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

Article	Citations
Habitat heterogeneity supports day-flying Lepidoptera in oil palm plantations	16
The interplay of spatial scale and landscape transformation modulates the abundance and intraspecific variation in the ecomorphological traits of a phyllostomid bat	12
Palm functional trait responses to local environmental factors in the Colombian Amazon	11
Tree density-dependence effects on seed dispersal of a large-seeded tropical tree	9
Litter production in successional forests of southern Bahia, Brazil	9
Population age structures, persistence and flowering cues inCerberiopsis candelabra(Apocynaceae), a long-lived monocarpic rain-forest tree in New Caledonia	9
Attack rates on artificial caterpillars in urban areas are higher than in suburban areas in Colombia	8
Niche partitioning between hummingbirds and well-matched flowers is independent of hummingbird traits	8
Diversity patterns of lizard assemblages from a protected habitat mosaic in the Brazilian Cerrado savanna	7
Acaciainvasion differentially impacts soil properties of two contrasting tropical lowland forests in Brunei Darussalam	7
Differences in the structure of bat assemblages among habitats in the Caatinga dry forest	6
Bat diversity is driven by elevation and distance to the nearest watercourse in aterra firmeforest in the northeastern Brazilian Amazon	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
Changes in spinescence across leaf ontogeny support the optimal defence hypothesis in blackberries (Rubus adenotrichos)	5
Seasonal dietary niche changes in Neotropical bats	5
Predicting the potential suitable habitats of forest spices Piper capense and Aframomum corrorima under climate change in Ethiopia	5
Foliar characteristics of neotropical forest affect assemblages structure of parasitoid insects	5
Potential seed dispersal agents of Monoon liukiuense on Iriomote Island, Japan	5
Body mass determines the role of mammal species in a frugivore-large fruit interaction network in a Neotropical savanna	5
The effect of tree-on-tree interactions and abiotic conditions on woody communities in Brazilian savannas	5
Evolution and emergence of mosquito-borne viruses of medical importance: towards a routine metagenomic surveillance approach	5
Fruit traits of tree species in lower montane rainforest at Doi Suthep–Pui, northern Thailand	5
Microhabitat preferences and guild structure of a tropical reptile community from the Western Ghats of India: implications for conservation	4
Temperature and soils predict the distribution of plant species along the Himalayan elevational gradient	4
High level of daily heterothermy in desert gerbils	4

Limited influence of experimentally induced predation risk on granivory in a tropical forest	4
Impacts of invasive alien species on riparian plant communities in South African savanna	4
Herb–subshrub diversity in open savanna sites with distinct fire regimes in the Jalapão region, Brazil	4
The influence of burial depth on germination and establishment of seeds in chimpanzee faeces, Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire	4
Variable detectability and El-Niño associations with riparian snakes in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo	4
Bacteria associated with leaf-cutter ants drive natural antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria	4
Turnover in fish species composition is related to water colour of Amazonian rivers	3
Acoustic competition within a tropical bird community: the case of the Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinnoin Guatemala	3
Larger insects in a colder environment? Elevational and seasonal intraspecific differences in tropical moth sizes on Mount Cameroon	3
Influence of rhizosphere activity on litter decomposition in subtropical forest: implications of estimating soil organic matter contributions to soil respiration	3
Comparisons of habitat types and host tree species across a threatened Caribbean orchid’s core and edge distribution	3
Report on an outbreak of coral-killing sponge Clathria (Microciona) aceratoobtusa in an unprotected reef of the Gulf of Mannar, India	3
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?	3
Revisiting the phenology of El Triunfo cloud forest, Mexico, 30 years later	3
Habitat-dependent effects of predatory spiders on prey frogs in a Neotropical wet forest	3
Biogeographic and fragmentation-related research biases on antbirds and non-flying small mammals in Brazil	3
Evidence of sodium limitation in ants and termites in a Neotropical savanna	3
The potential distribution of Cyclopes didactylus, a silky anteater, reveals a likely unknown population and urgent need for forest conservation in Northeast Brazil	3
Taxonomic scale dependency of Bergmann’s patterns: a cross-scale comparison of hawkmoths and birds along a tropical elevational gradient	3
Variation in soil organic carbon stocks in Singapore with forest succession and land management	3
Tree height effects on vascular anatomy of upper-canopy twigs across a wide range of tropical rainforest species	3
Pollen movement of the endemic Agave cupreata by bats and birds in western Mexico	3