OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Western North American Naturalist is 1. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Mammals of the Jesús María River Basin, Western Mexico: Alpha and Beta Diversity in an Area of High Environmental Heterogeneity	20
Genetic Evidence for the Presence of Geomys jugossicularis in the Oklahoma panhandle	10
Floral Constancies of Flies and Native Bees Visiting Ceanothus perplexans (Rhamnaceae) Flowers in Western Arizona	7
Distribution, Ecology, Morphology, and Status of the Inyo Mountains Salamander (Batrachoseps campi)	6
Heterospecific Coprophagy: Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Feeding on Cougar (Puma concolor) Feces	6
Age-Dependent Search Behavior in the Colorado Checkered Whiptail (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus)	5
Shrinkage of Rio Grande Silvery Minnow after Preservation in Formalin and Storage in Ethanol	5
Robert Kingston Vickery, Jr.—In Memoriam	5
Silver Sagebrush (Artemisia cana) Survival and Regrowth after Fire in the Mixed Grass Prairie	5
Pseudoacaryochloris (Acaryochloridaceae, Cyanobacteria) Species from Africa and North America: A Disjunct Distribution Suggesting Transatlantic Wind Dispersal	4
Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of Montane and Alpine Lakes of Northern Colorado (USA)	4
New Records and Notes on the Distribution of Aquatic Insects (Coleoptera, Hemiptera) in Southeastern Arizona	4
First Documentation of Least Chub in the Snake River Drainage in Idaho	4
Immediate Effects of a wildfire on Bats in a Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) Forest	4
Distribution of Astragalus amnis-amissi (Fabaceae), a Plant Endemic to East-Central Idaho	4
Reproductive Ecology and Bee Associates of Packard's Milkvetch (Astragalus packardiae), a Rare Plant Endemic to Southwestern Idaho	3
Genetic Variation and Population Structure among Western Hibernacula of Townsend's Big-Eared Bats, Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii	3
Factors Related to the Distribution and Abundance of Westslope Cutthroat Trout in Central Idaho	3
Western Pearlshell (Margaritifera falcata) Extirpation in the Smith River, Montana, with a Possible Link to Warming Water Temperatures	3
Novel Records of Rodent Species in the Sierra de Manantlán, Jalisco, México: Phylogenetic Insights and Taxonomic Implications	3
Submergence Behavior in June by Female Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene Ornata) from Southern Kansas	3
Citizen Science in Action: An Updated Distribution for Lampropeltis pyromelana	3
A Holocene Record of Vegetation Change and Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks at Lake of the Woods, Montana, USA	3
Spatiotemporal Patterns of San Joaquin Kit Foxes and an Urban Canid Guild	3
Providing Context for Advancements in Arctomecon californica Conservation: A Comprehensive Literature Review with Case Studies	2

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Phalaropes (Phalaropus spp.) and Adult Brine Flies (Ephydra spp.) are Linked on Great Salt Lake, Utah	2
Effects of Fire on Kangaroo Rats in the San Joaquin Desert of California	2
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) and Paiute Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris) Detection from Environmental DNA Samples: A Dual-Purpose Assay	2
Seasonal Fish Communities in Three Northern California Estuaries	2
Lichens and Allied Fungi of the North Fork Nooksack River Valley Bottom, Whatcom County, Washington: Important Biodiversity in a High-Use Area	2
Trends in the Abundance of Bonneville Cutthroat Trout and Nonnative Trout in the Bear River Basin of Idaho	2
Pinus halepensis (Aleppo Pine), New to Santa Cruz Island, California	2
Pronghorn Habitat Suitability in the Flint Hills of East Central Kansas	2
Trophic Relationships in Larval California Newts (Taricha torosa)	2
Livestock Depredation by Jaguars Associated with Dry-Season Core-Use Areas in a Northeastern Mexico Agrolandscape	2
Landscape Genetics of the Camas Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bulbivorus), an Endemic Mammal of Oregon's Willamette Valley	2
Observations of Greater Sage-Grouse at a Solar Energy Facility in Wyoming	2
An Updated Checklist of the Vascular Flora of San Nicolas Island, California	2
Record of Nesting and Fledgling Depredation on Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) in its Peri-Urban Habitat in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, West-Central Mexico	2
Distribution of the Western Black-Headed Snake (Tantilla planiceps) in California: Implications for Management	2
Summarizing Visitation and Conservation Actions for Two Federally Listed Plant Taxa (Malacothrix indecora and M. squalida, Asteraceae)	2
Are Canned Sardines or Dry Cat Food More Effective as Bait for Capturing Northwestern Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) and Red-Eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans)?	2
A Molecular Taxonomy of Cottus in western North America	2
Presence of Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis) at High Elevation between Watersheds	2
Plains to Peaks: An Analysis of the Relationship between Colorado Butterfly Communities and Altitude	2
Unusual Bird Reports from the Trans-Pecos District of Chihuahua, Mexico, Including Five New Additions to the State of Chihuahua	2
Winter Activity of Perimyotis subflavus Outside Culverts in East Texas	2
Detecting Rainbow Trout Introgression in Bonneville Cutthroat Trout of the Bear River Basin Using Field-Based Phenotypic Characteristics	2
Updated Vegetation Map of Cedros Island	2
