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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A conservation status review of the Arabian bustard Ardeotis arabs	102
Occupancy of four endangered aquatic species on Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, using environmental DNA	76
The future for Australia’s flatback turtles	60
Post-stocking condition of endangered pallid sturgeon released at age 0	32
Photogrammetry and multievent modeling to determine effects of disturbance on seabird colony nest success	27
Broad-scale geographic and temporal assessment of northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) maternity colony-landscape association	23
Reconstructing and forecasting the dynamics of an internationally important population of Manx shearwaters	22
Contemporary sightings of eastern North Pacific right whales, 2006 to 2023	22
Biology and conservation of marine turtles in the northwestern Indian Ocean: a review	21
Acoustic occurrence of baleen whales, particularly blue, fin, and humpback whales, off eastern Canada, 2015-2017	18
A focus on flatback turtles: the social acceptability of conservation interventions in two Australian case studies	18
Foraging ecology of southern sea otters at the northern range extent informs regional population dynamics	17
Incorporating prey fields into North Atlantic right whale density surface models	17
Fisher-based assessments of sea turtle bycatch in small-scale fisheries in Pacific Mexico	17
Expanding the known range and practical conservation issues of the Endangered Australian brook lamprey Mordacia praecox	17
Serotonin-manipulated juvenile green sea turtles Chelonia mydas exhibit reduced fear-like behaviour	16
Projected future changes in the geographic distributions of the threatened Plethodon nettingi and a potential competitor	16
Unexpected population genetic structure in Bayou darter Nothonotus rubrus in the geomorphically dynamic Bayou Pierre, Mississippi, USA	15
First evidence of underwater vocalizations in green sea turtles Chelonia mydas	15
Global research priorities for historical ecology to inform conservation	14
Characteristics of ocelot populations in Tamaulipas, Mexico, using capture-recapture techniques	14
More vaquita porpoises survive than expected	13
Using ‘pup multipliers’ to estimate demographic parameters of Mediterranean monk seals in the eastern Mediterranean Sea	13
Captive breeding and the conservation of the threatened houbara bustards	13
Widespread occupancy of the endangered northern myotis on northeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain islands	13

CORRECTION: Environmental DNA mitochondrial markers to assess potential occupancy of Endangered Yaqui catfish in the Yaqui River basin, Mexico	12
Beyond Calanus: changes to the copepod community in the northeast USA and implications for North Atlantic right whale foraging energetics	12
Habitat use and movement patterns of adult male and juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini throughout the Hawaiian archipelago	12
Extralimital sightings of a gray whale in the western North Atlantic	12
High annual survival suggested by size structure of Kemp’s ridley sea turtles captured by coastal research trawling in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean since 1990	12
Annual, seasonal, and diel patterns in blue whale call occurrence off eastern Canada	12
A multistate capture-recapture model to estimate reproduction of North Atlantic right whales	11
Acoustic detections and sightings of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Seychelles, western tropical Indian Ocean (2020-2022)	11
Reassessing distribution and population estimates of the golden-headed lion tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas (Primates, Callitrichidae)	11
Conditioning effect on survival of foster parents of reintroduced masked bobwhite broods	11
Life history, population dynamics and impacts of cat predation on an endemic gadfly petrel in Cabo Verde	10
Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation	9
Spatiotemporal patterns and causes of sea turtle strandings in Chile between 2009 and 2022	9
Past and present sawfish (Pristidae) records from India	9
North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis prey selection in Cape Cod Bay	9
Marine turtle regional management units 2.0: an updated framework for conservation and research of wide-ranging megafauna species	9
Warming conditions boost reproductive output for a northern gopher tortoise population	9
Classifying the effects of human disturbance on denning polar bears	9
Maternal den preferences, reproductive behavior, and spatial use of a wild Manis javanica during maternal and non-maternal stages in Sabah, Borneo	9
Refining capture-recapture recruitment estimation methods for Atlantic sturgeon	9
Trophic ecology of sooty albatross, segregating mechanisms from the congeneric light-mantled sooty albatross, and conservation implications	9
