OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Avian Conservation and Ecology 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
Using an ensemble approach to predict habitat of Dusky Grouse ( Dendragapus obscurus ) in Montana, USA	11
Modeling the impact of climate change and wildfire on the Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) in the American Southwest: implications for conservation	11
Natal origins of Mallards harvested in the Atlantic Flyway of North America: implications for conservation and management	9
Forest specialist species in the urban landscape: Do different levels of urbanization affect the movements of Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso)?	9
Weather and climate change drive annual variation of reproduction by an aerial insectivore	9
Effects of oil and gas development on duck nest survival in the Western Boreal Forest	8
Whooping Crane (Grus americana) use patterns in relation to an ecotope classification in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, USA	8
Home range patterns of Helmeted Woodpecker (Celeus galeatus), Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus), and Robust Woodpecker (Campephilus robustus) in Misiones, Argentina, in a global perspective	7
Nesting Mottled Duck ( Anas fulvigula ) selection of ungrazed grasslands in southwestern Louisiana is associated with increased nest survival	7
Quantifying rosy-finch migration with stable hydrogen isotope feather markers highlights the need for inter-state collaboration to reach conservation goals	6
Use of alternate upland nesting habitat reduces brood parasitism in an endangered bird	6
The continued decline of the Palila ( Loxioides bailleui ) on Mauna Kea, Island of Hawaiʻi	6
Does human disturbance affect physiological traits of Two-banded Plovers nesting on an urban beach?	6
A lidar-based openness index to aid conservation planning for grassland wildlife	6
In the still of the night: revisiting Eastern Whip-poor-will surveys with passive acoustic monitoring	5
Using tracking technology to locate endangered ʻuaʻu or Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) burrows	5
Deterrents intended to mitigate mining effects mostly fail to change nesting behavior of Arctic breeding birds	5
Conservation of North American migratory birds: insights from developments in tracking technologies	5
Landscape influences non-breeding performance of a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory songbird	5
Spatiotemporal patterns in Golden-cheeked Warbler breeding habitat quantity and suitability	5
Bioacoustically derived migration arrival times in boreal birds: implications for assessing habitat quality	5
Abundance of Long-billed Curlews on military lands in the Columbia Basin	5
Seeing isn’t always believing: visual observations underestimate space use in the eastern Grasshopper Sparrow ( Ammodramus savannarum pratensis )	4
Migratory songbirds and urban window collision mortality: vulnerability depends on species, diel timing of migration, and age class	4
Spatial segregation between Gray-cheeked Thrush and an introduced nest predator in a managed forest landscape	4

Night-migratory songbird density is highest at stopover sites with intermediate forest cover and low proportion of forest in conifers in the surrounding landscape	4
Examining the potential impacts of geolocators on a small migratory songbird, the Golden-cheeked Warbler: results from a multi-year study	4
Effects of imperfect detection on inferences from bird surveys	4
Arthropod prey and diets of woodland migrants are similar between natural riparian woodlands and anthropogenic woodlots in the northern prairie region	4
Habitat use of conifer forests for Interior Band-tailed Pigeons is mediated by precipitation	4
Drought disrupts year-round breeding readiness in a tropical songbird	4
Survival of fallen and returned rooftop nesting Least Tern chicks	4
Distribution, migratory behavior, and conservation of Hudson’s Canastero Asthenes hudsoni (Furnariidae): a grassland specialist from the humid Pampas	4
Population trends and effects of local environmental factors on waterbirds at Tanguar Haor freshwater wetland complex in northeast Bangladesh	3
Kirtland’s Warbler breeding productivity and habitat use in red pine-dominated habitat in Wisconsin, USA	3
Survival of Common Loon chicks appears unaffected by Bald Eagle recovery in northern Minnesota	3
Estimation of the reference lead (Pb) concentration levels affecting immune cells in the blood of Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Laridae)	3
Losing the edge: trends in core versus peripheral populations in a declining migratory songbird	3
Diversity in selection patterns of five grassland songbirds in dry-mixed grasslands of Alberta	3
Influence of human activity on gut microbiota and immune responses of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands	3
Annual migratory movement, apparent molt-migration, migration schedule, and diffuse migratory connectivity of Hermit Warblers	3
Comparative use of artificial structures and natural vegetation by birds in a built-up urban area in Ghana	3
Field-validated species distribution model of Canada Warbler ( Cardellina canadensis ) in Northwestern Ontario	3
Twenty years of the “radical middle ground” – our work has only just begun	3
Survival of captive-raised light-footed Ridgway’s rails is influenced by release date and time in wild	3
Raptors benefit from biosolids applications on rangelands	3
Response to In Memoriam Keith Hobson	3
Bird species responses to forest-savanna boundaries in an Amazonian savanna	3
Identifying spatial drivers of long-term population growth in three large gull species: the importance of mink farms and urban areas	3
Ontario’s Double-crested Cormorant hunting season may be ineffective but that doesn’t mean there are no conflict issues	3
Experts’ opinions on threats to Leach’s Storm-Petrels ( Hydrobates leucorhous ) across their global range	3
Nest concealment reduces predation during the nestling stage of grassland birds in the Pampas	3
Exotic plants and other habitat characteristics do not impact Veery reproductive success at multiple spatial scales in northeastern Pennsylvania	3
Implications of pasture improvement for bird conservation in the high plains of the Colombian Llanos	3
Long-distance dispersal patterns in the Cerulean Warbler: a case study from Indiana	2
Breeding habitat selection of Canada Warblers across three distinct landscapes in Québec	2
Mortality of grassland birds increases with transmission lines	2
Weather and regional effects on winter counts of Rusty Blackbirds ( Euphagus carolinus )	2
