OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

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Using water‐landing, fixed‐wing UAVs and computer vision to assess seabird nutrient subsidy effects on sharks and rays	70
Woody cover and geology as regional‐scale determinants of semi‐arid savanna stability	68
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Assessing the accuracy of georeferenced landcover data derived from oblique imagery using machine learning	46
Early spectral dynamics are indicative of distinct growth patterns in post‐wildfire forests	46
Applying computer vision to accelerate monitoring and analysis of bird incubation behaviors: a case study using common eider nest camera footage	46
Countrywide classification of permanent grassland habitats at high spatial resolution	39
Comparing convolutional neural network and random forest for benthic habitat mapping in Apollo Marine Park	35
Tracking Wintertime Behaviour of Emperor Penguins Using High‐Resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery	29
Inferring Brown Bear Hair Snare Interactions by Automatically Detecting Bipedalism on Camera Trap Images Using Pose Estimation and a Multilayer Perceptron	29
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Detecting forest canopy gaps using unoccupied aerial vehicle RGB imagery in a species‐rich subtropical forest	28
Monitoring of Crustose Coralline Algae Using Low‐Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Intertidal Reefs	26
Quantifying nocturnal bird migration using acoustics: opportunities and challenges	25
Using airborne lidar to characterize North European terrestrial high‐dark‐diversity habitats	24
Bridging the gap in deep seafloor management: Ultra fine‐scale ecological habitat characterization of large seascapes	24
Widespread drought‐induced leaf shedding and legacy effects on productivity in European deciduous forests	24
Remote monitoring of short‐term body mass variation in savanna ungulates	23
Estimating beluga whale abundance from space: using drones to ground‐validate VHR satellite imagery	23
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Tree species diversity mapping from spaceborne optical images: The effects of spectral and spatial resolution	21
Using phenology to improve invasive plant detection in fine‐scale hyperspectral drone‐based images	21
Quantifying nocturnal thrush migration using sensor data fusion between acoustics and vertical‐looking radar	21

Capturing long‐tailed individual tree diversity using an airborne imaging and a multi‐temporal hierarchical model	21
Automatically drawing vegetation classification maps using digital time‐lapse cameras in alpine ecosystems	21
Grassland‐use intensity maps for Switzerland based on satellite time series: Challenges and opportunities for ecological applications	20
Scalable low‐cost seabed landers: the missing link for sustained, integrated, long‐term observations in dynamic shallow seas	19
Spatial distribution and drivers of aboveground forest biomass in Mexico using GEDI and national forest inventory data	19
Rhyming in the cold: first evidence of soniferous fishes in the Southern Ocean	18
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Quantifying wetness variability in aapa mires with Sentinel‐2: towards improved monitoring of an EU priority habitat	17
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ECOSTRESS‐derived semi‐arid forest temperature and evapotranspiration estimates demonstrate drought and thinning impacts	17
A new way to understand migration routes of oceanic squid (Ommastrephidae) from satellite data	17
Remote sensing‐supported mapping of the activity of a subterranean landscape engineer across an afro‐alpine ecosystem	17
Investigating boreal forest successional stages in Alaska and Northwest Canada using UAV‐LiDAR and RGB and a community detection network	17
UAV data and deep learning: efficient tools to map ant mounds and their ecological impact	16
Using time‐series remote sensing to identify and track individual bird nests at large scales	16
Camtrap DP: an open standard for the FAIR exchange and archiving of camera trap data	16
Landsat time series reveal forest loss and woody encroachment in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania	16
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Evaluating land–sea linkages using land cover change and coral reef monitoring data: A case study from northeastern Puerto Rico	15
Using spatiotemporal information in weather radar data to detect and track communal roosts	15
Automated extraction of right whale morphometric data from drone aerial photographs	15
Mapping tree cover expansion in Montana, U.S.A. rangelands using high‐resolution historical aerial imagery	14
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Efficacy of machine learning image classification for automated occupancy‐based monitoring	13
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Towards edge processing of images from insect camera traps	13
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Using multiplatform LiDAR to identify relationships between vegetation structure and the abundance and diversity of woodland reptiles and amphibians	13
The secret acoustic world of leopards: A paired camera trap and bioacoustics survey facilitates individual identification of leopards via their roars	12
Walruses from space: walrus counts in simultaneous remotely piloted aircraft system versus very high‐resolution satellite imagery	12
Drone‐mounted audio‐visual deterrence of bats: implications for reducing aerial wildlife mortality by wind turbines	12
How to achieve accurate wildlife detection by using vehicle‐mounted mobile monitoring images and deep learning?	12
Remotely sensing coral bleaching in the Red Sea	12
Using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles to estimate availability and group size error for aerial surveys of coastal dolphins	12
Deep learning detects invasive plant species across complex landscapes using Worldview‐2 and Planetscope satellite imagery	12
Multi‐Platform Deployments of Low‐Cost Devices for Cetacean Passive Acoustic Monitoring	12
Random encounter model is a reliable method for estimating population density of multiple species using camera traps	12
Long‐duration remote underwater videos reveal that grazing by fishes is highly variable through time and dominated by non‐indigenous species	12
Amazonian manatee critical habitat revealed by artificial intelligence‐based passive acoustic techniques	12
Beyond tree cover: Characterizing southern China's forests using deep learning	12
Inferring camera trap detection zones for rare species using species‐ and camera‐specific traits: a meta‐level analysis	11
Comparison of bird migration in a radar wind profiler and a dedicated bird radar	11
StrucNet: a global network for automated vegetation structure monitoring	11
Robotics‐assisted acoustic surveys could deliver reliable, landscape‐level biodiversity insights	10
Integrating terrestrial and canopy laser scanning for comprehensive analysis of large old trees: Implications for single tree and biodiversity research	10
Accounting for animal movement during aerial imaging surveys	10

