OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Insect Conservation and Diversity is 5. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of climate change on the distribution of threatened invertebrates in a Mediterranean hotspot	71
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Local floral abundance influences bumble bee occupancy more than urban‐agricultural landscape context	35
Consistent imprints of elevation, soil temperature and moisture on plant and arthropod communities across two subarctic landscapes	34
Thriving in the heat: How high temperatures and habitat disturbance shape odonate taxonomic and functional diversity in the tropics	32
Ecological communities in white‐sand Amazonian rainforests are sensitive to deforestation—A dung beetle case	31
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Scorpion assemblages in threatened Brazilian forests: The role of environmental factors in explaining beta‐diversity patterns	29
A colourful world with a dark future: Unregulated trade as an emerging threat for woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Spain	29
Reaching new heights: Arboreal ant diversity in a North American temperate forest ecosystem	26
Implementing a novel approach to long‐term monitoring of butterfly communities in the Neotropics	25
Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability	23
Identifying key forage plants to support wild bee diversity and a species at risk in the Prairie Pothole Region	22
Species traits to guide moth conservation in anthropogenic regions: A multi‐species approach using distribution trends in Flanders (northern Belgium)	22
Phylogeography of the Iberian endemic butterfly Erebia palarica Chapman, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): An integrative approach	21
A novel low‐cost effective trap to capture sarcosaprophagous Diptera alive	20
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Does monitoring of saproxylic beetles benefit from inclusion of larvae?	18
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Conservation implications of a genomic‐based taxonomy for threatened allopatric Agriades butterflies	17
Intraspecific trait variation of carrion beetle species and communities across elevations	17
Illegalities in the online trade of stingless bees in Brazil	17
Evolutionary genomics analysis reveals a unique lineage of Megachile pruina found in an isolated population in Bermuda	17
Long‐distance movements, large population sizes and density‐dependent dispersal in three threatened butterfly species	17
Towards reliable estimates of abundance trends using automated non‐lethal moth traps	17

Gaps and spatial trends in the accurate data available on mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) in Brazil: Inventory completeness and priority areas	17
Rapid conservation evidence for the impact of sheep grazing on a threatened digger wasp	16
Reviving of Coenonympha oedippus: A comprehensive approach to the reintroduction of an endangered European butterfly	16
Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network	15
Seasonal and spatial variation of stream macroinvertebrate taxonomic and functional diversity across three boreal regions	15
High mortality of beetle migrants along the Eastern Mediterranean Flyway	14
Genetic connectivity is maintained in two insect pollinators across a human‐altered landscape	14
Identifying key threats to a refugial population of an endangered Hawaiian moth	14
Modelling the scope to conserve an endemic‐rich mountain butterfly taxon in a changing climate	14
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Scientists' warning on the need for greater inclusion of dragonflies in global conservation	13
Urbanisation drives inter‐ and intraspecific variation in flight‐related morphological traits of aquatic insects at different landscape scales	12
Monitoring spatiotemporal patterns in the genetic diversity of a European butterfly species	12
Body size and abundance patterns of male orchid bees in a fragmented Neotropical landscape	12
Predicting the South American invasion pathways of the mayfly Cloeon dipterum Linnaeus 1761 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) using species distribution models	11
Similar temporal patterns in insect richness, abundance and biomass across major habitat types	11
It is not a mere piece of the mainland: Fluvial islands contribute to regional spider diversity in a seasonally flooded Amazonian archipelago	11
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Trophic level and specialization moderate effects of habitat loss and landscape diversity on cavity‐nesting bees, wasps and their parasitoids	10
Fallows and permanent grasslands conserve the species composition and functional diversity of carabid beetles and linyphiid spiders in agricultural landscapes	10
Myrmecophily is not a risk factor for long‐term occupancy trends of central European Lycaenidae butterflies	10
Do carabids struggle to recolonize restored grasslands in the fragmented landscapes of Northern Belgium?	10
Woody encroachment affects multiple dimensions of ant diversity in a neotropical savanna	9
