OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Lantana camara and Ageratina adenophora invasion alter the understory species composition and diversity of chir pine forest in central Himalaya, India	31
What do you mean by “niche”? Modern ecological theories are not coherent on rhetoric about the niche concept	29
Multi-year monitoring land surface phenology in relation to climatic variables using MODIS-NDVI time-series in Mediterranean forest, Northeast Tunisia	20
Urban areas are favouring the spread of an alien mud-dauber wasp into climatically non-optimal latitudes	18
Pollinator conservation in the context of global changes with a focus on France and Belgium	12
Quantifying responses of dung beetle assemblages to cattle grazing removal over a short-term in introduced Brazilian pastures	12
Auditory predator cues affect monarch (Danaus plexippus; Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) development time and pupal weight	11
Epigeic fauna (with emphasis on ant community) response to land-use change for sugarcane expansion in Brazil	11
Phylogenetic α- and β-diversity elevational gradients reveal consistent patterns of temperate forest community structure	10
Comparing germination metrics of Opuntia ficus-indica and O. robusta between two sets of bird species (Pied Crows and two smaller species)	10
The role of arthropods in early colonization near melting glaciers: Contradictions between ecological assumptions and recent study results	10
Short-term modifications of mycorrhizal fungi, glomalin and soil attributes in a tropical agroforestry	9
Hummingbird-plant interactions along an altitudinal gradient in northwestern Mexico	9
Soil carbon and nitrogen fractions in response to land use/cover changes	9
Metacommunity structure reveals that temperature affects the landscape compositional patterns of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites across elevations	9
Rare Pteridophytes are disproportionately frequent in the tropical forest of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China	8
Seed fates of four rainforest tree species in the fragmented forests of Anamalais in the southern Western Ghats, India	8
Influence of sampling methods on the description of a Neotropical seed dispersal network	8
Nitrogen deposition is positively correlated to foliar nitrogen content in Vaccinium myrtillus and other understory species in temperate forests on acidic soil	8
No apparent effect of invasive alien goldenrod on soil microbial communities or soil fauna feeding activity	8
Some like it hot: Drought-induced forest die-off influences reptile assemblages	7
Isolation and self-regulation processes in simulated postfire microsites promote plant species diversity	7
Does N deposition mitigate the adverse impacts of drought stress on plant seed germination and seedling growth?	7
Splitting hares: Current and future ecological niches predicted as distinctly different for two congeneric lagomorphs	7
Fine woody debris as a biogen reservoir in forest ecosystems	7

Disentangling the determinants of litter decomposition among invaded and uninvaded habitats: A field experiment from the Kashmir Himalaya	7
Assessing the fire resilience of the savanna tree component through a functional approach	7
Everyone makes mistakes: Sampling errors in vegetation analysis - The effect of different sampling methods, abundance estimates, experimental manipulations, and data transformation	7
Impact of 25 years of grazing on the forest structure of Pinus cembroides in northeast Mexico	7
Feeding plasticity and temporal behaviour of the alien American mink in Europe	7
On the natural selection of body mass allometries	7
Biological soil crusts from the Monte desert affect soil moisture and nutrients, and improve Leptochloa crinita grass development	7
The importance of the standardizing sampling methodology to detect altitudinal gradients in mountains: A study case for the resident bird community in a hotspot (Atlantic forest) and the Middle Domain	7
A review of seed ecology of poisonous plants in the world's grasslands	7
Parapatric pied and red-handed tamarin responses to congeneric and conspecific calls	7
Impacts of traditional practices on biodiversity and structural characteristics of sacred groves in northern Togo, West Africa	6
From the euclidean distance to compositional dissimilarity: What is gained and what is lost	6
Differences in mutualistic or predatory interactions between tree and rodent species as revealed by using a double-duplex passive integrated transponder tagging technique	6
Relationships between tree height and tree species richness at small scales	6
Ecological relevance of high and low nucleic acid content bacteria in a monsoon influenced tropical estuary: Implications on the β-Glucosidase activity	6
Ficus-frugivore interactions, especially in areas of land-use change, in Africa: A systematic review	6
Extension of the EICA hypothesis for invasive Chromolaena odorata	6
Novel diplochory: Native bats and non-native rats disperse seeds of an island tree	5
Atlantic Forest birds are more functionally and taxonomically diverse in valley bottoms relative to uplands	5
Vegetation dynamics and soil nutrients across different shifting cultivation fallows in Montane Subtropical Forest of Mizoram, NE India	5
Ecological differentiation of Carex species coexisting in a wet meadow: Comparison of pot and field experiments	5
Influence of environmental predictors on hyphomycete assemblages in subtropical streams	5
Climate change forecasts suggest that the conservation area network in the Cerrado-Amazon transition zone needs to be expanded	5
Alien pests and their influence on native biota in leaf litter of non-native trees	5
