OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Endangered Species Research 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 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Population genetic structure of bottlenose and whitespotted wedgefishes from the Southwest Indian Ocean using a dual marker approach	92
Long-term migratory alterations to whooping crane arrival and departure on the wintering and staging grounds	86
Observations of reproductive behaviors in the Critically Endangered bowmouth guitarfish Rhina ancylostoma	65
Acoustic occurrence of beaked whales off eastern Canada, 2015-2017	26
Age-specific survival and reproductive rates of Mediterranean monk seals at the Cabo Blanco Peninsula, West Africa	25
Notable abundance of two Critically Endangered elasmobranch fishes near an area of intensive coastal development in the Arabian Gulf	22
Ship-strike forecast and mitigation for whales in Gitga’at First Nation territory	21
Dive behavior of North Atlantic right whales on the calving ground in the Southeast USA: implications for conservation	21
Investigating the thermal physiology of Critically Endangered North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis via aerial infrared thermography	19
Unexpected residual habitats raise hope for the survival of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis along the Occitan coast (Northwest Mediterranean Sea)	19
Mark-recapture estimates suggest declines in abundance of common bottlenose dolphin stocks in the main Hawaiian Islands	19
The island hoppers: how foraging influences green turtle Chelonia mydas abundance over space and time in the Lakshadweep Archipelago, India	18
Occupancy, movement, and behaviour of namew (lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens) in an intact river in Canada	18
Vegetation associations of the endangered fountain darter Etheostoma fonticola	16
Population genetics of freshwater stingray require investigation to confirm DNA contamination: Reply to Alshari et al. (2023)	16
Videographic monitoring at caves to estimate population size of the endangered yǻyaguak (Mariana swiftlet) on Guam	15
Status of the largetooth sawfish in Ecuador and Peru, and use of rostral teeth in cockfighting	14
Marine turtles of the African east coast: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research	12
Predicted distribution of ‘ua‘u (Hawaiian petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis) nest sites on Haleakalā, Maui	12
Apparent survival probability and abundance of juvenile green turtles in the foraging ground at Kuroshima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago	12
Characterising seabird vessel interactions associated with demersal ocean trawling: vessel attendance by birds depends on intrinsic and extrinsic predictors	12
Predicting the occurrence of an endangered salamander in a highly urbanized landscape	12
Foraging habitat of North Atlantic right whales has declined in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, and may be insufficient for successful reproduction	11
Population distribution, aggregation sites and seasonal occurrence of Australia’s western population of the grey nurse shark Carcharias taurus	11
Age, growth and demography of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis from the southwestern Atlantic	11

Influence of nearby environment on recreational bycatch of sea turtles at fishing piers in the eastern Gulf of Mexico	11
Post-stocking condition of endangered pallid sturgeon released at age 0	11
Adipose tissue estimation of foraging and nesting green turtles Chelonia mydas using bioelectrical impedance analysis	11
Endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow ecology: actions towards recovery through landscape-scale ecosystem restoration	10
Passive acoustic monitoring reveals spatiotemporal segregation of two fish-eating killer whale Orcinus orca populations in proposed critical habitat	10
Contemporary sightings of eastern North Pacific right whales, 2006 to 2023	10
Advancing conservation strategies for the endangered Galapagos plant Lecocarpus lecocarpoides: insights from ex situ propagation	10
Discriminating Canadian Arctic beluga management stocks using dentine oxygen and carbon isotopes	10
Interannual variability in acoustic detection of blue and fin whale calls in the Northeast Atlantic High Arctic between 2008 and 2018	10
Flatback futures—scenarios and adaptation pathways for a marine turtle facing long-term change	9
Aerial hearing thresholds and ecoacoustics of a threatened pursuit-diving seabird, the marbled murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus	9
Three decades of stranding data reveal insights into endangered hawksbill sea turtles in Hawai‘i	9
Bimodal vertical distribution of right whales Eubalaena glacialis in the Gulf of St. Lawrence	8
Challenges and priorities for river cetacean conservation	8
First record of a Critically Endangered species, European sturgeon, in the stomach of harbor porpoises from the North Sea	8
Timing hypothesis explains the mystery of the missing blue whale calves	8
Acoustic occurrence of baleen whales, particularly blue, fin, and humpback whales, off eastern Canada, 2015-2017	8
Role of incubation environment in determining thermal tolerance of sea turtle hatchlings	8