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The role of seasonality and disturbance in bee–plant interactions in semi‐arid communities of the southern Chihuahuan desert	8
Butterfly community composition within a tropical urban landscape is influenced by habitat type and temperature	8
Back to the future: Climate change effects on habitat suitability of Parnassius apollo throughout the Quaternary glacial cycles	8
Grassland fallows as key for successful insect conservation	8
A multidimensional study on population size, deadwood relationship and allometric variation of Lucanus cervus through citizen science	8
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Strong genetic differentiation between fragmented alpine bush‐cricket populations demands preservation of evolutionary significant units	8
Macroinvertebrate communities in high mountain desert wetlands: Building biological indexes to address the vulnerability of species and communities	8
Patch‐burn management affects grassland butterfly communities in cattle‐grazed rangelands	8
Depicting environmental gradients from Malaise trap samples: Is ethanol‐basedDNAmetabarcoding enough?	8
Finding a lost species in the ‘Lost World’: predicted habitat occupancy by an endemic butterfly in a Neotropical sky‐island archipelago	8
Contrasting results of multiple species delimitation approaches cause uncertainty in synecological studies: A case study on Sri Lankan chafers	7
Saproxylic beetles trace deadwood and differentiate between deadwood niches before their arrival on potential hosts	7
A novel farmland wildflower seed mix attracts a greater abundance and richness of pollinating insects than standard mixes	7
Hair‐based minimally invasive barcoding of bumblebees	7
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Land‐use change in the Amazon decreases ant diversity but increases ant‐mediated predation	7
Effects of short‐term managed honey bee deployment in a native ecosystem on wild bee foraging and plant–pollinator networks	7
DNA metabarcoding and morphological identification reveal similar richness, taxonomic composition and body size patterns among flying insect communities	7
Pollinators differentially respond to local and landscape grassland features	6
Variation in pollen load composition carried by wild bee species in native and nearby agricultural environments in south‐eastern Australia	6
Correction to: Changes in predator biomass may mask the negative effects of neonicotinoids on primary consumers in field settings	6
Idiosyncratic trends of woodland invertebrate biodiversity in Britain over 45 years	6
Monitoring and conservation of cryophilous biodiversity: concerns when working with insect populations in vanishing glacial habitats	6
Cryptic diversity of Oxythyrea flower chafers and its implication for conservation of non‐forest biotopes in the Balkans	6

Strong negative effects of recent wildfires on two endemic Macaronesian bush‐crickets	6
Limestone quarries are the most important refuge for a formerly widespread grassland butterfly	6
Higher bee species richness in conservation areas compared with non‐conservation areas in south‐west Germany	6
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Responses of the hyper‐diverse community of canopy‐dwelling Hymenoptera to oak decline	6
Pollinators respond positively to urban green space enhancements using wild and ornamental flowers	5
Grazing impacts on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) abundance and diversity on semi‐natural grassland	5
Shade tree isolation in pastures modulates diversity of epiphyte‐dwelling spiders: The role of epiphyte biomass and species dispersal capacity	5
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The role of landscape factors in shaping bumble bee pathogen loads across regions of the eastern Nearctic	5
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Dry grasslands in urban areas can harbour arthropod species of local conservation concern and should be prioritised for biodiversity‐friendly mowing regimes	5
Odonata metacommunity structure in northern ecosystems is driven by temperature and latitude	5
Fine‐scale bee species distribution models: Hotspots of richness and endemism in South Africa with species‐area comparisons	5
Complex temporal trends in biomass and abundance of Diptera communities driven by the impact of agricultural intensity	5
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Vertical stratification of leaf physical traits exerts bottom–up pressures on insect herbivory in a sugar maple temperate forest	5
Canopy sampling reveals hidden potential value of woodland trees for wild bee assemblages	5
Insect community composition varies between temperate and tropical regions but functional structure remains conserved	5
Butterfly diversity, richness, and density patterns in Sierra Nevada (SE Spain): Conservation implications under a global change scenario	5
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Wild bee visitors and their association with sown and unsown floral resources in reconstructed pollinator habitats within an agriculture landscape	5
Large uncertainty in trait responses across insects among overall declines in a subtropical city	5