Identifying social clusters of endangered main Hawaiian Islands false killer whales	8
Rice’s whales in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: call variation and occurrence beyond the known core habitat	8
Thermal conditions of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests in the largest rookery in the eastern Mediterranean	8
Effects of moisture during incubation on green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) development, morphology and performance	8
First demographic parameter estimates for the Mediterranean monk seal population at Madeira, Portugal	8
Top predators, shared prey: isotopic niche dynamics and trophic interactions among dusky, tiger and white sharks	8
Predicting core areas of flatback turtle hatchlings and potential exposure to threats	8
Population genetics of freshwater stingray require investigation to confirm DNA contamination: Reply to Alshari et al. (2023)	7
The island hoppers: how foraging influences green turtle Chelonia mydas abundance over space and time in the Lakshadweep Archipelago, India	7
Assessing the effects of incubation temperature on the cognitive ability of post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta	7
Discriminating Canadian Arctic beluga management stocks using dentine oxygen and carbon isotopes	7
Age and repeated collection interval effects on sperm motility in the endangered delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus	7
Apparent survival probability and abundance of juvenile green turtles in the foraging ground at Kuroshima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago	7
Evaluating the efficacy of real-time passive acoustic monitoring near offshore wind energy development activities to help mitigate risks to North Atlantic right whales	7
Acoustic detections of North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica along the eastern Aleutian Chain and northern Gulf of Alaska, 2009-2023	7
Long-term migratory alterations to whooping crane arrival and departure on the wintering and staging grounds	7
Quantifying the relative importance of survival threats to a long-lived reptile using expert elicitation	6
Population distribution, aggregation sites and seasonal occurrence of Australia’s western population of the grey nurse shark Carcharias taurus	6
Individuality in houbara chick calls and its dynamics throughout ontogeny	6
DNA contamination and taxonomic diversity hinder eDNA research on freshwater stingray species: Comment on Lim & Then (2022)	6
Status of the largetooth sawfish in Ecuador and Peru, and use of rostral teeth in cockfighting	6
Estimation of the population size of the short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus on the Senkaku Islands using satellite images	6
High historical movement rates of Antarctic blue whales on Southern Ocean feeding grounds estimated from Discovery mark data	6
Long-term aerial monitoring of Florida manatees Trichechus manatus latirostris in a diverse Gulf Coast environment	6
Endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow ecology: actions towards recovery through landscape-scale ecosystem restoration	6
Occupancy, movement, and behaviour of namew (lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens) in an intact river in Canada	6
Summer movements of marbled murrelets from Canada to Alaska	6
Preliminary insight into the reproductive traits of the flapper skate Dipturus intermedius using in-field ultrasonography and circulating hormone concentrations	6
Using environmental DNA to identify priority areas for sawfish conservation in Costa Rica, Central America	6

Growth rates of the Critically Endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis in the Slovenian Sea (Northern Adriatic)	5
Current status, biology, threats and conservation priorities of the vulnerable Mediterranean monk seal	5
Female reproductive dynamics in Caribbean green turtles Chelonia mydas	5
A preliminary assessment of the reproductive morphology and endocrinology of European blind cave salamander Proteus anguinus	5
Intraspecific variability in flatback turtle habitat use: δ15N as an indicator of foraging locations	5
North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis summer habitat in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada: 2017–2019	5
A habitat suitability model for testing and refining the range of Zuni fleabane, a threatened plant species	5
Movement patterns and space use of a large, aquatic turtle, with a comparison of GPS, VHF, and acoustic transmitters	5
Naturally sampled environmental DNA helps determine the distribution of Critically Endangered species in a global hotspot of marine biodiversity	5
Impacts of invasive cane toads on an Endangered marsupial predator and its prey	5
Underwater soundscapes within critical habitats of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal: implications for conservation	5