OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Tropical Conservation Science is 3. 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
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
The Smart Forest Conundrum: Contextualizing Pitfalls of Sensors and AI in Conservation Science for Tropical Forests	8
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
Understanding Hydropower Impacts on Amazonian Wildlife is Limited by a Lack of Robust Evidence: Results From a Systematic Review	7
The Use and Prescription of Pangolin in Traditional Vietnamese Medicine	6
Understanding Drivers of Unsustainable Natural Resource Use in the Comoro Islands	6
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
Impacts of Dams on Freshwater Turtles: A Global Review to Identify Conservation Solutions	5
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
Structural Recovery of Logged Forests in the Solomon Islands: Implications for Conservation and Management	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