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

Article	Citations
Short-term fate of nitrogen fixed by moss-cyanobacteria associations under different rainfall regimes	96
Social predation by ants as a mortality source for an arboreal gregarious forest pest	50
Nematode dynamics in an African dolomite cave: What is the role of environmental filtering in spatial and temporal distribution?	50
Tracking sucking herbivory with nitrogen isotope labelling: Lessons from an individual trait-based approach	47
Non-crop habitats concurrently drive crop colonization by the millet head miner and regulation by natural enemies	42
Moving north under the eye of the public: The dispersal ecology of the Nosferatu spider, documented by citizen scientists	35
Environmental associations of abundance-weighted functional traits in Australian plant communities	34
Proximity to wildflower strips did not boost crop pollination on small, diversified farms harboring diverse wild bees	33
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
Artificial light at night increases the nighttime feeding of monarch butterfly caterpillars without affecting host plant quality	30
Semi-natural habitats are key to breeding bird diversity in intensified vineyard landscapes across Europe	29
Short-term response of ground-dwelling arthropods to storm-related disturbances is mediated by topography and dispersal	29
An observational assessment of winter human-nature interaction in urban parks	28
Effects of perennial wildflower strips and landscape structure on birds in intensively farmed agricultural landscapes	26
Australian green roofs attract bees with similar functional traits, but species-specific responses to local attributes differ significantly	26
Improving wild bee monitoring, sampling methods, and conservation	26
Biodiversity in urban blue space – increasing knowledge and species richness	25
Editorial Board	25
Yellowstone Wolves: Science and Discovery in the Worlds First National Park. Edited by Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler and Daniel R. MacNulty. 339 pages, London: University of Chicago Press [2020]	25
Are alien plant species superior to natives, and is this determined by performance measure and study design? A meta-analysis	24
Testimonials to reconstruct past abundances of wildlife populations	24
Bird and bat diversity, herbivory and trade-offs with yield in coffee agroforests in Arabica coffee’s native range	24
The impact of climate, local habitat, surrounding landscape and management on coffee wilt disease and Armillaria root rot on Arabica coffee in its native range	23
Spatial Distribution and Climate Dependency of the Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in East Africa: Implications for Conservation Beyond Protected Areas	23

Temporal changes of biodiversity in urban running waters – Results of a twelve-year monitoring study