Environmental factors controlling structure, litter productivity, and phenology of mangroves in arid region of the Gulf of California	5
Outcomes of a native bamboo on biomass and carbon stocks of a neotropical biodiversity hotspot	5
Correlations between leaf economics, hydraulic, and shade-tolerance traits among co-occurring individual trees	5
Leafing intensity decreases with increasing water table depth and plant height in Populus euphratica, a desert riparian species	5
The stress gradient hypothesis explains plant-plant interaction networks in edapho climatic gradients	5
Response of soil microbes to Carex meyeriana meadow degeneration caused by overgrazing in inner Mongolia	5
Criteria to select vegetal species for restoration of plant-pollinator interactions in agricultural landscapes of the Pampa grassland (Argentina)	5
Comparison of grassland plant-pollinator networks on dairy farms in three contrasting French landscapes	5
Drivers of songbird territory density in the boundaries of a lowland arable farm	5
Variations in the coverage of biological soil crusts along an aridity gradient in the central-west Argentina	5
Alien invasive plant Amaranthus spinosus mainly altered the community structure instead of the α diversity of soil N-fixing bacteria under drought	4
Entomogamy in wildflowers: What level of pollinator biodiversity is required?	4
Genetic reconstruction of potential invasion pathways of Ligustrum lucidum into Argentina	4
Age-related changes in root traits are linked to internal nitrogen cycling in the perennial forb Physaria (Brassicaceae)	4
Functional diversity and species diversity in flooded and unflooded tropical forests	4
Effect of enriched CO2 atmosphere on morphological and chemical characteristics of Alternanthera philoxeroides	4
Dynamics of leaf litter decomposition in the timberline zone of western Himalaya	4
Plant functional traits along an old-field succession in the high tropical andes	4
Taxonomic and morphological diversity of the ground-dwelling ant fauna in Eastern Amazonian grasslands	4
Factors influencing seed predation in rainforest tree communities of subtropical Australia: Fragmentation, seed size and shifts in vertebrate assemblages	4
Spatial variability in foliar carbon and nitrogen isotope values on Tenerife reflects both climate and soils: Establishing a framework for future work	4
Effects of fragmentation per se on slug movement	4
Dynamics of plant ecology and soil conservation: Implications for cut-slope protection	4
Vulture numbers and densities in a large protected savannah in West Africa	4
An alternative, portable method for extracting microarthropods from forest soil	4
Litter decomposition above the treeline in alpine regions: A mini review	4

Correlation between body size and longevity: New analysis and data covering six taxonomic classes of vertebrates	4
Effects of livestock on nitrogen and carbon cycling in a savanna in Burkina Faso	4
Predator-prey traits and foraging habitat shape the diet of a common insectivorous bat	4
Evaluating the relative importance of habitat filtering and niche differentiation in shaping the food web of dung-inhabiting predators	4
Frugivory and seed dispersal by the Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoidis carbonaria	3
Post-mine succession and short term effects of coal mining in a Guinea savanna ecosystem	3
The influence of growth types on soil properties along an elevation gradient in a semi-arid oak forest	3
Morphological correlates of invasion in Florida cane toad (Rhinella marina) populations: Shortening of legs and reduction in leg asymmetry as populations become established	3
Experimental drought suppresses grass productivity and passive warming promotes tree sapling performance: Insights from African savanna species	3
Habitat selection of large herbivores evidenced as threats to alpine ecosystem	3
Pollination service and soybean yields	3
Drivers of plant species richness and structure in dry woodland of Prosopis flexuosa	3
Extreme freeze-thaw cycles do not affect moss-associated nitrogen fixation across a temperature gradient, but affect nutrient loss from mosses	3
Is endozoochoric seed dispersal by large herbivores an evolutionary adaptation? Revisiting the Janzen's ‘Foliage is the fruit’ hypothesis	3
Influence of breeding time, nest size, and egg size on the breeding success of the Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	3
Short-term impacts of a record-shattering flood and dam removal on a river turtle assemblage and population placed within the context of a 50 year study	3
Population trends of four species of amphibians in western France; results from a 15 year time series derived from road mortality counts	3
Where are my dragons? Replicating refugia to enhance the detection probability of an endangered cryptic reptile	3
Bursera fruit traits as drivers of fruit removal by flycatchers	3
The effect of acid rain and fertilization on the performance of invasive Chromolaena odorata and two native plants	3
Soil biodiversity for the sustainability of agroecosystems	3
Long-term monitoring of rodent and shrew communities in a biodiversity hot-spot in Austria using barn owl (Tyto alba) pellets	3
Abiotic controls, but not species richness, shape niche overlap and breadth of ant assemblages along an elevational gradient in central Spain	3
Invasion in the riparian zone: What is the effect of Pteridium arachnoideum on topsoil permeability?	3
Calls for concern: Matching alarm response levels to threat intensities in three Neotropical primates	3
Effects of tree density and the topography of the sites of host trees on epiphytic orchid communities on Schima wallichii in a forest in West Java, Indonesia	3
Host functional traits affect plant responses to pathogen stress: A meta-analysis	3
