OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Insect Conservation is 5. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Beyond butterflies: integrating frugivorous moths into conservation and biodiversity monitoring	56
The influence of biodiversity-friendly ranching practices on dung beetle diversity in a Mexican mountainous tropical landscape	39
It is here to stay. The exotic species Cloeon smaeleni Lestage, 1924 (Ephemeroptera) will be a long-term element of south American diversity	35
The genetic structure of the ash obligate moth prays fraxinella suggests that it is not affected by current habitat fragmentation	31
Special issue on insect conservation in biodiversity hotspots	30
Exotic tree plantations drive reduction in morphological variation of damselfly species in the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest	21
Differential response to fire in ground vs. vegetation arthropod communities	16
Impacts of rainfall seasonality on Dung beetle diversity and their ecological functions in introduced Brazilian pastures	16
Squeeze it or leave it? An ecological-economic assessment of the impact of mower conditioners on arthropod populations in grassland	16
Landscape composition influences colony growth in the tropical asian stingless bees (Tetragonula fuscobalteata)	16
Changes to butterfly phenology versus elevation range after four decades of warming in the mountains of central Spain	15
The role of citizens in conservation science: a case study with threatened Brazilian butterflies	15
Effects of moss encroachment on reproduction of the large heathland bush-crickets Ephippiger diurnus and Gampsocleis glabra	14
Habitat preferences and phenology of carrot wasps (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae, Gasteruption) in Central Europe	14
Correction: The history, science and preliminary results from the reintroduction of the chequered skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon into Rockingham forest, England	14
Trait-mediated phenological shifts in moths under climate change: evidence for alternative response strategies	13
The potential for elevated soil salinity to enhance the ecological trap effect of roadside pollinator habitat	12
Warming experiments test the temperature sensitivity of an endangered butterfly across life history stages	12
Free-living colonies of native honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) in 19th and early 20th century Sweden	12
Bee-friendly interventions: the barriers and opportunities affecting urban residents’ conservation of wild bees in Gardens	12
Pattern and drivers of danaine butterfly migration in Southern India: implications for conservation	12
Why do spiders balloon? a review of recent evidence	12
Can protected areas and habitats preserve the vulnerable predatory bush cricket Saga pedo?	11
Grass and ground dwelling beetle community responses to holistic and wildlife grazing management using a cross-fence comparison in Western Kalahari rangeland, Namibia	11
How can an intensively used agricultural landscape preserve diversity of Orthoptera assemblages?	11

Strands of connection: unraveling livestock grazing effects on orb-weaver spiders	11
Resilient fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages across a Caatinga dry forest chronosequence submitted to chronic anthropogenic disturbance	11
Evaluating the status and habitat preferences of the threatened skipper, Euphyes vestris harbisoni, in southern California, USA	11
Managing an endemic taxon at the verge of extinction: factors driving population persistence and larval microhabitat selection of Zygaena angelicae elegans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)	10
Artificial habitat – a chance for survival of a rare montane dragonfly (Odonata): case study on an alpine emerald (Somatochlora alpestris)	10
A strong decline of the endangered Apollo butterfly over 20 years in the archipelago of southern Finland	10
The conversion of Atlantic forest to pastures changed physical but not chemical defenses in Cecropia pachystachya trécul (Urticaceae)	10
A Red List of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in Flanders (northern Belgium) and its implications for conservation	9
Moderate degradation of peat bogs causes biodiversity loss in carabid beetle and butterfly assemblages	9
The impact of city animal and plant raising on people’s level of disgust towards ants and yellow jackets	9
Scale insects contribute to spider conservation in urban trees and shrubs	9
Plant abandonment behavior and fitness of monarch larvae (Danaus plexippus) is not influenced by an intraspecific competitor	9
The threatened Pookila (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) hosts a diverse macrobiome of arthropods at varying risks of co-extinction	9
Across the firefly-verse: comparison of niche suitability of an exotic firefly in its native and colonized range	9
Identification of source populations for reintroduction in extinct populations based on genome-wide SNPs and mtDNA sequence: a case study of the endangered subalpine grassland butterfly Aporia hippia	8
Effects of mowing on Isophya costata, Natura 2000 species (Orthoptera), by direct mortality and management history	8
Effect of road disturbance on ant diversity in the Monte desert of Argentina	8
Habitat types in the Atlantic Forest differently influence community structure and species interaction of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and their natural enemies	8
Distribution of the Odonata assemblages along an environmental gradient in the streams of the legal Amazonia region in western Maranhão (Brazil)	8
Greens up: vertical greenings to promote urban pollinators – a preliminary study from a Central European City	8
Does climate change influence the current and future projected distribution of an endangered species? The case of the southernmost bumblebee in the world	8
Beta diversity and microhabitat use of ant assemblages in a white-sand vegetation gradient in central Amazonia	8
Effects of experimental rewilding on butterflies, bumblebees and grasshoppers	8
Impacts of climate change on Lepidoptera biodiversity in Iran: insights from long-term climate data and GBIF records	8
The role of adult noctuid moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and their food plants in a nocturnal pollen-transport network on a Mediterranean island	8
Saproxylic Hymenoptera in dead wood retained on clear cuts, relation to wood parameters and their degree of specialisation	8
