OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ecological Research is 2. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Ecosystem transition due to deer overabundance: Insights from long‐term studies and future considerations	83
Review: A comprehensive overview of studies related to the ecology and genetics of Fagus crenata Blume (Siebold's beech, Japanese beech) at the species' northernmost range limit	48
How substrate type and elevation drive woody communities and influence species ecological strategies in the Brazilian savanna at local scale	17
Intermediate dispersal hypothesis of species diversity: New insights	16
Understanding community awareness of seagrass ecosystem services for their blue carbon conservation in marine protected areas: A case study of Karimunjawa National Park	13
A dataset for vascular plant diversity monitoring for the natural World Heritage site on Amami‐Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, and the northern Okinawa Island	13
Female pumas exhibit behavioral plasticity through partitioning temporal activity at communication hubs based on life stage	12
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing forest bird distribution and identifying conservationally important areas in a subtropical forest landscape	11
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Ecological responses to the direct and indirect disturbances by the Great East Japan Earthquake, 2011	10
Wider crown shyness between broad‐leaved tree species than between coniferous tree species in a mixed forest of Castanopsis cuspidata and Chamaecyparis obtusa	10
Phylogeographic incongruence between two related Geranium species with divergent habitat preferences in East Asia	10
The type of substrate does not influence the intraspecific population structure of shrub‐tree species in the Brazilian savanna	9
Molecular identification of seed‐feeding flies dissected from herbarium specimens clarifies the 100‐year history of parasitism by Japanagromyza tokunagai in Japan	8
Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on group densities of Thomas' langurs (Presbytis thomasi) within a lowland tropical forest, north Sumatra	8
Genetic characteristics of a small breeding population of ancient murrelets from Teuri Island, Japan, based on mitochondrial DNA sequences and newly‐developed microsatellite markers	8
Findings from long‐term monitoring studies of Micronesian mangrove forests with special reference to carbon sequestration and sea‐level rise	8
Subtidal benthic communities in Minamata Bay, Japan, approximately 30 years after mercury pollution remediation involving dredging disturbance	8
Leaf trait variability explains how plant community composition changes under the intense pressure of deer herbivory	8
Leaf phenology and trunk growth of Avicennia alba (Blume) under a seasonally fluctuating saline environment in the tropical monsoon area of eastern Thailand	8
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Variation of community assembly rules of a whole turtle family (Pelomedusidae) from continental to local scales in Africa	8
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Sample selection disparity: Sampling only cobble overestimates the biomass of stream benthic algae	7
Genotypic variations appear in fine root morphological traits of Cryptomeria japonica trees grown in a common garden	7

Long‐term fluctuations and mechanisms of seed production of riparian tree canopy species	7
The long‐term drive count and culling data of the sika deer (Cervus nippon) population introduced on Nakanoshima Island in Lake Toya, Hokkaido, Japan, during 1980–2023	7
There and there again: Hydrothermal vent communities at Mokuyo Seamount, 30 years apart	7
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Widespread and ongoing invasion by the ant Technomyrmex brunneus Forel in eastern Asia as elucidated by molecular data	7
Breeding records of 325 bird species from Peru over 21 years based on citizen science data	7
Physiological responses of the xero‐halophyte Salsola drummondii to seasonal alterations of environmental conditions in a salt desert	7
Red foxes in Japan show adaptability in prey resource according to geography and season: A meta‐analysis	6
Estimation of fine root production, mortality, and decomposition by using two core methods and litterbag experiments in a mangrove forest	6
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Dietary composition and overlap among small‐ and medium‐sized carnivores in Flanders, Belgium	6
Plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality of different degraded grasslands in alpine meadows of Maqu	6
Preface: Functional biogeography in Japanese cedar	6
Idea paper: Effects of gonad type and body mass on the time required for sex change in fishes	5
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Idea paper: Improving forecasts of community composition with lightweight biodiversity monitoring across ecological and anthropogenic disturbance gradients	5
Long‐term series of measurements of eggs and chicks of Caspian terns (Hydroprogne caspia) breeding in Lake Chany, Western Siberia, Russia, during 1985 and 2011	5
Species‐specific foraging behavior and diets of stream salmonids: An implication for negative impacts on native charr by nonnative trout in Japanese mountain streams	4
Outcrossing syndrome in alpine plants: Implications for flowering phenology and pollination success	4
Intra‐crown variation of leaf mass per area of Fagus crenata is driven by light acclimation of leaf thickness and hydraulic acclimation of leaf density	4
Potential persistence of high‐mountain lizards	4
Macroalgal and mangrove provenances demonstrate their relevance in contributing to the blue carbon pool of a tropical seagrass meadow	4
Spatial modeling of road collisions of striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Israel	4
Growth of the invasive Navua sedge (Cyperus aromaticus) under competitive interaction with pasture species and simulated grazing conditions: Implication for management	4
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The latest status of nitrogen saturation on Kureha Hill, Toyama, Japan, based on 20‐year observations	4
Canopy conductance and gas exchange of a Japanese cypress forest after rainfall‐induced wetness	4
Complementary combination of multiplex high‐throughput DNA sequencing for molecular phylogeny	4
Element accumulation by the holoparasitic speciesCuscuta planiflorafrom serpentines in Bulgaria	4
Announcement of the 24th Ecological Research Paper Award	4
Following the trail of the elusive proboscis monkey in Borneo	4
Stress response and phytoextraction potential of two Noccaea caerulescens populations in multicontaminated soil	4
Road preference of ants in a Japanese warm temperate forest and its implications for the regeneration of myrmecochorous sedges	4
