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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Current State of Knowledge of Páramo Amphibians in Colombia: Spatio Temporal Trends and Information Gaps to Be Strengthened for Effective Conservation	21
Effects of Ultraviolet Exposure on the Tropical Fungi Aspergillus carbonarius and Aspergillus japonicus: Survival, Amylase Production, and Thermostability	13
The Effects of Prescribed Dry Season Burning on Woody Species Composition, Mole National Park, Ghana	12
Impact of Productive Activities on Forest Cover Change in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve Region: Evidence and Research Gaps	12
Actors’ Perceptions of Profitability Along a Bushmeat Commodity Chain in West Africa (Southern Benin)	11
Decoupling the Effects of Fire and Dry Season Drought on Seedling Establishment Success of Tree Functional Types in Humid Savannas	8
Bears in the Russian Far East illegally exploited for meat, medicine and trophies	7
Jaguar Space Use in the Working Landscape of Darien, Panama	6
Phylogeographic Patterns of the Greater Cane Rat (Thryonomys Swinderianus) Populations from Eastern, Western and Southern Africa and Implications for Wildlife Conservation	6
Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used by the Punan People of Sarawak, Borneo: A Conservation Perspective	5
The First Ex-Situ Germination and Dispersal Mechanisms of the Rare, Critically Endangered Tree, Pleodendron costaricense	5
Forest Elephants in a Human-Dominated Landscape: Are They Risk-Takers?	5
Soil Quality Indicators in Peasant Agroecosystems in Paraíba State, Brazil	5
Our Hungry Neighbor: Self-Reported Data from Farmers’ Perspective on Tapanuli Orangutans in the Batang Toru Forest, Indonesia	5
Challenges and Attitudes of Local Communities Towards Wildlife Conservation in Chimit Kola, Blue Nile Gorge, Ethiopia	5
Anthropogenic Threats to Crocodiles, and the Level and Sociodemographic Determinants of their Utilization in Lower River Tana Basin, Kenya	4
Managing a Reconstituted Rainforest Remnant and its Threatened Plants in Benin	4
Human Persecution is An Important Threat to the Conservation of the Endangered Black-and-Chestnut Eagle in Northern Andes	4
Multi-Dimensional Social Capital and Farmer’s Willingness to Participate in Environmental Governance	4
A Review of Habitat and Distribution of Common Stingless Bees and Honeybees Species in African Savanna Ecosystems	4
Power Lines, an Understudied Cause of Avian Mortality in Mexico	4
Age and Fieldwork Experience Increase Brazilian University Students’ Ability to Identify Wild Mammals	4
Socioecological Assessment of Mammal Assemblages in Small Oil-Palm Plantations in a Highly Deforested Region in Mexico	4
Long-Term Perspective on Fishing and Mammal Defaunation in the Atlantic Forest Coast of Brazil Using Archaeological Faunal Remains	3
Understanding Governance in the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve: An Empirical Approach	3

Reconstructing Historical Distribution of Large Mammals and their Habitat to Inform Rewilding and Restoration in Central Tanzania	3
NGOs Facilitating Internal Governance Processes in Community Forestry Initiatives	3
Evaluating the Financial Effectiveness of Funded Projects on Tiger Conservation in Bangladesh	3
Communicating the Biodiversity Crisis: From “Warnings” to Positive Engagement	3
Fruit Availability Influences Forest Elephant Habitat Use in a Human Dominated Landscape, Campo-Ma’an, Southern Cameroon	2
“Variable Effects of Tourist Presence on the Activity Budget of Alouatta pigra”	2
Comparative Study of Soil Microbial Diversity on Different Slope Orientations in Karst Rocky Mountains of Guangxi, China	2
Do Buffer Zone Programs Improve Local Livelihoods and Support Biodiversity Conservation? The Case of Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal	2
Assessing the Vulnerability of Endemic Colombian Amphibian Species to Climate Change in an Isolated Montane Ecosystem	2
Discovery of a suburban wetland refuge for a depleted American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) population in northwestern Mexico, using a commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle	2
Influence of Land Ownership Security on Land Use Changes in Mwatate Sub-County, Taita Taveta County, Kenya	2
Corrigendum to Not Just an Issue in Forested Regions: Investigating the Consumption and Trade of Pangolins in a Forest-Savannah Mosaic Area of Cameroon	2
Assessing Conservation Monitoring Funds: Comparison of Camera Trapping and Active Search to Survey Lizards in a Xerophytic Neotropical Forest in Paraguay	2
Indigenous Land Under Attack and its Consequences for Biodiversity Conservation	2
Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Bees in Traditional Agroecosystems and Tropical Forest Patches on the Yucatan Peninsula	2
Metal Bioaccumulation and Assemblage Attributes for Anurans in the Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	2
Perceptions on Barn Owls and Their Use in Rodent Control: A Case Study of Hwange District	2
Phytoplankton Community and Physico-chemical Parameters Influence on the Seasonal Visits of Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) in Chelekleka Wetland, Central Ethiopia	1
Impacts of Free-Ranging Dogs on a Community of Vertebrate Scavengers in a High Andean Ecosystem	1
Cutting Down Trees Does not Build Prosperity: On the Continued Decoupling of Amazon Deforestation and Economic Development in 21st Century Brazil	1
Are Mopani Worms a Mechanism for Mopane Tree (Colophospermum mopane) Conservation? An Evaluation of the Villages Around Giyani, Limpopo Province, South Africa	1
Climate-Smart Conservation Agriculture, Farm Values and Tenure Security: Implications for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Congo Basin	1
Do Wildlife Management Areas Help to Mitigate Negative Human-Wildlife Interactions? A Case of Eastern Bufferzone of Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania	1
Insights from communities’ awareness and participation in greening semi-arid lands for effective environmental conservation	1
Effects of Human Disturbance on the Endangered Preuss’s Monkey (Allochrocebus preussi) in the Ebo Forest, Cameroon: Implications for Conservation	1
People’s Knowledge and Perceptions Towards Bee–Pollinators in the Southern Highlands, Tanzania: Conservation Implications and Strategies	1
Large Felid and Peccary Habitat Use in Isolated and Contiguous Forest in Panamá: Implications for Conservation	1
Genetic and Ecological Divergence of Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila (Aves: Trochilidae) Continental Populations Separated by Geographical and Environmental Barriers	1
Towards recovery of an endangered Pacific island endemic: Experimental evidence for shortening juvenility of Serianthes plants using a shade and trellis system to generate vigorous growth and p	1