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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Time Scales of Ecosystem Impacts and Recovery Under Individual and Serial Invasions	58
Identifying Headwater Streams across the Conterminous United States	43
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	31
Integrating Reservoirs into the Dissolved Organic Matter Versus Primary Production Paradigm: How Does Chlorophyll-a Change Across Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations in Reservoirs?	28
A Cosmic View of ‘Tundra Gardens’: Satellite Imagery Provides a Landscape-Scale Perspective of Arctic Fox Ecosystem Engineering	27
A Topographic Gradient Drives Spatial Variability of Stem CH4 Fluxes in a Temperate Alder Stand	24
Fuel Profiles and Biomass Carbon Following Bark Beetle Outbreaks: Insights for Disturbance Interactions from a Historical Silvicultural Experiment	24
Herbivory-Induced Nardus stricta Dominance Enriches Plant Silicon Relative to Phosphorus Enforcing Alternative Ecosystem Stable States in an Alpine Environment	24
Cascading Effects of Apex Predator Recovery on Rodent Foraging Activity and Seed Predation	22
Acclimation of the Nitrogen Cycle to Changes in Precipitation	20
The Relative Importance of Coarse-Scale Climate and Fine-Scale Nitrogen Availability Contrasts in Driving Home-Field Advantage Effects in Litter Decomposition	18
Biophysical Controls on Soil Carbon Cycling in a Northern Hardwood Forest	17
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	17
Celebrating 25 Years of Ecosystems	17
Six Decades of Changes in Pool Characteristics on a Concentric-Patterned Raised Bog	16
Fire History and Long-Term Carbon Accumulation in Hemi-boreal Peatlands	15
Impacts of Compost Amendment Type and Application Frequency on a Fire-Impacted Grassland Ecosystem	15
A Severe Hurricane Increases Carbon Dioxide and Methane Fluxes and Triples Nitrous Oxide Emissions in a Tropical Forest	15
Biocrusts Modulate Climate Change Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Pools: Insights From a 9-Year Experiment	14
Wood Carbon Fractions Influence Deadwood Carbon Stock Estimates	14
Aboveground Responses of C3 and C4 Grass-Dominated Plant Communities to Future Larger and Less Frequent Rainfall Events	14
Material Legacies and Environmental Constraints Underlie Fire Resilience of a Dominant Boreal Forest Type	14
Sediment Chemistry Predicts Littoral Methane Emissions	13
Multicentury Growth Patterns and Climate Relationships of Three Co-occurring Nothofagus Species in High-Elevation Forests of the Valdivian Andes	13
Hypolimnetic Nutrient Subsidies to Surface Waters of a Large Lake: A Coupled Hydrodynamic Modelling and Nitrogen Isotope Field Assessment	13

Repeated High-severity Fire in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades of California, United States: Landscape Trends and Belowground Effects	12
Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic	12
Decoding a Soil Microbial Strategy: Prioritizing Quantity Over Quality of Phosphatases	12
Dynamics of Respired Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Stream	12
Ocean Acidification Influences Strain Selection and Metabolism of the Benthic Diatom Cocconeis neothumensis var. marina	11
Response of Boreal Plant Communities and Forest Floor Carbon Fluxes to Experimental Nutrient Additions	11
Aridity Threshold Triggers Abrupt Increase in Shrub Biomass Through Changes in Leaf Functional Traits	11
Contrasted Successional Trajectories in a Mediterranean Wetland Due to Geomorphic- and Human-Induced Perturbations	11
Disturbance Level Mediates the Differential Resistance of Tropical Dry Forest Soil and Vegetation Attributes to High-Intensity Hurricanes	11
Changes in How Climate Forces the Vegetation of Southern Africa	11
Structuring Life After Death: Plant Leachates Promote CO2 Uptake by Regulating Microbial Biofilm Interactions in a Northern Peatland Ecosystem	11
Ecosystem Experiments: How Does Manipulation Rate Affect Indicators of Resilience?	11
Flexibility in Aquatic Food Web Interactions: Linking Scales and Approaches	11
Identifying Bottlenecks to Energy Circulation in the Bay of Biscay Pelagic Food Web: Key Species Under the Spotlight	10
Shifts in Ecological Legacies Support Hysteresis of Stand Type Conversions in Boreal Forests	10
Embracing Uncertainty and Probabilistic Outcomes for Ecological Critical Loads	10
Abiotic Factors Modify Ponderosa Pine Regeneration Outcomes After High-Severity Fire	10
Exploring the Frequency and Distribution of Ecological Non-monotonicity in Associations among Ecosystem Constituents	9
Agile Allocation in the Tundra: A Single Growing Season of Warming Increases Nutrient Availability While Decreasing Fine-Root Length	9
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
Trophic Niche Metrics Reveal Long-Term Shift in Florida Bay Food Webs	9
Root Characteristics Vary with Depth Across Four Lowland Seasonal Tropical Forests	9
The Effect of Water Colour on Fish Communities in Boreal lakes	9
Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient	9
Nitrogen Addition Increases Freeze Resistance in Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) Shrubs in a Temperate-Tropical Ecotone	9
Exceptions to the Heterotrophic Rule: Prevalence and Drivers of Autotrophy in Streams and Rivers	9
Soil Particulate Organic Matter is Related to Ericoid Mycorrhizal Shrubs, not Ectomycorrhizal Trees, in a Temperate Forest	9
Ecosystem Changes Caused by Hydrological Change are Associated with Population Decline in a Formerly-Common Grazing Herbivore	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
An Outlook for Deep Learning in Ecosystem Science	8
Temporal Development of Microhabitats on Living Habitat Trees in Temperate European Forests	8
Herbivores’ Impacts Cascade Through the Brown Food Web in a Dryland	8
Watershed-scale Variation in Potential Fungal Community Contributions to Ectomycorrhizal Biogeochemical Syndromes	8
Post-fire Recovery Dynamics and Resilience of Ecosystem Services Capacity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems	8
Vegetation Changes Following Large-scale Fence Removal Across a Protected Area Network Within the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve, South Africa	8
Are Ecosystem Engineering Traits Fixed or Flexible: A Study on Clonal Expansion Strategies in Co-occurring Dune Grasses	8
Agricultural Land Management and Grazing Intensification Effects on Ecosystem Carbon and Nutrient Stocks	8
Impact of Drought on Ecohydrology of Southern California Grassland and Shrubland	8
Benthopelagic Deep-Sea Food Webs Along a Latitudinal Gradient in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean)	8
Season and Flow Drive Productivity of a Regulated River	8
An Emerging Carbon Sink in Headwater Streams and the Role of Large Wood and Riparian Forest Structure	7
Spatial Signatures of Biological Soil Crusts and Community Level Self-organization in Drylands	7
Soil Legacies of Tree Species Composition in Mature Forest Affect Tree Seedlings’ Performance	7
Impacts of Watershed Restoration on Runoff, Evapotranspiration, and Ecosystem Service Valuation in a Semi-Arid Region	7
Global Positive Effects of Litter Inputs on Soil Nitrogen Pools and Fluxes	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
Suspended Sections Within Downed Deadwood Are Drier, Have Altered Decomposer Communities, and Slower Decomposition	7
Spatial and Temporal Variation of Large Wood in a Coastal River	7
Species Diversity and Stability of Dominant Species Dominate the Stability of Community Biomass in an Alpine Meadow Under Variable Precipitation	7

Watershed Responses to Climate Change-Driven Disturbances in Temperate Montane Ecosystems of the Western United States