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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Will Tanzania’s Wildlife Sector Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic?	21
Human-Elephant Conflict Around Moukalaba-Doudou National Park in Gabon: Socioeconomic Changes and Effects of Conservation Projects on Local Tolerance	19
A Review of Habitat and Distribution of Common Stingless Bees and Honeybees Species in African Savanna Ecosystems	15
Brazil’s Next Deforestation Frontiers	14
Malignant Snare Traps Threaten an Irreplaceable Megafauna Community	11
Local Knowledge and Use of Pangolins by Culturally Diverse Communities in the Forest-Savannah Transition Area of Cameroon	11
The Smart Forest Conundrum: Contextualizing Pitfalls of Sensors and AI in Conservation Science for Tropical Forests	11
Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Chaco Chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis) Over a Year: Vocal Activity Pattern and Monitoring Recommendations	10
Quantifying Wire Snares as a Threat to Leopards in Karnataka, India	10
Balancing Bees and Livestock: Pastoralist Knowledge, Perceptions and Implications for Pollinator Conservation in Rangelands, Northern Tanzania	9
The Importance of Forest-Nonforest Transition Zones for Avian Conservation in a Vegetation Disturbance Gradient in the Northern Neotropics	8
The Role of Media During COVID-19 Global Outbreak: A Conservation Perspective	8
Communicating the Biodiversity Crisis: From “Warnings” to Positive Engagement	7
Changes in Ecosystem Service Values in Response to the Planting of Eucalyptus and Acacia Species in the Gilgel Abay Watershed, Northwest Ethiopia	7
Impacts of Dams on Freshwater Turtles: A Global Review to Identify Conservation Solutions	7
Understanding Hydropower Impacts on Amazonian Wildlife is Limited by a Lack of Robust Evidence: Results From a Systematic Review	6
The Use and Prescription of Pangolin in Traditional Vietnamese Medicine	6
Multi-Dimensional Social Capital and Farmer’s Willingness to Participate in Environmental Governance	6
Impact of Productive Activities on Forest Cover Change in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve Region: Evidence and Research Gaps	5
Do Buffer Zone Programs Improve Local Livelihoods and Support Biodiversity Conservation? The Case of Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal	5
Responses of Bat Communities (Mammalia: Chiroptera) to Forest Loss and Habitat Conversion in Southern Cameroon	5
Dung Beetle Diversity and Community Composition Along a Land Use Gradient in a Savannah Ecosystem of North Western Tanzania	5
Understanding Drivers of Unsustainable Natural Resource Use in the Comoro Islands	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	4
Climate-Smart Conservation Agriculture, Farm Values and Tenure Security: Implications for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Congo Basin	4

People’s Knowledge and Perceptions Towards Bee–Pollinators in the Southern Highlands, Tanzania: Conservation Implications and Strategies	4
Diversity and Conservation of Cave-Roosting Bats in Central Ghana	4
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
Leaf Nutrient Relations of Cycads in a Common Garden	4
Effects of Ultraviolet Exposure on the Tropical Fungi Aspergillus carbonarius and Aspergillus japonicus: Survival, Amylase Production, and Thermostability	4
Spatiotemporal Coexistence of Mesopredators and Their Prey in a Defaunated Neotropical Rainforest	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
Current State of Knowledge of Páramo Amphibians in Colombia: Spatio Temporal Trends and Information Gaps to Be Strengthened for Effective Conservation	3
Recolonization of Former Range by Endangered Banteng Bos javanicus in Mae Wong National Park, Thailand	3
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Rhododendron longipedicellatum, an Endangered Species	3
First Report of the Larva of a Vulnerable Damselfly in Nigeria, With Some Ecological Notes: A Case for Umbrella Species Conservation Approach	3
DNA Mini-Barcodes, a Potential Weapon for Conservation and Combating Illegal Trade of Pangolin	3
Assessment of challenges and opportunities for wildlife conservation in Wenchi highlands, central Ethiopia	2
Relationship Between Genetic Variation and Diversity of Tree Species in Tropical Forests in the El Ocote Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico	2
Human Persecution is An Important Threat to the Conservation of the Endangered Black-and-Chestnut Eagle in Northern Andes	2
Fine-Scale Spatial Genetic Structure of Remnant Populations of Abies religiosa, in a Temperate Forest in Central Mexico	2
Academic Incentives Should Not Promote the “Extinction of Nature Experience”	2
Rapid land use conversion in the Cerrado has affected water transparency in a hotspot of ecotourism, Bonito, Brazil	2
Live Fences as Refuges of Wild and Useful Plant Diversity: Their Drivers and Structure in Five Elevation Contrast Sites of Veracruz, Mexico	2
Presence And Temporal Activities Of Serrated Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus) And Marsh Terrapin (Pelomedusa galeata) In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Assessed Using Telemetry	2
Ethnozoology Mediating Knowledge About Sea Turtles and Environmental Education Strategies in the North-Central Coast of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil	2
Modeling Future Potential Distribution of Buff-Bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis) Under Climate Change: Species vs. Subspecies	2
Age and Fieldwork Experience Increase Brazilian University Students’ Ability to Identify Wild Mammals	1
Interactions Between People and Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) Around Mbam-Djerem National Park, Central Cameroon	1
Not Just an Issue in Forested Regions: Investigating the Consumption and Trade of Pangolins in a Forest-Savannah Mosaic Area of Cameroon	1
Desiccation of Wetlands and Their Influence on the Regional Climate. Case Study: Ciénaga de Aguablanca, Cali, Colombia	1
Bears in the Russian Far East illegally exploited for meat, medicine and trophies	1
Reconstructing Historical Distribution of Large Mammals and their Habitat to Inform Rewilding and Restoration in Central Tanzania	1
Large Felid and Peccary Habitat Use in Isolated and Contiguous Forest in Panamá: Implications for Conservation	1
Is Beekeeping Commercially and Environmentally viable? an assessment of the adoption of hanging frame beehives in semi-Arid Area of central Tanzania	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
Species-Area Relationships Induced by Forest Habitat Fragmentation Apply Even to Rarely Detected Organisms	1
Influence of Landscape Structure on Toucans and Parrots in the Fragmented Landscape of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico	1
Impacts of Free-Ranging Dogs on a Community of Vertebrate Scavengers in a High Andean Ecosystem	1
Long-Term Perspective on Fishing and Mammal Defaunation in the Atlantic Forest Coast of Brazil Using Archaeological Faunal Remains	1
Indigenous Lands are Better for Amphibian Biodiversity Conservation Than Immigrant-Managed Agricultural Lands: A Case Study From Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru	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
Fruit Availability Influences Forest Elephant Habitat Use in a Human Dominated Landscape, Campo-Ma’an, Southern Cameroon	1
Genetic and Ecological Divergence of Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila (Aves: Trochilidae) Continental Populations Separated by Geographical and Environmental Barriers	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
Metal Bioaccumulation and Assemblage Attributes for Anurans in the Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	1
Negative Effects of Logging on Bird Dispersed Plants in Northern Papuan Lowland Forest, Indonesia	1
NGOs Facilitating Internal Governance Processes in Community Forestry Initiatives	1
Power Lines, an Understudied Cause of Avian Mortality in Mexico	1
The Effects of Prescribed Dry Season Burning on Woody Species Composition, Mole National Park, Ghana	1