Movement of Canada Geese in urban and rural areas of Iowa, USA	2
Influence of boreal forest disturbance and conspecific attraction on the Canada Warbler ( Cardellina canadensis ) habitat choices during the breeding season	2
The nuthatch and the hare: Slow explorers dominate in a re-established population of the Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) two decades later	2
In the twilight zone: patterns in Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) acoustic signals during the breeding season and recommendations for surveys	2
Insights on post-breeding movements from a northeastern population of Canada Warblers (Cardellina canadensis)	2
Evaluating trade-offs in spatial versus temporal replication when estimating avian community composition and predicting species distributions	2
Female migration phenology and climate conditions explain juvenile Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) counts during fall migration	2
Quantifying gull predation in a declining Leach’s Storm-petrel ( Hydrobates leucorhous ) colony	2
Factors influencing home range size and overlap in nonbreeding Kirtland’s Warblers on Eleuthera, The Bahamas	2
Population density estimates and key microhabitat parameters for two endangered tropical forest understory insectivorous passerines from the Pernambuco Endemism Center	2
Full-service hotels, convenience stores, or fire escapes? Evaluating the functional role of stopover sites for Neotropical migrants following passage across the Gulf of Mexico in autumn	2
Evaluating captive-release strategies for the Western Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia hypugaea )	2
Trends in bird counts 1978–2020 in a New Zealand Nothofagus forest with variable control of mammalian predators	2
Hemlock looper outbreak: new insight about how Black-backed Woodpecker ( Picoides arcticus ) respond to resource pulses in eastern Canada	2
Highly variable movements by Andean Flamingos ( Phoenicoparrus andinus ): implications for conservation and management	2
Patch-burn grazing provides resources for upland-nesting ducks	2
Home-range habitat selection by Ferruginous Hawks in western Canada: implications for wind-energy conflicts	2

A new method to estimate abundance of Australasian Bittern ( Botaurus poiciloptilus ) from acoustic recordings	2
Experimental evidence suggests that broadcasting rail calls overnight can influence broad-scale site selection by migrating rails	2
Sharp-tailed Grouse increase site use after prescribed fire but not mechanical treatments during the fall	2
Factors affecting the breeding ecology of the globally threatened Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) in agricultural landscapes of Nepal	2
Using data from camera traps and autonomous recording units to evaluate and improve species-habitat inferences	2
Functional habitat suitability and urban encroachment explain temporal and spatial variations in abundance of a declining farmland bird, the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	2
Estimated number of birds killed by domestic cats in Colombia	1
Evidence of historical pairing between two cryptic species of Short-tailed Albatross	1
Patterns and drivers of population trends on individual Breeding Bird Survey routes using spatially explicit models and route-level covariates	1
Breeding habitat loss linked to declines in Rufous Hummingbirds	1
Influences on the use of gravel roads as night roosts by Common Nighthawks in the boreal forest	1
Seabird predation effects and population viability analysis indicate the urgent need for rat eradication from Europa Island, western Indian Ocean	1
Automated telemetry reveals migratory movements and stopover timing of an endangered saltmarsh passerine	1
Seasonal variation in drivers of bird-window collisions on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada	1
Snag density and stand age, but not stand size, explain occupancy and reproduction of an imperiled cavity nester in early successional forest	1
Radio transmitters do not influence physiological traits of wintering Grasshopper Sparrows ( Ammodramus savannarum ) in the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico	1
Space use and movements of inland wintering Whooping Cranes in the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population	1
The invasive parasitic fly Philornis downsi is threatening Little Vermilion Flycatchers on the Galápagos Islands	1
Large-scale population trend analysis by integrating migration counts with breeding origin estimates from feather stable isotopes: a case study with Blackpoll Warbler ( Setophaga striata )	1
Estimates of Southern White-tailed Ptarmigan daily nest survival from multiple sites in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado	1
Canada Warbler response to vegetation structure on regenerating seismic lines	1
Northern Bobwhite habitat selection during the nonbreeding season in a riparian corridor in Colorado	1
High variation in Eastern Whip-poor-will home-range size and shape limits the effectiveness of one-size-fits-all habitat protection methods	1
Effects of human land use on avian functional and taxonomic diversity within the upland coastal zone of the North American Great Lakes	1
Spatially explicit population trend estimates of owls in the Maritime provinces of Canada and the influence of call playback	1
Evaluating the effects of Natural Resources Conservation Service project implementation on the disturbance-dependent avian community with implications for Blue-winged Warblers	1
Post-fledging survival, movements, and habitat associations of Gray Vireos in New Mexico	1
Bias-corrected natal dispersal estimates fill information gaps for White-headed Woodpecker conservation	1
Migratory stopover sites used by Reddish Egrets: prioritization for conservation	1
On the lack of scientific evidence for the Ontario cormorant cull and other cormorant management actions: a response to Dorr et al. (2022)	1
Imperiled sparrows can exhibit high nest survival despite atypical nest site selection in urban saltmarshes	1
Over-summering as a risk effect reducing population growth in a long-distance migrant shorebird	1
Accounting for misclassification of subspecies provides insights about habitat use and dynamics of the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow in response to fire	1
Nest-site selection and breeding biology of the locally endangered Micronesian Starling (Aplonis opaca) informs its recovery on Guam	1
Environmental drivers of sex-biased foraging behavior in Magnificent Frigatebird in Baja California Sur, Mexico	1