OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Tropical Ecology is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Population genetics of the endangered black walnut Juglans neotropica (Juglandaceae) based on plastid data from the Amazonas region	11
Tree density-dependence effects on seed dispersal of a large-seeded tropical tree	11
Beetle rhythms in the rain: time series analysis and seasonal activity patterns of sympatric large-sized Goliathinae in Uganda’s forests	11
Habitat heterogeneity supports day-flying Lepidoptera in oil palm plantations	11
Diversity patterns of lizard assemblages from a protected habitat mosaic in the Brazilian Cerrado savanna	10
Litter production in successional forests of southern Bahia, Brazil	10
A natural hybrid of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes benstonei × rafflesiana (Nepenthaceae) emits vivid gre	9
Attack rates on artificial caterpillars in urban areas are higher than in suburban areas in Colombia	8
Acaciainvasion differentially impacts soil properties of two contrasting tropical lowland forests in Brunei Darussalam	8
Differences in the structure of bat assemblages among habitats in the Caatinga dry forest	7
The effect of tree-on-tree interactions and abiotic conditions on woody communities in Brazilian savannas	7
Foliar characteristics of neotropical forest affect assemblages structure of parasitoid insects	7
Seasonal dietary niche changes in Neotropical bats	6
Body mass determines the role of mammal species in a frugivore-large fruit interaction network in a Neotropical savanna	6
Predicting the potential suitable habitats of forest spices Piper capense and Aframomum corrorima under climate change in Ethiopia	6
Changes in spinescence across leaf ontogeny support the optimal defence hypothesis in blackberries (Rubus adenotrichos)	6
Living in the edge: large terrestrial mammal and bird species traits and the ability to cope with extreme environmental conditions and human disturbance in a tropical dry forest in Colombia	6
Microhabitat preferences and guild structure of a tropical reptile community from the Western Ghats of India: implications for conservation	6
Evolution and emergence of mosquito-borne viruses of medical importance: towards a routine metagenomic surveillance approach	6
Bat diversity is driven by elevation and distance to the nearest watercourse in aterra firmeforest in the northeastern Brazilian Amazon	6
The influence of burial depth on germination and establishment of seeds in chimpanzee faeces, Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire	6
Potential seed dispersal agents of Monoon liukiuense on Iriomote Island, Japan	6
Limited influence of experimentally induced predation risk on granivory in a tropical forest	5
Pollen movement of the endemic Agave cupreata by bats and birds in western Mexico	5
Herb–subshrub diversity in open savanna sites with distinct fire regimes in the Jalapão region, Brazil	5

Impacts of invasive alien species on riparian plant communities in South African savanna	5
High level of daily heterothermy in desert gerbils	5
Bacteria associated with leaf-cutter ants drive natural antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria	5
Tree height effects on vascular anatomy of upper-canopy twigs across a wide range of tropical rainforest species	4
Bioclimatic predictors of forest structure, composition and phenology in the Paraguayan Dry Chaco	4
Comparisons of habitat types and host tree species across a threatened Caribbean orchid’s core and edge distribution	4
Influence of rhizosphere activity on litter decomposition in subtropical forest: implications of estimating soil organic matter contributions to soil respiration	4
Macrotermes termite mounds influence the spatial pattern of tree species in two African rainforest sites, in northern Congo. But were they really forests in the past?	4
Report on an outbreak of coral-killing sponge Clathria (Microciona) aceratoobtusa in an unprotected reef of the Gulf of Mannar, India	4
The potential distribution of Cyclopes didactylus, a silky anteater, reveals a likely unknown population and urgent need for forest conservation in Northeast Brazil	4
Evidence of sodium limitation in ants and termites in a Neotropical savanna	4
Turnover in fish species composition is related to water colour of Amazonian rivers	4
Revisiting the phenology of El Triunfo cloud forest, Mexico, 30 years later	3
How do macrophyte cover and environmental variables influence the microcrustacean community across wet and dry seasons in a tropical marginal lake?	3
Nest density ofAtta sexdens(Linnaeus, 1758) in Atlantic Forest restoration sites depends on the surrounding landscape	3
Predicted distribution of the endemic fern Elaphoglossum beddomei reveals threats to rainforests of Western Ghats of India	3
Assessing forest restoration effectiveness in the Seasonal Semideciduous Forest in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest ecoregion using epigaeic ant assemblages	3
Golden-bellied mangabeys (Cercocebus chrysogaster) consume and share mammalian prey at LuiKotale, Democratic Republic of the Congo	3
Larger insects in a colder environment? Elevational and seasonal intraspecific differences in tropical moth sizes on Mount Cameroon	3
Conservation management and termites: a case study from central Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)	3
The association between rainforest disturbance and recovery, tree community composition, and community traits in the Yangambi area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	3
Tokenisation of forest carbon project: a blockchain-based approach for community engagement	3
El Niño oscillations impact anti-predator defences to alter survival of an herbivorous beetle in a neotropical wet forest	3
Elevation and cation exchange capacity determine diversity of ferns in a low-montane tropical rainforest in Ecuador	3
Spatial association of bamboos with trees in a commercial tree plantation forest in Myanmar	3
