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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Distribution and Numbers of Ground-Foraging Birds between the Hyper-Arid Sahara and the Hyper-Humid Guinea Forests	16
Origin and Outcome of Social Polygyny in the Blue Tit	12
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
Granivorous Birds in the Sahel: Is Seed Supply Limiting Bird Numbers?	8
Effects of Year and Box Size on Construction of Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea Nests	8
The Fortunes of Migratory Birds from Eurasia: Being on a Tightrope in the Sahel	8
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
Daily and Seasonal Patterns in the Singing Activity of Birds in East China	7
Effects on Birds of the Conversion of Savannah to Farmland in the Sahel: Habitats are Lost, But Not Everywhere and Not For All Species	7
Downstream Ecological Consequences of Livestock Grazing in the Sahel: A Space-For-Time Analysis of the Relations between Livestock and Birds	7
Foraging Ecology of Red-Billed Tropicbirds on Saba, Caribbean Netherlands, during Early Chick-Rearing	7
Breeding Biology of the Chilean Elaenia Elaenia chilensis, a Long-Distance Migratory Passerine in South America	6
Numbers of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo Wintering in the Western Palaearctic in January 2013	6
The Effect of Age, Sex and Winter Severity on Return Rates and Apparent Survival in the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	5
Birds and Bush Fires in African Savannahs	5
Long-Term Changes in Winter Distribution of Danish-Ringed Great Cormorants	5
The Vanishing Act: A History and Natural History of the Javan Pied Starling Gracupica jalla	5
Sanderlings Feed on a Diverse Spectrum of Prey Worldwide but Primarily Rely on Brown Shrimp in the Wadden Sea	5
Revisiting Published Distribution Maps and Estimates of Population Size of Landbirds Breeding in Eurasia and Wintering in Africa	5
Frequent Agonistic Interactions among Arboreal Birds in Savannahs But Not in Humid Forests of Africa	5
Females and Males Sing Distinctly Different Songs in a Temperate Zone Songbird	5
Warmer Winters Increase the Breeding Success of the Goosander in the Pomeranian Lake District in Poland	4
Turnover, Passage Population Size and Flight Range of Juvenile Ruddy Turnstones at a Non-Estuarine Staging Site in the Netherlands	4

Breeding Sites, Distribution and Conservation Status of the White-Vented Storm-Petrel Oceanites gracilis in the Atacama Desert	4
There must be Some Kind of Way Out of Here: Towards ‘Reframing’ European Cormorant-Fisheries Conflicts	4
Foraging Behaviour of the Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus in Its Peak Abundance After Wildfire	4
The Diet of Two Sympatric Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Subspecies Wintering at Freshwater Fishery Sites in England and Wales	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
Natural Regulation of the Baltic Population of the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis: The Interplay between Winter Severity and Density Dependence	3
Effects of Rice Field Phenology on Breeding Parameters of Heron Colonies in the East of the Iberian Peninsula	3
Within- and between-Year Variation in the Presence of Individually Marked Ruff Calidris pugnax at a Stopover Site during Northward Migration	3
Savannah Trees Attract More Migratory Bird Species Than Residents, But Why?	3
The Recent Range Expansion of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Hokkaido, Japan	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
Vocal Signalling by Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia in Flocks before Migratory Departure	3
Evidence of Nocturnal Migration over Sea and Sex-Specific Migration Distance of Dutch Black-Headed Gulls	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
Ornithology from the FlatlandsSocially Migrating Cuckoos? on Genes Being Just One of Many Resources Shaping the Individual Development of Migration	3
GPS-Tracking of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis Reveals Sex-Specific Differences in Foraging Behaviour	3
Living on the Forest Edge: Flexible Habitat Use in Sedentary Pied Flycatchers Ficedula Hypoleuca during the Non-Breeding Season	3