OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Journal of Ecology 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Early insights into the movements of Malawi’s transboundary elephants	18
Issue Information	16
Genetic diversity of rodent species sold in South African pet shops	13
An assessment of avian species sold in the South African pet trade	13
Native forest regeneration and eucalyptus plantations in the Malagasy Highland	12
Inter‐habitat community variation of butterflies in an Afrotropical region	11
Breeding success related to clutch size in colonially nesting white stork (Ciconia ciconia) in the wetlands of Guerbes‐Sanhadja (NE Algeria)	11
Physiological stress in eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) as influenced by their density, climatological variables and sexes	10
A confirmed sighting of brown hyaena, Parahyaena brunnea (Thunburg, 1820) in an extirpated area of the Western Cape, South Africa	10
Nesting habits of grey crowned craneBalearica regulorumin Lake Ol’ Bolossat basin, Kenya	9
Unravelling the dynamics: Large mammal occupancy modelling in a West African tropical forest	9
Space use and movement patterns of elephants (Loxodonta africana) in an evergreen forest in central Mozambique	9
A review of the ecological knowledge on the species Batrachoides liberiensis in estuarine and lagoon environments of West Africa	9
Monitoring sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) populations using camera traps	9
Leaf sponge tool use by Buraiga chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, in Kibale National Park, Uganda	9
Demography and reproductive seasonality of small terrestrial mammals in two forest ecosystems in Ghana	8
Long‐distance African wild dog dispersal within the Kavango‐Zambezi transfrontier conservation area	8
Effects of environmental factors on the distribution of flagship species in Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Kumawu, Ghana: Implications for conservation and ecotourism development	8
Ecological risks and bio‐tolerance of Oreochromis niloticus to selected heavy metals in a tropical reservoir	8
Spatial Modelling of the Temporal Patterns and Intensity of Wire Snare Poaching and Predicting Land Cover Change Dynamics in a Semi‐Arid Protected Area	8
Effect of season, habitat type and anthropogenic pressure on the bird diversity in the vineyards agroecosystems in the region of Fes‐Meknes	8
Rapid development of individual identification and presence systems for a critically endangered antelope, the Mountain bongo	8
Environmental Factors Influencing Anthrax Distribution in an East African Protected Area	8
A Suite of Pathogens Detected in Ticks Sampled From Wildlife Hosts in Central Kenya	7
Exploring spatio‐temporal trends and environmental drivers of wildfire occurrence and impacts in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa	7

Effects of lunar phase and temperature on bat activity and species richness at varying altitudes in the Kunene Region, Namibia	7
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Habituation of large mammals to passing vehicles	7
Assessment of Sentinel‐2A images for estimating rosemary land cover through an object‐based image analysis approach	7
Habitat selection by Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi): Conservation implications	7
Wild Meat Value Chain Integration Systems: Opportunities for Value Chain Formalisation and Scaling in Africa	7
Population limitation of a non‐ruminant in a nutrient‐poor ecosystem—predation rather than food	7
Epi‐parasitic mistletoes don't parasitise their host's host and this supports the immunity hypothesis for host choice	7
Space use and social interactions of Central African slender‐snouted crocodiles Mecistops leptorhynchus (Bennett, 1835) in Loango National Park, Gabon	7
Remote Sensing That Makes Sense in Ecological Research—From Pixels to Conservation	6
Natural forest regeneration over a fallow age chronosequence in central African moist forests	6
Seasonal variation in giraffe population density and abundance in the Tsavo landscape, Kenya	6
Diversity and spatio‐temporal distribution of the myriapodofauna in four habitat types along an urban‐rural gradient in Douala (Littoral, Cameroon)	6
Range extension of the agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) and of the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) in eastern Gabon evidenced by camera traps	6
Scaling the Slopes: A Biodiversity Assessment of the Communities of Epigeous Insects Across Mont Nimba's Altitudinal Gradient in Western Côte d'Ivoire	6
Issue Information	6
Dynamics of land use land cover change in an East African inland valley wetland	6
Species richness and distribution of terrestrial ferns in tropical forest fragments in and around Kampala central, Uganda	6
Anthropogenic linear features exhibit greater mammal activity relative to surrounding game trails in a woody savannah	6
