reconnecting with historical legacies to guide future priorities	9
Roost site use by Great (Buceros bicornis) and Wreathed (Rhyticeros undulatus) Hornbill and its implications for seed dispersal	9
Altitudinal variation of leaf carbon isotope for Dendrosenecio keniensis and Lobelia gregoriana in Mount Kenya alpine zone	9
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Directed vertebrate‐mediated seed dispersal of a fleshy‐fruited amaryllid in a heterogenous habitat	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
Forest resistance to drought in a humid tropical dipterocarp forest in the Western Ghats of India	8
Conservation conundrum: Endangered species persists on noxious weed	8
Incomplete recovery of tree community composition and rare species after 120 years of tropical forest succession in Panama	8
Proximate cues of flowering in a subtropical rain forest	8
Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) at risk in western Mexico	8
Knowledge gaps and opportunities for conservation with orchid collectors in Vietnam	8
Consuming and consumed: Biotic interactions of African mistletoes across different trophic levels	8
Community composition of tree and palm species following disturbance in a forest with bamboo in southwestern Amazonia, Brazil	8
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Coastal dry tropical forests in Florida and the Caribbean in peril: A review	7
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Changing the main course: strong bat visitation to the ornithophilous mistletoe Psittacanthus robustus (Loranthaceae) in a Neotropical savanna	7
ATBC 2022 Student and Early Career Awards	7
Native forest and proximity to humans are stronger drivers of Brazilian cottontail habitat use than invasive European hare	7
Associations of bird and bat species richness with temperature and remote sensing‐based vegetation structure on a tropical mountain	7
Predictive mapping of tree species assemblages in an African montane rainforest	7
Radiocarbon estimates of age and growth for a dominant Amazon palm species	7
How can academics contribute to biodiversity science?	7
Seeding success: Integrating seed dispersal networks in tropical forest restoration	7
Epizoochorous seed dispersal by an Afroalpine savanna primate	7
Uncovering the vertebrate scavenger guild composition and functioning in the Cerrado biodiversity hotspot	6
Effects of pasture‐burning management on anuran communities in subtropical Brazilian grasslands	6
Chronic browsing by an introduced mammalian herbivore in a tropical island alters species composition and functional traits of forest understory plant communities	6
Vertical stratification of dung beetles in young secondary forests of Singapore	6
Challenges in the Early Ontogeny of a Mutualistic Plant: Resource Availability and Plant Defense in Juvenile Cecropia Ant‐Plants	6
Cactus height increases the modularity of a plant–frugivore network in the Caatinga dry forest	6
Role of Rivers as Geographical Barriers in Shaping Molecular Divergence of Neotropical Primates	6
Thomas E. Lovejoy III (1941–2021)—An individual for all times and places, especially in the tropics	6
Degradation and Fragmentation Effects on Structural Complexity in West‐African Forest Patches	6
A predominantly diurnal tropical mammal increases nocturnality in response to high temperatures	6

Distance sampling from curving transects in dense tropical forests	6
Rapoport's rule explains the range size distribution of butterflies along the Eastern Himalayan elevation gradient	6
An unprecedented and unprovoked attack by a free‐ranging ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the Peruvian Amazon	6
Lost in Amazon: Evidencing the southern extension of the geographic distribution of Linné's two‐toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)	6
Integration of genetic structure into conservation of an endangered, endemic lizard, Ceratophora aspera: A case study from Sri Lanka	6
More the merrier? influence of mango orchards on the composition of the reptile communities of the lateritic plateaus, Maharashtra, India	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
Nonchalant neighbors: Space use and overlap of the critically endangered Elongated Tortoise	6
Distribution, social organization, and management of Semnopithecus johnii: An umbrella species of fragmented landscape of the Western Ghats	6
Impact of human disturbance on the abundance of non‐breeding shorebirds in a subtropical wetland	6
Variations in the reproductive cycle of Bornean montane tree species along elevational gradients on ultrabasic and non‐ultrabasic soils	6
Effects of Vegetation Density on the Diversity of Lizards in an Area of the Brazilian Cerrado	6
Drivers of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) predation on endangered primates within a transformed landscape in southern Mexico	6
Seabird presence and seasonality influence nutrient dynamics of atoll habitats	5
Regional variation in responses of a vulnerable bird species to land‐use and climate change	5
Anthropogenic landscape features affect the ground habitat use of Penelope superciliaris (Cracidae), a large seed disperser bird in southeastern Brazil	5
2023 ATBC Honorary Fellows	5
Correction to “Hydraulic architecture explains species moisture dependency but not mortality rates across a tropical rainfall gradient”	5
