OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Bird Conservation International 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
Electrical Components Involved in Avian-Caused Outages in Iran	17
Vultures feeding on the dark side: current sanitary regulations may not be enough	14
Highly pathogenic avian influenza causes mass mortality in Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisbreeding colonies across north-western Europe	12
Priority areas for vulture conservation in the Horn of Africa largely fall outside the protected area network	12
The importance of riparian forests and tree plantations for the occurrence of the European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturin an intensively cultivated agroecosystem	11
Climate change exposure of waterbird species in the African-Eurasian flyways	10
Pursuit of ‘sustainable’ development may contribute to the vulture crisis in East Africa	9
Long-term size and range changes of the Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus population in the Balkans: a review	9
Effects of seed-rich habitat provision on territory density, home range and breeding performance of European Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur	8
Trade in vulture parts in West Africa: Burkina Faso may be one of the main sources of vulture carcasses	8
Occupancy of two forest specialist birds in the Southern Mistbelt Forests of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa	7
An update on the conservation status of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax: global and local population estimates, trends, and threats	7
Integrating habitat suitability modelling and assessment of the conservation gaps of nature reserves for the threatened Reeves’s Pheasant	7
Birds in Europe 4: the fourth assessment of Species of European Conservation Concern	6
Artificial grass in parks as a potential new threat for urban bird communities	6
Recent recovery and expansion of Guam’s locally endangered Såli (Micronesian Starling) Aplonis opaca population in the presence of the invasive brown treesnake	6
Electric infrastructure poses a significant threat at congregation sites of the globally threatened Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis in Saudi Arabia	6
Alarming decline of the Great Bustard Otis tarda world population over the last two decades	6
Nest cameras do not affect nest survival in a meadow-nesting shorebird	6
Survival rates and reproductive ecology of a reintroduced population of the Asian Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon in Shaanxi Qianhu National Wetland Park, China	5
Trends in the area of suitable breeding habitat for the Endangered Lake Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera, 2001–2020	5
The importance of landscape heterogeneity and vegetation structure for the conservation of the Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana	5
Spatial and temporal differences in migration strategies among endangered European Greater Spotted Eagles Clanga clanga	5
Assessing the potential disturbance effects on the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) for European vultures research: a review and conservation recommendations	5
Reduction of organic waste in a landfill lowers the visitation probability but not the local abundance of a long-lived scavenger species	5

Breeding dispersal movements of Dupont’s LarkChersophilus dupontiin fragmented landscape	5
Potential importance of wind patterns and guidance opportunities for the conservation of the Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus in Italy	5
Demographic consequences of management actions for the successful reintroduction of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia to the UK	5
Eradication of a highly invasive bird, the Common MynaAcridotheres tristis, facilitates the establishment of insurance populations of island endemic birds	5
Predation of nesting Thick-billed Parrots Rhychopsitta pachyrhyncha by bobcats in northwestern Mexico	4
Global population and conservation status of the Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus	4
Exploring potential reasons for the increase in the East Asian Greylag GooseAnser anserpopulation by assessing habitat use and use of protected areas	4
Bridled Quail-doveGeotrygon mystaceapopulation assessment after hurricanes Irma and Maria, St. Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands	4
Drastic decline in the endemic brown shrike subspecies Lanius cristatus superciliosus in Japan	4
The state of breeding birds in Greece: trends, threats, and implications for conservation	4
Short-term impact of an extreme weather event on the threatened Dupont’s LarkChersophilus duponti	4
Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja nest activity patterns: Potential ecotourism and conservation opportunities in the Amazon Forest	4
Trends and population estimate of the threatened Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficolliswintering in coastal grasslands of southern Brazil	4
Incidental capture of seabirds in Argentinean side-haul trawlers	4
Current status of Great Bustard Otis tarda in Turkey: population size, distribution, movements, and threats	4
The expansion of olive groves is reducing habitat suitability for the Great Bustard Otis tarda and the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in Southern Spain: could Important Bird Areas (IBAs) r	4
Live wild bird exports from West Africa: insights into recent trade from monitoring social media	4
Brood parasitism leads to zero recruitment in the globally endangered Yellow CardinalGubernatrix cristata	4
Phylogenetic placement and life history trait imputation for Grenada DoveLeptotila wellsi	4
The effects of powerlines on bustards: how best to mitigate, how best to monitor?	4
Compounding and complementary carnivores: Australian bird species eaten by the introduced European red fox Vulpes vulpes and domestic cat Felis catus	3
Range-wide changes in the North American Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata breeding population over 115 years	3
Insights into migratory connectivity and conservation concerns of Red Knots Calidris canutus in the austral Pacific coast of the Americas	3
The recently discovered Principe Scops-owl is highly threatened: distribution, habitat associations, and population estimates	3
Evaluating the breeding phenology of the endangered ‘a‘o (Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli) on Kaua‘i to better focus conservation actions and management decisions	3
Seasonal and daily activity patterns by Eleonora’s FalconFalco eleonoraebased on GPS telemetry: a contribution to the species’ movement ecology at its breeding grounds	3
Guiding local-scale management to improve the conservation of endangered populations: the example of Bonelli’s EagleAquila fasciata	3
Status of endemic reed-warblers of the Mariana Islands, with emphasis on conservation strategies for the endangered Nightingale Reed-warbler	3
Abundance and habitat associations of the globally endangered Giant NuthatchSitta magnain Southern Shan State, Myanmar	3
Population status, habitat preference and distribution of Bristled GrassbirdChaetornis striatain Bangladesh	3
The dynamics of songbird ownership and community interconnectedness in Singapore	3
European GoldfinchesCarduelis carduelisas pets in Algeria: numbers and social dimension of a conservation issue	3
Avifauna and biogeographical affinities of acarrasco-dominated landscape in north-eastern Brazil: providing baseline data for future monitoring	3
The effect of shade tree species on bird communities in central Kenyan coffee farms	3
Reported mortality of Griffon VultureGyps fulvusin central Italy and indications for conservation and management	3
Movement ecology of the threatened Campo MinerGeositta poecilopteraand its implications for the conservation of tropical open grassland birds	3
Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in the Chagos Archipelago	3
Nest microclimate and heat stress in African Penguins Spheniscus demersus breeding on Bird Island, South Africa	3