Diversity, habitat and activity patterns of mesocarnivore assemblages in an Afrotropical protected forest savannah mosaic of Central Cameroon	6
Home range, landscape use and a migration event by a non‐breeding yellow‐billed kite Milvus migrans parasitus	6
Assessing the status of leopard in the Cape Fold Mountains using a Bayesian spatial capture–recapture model in Just Another Gibbs Sampler	6
Pregnancy complications in wild vervet monkeys in an urban mosaic landscape	6
Pedoderm chemistry in sodic patches on savannah hillslopes in the southern Kruger National Park, South Africa	6
The Effects of Illegal Wildlife Activities on Biodiversity in Few Selected African Countries	6
Temporal variability in food choice and availability for the semi‐captive critically endangered mountain bongo in the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy	5
Impact of Individual Host Characteristics on Host Selection in Oxpeckers	5
Modelling the Suitable Habitat of Gonimbrasia belina, a Communally Exploited Edible Insect, in Southern African Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) Savannah	5
Consumption of hyaena faeces and artificial mineral licks by leopard tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis) in a low‐nutrient environment	5
Probabilistic assessment of the risk of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) species extinction	5
Forest activities drive diversity and structure in the tropical rainforest	5
Fruiting phenology and diversity of native Ficus species in an urban‐forest mosaic landscape in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa	5
Continued availability and sale of pangolins in a major urban bushmeat market in Cameroon despite national bans and the COVID‐19 outbreak	5
Fine‐scale variation in soil and topography influences herbaceous vegetation and the distribution of large mammalian herbivores	5
Reassessing fossorial herpetofaunal density in sand forest following declines of mesoherbivore populations	5
Standing fuel with back‐fires are effective in reducing fire hazardous in prescribed burning in the deciduous miombo woodland	5
Activity and nocturnal home range size of male common hippopotamus in Kruger National Park, South Africa	5
Effect of high population density of eastern black rhinoceros, a mega‐browser, on the quality of its diet	5
Photographic evidence of predation on Cape dune mole‐rat (Bathyergus suillus) and rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) by African wildcat (Felis lybica cafra)	5
Issue Information	5
Promoting harmony between local people and wild animals around the Humbo Community Managed Forest area, southern Ethiopia	5
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On the Occurrence of Pelusios gabonensis in the Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)	4
The behaviour and fate of translocated bull African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) into a novel environment	4
Land use induced land cover changes and future scenarios in extent of Miombo woodland and Dambo ecosystems in the Copperbelt province of Zambia	4
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Identification, location and characterisation of spawning grounds and nurseries in the littoral zone of Lake Kivu (eastern DR Congo)	4
Giraffe productivity and calf survival in a savannah area outside an east African protected area: Implications for conservation	4

Passive acoustic monitoring reveals behavioural response of African forest elephants to gunfire events	4
New observations of four waterbird species in Algerian Sahara	4
Human‐wildlife conflicts in communities bordering a Savannah‐Fenced wildlife conservancy	4
Issue Information	4
Seedling growth and spinescence of three Vachellia species' populations in valleys formed by tectonic uplift	4
Viability analysis of Kordofan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum) in a protected area in Cameroon	4
Three decades of land use and land cover changes in an East African lake and their implications for the conservation of bird communities	4
Corruption and poaching in Algeria	4
Little owls (Athene noctua) shift their diet towards nocturnal beetles in an arid North African area	4
Diet composition and diurnal activity pattern of defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa, Ruppell, 1835) in Maze National Park, Southern Ethiopia	4
Stakeholder perceptions of human–predator conflict in the South African fly‐fishing industry	4
Infanticide by male gelada leader and group counterstrategies	4
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Coupling paraecology and hunter GPS self‐follows to quantify village bushmeat hunting dynamics across the landscape scale	4
Carcass Density, Size and Visibility Do Not Significantly Differ Between Areas With and Without Spotted‐Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta), With Implications for Threatened Vultures	4