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Tracking canopy gaps in mangroves remotely using deep learning	10
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Hareport hazard: Identifying hare activity patterns and increased mammal–aircraft strike risk at an International Airport	10
Highly precise community science annotations of video camera‐trapped fauna in challenging environments	9
Imperfect detection and wildlife density estimation using aerial surveys with infrared and visible sensors	9
Resource pulses and human–wildlife conflicts: linking satellite indicators and ground data on forest productivity to predict brown bear damages	9
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Colony‐nesting gulls restrict activity levels of a native top carnivore during the breeding season	9
A hierarchical, multi‐sensor framework for peatland sub‐class and vegetation mapping throughout the Canadian boreal forest	9
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Exploring the link between spectral variance and upper canopy taxonomic diversity in a tropical forest: influence of spectral processing and feature selection	8
Evaluating methods for high‐resolution, national‐scale seagrass mapping in Google Earth Engine	8
Deep learning‐based super‐resolution reconstruction and improved YOLOv9 for efficient benthos detection: a case study at Lake Hamana, Japan	8
Using camera traps to monitor cyclic vole populations	8
Automatic flower detection and phenology monitoring using time‐lapse cameras and deep learning	8
Identification of initial vegetation and habitat changes in small temperate fens using remote sensing	8
The vulnerability and resilience of seagrass ecosystems to marine heatwaves in New Zealand: a remote sensing analysis of seascape metrics usingPlanetScopeimagery	8
Tourist sightings improve the precision of camera trap‐derived density estimates using spatial capture‐recapture models	7
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Assessing experimental silvicultural treatments enhancing structural complexity in a central European forest – BEAST time‐series analysis based on Sentinel‐1 and Sentinel‐2	7
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Canopy palm cover across the Brazilian Amazon forests mapped with airborneLiDARdata and deep learning	7
Illuminating the Arctic: Unveiling seabird responses to artificial light during polar darkness through citizen science and remote sensing	7
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Seabird surveillance: combining CCTV and artificial intelligence for monitoring and research	7
High‐intensity bird migration along Alpine valleys calls for protective measures against anthropogenically induced avian mortality	7
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Leveraging the next generation of spaceborne Earth observations for fuel monitoring and wildland fire management	6
Knee height is often right: evaluating device height effects on camera trapping rate	6
Examining wildfire dynamics using ECOSTRESS data with machine learning approaches: the case of South‐Eastern Australia's black summer	6
Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning	5
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Challenges and solutions for automated avian recognition in aerial imagery	5
Robust retrieval of forest canopy structural attributes using multi‐platform airborne LiDAR	5
Unoccupied aerial vehicles as a tool to map lizard operative temperature in tropical environments	5
Hyperspectral imagery, LiDAR point clouds, and environmental DNA to assess land‐water linkage of b	5
Improving forest age estimation to understand subtropical forest regrowth dynamics using deep learning image segmentation of time‐series historical aerial photographs	5
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Prospects for monitoring bird migration along the East Asian‐Australasian Flyway using weather radar	5
Beyond presence mapping: predicting fractional cover of non‐native vegetation in Sentinel‐2 imagery using an ensemble of MaxEnt models	4
Cameras do not always take a full picture: wolf activity patterns revealed by accelerometers versus road‐positioned camera traps	4
Eigenfeature‐enhanced deep learning: advancing tree species classification in mixed conifer forests with lidar	4
Selection in the third dimension: Using LiDAR derived canopy metrics to assess individual and population‐level habitat partitioning of ocelots, bobcats, and coyotes	4
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A comparison of established and digital surface model (DSM) ‐based methods to determine population estimates and densities for king penguin colonies, using fixed‐wing drone and satellite imagery	4
Echolocation repetition rate as a proxy to monitor population structure and dynamics of sperm whales	4
Precipitation and temperature drive woody vegetation dynamics in the grasslands of sub‐Saharan Africa	4
The application of unoccupied aerial systems (UAS) for monitoring intertidal oyster density and abundance	4
HOWLish : a CNN for automated wolf howl detection	4
Climate‐Driven Mangrove Dieback and Recovery: A Case Study in Albert and Leichhardt Rivers, Australia	4
Combining environmental DNA with remote sensing variables to map fish species distributions along a large river	4
Structure‐from‐motion photogrammetry demonstrates that fine‐scale seascape heterogeneity is essential in shaping mesophotic fish assemblages	3
Using satellite data to assess spatial drivers of bird diversity	3
Invasion in the Niger Delta: remote sensing of mangrove conversion to invasive Nypa fruticans from 2015 to 2020	3
Time‐series digital camera photos combined with machine learning algorithms can realize accurate observation of flowering phenology	3
Coherence of recurring fires and land use change in South America	3
A satellite perspective on the movement decisions of African elephants in relation to nomadic pastoralists	3
Approaching a population‐level assessment of body size in pinnipeds using drones, an early warning of environmental degradation	3
Automated visitor and wildlife monitoring with camera traps and machine learning	3
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Global disparity of camera trap research allocation and defaunation risk of terrestrial mammals	3
Mapping the long‐term influence of river discharge on coastal ocean chlorophyll‐a	3
Time‐series remote sensing of rice paddy expansion in the Yellow River Delta: Towards sustainable ecological conservation in the context of water scarcity	3
Both Landsat‐ and LiDAR‐derived measures predict forest bee response to large‐scale wildfire	3
Global monitoring of soil multifunctionality in drylands using satellite imagery and field data	3