OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ornithological Applications is 3. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Breeding Sternula antillarum (Least Terns) disturbance distances and duration of escape behaviors: Pedestrians necessitate larger conservation buffers than do passing vehicles	75
Brood parasitism of Hooded Warblers by Brown-headed Cowbirds: Severe impact on individual nests but modest consequences for seasonal fecundity and conservation	40
Songbird annual productivity declines with increasing soil lead contamination around nests	18
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds	17
Birds of Rhode Island: Seasonal Distribution and Ecological History	16
Modeling intra-observer variation in species detections reveals diverse patterns of change over time in participatory scientists	15
Land cover, elevation, and precipitation predict distribution and hotspots of three bird species of concern in boreal Alaska	15
Similar post-fledging behavior observed in wild and reintroduced juvenile Bonelli’s Eagle in two Mediterranean islands	13
A Wing and A Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds	13
Fine-scale forest structure, not management regime, drives occupancy of a declining songbird, the Olive-sided Flycatcher, in the core of its range	13
The Breeding Birds of Minnesota: History, ecology, and conservation	12
Historical racial redlining and contemporary patterns of income inequality negatively affect birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles, California	12
Beach recreationists perceive a lack of knowledge about shorebirds’ needs as a constraint to walking around shorebird flocks	12
A new evolutionary unit of Merganetta armata (Torrent Duck) in Patagonia: De-hybridization, phylogeography, and implications for conservation	12
Additive and interactive effects of wildfire and Corvus corax (Common Raven) density on Centrocercus urophasianus	10
2024 AOS Early Professional Awards to Sheela P. Turbek, Jessie L. Williamson, and Gavin M. Jones	10
Evaluation of distance estimation by observers with point counts and distance-sampling methodology: A field test	9
Prevalence and diversity of malaria parasites (genus Plasmodium) in the imperiled Saltmarsh Sparrow are greater at northern sites	8
A practical decision tool for marine bird mortality assessments	8
Climate change is predicted to reduce sympatry among North American wood-warblers	8
Empirical and simulation data reveal a lack of avoidance of wind turbines by Gyps fulvus (Griffon Vulture)	8
Urbanization and temperature interactively shape laying dates, food abundance, and diet, but have a limited impact on fledging success of Hirundo rustica	8
Anthropogenic features influence home-range size and perch selection in Bubo virginianus (Great Horned Owl)	8
Temporarily closing roads to motorized vehicles may benefit some sensitive bird species in a peri-urban park	7
Bird–building collisions increase with weather conditions that favor nocturnal migration and with inclement and changing weather	7

Window markers reduce bird–window collisions in a real-world application	7
Causes of nest failure vary with water depth, nesting substrate, and adverse weather in the endangered wetland-breeding Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus (Everglade Snail Kite)	6
Alaska’s climate sensitive Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta supports seven million Arctic-breeding shorebirds, including the majority of six North American populations	6
The spatiotemporal properties of artificial feeding schemes influence the post-fledging movement of Egyptian Vultures	6
Natal forest fragment size does not predict fledgling, pre-migration or apparent annual survival in Wood Thrushes	6
Future sea-level rise in northwest Mexico is projected to decrease the distribution and habitat quality of the endangered Calidris canutus roselaari (Red Knot)	6
Low Kirtland’s Warbler fledgling survival in Wisconsin plantations relative to Michigan plantations	6
Turkey Vulture survival is reduced in areas of greater road density	6
Wetter and more forested nonbreeding areas result in later departures but a faster spring migration in Vermivora chrysoptera (Golden-winged Warbler)	6
Contributions of environmental conditions and sound characteristics to differences in perceptibility: Recommendations for passive acoustic monitoring	6
Thank you to the reviewers of the 2023 Ornithological Applications, volume 125	5
Secondary Amazon rainforest partially recovers tree cavities suitable for nesting birds in 18–34 years	5