Population size and conservation status of large terrestrial mammals in a West African protected area	4
Local extirpation of woody species in Colophospermum mopane woodland under chronic utilisation by elephants	4
Diversity of flower‐visiting hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) on ground cover vegetation from the market‐gardening area of Meskine (Far‐North Region, Cameroon)	4
An Integrative Approach of Taxonomic, Morphometric and Ecological Research to Solve the Status of Cryptic Chelonian Taxa—A Case Study With Pelomedusa kobe in Rwanda	4
The African weaver ant has no negative impact on spiders in mango orchards of Senegal	4
Small‐ and medium‐sized mammals of the Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia	4
Corticolous lichen communities in Algerian climax forests	4
The Devils in the Details—but So Are the Angels: Linear Density Estimates of Harpagophytum zeyheri (Devil's Claw) From the Zambezi Region, Namibia	4
Searching priorities for a species at the brink of extinction: Threats analysis on the critically endangered Nubian Flapshell Turtle (Cyclanorbis elegans)	4
Horizontal differentiation in water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton and macrozoobenthic communities in Lake Kwania	4
Diversity, Composition and Distribution Patterns of Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in Sand Forest, South Africa	4
Environmental sustainability in Africa: Insight into paper consumption by an African university	4
Herbaceous vegetation changes along a bush encroachment intensity gradient in a montane area	3
Timing of migration dates and detection of first wintering sites for the Turtle Dove in Northwest Africa	3
Results of a small terrestrial mammal survey in the remote Boé region of Guinea‐Bissau, with discovery of two new shrew records for the country	3
Morph frequencies, sex ratios and infections in Danaus chrysippus populations in Rwanda	3
Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity and Demographic History of Critically Endangered Oreochromis karongae (Trewavas, 1941) Along Lake Nyasa, Tanzania	3
DIY your captures when everything else fails: Description of an artisanal dart launcher with an assessment of the medium‐term response in a primate	3
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Stacking and Burning Invasive Acacia saligna Trees in South African Fynbos: Can Native Plant Species Passively Recover?	3
Carbon of Chaillu forests based on a phytosociological analysis in Republic of Congo, more than meets the eye?	3
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In praise of commensalism	3
Melanistic North African hedgehog Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet, 1842): First report case in Erinaceidae	3
Teeth, tusks, and spikes: Repeated den sharing between predator and prey in an African Savannah	3
Biofluorescence and predator avoidance in the giraffe	3
Camera traps reveal a large population of brown hyaena on a fenced reserve in southern Zimbabwe	3
Illegal wildlife trade in Algeria, insight via online selling platforms	3
Gut Passage in Lemurs Enhances the Germination of Mistletoe Seeds Bakerella gonoclada, in a Madagascar Rainforest	3
Like a bat out of hell: Bats roosting in pit‐latrine cesspits	3
Lack of mitochondrial introgression and limited genetic connectivity among Manyara tilapia (Oreochromis amphimelas) populations in Tanzanian Saline Rift Valley Lakes	3
Long‐distance African lion dispersal between two protected areas	3
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Habitat degradation, vegetation damage, and wildlife‐livestock interactions in Amboseli ecosystem wildlife sanctuaries, Kenya	3
Combining offtake and participatory data to assess the sustainability of a hunting system in northern Congo	3
Rocky outcrops form islands of high and unique tree biodiversity within an ocean of grass in Serengeti National Park	3
Faecal Analysis as an Indicator of the Dietary Quality Utilised by Free‐Roaming Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the Free State Province, South Africa	3
A Graphical Method for Analysing Species Assemblages Combining Habitat Preference and Abundance	3
Using piospheres to identify, assess and monitor gradients of elephant impact on thicket	3
Community Structure and Species Diversity of Birds in Heterogenous Habitats of an East African Growing Agricultural Corridor	3
Persistence of wild felids after a protracted civil war in Quiçama National Park and Quiçama Game Reserve, Angola	3
Epauletted fruit bats prefer native plants and contribute to seed dispersal in a South African agricultural landscape	3
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Resighting African wildcats (Felis lybica): Camera trap photographs in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda	3
Occupancy and abundance of a West African mangabey species (Cercocebus atysAudebert, 1797) in forest patch habitat	3