Variation in soil organic carbon stocks in Singapore with forest succession and land management	3
Climate and vegetation collectively drive soil respiration in montane forest-grassland landscapes of the southern Western Ghats, India	3
Plant defence traits among discrete vegetation assemblages in a mesic savanna landscape in Kenya	3
Avian use of honeydew (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil	3
Soil nutrient transect from Ngorongoro crater to the centre of Serengeti	2
Statistical analysis of species association indices	2
Population size of the endangered narrow-range endemic tree Semecarpus Calcicola Kochummen (Anacardiaceae), Mantanani Island, Malaysia	2
Functional diversity in relation to the longitudinal gradient of a species-rich Neotropical river	2
Photosynthetic acclimation, leaf turnover and growth in tree seedlings suddenly exposed to gaps in Jamaican montane rainforest	2
Light penetration and topography shape juvenile tree species assemblies in the understory of the tropical Andean cloud forest	2
Overcoming the regeneration barriers of tropical dry forest: effects of water stress and herbivory on seedling performance and allocation of key tree species for restoration	2
Diversity and abundance of arthropod communities from Rugezi Marshland, Northern Rwanda: call for effective and sustainable biodiversity conservation planning	2
Hail-caused greenfall leaves, litterfall, nutrients, and leaf decomposition in tropical cloud forest and a restoration planting	2
Forest canopy resists plant invasions: a case study ofChromolaena odoratain Sal (Shorea robusta) forests of Nepal	2
Evaluating the utility of protected area status and conservation legislation in tropical forest conservation using satellite data: a case study of the great hornbill in Thailand	2
Response of avian and mammal seed dispersal networks to human-induced forest edges in a sub-humid tropical forest	2
Lightly-harvested rustic cocoa is a valuable land cover for amphibian and reptile conservation in human-modified rainforest landscapes	2
Phenotypic plasticity and insect herbivory of trees in contrasting light environments in a Mexican rainforest	2
Factors influencing tropical lizard reproduction vary by microhabitat but not forest type	2
Differentiating nectar from pollen foraging affects estimates of specialization in plant-pollinator networks: a case study from the Bornean peat swamp forest canopy	2
Divergent litterfall nutrient responses to rainfall seasonality revealed through long-term observations in a tropical dry forest	2
Contrasting assemblages of Pinanga palms in lowland tropical forests of Brunei Darussalam, Borneo	2
Andean bears hunt wild guinea pigs in Colombian paramos	2
Tree recruitment after native frugivore extinction? A field experiment to test the impact of fruit flesh persistence in a tropical oceanic island	2
Attracted to feed, not to be fed upon – on the biology of Toxomerus basalis (Walker, 1836), the kleptoparasitic ‘sundew flower fly’ (Diptera: Syrphidae)	1

What happens to epiphytic bromeliads in a windy spot?	1
Investigating plant-soil feedbacks in tropical montane forest trees	1
Breaking down to build up: litter decomposition drives soil organic carbon accumulation in young secondary forests	1
Changes in soil chemical properties and their spatial distribution after logging and conversion to oil palm plantation in Sabah (Borneo)	1
Scaling of indirect defences in Central American swollen-thorn acacias	1
Plant community and native primate as drivers of habitat use by an exotic primate (Saimirispp. Linnaeus, 1758) in an Atlantic Forest fragment	1
Importance of litter dynamics of economically important trees for sustainable land management in dry tropics	1
Estimation of the number of tree species in French Guiana by extrapolation of permanent plots richness	1
Soil respiration is correlated with rainfall and soil moisture at multiple temporal scales in a seasonal wet tropical forest	1
Revising the role of the endemic New Caledonian imperial pigeon (Ducula goliath Gray, 1859) as a key disperser of tropical rainforest trees	1
Is Pitcairnia halophila really a halophyte? Evidence from a germination and growth experiment	1
Contrasting patterns of species, functional and phylogenetic bird diversities in two Tropical dry vegetation types	1
National parks and conservation concessions: a comparison between mammal populations in two types of tropical protected areas in Ucayali, Peru	1
Spatiotemporal co-occurrence of predators and prey in a neotropical mammal community in southern Mexico	1
Environmental factors influencing invertebrate communities in caves and surrounding habitats in the Neotropics	1
Mangrove propagules are limited in their capacity to disperse across long distances	1
Strengthening ecologically based rodent management in the Philippines using maximum entropy (MaxEnt) predictions	1
Sex ratios, damage and distribution ofMyrianthus holstiiEngl.: a dioecious afromontane forest tree	1
Habitat use by mixed-species bird flocks in tropical forests of the Western Ghats, India	1
Elevated litterfall phosphorus reduces litter and soil organic matter pools in exotic-dominated novel forests in Singapore	1
Landscape and microhabitat structure dictate lizard diversity in semiarid in Caatinga	1
Biotic and abiotic drivers of dung beetle assemblage structure in Kenyan Afromontane forest: trees and elephants matter	1
Avifaunal feeding guilds’ response to landscape compositional heterogeneity and their drivers in forest mosaic, Uttarakhand, India	1
Distribution and community structure of fish in relation with water physico-chemical parameters of floodplain rivers in the Alitash National Park, Ethiopia	1
Effects of seed size and toucan regurgitation on the germination of the tropical tree Eugenia uniflora	1
Pinangapalms revisited 20 years on: what can changes inPinangaspecies populations tell us about rainforest understory palm persistence?	1