Population Variability and Apparent Recent Decline of River Birds in the Indian Himalaya	5
Contribution of small nocturnal lemurs to seed dispersal in Madagascar: A review	5
Chytrid prevalence and infection intensity in treefrogs from three environments with different degrees of conservation in Mexico	5
Increasing fire severity alters the species composition and decreases richness of seeds potentially dispersed by small mammals	5
Evidence for hawkmoth pollination in the chiropterophilous African baobab (Adansonia digitata)	5
Factors limiting plant recruitment in a tropical Afromontane Forest	5
Seasonal plasticity in sympatric Bicyclus butterflies in a tropical forest where temperature does not predict rainfall	5
The eco‐evolutionary history of Madagascar presents unique challenges to tropical forest restoration	5
Partial recovery of primary rainforest bird communities in Amazonian secondary forests	5
A universal pharmacy: Possible self‐medication using tree balsam by multiple Atlantic Forest mammals	5
Genetic inference of orchid population dynamics on different‐aged lava flows in Costa Rica	5
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Variation of seasonal litterfall in subtropical montane cloud forests to typhoon severity and environmental factors	5
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Effects of land‐use on fruit bat distribution in different habitats along the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	5
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Ants mediate community composition of root‐associated fungi in an ant‐plant mutualism	4
Chimpanzees as ecosystem service providers: Seed dispersal of an economically important plant resource	4
Detecting ecological thresholds for biodiversity in tropical forests: Knowledge gaps and future directions	4
Seed fate in ant‐mediated dispersal: Seed dispersal effectiveness in the Ectatomma ruidum (Formicidae)—Zanthoxylum ekmanii (Rutaceae) system	4
Logging leaves a fingerprint on the number, size, spatial configuration and geometry of tropical forest canopy gaps	4
The Influence of Litter Diversity on Leaf Breakdown and the Colonization of Decomposer Communities in Subtropical Highland Grassland Streams	4
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Short flowers for long tongues: Functional specialization in a nocturnal pollination network of an asclepiad in long‐tongued hawkmoths	4
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Biotropica's first open call for editorial service	4
Influence of microhabitat on the distribution of tadpoles of three endemic Nyctibatrachus species (Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats, India	4
Value of human‐modified forests for the conservation of canopy epiphytes	4
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Snow damage in a Himalayan forest maintains the dominance of evergreen oaks	4
Habitat quality and edge area of fragments determine insect diversity in a heavily used landscape: Implications for forest landscape restoration	4
Coarse woody debris density and carbon concentration by decay classes in mixed montane wet tropical forests	4
Spatial density patterns of herbivore response to seasonal dynamics in the tropical deciduous forest of central India	4
Radial and vertical variation of wood nutrients in Bornean tropical forest trees	4
Anthropogenic extinctions explain most size and trophic mismatches between large mammalian primary consumers from Amazonian and African rainforests	4
Direct and indirect plant defenses reduce damage by a generalist but not by a specialist pod borer	4
Changes in tropical terrestrial vertebrate communities along two anthropogenic gradients: Forest degradation and accessibility	4
Population structure and dynamics, breeding activity and phenology of the blue‐sided treefrog (Agalychnis annae)	4
Neo‐tropical felid activity patterns in relation to potential prey and intraguild competitors in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	4
Sampling local ant diversities and the importance of trait analyses	4
Effects of forest fragmentation on the weight of understory birds at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in Amazonia	4
Size and crown shape predict reproductive maturity of Carapa guianensis in upland and floodplain forests in the northeastern Amazon	4
Integrating effects of neighbor interactions for pollination and abiotic resources on coffee yield in a multi‐strata agroforest	4
Predation on artificial caterpillars following understorey fires in human‐modified Amazonian forests	4
Limited seed dispersal shapes fine‐scale spatial genetic structure in a Neotropical dioecious large‐seeded palm	4
Recruitment limitation in three large‐seeded plant species in a tropical moist forest	4
The legacy of forest logging on organic matter inputs and storage in tropical streams	4
Supporting inclusive scientific communities: Insights from the ATBC society survey	4
Impoverished woody seedling assemblages and the regeneration of Caatinga dry forest in a human‐modified landscape	4
One ant's trash is another ant's treasure: Army ant middens provide resources for diverse ant assemblages	4
A jumping terrestrial leech from Madagascar	4
When are buttresses and stilt roots necessary for a tree in terra‐firme Amazonian forests?	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
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