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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Trends in the availability of the vulture-toxic drug, diclofenac, and other NSAIDs in South Asia, as revealed by covert pharmacy surveys	27
Status and phenology of breeding seabirds and a review of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in the British Indian Ocean Territory	16
Electrical Components Involved in Avian-Caused Outages in Iran	14
The southern Jiangsu coast is a critical moulting site for Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea and Nordmann’s Greenshank Tringa guttifer	14
Distribution, abundance, and on-land threats to Cabo Verde seabirds	13
Vultures feeding on the dark side: current sanitary regulations may not be enough	12
First systematic sampling approach to estimating the global population size of the Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw Ara glaucogularis	11
GPS tracking reveals highly consistent use of restricted foraging areas by European Storm-petrelsHydrobates pelagicusbreeding at the largest UK colony: implications for conservation management	11
Priority areas for vulture conservation in the Horn of Africa largely fall outside the protected area network	10
The importance of riparian forests and tree plantations for the occurrence of the European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturin an intensively cultivated agroecosystem	10
Review of trial reintroductions of the long-lived, cooperative breeding Southern Ground-hornbill	8
Resilience in the aftermath of hurricanes: Fluctuations in a Critically Endangered population of West Indian Woodpeckers Melanerpes superciliaris nyeanus over two decades	8
Effects of seed-rich habitat provision on territory density, home range and breeding performance of European Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur	8
A contribution to reducing bycatch in a high priority area for seabird conservation in Portugal	7
Long-term size and range changes of the Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus population in the Balkans: a review	7
Effects of climate change and human influence in the distribution and range overlap between two widely distributed avian scavengers	7
Expert knowledge assessment of threats and conservation strategies for breeding Hen Harrier and Short-eared Owl across Europe	7
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	6
Climate change exposure of waterbird species in the African-Eurasian flyways	6
Pursuit of ‘sustainable’ development may contribute to the vulture crisis in East Africa	6
Alarming decline of the Great Bustard Otis tarda world population over the last two decades	5
Grazing pressure and the interaction dynamics of the endemic Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax and its recently colonising congener the Sardinian Warbler S. melanocephala	5
Impacts of invasive rats and tourism on a threatened island bird: the Palau Micronesian Scrubfowl	5

Artificial grass in parks as a potential new threat for urban bird communities	5
Trade in vulture parts in West Africa: Burkina Faso may be one of the main sources of vulture carcasses	5
Eradication of a highly invasive bird, the Common MynaAcridotheres tristis, facilitates the establishment of insurance populations of island endemic birds	5
Recent recovery and expansion of Guam’s locally endangered Såli (Micronesian Starling) Aplonis opaca population in the presence of the invasive brown treesnake	5
Breeding dispersal movements of Dupont’s Lark Chersophilus duponti in fragmented landscape	5
Survival rates and reproductive ecology of a reintroduced population of the Asian Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon in Shaanxi Qianhu National Wetland Park, China	5
Nest cameras do not affect nest survival in a meadow-nesting shorebird	5
Distribution of Olrog’s GullLarus atlanticusfrom Bahía San Blas during the non-breeding period: signals of partial migration	5
Potential importance of wind patterns and guidance opportunities for the conservation of the Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus in Italy	4
Predation of nesting Thick-billed Parrots Rhychopsitta pachyrhyncha by bobcats in northwestern Mexico	4
Exploring potential reasons for the increase in the East Asian Greylag GooseAnser anserpopulation by assessing habitat use and use of protected areas	4
Spatial and temporal variation in the migration of Ruddy-headed Goose in southern South America using satellite tagging	4
Conservation status of the recently described Ecuadorian Amazon parrot Amazona lilacina	4
Habitat modelling locates nesting areas of the Endangered Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata on Hispaniola and identifies habitat loss	4
Bridled Quail-dove Geotrygon mystacea population 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
Birds in Europe 4: the fourth assessment of Species of European Conservation Concern	4
Brood parasitism leads to zero recruitment in the globally endangered Yellow CardinalGubernatrix cristata	4
Assessing the Status of the Critically Endangered White-bellied HeronArdea insignisin north-east India	4
History, status, and productivity of the Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas	4
Incidental capture of seabirds in Argentinean side-haul trawlers	3
Population status, habitat preference and distribution of Bristled GrassbirdChaetornis striatain Bangladesh	3
The state of breeding birds in Greece: trends, threats, and implications for conservation	3
Avifauna and biogeographical affinities of acarrasco-dominated landscape in north-eastern Brazil: providing baseline data for future monitoring	3
Demographic consequences of management actions for the successful reintroduction of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia to the UK	3
The effect of shade tree species on bird communities in central Kenyan coffee farms	3
Reduction of organic waste in a landfill lowers the visitation probability but not the local abundance of a long-lived scavenger species	3
Abundance and habitat associations of the globally endangered Giant NuthatchSitta magnain Southern Shan State, Myanmar	3
Insights into migratory connectivity and conservation concerns of Red Knots Calidris canutus in the austral Pacific coast of the Americas	3
The importance of landscape heterogeneity and vegetation structure for the conservation of the Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	3
Current status of Great Bustard Otis tarda in Turkey: population size, distribution, movements, and threats	3
Assessing the potential disturbance effects on the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) for European vultures research: a review and conservation recommendations	3
Trends and population estimate of the threatened Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficolliswintering in coastal grasslands of southern Brazil	3
Modelling the potential non-breeding distribution of Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea	3
Phylogenetic placement and life history trait imputation for Grenada DoveLeptotila wellsi	3
Population growth rates in northern Cape VultureGyps coprotherescolonies between 2010 and 2019	3
Electric infrastructure poses a significant threat at congregation sites of the globally threatened Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis in Saudi Arabia	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
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	3
Compounding and complementary carnivores: Australian bird species eaten by the introduced European red fox Vulpes vulpes and domestic cat Felis catus	3
Live wild bird exports from West Africa: insights into recent trade from monitoring social media	3
Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja nest activity patterns: Potential ecotourism and conservation opportunities in the Amazon Forest	3
Range-wide changes in the North American Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata breeding population over 115 years	3