OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Nature Conservation-Bulgaria 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Snake oil and pangolin scales: insights into wild animal use at “Marché des Fétiches” traditional medicine market, Togo	27
Economic effects of climate change on global agricultural production	25
Predicting the effects of climate change on future freshwater fish diversity at global scale	23
Recreation effects on wildlife: a review of potential quantitative thresholds	16
The first genetic assessment of wild and farmed ball pythons (Reptilia, Serpentes, Pythonidae) in southern Togo	13
Use of underpasses by animals on a fenced expressway in a suburban area in western Poland	13
‘Animals under wheels’: Wildlife roadkill data collection by citizen scientists as a part of their nature recording activities	13
Snakes and ladders: A review of ball python production in West Africa for the global pet market	12
The illegal hunting and exploitation of porcupines for meat and medicine in Indonesia	11
A literature-based database of the natural heritage, the ecological status and tourism-related impacts in show caves worldwide	11
Legacies of past land use challenge grassland recovery – An example from dry grasslands on ancient burial mounds	11
Threats from wildlife trade: The importance of genetic data in safeguarding the endangered Four-eyed Turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata)	10
Assessment of the threat status of the amphibians in Vietnam - Implementation of the One Plan Approach	9
Betting the farm: A review of Ball Python and other reptile trade from Togo, West Africa	9
Suitability of contract-based nature conservation in privately-owned forests in Germany	9
Searching for snakes: ball python hunting in southern Togo, West Africa	9
Community perceptions towards nature conservation in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	8
Do the roadkills of different mammal species respond the same way to habitat and matrix?	8
Illegal capture and internal trade of wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Sri Lanka	8
Social media photo content for Sierra Nevada: a dataset to support the assessment of cultural ecosystem services in protected areas	8
Does public information about wolf (Canis lupus) movements decrease wolf attacks on hunting dogs (C. familiaris)?	7
Transdisciplinary deficit in large carnivore conservation funding in Europe	7
Stimulating collective action to preserve High Nature Value farming in post-transitional settings. A comparative analysis of three Slovenian social-ecological systems	7
Transformative learning and grassroots climate adaptation: case studies in Vietnam’s Mekong delta	7
A preliminary assessment of bacteria in “ranched” ball pythons (Python regius), Togo, West Africa	6

Do both habitat and species diversity provide cultural ecosystem services? A trial using geo-tagged photos	6
Exploring 15 years of brown bear (Ursus arctos)-vehicle collisions in northwestern Greece	6
How do red deer react to increased visitor numbers? A case study on human-deer encounter probability and its effect on cortisol stress responses	6
Structural diversity and conservation implications of Parrotia subaequalis (Hamamelidaceae), a rare and endangered tree species in China	6
Rocky pine forests in the High Coast Region in Sweden: structure, dynamics and history	6
The contribution to wildlife conservation of an Italian Recovery Centre	6
Polypores, Agrobacterium and ivy damage on Hungarian ancient trees	5
Rapid linear transport infrastructure development in the Carpathians: A major threat to the integrity of ecological connectivity for large carnivores	5
The extent of the illegal trade with terrestrial vertebrates in markets and households in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR	5
Maps of area of habitat for Italian amphibians and reptiles	5
An overview of reviews of conservation flagships: evaluating fundraising ability and surrogate power	5
Dissecting the illegal pangolin trade in China: An insight from seizures data reports	5
Speed thrills but kills: A case study on seasonal variation in roadkill mortality on National highway 715 (new) in Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Landscape, Assam, India	5
Soundscapes and protected area conservation: Are noises in nature making people complacent?	5
Genetic diversity and morphological characterisation of three turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L., 1758) populations along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast	5
Evaluation and sensitivity analysis of the ecosystem service functions of haze absorption by green space based on its quality in China	4
Plant diversity assessment of karst limestone, a case study of Malaysia’s Batu Caves	4
Drivers of snow leopard poaching and trade in Pakistan and implications for management	4
Potential for informal guardianship in community-based wildlife crime prevention: Insights from Vietnam	4
Number and distribution of large old ginkgos in east China: Implications for regional conservation	4
Tropical Important Plant Areas, plant species richness and conservation in the British Virgin Islands	3
Cerrado Rupestre is not Campo Rupestre: The unknown and threatened savannah on rocky outcrops	3
Dogs, not wolves, most likely to have caused the death of a British tourist in northern Greece	3
Evaluating the effectiveness of vegetation conservation on a sacred mountain in western China	3
Revised criteria system for a national assessment of threatened habitats in Germany	3
The drums of war are beating louder: Media coverage of brown bears in Romania	3
Environmental stress in Parnassius apollo reflected through wing geometric morphometrics in a historical collection with a possible connection to habitat degradation	3
Termites’ diversity in a protected park of the northern Sudanian savanna of Togo (West Africa)	3
Are several small wildlife crossing structures better than a single large? Arguments from the perspective of large wildlife conservation	3
Numerous uncertainties in the multifaceted global trade in frogs’ legs with the EU as the major consumer	3
Social media photo content for Sierra Nevada: a dataset to support the assessment of cultural ecosystem services in protected areas	3
Genetic variability and conservation of the endangered Pannonian root vole in fragmented habitats of an agricultural landscape	3
The illegal exploitation of the Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas) and Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi) in Indonesia	3
Assessing behaviour states of a forest carnivore in a road-dominated landscape using Hidden Markov Models	3
Implementing wildlife fences along highways at the appropriate spatial scale: A case study of reducing road mortality of Florida Key deer	3
Effectiveness of wire netting fences to prevent animal access to road infrastructures: an experimental study on small mammals and amphibians	3
The unregulated nature of the commercial captive predator industry in South Africa: Insights gained using the PAIA process	2
Distribution and conservation status of threatened endemic amphibians within the Aspromonte mountain region, a hotspot of Mediterranean biodiversity	2
A test of wildlife warning reflectors as a way to reduce risk of wildlife-train collisions	2
Important plant areas (IPAs) in the Fergana Valley (Central Asia): The badlands of the northern foothills	2
Germany’s federal waterways – A linear infrastructure network for nature and transport	2
Harvest quotas, free markets and the sustainable trade in pythons	2
Environmental citizen science in Greece: perceptions and attitudes of key actors	2
Identifying key risks to the achievement of protected area system objectives	2
Risks and opportunities of assisted colonization: the perspectives of experts	2
The extent and nature of the commercial captive lion industry in the Free State province, South Africa	2
Distribution modelling of the Pudu deer (Pudu puda) in southern Chile	2
Effect of ecological restoration on topsoil phosphorus following afforestation on abandoned ponds in northern Chaohu Lake, China	2
India’s use of CITES Appendix III	2
Spatial and temporal dynamics of habitat quality in response to socioeconomic and landscape patterns in the context of urbanization: A case in Zhengzhou City, China	2

Zoos consenting to the illegal wildlife trade – the earless monitor lizard as a case study	2
Natural strongholds for red squirrel conservation in Scotland	2