OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecological Applications is 29. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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Support for an area–heterogeneity tradeoff for biodiversity in croplands	67
Can the impact of canopy trees on soil and understory be altered using litter additions?	63
Novel associations among insect herbivores and trees: Patterns of occurrence and damage on pines and eucalypts	58
Mega‐disturbances cause rapid decline of mature conifer forest habitat in California	56
Alien insect dispersal mediated by the global movement of commodities	52
Evidence to inform spatiotemporal management of a western Pacific Ocean tuna purse seine fishery	51
Landscape composition drives winter bird assemblages in agriculture–savanna mosaics of western India	47
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Multidecadal vegetation transformations of a New Mexico ponderosa pine landscape after severe fires and aerial seeding	45
Joint species distribution modeling reveals a changing prey landscape for North Pacific right whales on the Bering shelf	45
Food‐web dynamics of a floodplain mosaic overshadow the effects of engineered logjams for Pacific salmon and steelhead	39
Functional diversity of ground beetles improved aphid control but did not increase crop yields on European farms	39
The effect of mechanical canopy reduction on big sagebrush plant communities	38
Combining co‐introduction with patch‐size optimization as a novel strategy to maximize seagrass restoration	38
Invasive blackberry outcompetes the endemic Galapagos tree daisy Scalesiapedunculata	36
Mowing increased community stability in semiarid grasslands more than either fencing or grazing	36
Diverging restoration pathways for overstory and understory communities in a Mediterranean‐climate riparian ecosystem	34
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Parasites indicate trophic complexity and faunal succession in restored oyster reefs over a 22‐year period	32
Biotic resistance across a nutrient gradient in experimental wetland mesocosms	32
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Predicting vulnerability of forest patches to invasion by non‐native plants for landscape scale management	31

Using social‐ecological models to explore stream connectivity outcomes for stakeholders and Yellowstone cutthroat trout	31
Ecological success of no‐take marine protected areas: Using population dynamics theory to inform a global meta‐analysis	30
Issue Information	30
Biodiversity effects on seedling growth are modified by light environment across functional groups	29
Conserving ecosystem integrity: Ecological theory as a guide for marine protected area monitoring	29