Fleshy-fruited species increase with elevation for woody lianas but peak in mid-elevations for herbaceous vines in a subtropical forest system	3
The different facets of native bird diversity (taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic) as predictors of alien birds increasing richness and expanding range in Great Britain	3
Analysis of the characteristics of some populations of Crambe tataria Sebeók from Romania	2
Landscape configuration and composition shape mutualistic and antagonistic interactions among plants, bats, and ectoparasites in human-dominated tropical rainforests	2
Winter dynamics of abiotic and biotic parameters in eutrophic temperate lakes	2
A neotropical canid as seed disperser in semiarid areas of Brazil	2
Management practices of Cereus jamacaru DC in the Caatinga dry forest differentially affect its reproductive phenology, fruit set and nectar availability	2
Effect of Scots pine needle age on preference, performance, and overwintering of pine-tree lappet larvae—the distaste for the oldest foliage	2
Does the consumption of pioneer-tree seeds from flooded forests by freshwater sardines affect seed germination?	2
Extrafloral nectar secretion does not mediate ant predatory activity on Pityrocarpa moniliformis plants in a seasonally dry forest	2
Seasonal patterns of scorpion diversity along a gradient of aridity in Algeria	2
Network analysis highlights increased generalisation and evenness of plant-pollinator interactions after conservation measures	2
The effects of river regulation on diet diversity, dietary niche overlap and foraging habitat preferences of two sympatric plover species	2
“Farming with alternative pollinators” provides benefits also in large-scale fields	2
Riverine barrier hypothesis explains the structure of dung beetle communities in Brazilian Coastal Sand-dune forests	2
Patterns of guanaco distribution and microhabitat use in Tierra del Fuego: From protected to sheep ranching areas	2
Floral nectar and insect flower handling time change over the flowering season: Results from an exploratory study	2
Intraspecific pod and seed trait variation of two herbaceous legume seeds in response to competing neighbours and nutrient resource abundance	2
Vertical and altitudinal distribution patterns of hydrophilic saxicolous lichens across French streams	2
Anuran assemblages in western Philippines: Unraveling the effects of habitat types, water availability, and elevation	2
Effects of phylogeny, traits, and seasonality on invertebrate herbivory damage in a meadow community	2
Epigeal fauna and edaphic properties as possible soil quality indicators in forest restoration areas in Espírito Santo, Brazil	2
Edaphic attributes indicative of edge effect in Semideciduous tropical forest	2
Benefits to the germination of seeds provided by birds that mandibulate fleshy fruits	2
Decoupled functional and phylogenetic diversity provide complementary information about community assembly mechanisms: A case study of Greek forests	2
Greenhouse gas emissions from termite mounds in a transition area between the Cerrado Savanna and the Atlantic Forest in Brazil	2
Traditional rangeland management can conserve insect pollinators in a semi-arid rangeland, northern Tanzania	2
Differences in leaf phenological traits between trees and shrubs are closely related to functional traits in a temperate forest	2
A comparison of sampling methods and temporal patterns of arthropod abundance and diversity in a mature, temperate, Oak woodland	2
Plant richness and vegetation structure drive the topology of plant-herbivore networks in Neotropical savannas	2
Effect of seed size and fungicide on germination and survival of buried seeds of two grassland species on the Loess Plateau, China	2
Prevalence of stochastic processes in the fire-mediated reassemblage of the soil arthropod community of a pine forest	2
Goat browsing does not induce physical defences but reduces leaf size in Vachellia trees	2
Present and future of Iris atrofusca populations in the Negev Desert analyzed by population viability analysis and species distribution modeling	2
Effects of road and woodland type on the invasibility of woodlands invaded by Lantana camara in southern Africa	2
Selected microhabitat and surface temperatures of two sympatric lizard species	2
Functional importance of bird-dispersed habitat for the early recruitment of Taxus chinensis in a fragmented forest	2
Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on seed germination under field conditions: A meta-analysis	2
How steady is the nested pattern in saline grassland true bug communities? Effects of sampling effort and data completeness on nestedness	2
Scattered trees as crucial elements in maintaining urban diversity: A case study with canopy ants in a biodiversity hotspot	2
The effect of the temperature on local differences in the sex ratio of Mallards Anas platyrhynchos wintering in an urban habitat	2
Long-term nucleation effect of remnant trees in a temperate forest established on abandoned grassland	2
Effects of fire on the population structure and abundance of Anogeissus leiocarpa and Vitellaria paradoxa in a West African savanna parkland	2
The effects of seasonal changes on the dynamics of a fig tree's pollination	2
Ecology of morphological fruit types, and fruit and seed colors in 27 Venezuelan plant communities	2
More is not always better: Impact of nutrient-addition on floral traits important for buzz pollination	2
The role of seed size in the performance of Ceiba aesculifolia seedlings subjected to foliar damage	2
Geography and climate regime affect needle stoichiometry character of Pinus bungeana across China	2
Chronic, low-level nitrogen deposition enhances abundances of ant-protected herbivores inhabiting an imperiled foundation species	2