OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ardea 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
Distribution and Numbers of Ground-Foraging Birds between the Hyper-Arid Sahara and the Hyper-Humid Guinea Forests	15
Origin and Outcome of Social Polygyny in the Blue Tit	11
Nest Age as Predictor of Nest Survival in Three Sympatric Dove Species Breeding in a Mediterranean Arid Agroecosystem	11
Seasonal Shifts in Habitat Choice of Birds in the Sahel and the Importance of ‘Refuge Trees’ for Surviving the Dry Season	10
Distribution and Numbers of Arboreal Birds between the Hyper-Arid Sahara and the Hyper-Humid Guinea Forests	10
The Gap of Chad, a Dearth of Migratory Birds in the Central Sahel	8
Selection by Birds of Shrub and Tree Species in the Sahel	8
Downstream Ecological Consequences of Livestock Grazing in the Sahel: A Space-For-Time Analysis of the Relations between Livestock and Birds	7
Acoustic Monitoring of Diurnally Migrating European Bee-Eaters Agrees with Data Derived from Citizen Science	7
Granivorous Birds in the Sahel: Is Seed Supply Limiting Bird Numbers?	6
Numbers of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo Wintering in the Western Palaearctic in January 2013	6
Effects of Year and Box Size on Construction of Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea Nests	6
The Vanishing Act: A History and Natural History of the Javan Pied Starling Gracupica jalla	6
Effects on Birds of the Conversion of Savannah to Farmland in the Sahel: Habitats are Lost, But Not Everywhere and Not For All Species	6
Daily and Seasonal Patterns in the Singing Activity of Birds in East China	6
The Fortunes of Migratory Birds from Eurasia: Being on a Tightrope in the Sahel	6
Revisiting Published Distribution Maps and Estimates of Population Size of Landbirds Breeding in Eurasia and Wintering in Africa	5
Breeding Biology of the Chilean Elaenia Elaenia chilensis, a Long-Distance Migratory Passerine in South America	5
Foraging Behaviour of the Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus in Its Peak Abundance After Wildfire	5
Long-Term Changes in Winter Distribution of Danish-Ringed Great Cormorants	5
Frequent Agonistic Interactions among Arboreal Birds in Savannahs But Not in Humid Forests of Africa	5
Foraging Ecology of Red-Billed Tropicbirds on Saba, Caribbean Netherlands, during Early Chick-Rearing	4
Turnover, Passage Population Size and Flight Range of Juvenile Ruddy Turnstones at a Non-Estuarine Staging Site in the Netherlands	4
Post-Juvenile and Post-Breeding Moult of the Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura in South-Eastern Spain: Slowed Down Due to Climatic Aridity?	4
Females and Males Sing Distinctly Different Songs in a Temperate Zone Songbird	4

The Effect of Age, Sex and Winter Severity on Return Rates and Apparent Survival in the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	4
Birds and Bush Fires in African Savannahs	4
Natural Regulation of the Baltic Population of the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis: The Interplay between Winter Severity and Density Dependence	3
Semi-Automated Counts on Drone Imagery of Breeding Seabirds Using Free Accessible Software	3
Direct Estimates of Breeding Site Fidelity and Natal Philopatry in Brood Parasitic Brown-Headed Cowbirds Molothrus ater	3
Warmer Winters Increase the Breeding Success of the Goosander in the Pomeranian Lake District in Poland	3
Individuality in Egg Colouration of Black-Headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus across the Years Confirmed through DNA Analyses	3
Ecology of Fear in a Colonial Breeder: Colony Structure in Ground-Nesting Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo Reflects Presence of Predators	3
Female-Biased Adult Sex Ratio in Relation to Sex-Specific Adult and First-Year Survival, Fledgling Sex Ratio and Dispersal in a Migratory Passerine	3
Late Quaternary Range Dynamics in the Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula	3
The Diet of Two Sympatric Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Subspecies Wintering at Freshwater Fishery Sites in England and Wales	3
Savannah Trees Attract More Migratory Bird Species Than Residents, But Why?	3
Experimental Food Supplementation at African Wintering Sites Allows for Earlier and Faster Fuelling and Reveals Large Flexibility in Spring Migration Departure in Pied Flycatchers	3
Breeding Sites, Distribution and Conservation Status of the White-Vented Storm-Petrel Oceanites gracilis in the Atacama Desert	3
Within- and between-Year Variation in the Presence of Individually Marked Ruff Calidris pugnax at a Stopover Site during Northward Migration	3
Forest Availability and Fragmentation Drive Movement Behaviour of Wintering European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus in Africa	3
Food Choice and Prey Selection by Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in a Shallow Coastal Zone in the Dutch Delta Area: Importance of Local Flatfish Stocks	3