OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Tropical Conservation Science 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Will Tanzania’s Wildlife Sector Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic?	18
Human-Elephant Conflict Around Moukalaba-Doudou National Park in Gabon: Socioeconomic Changes and Effects of Conservation Projects on Local Tolerance	16
A Review of Habitat and Distribution of Common Stingless Bees and Honeybees Species in African Savanna Ecosystems	12
Brazil’s Next Deforestation Frontiers	10
Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Chaco Chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis) Over a Year: Vocal Activity Pattern and Monitoring Recommendations	10
The Smart Forest Conundrum: Contextualizing Pitfalls of Sensors and AI in Conservation Science for Tropical Forests	8
Malignant Snare Traps Threaten an Irreplaceable Megafauna Community	8
The Importance of Forest-Nonforest Transition Zones for Avian Conservation in a Vegetation Disturbance Gradient in the Northern Neotropics	8
Local Knowledge and Use of Pangolins by Culturally Diverse Communities in the Forest-Savannah Transition Area of Cameroon	8
Quantifying Wire Snares as a Threat to Leopards in Karnataka, India	8
Understanding Hydropower Impacts on Amazonian Wildlife is Limited by a Lack of Robust Evidence: Results From a Systematic Review	7
The Role of Media During COVID-19 Global Outbreak: A Conservation Perspective	7
Balancing Bees and Livestock: Pastoralist Knowledge, Perceptions and Implications for Pollinator Conservation in Rangelands, Northern Tanzania	7
The Use and Prescription of Pangolin in Traditional Vietnamese Medicine	6
Understanding Drivers of Unsustainable Natural Resource Use in the Comoro Islands	6
Impacts of Dams on Freshwater Turtles: A Global Review to Identify Conservation Solutions	5
Playing Into the Hands of the Powerful: Extracting “Success” by Mining for Evidence in a Payments for Environmental Services Project in Matiguás-Río Blanco, Nicaragua	5
Changes in Ecosystem Service Values in Response to the Planting ofEucalyptus and AcaciaSpecies in the Gilgel Abay Watershed, Northwest Ethiopia	5
Structural Recovery of Logged Forests in the Solomon Islands: Implications for Conservation and Management	4
Subsistence Hunting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Rural Communities of Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico	4
Dung Beetle Diversity and Community Composition Along a Land Use Gradient in a Savannah Ecosystem of North Western Tanzania	4
Climate-Smart Conservation Agriculture, Farm Values and Tenure Security: Implications for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Congo Basin	3
Multi-Dimensional Social Capital and Farmer’s Willingness to Participate in Environmental Governance	3
Communicating the Biodiversity Crisis: From “Warnings” to Positive Engagement	3
Diversity and Conservation of Cave-Roosting Bats in Central Ghana	3

Impact of Productive Activities on Forest Cover Change in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve Region: Evidence and Research Gaps	3
Effects of In Situ Burial and Sub-Optimal Storage on Seed Longevity and Reserve Resources in Sub-Tropical Mountain Cloud Forest Tree Species of Mexico	3
Leaf Nutrient Relations of Cycads in a Common Garden	3
Responses of Bat Communities (Mammalia: Chiroptera) to Forest Loss and Habitat Conversion in Southern Cameroon	3
Do Buffer Zone Programs Improve Local Livelihoods and Support Biodiversity Conservation? The Case of Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal	2
Academic Incentives Should Not Promote the “Extinction of Nature Experience”	2
Current State of Knowledge of Páramo Amphibians in Colombia: Spatio Temporal Trends and Information Gaps to Be Strengthened for Effective Conservation	2
People’s Knowledge and Perceptions Towards Bee–Pollinators in the Southern Highlands, Tanzania: Conservation Implications and Strategies	2
DNA Mini-Barcodes, a Potential Weapon for Conservation and Combating Illegal Trade of Pangolin	2
Relationship Between Genetic Variation and Diversity of Tree Species in Tropical Forests in the El Ocote Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico	2
Desiccation of Wetlands and Their Influence on the Regional Climate. Case Study: Ciénaga de Aguablanca, Cali, Colombia	2
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Rhododendron longipedicellatum, an Endangered Species	2
Ethnozoology Mediating Knowledge About Sea Turtles and Environmental Education Strategies in the North-Central Coast of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil	2
Bears in the Russian Far East illegally exploited for meat, medicine and trophies	1
Negative Effects of Logging on Bird Dispersed Plants in Northern Papuan Lowland Forest, Indonesia	1
Discovery of a suburban wetland refuge for a depleted American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) population in northwestern Mexico, using a commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle	1
Age and Fieldwork Experience Increase Brazilian University Students’ Ability to Identify Wild Mammals	1
Tree Species Diversity, Composition and Aboveground Biomass Across Dry Forest Land-Cover Types in Coastal Ecuador	1
Where to Graze? An Edaphic Grassland Perspective of Grazing Management in Grassy Ecosystems	1
Live Fences as Refuges of Wild and Useful Plant Diversity: Their Drivers and Structure in Five Elevation Contrast Sites of Veracruz, Mexico	1
Evaluation on the Meteorological Service for Mitigating the Severe Impacts of Typhoon Rammasun	1
Cutting Down Trees Does not Build Prosperity: On the Continued Decoupling of Amazon Deforestation and Economic Development in 21st Century Brazil	1
The Effects of Prescribed Dry Season Burning on Woody Species Composition, Mole National Park, Ghana	1
Effects of Ultraviolet Exposure on the Tropical Fungi Aspergillus carbonarius and Aspergillus japonicus: Survival, Amylase Production, and Thermostability	1
Not Just an Issue in Forested Regions: Investigating the Consumption and Trade of Pangolins in a Forest-Savannah Mosaic Area of Cameroon	1
Indigenous Lands are Better for Amphibian Biodiversity Conservation Than Immigrant-Managed Agricultural Lands: A Case Study From Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru	1
Reconstructing Historical Distribution of Large Mammals and their Habitat to Inform Rewilding and Restoration in Central Tanzania	1
Power Lines, an Understudied Cause of Avian Mortality in Mexico	1
Interactions Between People and Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) Around Mbam-Djerem National Park, Central Cameroon	1
Modeling Future Potential Distribution of Buff-Bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis) Under Climate Change: Species vs. Subspecies	1
First Report of the Larva of a Vulnerable Damselfly in Nigeria, With Some Ecological Notes: A Case for Umbrella Species Conservation Approach	1