Phenological shift mitigates predicted impacts of climate change on sea turtle offspring	8
Satellite telemetry reveals high-use internesting areas and international foraging extent for loggerhead turtles tagged in southeast Florida, USA	8
Evaluating the appropriateness of risk-based approaches to assess the sustainability of fishery impacts on seabirds	8
Pregnancy diagnosis and fetal monitoring in Yangtze finless porpoises	7
Evaluating prevalence of external injuries on nesting loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta in southeastern Florida, USA	7
The future for Australia’s flatback turtles	7
Preliminary insight into the reproductive traits of the flapper skate Dipturus intermedius using in-field ultrasonography and circulating hormone concentrations	7
In plane sight: a mark-recapture analysis of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence	7
Long-term assessment of the translocation of an endangered primate into an agroforestry system	7
Occupancy of four endangered aquatic species on Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, using environmental DNA	7
Length at life stages of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias in the western North Atlantic	7
Broad-scale geographic and temporal assessment of northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) maternity colony-landscape association	7
Preliminary life history of the Critically Endangered bottlenose wedgefish Rhynchobatus australiae from Southeast Asia	7
Biology and conservation of marine turtles in the northwestern Indian Ocean: a review	7
Co-occurrence of gray whales and vessel traffic in the North Pacific Ocean	7
Diet composition and overlap of larval pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon from the upper Missouri River, USA	6
Incomplete isolation in the nonbreeding areas of two genetically separated but sympatric short-tailed albatross populations	6
Atlantic connectivity of a major green sea turtle Chelonia mydas foraging aggregation at the Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania	6
Implications of wind and vessel noise on the sound fields experienced by southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca in the Salish Sea	6
Oceanic manta rays aggregating near a major population center have far higher injury rates than at an offshore protected area	6
Evidence of fine-scale genetic structure for reef manta rays Mobula alfredi in New Caledonia	6
Landscape factors influencing roost site selection by monarch butterflies Danaus plexippus during fall migration in Ontario, Canada	6
Foraging ecology of southern sea otters at the northern range extent informs regional population dynamics	6
Exposure to permethrin or chlorpyrifos causes differential dose- and time-dependent behavioral effects at early larval stages of an endangered teleost species	6
Effect of moisture, temperature, and maternal influence on the hatching, phenotype, and performance of hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata	6
Characteristics of east Australian demersal trawl elasmobranch bycatch as revealed by short-term latitudinal monitoring	6
Maternal behavior and early behavioral ontogeny of the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus in Greece	6
Combining UAVs and multi-sensor dataloggers to estimate fine-scale sea turtle density at foraging areas: a case study in the central Mediterranean	6
High historical movement rates of Antarctic blue whales on Southern Ocean feeding grounds estimated from Discovery mark data	6
Serotonin-manipulated juvenile green sea turtles Chelonia mydas exhibit reduced fear-like behaviour	5
Global research priorities for historical ecology to inform conservation	5
Informing sea otter reintroduction through habitat and human interaction assessment	5

Natural history, fisheries, and conservation of the Pacific guitarfish: signs of trouble in Peruvian waters	5
Underwater hearing and communication in the endangered Hawaiian monk seal Neomonachus schauinslandi	5
First case of male alloparental care in amphibians: tadpole stealing in Darwin’s frogs	5
Hawksbill and green turtle niche overlap in a marine protected area, US Virgin Islands	5
Impacts of trophy collection and commercial fisheries on sawfishes in Queensland, Australia	5
A focus on flatback turtles: the social acceptability of conservation interventions in two Australian case studies	5
Green turtle population recovery at Aldabra Atoll continues after 50 yr of protection	5
Nesting habitat characteristics of flatback Natator depressus, green Chelonia mydas and loggerhead Caretta caretta turtles in eastern Queensland, Australia	5
Estimating the population size and habitat quality of the Endangered fish Tlaloc hildebrandi in Mexico	5
A rapid assessment of the status of sawfishes in the Philippines	5
Female philopatry in smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata: conservation and management implications	5
Social acceptability of conservation interventions for flatback turtles: comparing expert and public perceptions	5
Molecular data validate historical and contemporary distributions of Pleurobema riddellii (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and help guide conservation and recovery efforts	5