Syrphid fly response to urban heat islands varies with functional traits	8
Tritrophic interactions in a changing climate: a seed-feeding moth and its larval ectoparasitoids along an elevational gradient	8
Estimating area of occupancy for specialist oil-collecting bees: Integrating species distribution models and spatial overlays to assess extinction risk	8
Mission Monarch: engaging the Canadian public for the conservation of a species at risk	8
Rediscovery of the purportedly extinct plain thorny-headed flea (Acanthopsylla saphes) (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae): a parasite in critical need of conservation	8
Unravelling the diet of flightless grasshoppers for conservation purposes using DNA metabarcoding	7
A general lack of complete inventories for aquatic beetles in Morocco	7
The potential effects of climate change on the populations of Aedes punctor (Diptera: Culicidae) in Hungary	7
Mature egg production in cryopreserved ovaries of a pierid butterfly, Eurema mandarina	7
Global warming—friend or enemy of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Montenegro	7
Spruce dieback as chance for biodiversity: standing deadwood promotes beetle diversity in post-disturbance stands in western Germany	7
Low extinction risk in the flower fly fauna of northeastern North America	7
Can microhabitat preferences of ground-dwelling insects be a good indicator for terrestrial ecosystem recovery after an oil spill?	7
Positive shifts in species richness and abundance of moths over five decades coincide with community-wide phenotypic trait homogenisation	7
Functional traits of wild bees in response to urbanization	7
How data curation and new geographical records can change the conservation status of threatened brazilian butterflies	6
Livestock systems preserving natural grasslands are biodiversity reservoirs that promote spiders’ conservation	6
Efficiency of emergency conservation methods: a case study of the alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon) and its specific parasitoid	6
Effect of environmental factors on the abundance of riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and co-inhabiting aquatic insects within a reach scale, in Japan	6
Key areas for conserving and sustainably using oil-collecting bees (Apidae: Centridini, Tapinotaspidini, Tetrapediini) in the Americas	6
Impact of climate warming and landscape change on monarch butterfly	6
From past to a precarious future: climate change threatens protected Mexican tarantulas	6
Book review of ecology and conservation of the dutch ground beetle fauna – lessons from 66 years of pitfall trapping	6
What do monarchs feed on in winter? Nectar sources at hibernation sites	6

The diversity of moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini) from threatened mountain cloud forests in the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot	6
Long droughts decrease tiger- and ground-beetle’ beta diversity and community body size in savannas of the Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique)	6
More insect species are supported by green roofs near public gardens	6
Effects of dispersed and aggregated retention-cuttings and differently sized clear-cuttings in conifer plantations on necrophagous silphid and dung beetle assemblages	6
Micro-habitat features determine oviposition site selection in High Brown and Dark Green Fritillaries	6
Effects of environmental factors and ecological integrity on semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) diversity in Cerrado streams	6
Conserving Lepidoptera in a changing world: a special issue on the ecology and conservation of butterflies and moths	6
Correction: DNA barcoding of exuviae for species identification of Central European damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)	6
Habitat diversity and peat moss cover drive the occurrence probability of the threatened ground beetle Carabus menetriesi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Bavarian mire	6
Drivers of moth phenology in England and Wales	5
Survival of eggs to third instar of late-summer and fall-breeding monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and queen butterflies (Danaus gilippus) in north Texas	5
Securing a future for Serbia’s newly discovered Lycaena helle: conservation recommendations from population study and ecological niche models	5
Effects of habitat biotic features on hymenopteran diversity in East Africa	5
Invertebrate abundance and diversity in agricultural and National park areas on Floreana Island, Galápagos	5
Can species distribution models using remotely sensed variables inform reintroductions? Trialling methods with Carterocephalus palaemon the Chequered Skipper Butterfly	5
Correction: Changes in the wild bee community (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) over 100 years in relation to land use: a case study in a protected steppe habitat in Eastern Austria	5
Sunny, hot and humid nesting locations with diverse vegetation benefit Osmia bees nearby almond orchards in a mediterranean area	5
Current and future distributions of a native Andean bumble bee	5
Perceptions of undergraduate students on ladybugs and social wasps in ecosystems	5
Population ecology of the red-winged grasshopper, Celes skalozubovi akitanus (Orthoptera, Acrididae), in Japan	5
Heather (Calluna vulgaris) supports spider diversity of oligotrophic peat bogs	5
Is the São Francisco River a historical barrier to gene flow for populations of Melipona mandacaia Smith, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Apidae)?	5
Diversity of Trichoptera (Insecta) in protected and unprotected areas of the Argentinian Parana and Araucaria Forest provinces	5
Microbiotope selection in saproxylic bees and wasps (Hymenoptera, Aculeata): cavity-nesting communities in forests and wooded pastures are affected by variation in openness but not deadwood	5
Cryptic survival and an unexpected recovery of the long-tailed mayfly Palingenia longicauda (Olivier, 1791) (Ephemeroptera: Palingeniidae) in Southeastern Europe	5
Host plant patch size selection of an endangered butterfly, the mottled duskywing (Erynnis martialis), at a reintroduction site	5
Spearhead blues: How threats to the damselfly Coenagrion hastulatum changed over time	5
Butterfly and moth conservation: results from a global synopsis of evidence	5
Optimising the reintroduction of a specialist peatland butterfly Coenonympha tullia onto peatland restoration sites	5