OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ecosystems is 7. 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
Fuel Profiles and Biomass Carbon Following Bark Beetle Outbreaks: Insights for Disturbance Interactions from a Historical Silvicultural Experiment	52
Integrating Remote Sensing with Ground-based Observations to Quantify the Effects of an Extreme Freeze Event on Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans) at the Landscape Scale	50
A Topographic Gradient Drives Spatial Variability of Stem CH4 Fluxes in a Temperate Alder Stand	39
Post-fire Regeneration Traits of Understorey Shrub Species Modulate Successional Responses to High Severity Fire in Mediterranean Pine Forests	32
A Cosmic View of ‘Tundra Gardens’: Satellite Imagery Provides a Landscape-Scale Perspective of Arctic Fox Ecosystem Engineering	28
Two Mechanisms Drive Changes in Boreal Peatland Photosynthesis Following Long-Term Water Level Drawdown: Species Turnover and Altered Photosynthetic Capacity	27
Integrating Reservoirs into the Dissolved Organic Matter Versus Primary Production Paradigm: How Does Chlorophyll-a Change Across Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations in Reservoirs?	25
Time Scales of Ecosystem Impacts and Recovery Under Individual and Serial Invasions	24
Correction to: Elevated Allochthony in Stream Food Webs as a Result of Longitudinal Cumulative Effects of Forest Management	23
The Relative Importance of Coarse-Scale Climate and Fine-Scale Nitrogen Availability Contrasts in Driving Home-Field Advantage Effects in Litter Decomposition	23
Biophysical Controls on Soil Carbon Cycling in a Northern Hardwood Forest	22
Impact of a 2°C Warmer Climate on the Fine Root System of European Beech, Sessile Oak, Scots Pine, and Douglas Fir in Central European Lowland Forests	22
Celebrating 25 Years of Ecosystems	20
Chronic Nitrogen Deposition Induces Phosphorus Limitation of Aquatic, But Not Terrestrial, Decomposition	19
Fire History and Long-Term Carbon Accumulation in Hemi-boreal Peatlands	18
A Severe Hurricane Increases Carbon Dioxide and Methane Fluxes and Triples Nitrous Oxide Emissions in a Tropical Forest	18
Six Decades of Changes in Pool Characteristics on a Concentric-Patterned Raised Bog	18
Material Legacies and Environmental Constraints Underlie Fire Resilience of a Dominant Boreal Forest Type	18
Biocrusts Modulate Climate Change Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Pools: Insights From a 9-Year Experiment	16
Impacts of Compost Amendment Type and Application Frequency on a Fire-Impacted Grassland Ecosystem	16
Plant Litter from Rare Species Increases Functional Diversity and Decomposition of Species Mixtures	16
Wood Carbon Fractions Influence Deadwood Carbon Stock Estimates	16
A Global Synthesis of the Effects of Livestock Activity on Hydrological Processes	15
Decoding a Soil Microbial Strategy: Prioritizing Quantity Over Quality of Phosphatases	15
Aboveground Responses of C3 and C4 Grass-Dominated Plant Communities to Future Larger and Less Frequent Rainfall Events	15

Hypolimnetic Nutrient Subsidies to Surface Waters of a Large Lake: A Coupled Hydrodynamic Modelling and Nitrogen Isotope Field Assessment	15
Multicentury Growth Patterns and Climate Relationships of Three Co-occurring Nothofagus Species in High-Elevation Forests of the Valdivian Andes	15
Repeated High-severity Fire in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades of California, United States: Landscape Trends and Belowground Effects	14
Dynamics of Respired Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Stream	13
Ocean Acidification Influences Strain Selection and Metabolism of the Benthic Diatom Cocconeis neothumensis var. marina	13
Long-Term Phosphorus Addition Strongly Weakens the Carbon Sink Function of a Temperate Peatland	13
Structuring Life After Death: Plant Leachates Promote CO2 Uptake by Regulating Microbial Biofilm Interactions in a Northern Peatland Ecosystem	13
Flexibility in Aquatic Food Web Interactions: Linking Scales and Approaches	12
Contrasted Successional Trajectories in a Mediterranean Wetland Due to Geomorphic- and Human-Induced Perturbations	12
Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic	12
Anion Exchange Capacity Explains Deep Soil Nitrate Accumulation in Brazilian Amazon Croplands	12
Disturbance Level Mediates the Differential Resistance of Tropical Dry Forest Soil and Vegetation Attributes to High-Intensity Hurricanes	12
Response of Boreal Plant Communities and Forest Floor Carbon Fluxes to Experimental Nutrient Additions	12
Changes in How Climate Forces the Vegetation of Southern Africa	11
