OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Tropical 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Extensive clonal propagation and resprouting drive the regeneration of a Brazilian dry forest	18
Evaluating the fitness effects of seed size and maternal tree size on Polylepis tomentella (Rosaceae) seed germination and seedling performance	16
The palmSyagrus coronataproliferates and structures vascular epiphyte assemblages in a human-modified landscape of the Caatinga dry forest	10
Temperature and soils predict the distribution of plant species along the Himalayan elevational gradient	10
The role of edaphic factors on plant species richness and diversity along altitudinal gradients in the Brazilian semi-arid region	10
Nowhere to escape – Diversity and community composition of ferns and lycophytes on the highest mountain in Honduras	8
Effect of Mosses on physical and chemical properties of soil in temperate forests of Garhwal Himalayas	8
Suffrutex grasslands in south-central Angola: belowground biomass, root structure, soil characteristics and vegetation dynamics of the ‘underground forests of Africa’	7
The association between rainforest disturbance and recovery, tree community composition, and community traits in the Yangambi area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	6
Distance–decay patterns differ between canopy and ground ant assemblages in a tropical rainforest	5
Seed nutrient content rather than size influences seed dispersal by scatterhoarding rodents in a West African montane forest	5
A half-day flowering pattern helps plants sharing pollinators in an oceanic island community	5
The impact of roads on the movement of arboreal fauna in protected areas: the case of lar and pileated gibbons in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand	5
Height–diameter allometry in African monodominant forest close to mixed forest	5
Fixed or mixed? Variation in tree functional types and vegetation structure in a forest-savanna ecotone in West Africa	5
Impact of weather conditions on cheetah monitoring with scat detection dogs	5
Do secondary hemiepiphytes exist?	5
Prey–predator interaction suggests sacred groves are not functionally different from neighbouring used lands	5
Latitudinal shift in the timing of flowering of tree species across tropical Africa: insights from field observations and herbarium collections	5
Lightly-harvested rustic cocoa is a valuable land cover for amphibian and reptile conservation in human-modified rainforest landscapes	5
Response of avian and mammal seed dispersal networks to human-induced forest edges in a sub-humid tropical forest	5
Topography as a determinant of bird distribution in secondary Atlantic Forest fragments	5
Forest canopy resists plant invasions: a case study ofChromolaena odoratain Sal (Shorea robusta) forests of Nepal	5
Landscape forest loss changes sunfleck dynamics in forest fragments of southern Bahia, Brazil	4
Spatiotemporal co-occurrence of predators and prey in a neotropical mammal community in southern Mexico	4

Population age structures, persistence and flowering cues in Cerberiopsis candelabra (Apocynaceae), a long-lived monocarpic rain-forest tree in New Caledonia	4
Critical role of air and soil temperature in the development of primary and secondary physical dormancy inAlbizia julibrissin(Fabaceae)	4
Acacia invasion differentially impacts soil properties of two contrasting tropical lowland forests in Brunei Darussalam	4
Roller dung beetles of dung piles suggest habitats are alike, but that of guarding pitfall traps suggest habitats are different	4
Beyond four decades of Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Malaysian oil palm industry: a review	4
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	3
What can the abundance of Grey Parrots on Príncipe Island tell us about large parrot conservation?	3
Predicting the potential suitable habitats of forest spices Piper capense and Aframomum corrorima under climate change in Ethiopia	3
Persisting while changing over time: modelling the historical biogeographic of cave crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) in Neotropics	3
Bat diversity is driven by elevation and distance to the nearest watercourse in aterra firmeforest in the northeastern Brazilian Amazon	3
Acoustic competition within a tropical bird community: the case of the Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinnoin Guatemala	3
Habitat-dependent effects of predatory spiders on prey frogs in a Neotropical wet forest	3
Short duration overnight cattle kraaling in natural rangelands leads to increased tree damage by elephants	3
The influence of environmental variables on bdelloid rotifers of the genus Rotaria in Thailand	3
Freeze tolerance in neotropical frogs: an intrageneric comparison using Pristimantis species of high elevation and medium elevation	3
Memory and habituation to harmful and non-harmful stimuli in a field population of the sensitive plant,Mimosa pudica	3
Taxonomic scale dependency of Bergmann’s patterns: a cross-scale comparison of hawkmoths and birds along a tropical elevational gradient	3
Tree recruitment after native frugivore extinction? A field experiment to test the impact of fruit flesh persistence in a tropical oceanic island	3
Comparisons of habitat types and host tree species across a threatened Caribbean orchid’s core and edge distribution	3
Palm functional trait responses to local environmental factors in the Colombian Amazon	3
Assessment of floral composition, structure and natural regeneration of the Tano Offin Globally Significant Biodiversity Area of Ghana	3
Fruit traits of tree species in lower montane rainforest at Doi Suthep–Pui, northern Thailand	3
Not only a listener: female frog-biting midges (Corethrellidae) also distinguish the shape of frogs	3
Higher fire frequency impaired woody species regeneration in a south-eastern Amazonian forest	3
Evidence of sodium limitation in ants and termites in a Neotropical savanna	3