OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Basic and Applied Ecology is 23. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Short-term response of ground-dwelling arthropods to storm-related disturbances is mediated by topography and dispersal	78
Social predation by ants as a mortality source for an arboreal gregarious forest pest	71
Reprint of: Tree-tree interactions and crown complementarity: the role of functional diversity and branch traits for canopy packing	53
Environmental associations of abundance-weighted functional traits in Australian plant communities	45
Semi-natural habitats are key to breeding bird diversity in intensified vineyard landscapes across Europe	39
Non-crop habitats concurrently drive crop colonization by the millet head miner and regulation by natural enemies	36
Tracking sucking herbivory with nitrogen isotope labelling: Lessons from an individual trait-based approach	35
Short-term fate of nitrogen fixed by moss-cyanobacteria associations under different rainfall regimes	35
Nematode dynamics in an African dolomite cave: What is the role of environmental filtering in spatial and temporal distribution?	34
Moving north under the eye of the public: The dispersal ecology of the Nosferatu spider, documented by citizen scientists	34
Using spatially-explicit plant competition models to optimise crop productivity in intercropped systems	33
Abundance and trait-matching both shape interaction frequencies between plants and birds in seed-dispersal networks	33
The importance of blue and green landscape connectivity for biodiversity in urban ponds	29
Proximity to wildflower strips did not boost crop pollination on small, diversified farms harboring diverse wild bees	29
Artificial light at night increases the nighttime feeding of monarch butterfly caterpillars without affecting host plant quality	29
Testing standard growth substrates for establishing native dry sandy grassland species on extensive green roofs in Northern Germany	28
Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest	27
Editorial Board	26
Facilitation by a dwarf shrub enhances plant diversity of human-valued species at high elevations in the Himalayas of Nepal	26
Testimonials to reconstruct past abundances of wildlife populations	24
Effects of perennial wildflower strips and landscape structure on birds in intensively farmed agricultural landscapes	24
Temporal changes of biodiversity in urban running waters – Results of a twelve-year monitoring study	24
An observational assessment of winter human-nature interaction in urban parks	23
Non-additive effects of multiple predators alter the biological control of the coffee leaf miner (Leucoptera coffeella)	23