Agile Allocation in the Tundra: A Single Growing Season of Warming Increases Nutrient Availability While Decreasing Fine-Root Length	11
Embracing Uncertainty and Probabilistic Outcomes for Ecological Critical Loads	11
Shifts in Ecological Legacies Support Hysteresis of Stand Type Conversions in Boreal Forests	11
Abiotic Factors Modify Ponderosa Pine Regeneration Outcomes After High-Severity Fire	11
Biomass Pyramids of Marine Mesozooplankton Communities as Inferred From Their Integrated Trophic Positions	10
Soil Particulate Organic Matter is Related to Ericoid Mycorrhizal Shrubs, not Ectomycorrhizal Trees, in a Temperate Forest	10
The Effect of Water Colour on Fish Communities in Boreal lakes	10
Identifying Bottlenecks to Energy Circulation in the Bay of Biscay Pelagic Food Web: Key Species Under the Spotlight	10
Nitrogen Addition Increases Freeze Resistance in Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) Shrubs in a Temperate-Tropical Ecotone	10
Root Characteristics Vary with Depth Across Four Lowland Seasonal Tropical Forests	10
Global Patterns of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Reproductive and Leaf Litterfall	9
Detecting Trajectories of Regime Shifts and Loss of Resilience in Coastal Wetlands using Remote Sensing	9
Herbivores’ Impacts Cascade Through the Brown Food Web in a Dryland	9
Exceptions to the Heterotrophic Rule: Prevalence and Drivers of Autotrophy in Streams and Rivers	9
Ecosystem Changes Caused by Hydrological Change are Associated with Population Decline in a Formerly-Common Grazing Herbivore	9
Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient	9
Trophic Niche Metrics Reveal Long-Term Shift in Florida Bay Food Webs	9
Are Ecosystem Engineering Traits Fixed or Flexible: A Study on Clonal Expansion Strategies in Co-occurring Dune Grasses	9
Exploring the Frequency and Distribution of Ecological Non-monotonicity in Associations among Ecosystem Constituents	8
Temporal Development of Microhabitats on Living Habitat Trees in Temperate European Forests	8
Agricultural Land Management and Grazing Intensification Effects on Ecosystem Carbon and Nutrient Stocks	8
Tree Foliage is a Methane Sink in Upland Temperate Forests	8
Season and Flow Drive Productivity of a Regulated River	8
Post-fire Recovery Dynamics and Resilience of Ecosystem Services Capacity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems	8
Benthopelagic Deep-Sea Food Webs Along a Latitudinal Gradient in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean)	8
An Outlook for Deep Learning in Ecosystem Science	8
Impact of Drought on Ecohydrology of Southern California Grassland and Shrubland	8
Watershed-scale Variation in Potential Fungal Community Contributions to Ectomycorrhizal Biogeochemical Syndromes	8
Longitudinal Declines in Autochthony and Food Web Length: Why Do Ecological Frameworks Fail to Predict Trophic Webs in Rivers of the Pampa Biome?	8
The Structural and Functional Impacts of Invasive Psidium cattleianum in Forests on the Island of Hawai’i	7
Spatial Signatures of Biological Soil Crusts and Community Level Self-organization in Drylands	7
Suspended Sections Within Downed Deadwood Are Drier, Have Altered Decomposer Communities, and Slower Decomposition	7
Species Diversity and Stability of Dominant Species Dominate the Stability of Community Biomass in an Alpine Meadow Under Variable Precipitation	7
Soil Legacies of Tree Species Composition in Mature Forest Affect Tree Seedlings’ Performance	7
Coastal Forest in Eastern Southern Africa has Savanna Bush-clump Origins	7
Vegetation Changes Following Large-scale Fence Removal Across a Protected Area Network Within the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve, South Africa	7

Spatial and Temporal Variation of Large Wood in a Coastal River	7
An Emerging Carbon Sink in Headwater Streams and the Role of Large Wood and Riparian Forest Structure	7
Coralline Algal Population Explosion in an Overgrazed Seagrass Meadow: Conditional Outcomes of Intraspecific and Interspecific Interactions	7
Sedimentary Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Across a Vertical Gradient on a Temperate Wetland Seascape Including Salt Marshes, Seagrass Meadows and Rhizophytic Macroalgae Beds	7
Diverse Effects of Climate, Land Use, and Insects on Dung and Carrion Decomposition	7
Global Positive Effects of Litter Inputs on Soil Nitrogen Pools and Fluxes	7
Impacts of Watershed Restoration on Runoff, Evapotranspiration, and Ecosystem Service Valuation in a Semi-Arid Region	7
Watershed Responses to Climate Change-Driven Disturbances in Temperate Montane Ecosystems of the Western United States	7