Spatial and temporal population genomics of Phoenicopterus ruber (American Flamingo)	5
Reintroduced Oriental Stork survival differed by mitochondrial DNA haplotype	5
Dispersal patterns of the endangered Crested Ibis suggest high breeding densities drive natal dispersal	5
Preferred nesting habitat of the slow-breeding Superb Lyrebird is rare and was disproportionately impacted by Australia’s “Black Summer” megafires (2019–2020) within a World Heritage Area	5
Correction to: Meta-replication reveals nonstationarity in multi-scale habitat selection of Mexican Spotted Owl	5
2025 AOS Early Professional Awards to Teresa Pegan, Valentina Gómez-Bahamón, and Maria Stager	5
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) has been replacing Anas rubripes (American Black Duck) in human-altered landscapes in Ontario, 1996 to 2019	5
Extreme temperatures impede the release success of captive-bred avian scavengers	5
Rapid population decline in McKay’s Bunting, an Alaskan endemic, highlights the species’ current status relative to international standards for vulnerable species	4
Under cover of darkness: Refuge from artificial light at night may mitigate risks to stranded seabirds	4
Light-level geolocators and species distribution modeling reveal that the Vulnerable Sporophila cinnamomea (Chestnut Seedeater) migrates through the Paraná-Paraguay system to Central Brazil	4
Mismatch between strong nest-site selection and low survival of nests and broods for Scolopax minor (American Woodcock) and its implications for conservation	4
Shrub cover and height determine the density of Vireo atricapilla (Black-capped Vireo) at two national wildlife refuges	4
Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird , by Mike Stark	4
Abundance and distribution of birds from comprehensive surveys of the Canadian Arctic, 1994–2018	4
Insectivore diet and abundance determine the contribution of bird species to services and disservices in an agricultural ecosystem	4
Weak genetic structure, shared nonbreeding areas, and extensive movement in a declining waterbird	4
Despite regional variation, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus (Pinyon Jay) densities generally increase with local pinyon–juniper cover and heterogeneous ground cover	4
Same view through a different lens: Comparing population trends for North American birds using eBird and the Breeding Bird Survey	4
Citizen science generates reliable migration chronologies to supplement professional surveys for waterfowl habitat management	4
Thank you to the reviewers of the 2022 Ornithological Applications, volume 124	4
Numbers and productivity trends of a Ciconia ciconia (White Stork) population in the face of a landfill closure	4
Cellular network measurements can unravel spatiotemporal properties of bird movement to enhance basic and applied knowledge globally	3
Caught out in the cold: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) survival decreased during an extreme climatic event	3
Nonbreeding distributions of four declining Nearctic–Neotropical migrants are predicted to contract under future climate and socioeconomic scenarios	3
The illegal trade of wild birds in a social network: A call for action from Argentina	3
Extreme weather has variable effects on reproductive success of grassland songbirds at the northern extent of their range	3
Factors influencing spatial and temporal patterns of Lanius ludovicianus (Loggerhead Shrike) occupancy at a grassland-sagebrush ecotone	3
Accounting for seasonal patterns in bird availability prevents biased population trend estimates with advancing spring phenology	3
Loon Lessons: Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver	3
Is green the new black? Black-backed Woodpecker vital rates do not differ between unburned and burned forests within a pyrodiverse landscape	3
Dual-use habitats of Contopus cooperi (Olive-sided Flycatcher): Important spring stopovers for Alaskan populations coincide with shrinking areas of breed	3
Journeys with Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguins	3
High inter-population connectivity and occasional gene flow between subspecies improves recovery potential for the endangered Least Bell’s Vireo	3
Bias in density estimates from avian point-count surveys: Prospects for post-hoc corrections using calibration data	3
Urbanization is associated with innate immune functions in adult, but not nestling Turdus merula (Eurasian Blackbird)	3
Despite short-lived changes, COVID-19 pandemic had minimal large-scale impact on citizen science participation in India	3
Yellowstone’s Birds: Diversity and Abundance in the World’s First National Park	3