Seed dispersal of Zoysia japonica by sika deer: An example of the “foliage is the fruit” hypothesis	4
Forest tree community ecology and plant–soil feedback: Theory and evidence	4
The contributions of primary sources to fauna and the trophic structure in tropical seagrass areas: A case study from Thai waters	3
Reconstructing spatiotemporal dynamics of mixed conifer and broad‐leaved forests with a spatially explicit individual‐based dynamic vegetation model	3
A meta‐analysis of native and non‐native Amur three‐lips (Opsariichthys uncirostris uncirostris) population growth rates in western Japan	3
Comparing portable x‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy instrumentation for metallome analysis of herbarium specimens	3
A simulation study of the age‐structured spatially explicit dynamic N‐mixture model	3
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Transpiration and plant hydraulics of Abies veitchii under fluctuating environmental conditions in cool montane forest	3
Habitat selection by invaders: Avoiding natural habitats by the red‐whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus	3
Wild bee surveys across 60 years reveal remarkable reduction of bee abundance in urban green areas in northern Japan	3
Identifying migration hotspots of the potamodromous fish Opsariichthys uncirostris in Lake Biwa tributaries using environmental DNA and visual counts during its reproducti	3
Optimizing species selection for the structural timbers of traditional farmhouses in a snowy rural area of northeastern Japan	3
“Mining” the herbarium for hyperaccumulators: Discoveries of nickel and zinc (hyper)accumulation in the genus Noccaea (Brassicaceae) through X‐ray fluorescence herbarium scanning	3
Tree species is more effective than season dynamics on topsoil function andCO₂emissions in the temperate forests	3
Genotyping of two congeneric bitterling fish species by nuclear SNP markers and the detection of hybridization in a sympatric region	3
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Ecological correlates of the alpha and beta diversity of zooplankton hatchling communities in seasonal subtropical ponds	3
Land cover is the main driver of the distribution patterns of larval Odonata assemblages in freshwater wetlands of the Brazilian Pampa	3
Nickel hyperaccumulation in Orthion and Mayanaea (Violaceae) from Mesoamerica	3
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Ecology with artificial intelligence and machine learning in Asia: A historical perspective and emerging trends	3
Assisting nickel agromining using sustainable amendments	3
Seed flotation in some widespread, oceanic‐dispersed trees and their island‐endemic congeners	2
Variations in soil nutrient availabilities and foliar nutrient concentrations of trees between temperate monsoon karst and non‐karst forest ecosystems on Mount Ibuki in Japan	2
Beyond the “resprouter versus non‐resprouter” dichotomy: On the prevalence and evolutionary fingerprint of resprouting in tropical dry forest trees	2
The forest gardener: A marsupial with a key seed‐dispersing role in the Patagonian temperate forest	2
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Phytoplankton species abundance in Tokyo Bay (Japan) from 1998 to 2019	2
ATL_FISHREF: A 12S mitochondrial reference dataset for metabarcoding Atlantic fishes frequently caught during scientific surveys in the Bay of Biscay	2
Prediction of changing predator–prey interactions under warming: A simulation study using two aphid–ladybird systems	2
Morphology of the suckers for hunting behavior in broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus)	2
Compilation of real‐time PCR conditions toward the standardization of environmental DNA methods	2
An updated checklist of serpentinophytes for research and conservation in ultramafic ecosystems on the southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain)	2
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Effects of differences in aboveground dead organic matter types on the stand‐scale necromass and CO₂ efflux estimates in a subtropical forest in Okinawa Island, Japan	2
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Announcement of the 21^st Ecological Research Paper Award	2
Applicability of the source–sink population concept to marine intertidal macro‐invertebrates with planktonic larval stages	2
The threat of parasitism impairs immune function in host caterpillars	2
Influence of Neltuma flexuosa and rainfall event on the germination of Leptochloa crinita and Pappophorum caespitosum in two different locations along a stress gradient in the cen	2
Interpopulation variation in leaf out phenology of Fagus crenata along topographic variation associated with the late frost regime in the Hakkoda Mountains, northern Japan	2
Connectivity and short‐term flood interactively affect fish community composition in drainage ditches of paddy fields in an agricultural landscape	2
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Effects of different shading levels on the growth of Bornmuellera emarginata, a nickel hyperaccumulator for use in agromining	2
Stand dynamics over 15 years including an outlying population of Fagus crenata at the northern margin of its distribution range in Hokkaido, Japan	2
Pollinator predation stabilizes plant–pollinator mutualisms through the modification of pollinator behavior	2
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Stem density induces differential effects of litter on native and invasive plants	2
Nickel accumulation in plants from the Shebenik Mountain massif, Albania	2
Phenotypic changes in Daphnia pulex under oxygen deficiency, resource limitation and predation risk	2
Seed bank and aboveground vegetation of Atlantic Forest re‐growing on mining tailings in Mariana: Highlighting diversity patterns of functional groups	2
Native frogs (Rana pirica) do not respond adaptively to alien toads (Bufo japonicus formosus) 100 years after introduction	2
Seed beetles as a modern model system of interspecific competition	2
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Are floral traits good predictors of effective pollinators? A test of pollination syndromes	2
Aluminum dynamics in nitrogen‐saturated Andisols in Tokyo	2
Recent advances in the study of serpentine plants and ecosystems: Perspectives from the 10th International Conference on Serpentine Ecology, France	2
Preface: Listen to the voices of local beech forests: An ecological and evolutionary conception of beech under phylogenetic and environmental constraints	2
Eclipta thermalis, a previously common weed, threatened by the expansion of the exotic congener E. alba in Japanese rice paddies	2
Eco‐assessment of Değirmendere and Bulaklı streams using diatom indices from different ecoregions	2