The North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is Recolonizing the Llano Estacado	2
Field-Based Selenium Partitioning Coefficients and Trophic Transfer Factors for Cutthroat Trout Fisheries from Four Montane Lakes, Colorado, USA	1
An Observation of Spring Mating in Silver-Haired Bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans)	1
First Shasta Ground Sloth (Nothrotheriops; Xenarthra) from the Eastern Great Basin, Nevada	1
The History of Cougars in Yellowstone National Park	1
New Evidence for Eolian Activity and Mammoths on Santa Rosa Island Prior to the Last Glacial Maximum	1
Cytogenetics of Black Fly Larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Logan River, Utah, the Type Locality of Simulium brevicercum	1
Late Pleistocene Herpetofauna from Two High-Elevation Caves in the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado	1
Genotypic Variation in Cheatgrass Germination Strategies in Contrasting Climate Conditions of the Great Basin and Mojave Deserts	1
Early Records Suggest a Broader Historic Range of the Ozark Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens)	1
Molecular Identification of Sceloporus Lizards in the Laramie Mountains, Wyoming	1
Effects of Annual Weather Variation on Peak Herbaceous Yield Date in Sagebrush Steppe	1
Camera Trap Surveys Characterize a Snake Community from a Chihuahuan Desert Shortgrass Prairie	1
Use of Highway Infrastructure by Bats: A Literature Review and Survey of the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas	1
Vertebrate Use of Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Structures in Wetlands of the Nebraska Sandhills	1
Two New Late Quaternary Avifaunas from the East-Central Great Basin with the Description of a New Species of Falco	1
Reviewers for 2022	1
Integrative Biodiversity Inventories: Characterizing Lichen-Forming Fungal Diversity in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Using DNA Barcoding and Vouchered Specimens	1
Integrating Historical and Contemporary Data for Narrow-Foot Hygrotus Diving Beetle (Hygrotus diversipes Leech, 1966): Perspectives Studying Invertebrates of Management and Conservation Concern	1
Three Gastropod Species Reported in Utah for the First Time: Arion fasciatus, Cryptomastix magnidentata, and Cepaea nemoralis	1
Co-Occurrence and Nest Success of Thick-Billed and Chestnut-Collared Longspurs in a Central Montana Rangeland	1
Insects Associated with Welsh's Milkweed (Asclepias welshii) at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah	1
Insects are Attracted to White Wind Turbine Bases: Evidence from Turbine Mimics	1
Early Succession Following Prescribed Fire in Low Sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula var. Arbuscula) Steppe	1
Ecosystem Structure and Function across Western Dryland Ecosystems: A Cross-Site Comparison of Semiarid Ecosystem Types in Colorado and Wyoming	1
Mystifying Mountain Mimics: Two Sister Species of Kingsnake Show Different Trends in Mimetic Accuracy in Allopatry with Coral Snakes	1

Conservation Genomics of Beach Spectaclepod (Dithyrea maritima, Brassicaceae)	1
Ecological Implications of the Detection of Freshwater Bryozoan Cristatella mucedo (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata) and Myxozoan Parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (Cnidaria: Malacosporea) in Southwest	1
Reproductive Biology and Flower Visitors of Two Rare Species of sclerocactus (Cactaceae) in the Southwestern United States	1
Potentially Adaptive Significance of Genome Size Diversity across Ecological Gradients and Seed Size in Ivesia (Rosaceae)	1
Are Shrubs a Necessary Component of the Habitat for Ammospermophilus nelsoni in the San Joaquin Desert?	1
Necrotic Lesions and Associated Mites of the Pinnae of Free-Living Bats Artibeus jamaicensis and Sturnira hondurensis from Mexico	1
Postfire Seedling Establishment of Desert Peach (Prunus fasciculata) and Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) from Simulated Seed Caches in the Mojave Desert	1
Acarosporaceae of New Mexico: Eight New Species of Acarospora and Sarcogyne	1
Designing Fog Collectors to Understand Impacts of Changing Precipitation Patterns on the California Channel Islands	1
Long-Term Soil Fungal Community Recovery After Fire is Impacted by Climate Change	1
Recent Records of Anthony's Mexican Mole (Scapanus anthonyi Allen, 1893) in Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, México	1
Phenology of Antler Velvet Shedding in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Central Nebraska	1
Drought Response of Invasive Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis, Asteraceae) in Relation to Serpentine Soils	1
Monitoring Whitebark Pine Stand Health in the Central Washington Cascades	1
Differences between Northern and Southern Female Coyotes	1
Natural History of the Mexican Cockroach Homoeogamia mexicana Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Corydiidae): Biology, Distribution, and Habitat Characterization	1
Roosts of Northern Long-Eared Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) at the Western Edge of the Great Plains	1
Records for Hippoboscidae, Streblidae, and Nycteribiidae (Insecta: Diptera) from Colorado and Wyoming	1
A Botanical Framework for Long-Term Research in the Upper Sand Creek Research Natural Area, Dixie National Forest, Utah, USA	1
A Temporal Color Variant in the Blunt-Headed Salamander (Ambystoma amblycephalum) in West-Central Mexico	1
Issues in Understanding Interior Settlement during the Period of Red Abalone Middens on Santa Cruz Island	1